North Carolina Newspapers

i AIJEIGH, N. C, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 184 19i9. ; .7 .. , ? - 1 ' -1 . , " 1 . , 1 t . , , r "r r- voir. III. - t -v; NO. 37 Non-Enforcement of Imw' Laivs ; 'Undesab00ae Deported Oufof This Coiin try Island Depicted as Sprouting-Ground for Red I Revolutionists; d Monte ) Carlo for Foreigners :OnlWherj'EuropeyOmcoutinSs:A tained at American : Expense; Inspection of Immi grants a Mere rPretense; Very; Fezo Actual De portations.y. A cry is going-up Jrom . many quarters i represented - in I the daily, press against the Vworse than mis? management of the country's princi pal immigration' station, known as Ellis Island, New .York J Bold 'charges of the most serious character are printed' in many of. the most reputable dally papers i-n the United States;' a"nd confined to - no one political party of the rottenness that is alleged to exist there. v ,' , The Grand pidst Herald states that the so-called deportation system by which we : have . been ? told the country was getting rid of many of the worst types of C; anarchists, such as I. W. ,W. agitators and Bol shevists, is a farce. That paper as serts that "out of that ' train-load of sinister reds which we saw so much printed about' last - spring as; being, sent from . Seattle to New York foe immediate; deportation, "according to official -reports just recived only seven of . the sixty were actually rejected from 'America.', 1 ; The Philadelphia Record .(Dem.) and -one of the most. reliable papers in the- country, states Ithat "in twenty-one month's 697 persons were; arrested in deportation proceedings . and only sixty were actually shipped out of the country.? ' s . Sprouting Ground f or Bolshevism: The ClevelandtjOhioNews (Rep) prints this terrible arraingnment of the mismanagement and those re sponsible for it: : '.EHJs Island is a; government institution turned j into a Socialist , hall, a sprouting-grpund for red; revolutionists, a Monte Car-; o, . f or , foreigners only, where Europe's offscourings - are entertain ed at American expense and given he, impression that Government of ficials areubjectrto -their impudent' orders, a place where the inspection of immigrants required ibyaw r is made a mere pretense" even .when im mftrraHnn is xliehtest. a Place of -de ceit and sham to which ? foreign mischief-makers are sent temporarily to make, the public, think . the ? Gov ernment is courageously v" deporting them." . ' V J Immorality and Gambling ; Allowed. It was asserted at the Congres sional committee hearing aj: Jniis Island some time ., ago , ta Ex Commissioner Frederick C, -Howe had allowed immorality and gamb ling . to exist on the island . during his administration and that he -was responsible for delaying deportation and for -releasing1 a remarkably large number of ; anarchists' : on parole. Howe's successor, indeed, ; declared' that the regime on Ellis, Island was tending to - become "a forum for, the preaching of Bolshevism." ' . ? Letters to Mr-h Howe from . Emma Goldman and Elizabeth . Gurley Flynn were read, V containing' friend ly and confident requests for aid "for arrested radicals.- " Members of the investigating committee made - em phatic and specific -charges of ineffi ciency. , v , k." X. The Brooklyk Eagle ( Dem. ) thinks Mr. Howe ; "will have to , do a lot of explaining before v he can convince public opinion that 'J his course as an official as not' such as to commend him to anarchists and agitators who have soughtxto destroy orderly government in this country." "Even Dean Swift in imagining ; ? a kind of Bedlam in Laputa ; ' never dreamed of anything so. grotesque as Ellis Island under Howe and: his advisers,'' k who says the , Philadel phia Public Ledger (Ind. ) ;y 'made a 'Red' paradise ; out of the : Govern ment's oasylum -for immigrants and emigrants.!' The ; Boston Herald (Rep.X, in Massachusetts, and v the Montgomery Advertiser (Dem.) . . vin Alabama both ask sharply; why Mr.: Howe was !r ever, named, ias : Commis sioner, of Immigration when his affil iations with Socialists and radicals were so well known. .