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Show IHE"WHITESL1VESM ; BcffD.nt Directed jilnst lb Sweat Stiop Sjsttui. MtlHOUtl OF IIHOU M ha..-,lUl. , In If AItUi ttorklugimit to Organize S lu UuWIa Itfluf from tavru ud Lf-giilatiircs. Cit'C"", March 9. Th sweat shop mill tne system that support It were under Oiiusidersllon In Central Music hall lasteVeuliig, Nine speakers, lepra-! lepra-! seating th pulpit, th tar, th stale t govvmruent and the trail that li ovjsI citwly IJantlflaJ with the sweat ahup, xpialned 111 history, Itn opeiatlon, the rilt ol Its txlateuc and lu tetiacity nf life, and suggested methods uf reform. A larK" audience was present. A glance snowed thai It waa c imposed or peon I In all nations of 111, from men and woman with tolbhardened bands t- practical working phllan-lhropUb, phllan-lhropUb, prufeiMuiial mm and woman, thinkers, and, lastly, oiao aud wumeu from whos heard all sympathy la not hut out by garment! ol ailk aud seal-i seal-i tklu. In tha apehea made was criticism, both Implied auU expressed, for the manufacturing wholesaler who lalteiia 11 n tlta misery or the "weateii" and tinufi It by referring lo circumstances beyond Ilia Control; tor the middleman ur cuulracllhg "wuiii;" uurueasured pity for tit tollitiK victim wearing away body aud suul for a pittance, and n apjeal Mi tli heart and brain of the whole people fur a put. lie aentlmerl powerful enough lu I tad from hohdBKe me while slaves of itie awrat ihn( a aa II intiemd tha rxilvr f the black slave In ihertouibem eollon field. Finally a resolution waa adopted, lihlorslng a bill Intended In give the iitM niBi government power to wle out an evil in Hi pr eem u of wbich alate K'jvertiiui'Utft have been impotent. Jan Adanis, wliu haa fouuJ a Itfe w.irk lit Ihe noisy ill fir lit wftere the Weal aliop must flourishes, pleelded. In a btiel address ah explained tne ot tt- ut the meeting. JoliU F raoey, who haa given nearly twenty yuan ui hie Hi lu lactoty iiispeciiuii in New York, and who, after ten yesra of toll, hi tJnaJij framed and timl iutruiiicii Ih Cuugrwss a meauretii drive unt the sweat shop hy i.allunal leglslallun, kavi history uf the system and luu ihillloieucy of aveit siriugeul laws gilil 11. Mt. Mucbel spoke aa a aw tat shop Wvrkr. Ihomaa Hall, Dr. Joa. Htoltt, M. Al. MttuuaManau and Uahhl Ivi ilttd ainala balun rac;ical ana etl.lol itti-ULJa. Mn, iluric lvel ley lulJ Uuw end Wiiy (he utalr lit In lllinotM hmJ uiid, Hrcure lu In etiuticloutuva of bla owu lcitluu um a lawyer, aud Juuue, lu atirriug wonli, tint Juvoid ul aaroitatu, Juile M. r', 1 uluy, of C'nl I 'tK"i Ji"tU workiumen aud wuuteii thai It'Klil tiurt-a aud u utla wuulJ glva tnnn little rlnf until thy Mhuuid uiauifrvl liielr puwer hy urKan..tiuu. JuUk luliy'a ai ecuU lu part la at lull-..; "lfailunm and winnep wr what thiy i U4til to Lit, II they culd titai ibc'Ii oilier ai uuuiau uvIiiun, tiiute Would le uo lived ul Iflalailuii lu ttet lid of the awrat ahup. 1 ivituiinaiid I j our prt-achtra thni I hey make mi, alouaiiee ui lhouatlva,t(U lo ilia in-iiu-lauiurera ami iwt bin and cjuvurt lueui lu a 1 hritilau III. 1 admit itiry would hav a hard Joh. 1 he outy oilier way la to appeal to Hie law. luat baa beeu tried. "but when I remeaihor the fete of vTrry law tver p.sjtdluthia atate lu ameiiurate tha euiiulttuui'f lbe .uiuimi pupv( 1 haug luy bead lu alir ue. II paaavd by ibe li'tciilMlure it bat ue hi uie auiirviue ouurt aud haa beau ue ciare. i uucunuiulloiial. Wa now talk of appeal to Kadarul law and Federal rouria. 1 bnv uui luade a oritoal revivw .f Hi la bill, I ul 1 kuow our Fvderal uuurta am uu uiur proyreMle than our alate o urn. 1 hi Scour l thai could hoi flud a warrant lu the Cuualiiulluii lur an iuluui tax ouuJd Mud warrant fur a lax on uieumaiKariue. A c urt that could flud a warrant Ju lb ouuftlluiiuu tu auppteaa a LfU4t uugbl to Hi.-1 a warraui lur a billtu BUirea aweai ho IheoleuiuBiKeriuelilll hacauiea law brcauae u bvnellted the faituvra and i farmaia Iiiti vjIii. 1 auy Ij yuu that i the power to auppreaa mo awiat mnp lia lu ortianiaiuuiii lu your uiiluua, VVbeu you baee your uuiuua uigan U.u aud your vutv under yaur own vunlrul, iiit-u you will ki legiaiatiuu." lite reauiuliuu whlvU wa erupted I by Hie hu-elh.ti la aa l.iliuwt lUixilveJ, That lUlaruaaa uiretlliKOf ettia in aMieuibled hi t enlral Aluaio itnli, t;blcuKi duo. area lit approval of tne iru oiai now bolore Uoimrewi In Ihenuiirr bill fur the ledum! reula-tioti reula-tioti ol lenemeul huuie oiauulaoturera, itqnenU the henatura and l(epieeiiltc ' Uvea 111 l.'uugmva (rum llltliula to Vote fur it, and lualruoia lb aeuretary of I hi a tinotlng tu aund a copy n( Una lenoluiion to each of them. |
