The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1907-03-11
America Where Blood Is Turned Into Gold
And Human Bodies Are CHEAPER Than Dollar"

Asssciatea Press 70 TAs Dvssiag Tanss.
Chicago, March 11.-"America. the
land where blood is transformed into
gold and human bodies and human
lives are cheaper than dollars" This
startling arraignment Of American in
dustrial methods. made recently by Il
prominent German newspaper, is per-
haps one part prejudice, growing out
of the increasing commercial supreme
cy Of the United States over Germany,
and one part bold, bald truth. The
doubter has only to visit the Chicago
industrial exposition, which opened
this morning in Brooke Casino, to md
proof Of the istatement Of the Teutonic
critic. Sweatshops, where men, women
and children live and die miserably
like rats in holes; murderols machin-
cry which daily claims it's toll of VIC
tins, and all the monstrous jugger-
nauts Of American progress" There
are statistics. too, showing that every
minute of every day, year in and year
out, the life of some working man or
woman or child is sacrificed to greed
In this happy land where bodies are
cheaper than dollars. Everp year, ac-
corling to these figures, the Moloch OF
commercial greed demands a sacrifice
Of 100000 workers. 1t is the purpose
Of the exposition opened here today to
prove that this sacrifice Is useless and
criminal and that large proportion
of these lives could be saved II proper
precautions were taken. To this end
the promoters Of the exposition will at
tempt to secure legislation for the pro-
lection Of the workers. Measures of
this kind are now pending in many
state legislatures and plans will be
considered to secure their passage and
enforcement.
Among the social, educational and
labor organizations interested in the
promotion Of the present exhibition are
Hull house, University of Chicago set
Element, Chicago Municipal museum,
Chicago commons, Northwestern uni
versity settlement. Neighborhood house,
Chicago tuberculosis institute, Chica-
go Geographic siciety; Illinois Wom-
ans Trade Union league, and the 1lli-
nois Consumers league.
Many Prominent Speakers.
A great mass meeting for the promo.
ton of the cause to which the EXPOSE
ton is devoted was held yesterday aft
ernoon, and the exhibition at the
Brooke Casino was formally opened
this morning with conference on
"The Church and Industry" arranged
by the Rev. Harry F. Ward. Nearly
all the clergymen of the city were
present, and addresses were delivered
by Charles P. Nedll, United States COM
missioner of labor; John Mitchell,
president II the United Mine Workers
of America, and L. p. Straube, secre-
tary of the United Printing Trades
council. This evening there will be
held tableaux Of primitive industry, de-
picting the early art of grinding corn
as practiced by the aborigines; the
pottery art Of the ancient japanese, IL
Illustrated by natives of the Flowery
kingdom; sheep shearing and the weav-
ing Of wool by the old Greeks; Egyp-
tian character writing on papyrus; a
reproduction Of an Arab trading place,
and picture Of life in the far north,
showing the primitive method OF max
ing bone, stone and wooden imple-
ments.
Tomorrow conference will be held