The Alaska citizen., 1911-09-25

ti fa, atrf -Ui that The certain rs ot emp. ym,rf .- smaller under tHr capitalist ~1-.rm than under any I-csin.~ -ls'eH.
 Mr Kaa understood The seu, il.uIr ?. ~at-
 NJ Hsrser On. uo. The gentle ham probably Mas uut here from the Iyltuurg [ nay remarks The wages al, better Iu f.i~ country rhau any uru,, .Ug.'rt tn 'h, world said rHat ar fN. Iery beginning ot my re- marks avI explained why.
 Mir kal. Because kn w in my own ,l-y nr San Franeis,. the say ius~ tana~ have deposits of $ll9oop.- eo". Hla.. arr ftr savings of rhe errnluu H.n#" ul that community.
 Nr Berger N,~. and l kuuw that tuG lalr had m P, strikes and more he'll u Sa, Francisco than in any urar. .H'H nLoN ni .Norp' Chica. nso G.a-Ia'or aud arplmsep
 Mir Kahn S.rikr~@
 Nr u,r-,r 1,~: m .rc labor urou- llr-
 Mr. Kam Sau Francisco is today ttr Nc-. araaui1,d labor community in 'l- ,uIur-,.- and the working men t.,r. aalc had strikes only to tin, sam, .A'cu' d. they have had ih,m Iu any .th.r section.
 Nr E.l-,s And a few more.
 Mir Ram Hu fhry have bean uniformly >ieor5aHs. and al he pres eut 'rmr *o a- getting along ,pl Il didIy Ne 4alt uot Lad .uy serious ~r.ike~ ' r ahoG- three yrars
 Mr. G.rerr Mr Chairman let mr pr.dlo' -omyrLtrg have been iu the lahor ana socialist movement tur = years The conditions iu San Francisco which inc gentleman from California paints in such glow ing ,uloT~ a,r 'lr result Of d quasi alliance hr'Nc,u "Gg business and certain 1ad,uuiuH element. an al la1.r fnr which | would never stand. Iet It, -,- where fhis k going 10 lead 10 I 9o lar has brought more corruption than was ever known in uuy other D5t> ot The United States.
 Mr Kahn Tn alleged corruption 3a~ under a former Iaboruuion ad- mniSDUiun
 Mr. Ber.er-I am uor speaking ahout the iahu. unions. l am speaking about "hl business" using Jhe labor uniuh as political tool. (ApplauseD
 Mir. George Nr Chairman
 Tn, Chairman D e- he eeutl = man from Wisconsin yield ru the gentleman trm New York"
 Mir Berger do lAppiauseD
 Mir .orge Nr Chairman. I did nj quite understand the geutlcman's allusiou io me and To Vancouver and to the strike in Vancouver
 Nr H,rser-If the gentleman will permit, l ~iu r.ad to you so that you rau formulate }.ur question just right | said.
 The other dag We listened To d Icryid plea for the single tax. de lito.,d on this floor by the gentle man 1T rm New York Mr George. lie paid particular attention To the introduction. ul this system ill Van couyer. British Columbia. and paint ,d iu glowing col rs the blessings that had followed it. And now comes ghs distrcssiug news that Vancouver k in the midst of d general strike. the trsr or its kind in that city, in yONiug every organized workman there Evidently the single tax is not substitute for bread and but Ter
 Mr. George The single tax is a taxation question: would like to understand -dses the gentleman con meet mc up with that strike?
 Alr Berger Oh. no. N-aughter1 Whatever may say about his theor- it-. the gentleman from New York is innocent. The gentleman has nothing 10 d, with that strike. did mol mean 10 say anything about it, hut wanted to show that the sin gle tax does uor improve labor con diIiors. l. does n t. Strikes are just Is frequent in siusle-taX cities as in ritie- where they do moi have the single lax That k what l wanted 10 hling .ut.
 Mr George thank the gentle man. | feel very greatly enlightened.
 Mr Stanley Will the gentleman yiol for question?
 MT HergeI-Yes.
 Mr. Sraulcy-If 1 understand the sentlemau he said he was not op- posed to the organization of trusts. Is that correct?
 Mr. Berger | am nol opposed to the organization of trusts any more than 1 am opposed 10 the Atlantic ocean or to the Mississippi river, or, let Us say. 10 anything that is il natural outcome of conditions. l eX- plamed that the trusts are the nat ural result Of industrial evolution, and anything that is the natural out come of all industrial development l am not opposed to.
 MT Stanl4 y-1hat is. that il fol- lows inevitably?
 Mr Berger That it fellows in cvitably.
 Mr. stanley Now. ] want 10 ask the gentleman this: Does the gentle man favor the fixing of the price of comm ,dities of these immense or ganiZations engaged in interstate trade by the government?
 Mir. Berger-Mr. Chairman, l ia yor il as a first step, It is only pri- mary l understand AIr Gary of the Steel Trust is in favor of that.
 Mr Stanley-I understand so.
 Mir. Berger-And fer the first time in my life Mr. Gary and I agree on anything. But l will also say it will not help much. It proves, though. that even the trust con- cedes that it has grown to such dimensions that it has become a Quasi-pubiic utility and that it is no longer a private business. The only solution. however. is the national ownership of the trusts.
 MT Stanley-As understand the gentleman. he speaks of the trusts as a milestone in industrial evolu