Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-09-03

Al think | may with proprety say
| follow -workingmen he remarked. ne
| cause for 27 years | swung pick IN the
! coal mines of Pennsylvania and other
States and for III years have been n
union man.
WILSON PRAISES SALISBURY
Secretary Wilson expressed regret for
keeping the crowd waiting SO long, but
| | want to tell YOU, he said, trains are
not operated bv the Department of
Labor" He reviewed the history of the
department. In 1865 n convention OF
labor unions was held in Louisville Ky,
and the convention adopted a resolution
petitioning Congress To establish a Fed
cral Department of Labor, so labor might
have a voice IN the inner councils OF the
government From 1865 TO 1883 agita-
tion for such a department continued. In
1888 there was created Department oi
Commerce and Labor with n commission
or rs the executive head. rather than
secretary Labor was dissatisfied with
such n combination. believing LABOR
would come out the small end Of the
horn Agitation did not abate and five
wears ago the Department of Labor was
created with MIR Wilson as secretary He
said the department promotes the vel
fare Of wagc-carners There IS prejudice
against the work Of the department, and
he was sorrvto say members of Congress
frequently give expression to prejudice
He commended Senator SALISBURY tor
obtaining labor legislation
Labor is the most important factor IN
the | mtcd States Government outside
the bows in the trenches. Secretary VII
son SAID The waCc-earncrs have An
opportunity not ouly to promote the
countryS present welfare but ITS future
prosperity They have more at stake in
the war than any other class Of the Amer
ican people Tho United States is the
greatest democracy on the face OF the
glo0c It awaits the United States TO
establish republic Of manhood and u
will not bc long before women are IN
cludcd The waEr-carncrS IN the nlted
States have a voice IN determining thcir
affairs They will not lei any autocrat step
in and prevent them working ont their
dcstinicS
WILSON Rnt~Ts GERMANY
Secretary Wilson sald the United
states had ample Justification Ter gong
to war American institutions were men
accd hy the German imperial govern
mont Germany engaged IN submarine
warfare DESTROYED not unlN tmcucan
property but life We had 20 abandon cur
overseas trade or protect over Scamcn
one thing seems 10 have hccu overlooked
N Germany notification Germany sand
she would permit us 70 send one vessel
abroad each week hv a certain course, to
certain port and painted certain color
The German Imperial Government at
tempted o make rules for oar guidance
Had We accepted such rules we would be
subjects OF tho German Imperial Govern
ment We viii not hccomc subjects of
Germany or any other country
German spies set FIRE 10 orr mines and
damaged our railroads Secretary Wilson
stated Germany secretly attempted 10
engage Mexico in operations against us
offering Texas. New Mexico. Arizona and
Idaho as 'bait Germany offered Japan,
our northwestern country Fortunately
Mexico and Japan were friendly to the
United States. and the German intrigue
failed Germany attempted 10 dominate
the world with her grea, fleet and Won
derful military organization Our cycS
have opened and She will'no dominate
us
sAUISBrRy GUIDING sFp
Secretary Wilson said cur bows on The
other side If tie Atlantic are fighting
wonderfully They have turned the jidc
If battle and the Germans are rushing
back to Berlin He was proud Of the way
workers on this side are supporting the
}ayS overseas hut We need higher cf-
6cIency and greater energy TIE most
important thing i spirit OF sef-sacrifice
Tor comm ON welfare, sacrifice of pre- eludlcc.
material confort ard life Nc need 100
per cent efficiency The great bulk 81 Our
workers is giv.ug 1t. ic appealed 10 all
workers. whether organized or morgan
zed t. give an the efficiency in them, bc-
cauSe our institutions are At stake lie
sald Senator salisbury Is efficient IN
guiding the ship Of State
The meeting closod after brief ad-
dress by Congressman Polk tie praised
labor leaders with many If whom he had
come IN contact since entering Congress.
He thanked labor for loyalty and help
fulncsS Labor had assisted him in de
ciding how to vote III Congress lie would
always give consideration to labor opin-
ION
Secretary Wilson was Senator Sauls-