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[ PflOTESTFROM LABBR Hf i - _____ f Kind of Letters Unions Are Sending Mr. Gompers. [DISTRUST PARTY OF BRYAN. , pamdtn Central Labor Union holds the Democracy Responsible For De- ' plorable Condition of Workars In the I Southern States. | At the regular semimonthly mefetlng i *f the Camden (N. J.) Central Labor Union bold Aug. 18. 1008, a communication from national headquarters was - «eceivcd in which the w«^k of the national nventlon of the dominant parties was set forth and commented j ' upon. The letter closed with an ap- . peal to "stand faithfully by our friends ; oppose and defeat our eneP dies." Accompanying this communl- ; cation was a request for a contribution to help make It possible to wage « successful campaign for the estab- , Ilsbing of labor's rights. The matter was disposed of by the secretary being ' Instructed to forward to the national office the following letter: | " Camden. N. J.. Aug. 1!. 1906. [ Samuel Gompers. Esq.. President of the - American Federation of Labor: Dear Bir and Brother— We beg to aeksowledKc the receipt of dS address issued by the executive council of the ^_AnMgtasn Federation of Labor under date r- Of Aug. L Accompanying this is an appeal for funds to carry out the political programme set forth in the address, in Which you call upon the workers of our common oountry to stand faithfully by Our friends. We hereby return to you both documents, not that wc do not think the wagewarkers should stand by their ?. friends and defeat their enemies, but for the reason that wc fall to agree with you as to who are our friends and who ore our enemies Tou claim to believe the Democratic party to be friendly to labor because at Its last national con•vgntlon it promised to do certain things If elected. For this reason you ask the trades unionists of tha country to do the Utmost to elect Its candidates and to furbish means for carrying on Its cam pals. 1. The Central Labor union of Camden i-. believe they have sufficient intelligence to designate who arc the friends of labor _pnd who are its foes. We take no stock 'In any party's promises made Just prior to eloetlon when we lu.Mfe the record of I that party to guide and direct us. We refuse to believe that any political pariy 1 that has a continuous record for permitting the most degrading forms of labor .. to eylst In states where its Jurisdiction is complete can or will reverse Itself When it comes Into possession of the national government Labor has found the Democratic party faithless and tyrannical |a state government By what legerdemain *ke Wo to believe It will do better when It has still greater power to oppress? In the southern states, where Bryan Democracy has been in the saddle for years and Where it dominates every office from the highest to' the lowest, are the places to get the party's record in Its relation to the working clasa Let us Judge It by What it has done and Is now doing in places where It Is In power, and not by 1 amy promises it may make to gain our ' ▼otoe. The rule of the Democratic party In the south has produced conditions that rival the worst in the world. In the factories over which they have legislative control we find wages the lowest, the hours the longest and child labor the severest. Only under Democratic rule do We find peonage and convict labor farmed out by the state, with Uiousands of incn 3 id boys working with ball and chain, " ntenced there by a Democratic official " upon a trumped up charge of vagrancy. . Nowhere In this broad land do you And the misery of the worker so hopeless or his poverty so degrading as you do in states ruled by the Democraiic party. Mr. Gompers. h w can you ask the Working class to support any party with such u damnable record" Are you so piqued because the Republican national convention handed you a lemon that In •order to defeat its candidates you would Tolst into power a political party that for ■the past Qfty years has never had the ■manhood to raise its voice In protest wgmlnst any injustice or Indignity suffered by the working class? The rule of the Democratic party whenever In power has been most tyrannous and degrading to labor. Upon what line of reason should the working class help a party that has never missed an opportunity to oppress It? William Jennings Bryan, as the standard bearer you ask us to supi>ort. has There has never yet occurred a crime to labor of sufficient magnitude to lnduco him to protest Mr. Gom;>ors. the working class cannot trust a man to be high in power who is pot brave enough to assert Ills belief In the innocence of men persecuted by parMr. Bryan squarely faced the enemy of the working c lass and denounced their Crimea He has beheld the tragedies that have befallen labor with stony eyes and a (nuzzled Jaw. When Packingtown struck against a reduction of wages to 96.40 from 97.20 per Week no Democratic politician raised his voice In protest. What the working class has suffered In the last few years for the ■ake of. principle would stir the heart of Washington monument. If It had one. yet throughout It all Bryan, who stands as the champion of labor because he needs our support, has been as silent as tho If labor's friends are to be found In the Democratic party, labor would have no _ problem to solve and nothing to complain — of in states controlled by the Democratic party. The fact that the worst blows labor is today receiving come from Democratic Alabama and by persons high up In the nations.) councils of the Democratic party is conclusive proof that the work~Thg class has nothing to gain by supporting the party or lta candidates. Free press and free speech, the bulwark of the workers' path to a better condition, have time and again been attacked, and never once haa any prominent Democratic paper or party leader raised a voloo to protest. Our friends are they who stand by us continuously and are ever willing "to light our battles. Whenever trades unionism Is attacked it 1s no,t the Demo--cratic party or press that comes to our assistance, but the party and press of * •our class. If labor owes any allegiance to a political party it is certainly to a party composed of and guided solely by -our class and not to one In which labor -exploiters congregate and labor's enemies j ■control, however much they may promise j in order to secure our support. It is time tor labor to awaken to the necessity of j political action, but in doing so let it take j do backward step or make spy false | -moves. Respsctfully yours. •CAMDKN CENTRAL LABOR UNION. 1 R. M. Bartman. President, i W. T. LORING. Secretary. Tbe geoding of this letter was auThere wis ' 'one dissenting voice ariS ~ two members not voting. — Camden ~~ Daily Courier". A u^. 19.

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SECURITY TRUST COMPANY STATEMENT 1 CAPITAL, SURPLUS UNO UNDIVIDED PROFITS • • $242,130,91 DEPOSITS'- • $2,228,738,87 Cape Hay Advisory Board

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