The daily silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1903-1907, 1904-05-12

Establishing the bureau OF labor
statistics.
To promote industrial peace.
For a seen fare on the New York
City elevated railroad.
Incorporating the New York City
Free Circulating Library.
AS Governor of New York Theodore
Roosevelt approved of
Creating a tenement-house commits
sion.
Regulating sweat-shop labor.
Empowering the factory Inspector to
enforce the act regulating labor hours
on railroads.
Making the eight-hour and prevail
ing rate-of-wages laws effective.
Amending the factory act:
Cd Protecting employees at work on
buildings.
(2) Regulating the working time Of
female employees.
(0 Providing TIT stairways shall be
properly lighted.
"a Prohibiting the operation OF
dangerous machinery by children.
(5) Prohibiting women and minors
working on polishing or buiHng wheel~
go Providing for seats for wait
resses in hotels and restaurants.
Shortening the working hours of
drug Gle. ks.
Increasing the salaries of New York
school teachers.
Extending to other engineers the aw
licensing New York City engineers and
making it a m.sdemeanor for violating
the same.
Licensing stationary engineers in
Buffalo.
Providing the examination and licen-
sing of horseshoers in cities.
Reg ST alton of laborers for munich
pal employment.
Relating to air brakes on freight
trains.
Providing for the issuance of quar-
of labor statistics.
In addition to the foregoing Theo-
dose Roosevelt. while Governor recon-
merdad Hesitation which the New York
General Assembly failed to pass in re-
gard to-
Employers liability.
State control of employment offices.
State ownership of printing plants.
Devising means whereby free me-
chanics shall not be brought into COM
patitiop with nricnn Ia hor
AS President of the United States
Theodore Roosevelt has signed Hills
Renewing the Chinese exclusion act
and exterd ne its provisions to the is
land terrific. y Of the United States.
Prohibiting the employment of Mon
pl oviding that eight hours shall con-
stitute a days VIC. k on >" Ii projects.
Abolishing slavery and Involuntary
servitude in the Philippine Islands,
violation of the act being punishable
by forfeiture of contracts and a fine
of not less than &c. DOC.
Protecting tle lives Of employees in
coal mines in t territories by regulating
the amount OF ventilation and provic-
ing that entries, etc. shall be kept
well dampened with water 10 cause
dust to settle.
Exempt.ng fl ON taxation in the Dis
trict of Colum "a household belongings
to the value of $1,000. wearing apparel,
Libraries. school books, family por-
traits and heir-looms.
Do--;s~- .rnr,fa+a @ re annnlounoap
offices in the Ditrict o. Columbia to
pay a license tax of $40 a yea
C.eat.ng the depai tment of COM
merce and labor and making its head
a cabinet officer.
Improving the act relating to safety
appliances on railroads.
Increasing the restrictions upon the
immigration of cheap 70! eign labor
and prohibiting the landing of allen
anarchists.
Does any on imagine that the re
publican party will have any fears
about going into the approaching cam
paign with a standard bearer with
such a record? Will they hesitate to
have it compared with that of the
farmer-iur.st of Esoous? Or with
that of the Happy Hooligan candidate
whose contributions to the causes OF
labor have thus far consisted chiefly
of editorial denunciation of capital.
and that, too, through the medium of
men who are hired to perfol m the job?
If the Pr esidential campaign is to
be fought out upon the records of
candidates or of parties upon the great
problem of Americ IN labor the I..pah.
lican party will be ready at the p oper
time.