Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1905-12-14

tUeB not JUSTLY a ttUI1l OF the power
any more than an improper exercise OF
tho power to call a strike by labor
leader would justify the denial OF the right
10 strike. The rer~ gdy is TO regulate The
procedure by requiring the Judge to give
due notice to the adverse parties before
granting the writ, the hearing to be eN
aurte " the adverse party does not APP
pear at the time and place ordered.
What Is due n tiCe must depend upon the
facts Of the case; It should not be used
as q pretcxt TO permit violation Of law,
or the ieopardizing OF life or property
or curse, this would not authorize the
issuing of restraining order or injunc-
ton ia any case I'm which 1t is not already
authorized by existing law.
I 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 chid-labor legisla ton in
should take into account the various prob
ems with which. the question OF child
labor is connected. It Is true that these
problems can be actually met in most
cases only by the states themselves, but
1t would be well for the nation to endeav-
or to secure and publish eiomprehensiye
labor of children in the different states,
so as to spur up those that are behind
among the several states. In such
Republic as ours the one thing that we
can not afford to neglect is the problem
Of turning out decent citizens. The
future OF the nation depends upon the
citizenship of the generations to come;
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 for
what l trust will be your favorable con-
sideratlon
The Department OF Commerce and
Labor should also make n thorough in
yestigation of the conditions OF women in
industry. Over five million American
women are now engaged in gainful occu-
dearth OF data upon which to base any
trustworthy conclusions as regards sub
ject as important as IT Is vast and com
plicated,, 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
duction 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 1t can be 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;
| 1t IS a social question Of the first inn
| portance, of far greater importance than
any merely political or economic question
| can be; and to solve 1t we need ample
| 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 employee interested, but
Every considerable labor difficulty, in
| 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 diihcult
one. All phases Of the labor problem
| 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 If
| We must face accomplished facts, and the
| principle of treating man on his worth
as man rather than with reference t,n ITO TO
class to which he belongs. There are
selfish and brutal men in all ranks OF life.
and brutality may. take the form, of hard
Indifference to suffering, greedy disregard
Of every moral restraint which interfereS
coid-blooded exploitation OF the weak; or,
If they are laborers, the form or lazlness;
of sullen envy of the more fortunate, and
derous Violence. Such conduct is just
as reprehensible in one case as in the
other, and all honest and, farseeing men
should join in warning against it whereNeE
ii becomes manifest. Individual capital
ist and individual wage worker, corpora
ton and union, are alike entitled to the
| protection of the law, and must allke
obey the law. Moreover, in addition tC
mere obedience to the law, each man
il he be a really good citizen, must show
broad sympathy for his neighbor ane
genuine desire to look at any question
! arising between them from the standpoin
of that neighbor no less than from hi!
own; and to this end il is essential tina
capitalist and wage worker should con
suit freely one with the other, should eaci
strive to bring closer the day when botl
shall realize that they are properly part
r ners and not enemies, TO approach IN
3 questions which inevitably arise betweeii
l them solely from the standpoint whicl
+, treats each side in the mass as the en-
/, envy OF the other side in the mass Is ooti
4 brought about the downfall of republic
t has ever been the growth of the elias
e | spirit, the growth of the spirit WhlcI
d tends to make a man subordinate the vel
I fare of the public as a whole to the wei
fare of the particular class to when
n tendancy to treat each man not on nj
;, merits as an individual, but on his posi-
C ton as belonging. to a certain class !, J
y in this Republic it will ultimately prov
h fatal to us, as in the past it has prove
to ey dominant Unless a wNse
II | sense OF the great fundamenti
e truth that our concern is with the indvdua
10 worth OF the individual man, this govern
y ment cannot permanently hold the pac
which II has achieved among the nations; In
II vital lines Of cleavage among our people d
n not correspond, and indeed run at right an
a, giles to, the lines OF cleavage which diVid
Is occupation from occupation, which dlvid
= wage-workers from capitalists, farmers iroI
n, bankers, men OF small means from men {
1t large means, men who live in the towns frol
r men who live in the country; for the via
re line OF cleavage is the line which divides IA
Id honest man who tries to do we'll by b
lie neighbor from the dishonest man who does !
Id by his neighbor, In other words, the stant
or ard we should establish Is the standar
TX OF conduct, not the standard Of Occupation
So OF means or OF social position. 1t Is 4
& mans moral quality. his attitude toward Il
~ great questions which concern all humanit
IN his cleanliness OF life his power to do h
en- duty toward himself and toward others, while
IN | really count; and II we substitute for Il
H. standard OF personal judgment which trea
Mt each man according to his merits, anoth
us | standard in accordance with which all me
Sc o. one class favored and all men OF al
no | other class Disseminated against we shall
he rreparable damage to the body polite. b
d. lieve that our people are too sane, too sci
% | respecting, too at for self-government, ev