The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1904-12-08
UNIONS OF GOVERNMENT EN-.
PlOYEES.

lnS, TO uulOuS, Uut tuc NOF FCl HAAOAi' Naii
neither discriminate Tor nor dlscrlml-
rate against nonunion men who are In
its employment, or who seek to be en-
ployed under it. Moreover, it is very
grave impropriety for Government en-
,,loyees to band themselves together for
the purpose of extorting emproperly
high salaries from the Government. Es-
pcciallv is this true of those within the
Classified service The letter carriers,
| both municipal and rural, are as a
whole an excellent body of public ser
wants. They should be amply paid. But
| their payment must be obtained by
arguing their claims fairly and non
crably before the Congress, and not by
banding together for the defeat OF
those Copgressmen who refuse to give
promises which they can not in con-
science give The Administration mas
already taken steps to prevent ana
,Unish abuses of this nature; but II
will be wise for the Congress to sup
riement this action by legislation.
BUREAU OF LABOR.
Much can be done by the Government
lin labor matters merely by giving pub
llicity to certain conditions. The Bureau
of Labor has done excellent work or
this kind in many different directions.
I shall shortly lay before you in spe-
Icial message the full report of the IN
lvestigatiOn of the Bureau OF LABOR INTO
1.-THE Colorado mining strike, as this
is a strike in which certain very evil
forces, which are more or less at Work
. everywhere under the conditions or
modern industriaiism. became start
IEngly prominent. 1t is greatly to be
wished that the Department OF Com
rlerce and Labor, through the LABOR
bureau, should compile and arrange Tor
the Congress list Of the labor laws OF
the various States, and should be given
the means to investigate and report TO
t;he Congress upon the labor conditions
in the manufacturing and mining re-
s.ons throughout the country, both as
to wages as to hours of labor, as &c
, the labor of women and children, ano
, ss to the effect in the various laoOr
, centers of immigration from ABROAD. ID
this investigation especial ATTENTION
should be paid to the conditions OF
, child labor and child-labor Legislation
= in the several States.
CORPORATIONS.
When we come to deal with grea1
, corporations the need for the Govern
l nent to act directly is far greater thar
l,;orations can become such only by en-
eaging in interstate commerce, ant
- Iinterstete commerce is peculiarly ths
= field Of the General Government. 1t il
. an absurdity to expect to eliminate .th'
abuses in great corporations by Stat,
: action. 1t is difficult to be patient Wit
an argument that such matter
should be left to the States, beeaus
J. more than one State pursues the polio,
= !cf creating on easy terms corporation
= which are never operated Within tha
e State at all, but in other States who's
: laws they ignore. The National dov
:, ernment alone can deal adequately Wit
=, these great corporations. To try to dea
IL with them in an Incorporate, destruc
tive. or demagogic spirit would, in a
=, probability, mean that nothing what
:, ever would be accomplished; aad, wit
:. absolute certainty. that if anythin
=, were accomplished it would be OF