The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1913-11-13
BITTER ATTACK ON
RULE OF DOLLARS
BY LABOR LEADERS

Seattle, Wash, Nov. 11.@'Inyisible
government by organized dollars" was
scored In the report Of the executive
council of the American Federation Of
Labor to the SD annual convention,
which began here today. The recent
congressional lobby Investigation and
the charge OF M. M. Mulhall against
the National Association OF Manufac-
turers formed the basis OF h attack.
The report was signed by all officers
OF the Federation, who compose the
executive council. It dealt exhaustive
" with ali phases Of labor conditions
In the United States and the insular
possessions. bat made only an inciden-
tai reference to the new federal indus
trial relations commissions and board
OF mediation and Cancellation. The re-
port was not read, but q copy was fur
nished to each delegate.
Manufacturers Excoriated.
The reference to the National Assoc
cation OF Manufacturers was h long
est In the report. A review of testi-
mony before the Senate and House
lobby Investigations was given, going
Into detail regarding the activity OF
what Is termed the ''invisible govern
Enent," as embodied I'm the National
Association Of Manufacturers.
Concerning the National Association
OF Manufacturers, the report said:
1T has been shown to be the worst
group OF selfish, mercenary interests
now fattening upon civilization. The
officials OF that organization have not
denied their official signatures to any
combination offered In evidence. They
have not denied that they paid their
immense expense accounts. They have
not denied that they attempted to
break strikes n that their agents
went 70 and FRO In the halls OF con-
gress and frequented the rooms of It's
members to prevent legislation In be-
half OF labor. The national ~associa.
tion, through its ~overreaching greed
for power and pelf, now stands abso-
lutely ~discredited before congress- and
the nation. Its influence for evil has
been materially reduced" .
Greater Publicity Desired.
The report charged that only O lin
tied number Of copies of the lobby
hearings have been printed and ex-
pressed the hope that the convention
would call upon congress TO supply
more, that they might be distributed
and the knowledge OF the alleged con-
spiracy Of the manufacturers be wide
~ disseminated"
Reference to the lobby Investigation
concludes:
aNow that the existence Of the in
visible government, the stronghold Of
OTBhIliGcu uOAldTbs LdS fbcCn coIdDilbIlcu
beyond doubt or question, now that its
methods, purposes and agents have
been revealed to the public, those who
have at heart the interests Of humanity
and the maintenance OF a democratic
form OF government, are able to at
tack the problem with the wisdom OF
experience and knowledge"
The early opening OF the" Panama
Canal was made the occasion to declare
for greater immigration restriction
through national legislation. Easier
access TO the Pacific coast, the report
says, forces a duty upon the workers
IN western states to seriously consider
tho new problem OF foreign immigrant
labor. The failure Of remedial legisla-
ton in recent congresses was deplored.
Bureau Of Safety Proposed.
In connection with the work of the
department of labor, the report de-
clares in favor of the establishment of