Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-06-03
Afternoon Session.

The afternoon session was called to
rider at 215 o'clock by President G.
,. Beats. The first business was the
'alling the roll of delegates by the
secretary.
- '''rc Of the committees had their
cts ready to be presented, new
business was next taken up.
a resolution was presented by Mr..
Meserva OF Madison which was in ia
Vor of the employment of more labor
men by manufacturers. The resolution
was referred to the committee on reso-
buttons
w. 5. Wisencr of the Garment Work
RS of New York spoke in favor of all
:abels. He spoke of the accomplish
nent of work done in the past p years
If the labcrs existence. In previous
ears one union cared not FOR the
workings of another. In that 25 years
We have sent thousands of children out
Of the mills to the schools where they
)elong. There are still many thousands
N the mills today, who are waiting
1T our hands for the emancipation. In
come of the states we have good fac
:ory laws, i'll some better and in some
worse. We are not knocking the officers
Who are appointed to perform their
duties. If we had all the laws enforced
properly we could get along better If
pne-half of them were enforced we
Gould get along without the other half
n several of the states convict labor
. now carried on. | have found that
on buying | had 10 pay as much for
convict labor goods as | would for that
of union labor. Merchants in this city
tell me that they all sell the package
OF tobacco with the red, white and blue
abel on it more than any other. There
is another battle and that is the I'M
raid female laborcr. In the union shops
they are paid equally with the men. In
the non-unjon shops they receive
mere pittance.
The Cigar-makers Union has elm
mated to great extent the tenement
cigar house The sweat shops too are
being vastly eliminated.
The sweat shop is the incubator for
tuberculosis and the little children are
the patients.
MIR. Wiscncr spoke imprcssively upon
he formation Of womans trades
Hnlon in tho cities He spoke at length
IN regard to child labor and how the
Garment Union was instrumental in
eliminating this labor in many of the
states.
1t was voted by the convention to
allow representatives of the Peoples
Legal Security Co. to address the meet
ing. Frederick w. Mansfield, counsel
Tor the company, was first to speak.
Mr.. Mansfield spoke of the work done
by this protective society. BY payment
OF Aoo from every member Of organ
Ized lapcr enabled that member to OBJ
tam all kinds Of legal advice. There
are five exceptions. collections, bank
ruptcy, divorce, accident, and looking
up titles. In all these cases q fair COM
pensation is taken by this company
when the member is given q verdict
If ne loses it costs him nothing.
Thls company is on the same prin-
opal as Insurance for the members Of
labor unions. When you buy clothing Il
good union man always looks for the
union label and in all matters Of law.
the people should do business with a
union law company
Mr.. Mansfield said that if the men,
bers Of the Maine Federation Of Labor
would take hold of the matter, branch
offices would be distributed. The State
officers would have men at the Legisla-
ture to fight for bills in favor of labor.
They would take care of all legislative
work for the unions.
w. Fl. Crane, treasurer of the
Security Co, spoke in regard to the
taking of the legislative work for the
coming year. He said that they could
take the State work for about $1,000
On motion Of convention it was voted
to put over this matter until the ses-
sion this afternoon, when it vii,
be thoroughly considered
An invitation was extended Messrs
Mansfield and Crone to participate in
the afternoons outing
The convention adjourned at $50
O'Clock and all delegates went on the
outing 10 Blake's island in the Mes
salonskee lake
Elmer w. Allen was in Augusta on