-. , , Better System Imperative ; Responsibility for slackness in the inspection of immigrants landing at Ellis Island 1 is placed directly, upon Congress by the New , York World (Dem.)ty ongfess, it says,, "from time to time describes new tests for immigrants, "but takes no adequate measures to -'carry out the enforce-4 . ment i of- these tests, even when i suc cessive , ; executive r ofilters, , charged with' the dutyy plead for. help." t Mr. Howe's successor at Ellis Island-has admitted thaV the inspection for. ex clusion at -Ellis Island has r been "largely a farce." The Commissioner-General of ' Immigration has , re peatedly: complained ' about 'insuffi cient ' funds' to do this work Tprope,r ly1 And;' declares ' the" New York , (Continued on page 7.) nation J 4 DOWN tHE REDS ' DON'T SETTLE UNREST I Chicago; Dec, -17. George- , W, jerkins," president of the . , vCigarmakers I nt.e r national : , ' Union, declares that . the cry i"1-' -of "down tti$ reds" . must not' " be used as a'shield for "mis- ' erable-profiteering," or to cure legislation that would throtle liberty.' - Writing in - tthex official journal of - the - Cigarmakers' Ulon, this trader unionist saysr , x - While there maybe an ; ; honest desire on the part, of - some to' eradicate Dy deporta- . tion or otherwise the des'truc- . tive radicals, there "is appar- - ently n element hiding " be- hind this movement '. who' would seize the present op-j " , portunity to "fasten upon the statute books' of ; the. nation and, state , legislation calcu-. ' : lated to restrict and nullify " the "activities of, the construe- tive 5 trade ; union . movement. :.- These trade unionopponenls . , operating behind 'the mask of "down the reds' are trying to r , put on the statute books laws ".to , prevent the ! constructive a trade" unions from carrying , iorward their legitimate, law- . t fut trade union, activities. , "Against these .people we ' pnStest, and ; denounce them . as sailing under 1 false colors. V : All . liberty r loving people, ' those-outside v of the ; trade : ; even those ' outside of 'the union' movement, stand' in danger of having their rights and liberties curtailed lorr abrogated under : the guise of 'throttle' the reds We are ;.not of the, destructive radical ; r type and hold ' no . brief - for such, but we don't, propose to- see the trade unions strangled " or crushed by the same gentry and - tactics they o emply in " their efforts to . strangle and crush somebody else. x j . "Just" so long as there is miserable v profiteering there will be discontent and Unrest which repressive 1 aws will prevent. Deport the 'reds' and , continue profiteering, ' ; f and two. discontented , protes- , t tants against , the profiteering . gang of rohbers will spring up in the place of every one deported." " - - TEXTILE UNIONS FOR WORKERS -AT ROSE3IARY COTTON MILLS. ; A telegram coming v from -Rose- mary,'N.' C.; asking that an organizer be sent there to form a local union of textile workers, -Organizer Hamil ton went from -Raleigh last Saturday, Pecember 13, and found them very anxious to ' f orman organization. He stated -that" he found the people there, verv. much dissatisfied . with their working conditions. , s : . .- ; They", are receiving r.;wages"-about likev the other textile workers v are receiving, butHhey have to work like a flying machine engine to get them. They had a little waIk-out in one of the -mills the first partv of the weekl This, the operatives described to be otiaccbunt of i the. "bonus" that' the mill owners agreed tal pay, -: telling the operatives . they ' were going to increase from40 per cent to 0 per cent; they, then: turned around and took but ; four picks ' to one : inchv' of cloth,-lncreased the. size of fillings so the . operatives found out that they had gotten a two-cent increase in the week, 'with -the work; about twice as hard." ; ,y .v'" This; experience accentuated i the desire' for a local textilelabor union, and prompted the visit of the organ izer for that purpose, r- ' Z . , They;. Will be pretty well, organ ized in a very short - white,! judging from the number Of- neonle out Sat- urday night at the meeting. .Referring to his vteit, Mr. Hamil ton continued ."Some f of' the -mill owners, have said - that . the . textile unions - wouldn't stand because the people didn't shave sense enough to run them, , but If they ' could just get in a meeting sometime and hear some of i the 1 intelligetn talks ithey would be surprised. .-; Will . the mill owners i ever .wake up to the fact that the South has changed in the last five; years? ftp a. BURLESON'S REPORT SOUNDS LIKE GARY'S Sections of " Postmaster-General's - -Report .