The labor advocate. [volume] (Cincinnati, Ohio) 1912-1937, 1916-09-02
LABOR'S ACHIEVEMENTS AND ISSUES.


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by Congress increasing
Der with every session of Congress the 59h
AS Labor Day 1916 OF the critical political
campaigns the Civil War period well call
the big issue of the campaign which has national as well an
international relation The the attitude the political
ties toward questions of humanity and human welfare The party
has in its legislative achievements placed the highest
valuation upon human life attributes
declared and enacted by any political party in power
The question that the workers how hold their pres
advantages and how from political still
opportunities for freedom The thing which is fundamental Sec
ton of the Clayton Antitrust Act the labor of human being
commodity article of The representatives of
the American Federation of Labor political parties and
asked them to declare themselves this principle The
that the political parties their platforms where all
Party openly avoraby declared and empha
sized its position The Republican Party took notice OF Labos
request that themselves which
considered of greatest Importance them.
The international that closest the labor
the policy of toward Mexico The
humanity in the balance in Mexico The people there trying
work their problems establish ideals
POLITICAL social and economic justice The labor Mex
has developed that the power the constructive
product of the revolution Representatives of the labor
Mexico with representatives the labor
of America workers and the citizens Mexico the
rights of human beings opportunities for freedom and for indie
pendence Many of the problems the Mexican workers prob
lens of the workers of the United States Their welfare well
fare The boundary line between the only
tica division that has little effect upon the and the
nature of industrial and commercial development.
The problem industrial welfare of the southwest
prevailing the 100000 of Mexans there exists obstacle
the establishment of higher standards within the United States
There capitalists and exploiting interests of the United States
who because they have Mexico Gotten corrup and dis
honestly obtaned) governmental agencies by
which they hold the people subecton and deny them the
opportunity for protecting themselves through the organized labor
and other opportunities for growth and development
These selfish exploiting interests concentrating their political
power the campaign different policy the
part Mexico Even under the
intervention how and unwarranabe the ad
of that policy really the and annexation
Mexico few of the reckless such the Otis and Hearst
interests brazng the demand for intervention
conquest of Mexico OF eo
be made safeguard the lives and the of people
living along border line who honestly the Mex
lean maauder the only offenders? The allied forces
and profit would deny the Mexican people the for th
development they would gladly embro the United States
necessary with Mexico To them property
property rights profits held life
international honor and human liberty
These of the issues that primarily the workers
and all liberty loving citizens of the United States they tn
issues which czenwl make hi
decision only his day activity but also the poll
! on election day
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