000+Global+Conference+on+Industrial+Change+and+Social+Classes,+1913,+in+Geneva,+Switzerland

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//**BRAZIL**://

//**CHINA**:// // **Title of Resolution:** Chinese Minority Resolution //

// **Whereas clauses**: //

// **(1)** Whereas the foreign influence is destroying Traditional Confucianism in China and prejudice against reform groups such as the radical Hundred Days Reform. //

// **(2)** Whereas the invasion is ruining ages of beliefs and repressing individuals, pushing reform. //

// **(3)** Whereas religion is neglected and reformers are exiled. //

// **Be it resolved clauses**: // // Be it resolved that: //
 * 1) //China should reject foreign teaching.//
 * 2) //Accept proper reform to improve general well-being.//

// **Signed by**: Wo-Jen (Religious Figure) and Liang Ch'i-Ch'ao (Intellectual/Artist) //

// **Date**: 1/7/11 //

// **Title of Resolution:** Chinese Majority Resolution //

// **Whereas clauses**: //

// **(1)** Whereas certain businesses have profited from the Revolution, corrupt Confucian officials are put out of power. //

// **(2)** Whereas the Revolution has brought money and jobs into China and put Chinese rulers in power. //

// **(3)** Whereas the government is corrupt and unfair. //

// **Be it resolved clauses**: // // Be it resolved that: // // 1. The corrupt Manchu rulers should be replaced with fair Chinese leaders, hopefully improving government. // // 2. Accepting foreign income. //

// **Signed by**: Li Hsiu-Che'ng (Taiping Rebellion General), Wang I-Chiang (Ruling Elite and District Scholar-official), Chang Chien (Merchant/Entrepreneur), and Miyu Chang (Worker) //

// **Date**: 1/7/11 //

//**EGYPT**://

//** Title: ** Egyptian Industrialization //

//** Whereas clauses: **// // Whereas the workers are paid inadequate wages with no health benefits; // // Whereas there are not enough supplies to make our products compete with European goods; // // Whereas there is not enough energy to create these goods; // // Whereas the taxes are not fair and are not applied to the wealthy; // // Whereas there is not enough education, and teaching of Islam; // // Whereas the country is not modernized and learned. //

// ** Be it resolved clauses: ** //

// ** Be it resolved that: ** // //1. Taxes should be equal to all people. // //2. Trade should be increased with other countries. // //3. Use more mills to generate energy, making our goods more valuable. // //4. Health and medical care and fair wages are given to all workers. // //5. More schools to teach the arts, sciences, and Islam. // //6. More modern industries and educated people. //

// Signed by: //

//Khalid bin Abdallah( Typical worker), Muhammad Abduh (Journalist/ Educator), Fatima al-Assal ( Typical farmer), Muhammad Khalil (Typical merchant/ Entrepreneur) Rifa'ah al-Tahtawi (Educator/Artist) on January 7,1913 //

//**GERMANY**:// //Germany Resolution Against Industrialization// //**Whereas clauses:**// //1. The issue that we are protesting is the industrialization of the country of Germany.// //2. It will make the Jews rich, it oppresses the working class, and goes against German traditions.// //3. Making the Jews rich will ruin our established economy, and oppressing the working class, will cause potential dissidence,and going against our traditions is unethical and will cause further unhappiness.//

//**Be it resolved that:**//

//1. the economy of Germany remain based off of agriculture. This would keep with the tradition and therefore, would keep people happy.It would also make sure that no worker is oppressed and would be in control of their own business.// //2. Also everyone would have equal opportunity for money and no single race, such as the Jews, could become especially rich.//

//**Signed**:// //Adolf Stoecker, Karl Marx, Anonymous coal miner, Wilhelm von Brandenburg, and Alfred Krupp// //**Date**: January 7, 201//

//**GREAT BRITAIN**:// //** Title: ** British Resolution //

//** Whereas clauses ** : //

// 1. Whereas children showed be denied to work in dusty poor condition mills // // 2. The farmers cant have low prices so there loosing money // // 3. Factories are good because they make children earn a little money to bring into their family // // 4. The people who are to make sure that children work are extremely strict //

//** Be it resolved clauses: **//

// Be it resolved that: // // 1. There should be cleaner working environments in mills // // 2. Corn Laws should be put back in place so that farmers can make a decent living //

//** Signed by: ** Danny G, Allan M, Max O, Julia B // //** [DATE] ** January 7, 2011 //

//**INDIA**://

//**JAPAN**://

//**Title**: Industrialization in Japan//

//**Whereas clauses** ://

//Whereas ideas of Westernization would advance our country but hurt our ways of living;// //Whereas industrialization would pollute our country;// //Whereas men, children and women would be sent off to work and could be put in harms way;// //Whereas workers will only be paid a minimum wage for risking their lives in a factory//

