The Ordway new era., 1907-01-18
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ACTION OF DENVER TRADES A"o
LABOR ASSEMBLY.
PRACTICAL WORK PLANNED
,v,, Work with Chamber Of Com
m.ree,-union Labor Gains many
concesslons.-President pu'Ve' ~
voe,,es Exclusion Of Japanese Ia
borers.


borers.
norvsr-The Denver Trades ana
abor Assembly took action IN l"o
mo,,or. Sunday that will place II
among Colorado boosters, fFeSiuon'
frank J. Pulver, in his semi'annuni aa'
,rcss smoke against the strike as
-apIdly becoming an obsolete metnTa
II betterlng the condition OF the "oIh,
lag man. Arbitration. ahlls,iVh ana na
.rI,rronige were advocated by tho
nr"sident OF the assembly. Ihe as
ssmhly showed that It is In aecotu
vifh The principles set foFlh by AL.
puIyer by approving his report ahu
yotlnr that tho assembly apply ior
membership in the Chamber oil Com
merce. President SpcnGcl oil Ihe chali
bor has said that such m application
will be promptly granted and the re-
sulr is expected to do more for the ha,
yancement OF the cause OF oFsahizeu
labor than dozens Of strikes
Tho business men have Expressed Il
desire to get In touch with those th'!
employ aud the assembly has mot
them half way. -.
Tho other movement taken up ny
the assembly Is the investigation ot an
county institutions, including tho
county hospital. jail. detention home
city institutions and tho state indus-
trial school.
These Investigations arc 70 be made
not in a spirit OF suspicion OF misman'
agemcnt. but for the purpose OF nc
complishlng good When something
good about the institutions is found
II will be praised When something
wrong Is discovered. the assembly VIII
use It's influence 10 correct the error.
In talking Of the strike. President
Pulyer said that laborlng men were
coming to regard IL as a last resort.
and that much more can be accom-
pllshed by pcaccahlc means. Better
conditions are in view for union labor
in Denver, especially. he said. as the
Board Of Public Works has voted m
increase In wages to laborers and
teams. The wages OF ianitors have
been raised SIS n month at the CITY
Hall. In addition. the Board Of Pub
lie Works has caused to be inserted
in all city contracts the express stipu
latIon that eight hours shall constitute
n days work for all laboTers employed
by city contractors.
The committee appointed TO inyCsti'
gato the accusations against the poor
farm reported that the charges In rcla
ton to the bedding and diet for pul
monRry patients are true. Other
charges arc said to be untrue. The
county commissioner agreed. the com
mittoe reported. 10 make the changes
recommended by the committee.
President pulyer also took up tho
japanese Chinese exclusion question
in his report. Many interest
ing facts were presented by
him for the consideration oi
the assembly. Tho Japanese. he
said. can live on less than any race
on earth. Even the Chinese canno,
compete with them. He quoted figures
to show that the highest classes OF Jap.
anese labor receive no more than Is to
80 cents n day. Most OF the unskilled
labor receive 10 or 10 cents 4 day. The
wages OF each class OF labor were
quoted. Mr.. Pulvcr wants a japanese.
Korean exclusion act and urged tho
assembly to do all in Its power TO ex.
clude the japanese. Forty million
people live In an area but little larger
than the state of Colorado. less than
$4,000 square miles being suitable 70,
agricultural purposes. The rest, he
declared Is mountain country. The
japanese. according to his report, hay,
reduced living to the finest science o
any race, under these conditions.