-Similar to "Testimony, Given by Steel llead at ' . v , Investigation . A 4 - sections of Postmaster Geenral BUr ieson's ; annual report "sounds -1 : like Judge i Gary's, testimony jLhef ore v the senate' committee that - probed the steel strhceV' - " -', , ; ,The post head declares that trade unions - in his department '"are fast becoming a menace to public Welfare and should not ; longer ;1je tolerated or condoned:" He' would make '"it unlawful for these employes to, join a -labor organization, "but. he would permit: them, to unite "for their so cial and. general welfare, to appear before commites' of congress and to furnish -information concerning the v postal servfee of which hey may have knowledge." - He favors re pealing the anti-gag law' ,.of " 1912, which now-: permits employes to pej tition senators and representatives "i Under Ir. v Burleson's plan- the postal :workers would organize, a beneficial or soqial organizations and submit: grievahces to.himi Alf he de cided that "they may have a knowl edge" of: . these : grievances, they could . present them toxcongres3. ' v . - Wth regulation anti-union logic, the postmaster general . condemns unions v of postal employes - and then has this to; say of ithe men; and wo men who constitute the membership oB these organizations: .'Postmasters- and' postal' employes generally have responded cheerfully t these numerous demands ? upon and' extraneous o duties required of them, evidencing-' at all;. times a worthy: spirit of loyalty and patriot ism," - -t Mr. Burleson does not acknowledge that' the postal service is weakened because of his general- labor policy, but national lawmakers : are ; sup posed to. read between the lined of that, portion , of his report which rec ommends most "''careful attention to appointments and training of em ployes with a view to again buildin up a force ; of v unquestioned effl ciency.!.i, 'J. MINE" OPERATORS REFUSE f t - TO ALLOW MINERS TO-WORK. ; Pittsburgh, Dec. 17. Philip Mur ray, president of District No. 5, Unit ed Mine Vorkers, notified 'United State authorities; here that he had received ' a report from Moween, in the Kisminitas : region, to the ef feet that when miners, there notified the superintendent of a - mine that they were ready to go to work, they were informed - the mine would not be operated; and that they would be evicted f rOm company hiiuses.' ' . Union leaders said such action on the part of the Company would : vjo iate the fuel control law and t also the agreement under which the strike was called off. J5EW OHIO STRIKES, Columbus, Ohio, Dec. 17-r Ohio is comparatively free - from strikes be cause of , the relations that existc be tween employers and organized la bor, trade-unionists told Dr. W.O. Thompson, ' president of the i Ohio State University. i t The , educator is a member" of the president's industrial conference now in session at , Washington, and he has. been consulting with' employers and wage workers -on questions, that are being considered by the confer ence.' v , , , , - 1 i Trade unionists showed 'that'thi;? State has 'between 250,000 and "300, 000 members of organized ; ' labor, nearly j&ll of whom are in contrac tural relations, with their employers. r While manyof ' these , employers have not publicly i declared in - favor of collective bargaining, the, tact re mains that - they : conduct wage ; and working- conditions negotiations through the trade unions. ! SCHOOLS LOSING VALUE. l Trenton; N.. jr., Dec. 17o- Express ing' fear that 600,000 New Jersey f school children may be "victims of a demoralized and brokenrdown educaJ teachersGoveraor Runyon has called attention' of local boards of estimates to "the gravity of the situation."" " New Jersey he, said, faces the Jm-' mediate prospect of closing schools or drawing into the teach'ing. profession a still larger number of those inad equately -trained and those without special preparation for - the work;,' i s "If "our children are to be taught by incompetent teachers; :or are-riot tabe taught at all, the end of- Ameri can -tiemocracjr, as -wev know 5 it; is 'in sight, the Governor declared.'. - PRESSMEN " RAISE "WAGES, Jersey Citr, N J., Tpec. -17.A wage, increase of $ 7, a week has been negotiated by the , Printing .; Press-T men's ;Union. '!"