Montana news. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1904-191?, 1908-01-16
The Influence of ASiaticS a Menace
to Organized Labor Versus the
Stuttgart Resolution
Shall Socialists Stand for Their Ex.
cfuSiOn- America Does not Need
DictatiOn From Europe

spirit of solidarity and brotherhood
as they treat their native fellow work.
ers, while their sense of elf-preserva-
tion eompels them to resist the import
alton of unorganized and unorganiz-
able foreign laborers"
"Among the duties of the Social
lists Ito again quote Untermann) aui
organized workingmen, our resolution
then enumerates under No. 8:
"To combat with all means at their
command the willful importation Of
cheap foreign labor calculated to des-
troy labor organizations, to lower the
standard of living of the working
class, and to retard the ultimate realiz-
alton of Socialism.
In perusing the foregoing clauses
II will be noticed that N. E. B. is in
perfect accord with the position of
American unionism on the Asiatic i'm
migration question. AS indicated by
the resolution, the committee regards
1t as a menace to the present eco-
nOmic status of the American workers,
and, what is undoubtedly more i'm
portant, a great factor in retarding
the movement towards Socialism.
Unfortunately the American delega
tion disobeyed the instructions to
vote and work for this resolution and
voted for, instead, substitute drafted
by European Socialist who could not,
as study of it indicates, have had
even glimmering notion of Ameri-
can conditions. The position taken up
by it is the exact opposite of the COM
mittee's resolution, and is undoubtedly
intended as blow to the American
Socialist party.
The part of the resolution which con.
Germs us runs as follows:
1.-The congress does not consider
exceptional measures of any kind, eco.
nomic or political, the means of re-
moving any danger which may arise
to the working class from immigration
and emigration, since such measures
are fruitless and reactiouary; especial
ly not the restrictions Of the freedom
of migration and the exclusion of for.
eign nations and races.
"The congress recognizes the diff.
culties which, in many cases, con-
front the workingmen of the coun-
tries Of more advanced stage Of cap
italist development through the mass
of immigration of unorganized work
ingmen accustomed to a lower stan
dari of life and coming from coun-
tries of prevalently agricultural and
domestic civilization, and also tho
dangers which confront them from GER
tain forms Of immigration.
"But the congress sees no proper
solution of these difficulties in the
exclusion of definite nations or races
from immigration; a policy which is,
besides. in conflict with the principle
Of Proletarian solidity.
"At the same time the congress de-
clares II 10 be the duty Of organized
workingmen TO protect themselves
against the lowering Of their standard
of life, which frequently results from
the mass import of unorganized work
ingmen. The congress declares II to
be their duty to prevent the import
and export of strike.breakcrs. "
The latter clause appears to agree
with a part of the American rcsolu-
tion, but only seemingly SO. To again
quote Untermann "ln reality it agrees
only with a part of our resolution, but
takes particular exception to our prac-
teal position, first because our rcsolu.
tion declares Il TO be- the duty of
Socialists and organized workiugmcn
10 combat injurious immigration with
all means Mt their command, and see
ond because the international rcsolu.
tiou specifically takes exception to rx.
ceptioual measures, especially 70 re-.
striction Of the freedom and the cx
clusion Of foreign nations or races"