Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1904-12-06
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either Individual Or corpora's. They
are not against tho rich man any
more than against the poor nan On
theI contrary. they are friendly alIke
: toward rich nan and ioward roor
> man provided only that zach ccts IN
a spirit Of justice and lsscucg toward
3 his fellows Great corporations are
. necessary, and only men ~ gfsa. and
/ singular mental power can manage
srch corporations successfully. end
, such men must have grse. rsvards.
, but these corporations sh )u,l h. iran.
aged with due regard 10 The interest
Of the public as q whole. Whcfe ibis
: can be done under the present laws
|, II must be done. Where these avs
|, come short others should BE- acted
!, 10 supplement them.
Yet we must never fo'get the do
termining factor In every kiad OF
work, OF head or hand. must he the
mans own good sense. courage, ana
klndllness. More important lhan any
Legislation Ia the gradual groHih of
a feeling OF responsibility and for
bearanco among capitalists AMI wag@-
workers alike; Il feeling )f respeat IN
the part OF each man for tie rights OF
others: q feeling OF brott %cotansupt-
10y of interest, not merely .! capital
lists among themselves, anl OF wage
workers among Themselves, bit OF
capitalists and wage wortors I their
relations to each other, AMI Of both IN
their relations to their fellows who
with them make up the BODY folttic.
There are many captains OF Inlusuy,
many labor leaders. who realize this.
Insurance.
The business OF insurance vitality
affects the great mass Of the people
+ Of the United States and Ii national
! aud non local In It's application. IL in
, wolves a multitude Of transactions
/ among the people OF the different
/ states and between American com
. panies and foreign governments. !
!. urge that the congress carefully con.
: slider whether The power Of the bu-
/. rsan OF corporations can moi consti.
/ tutionally be extended to cover inter
state transactions in insurance.
q City Of Washington.
IN pursuing The SET plan 10 make
o the city Of Washington an example to
other American municipalities several
' points should be kept tn mind by the
A legislators. In the first place. tAt
n. people Of thig country should clearl,
understand that no amount Of Indus
a trial prosperity. and above all no lead
Ia erafaip In international industrial com
N petition. can IN any way ton for Thu
sapping OF the vitality Of those whI
are usually spoken Of az the workin,
a. Glasses. The farmers, the mechanics
q the skilled and unskilled laborers, tn
=. small shop keepers. make up the bull
10 OF the population Of any country; an
upon their we'll being. generation afte
h. generation. the well being Of the coun
try ana the race depends. Rapid do
=. velopment In wealth and industrial
m leadership IN a good thing, but only
. 4. IL tnao hauA In hand NTH rurox
n. ment. and not deterioration, physica
and moral. The oyercrowding OF eli
"a les and the draining OF country dis
:, tricta are unhealthy and even DANCE
~. GUS symptoms in our modern life. w
should nor permit o~vercrowding |
N. cities, In certain European cities
IL provided by law that the populi
=. ton Of towns shall not be allowed {
\. exceed a very limited density for
- given area, SO that the increase |
=, density must be continually pushe
10 back into a broad zone around III
center OF the Town. this zone havin
great avenues or parks within II. tn
death. rate statistics show a terribI
Increase In mortality. and especial
~ In infant mortality. In oyercrowde
t~anefnents. The poorest families
W tenement houses live In one room. m
" II appears thar In these one. roo
ry tenements the average death rate I,
NJ a number OF given cities ut home m
ne abroad Is about twice what IL Ia In
TWO tenement. four tim,
IN what it Is in u threeroo,
ms tenement. and eight tim,
re what 1t is in a tenement consIstil
OF four rooms or over These II
lres vary somewhat for different G
les les. bat they approximate In eas
ms city those given above: and in i
'ei cases the increase OF mortality. al
her especially OF infant mortality. wi
he the decrease in the number of room