The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-12-05

It would be well FOR the nation to endeaY-
or 10 secure and publish complehensAkN
information as to the conditions oi .ne
labor OF children In the different stale3'
Sc as to spur up those that are hehln1-
hand, and to secure approximately UNI
form legislation OF Il high character
among the several states, IA sue"
Republic as ours the one thing that We
can not afford to neglect Is the pronlen
OF turning out decent citizens me
future OF the nation depends upon lhe
citizenship OF the generations TO come
the children OF to-day are those VINO %
morrow viii shape the destiny ot our iahd'
and we can not AFFORD 70 neglect thell'
The legislature OF Colorado mas IecVin
mended that the national government
provide some general measure for the
protection from abuse Of children anu
dumb animals throughout the blltsa e
States ! lay the matter before you loI
what trust Will be your favorable con
sideration.
Labor should also make thorough m
vestigation OF the conditions Of women IN
industry over five million American
women are now engaged IN galniul oGcu-
pations yet there Is an almost compleev
dearth OF data upon which 70 pase any
trustworthy conclusions as regards SUI
feet as important as II Is vast ana com
plicated There Is need Of tull knOWieubs
on which 10 base action looking to"atu
state and municipal legislation loi VIZ
protection OF working women, 4ne lhttpT
ductiOu OF women into industry IS Woih-
ing change and disturbance in the do
nestle and social life Of the nation. Inc
decrease IN marriage, and especially ~
the birth rate. has been coincldent win ~.
We must face accomplished facts anu ent
adjustment to factory conditions must *
made; but surely II can be made WIN rs ~
friction and less harmful effects on fanny
life than is now the case. rms Whoie
matter I'm reality forms one OF the great
est sociological phenomena of our tlns' me
It is social question OF the nIse III,
faaa for m
any merely political or economic questiyh
can be; and to solve II we need ampie
data, gathered in sane and sclentiiilc Nv
spirit In the course OF an exhaustive ln-
IN any great labor disturbance not only
are employer and employe interested 1ut
also third party--the general pupilc.
Every considerable labor dihlculty N
which Interstate commerce Is involved
should be investigated by the government
and the facts officially reported TO the
public.
The question OF securing a healthy, sell
respecting and mutually sympathetic at-
titude as between employer and employ 3,
capitalist and wage worker; Is dlllIult
one All phases OF the labor Plooiytn tta
prove dificult when approached. But Tue
Underlying principles, the root principles,
in accordance with which the prpplsth
must be solved are entirely simple. We
can yet Justice and right dealing only u
We must face accomplished facts, ana @ tne
principle OF treating man on MS Woit N
as a man rather than with reference 70
his social position his occupation. OF tnc
class to which he belongs There are
selfish and brutal men in all ranks oi ire.
II they are capitalists their seiishness
and brutality may take the form oi haI9
Indifference TO suffering; gseely ~ ~ulsitsAla
Of every moral restraint which interleres
with the accumulation OF wealth, ana
cold -blooded exploitation OF the weak or
IL they are laborers the form Of a2ihess!
OF sulien envy Of the more fortunate, ana
mill ff.adr "a
derous violence. Such conduct IS Just
as reprehensible in one case as IN the
other and all honest and farseeing mem
should iOin In warning against IL Wherever
II becomes manifest. Individual capital
ist and individual wage-worker. corpora
tion and union. are alike entitled TO ihe
protection Of the law, ana must ahke
obey the law. Moreover In addition 70
mere obedience to the law, each man,
II he be a really good citizen. must snow
broad sympathy FOR his neighbOr ana
genuine desire to look at any question
arising between them from the standpoint
OF that neighbor no less than from MS
own and to this end II is essential thft
capitalist and wage-worker should con-
suit freely one with the other, should eaeh
strive to bring closer the day when both
shall realize that they are properly part
ners and not e9emies. TO approach tne
questions which inevitably arise between
them solely from the standpoint when
treats each side In the mass as the en-
emy Of the other side In the mass Is both
wicked and foolish. In the past the must
direfu among the influences which nave
brought about the downfall OF republics
has ever been the growth Of the class
spirit the growth OF the spirit Nmch
tends to make a man subordinate the wei
fare Of the public as a whole 10 the Wei
fare of the particular class to which he
belongs This inevitably brings about
tendancy TO treat each man not on his
merits as an individual. but on his posi-
tion as belonging 20 q certain class ln
fhe community II such a spirit gfows up
in this Republic Il VIII ultimately rfcfe
fatal to u.s. ass In the past 1t has proved
fatal to every community IN which II mas
become dominant. Unless we con
tinue 20 keep 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 II has achieved among the nations. The
vital lines OF cleavage among our people DO
not correspond, and indeed run az right an
gles 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 couutryi for the vital
line OF cleavage Is the line which divides tho
honest man who tries % do well BY his
ueighhor from the dishonest man who does ill
nv his nefchtGr In other words the stand
ara We should establish is the standard
Of conduct not the standard Of occupation.
OF means or of social position. Il is the
mans moral quality. MS atulude toward the
great questions which concern all humanity,
his cleanliness Of lie. his power 10 do bis
duty toward himself and toward others, which
really count: and II we substitute Tor The
standard OF personal Judgment which treats
each man according to his merits another
standard in accordance with which AT men
o. one class are favored and all men Of an
other class discrimlnated against. We shall DO
irreparable damage 70 the body polite. I be-
Hove that our people are too sane. too self
resnprtlug too NJ for self government ever
To adopt such an attitude This government
ir not aud never shall be government hy a
plutocracy This government IS not and
never shall be government by mob 70
shall continue to be In the future what II
has been in the past government based on
tho theory that each man. rich or poor, Is %
ue treated simply and solely On his worth as
man, that ali bis personal and property
rights are 10 be safeguarded. and that he is
from others,
THE aoblest Of 40 forms o. governmen, Is
self government but Il is also the most df-
hcult We who possess this priceless boon.
and who desire 10 hand Il on to our children
and our rhldrcnA children, should ever
bear IN mind the thought 20 finely expressed
by Burke: MEN are qualified for civil lib
erty IN exact proportion 70 their disposition
to put moral chains upon their own appetites:
in proportion as they are disposed to listen
to The couusels OF the wise and good in pref
erence to the hattery Of knayes. Society can-
not exist unless q controlling power upon Will
and appetite be placed somewhere, and the
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