The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-09-28

income for the last year had been
sos marks, less han $4,000. The sec
rotary Of the Swedish unions sent a
letter reSretting his absence, caused
by the general strike in his country.
MI. Legion brought to the attention Of
the Conference the acts Of the Prus-
sian Government with regards to
"cards of legitimitation' for foreign
WageWorkers. At the Prussian from
tier an incoming WOrkingman is
obliged to pay $3.50 for the right of
entering and 60 cents for an identifi-
cation card, which he must xhibi on
demand Of the authorities or his en-
ployer. II his card Ices not show his
character as an employee to be salts
factory, he may be sent back to his
own country. Nh. Legion said thai
non-unionism was promoted by these
measures, and he thought that the
ministers Of the governments con-
cerned should be asked to protest to
Prussia. Mr.. Bergrnans Of Belgium
proposed that the International Score
tary Of the Conference cooperate in
the matter with the bureau of the In
ternatonal Parliamentary Socialists.
The French delegates objected; they
preferred to exert IAN exterior pres
sure" on ~parliaments. MI. Yvetat drew
the attention of the delegates to the
fact that the threat of q strike bv the
Welsh miners had been necessary two
oAiHS iito SIAC1I l1to
British eight-hour mine law in their
district, and hat the laws affecting
the intelligence offices OF France were
a nullity until the unions enforced
them. Mr.. Appleton's motion that the
unions in the various countries repre-
sented should combat the Prussian
regulations in question "by all means
in their power was adopted. Mr..
Madsen. of Denmark, notified the Con-
ference that the working people Of his
country intended to enter upon a
struggle for the eight-hour day, and
asked for material support. Mr..
Huysmans moved that work done in
homes should be subjected to the
same legislation as factory work.
Agreed to. Mr.. Jouhaux called the at
tention of the Conference to attacks
made by the Secretaries of the Holland
and Spain central unions on the Anar
chists of those countries, and asked
that they be requested to abstain from
such personalities and political CON
troversies. A warn discussion ensued,
the Socialists and their opponents
charging each other with introducing
politics in the Conference, and conse-
%quently sowing the seeds of diSsenSion.
*'The French" said Mr.. Legion, de
clare themselves adVersaries Of politics
in the union as against the Socialists,
but when it is q matter OF Anarchist
politics their zeal for the neutrality
Of the unions vanishes." A proposition
in favor Of Esperanto was accepted:
not obligatory. Budapest was chosen
as the place for holding the next Con-
ference.
In thus summarizing the three days
proceedings of this Conference. | have
felt-at moments almost with sufh-
cient force to cause me to dismiss the
whole subject ina brief paragraph
that our Amer IN readers as a body
could hardly be expected to olloW all
the points as narrated. And Yet, TO
any one acquainted with the American
labor movement-Our own, our adj
yanced, our national, more our on
tinental, TnOvement-at every one OF
the points touched upon will occur
comparisons Favorable both to Amer
as a land in which the workers
are free from many burdens hat still
rest heavily upon European labor and
as a land in which the organized labor
movement is is a better position to
help all classes of society thar is the
case in any other country in any part
Of the world.
Men prize a thing u~ngalned more