Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-03-09
ANNIVERSARY Of
LABOR ASSEMBLY
MARSHALITOWN TRADES Anu
LABOR BODY 10 YEARS
OLD.
DISTINGUISHED GUESTS
At BIRTHDAY PARTY
State Labor Commissioner a. =.
Uriek, State President F. A. Cam
field, and e. N. Ware. irst Vice
President Of Brotherhood - Nail
wsy Carmen, Principal Speakers.

birthday anniversary. The trades and
labor assembly was organized III
March 1902. The celebration Monday
night was made notable by the pre-
sence of state Labor Commissioner
4. L. Trick. of Des Moines, the state
federation executive, F. A. Canheio'
OF Cedar Rapids. and national Ia
Dor Official E. NJ. Ware, first vice
president Of the Brotherhood OF KAN
way Carmen, of Palestine. Tex.
The anniversary meeting was
,arga,v attended BY representatives
of the various unions aTiliateo WIZ
the central body at trade and iaoor
assembly hall. Mr.. Crick was 'n'
I principal speaker. but both fres'-
dent Garfield and Mr.. Ware were on
/ the program.
President Garfield spoke general!
OF labor condition in the state OIL
/ Iowa and particularly OF conditions
at Waterloo. Mr.. Ware spoke ou1
briefly, complimenting The cen'ra.
body on it's birthday and referring III
n general way TO the work of his own
/ organization.
Urick on Labor Conditions.
! Commissioner Trick gave an IN
teresting address on general iaoor
conditions. There are in Iowa, ne
/ said. $50 labor organizations. with
membership of probably $4,000. Inc
labor commission now is engaged in
!
statistics for the government, ana an
effort is being made to prepare MS
tory of labor organiZa lions in tEe
state. Much data, especially that per-
/ tanning TO organizations that nave
risen and fallen in past years, mas
/ been lost and what information may.
he Carnered comes from former
members of defunct organizations.
Mr.. Trick spoke Of the lamentaAle
! condition in the institutions OF high
CT education. which has come as u
| result Of poor pay for teachers ana
/ professors. The state University OF
! Iowa and Iowa state College. he said
row have the largest nDrollments IN
their history, while at tho state teach
ers' college. where instructors are
I nrepared for service in the Iowa
schools. there is an enrolment be-
low normal. Many instructors AT the
Iowa colleges have foresaken edu-
cational work because they can make
more money in other lines of en-
| deavor.
Why Labor Is High.
During the world war. Mr.. Urick
/ said. the entire method of produc-
/ ton was changed. from productive
/ Industry to a destructive industry;
/ great food supplies from America
were sent overseas. and when the war
came to an end. due to the initiation
| Of the currency during the titanic
struggle. there were billions Of dol
| lars of floating medium in excess o.
| 1913. with less material and food to
purchase. Then came the eXploita-
tlon Of the public by the profiteers
Heavy leans were made during tn"
war by the United States to the al
lied nations. Their mony actually
was not passed. but was held in this
country and its equivalent in food
and supplies was sent abroad. AS a
result. said Mr.. Trick. the United
States has a greater initiation than
the nations of Europe.
The natural result is that the ma
1 chanic and laborer finds it easier tic
! get increases in pay. and because Of
the imitation of the currency they
1 must have increased pay.
Shortage Of Labor.
IL.
shortage of labor. he continued.
Il Tens of thousands of men were call.
ed into war production work and
thousands of nationals of warrinp
nations left America to aid their own
peoples. This labor shortage. said Mr..
Trick. is not as great as il will be
There must be greater production.
in mills and on the farm. and every
man in the nation must he employed
This condition is evidenced by the
early demand on the state labor com
mission for farm labor. Farmers are
asking for help at an unusuall''
L early date to be sure of getting men
before the supply is exhausted. Farm
labor. because of the excessive de-
mand and the shortage Of workers.
is commanding a much higher wage
than heretofore.
Rising Tide Of Prices.
Il The rising tide of prices Of neces-
stiles was shown in figures presented
by Mr.. Urick The percentage Of in
crease for various necessities. based
on prices Of last October. as COM
pared to 1913. was shown as fol-
lows:
F'oodstuffs, more than doubled
since 1918.
Clothing. increase 1881 per cent.
Fuel and light, 45.7 per cent.
Housing. II per cent.
Furniture and furnishings. 1882
/ per cent,
Miscellaneous expenses. S1.31 per
cent.
Il The average increase. On Oct. l. 1919
was SO per cent, and has since shown
further increase. Especially is this
true of housing.
Rise Of the Laborer.
The working people of the country.
said Mr.. Urick, are passing thru a
II great change. Labor originally he
said, was done by slaves. Then came
the feudal system, when the laborer
was serf. This was followed by a
period when efforts were made to fix
the condition Of labor and the pay
The next step was the master and
servant system. with the master die
tating condition and paw.
Labor gradually has developed. he
II continued, and Is no longer a. SER
want. The laborer is making a hgnt
to become q factor in the betterment
OF conditions under
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