Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1910-01-27

A FTER listening to some of the
n foremost thinkers and speakers
IA on the industrial problems which
this country now is confronting, more
than 1000 men and women, who as
sembled last evening at the social
hall of the Los Angeles Labor tenn
pie. 53S Maple avenue, voted almost
unanimously to adopt the foregoing set
of resolutions.
Never were speakers greeted by a
more enthusiastic audience than that
which gathered last evening to con-
slider the meat boycott and to plan, if
possible, a remedy.
The proposed meat boycott, which
was to have involved every labor So
ciety in Los Angeles and the effect of
preparations for which already has
been felt, was not supported. Without
exception the speakers denounced it
as nothing more than a subterfuge,
proposed by the trusts. 1t was pro-
posed to strike directly at the root of
the evil and not only the national, but
the Los Angeles city government was
attacked bitterly. 1t openly was de-
clared that the present laws prohibit
any remedy for the great evil and
that, until the CITY, state and national
laws undergo a decided change no
man, woman or child who tolls for
his or her daily bread can hope for
better times.
National Campaign Urged
1t was said that the only way the
trusts could be made to feel the
strength of the. laboring classes was
for the laboring people to unite in a
national campaign which must sweep
everything before it.
"You must find the statutes which
stand on the books in the way of
progress and which aid the trusts in
their wholesale watering of stocks and
go to Mayor Alexander or Governor
Gillett or President Taft and have
those statutes stricken off. That is
the only we.y to ever make your wants
known and your wishes considered"
declared Edward Norton.
His statements were reiterated by
nearly every speaker who occupied the
platform during the evening. The
meeting was one of the most enthusi-
astically attended labor gatherings
ever held on the coast. Union men
aud non-union men, representing
o sry trade and every industry of the
Anger city, were present Every seat,
every window ledge and every aisle
was jammed t0 the limit with an eager
expectant mass OF humanity Long pe-
fore the time for the first speaker to
mount the platform had arrived many
had been turned away from the
crowded entrances.
c.. M. Fielder chairman of the "meat
committee" was the first speaker Of
the evening to be introduced and soon
was followed by DR.. Sherwin Gibbons,
member of the Los Angeles health de-
partment. Dr. Gibbons urged the cleo
tion Of men who would represent the
people; men upon whom the people
could rely and who would not be sub
servient to the far-reaching demands
of the great corporations.
Time for Warning
Prof. l.. A. Handley of Occidental
college and secretary of the league of
Justice was the next speaker.
~ have no greater respect for any
person on the face of the earth" de-
rlared Handley, "than for the labor
ing man. The question which we now
are facing, however, is not a question
of boycotting meat. 1t Is a question
of whether the trusts shall be allowed
TO continue watering stocks and rails
ing the prices Of staple commodities.
annrove of the meat boycott. 1t is
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