Omaha daily bee., 1902-02-11
COMMENDS EICH1.HOUR LAW
Industrial osmmiIsion Says States shsuld
Have UnifsFn Labsr Hsuu.
OPPOSES ANY KIND BUT CASH PAYMENT
To Provide Adequate Irrigation in
West, Commission Recommends
National Control of Sources
of Water supply.

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WASHINGTON, Feb. 1O.-The third part
Of the Industrial commission's final report
was made public today. IL treats of labor,
immigration, taxation and irrigation. Re-
sarding labor, the following recommends
tions are made:
Congress having no power to l~egislats
directly upon the subject, it is recon-
mended that the several states establish
uniform hours Of labor and also specially
regulate the hours OF employment Of per-
sons between the ages of IL and 21.
The working day of all public employ
ment, the report says, should be eight
hours, In the hope that IL would bring
private employment to the same standard.
The period of work in underground mines
should ba eight hours a day.
It is recommended that congress-, under
it's powers as to interstate commerce, pre-
vent any person under Is years Of age
being employed as a telegraph operator on
railroads.; that all engineers and switch
men should submit to an examination for
color blindness, that 1t should be a misde-
meanor for an engineer or switchman to
be intoxicated while on duty.
shouId Pay Labor in Cash.
The report says the states should adopt
a law providing that labor should be paid
in cash or cash orders without discount
and not In goods or due bills. and that
company stores should not be allowed.
Regarding iniunctions, the commission
says:
The question OF the. enforcement OF the
labor contract by injunction or by con.
s Tempt m IN equity so m RrGse By Il the = abuses XSIs (Which When
nave arisen from tnJunctions carelessIy
Issued by learned Judges or by co tine uh IN
states which confuse .ehancery and com.
mon law jurisdiction: The Injunction is
only afrHr. the most careful exam-
anatlon by a tribunal thoroughly comps
tent. tFn -
A statute to prevent intimidation at fed
erai elections is recommended. Congress
should legislate to prevent the importa-
tation and sale Of convict-made goods from
one state into another without the con-
sent OF the state into which the goods are
imported, or where they are sold.
ON the subject OF railway labor, which,
the report says, IS undoubtedly covered
by the interstate owe Of congress-, the
commission is Of the opinion hat congress
should adopt a consistent code Of Law reg
ulating all matters concerning employment
in that Industry, .,5
Commissioners Smythe and Harris do not
concur IN the recommendation OF the ma
jority. ae-tsS -s
The recommendations of the committee
on the subject Of immigration are;
General revision and codihcation of the
Immigration laws, including such verbal
isting principles of legislation effective.
J increasing the head tax from 81 to s.,
En MsSs p boOfSeTsa to o' be- secured through
the establishment of designated frontier
ports. of entry by the secretary OF the
Exclusion, and deportation of anarchists.
Renewal and eontinuance of the Chinese
ministrative amendments. in order to
render these laws less liable to evasion,
but tfs%ISk bd Gsst ~ seriOS Ssf,Si intsTfes Ss'S witt Il
with China
Extend Period of Deportation.
The period Of deportation. 1t is recon
mended, should be extended to i've years
the sxpenses during the Arst year to b.
paid by The steamship company for al
aIiens unlawfully landed.
AS to taxation, the commission recon
mends:
That the states abandon the general prop
erty tax and raise their revenues by taxes
upon e~os ppon9emenie wbea necessaTy b,
indirect taxation,
That c~0rpurationss public service ant
hxed by legislation upon the value OF thel
franchises, possessed according to. the actua
value of their stocks and bonded debts
less the value OF their real estate assesses
locally. and that the real estate owned
BY them be taxed locally as other rea
estate is taxed, Thai the system OF levy
ing GrRduatedA taxes on inheritances b.
adopted by those states which do not nov
employ It and that Il be abandoned by tn
federal government.
THAT taxes upon corporations, inherI
tances. etc, be supplemented by a gradu
Rted tax upon incomes TO be levied an
collected by the state.
That notes, mortgages and other TX
property be taxed by the state at ful
value, but at low fixed rates through sp
proprlate listing and recording systems.
Regarding irrigation, the commissio
recommends that congress enact laws:
To provide for national control OF source
Of water supply upon which two or NOR
states may depend for irrigation,
To provide for surveys OF arid lands q
the United States and for an immediat
estimate Of the water supply available 10
2 reclamation thereof. for the oonstruetio