Denver labor bulletin., 1916-01-15
GO TO BEET FIELDS
Z CARLSON ADVISES
1900 IDLE men
Wanders in Talk With Com
mittee of Protest
Mass Meeting Of Those Who Lost Jobs
Thru DRY" Law Held at City Audi
torium and March to Capitol

With the Thermometer in Denver reg
istering four degrees bslow zero and
from SIX TO eighteen inches of snow COW
cring the ground turnout Colorado, Gov
ernor George A. Carlson told 1000 job
less citizens of the state who marched
to the state capitol Monday afternoon
that they GOULD FIND WORK IN
THE BEET FIELDS" This delegation
sf unemployed, union brewery workers,
hartenders and allied crafts had just held
a mass meeting in the Denver Auditor
ium and adopted resolutions calling ON
the governor for state aid in securing
employment for those deprived OF work
thru Inauguration Of the statewide pro
hibition law.
Dignified Meeting of Protest.
The meeting at the Auditorium was
mu-t orderly and earnest assemblAge OF
men, some Of them citizens % Denver
for over a quarter century, deprived Of
a means Of livelihood. Il was hcld under
auspices Of the Labor Union Liberty
League. with William Koch. secretary
and business representative Of the four
local brewery Worker Unions, acting A.
chairman. About 1000 persons were
present and volunteer band Of union
musicians who lost jobs in the hotels
and cafes furnished suitable music
Those who made brief addresses were;
r. w. JeffeRy. Harvey 4. Garman. I'd
J. Doyle and Clint G. Houston. IL was
a dignified protest mccting-a protest
not against liquor prohibition laws. but
against enforced idleness OF 5000 Colo
RADIO citizens and their families. totaliing
an approximate number of $4,000. who
ar,. deprived OF means of livelihood In
fh. middle of winter.
Pe~oiptions Arc Adopted
Resolutions on the subject adopted
unanimously by rising vote, are as
follows:
-Wh,rras, A condition has been
.satsd in til. state Of Colorado that
an. for Justice and the immediate at
t.ntion OF our state officials and legis-
tator.. the said condition being the de-
priving of som. 5000 Of the people Of
the state OF their homes of livelihood
thru the throwing out OF employment OF
upwards Of 1900 wagc-oarncrs and
business men by reason of the prohibi-
tion law. and.
Whereas. These .worker- are among
the rnost industrious and desirable citi-
scns of our state. who are thus unJustly
deprived of their means OF employment
without any provision whatever being
made to 1lnd "tNfF 'inptos"'hN ~
them; and,
awherras Other states and nations
when abolising the liquor traffic have
.hown a due regard for the people who
are thus Icgislated out of employment
or Of their property rights, by providing
adequate means of compcnsating the peo-
Me 20 affected tina, suffering and in.
Justice may no, prevail; therefore, be 1t
Urge Legislative Action.
Resolved, by this mass meeting OF
unemployed citizens and their depend
eu,s. that we demand OF Governor George
\. Carlson. that he convene the Colorado
legislature Immediately. in cNtraordi-
nary session with instructions TO the
members thereof, that they devise ways
and means whereby the state shall find
employment for the thousands OF per
.ons who have either lost their business
or positions and are now swelling the
already oycrcrowdcd army of uncm-
sayed: and be it further
NaRcsolvcd, This meeting demands JUS
ticc and fair dealing fro mthe cNponents
Of sumptuary legislation. Sophistry and
sham prctenHcs of working for the pub
lie welfare will not supply the families
that have had their means Of subsistence
taken from them, with shelter. clothing
and food, and We hold that the people
Of the state having by their majority OF
-..,..t ,l,.a dtstr.ssft1 condition to