Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-05-10
Twelfth Annual Session OF Iowa
State Federation of Labor
Begins In This City
PROMISES TO BE BIG AFFAIR
one Hundred Fifty Delegates in At
tendance at tho Opening Session
This Forenoon - President A. l.
urick Delivers Annual Address -
p.lsoase Contest From Sioux City.

Delegate Contest From Sioux City.
The twelfth annual convention OF the
iowa State Federation of Labor was
called to order in this city at 10: 40 this
forenoon. The convention promises to
he =. large one. and $50 delegates. a
Representative body Of well d@essed and
intellectual men. were present when
President A. l.. Trick. Of Des Moines.
called the convention to order at
Finkle's hall. Among the delegates are
several young women, representatives
of clerks unions. glove workers unions
ana telephone operators. Every impor-
tant city in the state Is represented,
many by several delegates. from the
principal branches OF organized labor.
Delegates are also present from many
OF the smaller towns, into which the
labor movement has more recently been
carried.
President Joseph NJ. Mohr, Of the
( Marshalltown Trades and Labor As
/, seinbly,, introduced Mr.. William !.
Crane, superintendent of the public
SCHOOLS OF Mafshalltown, who delivered
the address Of welcome. Mr.. Crane
said, In opening, that he did not intend
20 discuss, in any way, labor problems.
His principal plea was for the better
n,ent OF the home. and labor classes In
general He said he was ashamed OF
any man who wa4s ashamed that he
worked with his hands. Organized La
Dor can only win the confidence of the
people by true manhood and true wom-
Onhood. and the future of labor organ
B lxatiOns lies in the education of the
children. In closing Mr.. Crane said:
ssLet us do all that is within. our4power.
iii this labor convention. and in our
daily life. for the betterment of So
ciety; think of the home and make it
happy and think always Of how We
may elevate our children.
President Urick. OF the federation.
responded to the welcoming address in
a few words. He thanked Mr.. Crane
for the words of cheer and welcome, on
behalf OF the city, and said that he felt
confident that the trust had not been
misplaced. 1--WE are men and women" :"
Mr. Trick continued. who believe in
protecting the home at all times, and
promoting conditions for the better
ment OF the laboring classes. We take
conditions as they are. with view OF
& bettering them just a trifie. We want
few Of the good things In life, and are
promoting the welfare OF those who are
dependent upon us. We want the sue
ceeding generations to make better
citizens and our chief aim is to uplift
the common people to higher state Of
manhood and womanhood and a high
o. citizenship
Convention Called to Order
President Urick. at the conclusion of
his remarks called the convention to
order and asked for the report of the
credentials committee. which was pre-
sented by the chairman of the commit
tee. L. M. Jaeger, of Burlington. A con-
test was announced from Sioux City
when the report was put before the
convention for adoption. 1t seems that
In Sioux City T. j. BerInan was elected
as a delegate and after his election was
placed on the police force. Not ex-
I pecting to attend he appointed John
Dorr as his alternate. Mr. Dorr ap-
+ peared at the convention with his Gre
I dentials. and was ordered seated by the
report OF the committee. At Sioux City,
I a few days ago, the Sioux City Trades
and Labor Assembly elected F. H.
Lawrence as the delegate. His ex-
penses are borne by the assembly, and
he 10 the man they wanted seated. in
stead OF Mr. Dorr. What threatened to
be quite lively contest, and what de-
veioped into a lengthy discussion, re-
suited in the convention upholding the
request OF the Sioux City delegation.
and placing Mr.. Lawrence as a dele
gate.
The convention then adjourned until
o'clock this afternoon.
The Afternoon Session.
When the convention reassenbled
this afternoon President A. L. Urick de-
livered his annual address, He spoke as
follows:
OF the Twelfth Annual Convention
of the State Federation of Labor:
Fellow Trades Unionists. Another year
has passed into history, and like its
predecessors 1t has not been without
new Developments in Industrial fields.
Early in the fiscal year it became
lily AoO SSiueill THAT IL TettCllOIl IN III
dustrial activities was about to set in.
It also became apparent that the pol-
Icy heretofore pursued by employers
OF labor to cut wages and lengthen
the number Of hours of the work
day as a means to curtail expenses,
regardless OF the fact that to do so
crfpples the consuming power of the
great masses, and thereby makes
NHea
was again to be pursued.
The trades union, however, was
found to be barrier to the full sue
cess of the plan. and it would become
necessary in some manner to bring
the union movement into disrepute. 50
that 1t might be crushed out of ex-
istence. For several years a crusade
had been made for the unholy trinity
against organized labor: Compulsory
Arbitration incorporation of Trade
Unions and the extension OF the