The San Francisco call., 1906-12-15
EDITED BY O. M. BOYLE

Allied Printing Trades Council. While
he has not been many years in CALI
fornia, he has demonstrated during
the short time he has been here that
he is many-sided man. Gifted with
fine presence heehas way of stating
his ideas upon any subject In terse
and forceful language In no sense IAN
orator, he has the power OF grasping
his subject and presenting 1T In plain
English. SO that no one is in doubt as
to his opinions when he finishes.
Tracy can be said to have a national
reputation When the war in the
Philippines broke out he was In the
Government Printing Office in Wash
ington. In looking around for COM
petent man to open printing plant
in the new possessions, he was singled
out and established printing office
for the Government and put 1T In run
ming order. On various other oc-
casions his worth has been recognized.
The federation certainly would make
no mistake in placing him at It's head
during the coming year
While ii is too early to state all
the subjects to be considered at the
meeting, three questions which will
call for wide discussion will be the
attitude President Roosevelt has as
sumed upon the naturalization of Jap
anese government by injunction and
the importation of convict-made goods
from one State to another. This last
question is being discussed by the law
and legislative committee of the Labor
Council and a bill will be presented
to the coming Legislature to prevent
the bringing into California Of any
products of convicts. A bill has al
ready passed the lower house of Con-
gress giving the States the right to
prohibit prison made goods passing
from one State into another Repre-
sentative Hunt of Missouri. stone
mason by trade, is the author of the
bill. The House passed II almost
unanimously and IT is expected the
Senate will place no obstacle in the
way of its becoming law. This law
will make it easy for the various
States to keep out these undesirable
products. Missouri, Representative
Hunts State does a big business in
The price paid in Missouri is so cents
for each able bodied convict. At the
present time there are some 1900 pris-
oners working in the shops for the
contractors. These contracts run for
FIVE years. The product of this vast
army of convicts comes in competition
with free labor, and organized labor
in this country has been fighting this
imposition.
These are some of the more import
ant matters which will call for treat
ment at the hands of the federation
when 1t meets in Stockton on Janu-
ary 7.
The sessions of the Seamen's Inter
national Union in Boston have come to
a close. Andrew Furuseth was chosen
one of the delegates to represent the
international at the next convention
of the American Federation of Labor
Among the vice presidents was C. j.
Harrington of this city. William Penje
was reelected president and W. H
Fraser secretary
Millmen's Union No. 423 at its last
meeting elected the following officers:
President, Thomas Atkinson: vice pres
ident, II. Stumpke; recording secre-
tary, z. J. Daley; financial secretary
J. c. Fallon; treasurer. Z. NJ. Pender-
CAST; conductor, ]. Frisken: warden. F.
! Manchester. trustees-C. w. Springs
1 teen; delegates to District Council OF
arpenters-Thomas O'Brien, c. w
Springsteen, w. Seagrave. J. Dough
erty, J. Atkinson, D. NJ. Schafer and H
Heller
/ At the last meeting of Laborers' Pro-
/ tective Union No. 1914 the following
I ItSplullOi was ANONYMOUSLY dQOpleQ.
Resolved, That we, the Laborers
Protective Union No. S944 do hereby
protest most vigorously against the
/ stand taken by President Roosevelt in
/ his message to Congress in relation to
/ the japanese. We do not object to the
Japanese because of their so-called ef-
/ fciency as workers, but we do object
/ to their code of morals and their mode
! of living. And we most emphatically
/ today and at all times In the past were
and still are the Caucasian race. We
recommend that President Roosevelt
study history and satisfy himself as to
/ the truth of these statements In rela-
/ ton to our own people, of whom we un-
i derstand he is a part. We object to our
! children being crowded out of the pub-
! lie schools by the Japanese and most
| emphatically object to our young
daughters being compelled to associate
with mature Japanese whose code OF
morals is un- American and uncivilized'
The following officers have been
elected by Sugar Workers Union
No 1853: President, Henry Sager; vice
| president, Charles Lubin; recording Sec
retary, c. W. Peck; financial secretary
! Charles Oliver; treasurer. H. w
Kruger; delegates to the State Fedora
( tiOn of LabOr-f1. SdS6T, SndTleS M1Qert
/ Charles oliver and H. w. Kruger.
Reports received in this city from
Eureka in reference to the early clos
ing of the stores indicate that the
clerks are making steady progress in
that direction For some time an arbi-
1 tration committee from the Retail
i Clerks Union and the Merchants Asso-
| citation has been in session and salts
factory arrangements as to closing
i stores during the holidays have beer
made.
Carpenters Union No. 1910 met
Thursday night in Sheet Metal Work
ers, Hall on Guerrero street and elected
the following officers: President, G. S
Brewer; vice president. c. w. Tripp
! financial secretary, W. A. Cole: record.
ing secretary, w. J. Kidd; treasurer, w
Dean. conductor, E. H. Clark; warden
/ D. Reardon; trustee, f. ]. Carrigan
| Auditors-C. W. Tripp, A. H. Brock.
man and M. Smith Delegates to Build
ing Trades Council-D. Reardon, w
/ Dean. w. Charlton. e. j. Burrell, G. S
| Brewer. w A. Cole and F. ]. Carrigan
! DeIerates to District Council of Car.
nenters-W. J. Kidd, ]. d. Vanderbilt
". a. Cole. H Wolf. C. F. Meyer ant
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