-' WHV:PBfiFITFFl WOW IIUl 1 UVAltiiULf UUV II f : . BfTEREST Bi.UIflONS Charges Preferred , by Secretary Buckjof the Washington- State Federation .of liabor . Seattle Dec. ' 1 7 .r-The ' Remand that trade, unions ,purge themselves of t "radicals" comes from: those who insist 1 "on 'dealing with the workers a sindivjduals, says. Secretary Buck' of the Washington Estate federation ot, labor, who charges that ' employ ers, in : thei? pretended discovery , of "radicals . in . the unions" . are ! really attempting to", gain control : of ! these organizations and make them ineffec tive, that profits "may' not ; be dis turbed. J y , j. i" ''.'Our - enemies , have' condemned every man - jjr- the" ranks who has exhibited activity,'"? said - Secretary 3uck. 4 "They, : have - placed the 'brand' onpracyclly eTeryTrofflcer in the labor movement from Sam Gompers down; 'and stretched their definition of ,'radicals'i to include the whole of that , group of f 'members who show enough interest in their affairs to attend the , meetings . ot thr ; respective unions. ' -AH of these must be purged' if we wouldv satisfy the employers. "Even then our movement would not be theiridea of ' perfection. 'To reach this pinnacle in their esteem we must permit them to determine' who should .fill the various " offices and act on various ' committees. And the rank: and file, must also agree to transform the union into a mutual admiration society. ' ' "If, after this, we give up a part of the wages they allow, us, toward a fund to be used to care for those whose health the. inhuman " industrial conditions they , will ' create v' ' has broken,- and bury - those who "are killed while 'working- for the boss who is operating under . the"' mis named .'American plan we will then haye put the finishing touch to the employer's idea of indiistrial heaven. . - v "Our duty is clear We must keep our feet on the earth! and our heads and shoulders together, w We: must think .with, a cool head? and act with good -judgment. - 'While r our oppo nents . rave ; we must work all . the ladder to solidify ojir ranks."?" isv our mission to organize, not disor ganize. ' ' vj, t, ,"This is our ahsweri 'We will not'J cringeA" EXPECT TO UNIONIZE . - v ALL N. Y. ; CITY TEACHERS; New York, Dec. 17. Though the officials 'of the Associated Teachers' Union refuse as yet to give the total membership of that ' body, Herman Defiem, instructor in neurology' at, Columbia University, said yesterday i that the College of the City of New York was already 45-per e'ent "or ganized;"' The union, Which has just begun a drive for ' membership, ex pects to have the teaching staffs - of colleges and private schools in thi3 city at least 60 per cent "unionized" in less, than a. year. t y The : new organization, affiliated with the American ' Federation of Teachers and the ; American Federa tion of Labor,' is designed to include practically an 1 teachers ' except those employed in public -elementary or high, schools, who come under the jurisdiction of the Teachers' Union, which has been in existencefor some time. . The Associated Teachers will take in, therefore, publfts "schools, principals teachers and r private schools and the members of , college faculties ranging J&.'gradetrom .as sistants ' to professors. Monday it sent out. 3,600. letters appealing - to such prospective members to join the new organization. y x ' - . N ' ' -C Sympathteic Strike Barred. t . The letters declared that there was no possibility of tfie unon being , or dered out on- a i; sympathetic; strike an$dthfat the constitution, of the body expressly forbids; walkouts -of; any kinds. Article . X, of that document reads: 1 ,. . - r 1 '-'Section "lr 1$o strike shall c be called" by" this , union, - "Section :2. ' Tbe above section is not to , be "construed as a' disapproval of the principle of the above strike'' pTa attain i objects,. Mr,: Defiem saia, the union' wilt depend, upon the "power of : organised: members." if trustees and college presidents failed 1 to v be i convinced "by this, an effort will be made to obtain such legisla tion as the : union! desires: by appeal? injg directly to the people and , in this the fact that thS organization is affiliated- with the "American Federa tion of'liabor is 5 expected to prove a big help. , i - ' - . : .' The chief aims 'ot the Associated Teachers, Mr; Diem sai4, are to ob tain, a 'democratic.' administration!' of educationalinstitutions and "se curity of tenure", of positions, held by teachers . j - - J RAISE WLGES $3 AWEEK.; x Chicago. Dec. 17. Bakers, and Cohf ectionersnion No'2 has raised wages ?3 a week.; ... , Involuntary Servitude Law as Sought by Senator Cummins Says it is " Vital Part " of Bill What Iowa , Senator Still rHopes to Put ppon the SfatuteBooks Through fl&Bill to Piznahze Work' man Who Refuse Certain Working: Conditions t mRRi Employees, AdvqcatSubsHtute Plan, What It Provides. '-:,-'r.