Word: labor
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...annual meetings of the American Associations of History, Economics, Sociology, Political Science, and Organized Labor, will be held at Madison, Wisconsin, from Saturday, December 28, to Tuesday, December 31, inclusive. This year's meetings should be particularly interesting to members of the University owing to the unusually large number of Harvard graduates who are to play a prominent part in them. The conferences of the various societies will, as usual, consist in the reading of original papers by prominent members, followed by an informal general discussion. Another important features will be the continuance of the system of round tables established...
...Civic Federation exists for the settlement as far as possible of differences between labor and capital. For this purpose the members, who represent labor, capital, and the general public in nearly equal proportions, are divided into various committees...
...nation and in less than two years has been responsible for redeeming the City of San Francisco from the clutch of graft and corruption. At various times he has held a nomination for public office from every political party in San Francisco-Democratic, Republican, Independence League, Union Labor and Non-Partisan-and in turn he has broken with every party, "boss," or organization which has tried to restrict the free use of his rights of office...
...Saturday night President Eliot spoke to the members of the Harvard Canadian Club and their guests from the British Empire Club of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He paid a glowing tribute to the splendid work being done by the Ministry of Labor in Canada, under the direction of Mr. W. L. Mackenzie King, a former member of the club, and a former student in the Economics Department of Harvard. The recent legislation of the Canadian Parliament for the settlement of individual disputes was designated by the speaker as "the best in the world." Its superlorities in contrast with...
Socialists demand the whole product of labor, and the right to work on wages. It is admitted that the present distribution of wealth is wrong, but municipal control would do nothing to change this evil. Citizens would be forced to invest money drawn from them by taxation in this public venture, without realizing any interest on their investment for several years...