The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1912-07-27
HALL At SHEB !
PLEASED WITH WORK
President Of State Federation of
Labor Reports on Results
At Wisconsin Meeting.

e. G. Hall, president of the Mime
sofa State Federation of Labor, who
last week attended the Wisconsin
State Federation as a fraternal dele
gate from the Minnesota state body,
undoubtedly gave close attention to
the proceedings of the convention and
must have won for our state, Fedora
ton high credit and commentator
by his zeal and, industry in the
gathering:
Report to the Convention.
In luminous and impressive re-
port he gave the Wisconsin Fedora
ton a graphic account of what is
being done in Minnesota labor circles,
after reviewing at some length the
achievements of organized labor in
general. In this review he called at
'tentton to the elevation Of the whole
citizenship of the country through
the efforts of the labor movement in
It's work for shorter hours of labor,
better wages, improved home con-
ditions, the betterments won for
women and children who are forced
by the necessities of life to toll, and
the keeping of hosts of children in
school and on the playground, where
they are developing into better
manhood and womanhood for the
good of the country.
Hostile and Hurtful Forces.
Mr.. Hall pointed out that these
triumphs for the uplife Of humanity
had been won over the organized and
persistent opposition of the employ
inc loo h. t.
middle men and merchants, and the
total neglect of duty toward the labor
movement and their own interests by
the unorganized workers.
In his further statement of the
case Mr.. Hall alluded forcibly to the
enormous sums paid out in the labor
movement for sick benefits, travelling
benefits, total disability and death
claims, and the persistent and sue
cessful efforts to the organized
workers to secure remedial legisla-
ton for the toilers of the land.
Legislation in Minnesota.
What the forces Of organized labor
had done in this state to secure bene-
fetal legislation for the workers, and
their as yet unsuccessful efforts to
get an employers liability and work.
mems compensation law passed, were
detailed by the speaker. He also out
lined the legislation that would be
asked for at the coming session of
the legislature, including a minimum
wage law, better protection for
women and children, the initiative
and referendum, positive protection
Of home industries and many other
provisions that will be highly bene-
fetal to workmen of the different
crafts.
Convention Very Interesting. .
According to the account given of
it by Mr.. Hall, the convention was a
very interesting and important one,
and he believes great good will re-
suit from it, not only for Wisconsin,
but also for. the neighboring states
The movement for uniform legisla-
ton for labor in the northwest re-
ceived decided stimulus and tended
actively toward practical results
through the conferences and deliber-
atoms of the fraternal delegates pres
ent from several states. The indi-
cations now are that this movement
will assist in rem owing one great OBJ
stacle to securing desired enactments
which has been found in the conflict
Ing interests and tendencies of ad-
joining states and bring about a
better understanding and greater
harmony Of effort all around.
-Four Fraternal Delegates.
Four of the large and imposing
states of the American union were
represented by .fraternal delegates.
These were Minnesota, which was
represented by E. G. Hall; Missouri,
which sent Owen Miller; Michigan,
whose fraternal delegates was Homer
Waterman, and Illinois, which had
Daniel j. German present as its dele
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