-"v:: -' - BIG INTERESTS , BROUGHT : BOLSHEVISTS INTO U. S. - Chicago, . Dec. n'Big in- terestSj the cheap-John manu- iacturers,; through our: liberal . immigration laws; scoured , ' the four corners of the earth ; to secure cheap labor and they got it," says George W. Per- - kins president of the Cigar makers' International Union, ' writing in the official journal . of that organization. .1 ' - v ".The thought uppermost in ' - their minds was to getcheap , labor regardless a- of whether v ' they: were" illiterate, morally : - degenerate,; radicals, bolshe . , Viki,v mental incompetents, or .otherwise. No thought of V- Americanism or radicalism of .- the' destructive type, the per- "petnity of j Our Institutions, . our demoicracy, and our . country ever entered, their N minds. The dollar mark was ? aboveT , country.- -'Get- the money, honestly if you can; but get it any way,'seenied to b their slogan. - "This; same gentry, f. with thQ American flag in lone hand and their bank roll in the oth- - er, Jiave set up a - howl heard from coast .to coast demand- Ing that some of the immi- grants that -they broke their backs to get here be deported, and a certain percentage of those who formerly demanded- absolutely unrestricted immi- ;rrgration, -except of the insane ' and dependent, are; now with ibokwiseexprssion, de-r; 'Z manding that our immigration ? laws be amended." : ' , , 7";-" : ' -: -;' ; ' " 41 ' AN OLD LAW WHICH GUARDS THE INTERESTS OF THE MEN WHO LABOR IS RECALLED : In a conversation? between , severa gentlemen about- laws on the North Carolina statute books favorable to the interests "of the laboring man, it was recalled that one of the most im portant laws relating' to this subject is Chapter 101, Laws' of 18 7 9, . which was introduced into the Senate by Maj. W., A; Graham at that session: It was enacted by the legislature and still remains on the books. , , T ; Before this if an incorporate company ''owed ; for labor; f or mate rial furnished or for torts;; judgment might, be obtained for the . debt, but - the owner kof the -debt,, was ; re quired to pay over or satisfy any mortgage or mortgage bonds which might be outstanding against the property at that time. ' Thesi mortgage bonds " usually amounted to a niillion dollars ? ir more, and the person - who " -had a claim was not able to, satisfy this mortgageand consequently could, get no execution for his 4ebt. Hundreds of thousands of dollars haVe v. been saved to the laborers and others who deal with incorporated companies by the passage of this act, as an examin? ationof the records of th,e Supreme Court for the last- forty- years will show. v - - ; - ' V ' v Secures Pay tor T&botr. Performed. Jhe act is as follows : J , "A "Section I. 'That mortgages of in corporate companies . upon their property or earnings, whether " In bonds or otherwise, hereafter issued, shall not have power to exemp the property or 'earnings, of sucjii t incor norations from exerution forfthe sat- r fisf action " of any judgment -obtained in courts ' of this , State against, such Incorporation", nor for torts .commit ted by such incorporationV its agents Or ' employes, whereby any person is killed or any : person or property in jured; any" clause or clauses insuch mortgage, to the , contrary notwith standing." f 1 , r t i This law is also included In Sees. ilSO, 1131; 12065and 1236, Jlevisal of. 1905. ' ' " ',fV; 1 ; A GOOD CO-OP, ARGUMENT.; 0 'h- Chicago, Dec 1 7Members ot the Illinois Manufacturers' 'Association started: a" boycott "of f"'clothi&g, y food, fuel and other necessities of f life against .striking Jcoal "miners An this State, according" to John' M. Glenn, secretary of the association. . - Co-operators point -to - this Incident, as an other argument for their