Evening star., 1915-11-28

"On the other hand. Europe has been
dumping on us. Our excuse is that We
have a surplus. Europe bluntly says
1t wants another market. Shoddy cloth
has been dumped on the United States
for years. That is the reason the
Americans are the worst dressed men
on earth. Shoddy comes in cheaply. so
as to reduce the sales of our own
woolens.
Gold is indestructible Wool is all
most So The wool in the coat YOU are
wearing may have been worn by
dozen other men. You can't tell, and
it's smart tailor or dealer who can.
Scores and scores of products have
wedged their way into our markets
regularly and scatteringly. and they
will continue to come when the war is
at an end.
"A man would be a fool were he to
try to predict what will happen when
peace again prevails throughout the
world. We know that France Ger
many. Russia. Austria. Italy. Belgium
and Great Britain are losing millions
of their best young workers Mean
while. women in all of those countries
are doing machine labor that has here
Been uOne bN men.
will they continue to do it, Women
are not so cohesive as men and men are
not cohesive enough. Women are more
easily managed than are men. They
will not always stand up courageously
and steadfastly for their rights. Their
wages. too. as we know, are lower
than are the wages commonly paid to
men.
Now. with it's young workers dead or
crippled, will Europe rush into our
market after the war with products
made by cheaper labor than IL ever has
had since the terrific battle between in
dustrial nations began?
And what is to become of the mil
lions of poor devils who are physically
or mentally broken down because of
wounds. sickness and the horrible hard
ships they suffered in dugouts and
trenches? VIII they be sent to Amer
lea? Will steamship companies work
up cargoes Of such freight? VIII ma
tions secretly give subsidies to pro-
mote the coming of its cripples and in
efficients to the United States?
These questions. / think. are big
with meaning and ought to be faced
now. and not when it is too late. The
American Federation of Labor has
fought hard for new restrictions
against the dumping of human beings
into our great Atlantic ports. We have
not given up.
This winter we shall renew our re-
quest that strong. healthy man land
Ing in the United States, avowedly to
find work. liberty and home. shall be
required to read forty words in his own
language or dialect. We do not ask
that the old parents who accompany
him. or the wife and children at his
side shall be turned back if they cannot
read single word of their own Ian
guage or dialect. We do not mean to
break up families.
Once a man can read forty words
whether he is coached by steamship
relatives, he will want to read more
say that no man is fit to live and work
in the United States unless he can read.
Only then can he understand our theory
of government; only then can he begin
to prepare himself for citizenship
THE American Federation of Labor"
Mr.. Holder said at the end of the In
terview, believes that both kinds of
dumping. the dumping of products and
of men, are bad, not bad for the work.
ers of this country any more than eth
er sort of dumping is bad for every
body.
Products or men? We stand for both,
but for men first if choice must be
made"
Copyright 1915, by James B. Morror3