The labor world., 1910-06-25

sennial ssopy ton saof th,ss Broth HOOD.
men. Al Mr. = Myers xplained the Texas
Rssin R%siah n detail afssr xnsr
secretary treasurer, 81 and smany ques-
tions were asked Thy the represent tat-s
ives OF the he essseyersi rganizatlons pEsa-l
-, n: !sss mssst,nE M men q Aa,oSrned.to meet:
Capitol building 4 81 Prolonged discus
sion was had and for 4 time 1t seemed
Impossible TO agree upon q basis of
e seenk hsd .tsse
board OF the BTpthethood of %Locomo-
tive Engineers action on helping,
to organize q Joint board was post
% their rspresentstive,ls t was Was M authorised
to- cooperate from time to time. with
te board, If in his Judgment 1T would
position: This left but three organiza-
tion. @.,;, ~" -.
The Brotherhood of Railway Con-
ductors had taken practiclly the same
position. This lett but three yorganiza- :,
tions TO organize, a Joint board, A.
of the. Brotherhood OF Railroad Train
Of locomotive Firemen and Engine
men: and g. H. Becker sof the State
draft bylaws and prepare for the orr
ganization of :the board. =. T. ,a% 7
AS Mr. Becker is a delegate to this
convention he will undoubtedly he able
to- give us 8 fuller report on this sub
ject. r However, I am satisfied thatsa
great advance has been made, and that
it will only be a matter OF short
Organizations @ w viii be- forced " to % join
with U.s. sincerely trust that this
convention, win; support your commit
tee upon its attitude in this matter.
=. State Fair Exhibit. .,..s
Of having a union labor exhibit at the
state fair President HowleySappointedi
Vice Presidents, r: ~ Martin, Jos.
Maiden and your secretary treasurer
e. tSs he asfr Hasp fof
with the officers 81 the state fair
board with the hope that we might be
building for this4 year. but I was In
formed that we were too late. How
ever, the board was willing to grant
space under the grand stand at the
I was Obliged to give up my work
On this committee on account Of my
trip to Europe, and delegated 1T to
Vice President HellE:who has been able
movement of the state and plans are
being made for a. creditable exhibit
of the products of union labor at the,
next state fair. le..
occasion to hear reports on the. pro-
gress :of the committee during it's de-
liberations and 1 wish to urge that If
we are going into thing we ought
no half way tdoings, and 1t is my earn
est desire that the exhibit Of union
labor shall be the. very best on the
grounds. ..SC> :.
Child Labor, In Minnesota.
: One Of the most encouraging signs
Of the times lis the healthy public
sentiment constantly being aroused for
the enforcement Of child labor laws:
fought the child labor cause Single
handed and alone. I'm recent years.
however, assistance has been rem;
n he
the child: Minnesota was one of the
first states in the Union to pass an
effective child labor law. It =. also
ranks: foremost among the states in
missioner Of. labor for the state Of
Minnesota I haze had opportunity to
ma make e.e,n many 2bservations relative t9
lation. - So -
am satisfied that there is very
little, violation Of law in Minnesota,
Ss tSs many d1G abor
ers are not employed. The law is not
sufficiently drastic to meet the de-
mands of today. Itfpermits children
sDa o be Sndr fSs aS ever r. the ags Of
ef are child 1eSor probe% oSs agTee shst
poverty poverty shopid fS13E b be no excuse for
The State sea Of dSSS Sfsmi5y Sy charac
ter of its legislation, takes the: posi-
tion, that it is the ward Of every child
within it's borders. It holds that the
child Of today, is to be the citizen OF
tomorrow. n 4
such as ours the success and per-
petuity Of our institutions depend upon
the intelligence of our citizens. 1T
has created and developed great pub
the world; it spends millions Of dol
lars every year in the maintenance OF
this system and thousands upon thous-
opportunity TO- obtain the advantages
offered therefrom. However, If a
child should happen to be SO unfor-
tunate as to live in home stricken
position that this child need not be-
come educated, but it can be used in
industry for mere wage, and no con-
the ehiid This IS Wong 1 'ee and d'ufs Should %
be changed. The opportunity for an
education ought to be as good for the
poor as it is for the well-to-do. ]
knfW Few tharf ans V % of npedr and
Ito the fact that they were obliged tc
! leave school at an early age; that their
| education was secured in the hard
| school Of experience, which in their
opinion has abundantly fitted them
l!for their life's work. But for one ,whc
wins without an education there are
thousands who lose. This much car
be said that the struggle is much
easier to those who have been given
"a fairly good training in our public
schools.
If the state Of Minnesota or any 9th
er state passes a drastic compulsory
law, and expect it's strict enforcement
| it should simultaneously make provi.
sion for the feeding and clothing OF
all children whose parents are toe
| poor to provide for them, and under
no circumstances should the child
be permitted to; leave school under the
age Of 16 because Of poverty. x
Industrial Education.
Two years ago at the Winona con-
I ventiOn I devoted some space In my
report to a discussion Of the question
| Of industrial education. The trade
| unions had up to this time been very
| much misunderstood in their attitude
| towards Industrial training in our pub
lie schools. Our enemies lead large
number Of the people to believe Una,
we were opposed of every form Of in.
| dustrial training. =" s.,
Subsequent developments have prov
| en- that the trade union Of today Is
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