The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1908-11-28
Chinese Exclusion ACT Should be
Extended to Our Insular
Possessions.
JAPANESE AND COREANs
ARE ALSO UNDESIRABLE
Problem of Race Preservation
Must Be Solved in Our
Own Favor.


lean Federation Of Labor has put itself
squarely on record upon the question
of Chinese and other immigration as
evidenced by the following resolution
which was unanimously adopted:
Whereas, The menace of Chinese
labor, now greatly alloyed by the pas
sage and enforcement of the Chinese
Exclusion Act, has been succeeded by
an evil much more threatening in it's
possibilities to wit: the immigration
to the United States and its insular
territory Of large and increasing num-
bers Of Japanese, Koreans and other
races native of Asia; and
Whereas, The American public SEN
timent against the immigration of Chi
nese labor, as expressed and crystal
lized in the enactment Of the Chinese
Exclusion Act, finds still stronger JUS
LITIGATION in demanding prompt and
adequate measures Of protection
against the immigration Of Japanese,
Koreans and other races native of
Asia on the grounds (1) that the wage
and living standards Of such labor are
dangerous to, and must, II granted
recognition In the United States, prove
destructive of the American standards
in these essential respects, (2) that the
racial incompatib1lity, as between: the
peoples of the Orient and the United,
States. presents a problem Of race
preservation which it is our imperative
duty to solve in our own favor, and
which can only be thus solved by a.
policy of exclusion; and
Whereas, The systematic colonial
tfon by these Oriental races OF our in:
sular territory in the Pacific, and the
threatened and partly accomplished
extension Of that system to the Pacific
Coast and other western localities Of
the United States, constitutes a stand.
ing danger, not only to the, domestic:
friendly relations between, the nations
soaesfssed;5 ,thsr refore, be It It :.d@s7 z.
Resolved, BY the American Fedora
tion Of Labor, In annual convention as
sembled this 10th day of November,
1908, that the terms Of the Chinese Ex-
clusion Act should be enlarged and
extended so as to permanently exclude
from the United tSates and it's insular
territory all races native of Asia other
than those exempted by the present
terms Of that Act; therefore, be it
,further
Resolved, That these resolutions be
submitted through the proper avenues
to the congress of the United States,
alton and action by that body.
A Kindred Question,
The following resolution of kin to
the above was also adopted by unani-
NOUS vote:
Whereas, Great Britain has enacted
that no person shall be signed ON any
vessel as an able seaman unless he
at sea on deck, and no person, unless
he be subject of the Empire, shall
be signed on any vessel unless he shall
have sufficient knowledge of the Eng
lish language to understand orders
given on board; and
Whereas, These laws have excluded
"a large number of inefficient men from
English vessels, which men are now
|crowding into American vessels:
therefore, be it
Resolved, BY the American Fedora
ton Of Labor assembled, that we pro-
test against the still further deteriora-
tion of the personnel in our Merchant
Marine and demand that laws similar
to the English in this regard be en-
acted by our congress-; and be it fur
ther
Resolved, That a copy Of this reso-
luton be submitted to the. Committee
on Merchant Marine and Fisheries of
the House, to the Committee on Com
1nerce Of the Senate, and to the COM
mission on Laws Relating to the
Safety Of life at Sea