Montana labor news., 1936-04-09
AMERICAN CREATED
WORK

lar Affairs, and has just returned from
a journey through the Philippines,
Hawaiian Islands, China and Japan.)
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Secretary OF Commerce Roper in his
annual report recently stated that
American Industry and business can
help by intensifying its efforts in the
fields Of research and invention. I be-
lieve that through creative work, a
characteristic for which America is
known throughout the world, we can
create proper new needs, new markets,
and new employment. This will lead to
safer prosperity and progress"
Americans who work with their
hands and those who are skilled and
trained should study this statement
carefully. They should study it most
curiously il they really believes that
their creative work" will bring back
employment and prosperity. True,
American creative work" would bring
back some semblance Of employment
hnd prosperity "if' that American
created" work were in demand and "if"
that American created work were
properly protected by American in
dustry" and American business"
Standing on the docks at Nagoya,
Japan only a few weeks ago., l was
amazed at the hundreds Of crates and
gigantic boxes of china ware and other
Japanese-made merchandise loaded into
the hold of an American-subsidized yes
sci. Every crate and box was ad-
dressed to American industry and bust
ness, among them being the F. w.
Woolworth and S. S. Kresge Company.
Today in Japan there is no unem-
ployment. Men and women, boys and
girls work unlimited hours at a few
cents a day. They turn out manufac-
tured goods by the shipload, much of
which finds its way into the business
houses Of the United States. Ameri-
can initiated created goods" are
turned out in innumerable quantities.
AS a result, press dispatches from
Toxic show prosperity in Japan. In
Toxic it is announced that Japanese
trade is at a favorable balance" lex
ports exceed imports.) Not only is
Japan capturing a gigantic amount of
trade in the United States, which right
fully belongs to the workers OF Amer
lea, but she is slowly, steadily and
surely capturing most of the trade
which was once enjoyed by Americans
in the Far East.
Untold numbers Of created" ar
ticles based on American created
work. which could be made in the
United States are now being made by
slave labor in the Orient and sold to
American men and women whose ere
alive ability is unprotected at home.
No American who believes that we
should continue the American stand
ard Of living a agree that American
labor will eve submit to competing
with the labor of Japan, China or the
Philippines.
Nevertheless, unless American labor
is protected against the importation of
the tremendous quantity Of these very
cheaply manufactured goods, our Gre
alive ability" is of no avail.
The visitors to Japan today, if they
are industriously curious, can find that
in that prosperous country there are
names Of such cities as Paris" Der
lin" and ~. S. A." spelled in capital
letters, marked on manufactured
goods. The names Of these indus
trial centers of Japan have had their
uses in the sales Of Japanese-made
merchandise sold all over the world.
There are about four hundred mil
lion people in China today, unable to
find enough food to go around. It is
a mecca for those industries" who
search the earth's surface for cheap
humanity. Here, for a few cents a
day, human beings can be employed to
work on American Created" goods
which are shipped back to the United
States to be sold to men and women /
who are looking for jobs. People in
China who hold nets under the drains
of ships to find something to eat,
gladly work for pennies. Shall Amer
lean labor compete with these Goo
lies?" Every shipload OF Japanese
made goods which can be manufac-
tured in America means the loss Of
many jobs to American workers.
America today finds itself in a po-
sition Of endeavoring to find work and
food for millions of unemployed peo-
pie. Work as well as charity should
begin at home. Since this is so,
industry and American bust
must take steps at once to pro-
tect American Created" work.
With the assistance of American in
dustry and business, cheaply made
goods in China, and other Far East
countries, come by the shiploads
into American ports. American in
and business, with factories in
China today employing slave workers,
cannot lay claim to being the cham
pions Of the cause OF high standards
of American living. To qualify this
statement, it should be said that car
goes of textiles are being shipped to
China and other countries, by Amer
lean business, which employees cheaply
paid Chinese laborers to finish these
goods. Then the goods are sent back
to the United States for sale. The in
dustries Of America are in danger of
wiped out forever unless ade-
quate protection ONE SCOT.
The Far-East will not be satisfied
with the capture OF the Finished
business Of America. Ameri-
industry and business, which is now
encouraging this foreign-business be-
Of cheaper humanity-bewarei
We have reached almost the maxi
mum of creating manufactured goods"