The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-09-22
RECIPROCITY
Continued from page one.)

large armes Of unemployed are parad-
ing the country and are holding con-
ventions of their own.
Reports of lockouts in different
parts of the Unitetd States, plans cf.
shutting down factories and turning
thousands of men out of employment
within the next few weeks and most
disheartening views of approaching
stagnation in the business world OF
our country purporting to be eX-
pressed by leading financiers, rail
road officials and manufacturers Of
the United States are daily filing
columns of the newspapers and fur
nish material upon which anti-reci-
procity speakers build their argu-
ments.
With glaring headlines the news
papers warn the Canadians against
reciprocity declaring that thousands
of American worl1ingmen have been
thrown out of work and want to come
to Canada as soon as the reciprocity
pact is ratified here.
Mass Meeting Of Unemployed
Detailed accounts are given Of
monster mass meetings of American
unemployed One Is reported as hav'
| ing been held in Baltimore, Md, at
| which more than 10000 unemplyed
men" were present The object Of
1 all the unemployed mems demonstra,
/ lions is declared to be IAN object les
/ son in the present condition Of labor
| in the states"
Great stress Is laid on extensive
/ newspaper reports on an alleged ma
tional convention of unemployed
which is scheduled to have a -four
days session in Washington, D. g..
and to which thousands Of men arc
declared to be walking from every
part Of the United States. The al
legged convention Is reported to bt
under a regular national organization
in connection with which three names
~ officers are given. J. Eads Howe
Is reported to be the national chair
nan, while cora D. Harvey Of Chi
caqo. H.. and Josephine Elston o
Milwaukee. Wis. are named as tn
national secretaries. The organiza
ton is given a name, namely, 9TH
National Committee Of the Unem
, ploved end Brotherhood Welfare AS
ISOLATION"
President y. p. Ripley Of the SAINT
Fe is quoted as saying that unless
-. great improvement takes place /
, business conditions 10000 employe
, will be reduced, while a drastic po
icy of retrenchment is reported n
being enforced by the managemer
of the Chicago e. Northwestern raj
road. Shutting down Of large mil
and factories from Maine to Texas
described 70 show the extent Of ii
bad times in the United States.
Elevator Men TO Hog" Grain.
Another line Of reports which
intending to replenish the fire Of u
rest is that concerning alleged plan
n Of American elevator men to have d
~ The Canadian grain elevators in Il
4. United States when reciprocity go
I. into effect. It is reported that el
~ vator men I'm the United States a
# combining for that purpose, even
n ulaces where they have been at W
.e for a long time TO get control Of q
NJ. Canadian grain business. 1t is co
q coded that the portrayal Of woei
10 labor and industrial conditions in {
70 United States IS having its effe
10 upon some of the people. Just he
~ much no one ventures to guess at Il
.. time.
81 The anti-anneXatiOn cry which
n being raised in many quarters p
u. trays the Americans as CORFU
Dragging, boodle-huntinR and neg
lyuchlue crowd from which the Car
dian workingman and the Canadi