112 FARMERS' UNION AND FEDERATION 



Mr. Hurley, it was said, would eliminate the chief difficulty that has 

 confronted American shipping interests in past years in their attempts 

 to operate ships in competition with other nations. The standards for 

 American seamen are said to be the highest in the world, and now that 

 this country is putting a great fleet of ships on the seas, officials believe 

 that unless some international agreement is reached, a great proportion 

 of trained seamen will be attracted to the American merchant marine." 



"SAN ANTONIO, TEX., Nov. 21. An international labor conference, 

 to be participated in by representatives from all allied countries and to 

 meet at the place and on the dates of the great peace conference, is to 

 be urged by the American Federation of Labor, Samuel Gompers, 

 President of the Federation, announced today at the session of the ex- 

 ecutive committee of the American Federation of Labor." 



"LONDON, Jan. 18. An International Labor Congress, to work with 

 the League of Nations toward feasible means for settling labor disputes, 

 abolition of sweatshops and betterment of working classes the world 

 over is the plan of Samuel Gompers, American Federation of Labor 

 President, backed by British, French and Italian labor leaders. An at- 

 tempt will be made to put this plan through at the peace conference. 

 Mr. Gompers arrived yesterday from the United States en route to 

 Paris." 



Farmers are not recognized as laborers by union labor, and 

 labor representatives may advocate international policies 

 prejudicial to farmers' interests. 



They should unionize to look after and protect their own 

 interests, both national and international. 



Unionized Capital Guards its Interests. 



" ATLANTIC CITY, N. J., Dec. 6. Appointment of a European 

 commission representative of American business to go to France and 

 be available for any aid it might be able to give to the peace delegates 

 from the United States in considering economic problems that might 

 enter into the peace negotiations, was decided upon today at the final 

 session of the reconstruction congress of the Industrial War Service 

 Committees. Other resolutions adopted urged the speedy return under 

 federal charter to their owners of all railroads now operated by the gov- 

 ernment, opposed government ownership and operation of telegraphs, 

 telephones and cables, appealed for modifications of the Sherman anti- 



