Inter-Mountain Republican | 1909-06-20 | Page 3 | Gompers Leaves for Great Meeting

GOMPERS LEA VE GREAT I ow York Juno June Samuel Gompel'S Cons Gom- pars pel'S presIdent ot of the American Fed Fed- ot of Labor was a passenger on the Baltic which left today for tor Liver Liver- pool Mr l Gompers Is goIng abroad to attend the tho International Trade Union congress at Paris and the British Trade Union congress at Ipswich During his time abroad he wIll visit varIous countries countries coun- coun tries In Europe studying labor con con- Have you noticed an any work ot of the tho present national admInistration of at the tho government which may Indicate that at labor will wOl tare fare better under this a administration ad- ad ministration than under the preceding one he was asked Oh Oh the administrations have littie little lit lit- tie tle to do with the great progress ot of labor was the answer It It Is not they that make the tho progress It Is s the tho broad conditions Ot of national life that do so So tar far as administrations are concerned the DrO progress ot labor laborIs Is like the staining ot of the sun sun-by that I mean meun that administrations might as aswell well tr try to regulate tho shining ot of tho sun as to attempt to the tho great course which labor may take La Laas Labor as an organization or In America owes owes Its progresses and Its firm Orm hold to the sense the judgment and tho senti- senti monts ot of the laboring people