//**Be it resolved clauses**://

//Be it resolved that://

//1. No factories should be built in our nation// //2. We will not let ideas of Westernization influence our country// //3. We will continue to have farming be our main source of income// //4. We will not force our population to risk their own lives to work in a factory forever harming our people.//

//Signed by: Kido Koin, Yamanouchi Mina, Yukichi Fukuzawa, Nobuyuki Asano, and founder of Mitsubishi on [DATE] January 7, 2011//

//Tia Martineau, Katy Howard, Delaney Gembis, Chris Pawlowski, and Shawn Lefebvre//

//**RUSSIA:**//

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//**Title**: Industrialization in Russia//

//**Whereas clauses** ://

//Whereas workers might be endangered operating in the mills due to poor working conditions;// //Whereas wages are not fair based upon ones labor;// //Whereas higher classes take advantage of their authority and become selfish and cruel;// //Whereas land is less profitable than working in the factories;//

//**Be it resolved clauses**://

//Be it resolved that://

//1. There are safer working conditions for all in the mills// //2. Equal wages are available based on how much one applies effort//

//Signed by: Intellectual/Artist: Vera Zasulich ( Melissa Roy)// //Merchant/ Entrepreneur: Savva Timofeevich (Michael DeDonato)// //Worker: Petr Anisimovich Moiseenko (Christopher Torres)// //Ruling Elite: Count Viktorm N. Panin (Alexandra Omobono)// //Typical Farmer: Anya Ivanovna (Alex Baluta)// //Religious Figure: Konstantin P. Pobedonostsev (Vickie Vi)// //[DATE] January 7, 2011//

//**SOUTH AFRICA:**// // ** Title of Resolution: ** Majority Resolution on South African Industrialization. // // ** Whereas clauses ** : // // Whereas people are being taxed so much by Britain they need to leave home to work. // // Whereas diseases are being spread and cattle and people are dying and the hut tax has left people impoverished. // // Whereas Africans lost farming land and mineral rich regions to Britain. // // Whereas Britain took over Zululand while under Cetshwayo’s rule. // // Whereas Zulu members revolted against the British poll tax. // // ** Be it resolved clauses ** : // // ** Date ** : 1/7/11 //
 * 1) // Taxes should be lowered and levied. //
 * 2) //  Doctors should be able to get medicine for patients with diseases that are reasonably priced. ** Signed by ** : Mduduma, Mankayi Enoch Sontonga, Kehilwe-ke-modimo, Granny Jane, Cetshwayo  //

//** Title of Resolution: ** Minority resolution on South Africa industrialization // //** Whereas clauses ** : // // Whereas there are many people against Britain carving out land for them toward the north in South Africa. // // Whereas people are trying to destroy me and everything I’ve done to help them in this time. // //** Be it resolved clauses: **// // 1. Britain shall take their land from Cape Town to Cairo easily. // // 2. Everyone against me should be taken out or in jail after the British have their land. // //** Signed by: ** Cecil John Rhodes // //** Date: ** 1-7-11 //


 * FARMERS (Is it in the interest of society to redistribute land so that small farmers own enough acreage to support themselves and their families? [Are small farmers more efficient or less than big land owners? Does redistribution of land promote or threaten political stability? Who gets compensated when land is redistributed?]) :**


 * WORKERS (Should governments pass laws to protect factory workers? If so, what kinds of laws - wages, hours, working conditions? [Should union activity be limited? Should collective bargaining be mandatory?]) :**


 * RULING ELITES (Who should be allowed to vote and hold office in government? [Should women be permitted to vote and hold office? Should there be universal suffrage for both men and women? Should the desires of the masses be balanced by protections for the elite, as is the case in Britain with its House of Lords?])** **:**


 * MERCHANTS/ENTREPRENEURS (Who should own or control the means of production - government, foreigners, wage-earning workers, or all citizens? [What is the traditional role of the government in the economy of your nation? Should foreign capital be invited in to develop the country?]) :**


 * RELIGIOUS FIGURES (Should religious authorities have veto power over economic and political changes if these changes threaten family, social structures, or elements of traditional culture? (Should religious figures have a voice in censoring unwanted ideas? Can people maintain a traditional culture during a time of political and economic change? What are ways in which people of a nation may react to change initiated by foreigners?]):**


 * INTELLECTUALS/ARTISTS (Who should be educated? What should an educational system look like for citizens of the early twentieth century? [Should women get the same education as men? Should the lower classes get the same education as the wealthy? Should the schools teach traditional, secular, or Western subjects and values?]):**