The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-11-12
and final report to the convention oi
| 1910.
Too Many Industrial Mislts.


uTbc ono trouble of America to-
day.D saws the report. lis that too
many of our youths who have gradu,
nted from tho grammar or high school
are misfits industrially. ii we are TO
secure industrial supremacy, or even
maintain our present standards IN the
industrial world, we must III some way
in our, educational system ACQUIRE an
equivalent to our old apprenticeship
system.
NOrganizcd labor's position regard.
inc the iniustlccs of the narrow and
prescribed training in the selected
tradcs by both private and pubbc IN
struction, and the flooding of the labor
market with half trained mechanics for
thc purposc of exploitation, is perfect
Iy tenablc. and the well founded belief
in the yiciousness of such practices and
consequent condemnation, is we'll nigh
unassAilable.
"Orranized labor s record for years
in regard to better sanitary conditions
in factories and workshops. aud IT'S
continued efforts toward safeguarding
iect oil wide discussion and much help
full legislation.
NIts advocacy of free schools, free
text books and the raising of compul
sorv school education have been re.
lieiously adhered TO. and closely allied
To this subject is that of industrial edu.
cation, and any serious discussion of
the proper kind of vocational training
promotes discussion of the former.
Experience has shown that manual
training school teachers without actual
trade experience do not and can not
successfully solve this great problem,
and that progress Will necessarily be
slow. as new teachers must be provided
"A new set of text books will have to be
nj Ia. cub, 20 n,.ht in a
sympathetic and systematic manner.
Plenty Of Controversy.
The international Association Of Ma
chinists and the international Union or
Elevator Constructors are at odds over
tho question of jurisdiction. and anal.
gamatiou IS under consideration. The
sheet metal workers and the stove
mounters organization arc also cou.
tending for iurisdjctonal advantages.
Efforts are being made TO amalgamate
the International Association of Car
Workers and the Brotherhood of Rail
way Car Men.
Tho car mcu are seeking affiliation
with thc federation and unless amalga.
nation is effected before the colse of
the convention, IT is probable the cN-
ccutivo council will be authorized TO
issue a charter TO the ear mon.
At the forthcoming convention Of the
Brotherhood of Painters, Decorators
and Paper Hangers of America, to be
held IN Cincinnati next month. 1t is cN.
pected the constitution of the organl-
zation will he amended so that the pa.
per hangers iurisdictiopal complaints
and the rights Of those who are cN.
clusivclv paper hangers viii DO so dc
fined as TO prevent any further dis
pujes.
Organized labor's attitude on the
vital question OF industrial education
was set forth in a report TO the con
vcntiou by the special committee ap'
pointed by authority of the Denver con.
vention TO investigate the subject. The
committee, of which John Mitchell is
chairman. held meetings during the
wear in New York. Washington and To
ronto.
Among the resolutions introduced to
day was one from the San Francisco
4 labor council requesting that the off
GERS of. both factions OF electrical work
ers be asked 10 resign and that the af
| fairs of both organizations be placed II
the hands of the executive council Will
instructions to call convention u
| elect new officers, those now holding
Office being ineligible.
Some Factional Strife.
/ An open letter TO the convention from
crs's union was circulated. This dc
clared 323 local unions were supportiu;
! them, while 205 local unions arc sup
porting the McNulty faction. rccog
nized by the federation.
The United Association Of Plumber
proposed that every effort be made b,
/ friends of organized labor to keep pa
tronagc from the Cleveland baseball
club in al cities where that clul
played
The International Glove Workers
union favors woman suffrage. on th
ground that "thc ballot for woman j
essential TO the independence Of tn
working classes.
Another resolution offered by Presi
deut O'Conucl of the MachiDists
union protests against government wor
being done on other than the eight
hour plan,
The Central Federated union of Ncy
York offered q protest against the loN
rate of wages paid by the government
in the navy ward.
The convention adopted a resolutio
expressing admiration for Lloyc
George, chancellor OF the British eJ
cbeduer. for his support reudere
through the British budget TO the Who'll
people.