The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-12-30

, proved August %, 1912, provided for thu
creation of a commission, to be called
the commission on industrial relations
1t was provided that the commission
should be composed of nine persons t.
be appointed by the president of the
United States by and with the advice
and consent of the Senate, not less thar
three of whom should be employers Of
labor, and not less than three of whom
should be representatives of organized
labor The department of commerce
and labor was also authorized to co.
operate with said commission in any
manner and to whatever extent the Sec
rotary of commerce and labor might APP
prove. Under the provisions of the law,
the president of the United States on
Dec. 7 appointed the following nine
commissioners provided for in the act /;
Representing organized labor. James
IO'Connell, third vice-president Ameri-
can Federation of Labor, John B. Len
non, treasurer of American Federation
| of Labor, and A. b. Garretson, presi-
dent Order of Railway Conductors; rep
resenting the public Hon. George Suth-
erland, United States senator from Utah,
| George B. Chandler, member Connecticut
state legislature, and Charles $. Bar
rett, president farmers cooperative and
educational union; representing employees
| +. A. Delano, president Wabash Railroad
company, Adolph lewiston, engaged in
mercantile business, and L. G. Schwedt-
man, yice-president national manufac-
turers' association.
The operation of the eight hour day
in the government navy yards works
out satisfactorily to everybody except
private contractors on government
work. Private shipbuilding companies
have had their own way so long that
in the extension of the eght-hour law
to include private contractors where con-
struction work is done for the govern
ment, it was to be expected that various
bowls and strange noises would emanate
from them by the application of any
law designed of a humanitarian eharac-
ter. That the government itself, work
ing under strict observance of the
eight-hour law, is proving the efficacy
and utility of the shorter workday is
forcefully brought out by report which
has just been issued in reference to
the November advance in construction.
The New York navy yard led all COM
petitors in battleship construction last
month, advancing the New York 80 per
cent toward completion, so that she now
stands 65.7 per cent. finished Work
on the other battleships being built in
commercial yards was as follows: Tex
as, LIS per cent, total, S07 per cent.
ATatva la y . AL .
Oklahoma, 10 per cent. total, IL per
cent. OF nine new torpedo boat de-
stroyers now building, the Henley is
nearest to completion, its percentage, !
Dec. |, being 1913. The submarine tor
pedo boat F-4 is now 94.6 per cent. COM
pleted, and probably will be the first of |
fifteen similar crafts now building to |
be completed.
The Canadian garment workers UNI
ion has passed in its checks. A compa
ny engaged in the manufacture of shirts,
overalls, etc, was sponsor for this So
called Canadian union. This firm former
ly employed members of the United
Garment Workers of America and placed
the label OF this organization upon its
product. Later the agreement was vio-
lated by the firm and the Canadian gar
ment workers union organized, and a
bogus union label was placed upon the
product This proved to be a disas-
trous undertaking. and the Canadian
union has succumbed. and it is under
stood that negotiations are now in
progress to return TO former conditions,
whereby the company can have the right
10 use the labels of the legitimate or
sanization holding the jurisdiction over
this class of the tailoring trade, the
United Garment Workers of America.
For years the American Federation of
labor has endeavOred 10 secure the
passage by Congress of an adequate and
'uitable immigration law. One of the .
features which the American Fedora
ion of Labor has contended for has ,
,een the literacy test, and il has stood
teadfastly by its demands. When the
Dillingham; immigration bill was passed
n the Senate il carried the literacy :
est and was then referred 90 the House.
There was also before the House COM
nittee the Burnett immigration BILL
which subsequently, was favorably re- :
'orted out. A motion was made in the I,
louise Dec. is. during discussion on the I
dillingham; immigration bill to substi-
ute the Burnett bill for the Dillingham; !
81. The vote upon this motion or :
mendmeHt was in effect a motion to
ccept the lteracy test in the Dilling-
am bill by the House Of Representa-
ives. The liteacy test was accepted
y the House on a roll call vote. the
cas- being POI and the NAYS l62. Up
n this vote being taken. an effort was
iade TO secure the passage Of the bill
: amended Congressman Mann, the foos {
.sder Of the opposition. demanded the Z
sading Of the engFossed bill. This vas Z