The Cordova daily times., 1916-09-07

ployment where the government is the
 employer and conditions of employ
 ment can be fixed only by legislation,
 then the organized labor movement
 seeks to do something more than merely establish opportunity. It must secure legislation regulating condi- tions of employment.
 "The problem of human freedom was not ended by the work Of Lin coin There still remained a class bound to involuntary servitude, the seamen. The Seamen's Act brings freedom to these workers. It makes American soil sacred to freedom, a country upon which a bondman may not step without losing his legal fet- ters. Freed and given an opportunity to protect themselves, the seamen are pressing their demands for higher wages and better conditions. Section 6 of the Clayton Antitrust Act con tains the most advanced concept of freedom. The labor of a human being is not a commodity or article of com merce'
 "The question that concerns the workers is how to hold their present advantages and how to secure from political parties still greater oppor- tunities for freedom. The thing which is fundamental is Section of the Clayton Antitrust Act. the labor of a human being is not commodity or article of commerce. The representa- tiyes of the American Federation Of Labor went to the political parties and asked them to declare themselves upon this principle The answers that the political parties gave are in their plat forms where all may read.
 "The international issue that now comes closest to the labor movement is the policy of our government to- ward Mexico. The cause of humanity is in the balance in Mexico. The peo- pie there are trying to work out their own problems and to establish their own ideals of political. social and eco homie justice. The labor movement in Mexico has developed; that is, the most power and the most constructive product of the revolution, Representa- tives of the labor movement of Mexico have joined the representatives Of the labor movement of America to insure to the workers and citizens of Mexi- co the rights of human beings, oppOr- tunities for freedom and for indepen- dence Many of the problems of the Mexican workers are problems of the of the United States Their welfare is our welfare. The boundary line between the two countries is only an artificial division that has little or no effect upon the course and the nature of industrial and commercial development.
 "The problem of industrial welfare in the states of the southwest is large Iy a Mexican problem. With low stan dards of life and work prevailing upon the 15,0OO,000 of Mexicans, there exists an obstacle to the establishment of higher standards within the United states. There are capitalists and eX plotting interests of the United states who. because they have property in Mexico (often corruptly and dishonest ly obtainedD desire to maintain gov ernmental agencies by which they can hold the people in suhjectinn and deny to them the opportunity for protecting themselves through the organized la bor movement and other opportunities for growth and development. These selfish exploiting interests are con centratine their political power in the present campaign to secure a differ ent policy on the part of our govern ment toward Mexico Even under the guise of intervention, no matter how unnecessary and unwarrantable, the advocates of that policy really aim at the conquest and annexation of MeXi- co. A few of the most reckless, such as the Otis and Hearst interests, come out brazenly in the demand for in tervcntion. invasion, conquest and an neXation Of Mexico. Of course. every effort must be made to safeguard the lives and property of our people living along the border line, but who can hon estly say that the Mexican maraud- CTS were the only offenders. The al lied forces of greed and profit would deny the Mexican people the oppor- tunity for their development they