Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-02-29
BOTH SIDES OF THE PROHI-
BITION QUESTION
Labor Against Prohibition.

lB4 PRESS COMMITTEE OF THE
ANTI LEAGUEI
A short time ago, the following res
olution was adopted by the Kewanee,
ILL.,, Trades and Labor assembly:
Whereas, At the coming spring cleo
tion, q vote will be taken lich VIII
be on local option and shall be whether
kewanee township shall be declared
anti-saloon territory, and
Whereas, Should the said local On
ton proposition carry, it would mean
the wiping out of existence the Brew
cry Workers union in this city. and
would also mean the disruption of the
Bartenders' union and would sadly
cripple the Cisarmakers' union. as
nearly the entire product OF the local
clsarmakers is consumed III saloons.
and would also greatly reduce the
number of union employees in the fol-
lowing crafts: The cooperS. glass
blowers blacksmiths. horseshoers,
teamsters, wagonmakers, masters,
printers, engravers, bras:workers.
metal polishers, timers, e. eineers,
firemen, miners, bricklay ers carpen-
tiers, wood workers, plumbers and vari-
Gus other crafts not mentioned. there
/ by throwing great number CT trade
rnlonists ont of work; therefore. be it
Resolved, That the Kewanee Trades
and Labor assembly go on record as
! Icing opposed to the adoption Of such
a measure, believing that they are
| justified in the fact that the adoption
of said local option will deprive a
| great number of organized workers
OF a means of livelihood and force
them into other crafts which are al
ready overcrowded and furthermore
the passage of such a measure to
certain extent does away with our
personal liberty.
Under date OF Feb. s, the American
Labor Press association of Chicago,
ladopted the following resolutions:
Whereas the local option movement
now being agltated throughout the
country, if successful, will result in
diminishing the amount of labor in al
most every craft including coopers,
cigarmakers. glassblowers, wagonmak-
ers. carpenters. horseshoers, team
sters, brassW orkers, printers, engrav-
ers, metal polishers, timers. plumbers,
engineers, firemen. bricklayers, etc,
and whereas, if said movement should
prevail it will eventually destroy the
Brewery Workers, Masters. Barten-
ders, and kindred labor unions, throw
; ing thousands of unemployed into the
streets without taking into considera,
ton the interests of the laboring PEG
pie of this country or making any pro
vision for the sustenance of them Oh
their families: and whereas. If said
local option is successful. vast prop
erty interests will thereby be destroy
ed; and whereas. it is apparent that
" local option in it's essence aims al
;, prohibition. which is manifestly an at
: tack upon the personal liberties OF
, the common people
Now therefore. be it resolved, That
: the American Labor Press association
= shall and does hereby go on record
in this meeting as being opposed tc
the adoption of such a radical meas
ure, and shall take immediate steps
:. towards laying the apparent falacies
II of this so-called reform movement
!" clearly and intelligently before the
> working people, and that a publicity
IL department shall be established a
- once to enter an active campaign t.
defeat said movement, and the gen
u eral secretary is instructed to ente
= into correspondence with the various
II interests affected, and carry out tn,
plan as herein above described
il PRESS COMMITTEE ANTI-PROHI
BITION LEAGUE