The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1905-12-08


luton, the eyen-handed justice. and the
ses ,nty of RESOURCE, whiGn We IKE 10
thiDk of as typically American. anu
| Mnyn Will III lno enu acnlvve gvUd re-
suits in LhIS us IN otner nelds or ac-
tiVlty. The tasK Is q great one, ana uh-
uerueS the task OF uCstiinB WIN ine
who're inuustriai DroDiein. Dut the iact
tndL 1T Ii u great pfuDiem does not war
rant US IN snrIDkihy from tne atleInpt 10
soiVc AZ, At Present we race such utter
, lack OF supervIsiOn, such lrecuoin IRON
| the restraints OF Iaw, tnut excenent men
have oflen been hueraiIy Iorc.d Into UO-
nB wnat they dep,orod because other
wise uey were leit at the mercy OF un-
scrupuious competitors. TO rail- at anu
assam the men VINO have done as
| Lney best could under Such conditiOns
| accompanies uLtle. What we need TO
40 ~ 10 deveiVD an Orderly SYSTEM
and such system can only come
through the graudaiIy Increased exercise
| o. the rIBn.s OF encIent government CON-
| troll.
safety Appliances The number Of col
| lslOns upOI, unlocked roaus that nave
| occurred wIthIn tne past year auds lorce
| to the Recommendation thDt congress
should providc, by appropriate les'aia
uOn, Ior tnc InIrouuctIon % block Signals
| upon all raiiroaus engaged In Interstate
commerce at the earliest pflcticabie date,
i as a measure of Increased safety TO inc
Hours o. Labor OF Railroad Employees.
The EXCESSIVE hours OF labor 10 which
| raIiroad emDioyeS IN train service are IN
/
winch may well engage, the serious at
| tenuon OF the Congress.
| LaVor.-The national government mas as
a rue but little occasion TO deal win
the Formidable group of problems con-
nCctcd more or less directly with WDat
| Is known as the labor question, Tor IN
| the great majority of cases these nroD-
! lens must be dealt with by the state
and municipal authorities, and not Ny
| the national government.
| 1 renew the recommendation for an
investigation by the department OF COM
Inerce and labor of general labor conal-
tions, especial attention to be paid 10 the
condition of child labor and child-labor
! legislation in the several states:
The department Of commerGe and labor
/ should also make n thorough invcstiga'
ton of the conditions of women In an
dustry.
are employer and employe Interested, but
also a third party-the general pubic
Every considerable labor difficulty in
which Interstate, commerce. IS Involve, Involve,
ment and the facts official reported to
the pubhc.
Insurancc.-The great insurance comp.
nies afford striking examples OF corpora
tions whose business has extended 30 far
beyond the jurisdiction OF the states
which created them as to preclude STR,
! enforcement of supervision and regula-
ton by the ~arent states. 1t has peen
only too clearly shown that certain of the
men at the head of these large corpora
tions take but small note of the elhica
distinction between honesty and dishon-
csty; they draw the line only this side OF
what may be called law honesty the
kind OF honesty necessary In order TO
avoid falling into the clutches OF the Jaw.
OF course the only complete remedy for
aroused public conscience. higher sense
of ethical conduct I'm the community
large, and especially among business men
and In the great profession OF the law,
and In the growth of O spirit which con-
demns all dishonesty, whether In rion
man or In poor man. whether II takes
But much can be done by legislation
which Is not only drastic but pracucal
There is need of far stricter anu moiS
uniform regulation of the vast Insurance.
interests of this s~eountry. The United
J States should In this respect fellow the
policy Of other nations by providing ads
! interests which are clearly national In
/ repeat my previous recommendation
that the congress should also consider
} | whether the federal government has any
power or owes any duty with respect to
domestic transactions In insurance OF an
vision has proved inadequate is generally
| Loonceded.l The burden upon insurance
Sf 'e$ eSne8 sShSs05s sI R0Gs
, tmany states, is unqaestionSd, whine b.
tlittle effective check is imposed upon
any able and unscrupulous man WIN
own interest at the expense of the policy
holders and of the public. The inablity
of state to regulate G1SGtlNely lnSu.
ance corporations created under the laws
of other states and transacting the larg-
} Ter part OF their business elsewhere is
also clear. As a remedy for this eV.
: Of conflicting, Ineffective, and yet bur.
J densome regulations there has been for
: many years widespread demand foi
. already recognized that interstate IA
surahce may be q proper subject TO.
, federal legislation, for IN creating the
! bureau of corporations II authurized II
{ 10 publish and supply useful informa
ton concerning interstate corporations
''includn" corporations engaged In nsur'
ancc' Ii is obvious that II the compil
j alton of statistics be the limit of tn,
c Federal power, II Is wholly ineffective
. to regulate this form of commercial In
Itercourse between the states, and as tn
4 Insurance business has outgrown in mag
: tnitude the possibility of adequate STATE
| supervision, the congress should care
i fully consider whether further Legislation
i can be had. What is said above apple:
f! with equal force to fraternal and bene
J VIOLENT organizations which contract fol
= The Revenues. Is more need o
: | stability than of the attempt TO attain
an ideal perfection In the methods o
!, raising revenue; and the shock and strair
. to the business world certain at attend
/ any serious change in these method!
. render such change madvisable unlcs
4 II Is not possible to lay down any gen
I oral rule by which to determine the mo
s ments when the reasons for Will out
> weigh the reasons against such change
n Much must denend. not merely on tn
| needs, but on the desires, of the neont
1 as whole; for needs and desires are no
u necessarily identical. OF course M
II change can be made on lines beneicia
Il! lto. or desired by, one section or On'
1 state only. There must be something
}! like general agreement among the cit
Is lzens OF the several states. as represent
4 led by congress, that the change Is needed
: and desired in the interest of the peopl
!. as a whole: and there should then be
d sincere, Intelligent and disinterestcd ef
fort to make il In such shape as will
g combine, as far as possible, the maxi
}. mum of good to the people at large, witt
Il the minimum Of necessary dlsrG Saru 10
q lire special interests of localities or ciasse
i 5ut IN time OF peace the revenue, mus
Ii Pom the average, taking series OF yod,
II together, equal the Expenditures or els,
=. The, revenues must be increased. Las
II Iyear there was u deficit. UniesS on
$ IUXpendltures can DO kept within the rev
u enles, then our revenue. laws must b.
l. rpndlIsted IL Ia as Vet too enrlV 10 nj