Evening journal., 1923-01-09
HIT Living COST
in Wilmington

Castle county. H. II. Gallagher. VIII
mington; vice-president for Kent, o
c. Passmore. Harrington; vice-pres.
ident for Sussex. to be filled by
the executive council on nomination
by the Sussex county delegates; sec
retar. and treasurer, Fred w
Stierle, Wilmington.
Proposed reduction of living costs
in Wilmington centered on the elm
inatiOn OF the middlemans profits,
which are alleged to keep the prices
of farm produce high to the detri-
ment of the consumer and which
do not benefit the farmer. A spe-
| cial committee designed to cooper
ate with the producer in rural Del
aware and the consuming public in
! Wilmington was named as follows:
o. c. PassmOre, Harrington. and
James O'Kane and John C. saylor,
! Wilmington.
A resolution was adopted provid-
Ing for a rigid investigation OF the
railroads operating in this state. The
resolution alleges that many cars of
coal. building material and food
stufrs are standing on railroad sid
inss and cannot be moved owing to
the poor condition of the equip
ment, due primarily to the recent
railroad shopmens strike 1t is con-
tended that the inability TO move
these cars tends to keep up the high
cost OF living.
Copies OF this resolution were pre-
sented by a special delegation to
the president protein OF the Senate.
Charles ID. Murphy, and to the
speaker OF the House. Samuel y.
Culver. The delegation was assured
that the resolution would be present
ed to the bodies and re-
ferred to the Committee on Labor OF
the respective branches. The delega-
tiOn also in turn assured the legls-
iatlve leaders that the Federation
committee would be ready at any
time to appear before any commit
tee appointed to investigate and
substantiate all the charges made in
the resolution.
Many amendments to the work
mems compensation act were sub
mitted to the convention and favor
ably acted upon. One provides for
the inclusion of musicians, stage
hands and moving picture machine
operators employed in theatres who
are not now' protected under the act.
State and city employees who are
now excluded. would also be protect
ed and occupational disease would
he considered ground for compenss-
ton II contracted while the victim
was pursuing his daily work.
Bulletins giving a digest OF the
laws and compensation facts, II was
agreed. $ ould he posted in Industrial
plants printed I'm Understandable"
language and 1t was also recon-
mended that booklets printed in
English. Italian and Polish contain !
ing similar information be distribut- |
ed among employees.
Amendments to the child labor J
laws we're submitted by Miss Clara
secretary of the Con-
sumers' League. Her suggestions
we're considered and some Of them
received favorable action.
Mics Frances A. Griggs, execu-
tive secretary OF the Mothers Pen
sion Commission, explained the
work Of the organization and point
ed out the necessity of its working
out its own program. The strongly
opposed consolidation with other
welfare bodies.
The Federation took up the SO |
filing fee bill and favored the abol- |
ishment of the act and the substitu- !
e OF aFefr
funds for the support Of the schools /
In this connection It favored an I
annual tax of approximately $40 on !
signs of all foreign corporations do
ing business in the State. /
They also discussed the collection
OF the tax. The Federation favored
the collection from every taxable
person in the State or the refunding !
OF the amount collected to those who
have paid. 1t was declared that
a bout one-third of those taxable had
failed to pay and with the elaborate
office force maintained for the col
lection IL should be accomplished.
During this discussion 1t was al
legged that the United States Gov
ernment had appropriated money
for the erection Of A school building
for Union Park Gardens in VIII |
mington, ard the building had not
been erected. The Federation ex-
pressed a desire to know why this
had not been done and whether or
not this money had been used for
he construction Of portable build
ngs.
The Federation also adopted a
resolution calling upon the General
Assembly to enact legislation pro-
riding for the protection OF the citi-
.ens and taxpayers OF Delaware by
'iddlng the State of imported Of
Ice holders" 1t was contended the
,ver-i increasing administrative costs
ire caused by numerous agencies
md commissions, for which high I
priced executives are brought here
rom other States and which posi-
ions could he filled by native Della
yareans M a much reduced cost.
W. J. Buckley. national organizer
u the international Boilermakers'
rnion and Joseph NJ. Richie, gen
'ral organizer OF the American
federation OF Labor. addressed the {
convention and congratulated the
federation on the work it IS doing {
nd has accomplished.
The next convention will be held {
n Wilmington the second Monday
n January. 1924. and the 1925 con- Z
ention will be held in Dover on the
econd Monday in January of that !
ear.
LIBERAL STRANGER AGAIN. {
Inn,ns y Writ and Frank DAVIS