Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-07-11
IN LABOR CIRCLES
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tomorrow Will be great day at Luna
tark FOR striking printers and their
friends and sympathizers. when the,
printers will hold their outing undsr the,
auspices OF the Columbia typographical
Union Quite a large number OF the
membership is on a strike FOR an eight.
| hour day. and OF course Columbia Union
ana their immense Notwithstanding
ABOUT 200 of Its own membership-wIH'
be there strong
There viii be many special features OF
the outing during the day at Luna ono
OF them being a tub race to ba held in
tue chutes lagoon. besides the gigantic
musical shell. 1t will be a novelty to see
the tub-paddlers striving to reach tho
same harbor that the chutes boatmen<
reach In less than three seconds whom
their boats have reached the water after.
terrific speed down the shoots az
nearly forty miles an hour. And the.
printers viii have the advantage OF tao
music to play for them while they pad
aie their own canoes" IN their attempts
10 win the race That they will have a.
oirflcult teries OF padding" Is a forregone
conclusion. when 1t Is taken into considz
Grafton that the lagoon has length Of
lVo or more feet from end to end For
the careless paddier there Is the reward
of free bath in about four feet of cool.
Luna Park spring water with which tho.
chutes lagoon is filled.
me outing will be under the auspices
OF the elght-hour committed which In.
Guides T. c Parsons, Frank A Kidd
r. IS crown, Jos. NJ. Johnson and K. w.
burnside The sports are in charge of
committee composed OF the Messrs r.
a wilson, b. 5. Feeney p g Hilton
waiter Ball. w. B, Bowen. James Shirley,
Jos Skeily, Chas. Castle and c. NJ. O'Con-
nell.
The manufacture OF uniforms for the sol
dlers OF Uncle Sans army by allen work.,
men mas caused storm OF indignation in
labor circles throughout the country and
President Roosevelt will be called upon 70
remedy the matter complained of. IL -
said that beginning tomorrow organized
garment workers throughout organized
States will send to President Roosevelt
written protests against the Importation
OF an English tailor who has been retained
at hig hsalary to supervise the making
OF United States army uniforms
/ am surprised that the President would
permit the employment of a foreigner TO
make uniforms for the army" said a promi-.
nent official OF the Garment Workers Union
to an international labor news bureau rep
reSentative- Out of the S5.0o)OtO people,
in this country there Is certainly one who.
can I'LL the position which Winter is ex-s
pected to hold. And he would not have
to be paid enormous salary What will
the other nations of the world think OF us -
The Secretary OF Commerce and Labor will
be appealed to-"
The farmers are beginning to organize
labor unions The United Brotherhood OF
Rural. Horticultural! and Agricultural Wage
Workers OF America is the name OF new
union launched this week at Dallas. Tex.
The declared objects OF REORGANIZATION
is to secure to agricultural, horticultural
and all rural laborers better and more
standard wages; more uniform hours Of la
Dor and the protection and elevation OF
such laborers and their families.
The eligibility to membership Is fO,-
lows: "All white male persons of over
fifteen years of age and of good moral
character shall be eligible to membership In
this organization who believe in Supreme
Being who acknowledge the Jurisdiction OF
u n Tp1 a
laborers for wages on farms. ranches. nur--
series or In any other rural or agricultural
pursuit..
The Labor World of Duluth and Superior
declares the socialictis movement to be the.
worst enemy of trades unionism II says
There Is nothing to be gained for the
labor movement by a debate with a MEM
Der OF that alleged labor organization tho
Industrial Workers of the World. Trade
unaorlsm needs no defense before body.
Of workingmen. Its accomplishments are
50 well known to every thoughtful union
man that nothing be said to dlscour-
age honest workingmen as to its efficiency,
for the future.
Trades unionism does not necessarily
mean narrow craft organization 1t Is a 5
flexible as the labor movement itself The
most bitter and determined foe to trades
unfonism has been the socialist movement.
Many leading socialists have tried to dis
guise their real attitude toward trade
union:sm. In the hope that the socialist
ingmen. and they would be In g position to
ultimately capture the movement
The Chronicle OF Cincinnati quotes Prof
John R. Commons of the University OF
Wisconsin:
The union Is the greatest OF existing
forces in what Is called characterization
1t breaks down the barrier of races ma
tionality, languages and religion. It
teaches self-government and obedience to
elected leaders, sets up the goal OF an
American rd of liVfp bn
church nor the school nor politics nor en-
ployers can do this work.
The bureau of labor Of the Department
of Commerce and Labor has issued bulletin
No. 81 1t Is book OF over 800 pages and
contains the following matter: Conditions,
OF living among the poor OF the District OF.
Columbia (Washington),' by s. E, Forman:
Benefit Features of British Trades
Unions, by Walter E. Weyl, Phi D.; digest.
OF recent reports of the state bureaus OF
labor statistics OF California Maine Vir-
ginia and Wisconsin: digest of recent for
eign statistical pubfica lions: decisions of
courts Affecting labor: laws of various
states relating to labor enacted since Janu-
airy l, 1904; cumulative index OF labor laws
and decisions relating thereto. The bulletin
appears monthly.
At the general convention Of the Boot
and Shoeworkers Union held in milwaukee,
last month the child labor question WAS
discussed. number of suggestions
made that may lead to some restriction In
the employment OF children I'm Industrial
Establishments.
The union contends that the permitting
OF child labor Is an economic mistake. In
editorial In the current issue OF the
official journal II Is asserted that the
young toier rarely becomes a good adult
worker and youthful strength is prema-
turely exhausted by premature toll" The
editor in confirmation of the statement
says: The raiser OF fine horses, the
trained horticuturist, would never allow
the premature racing frultage OF their
cherished possessions. They know too well
at what excessive cost too early honors are
attained. Only the embryo man. creations
speculative effort, is allowed to so endanger
future abilities and possibilities of success
A long article the subject OF child
labor Is printed. The evils put fol-
lows:
Factory life in Manchester. England has
produced stunted race. OF IL 900 men ex-
amined In that city for the army 10.oO0
were rejected. and that the system of child
labor. whereby children almost In babyhood
put at work given no chance for pleas
ure, for no JOY of childhood, but kept at
eeaseless toll for beggarly pay. VIII as in.
evitably produce physically and morally
dwarfed race as effect follows cause.