theory. V Washington, D. C.V Dec. 17; Sen- 'S ator Cummins has not given-lip hopes ; of : establishing-involuntary servitude s in the -United States. In a! speech in ' the. Senate he -defended -the labor. clausesiin his bill returning, the rail-; roads back to theirownerswsaying: '-- 1 look upon it as a Tital part, not ' only of this bill,, but alvital part.of i our policy in the future so, far as the, basicandustries of. Americas are -T concerned." " , :- The Cummins bill , provides that, after cei'tain investigatipns by a wage1 scale committee, a board of five men. shall ;'ba,ve' the power of fixing hours belabor for railroad men, and, their : workingijbonditions. " The, decision-, must be accepted. If the railroad employees strike, they are fined or in!iprisoned,:or,both. s f - The employee must remain at work or"" be penalized. ' -Asi the employee , . must work, he is a-Victim of involun-' tary. servitude. , - , , , But Senator Cummins has heard', from Iowa.- Thelabor'men there are " protesting against , the bill, and his friends "are trying .to turn the:stor3ai away, by saying' the Senator was not in favor of the Involuntary servitude1 features of the bill,-but. that he had to Report them because the commit tee had; voted in their favor., U Senator Cummins, however'is tak ing credit to himself that he andno one else is the - author, of the- labor v clauses. , And he , states , that . while ' they might not be the only, solution, and a solution there must . b any suggestions tr&n. Senators to 'make them more binding would-be, thank fully received. . f . - , , ' Many .. railroad employees are ad vocating, a substitute '.for the bill." They favor a plan by,. which the wages . of railroad employees shall in crease or decrease with the costjaf , liymgi -sltis coutendedi;hatif-thi plan vis - adopted, there" can,be no strikes andno law -will be necessary to compel a man to work. r Much i opposition ,to this.proposi- rtion,- however, has appeared.. It is- contended that the finding of a suit able wage rate commensurate with the cost of living would be difficult. It is the starting point - that is prov ing , the problem. Just howmuch a railroad employee should receive, when it costs him '$1,800, a year or any other amount to Jive, would have to be decided. Who would decide it? A board appointed ' by the govern-. ment, with arbitrary powers? These are' the questions asked, and they are said to be so fundamental that no one has been' found who can answer them. - c " - - - i j.,:' .vr-, . i OMlT UNIVERSAL TRAINING, Washington, Dec. 17. The House' Committee on Military Afairs. has agreed to postpone, consideration, Vat ' r this' time," of compulsory, military training in connection "with . army t legislation.4 -The r Wjar Department recommended this legislation. t Dis-. cussing this , question, . a local news-:? paper says: - " : . - "There are iiications, since con- vening of Congress in regular-session, that the scheme for universal mili- -tary training .stands little chance of f adoption at this' session,',?. Senators and Representatives, -'who have re-, tiirned to. their hbmes after" the recess 1, are impressed and,- correspondingly ";. influenced by the" public .opposition to Universal training,' which they ad- -mit' is generally, confused with uni. versal military service." " ' . : The above statement is significant ( and - indicates that . public ' opinion is" , opposed to' this system, regardless of) how It is camouflaged; - . ; ' '? Senator " Prelinghuysen, ' of New- Jersey, has in troduceda bill for mili-;,; tary - training In public schools and.,' colleges, but this plan' has, not. im-1 pressed 'v ccmpulsory - trainings' advo-f cates," who show that only about 10S per cent of the boys of the country attend high schools and less than 2.;. per cent attend colleges. ' t .1 ' Under " the; Prelinghuysen system, boys " employed. -in .industry ;andj inl -agriculture could not be :r forced to undergo military training. , . J , 1351 ' Call this number when yCn . want letterheadst;bilAeadsienTelopes, fttJu We ; will " appapeciate an order f ma yon. ; Capital PrlntinVCompliny, Job" Printing: .', ' ; , . - - -v'--- v, , - . "E. P. SNAKENBERG, V" CHARLES RUPFINr-: CARPENTERS. GAIN.: , HanfordCal.,JDec., 17-A" wage increase . pf $ 1 ' a day has been -cured . by organized carpenters. - f -it" T