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THE CONSUMERS' LEAGUE.
It shall be the special object of
j the National Consumers league
tto secure adequate investigation
of the fnrw1itirmi Tinder wriieri
goods are made in order to en
able purchasers to distinguish in
faTor of goods made in the well
ordered factory. The majority
of employers are Tirtually help
less to maintain a high standard
fas to hours, wages and working
conditions under the stress -of
competition unless sustained oy
the co-operation of consumers.
Therefore the National Consum
ers league also purposes to edu
cate public opinion and to en
deavor so to direct its force as
to promote better conditions
among the workers, while secur
ing to the consumer exemption
from the dangers attending un
wholesome conditions. The Na
tional Consumers league fur
ther recognizes and declares the
following:
That the interests of the com
munity demand that all workers
shall receive fair living wages
and that goods shall be produced
under sanitary conditions.
That the responsibility for
some of the worst evils from
which producers suffer rests
with the consumers who seek
the cheapest markets regardless
I . how cheapness is brought about.
That It is therefore the duty
4 1 of consumers to find out under
what conditions the articles tney
purchase an produced and dis
tributed and insist that these
X conditions sliall be wholesome
t and consistent with a respecta-
ble existence on the part of the
T workers.
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Tobacco Workers Officers.
The referendum election for officers
of the International Tobacco Work
ers' union resulted as follows: Presi-!
dent, Anthony Me Andrews, Cincin
nati, O.; first vice president, W. Ii.
Walden, Richmond. Ta.; second vice
president. John Ruekert, New Orleans;
third vice president, Charles Alder,
Detroit; fourth vice president, Frank
"Wessels, Covington, Ky.; fifth vice
president. Robert Fox, Richmond, Ta.;
sixth vice president, Thomas Finne
gan, Hamilton, Ontario; secretary
treasurer, E. Lewis Evans, Louisville,
Ky.
Unions ndo-se Trade Schools.
The industrial or trade school as a
department of Chicago's public schools
received the indorsement of a majority
of trade unions there, according to a
report of the school committee of the
Chicago Federation of Labor.
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TRIED AND TRUE.
Samuel Gompers was elected
the first president of the Amer
ican Federation of Labor In 3 SSI
and has been re-elected each
year since, with the exception of
1894, when John McBride of the
Mine Workers supplanted him
for one term.
Before and After.
Pendleton What are the two great
est wishes of a medical student? Kefer
Give It up. What are they? Pendle
ton To put "Dr. before his own name
and "Dr. after the names of other
people.
Trouble teaches men how much
there Is In manhood.- -Beecber. .
Professor Jenks Declares That Society
Is Menaced by the Admission of Ig
norant y Foreigners Workers the
Chief Sufferers, r
- Immigration rb the United " States Is
in urgent need" of legislative" restric
tion,' according to Professor Jeremiah
W. Jenks, the Cornell University econ
omist and member of the United
States immigration commission, which
has been studying the question since
1907 and which has submitted its re
port to congress. Professor Jenks re
cently spoke before the members of
the University of Pennsylvania Chris
tian association.
He declared that foreigners are com
ing in such large numbers that it Is
impossible to assimilate them and that
the rate of immigration will continue
to increase unless laws are passed to
keep it down. He said that it had
been proved beyond question that the
coming of these foreigners, most of
them from the countries of southeast
ern Europe, and their presence in the
labor market resulted in the lowering
of the standard of iiving among the
laboring classes.
He urged that the Chinese, Japanese
and Hindus be excluded absolutely.
Immigration of a slow gradual char
acter, he said, was to be desired, a It
supplied the country with needed la
bor and a store of artistic and Intel
lectual ability latent, but possible of
development.
The conditions affecting Immigra
tion have changed completely in the
last twenty-five years. Of the L230.
000 immigrants who came to this coun
try In 1907 more than 80 per cent
came from the countries of southeast
ern Europe, whereas twenty-five years
ago only 13 per cent came from these
countries and the remaining ST per
cent came from the most enlightened
countries of northern Europe. These
early Immigrants came as settlers,
seeking homes and escape from reli
gions and economic bondage.
Thirty-five per cent of those who
come over now are illiterate, whereas
only 3 per cent of those who formerly
came could not read and write. Seventy-five
per cent of the ones who
come annually to our shores are men
seeking fortunes, not homes, and 40
per cent of the entire number return
to their native countries. This return
of the immigrants to their native coun
tries Is encouraged by their respective
governments, who are loath to lose the
strong, hardy class of citizens.
In considering the effect of immi
gration on conditions in this country
we may practically disregard all ex
cept the one on the standard of living.
Most of the crimes of immigrants are
In the form of violations of municipal
ordinances. Crowding Is undoubtedly
an evil Incident to immigration, but
the generally accepted idea that this
overcrowding takes place in the large
cities is misconceived. The crowding
of immigrants Is literally twice as bad
in the boarding houses in the mining
districts, where the congestion is
frightful.
The great evil resulting from the
presence of the immigrant is the low
ering of the standard of living. It Is
the deliberate judgment of the nine
men composing the commission, after
three and one-half years Investigation,
that the Immigrants are beyond all
question lowering the standard of liv
ing among the working classes '