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Eight Hours Demanded

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Parent Issue
Day
18
Month
April
Year
1889
Copyright
Public Domain
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Hew ïohk. April V'.- Thu American Federatiou of Labor, whicii represent! nearly hall' a million tollen, lia.s laïued on address to "The Worktng-men of the United States," wbiota will toga them, "for thelr own sakes, for th sake of those dependIng on them, aixl lor the Rake of thö country," to join the elgrht-hour movement The address ht;ites timt the f ate of millions of worklng people clepends upon the succoss of the eij;ht huur inovement, not only iu this country, bul all over tho world. Tliere is a conflict between capital and labor, and labor is detrmined to secure lts riglits. Aftel ïuentlonlng the luany causes for which labor is ground down ilie addreai takes up the question of labor-saving machinery. lt is possible and daslrabJe to prevent the displacement of labor. To secure tnls tha hours of labor must be reducod, o as to allow all mechauics to carn a livinír. Only by the reduction of hours of labor, continúes the addren, can matters be equalized The address quotes the report of the Uniteit Btates Commlssioner of Iabor, who Bays that in 1885 theie w ere 1,000,000 Idla men in Amsrtoa, Theso people must be Bupported, says the address, and it would be much cheaper to keep thein employed than to keep them in idleuess. The Federation has arrauged for a series of maflsmeetings to be held in every State and for the formatiou of eight-hour leagues.

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