Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-10-08

I emblem was chosen. 1t was a Roman
hrasier. The soaring ia,ne symbolized
/ the spirit of brotherhood and warm IL,
o: affection uniting hne members. MIR.
suzuki pointed to the brasicr insignia
fastened to the lapel OF his coat.
soon, he went on. I'VE had to thin X
If establishing branches of our Tokyo
p'"hnizati"n. We started a magazine
al call ii Labor and Industry
When the women joined us we began
q" print special magazine for them
fnd called ii Friendly Woman. The
mems paper has a circulation of Is. 1000
distributed among the branch orrani-
@ato3s, which now total eighty. Nc
hi>e had 10 get new clerks. larger
Huar;crs-niorc OF cvcrythine''
Every week the associations in the
various cities ana towns hold meetings
cr"l convention.
'fhc correspondent asked about 4
stiik" at iok ohama last week. which
I'll" newspapers mentioned as having
been settled by tho head Of the l:,-
horcrs' society. at is true" Mr.. Suzuki
explained. Three hundred c,unloN ocs
OF the Yokohama Dock Company went
out to protest the discharge of two
"id workmcn. one of The discharged
men had been with the company six
i"vn years. the other twcnty-thre,
!heN were dismissed on the around
mat they were idle. Not only did tho
strikers insist upon the reinstatement
"i the men. hut upon the withdrawal
Of the right of foreman to discharge
Workmcn and upon granting of an in
crease Of wages. | was summoned from
Kobe, and. after Il long and bitter dis
cuSSicn with the officers of the com
pahH, we won our cause or at least
IN" chief demands. The men were rein
stated th' authority To dismiss wa,
removed from tho foreman and tho
company promised an iucrcnS. Of WAGES
"'hlh u reasonable time. We do not
encourage strikes. nut we mean ia
labor Tor the bcttcrmcnt of the work,
inE people"
The leader explained tina, the NOM
h"rihir came chiefly from ;h,. iron
weaving and spinning ana electrical i'm
uus'ries. with l.1oo scamcn. The WON
en- mostly girls. were engaged in the
weaving and spinning mills
How man" Of the WORKING ncon,,
OF Japan are eligible for mcmbcrshio?"
was asked.
"Ahont 100000 was the answer
and we hope to have them ali In our
President Suzuki voiced great sotis
faction over the results Of his visit to
tah!orhia last year. when ne addressed
INC delegates to the state convention
OF me Fcdcrati ton of Labor. and had
conferences with the leading labor mon
at the state. He believed there was q
h"'t"r understandings in California of
INC innigrat ton question. and thought
mat the fact that no anti-,Iapnncsc
legislation had been introduced into
I ~ -,
was ono of the evidences Of this i'm
proved understanding. The admission
"i Japanese 10 labor unions aud the
cooperation OF til" ,lanancsc Fedora
ton Of Labor in california with the
American National Federation of Labor
with the expectation of even close
relationship We're To him additional
proofs that the so-callcd Iapancse
problems were nearer settlement
closer contact between Japanese
aud Americans will accomplish Won
dcra i'm clearing tho air declared the
Japanese leader in conclusion. when
Went 10 the United States last year
President GompcrS. of the American
tcdcration. first said he wasn't par
ticularly interested in me. because he
thought our organization in Japan was
devoted merely to social service But
] had Il long talk with Mr. Gompers
ana told him how we were uplifting
the laborcrS Of my country-in:cIlec-
tuai'N and cconomically---pr en-
tcrtainmcntS, lectures and litCrn:urc
and seeking their general advance
mcnt. think he changed his mind
about us. and ann very gratincd at
the invitation To 20 to Baltimore this
autumn
president Suzuki goes to the United
states with the approval and even hclp
ut representative Japanese like Baron
f.l-ichi Shihusawa aud DR. j. Soycda.
inc president or the Imperial Railways.
VINO are greatly impressed with what
ne Is doing for the uplift OF the Japan
csc laboring world
before going to Baltimore Mr.. SUI
1uki will attend the annual convention
If The California Federation of Labor
NJ Eureka in October