The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1905-12-05

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he well for the Nation to ai
to secure and publish coIipr
information as to the c1ndliti
/ The labor Of children IN tlle
States. so as TO rpur up those
IRE hehindhand. and to secIif q
pr9vimp tnly uniform legis Iation 81
n high claraeter aIpong the several
States. In such a Republic as curs
the one thing that we can not afford.
to neglect is the problem of turn
4 ing out decent citizens. The future8
9of the Nation depends upon the
iicitfzanslAiI Of the generations to
come the children Of today are
those who tomorrow win shape The
destiny of orr land. and we can rot
afford to naglcct them. The legissN.
t1lre of Colorado has recommended
that the National Government l1co.
vide some general measure for the
profession FROM abuse of children
and dumb animals throughout the
United States. I lay the matter he
fore Won for what | trustwllt be ycul
favorable consideration.
The Department Of Commerce
and Labor should also made
thorough Investigation of the "2n-
ditions OF women in industry. Over
five million American women IRE
now engaged in gainfnl occupations;
vet there is an almost complete
dear,fh of da, which to base
any trustworthy conclusions as re-
cards subject s importa mt as It
is vest and complicated. There IS
need of full knowledge on which to
base action looking toward State
and municipal LEGISLATION for the
protection Of working women me
Introduction Of women into industry
is working change and disturba ace
in the domestic and sociallife of the
Nation. The decrease in marriage
and esDecieIly in the birth rate, ma:
been coincidcnt with it. We must
face accomplished facts. and the adj
irstnent to factory conditions must
he made; but surely it can be made
With less friction and less harmful
effects on f7milv life than Is now
The c1se. This whole matter I1l
raslitr forms one of the greatest
sociological phenomena of our time
Il Il q social Question of the first iri's
nortanca. of far greater importance
than any merely political or COO
nomic questi nn can be; and TO solve
Il we need ample data, gathered IN
:, s,ra and srie=.fifio spirit IN the
oonrse of an exhaustive invest'gas
hon. ,..a,,,.oo
not only arc employer nnd ernple g
Interested. brit also third parry
tho General nublic Every consider
,bla labor difficulty in which lntfr.
stata commerce i involved sneusa
ba investigated by the Gayernn'i,it
and tho f.lcts officially reported TO
the public. a.,4I,v
.,,f-resnecfinq. and mutually SYM
n,fhe+ic attitude rs between en-
,,tovor and employee capitalist a,irt5
r,,,,g1o-worker. is difficult one y
,Lasos If +be labor problem prove
IiHicult whom approached But tile
underlying principles. THEREFOR pl Az
cinles. in accordance with wh1ch sl
,,roI,jqn must be solvetliaFe entireiy
.;mnIc We can get justice me
r;gbt dealing only if We put as II
,aT,r7ount Importance the pFlne
-, or +raatino n man on his WORTH
= = man rather than with refer
nncc TO his social position his oecu-
nation. or the class to which ne n@7
longs. There are selfish ~ nr'llaI
,,,nn IN o1l ranks of life. Ifthey are
nan;talists their selfishness and nEu-
LII may take the form of hard n
Inference to suffering, greedy GUS
cord ,rS, Of every moral restraint
,rb;cb interferes with the occunHlla-
ION Of wealth, and cold-blooded eN-
,,loitotion of the weak OF, i they are
Ia ,5r1 The form of laziness, OF SUI
io ,DY anvv of the more fortunate. an
~ wiIIingness to perform deeds g.
- violence. Such cond1let
= Inst as reprehensible in one easg
:, Il The other. and oil honest ana
f g, men should ioin in wlrFlll5
- , 4 wherever II becomes Tl3'!li7
fo ag' individual capitalist and IN, ~
l 3;s.i1,,oI wnge-worker, corporat,,9I .
,n5 nnion. are alike entitled 70 ~, ny.
, ,,rotacticn of the law. and must ~
5 yc, the law. Moreover, IN aa'lle ,.,,1.
a to ,,e ore obedience to the law. esen
70 ny" # he be really a good cltlzel
,,,nsf show broad sympathy TOT ,l ~
ln nisi,1,oT and genuine desire 70 zoos
nelHi'oi ~ between them