The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1905-12-07
witnin the scope OF the federai power.
The Labor Question.

The Labor Question.
The labor question is treated OF at con-
siderable length, and I'm this connection the
president says:
There has been demand for depriving
courts OF the power to issue injunctions
in labor disputes. Such special limita-
tion OF the equity powers of our courts
would be most unwise. II Is true that
some Judges have misused this power:
but this does not Justify denial of the
power any more than an improper exer-
else of the power to call strike by
labor leader would justify the denial Of
the right to strike. The remedy is to
regulate the procedure by requiring the
Judge to give due notice to the adverse
arties before granting the writ. the hear
ing to be ex parte 10 the adverse party
does not appear at the time and place
ordered. what is due notice must depend
upon the facts Of the case; 1t should not
he used as a pretext to permit violation
Of law, or the jeopardizing Of life or
property. OF course this would not au-
thorize the issuing Of q restraining order
or Injunction in any case In which IL IL
not already authorized by existing law.
renew the recommendation made
In my last annual message for an in
vestigation by the department OF COM
nerce and labor of general labor condi-
tions. especial attention to be paid to the
conditions OF child labor and child labor
legislation in the several states. Such
an Investigation should take into account
the various problems with which the
question OF child labor is connected. II
is true that these problems can be actu-
ally met in most cases only by the states
themselves, but II would be well for the
nation to endeavor to secure and publish
comprehensive information as to the con-
ditions OF the labor of children in the diff
ferent states, so as to spur up those that
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imately uniform Legislation of a high
character among the several states. In
such n republic as ours the one thing
that we cannot afford to neglect IA 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
Of our land. and we cannot afford to neg
lect them. The legislature OF CoIora do
has recommended that the national gov
ernment provide some general measure
for the protection from abuse Of children
and dumb animals throughout tho United
states. lay the matter before you for
what trust win be your favorable con-
sideration.
The department OF commerce and labor
should also make q thorough inyestiga-
ton OF the conditions OF women in in
dustry. over 5.0o0.0o0 American women
are now engaged In galnful occupations;
yct there ia an almost complete deartb
OF data upon which to base any trust
worthy conclusions os regards n subject
as important as II Is vast and commit
Gated There is need OF full knowledge
on which to base action looking toward
| state and municipal legislation for the
protection OF working women The in
PRODUCTION OF women into Industry ig
working change and disturbance In the
domestic and social life OF the nation
The decrease In marriage. and especially
In the birth rate, has been colncident with
II. We must face accomplished facts
and the adjustment to factory conditions
must be made: but surely " 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 greatest sociological phenomena
OF our time; II Is n social question Of
the first Importance OF far greater i'm
portance than any merely political or
economic question can be; and to solve
1t we need ample data. gathered in n
sane and scientific spirit i'm the course
or an exhaustive Investigation.
In concluding with the subject OF labor
the president says:
In any great labor disturbance not only
are employer and cmploye Interested. but
also a third party--the general public.
| Every considerable labor difficulty In
| NhlNu commerce II lUNOlNeu
should be investigated by the govern
ment and the facts officially reported to
| the public.
Equal Rights for All.
The question OF securing healthy,
self-respecting and mutually sympathetic
attitude as between employer and en-
| ploye. capitalist and wage worker. Is a
difhcult 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 sim
pie. We can get justice and right dealing
only II We put as of paramount impor-
| tance the principle OF treating n man on
| his worth as a man rather than with
| reference to his social position. his occu.
patton. or the class to which he belongs.
There ara selnsh and brutal men in all
ranks OF lte. II they are capitalists
their selishness and brutality may take
| the form OF hard Indifference to suffer
ing. greedy disregard OF every moral re-
straint which interferes with the accum-
ulation OF wealth. and cold -blooded ex-
ploitation of the weak; or. IL they are
| laborers. the form of iaziness, of sullen
envy OF the more fortunate. and Of will.
ingness TO perform deeds OF murderous
violence. Such conduct Is just as repre-
hensible In one case as In the other and
all honest and farseeing men should Join
| In warning against II wherever Il be-
comes manifest. Individual capitalist and
| individual wage worker. corporation and
union. are alike entitled to the protec.
tion OF the law. and must alike obey the
law.
The Insurance Scandal.
On the subject OF life Insurance the presi.
dent says recent events have emphasized
the Importance Of early action looking To a
solution OF the subjsct OF some sort OF con !.
troll that will furnish better safeguard
than the several states have been able &c
furnish agairst corruption OF the fragrant
KIND which has been exposed and In this
| connection he continues:
There Is need OF a stricter and uni.
form regulation of the vast insurance
interests of this country. The United
States should in this respect follow the
policy OF other nations by providing
adequate national supervision of COM
mercial interests which are clearly ma
tional in character. My predecessors
have repeatedly recognized that the
foreign business OF these companies is
an important part OF our foreign COM
merclal relations. During the admin
istratlons of Presidents Cleveland.
Harrison and Mckinley the state de-
partment exercised its influence,
through diplomatic channels. to pre-
won't unjust discrimination by foreign
countries against American insurance
companies These negotiations Illus
trated the propriety OF the congress
recognizing the national character of
insurance. for in the absence OF fed
erol legislation the state department
could only give expression to the
wishes of the authorities of the several
states, whose policy was ineffective
through want OF uniformity.
repeat my previous recommended
ton that the congress should also con-
sider whether the federal gOVernment