Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1901-12-06
THE CHINESE PROBLEM.
recommends That the Present Ex.
clusion Law BE Reenacted.

With the sole exception of the farming
interest. no one matter is of such vital
fare of the wageworkers. If the farmer
and the wageworker are we'll off, it is alb
solMtely certain that all others will be
hearty congratulation that on the Whole
wages are higher to-day in the United
Sta States IS, than h; ever before in our history
ana Thd t Ia higher than in any other country.
ever before. Every. effort of legislator
and administrator should be bent to Sc
t cure the per I'm of this condition of
s?Die. Not only must our labor be protect
ed by the tariff, but it should also be pro
t nTsI slc 50 tar as it is possible from the
brought over by contract or Of those who.
coming freely. yet represent a standard
t Of Living so depressed that they can un-
drag them to lower level. regard it Al
necessary. with this end in view. to re-
enact Immediately the law excluding Chi
nese laborers and to strengthen it
Wherever necessary in order to make its
enforcement entirely effective
- Protection for Free Labor.
-, me me national government should de-
M the highest quality Of service from
It's employees and in return it should be a
g 6oa,d emn M II possible
interstate commerce law which will rem
of convict contract labor in the open Ia
6 6er ma arket So far as practicable I'M
provision should be made to render the
enforcement Of the eight-hour law easy
and certain. In all industries carried OF,
states or Indirectly for the United
should be protected from excessive hours
OF labor, from night work and from work
erSen 4n sSn;d eonditions The
that al work should be done under "fair''
conditions and, in addition to setting a
high standard, should uphold it by prop
the subcontractors. The government
should forbid all night work FOR women
and children as we'll as excessive over
time, time. For the District Of Columbia a
as powerful indirect aid to such laws
provision should be made to turn the in
habited alleys, the existence Of which is
streets, where the Inhabitants can live
under conditions favorable to health and
heads as well as their hands. Moreover.
they take a keen pride in what they are
doing doing so SO that. independent of the re-
job. This is the great secret of our 4 sue s.
cess in competition with the labor OF for
eign countries.
Good and Bad of Unionism.
The most vital problem with which this
country; and for that matter the whole
lem which has for one side the ' better op-
ment Of social conditions, moral and
physical piGy sal in large cities and for another
.of far-reaching questions which we group
together when we speak of Tabor" The
chief factor in the success of each man
wageworker, farmer and capitalist alike
must ever be the sum total of his own
Individual qualities and abilities. Second
only to this comes the power of acting
In combination or association with Others.
very great good has been and will be
accomplished by associations or unions
OF Wageworkers when managed with
sistence upon their own rights with law
abiding respect for the rights of others.
The display of these qualities in such
bodies is a duty to the nation no less
Finally there must also in many cases be
action by the government in order to
safeguard the rights and interests Of all.
1 Under our our constitution con there is much
and the municipality than by the nation.
But on points such as those touched on
above the national government can act.
When all is said and done. the rule Of
prerequisite to success in the kind of ma
tional life for which we strive Each
man must work for himself, and unless
ne so works no outside help can avail
that he is indeed his brothers Keeper.
and that while no man who refuses to
walk can be carried with advantage to
himself or anyone else. yet that each at
times needs to nave the Helping hand OUT t.
stretched to him. To be permanently eff
fective aid must always take the form of
helping a man to help himself, and We
gether in the work that is Of common in
terest to all.