The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-11-16
FARMERS JOIN
 FEDERATION Become Affiliated With Organization. DECLARE FOR WORLD PEACE Discuss Testing Legality of Ala bama Law. Unioa Delegates Deliberate oa Many Matters, InssaafnE Anti-Boyeota Measure sf Thi. state,
 Fas2 Resoaatisn for
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FOR WORLD PEACE


 Minneapolis. MInn.. Nov. 15.--Ema bodyinE membership of over a miiliom. claiming to represent more than one1 seventh of tho entire population of the country, the, American Society 0f Equity, the recently National Farmers Union, today became atiliased in a limited degree to the Amer
 Federation of Labor, now in sesstoil here.
 Practicali ythe entire afternoon ses- sion was devoted to the proposition 0f ahiiiating with the Society of Equity. Committees reported that the members of the federation and it's atiiliated bodies agreed to demand union farm. garden and orchard products. whils the farmers specially agreed to pur- chase nothing but union-made goods
 The chief objections made to ths proposed aEFalfaticn with the AIneFiran society of Faulty, were that hefeto- fore t.farmers' organizations" have turn. ed out to be beneficial to the ''silk stocking element. and not to common laborera. and that sn numerous cases young farmers have rushed into the cities during the times of industrial conflict, and acted as strike breakers. <
 The proposition was finally accepted by the convention by a decisive vote.
 Worldwide peace for all time, and arbitration rather than resort to arms in times of disputes are advocated in q strong resolution offered ct the morn- ing session of the Federation by James Duncan, First vice-President.
 The resolution reeites that univer- sal and constant peace between ali nations contributes directly and last ing to the welfare of the workers and toilers of all nations. To anis end, 1t Is asked that the convention so on roc ord as favoring lasting peace and that the influence of the American Fedora ton Of Labor be brought to bear oa Congressman and the President of the United States to secure cooperation with other powers to establish the ms manity of private property a seq in war in1aa. general ttration treaty periodic worId's asssAnb ages, and nIn- partial investfgatiOn of all differences before hostilfties arc engaged in. I fenso and, therefore. the trial upon the
 Resolutions offered by the delegates of the 6eamen's International Union ask various reforms ana regulations They ask that steam vessels, the same as sailing vessel, be compelled to em- ploy skilled pilots ana that the same sailing regulations cover both; that the convention indorse the Dill of Congress man spight of MississYppi to improve the working conditions of seamen to the end that the American merchant marine may not oecllne because or the difficulty in securing men to follow the sea.
 They point out also that the recent three disasters to vessels, the Rio Ja- neiro, at San Francisco, the Slocum in New York and the Valencia at Van couver, may be traced to insufficient and unskilled crews, and assert that law should be passed governing this point.
 Delegate Entensea, of the Florida Federation of Labor, asked that a paid organizer Of the Federation for Florida be appointed, on the ground that the recent development of manu- featuring in the South. with the con- sequent influx of foreign labor makes this move necessary.
 Suffrage for women, national newsboy's union, better wages on government contracts, repeal of the tariff bill on all trust steel products. and reorganization of the meat cut ters and butchers, disorganized by the strike of 1904, are urged in other res- olutions.
 Other Eubpects toucned upon are test of the Alabama anti-boycott law, and a movement to benefit the condi- tion of clerks in the postal service of the government.