The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-10-01

a network OF variously named agencies
having in view finding work for imn1i-
IN the United States where 1t is to be
had No similar aid exists for American
workmen. The headquarters OF these
agencies invariably connect with points
grants in New York Blind indeed must
be tho investigator on this subject who
cannot or will NOT see the power Of the
steamship lines behind The work beinG
carried on so extensively hy some Of these
agencies 10 take. care of the arriving i'm
migrants,
All these facts hearing on the sub
ject OF immigration have como home &c
many OF the delegates to the convention
Of the American Federation Of Labor
Probably not ore Of them. and indeed
not one prominent labor man in the en-
tire country. but has passed through tho
same series Of impressions and senti-
ments regarding immigration. Where
once was acuuiescence. II moi approval
there Is now opposition. Labor's sympa-
thy with labor reaches from America 70
Europe Pity. desire 10 help. hope for
n better future for all labor, faith in
human nature in its lowliest estate-these
are sentiments usually aroused In the
breast of the American worlSinsman in
contemplating the hard fate Of his brother
in Europe Aye. and on that string has
The cunning hand CT the master mnnipu
lators Of labor long PLAYED Great wealth
has been absorbed by the steamship lines
carrying The millions Of immigrants 10
America; rTcat wealth is being produced
by the help Of the immigrants for the
men getting far more than their share
of production. 1t Is the first business
Of steamship companies big manufac-
turers and great corporations to procure
dividends Their concern for the work
men for a just society. FOR permaneDcy
Of the democratic institutions OF Amer
lea Is secondary. But since: as We have
seen, immigration IS to the American
rorkingmen first ~ all n wages question.
frCnNiIn1 hEGn
obliged 10 study il closely. have hence
moved beyond the merely sentimental
stage in contemplating 1T. may have
many a time snbcr'y discussed u In their
unions and NJ thnr conventions. and
finally have decided how dutv to them
selves and their country requires them
to oct.
TIL" annual convention of tho Amer
iran Federation of Labor. held ~ Toronto
Canada November. 1909 voted for We
str'ctIon; il resolved 70 demand an init
eracy test. money in rocket test. an
increased head tax. md tho abolition OF
the govern men, distribution bureau.
Since that time tho policy of organized
labor then adopted has been strength
eneh hv the findinSs Of the United
striking passage in the commissions re-
port VAS:
The INVESTIGATIONS OF the commission
show an ov@rsupnly Of unskilled labor In
basic Industries To an extent which in
dcatcs an oversupplv nf unskIlled labor
I'm the Industries of the country as n
whole. aud therefore demands legislation
which VIII al the present time restrict
tho fmrther admission OF such unsklied
labor"
The commission held II Ia nc desir-
able that "a sufficient runber he de-
barred to produce A marked effect upon
tho present supply ri unskiri labor" "
recognized as possible the first three of
the four methods OF exclusion recon-
mended by orRanized labor. with others.
limitation OF the number OF each race
arriving each Year To certain percent