El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-01-12

would not affect labor organizations,
but never took them seriously
Labor Wishes to Know Its Status.
Eve do not want such assurances,
he emphasized Either We exist OF
right or We would be dissolved We do
not want TO be hoodwinked or lulled
into a fancied security that we DO not
possess. The men OF labor want 70
know their status.
Referring 10 a court decree where
the laboring men were enjoined from
going OUT Mr.. Gompers said;
1t is nothing more than the estah-
lishment Of slavery to attempt to sup
press a strike by a court decree and
force men TO work at their own peril
No man In this country should pc COM
PEELED by court TO go to work
Denies Beet Field stories.
[. Gibson a I.Ongmont Colo. real
estate man and sugar beet landlord. oc-
cupied the stand when the HardWlck
sugar investigating committee resumed
its hearing today. AR Gibson was sent
TO Washington by his community TO
deny the stories that have been told TO
the committee describing the labor
conditions Of the beet fields as bad and
the relations of the farmers and the
sugar refiners as unpleasant.
Mr.. Gibson says he reT resented the
general sentiment OF the sugar beet
growers and they are satisfied with
the treatment afforded them by the
sugar mill owners. be was cross eX-
amined by representatives HardWick
and Baker, who sought to show by him
that there had been friction and tnar
alien labor was employed
The witness admitted these facts but
declared the testimony Of the dlSsatls-
fled beet farmers was an exaggerated
story.
section in Colorado had made and de-
clared that tht politics Of Colorado
was in a "h|l Of a fix Mr.. Gibson
took issue with witness who had
stated that the sOcalled sugar trust
controls Colorado politics and news
That is absolutely false" he said.
"The politics of my country is not
what it should be, or what we should
like it."
Il thought politics would be clean
out there" said chairman Hardwick.
"The women vote there"
That doesn't spell anything" said the
witness.
Mr.. Gibson, who is a Republican and
married. gave the committee SONS
unique views on politics and on woman
suffrage.
John f. Law. OF windsor. Colo, a
landlord farmer. also testified as TO
Colorado conditions.
The Day in Congress.
The senate was not in session. 1t
VIII meet at p m MONDAY,
Senator LOrimer continued his tes-
LAA4AD4G DHANEG the tAHCLAoA ---Nt~--- -
committee.
Pennsylvania Gettysburg anniver-
sary commission urged a 100000 ap-
preparation before the Gettysburg con
gressional committee for the erection
OF a permanent monument.
The house met at noon.
The District of Columbia approprla-
ton pin was considered
Andrew Carnegie discussed trust
regulation before the steel trust IN
Quiry committee
Colorado sugar beet farmers dis
cussed labor conditions before the
sugar trust Investigating committee
Major general Carter told the mill
tary committee that $4,000 japanese,
subject to recall in war time, lived in
Hawaii
Major general Wood asked the aP-
preparations committee for additional
field artillery.
American Federation of Labor Off
Gals urged the labor committee to
create a department Of labor
The interstate commerce committee
decided 20 begin the Panama canal
hearings Monday.
The stell inquiry committee subpe-
naed J. 3. Reed. Carnegie's counsel
and secretary Knoz's former law
partner.