The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1914-02-14
Completion of Canal Will be
Signal for New Inrnigra-
ton to the West Coast.
|CONSULS N
LINE ON Ian
Investigate Measures That arc Being
Taken by Transportation Companies
Trade Disputes Have Cost English
Worknlcn Tremendous Sums.

London, Feb. 14.-That the govern
mcnt at Washington is making prep
arations for increased emigration
from Europe to the Pacific coast of
the United States on the opening of
the Panama canal, is indicated by a
request to American consuls in Europe
to furnish the department Of labor
with reports on the plans being made
by transportation agencies to handle
the increased traffic. The .consuls have
also been called upon to supplement
the work of special emigration COM
m%issioncrs who have visited Europe
lately, with the reports OF the quaint
ity and quality of the expected immi-
grafton. .r4 81.
European representatives Of Amer
lean railroads welcome this action or
the part of the American government
as Indicating the beginning of Il move
ment by Washington to encourage the
high type of emigration which Eng
land n Germany are making every
effort to divert to their own colonies.
These governments offer every induce
mcnts to steamships and railroads tG
handle this traffic while the agents of
American transportation ncern
complain that the American govern
ment adopts a negative policy, which,
while effectively shutting out many
undesirable immigrants. also discour-
ages the solid type of immigrant for
whom there is still much room in the
United States. =.
Alexander Jackson, who has. reprc-
sented Il large American railroad sys-
tenn for many years in Europe has
suggested to the local American con-
Sulate that the United States
booklets setting forth the agricultural
and business possibilities of the va
rious states for free distribution in
Europe. He believes that such book
lets backed by the government i'm
print would lead to q great increase
in the number of immigrants who are
looking for farms or business OPEN
ings rather than for ordinary jobs.
Club life for the WORKING man is to
be developed on a. large scale in Lon
don. A central labor palace is to be-
erected at a cost Of over $26O,OOU
which in addition to providing meet
ing halls for the trades unions is to
include a moving picture theater for
the display of labor scenes. A large
organ and orchestra will play music
written around the pictures. Arrange
ments have beer made with unions in
France, Belgium and Germany for tho
exchange of films. o. pool of s350,OOO
having been formed for this purpose.
There are also to be dining rooms.
where orchestras will play during
meals, a smoking lounge and other
comforts of q first rate club. Ono Of
the chief features will be stores where
provisions of all kinds will be sold to.
members, and at times of strikes CIV
en- away instead of strike pay,
The promoters believe that the un-
dertaking will pay it's own way. The
scheme has the official support of the
London Trades council, which repre-
sents 100 unions, with a membership
of 200, 1000. 1t is expected that MANY
other unions, especially the smaller
ones, now outside the jurisdiction OF
the council, will join.
X Il Is
According to a report issued by the
board of trade, supplemented by data
supplied by trades unions, organized
workers have lost nearly $50, 600, 900
in wages from stopages due to trade
disputes during the last ten years. To
this has to be added a very large
amount distributed in strike pay.
Against this the net gain in wages re-
sulting from disputes IS reported at
$13,000.o00. IN the same period the
working classes as a whole have Sc
cured advances i'll wage estimated at
SIS. 600. 900. OF every hundred strikes
or other disputes recorded in the
Years under review SO per cent were
Won by the employers, % per cent by
the workers and the other rs per cent
were compromised.
X X X
Lecturing before the war and peace
society of the Manchester university,
Vice Chancellor Woiss declared that
the necessities Of business and trade
would bring about a worlds fedora
ton quicker than any ethical move
ment in favor of peace.
He asserted that cooperation was
the order of the age and that since
present industrialism was responsible
for oppression and tyranny the growth
of cooperative movements would lead
to mutual protection. Co-operaton, he
said, was advancing over competition
and all reasoning people ought to as
sist the movement. He believed that
international agreements would soon
De necessary to control hours of labor.
labor of women and children and
work injurious to health.