"The Trade Union and Socialist Movement in the United States (1905)," by William Mailly Published in F.W. Pethick Lawrence and Joseph Edwards (eds.), The Reformers' Year Book: 1905 (vol. 11). London: The Echo, 1905; pp. 156-158. Short report on the Socialist movement in the United States by Executive Secretary of the Socialist Party of America William Mailly. Mailly lauds the "rapid and radical" pace of industrial development in the USA, in which the country has been transformed in a short period of time from a predominantly agricultural to a leading industrial country. A total of 12.5 million wage workers (3.25 million unionized) and 1.5 million "tramps" are counted while more than half the country's wealth is concentrated in the hands of just 40,000 families, Mailly indicates. The country is divided between four national federations, Mailly notes, including the American Federation of Labor, the American Labor Union, the declining Knights of Labor, and the tiny, sectarian Socialist Trade and Labor Alliance. In addition national organizations of railroad and building trades workers exist, Mailly notes. With respect to the Socialist Party of America, Mailly asserts that a shift from foreign-born origins to American-born party members has been made, with 129 out of 183 delegates to the 1904 National Convention native-born citizens of the USA. From a dozen or so elected public officials the party has grown to 350 or so across the country, Mailly observes. Published in the UK prior to 1909, public domain in all judicial districts of the United States. Uploaded to Archive.org by Tim Davenport ("Carrite") in May 2015. Extracted from an original scan by the Google Books project.