The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1905-12-08

Judges have mlsused this power; but this
does not justify denial Of the power
any more than an improper exercise OF
| the power to call a strike by a labor
leader would justify the denial OF the right
to strike. The remedy is to regulate the
PFoeedur" by requiring the judge to give
| due notice to the adverse parties before
granting the writ the hearing to be tx
parte II the adverse party does not APP
pear at the time and place ordered.
What is due notice must depend upon the
| 1actS or the case. il should not be used
! as pretcxt to permit violation OF law.
| or the leupardizing of life or property.
| or course. this would not authorize the
ISSUING OF a restraining order or injunc-
| ton in any case in which it Is not already
| authorized by existing law
| | renew the recommendation ! made in
my last annual message for an investiga-
| ton by the Department Of Commerce and
| Labor OF general labor conditions especial
| attention to be paid to the conditions OF
| child labor and child Ia Dor Legislation In
| the several states. Such an investigation
| should take into account the various prob
lens with which the question Of child
| labor IS connected. 1t IS true that these
problems can be actually met in most
| cases only by the states themselves. but
| II would be we'll for the nation to endeav-
or. TO secure and publish comprehensive
information as to the conditions Of the
| labor of children in the different states.
1
| nand, and to secure approximately uni
! form legislation OF high character
among the several states. In such
| Republic as ours the one thing that We
! can not afford 10 neglect is the problem
| OF turning out decent citizens. The
| future OF the nation depends upon the
| citizenship OF the generations to come:
the children of to-day are those who to-
| morrow will shape the destiny Of our land.
! and we can not afford to neglect them.
| The legislature of Colorado has recon-
mended that the national government
! provide some general measure for the
| protection from abuse of children and
dumb animals throughout the United
| states. | lay the matter before you TOR
| what | trust will be your favorable con-
| Sidef3tion.
! The Department OF Commerce and
| Labor should also make a thorough in
! yeStigation Of the conditions OF women In
industry. over five million American
| women are now engaged In gainful occu.
pationS; yet there is an almost complete
| d"afth Of data upon which to base any
| trustworthy conclusions as regards sub
| Ject as important as it is vast and com
| pllcated. There is need OF full knowledge
| on which to base action looking toward
| state and municipal legislation for the
| protection Of working women. The intro
! auction OF women into industry is work.
| ing change and disturbance in the do
| nestle and social life OF the nation. The
|
| the birth rate. has been CoinCident with It.
| We must face accomplished facts. and the
| adjustment to factory conditions must be
| made; but surely it eau De made with less
| friction and less harmful effects on family
| life than is now the case. This whole
matter in reality forms one Of the great
| est sociological phenomena OF our time:
| II Is social question OF the hrst I'M
! portance. Of far greater Importance than
| any merely political or economic question
| hn Il 70 snly MO
| data, gathered in a sane and scientific
| spirit in the course OF an exhaustive IN
| veStigatiOn
In any great labor disturbance not only
are employer and employe interested. but
also third party-the general public
! Every considerable labor difficulty in
! which interstate commerce is involved
! should be investigated by the government
and the facts officially reported to the
| public
| The question of securing healthy. self
| respecting. and mutually sympathetic at
| titude as between employer and employe.
| capitalist and wage worker. is a difficult
! one. All phases of the labor problem
| prove difficult when approached, But the
underlying principles, the root principles
| in accordance with which the problem
| must be solved are entirely simple. We
can get justice and right dealing only II
| We must face accomplished facts. and the
| principle OF treating a man Oh his worth
| as a man rather than with reference 70
| his social position, his occupation, or the
| class TO which he belongs. There are
| selfish and brutal men in all ranks Of life.
| If they are capitalists their sefishness
! and brutality may take the form OF hard
! Indifference to suffering, greedy disregard
! of every moral restraint which interferes
| with the accumulation of wealth. and
! cold -blooded exploitation Of the weak: or,
| if they are laborers. the form of laZinesS.
| Of sullen envy Of the more fortunate. and
| Of willingness to perform deeds OF muir
| derous violence. Such conduct is just
other. and alt honest and farSeeing men
| should join in warning against II wherever
| it becomes manifest Individual capital
list and individual wage worker, corpora
| ton and union, are alike entitled TO the
protection of the law, and must alike
obey the law. Moreover in addition to
mere obedience to the law. each man.
| If he be a really good citizen, must show
| broad sympathy for his neighbor and
| genuine desire to look at any question
| arising between them from the standpoint
| Of that neighbour no less than from his
own; and to this end it is essential that
| capitalist and wage worker should con-
suit freely one with the other, should each
strive to bring closer the day when both
| shall realize that they are properly part
ners and not enemies. To approach the
questions which inevitably arise between
| them solely from the standpoint which
treats each side in the mass as the en-
| envy OF the other side in the mass Is both
wicked and foolish. In the past the most
| direfut among the influences which have
| brought about the downfall Of republics
has ever been the growth of the class
spirit, the growth of the spirit which
tends to make a man subordinate the well
! fare of the public az a whole to the well
! fare of the particular class to which he
belongs This inevitably brings about q
tendancy to treat each man not on his
| merits as an individual, but on his posi-
ton as belonging to a certain class IN
the community II such a spirit grows up
in this Republic it will ultimately prove
fatal to us, as in the past It has proved
fatal to every community in which 1t mas
become dominant. Unless we con-
tinue to keep a quick and lively
sense of the great fundamental
truth that our concern Is with the individual
worth OF the individual man. this govern.
ment cannot permanently hold the place
which it has achieved among the nations. The
vital lines OF cleavage among our people do
not correspond, and indeed rur at right an
giles to, the lines OF cleavage which divide
occupation from occupation. which divide
wage workers from capitalists. farmers from
bankers. men OF small means from men OF
large means, men who live In the towns from
men who live In the country; for the vital
line OF cleavage is the line which divides the
honest man who tries to do we'll by his
neighbor from the dishonest man who does Ill
by his neighbor. In other words, the stand
ard we should establish Is the standard
OF conduct, not the standard OF occupation.
Of means or Of social position. 1t Is the
mans moral quality. his attitude toward the
great questions which concern all humanity,
his cleanliness of lite his power to do his