| Show c OF 0 F STRONG BODIES Farmers Union Becomes Affil Aff Affiliated II IIi i ted With the American Federation of Labor WILL HELP UNION LABOR GOODS WILL HAVE TO CARRY THE LABEL Minneapolis Nov No 15 Embodying a membership of over a million claiming to represent more qian of oC the entire population of the country the tile American Society of Equity th the re recently recently recently formed National Farmers union today toda became affiliated in a limited de degree deSree degree gree Sree with the American Federation of Labor now in convention here hereAfter hereAfter hereAfter After a discussion as to ways and means between the representatives of oe the farmers and a committee appointed appoint J Jb by b President Gompers the tIle committee reported that tha t the only practical action at t this t time in furthering the interest of each is the cooperation coop of both the committee urging a call upon wage workers still outside the fold roid of the tIll unions to affiliate with them and an rec recommending r c commending that all 1111 members of the lie tIt federation demand products of the theann farm ann garden and orchard that bear this th union label of the farmers organization tion since the farmers through their representatives r ve have hae made assurance that they will wH not purchase anything but union made goods To tile end of carrying into effect efert a mutual understanding the committee presented a 1 resolution to the effect that th t local unions and central bodies appoint committees to cooperate e in the effort to promote the demand for union la In labeled i goods and that a fraternal eTt vt e echan change chan e of oC delegates be continued Committees Report Adopted The committees report In inks its entirety r was adopted after some discussion by br bythe bythe the th convention loto this afternoon I IT J T N Bell of o England fraternal dele deh gate pate of r UlI thu Brit if h Trades union con congress Eress gress reSi to the convention of orthe the American Federation of Labor addressed the con corp convention convention today toda Resolutions offered by the delegates delegat s of the Seamen International union in ill insist that ships ship flying the American flag which ship Chinese cooks amen i etc is a of the Chinese exclusion ct cl and ask the enforcement of the law la They TIey point pont out also that he three re rc recent recent cent great disasters to vesel the Rio Janeiro at San Francisco Froncisco the tile Slocun at New York th thc v Valencia at Vancouver ver vcr may ma be traced to insufficient all anil unskilled crews and assert that a law Ian should be bl passed governing this thi point Suffrage for women a news newsboys newsboys boys bos union better wages on govern government government ment mont contracts repeal of the tariff on all trust steel products and reorganization rf tion ot at the meat cutters and butchers disorganized by b the strike of or 1904 are art urged In other resolutions |
