Los Angeles herald., 1909-10-05

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Professor D. A. McCabe of the de-
partment of economies of the Catholic
university at Washington in recent
lecture gave voice to the following
tribute to union labor:
"The attitude of the economists to-
ward the trades union movement is one
of general recognition of the necessity
of organization aud of approval of the
aims of trades unionism. This ap-
proval does not extend, however, TO
all the methods and policies pursued
by the various unions. To the econ
omist the trades union is an agency
for collective bargaining, and the gen.
eral proposition that collective bargain
ing as a means of securing and retain
ing fair wages, reasonable hours and
conditions of employment, physically
morally and socially sound, is absolute
ly necessary under our present indus
trial conditions and admits of little
doubt The individual workman, rely
ing on his individual strength and re-
sources alone, cannot compete with the
employer in the labor market"
Sixty women laundry workers in
Havana, Cuba, recently went on strike
to improve their condition and enforce
sanitary and more healthful surround
ings. The court has just handed down
a decision that they compose COM
bination in restraint of trade Com
menting on this the Cleveland Citizen
says: sixty women were arrested and
compelled to furnish $1,000 bail or go TO
Jail 1t laundry workers are guilty OF
combining to restrain trade because
they refuse to wash dirty shirts, then
it will not be a very difficult matter to
hold all other workers who may in
augurate a strike in order to remedy
what they believe to be just
grievance"
Modern Woodmen of America are
about to erect a sanitarium for afflicted
members close by the Union Printers
home at Colorado Springs, Colo, and
have entered into an agreement with
the American Federation of Labor that
the structure is to be erected by union
labor exclusively.
Two years ago the Indiana legislature
passed a law closing the barber shops
on Sunday. The supreme court has helu
that this measure is invalid. The par
bers of Indianapolis are now endeavor-
ing by petition to have the shops
closed on Sunday, as was done in this
city recently.
Organized labor in Kansas Jared well
at the hands of the last legislature of
that state, eleven laws asked by it be-
ing enacted and number of bills con-
tanning provisions detrimental to labor
and opposed by the state federation's
legislative committee defeated.
In Colorado, wyoming and Utah
women receive the same salaries as
men for the same work. Publicity of
this fact by the equal suffragists has
caused an influx of women, particularly
school teachers, to those states.
Attorney General wwickersham has
rendered a decision to the secretary of
commerce and labor at Washington to
the effect that a person coming to this
country under a contract to perform
other than skilled or unskilled manual
labor does not enter in violation of the
alien contract labor law, says the
Clarion of San Francisco The attor-
ney general holds that the provisions
of the alien contract labor law are linn
tied to manual labor skilled or un
skilled, and do not apply to superin-
tendency or similar position which does
not require manual labor.
Francis Drake well known among
union labor men in this city, where he
resided for several years, is now po-
litical editor of the San Francisco
Post.
The convention Of the Woman's
Label league. which met in San Diego
last week. was one of the largest gath
erings of that body ever held, several
members from this city being in at
tendance. The league has decided to
affiliate with the California Society for
the Prevention of tuberculosis and Will
take up the work against the spread
of the white plague The election of
officers for the coming year resulted
as follows: Mrs. Strachan of San
Diego, president; Mrs. Vanta of River
side, vice president; Mrs. Frances Noel
of Los Angeles, second vice president;
Mrs. Goshorn of Los Angeles, secre-
tary treasurer; Mrs. w. A. Engle, par
liamentarian. and Mrs. Hicks of Pasa-
dena organizer. The next meeting of
the league will be held at Pasadena
At the meeting of the Central Labor
council Friday night most Of the
unions reported their members gener-
ally employed. The cooks will hold an
open meeting for union and non-union
men October II at their quarters on
North Main street; the board of busi-
ness agents recommended the appoint
ment Of political club; the matter of
sending a delegate to the American
Federation of Labor at Toronto in NO
vember was discussed; resolutions
commencing ]. B. Bowen for his work
here were adopted, and Secretary But
Ter was selected to represent the Cen
trail Labor council at the meeting of
the stockholders of the Labor Temple
association. Plasterers' union No. ?
sent word to the council that it had
voted to affiliate with the central body
and its delegates will probably be
seated at the next meeting.
Mayor Windharn of Long Beach has
gone on record as favoring white men
| in preference to Japanese. The library
board of the beach city recommended
! the removal of the white janitor and
the substitution of a Japanese, but the
mayor declared that no salary demand
of a Japanese would be honored by
him.
Commissioner if immigration Keefe
| is preparing bill which he hopes VIII
! he passed by congress and which will
| contain a severe restrictive provision
against the admittance of immigrants
who faH to declare their intention of
| becoming naturalized citizens. The bill
has the Endorsement of organized labor
and is designed to limit that class OF
! immigrants who come to this country
with the intention of making money
and then returning to their native
lands.
Steps have been taken for the
adoption of a universal trades union
label. a committee for the purpose hav-
| ing met recently in New York This