The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1913-11-10

fire legislation 10 benefit rhs more
lhaa z.estoee ss.m6ers o. The A. F. Of
L and allied organizasions. vas urzel
il the report of President samuel
Gompers and executive council of the
federation presented 70 the thirty third
annual convention today.
Picturlng the latS6r m0vemenf a. one
y practical ideaiism. dealing xIth the
rau stuff of lie. and branding indus
trial mauagements as cruel and heart
F less in seif-inferests. The report show
- remarkable progress Of unionIsm
Is the past year The membership
passed tae TWO million mark. and Pres
idenl Gompers predicted a steady al
yanc, IS me Eaw goal 81 three miiliol
+ The federation closed its fiscal year
Eith a balance q sio5.0ss.os. after re-
ceiving in is thirty-three years exist
ence <zss2. .ss4fs and expending
s2.771 .27ii0 official membership Of
the federation and allied bodies vas
/ placed a z.o5f.5zg. an increase of zl8..
e5s IN the last year. with a total o. sz2
charters Nine hundred and siafynine
strikes have marked iabor's war
against capital IN the past year. IN.
yolving 2g4Z5e persons. benefitung
Is6.e4l. and costing f3.4s4.2lssl %
sustain members on strike. Labors
defense fund received from local trade
and federal labor unions in the past
gear sls21A10.
improvement in membership of the
house and senate judiciary committees
vas noted with the reliremeat Of many
members OF the Uncle Joe cannons
mOrgue9 and the infusion oi fresh
blood into congress Members Of the
federation were urged 10 use their in-
nuence To get passage Of pending IN
junction limitation bills. and work.
mans compensation committee report
ed progress IN framing measures for
more extensive and fairer compensa-
ton acts than now exist Warning
was sounded against the impending in
fink Of Immigration to the Pacific
coast with the opening Of the Panama
canal. and It's resultant low rates Of
passage
Congress was censured for rs atti-
tude on the department Of labor. IN
this respect the report said, in part.
I'VE cannot too strongly condemn the
niggardly, picayunlsh policy Of con
gress IN healing with the only depart
nent entrusted with promoting the
welfare OF the wage Garner bureau
OF labor safely and a museum OF safety
appliances we're advocated in sec.
ton which said Competition has
beer so merciless, aud organizations
OF corporations 50 heartieas, that hu-
man interests have been sacrificed in
the struggle for profits Creation Of
federal bureau Of health was fore.
seen in the attitude for congress and
the decrease Of opposition from special
interests which hitherto have fought
the establishment OF ench an organiza.
tion.
That the federation proposes TO car
ry on vigorous campaign for more
labor representation in the next con
eressional campaign, was evidenced in
the report OF the voluntary subscrip.
tidns from individual members Of the
federation. No recommendation we're
enclosed with the report on the general
status Of eighthour bills
Members we're urged to petition
their senator's for support Of the Boob
en- bin oposing convict labor, and
scheduled for consideration in the new
session OF congress. This measure, II
was pointed out in the report. has pass
ed the lower house three times, but
has always been "waylaid" IN the sen
ate. Coming out strongly in favor OF
minimum wage legislation for women
and children. the report declared:
"A fair standard Of wages-a living
wage for an employed IN an industry
should be the first consideration in
production None more entitled to
that standard than are the women and
minors. An industry which denies to
all its workers, and particularly de-
nies to its women and minors wing
wage, is unfit to be permitted to exist.
Labor representatives should We on
every minimum wage board
The federation, it was announced In
the report win participate in the form
alton Of a Nnational Popular Govern
ment league. non-partisan, which is 20
be organized al Washington, D G. on
! December next. This league, is was
declared, is needed because the forces
OF toryism and plutocracy are up to
/ their old tricks OF destroying indirectly