The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-12-08

| courts would be most urvfse II ts
true that some Judges have misused
this power. but this does not Justify
/ : denial Of the uower anv more than an
fH1nToner exercise OF the power to cali
. strike. The remedy IL 20 regulate
the procedure bv requiring the nudge
to give due notice TO the adverse mar
ties before granting the writ the hear
iTE to De sx porte IL the adverse Marty
does not anrear at the time and pIare
ordered. What II due notice r1tast de-
pend upon the facts Of the case. IL
snouid not be used as q pretext To rer-
INIT violation Of law. or the feopardfz-
ing Of life Of property. or course. this
would not authorize the issuing of =
restraining order or Injunction in anv
case In which IL IS not already author
lied hy existing law.
L renew the recommendation / made
IN my last annual Message for an in-
sestigatfon by the Department Of Coz
fnerce and Labor of general labor CON
aiions- especial attention TO be maid
10 the conditions OF child labor and
shIla-fabor legislation in the several
states. such an Investigation should
eake INTO account tho various problems
with which the question of child rahor
II connected. II Is true that these
problems can be actually met in most
cases ohiy bv the States themselves
gu, II would be well for the Nation TO
soi 10 secure and publish COM
prehenstve Information as In he con
ditions of the labor OF children g., a..
aiterent States. SO as 20 spur I'M those
ihat are b~ehindhand. and tn secura
approximately uniform Legislation 81
q u character among the ssveraI
states. In such a Republic rs ours IN.
n thing that We can not AFFORD 70
neglect is the problem of turninv on,
uecent citizens. The future of the Ma
non depehds upon the citizenship of
me generations to come: the children
OF todaV are those who tomorrow win
shape me destiny OF our land. and we
can't AFFORD 10 neglect them. The Iagss-
Iafure Of Colorado has reeomrapa<d
that the National Government nrrtta.
some general measure for the nrxa.ac-
uon from abuse OF children ana sun,h
ahlhais ~ouCho the United States
l idN the matter before YOU for what
alton.
The Department of commerc. aud
Labor should also make a thorough in
~VestiSation of the conditions of v,o,,a-
IN INDUSTRY. Over five million sma~i-
can women are now engaged in entpfut
OCCUPATIONS: Vet there Is an almost
eoHlolese dearth OF data upon which
10 oase anV trustworthy conclusions
as regards a subject as important as {,
is vast and complicated. There Ia n.a5
81 iuiI knowledge on which to base ac-
'ion looking toward State and munIcs-
pal legislation for the protec,Io, =,
Working women The Introduction of
women into industry is working cba,~.
and disturbance in the dornastfc "a
social life OF the Nation. The decrease
III marriage. and especially in the birth
Fate. has been coincident with IL We
must race ACCOMPLISHED facts. and ad-
lus'ment to factory conditions must b.
mace: but surely it can be made with
seNS IFIcffOn and faGE I1 $50 @H a..
family life than is now the case. This
Nh"ie matter in reality forms on. of
the |TeateSt sociological phenomena Of
our time; 1T Is a social question of The
uFst importance. of far greater impor-
'"hce tnan anv merely political or
economic question can be: and to solve
IL we need ample data. gathered I'm n
sane and scientific spirit in the course
ot an Investigation.
In any great labor disturbance not
otl'F are EMPLOYER and employee inter
ested. but also n third partv-the gen
na. pupiic. Every considerable labor
difnculty in which interstate commerr.
Is involved should be investigated hv
the government Hnd the facts official
~ reported to the public.
he question Of securing a healthy
Seif-respecting. and mutually svmna-
'hetic attitude as between employer
ana employee. capitalist and wage
worker is a difficult one. All phases
OF the labor problem prove difdcutf
When approached. But the under-
iVing PRINCIPLES. the root princfples I'm
accordance with which the nrohlau
must be solved are entirely simnta We
can get Justice and right dealing only
- we put as OF Importance
the principle of treating n man ON his
worth as a man rather thar with ref
eFence 10 his social position. his occu-
patlon. or the class TO which he be-
lohgs. There are selfish and brutal
men IN all ranks OF life. If they are
capitalists their s~elfshness and brutal
NV NAV tax the form Of hard fndff-
ference to suffering. greedy DISREGARD
oI every moral restraint which inter-
feres with the accumulation of wealth
and coid-blooded exploitation of IN.
weak: or. If they are laborers. The
form Of laziness. of suIlen envy Of the
more fortunate. and Of willingness to
perform deeds OF murderous violence
Sucn conduct is lust as rcprehensible
IN one case as I'm the other. and all
honest and farseeing men should ioin
IN warning against it wherever IL be-
cohies manifest Individual capitalist
ana individual wage-worker. coruora-
uofi and union. are Xix entitled In the
pTotectiGn or the law. and must Xix
OBEY the law. Moreover. in addition ia
mere obedience to law. each man. If no
De really a good citizen. must SHOW
"f'ad S1InpatHy Tor his nefghbor and
genuine desire to look at any question
arising betWeen them from the stand
point Of that neighbor no less than
from MS own: and to this end IL is es-
sehtlaI that capitalist and wage-work-
/ er should consult freely one with the
other. should each strive TO bring clos
er the day when both shall realize tina.
IneS are properi~ partners and not en-
efnies. To approach the questions
which inevitably arise between them
solely from the standpoint which treate
each side in the mass as the enemy of
Inc ether side in the mass IN both w1ck-
ed and foolish. In the past the most
dire1ui among the influences which
nave about the downfa of
republic. has ever been the growtb Of
the class spirit. the growth of the gpirst
which tends to make a. man snhoraf~