The producers news., 1919-11-21

0oro,5ized Labor Eleets In
OUdossernber-OId Parties Study
DDeoent Deoet Elections-How Par
hI aI Post Service Made Large
cc1,,nIus cel ms - Naturalization of
III, Tines P Urged by Baer-sin-
rIair ca Opposes Anti-Strike
G:Ie T,ar 4 Farmer Chosen as
Premier Of Ontario
Washington, D. ca ma
+ional conference OF progressive
ttI1o,n"prs' tIorl"l organizations and OF
ttaaLdnerative taLlllei9 societies has been
coII5d SO1iod to meet in Chicago, No
ct'arebpr c@n q and p, to formulate
nians oT for legislative, political
ppnd p economic measures which
St,o ahoII mite the forces OF the
;srnaItb sn~'i producers and the orga-
WeI,l :@oJ consumers throughout
tbo ti,loT limited States for their COM
mon SlLT protection against prof.
teerS. D ,.oo;do,+
Of the Farmers National capi-
"a tai, and Dalton 7. Clarke, presi-
Jont 5,,l Of the National Co-Opera-
GTll t;Tp association, with headquar-
tnrc in Chicago, signed the call.
NE T sessions will be held in the
Hotel Morrison.
When the American Fedora
+ion of Labor announced, three
weeks ago. it's intention to hold
y conference Of the heads Of all
iahor organizations in this city
an an December IS, there arose
some question as to whether
farmers would be invited to at
tend, It then appeared that the
farmers and co-operators had
already arranged to meet in
Chicago, and that in view OF
that fact the labor conference
would get the benefit Of theil
deliberations and decisions, re
0ardless of whether any partic-
1Iar organizations among the
farmers were invited to the la
Dor conference.
Plans In View
The first issue before the la.
Dor meeting will be the defeat
Of the Cummins anti-strike bill
and the prevention Of the re
turn of the railroads to private
operation before a political cam
paign shall have been fought OF
the question of public owner
ship.
The next issue will be tht
use Of injunctions to breal
strikes. Then will come the dc
bate on the form Of political &C
tivity which is to be adopted
for next year.
Plans are afOOt for bringing
the products of the organized
progressives farmers to the co
operative stores owned by tn
wage-workers, to reduce tn
high cost Of living. These plan
are supported by Legislative
plans for safeguarding the co
operative movement, and fo
giving the co-operators a fal
chance in competition with tn
beef trust. The keynote at Chi
cago viii be the recognition O
the organized worker as an OF
ganized consumer, to be ba1
gained with collectively by tn
organized farmer.
In order that this plan Of eX
p&nSion Of the co-operativ
movement for the benefit O
farmer and wage-Worker ma
be fully developed, the promot
erS Of the conference belieV
that the railroads and the mel
chant ships must be under put
lie ownership and democrati
control. Hence they will oppos
the return of the roads to pr
vate operation and the sale G
the governments merchar
feet.
Recent Elections Studied
Election returns from Masss
chuSetts, New Jersey and else
where have been studied wit
almost feve:iof. attention by til
expert forecasters Of polite;
weather in both the Republica
and Democratic national con
mlttee's headquarters, br
neither side draws much conf
denco from them. They remen
Der the Tory landslide in Br
Tam IL months ago, and tE
quick and complete reversal
sentiment shown by the Brltis
municipal elections Of last wee
viii Parties Combine?
Among the amusing rumol
tnat are current in the natiol
al capital is one to the effe'