Rocky Ford enterprise., 1900-06-08
CONGRESSIONAL GRIST-
WASHINGTON GOSSIP.

The report OF the Industrial commits.
sion. OF which Senator Eyi. IL chair
man. makes radical suggestions re-
- riding the employment OF labor. II
commcnds that Congress ask NIL
states In the Union TO ndopt laws r"Iu'
lntinH work day hours for laborcr-
from fourteen to twenty years or
age and to prohibit the employment. In
shops, OF boys under fourteen years Of
age, and not then unless the boys shall
have attended school NJ least thirteen
weeks during the year. The eight
hour day law h To lc passed by all
the states. No women or girls are TO
i,c employed under ground: no person
under eighteen years OF nIc is To bc
employed as telegraph operator ON
railroads: engineers and switchmen nr.
TO bc examined for color blindness: any
engineer who becomes Intoxicated
while on duty Is TO bc charged with n
misdcmeanor: blanket injunction
against absent defendants to he prohib.
tied; laborcrs not to bc prohibited from
working when they desire: the impor.
tatIon Of convict. made goods from one
state to another to In. prohibited: Con.
grcss TO adopt q mode Of laws r-suin.-
Ing railroad labor. which will tt- bind.
Ing. In case OF accident. without regard
10 the laws Of states where the accident
occurs. The recommendation of the
committee provides that man has u
right To ~ employed and projected
without belonging to union and TINT
union lnborcrs and non.union inbcrrr~
should bc treated alike. The report nj.
so suggests that strikes should bc legal
except when they rndnngcr health AMI
safety. \ boycoi or combination where
liberty is injured Is Illegal and In some
cases. criminal.
In the Anal vote on the antitrust biii
In the House on 'h, md Mr.. Mann Of
Illinois cas-; the negative vote. The
bill. according 10 the statements Of the
| Republican leaders. goes to the limit
Of III. authority Of Congress under the
constitution. All the Democratic mi.
nority amendments except one were
defeated. That was un amendment
declaring that nothing In thcnc, should
br construed To apply 10 trades unions
or labor organizations. All except
eight Republicans. Mcssra Aldrich Of
Alabama. Allen aud Li,ticfcld of
Maine, Bailey. Long and Caidcrhcad
Of Kansas aud Cannon and Hit Of II.
iinois voted for II. The hill amends
the sherman antitrust law 50 as In
declare every contract or combination
In the form of trust or conspiracy In
restraint Of commerce among the
states. or with foreign nations. Illegal.
and every party to such contnict or
combination guilty Of crime punisha.
bic by n fine Of not less than $50 nor
more than 5000. and by impri-on.
mcnt not less than six months nor
more than two years. II provides that
any person injured by a violation cf
the provisions Of the law may recover
three fold damages. The definition OF
| person and persons" In the present
law II enlarged 80 rs to include the
agents. officers or atinrncys OF corpora
tions. For purposes OF commerce II
declares illegal nii corporations formed
or carrying on business for purposes
declared illegal by the common laws:
provides that they may bc pcrpctually
cujoincd from carrying on Interstate
commerce and forbiJ- them to use the
mails. II provides for the production
Of persons and papers and confcrs tu-
risiiction upon United States Circuit
and District courts for the trial OF
causes under II and authorizes any
person, firm. corporation or association
TO begin and prosecute proceedings
under II.
As the result OF conferences between
President ]. W. Springer OF Denver OF
the National Live Stock Association
and members OF Congress relative to
the German meat inspection bill. the
following bill was introduced In the
House by Representative Bailey OF
Kansas: ''That whenever the President
Of the United States shall he Informed
that the government OF the German
| cmpirc hns passed n law imposing pro-
hibitory duties on meat products which
may be imported Into that country
from the United States. he shall issue
a proclamation liking q time when all
articles produced or manufactured In
the German empire. when entered for
consumption at the ports OF the United
| States, shall pay a duty OF ten per cent.
In excess Of the duties imposed there
on prior to the passage Of this act: and
| nil such products and manufactures
| when 40 entered for consumption after
said time. fixed by the President. shall
nay such increased duties" The bill
was referred to the ways and means
committee and Mr.. Springer saw MEM
| bcrs of that committee with view to
urging early action. He said rs to the
| measure: "'rhc National Live Stock As
| sociatiou is the largest organization OF
| IFS kind in the world. representing over
SGOD, 600 900. and with Il are federated
on this subject the American Short
| Horn breeders Association. the Ma
tional Hereford breeders Association
and some hundred live stock organiza-
lions. We feel that the live stock in
d,,stry is singled ont by the German
empire for direct discrimination. and
| all the stock people will feel the effect
OF such action. They feel. too. that the
time has come for the allied stock inter
ests of the United States TO speak on,
| in no uncertain tones. and they hope to
direct the attention OF Congress and
| the government to the situation. All
| the live stock states are deeply inter-
csted in what is being done and are de-
sirous OF having adequate measures
adoptcd to overcome this discrimina-
ton by Germany