The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-01-29
-1c INDUSTRIAL COMMISSION.
r,rsrING BODY FORMED
~ ron MPORTANT WORK.

HIS ..t...,ed-TOpics That VIII
Re- considered.
I - Jan. 2S.-Three of Its four
- svuabi. or topical plans OF In
,..s5,. formulated and given to
Vi'- .,-.. farsehadow the Wilderness Of the
w U--T as the far-reaching import
- the Investigations on which the
- states Industrial Commission Is
-rs-sr-d To enter The topical plan of
ma, be explained. is the printed
,,,pnins out the endless ramifica-
.eas of the admissions inquiries. II
'e--s.-s topica.ly the countless points at
s.,s tba commission is to thrust its
,,ro industrial economic conditions
md nb,osopay. Those prepared by the
s..,-,tssion indicate a purpose to sweep
.A , continuous thoroughness into every
49,. corner Of the labor world-to learn
~ there are conditions to be confront
- facts 10 he revealed, discontents to be
o.sed or evils 60 be abated. Invested by
~. a,+ Of Congress creating ii with am
,lo authority 10 force the, attendance of
Illnesses and the revelation of facts and
D.. devise methods for the Improvement
- industrial conditions that are not as
.oo5 as they should be, the commission
s destined by its work to arouse the keen
s.t interest in every corner of the land.
The commission comes into being by an
oct of Congress approved June IS, 1898,
end that. in the title, authorizes it Ito
o,rata Information and to consider and
recommend legislation 10 meet the prob
lens presented by labor agriculture, and
capital
For the Guidance of Statesmen.
The commission grew out of a demand,
TOO for definite and authoritative data for
the guidance Of the statesmen of the ma
ton in dealing with economic questions.
In the fields of agriculture, in the shops,
IN the mines, in the counting houses of
the nation. there are scores of frictions
that can be eased if not removed, by an
understanding of their causes and the ap-
plication of a remedy that is cientifically
correct. Those who best know how CO.
related and how interdependent capital
and labor are feel that there must be
somewhere a hitherto undiscovered eco
monte principle that will exactly adjust
them 10 each other and make their rela-
ton as cordial as their interests are one.
In his report urging the creation of the
commission upon Congress, Mr.. Gardner
estimated that in the six years between
1850 and 1886 the single item of strikes has
cost SgSj65,95S to employers, employees and
their organizations directly.
In an article widely published In 1885,
Dr. William T. Harris, chief of the ma
tional bureau of education, elaborated a
point, in connection with this new force in
economies, that may be used here for
illustrative purposes. In 1880, he says, the
estimated production of the United States
amounted to 40 cents per day for each
man, woman, and child. Divided among
those following gainful occupations-on the
farm In the mines in the mills, of every
knd-ihat would yield to each person in
the country as his or her pro rata of the
total product $34.80 per month, or $50 per
week Of six days.
Paramount Aim of Commission.
1t is needless to spend any time in elab-
ofaing the Importance, both as a basis
Tor safe legislation, state and national, and
Tor the orderly conduct of the Industrial
controversies of the authorize tive settle
ment Of this factor and of all other fac
tors OF Ike kind Such settlement would
give labor labor organizations and leagues
a safe basis for the discussion and adj
]us'ment Of their differences, and furnish
10 the statesmen of the land basic facts,
"l'hout which their debates and legisla-
uon cannot be well informed. One of the
functions Of the United States Industrial
Commission is to put facts of this kind
before all who have occasion to use them
"lln the stamp of authority.
hut The work of the commission will
uol ne confined to figures alone, essential
d. 'hey are to economic relations. 1t
~lN' besides, investigate conditions and
suggest remedies for their Improvement
Where they are found to be Out of gear
~''l me progress of philosophy and spir-
OF the age. And in this direction The
Iathlnca ions Of its work seem to be end
ess' mere, for instance, are the fric-
uo,s between skilled and unskilled labor,
a"u the restricted surroundings In which
T w uulonisms should probably be set
turner commissioner Stump right,
~ Ve one topic. when he urged before
~ 4ll 's'r'al Commission the other day
oI .He rough work of the land needs
I', vie uh'utored foreigners who can be
Sitlu 10 our ports of entry? Or was
-, nuns contention that there are SO
a,..' vi .2em here already as to crowd
IVY" 'He intelligent citizens of the coun-
I,Ss. l'i,' 'he poor houses? There IS a
,b, iv,''e OF view that goes not only to
fu.eu"h of the educational require
er,, 60 'ial should be exacted of ir1ni-
80 out TO The very foundations of
e1,,,. '@'Vf legislation. And when it
~ avs q" 'ne other topic of the relations
inc ir "P'oyer to the employed. should
s.rs1 unions be brought to a proper
fine Ia, 'ueF responsibility as factors In
r5r,,1o world by being forced TO incor-
rors,o o'9u ont they be held 10 a cor
ne responsibility, whether tbat De
and foet,.N not Tor their part in projecting
tbipgs ,,'tls strikes and doing the other
is onl,. 'i.'on IaI within their line? That
not Nc. d" illustrative question. 1t does
who, 7-N 100 cover all the directions in
yesft1.., 'a', unionisms are likely 70 he in
t9e ott. Wy The commission. What on
hg t,. SIDE of the enactment. ahsolv-
ezoart-.. --i'itoyer from liability for tbe in
servant ana carelessness of his own
WORM, ""en fellow servant is the
o. dao.. .''t an but prohibit the recovery
y,,t-. '''dses for accident AMONG 49,,
'f'onnel of the Commission
bar 's al Mckinley, Vice President Ho-
turns Tll speaker Reed, who have In their
ba, '-.ied to constitute IN, oor,.,.i.eto,.