New-York tribune., 1902-02-11
TAXATION AND LABOR,
RECOMMENDATIONS MADE BY THE IN
DUSTRIAL COMMISSION.
CATION AND IMMIGRATION ALSO
SUBMITTED TO CONGRESS-

Washington. Feb 1O-The third part of the In
dustrial Commissions final report was made pub
lie to-day 1t treats of labor. immigration.
tion and irrigation. Regarding labor. the commits
sion says that Congress. having power 70 legis-
late directly upon the subject. it is recommended
that the several States establish uniform hours or
labor and also specially regulate the hours of
ployment of persons between the age of fourteen
and twenty-one. The working day of all public
employment should be eight hours, in the hope
that it would bring private employment the
same standard The period of work in under
ground mines should be eight hours day. IL is
recommended that Congress. under its powers
to interstate commerce. prevent any person under
eighteen years being empioyed a telegraph
operator OH railroads; that all engineers and
switchmen should submit to an examination for
color blindness. and that it should be a misde-
meanor for engineer or switchman TO he in
toxicated while duty. The report says the
States should adopt law providing that wages or
labor should be paid in cash cash orders. with
out discount. and not in goods due bills. and
that company should not be allowed. Pro-
vision should be made for fair weighing at mines.
Regarding tnjunctons. the commission says
The question of the enforcement of the labor
contract by injunction or contempt in equity proc
is a very difficult one. mainly made by the
iessiy issued by learned judges or by the un-
learned judges of inferior courts in States which
confuse chancery and common law jurisdiction.
Ihe F6ud b G o hgh fp oyy writ
examination by tribunal thoroughly competent
A statute to prevent intimidation at federal cleo
tons is recommended Congress should legislate
10 prevent the importation and sale OF convict
made goods from one State into another without
the consent of the State into which the goods
imported, where they sold. On the subject
OF railway labor. which, the report says. Is
doubtedcy covered by the interstate powers OF
Congress- the commission is of the opinion that
Congress should adopt consistent code of law
regulating all matters concerning employment in
that industry.
Commissioners Smyth and Harris do not concur
in the recommendations of the majority.
CHANGES IN IMMIGRATION LAWS.
The recommendations Of the commission on the
subject of immigration are:
General revision and codihcation of the immigra-
necessary TO make the existing principles OF legs-
Increasing the head tax from 81 to IS.
Enfctlye inspection along the Canadian and Mex
of designated frontier ports of entry by the Secre
Exclusion and deportation of anarchists
Renewal and continuance of the Chinese exclusion
ments IN order 10 render these laws less liable to
evasion, but framing restrlctiye Legislation so as
with China.
The period of deportation it is recommended
should be extended to fve years the expenses in
for all aliens unlawfully landed.
A number of recommendations relative to the
deportation and careful inspection of immi-
grants also made.
Commissioners Penrose, Bard. Gardner. Bell.
Often, Lormer. Farquhar. Kennedy and Litchnan
dissent from the qualification the restriction of
Chinese immigration. and deprecate legislation
which would make easier Chinese immigration un-
der the guse of encouraging commerce.
NEW METHODS OF TAXATION
AS. to taxation the commission recommends:
That the States abandon the general property tax
and raise their revenues by taxes on corporations,
inheritanCes and incomes. supplemented. when nee
essary, by Indirect taxation.
That corporations public service and other be
on the value of their franchises assessed accord
ing to the the actual & value of their stocks and bonded
sessed locally. and that the real estate owned by
That the system OF Ieyying graduated taxes
inheritances be adopted by those States which do
not not n9w gmpl0y IT. and that it be abandoned by
That taxes on corporations. nheritances etc he
supplemented by graduated tax incomes to be
levied and collected by the State
That notes. mortgages and other like property he
rates. through appropriate listing and recording
Commissioners Harris. Tompkins and Gardner
dissent from some of the above conclusions
SYSTEM OF IRRIGATION FAVORED
Regarding irrigation, the commission recon-
mends that Congress enact laws
To provide for national control OF sources of
water supply upon which two or more States may
the arid lands of the United States and for an i'm
mediate estimate OF the water supply liable for
reclamation thereof for the construction of storage
reservoirs and irrigation works by which TO utilize
possible extent: to reclaim said arid lands of the
United States reserving control the distribution
Territories and the holding Of such lands for actual
settlers under homestead entry.
To provide for beginning the construction OF one
or more large reservoirs or diversion works where
that vacant public lands can be reclaimed.
MUST PAY STAMP TAXES.
Washington. Feb. 1o-The Commissioner Of Inter