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

hoped for by its more optimistic adher-
ents. Moreover. under any healthy plan,
the benefits will develop gradually and not
rapidly. Finally, we must clearly under
stand that the public servants who are
TO do this peculiarly responsible and
delicate work must themselves. be OF the
highest type both as regards integrity and
efficiency. They must be well paid, for
otherwise able men can not in the long
run be secured. and they must possess
lofty probity which will revolt as quick
iy az the thought Of pandering 20 any
gust Of popular prejudice against rich
men as the thought OF anything even
remotely resembling subserviency to rich
men. But while / fully admit the dim
culties in the way, / do not for a moment
admit that these difficulties warrant us
in stopping in our effort 70 secure wise
and just system. They should have no
other effect than to spur US on TO the
exercise OF the resolution. the even hand
ed justice, and the fertility Of resource,
which we like TO think Of as typicaly
American. and which will in the end
achieve good results in this as in other
fields Of activity. The task is great
one and underlies the task OF dealing
with the whole industrial problem. But
the fact that 1t is a great problem does
not warrant us In shrinking from the
attempt to solve 1t. At present we face
such utter lack OF supervision, such
freedom from the restraints of law, that
excellent men have often been literally
forced into doing what they deplored
because otherwise they were left at the
mercy Of unscrupulous competitors. To
rail at and assatl the men who have done
as they best could under the conditions
accomplishes little. What we need to do
Is to develop an orderly system; and
such a system can only come through
the gradually increased exercise OF the
right of efficient government control.
Safety Appliances.
In my annual message to the Fifty
eighth Congre IS. at its third session. ]
called attention to the necessity for
legis alton requiring the use OF block
signals upon railroads engaged In inter-
state commerce. The number of serious
collisions upon unblocked roads that nave
occurred within the past year adds force
to the recommendation then made The
Congress should provide, by appropriate
legis alton. f5r the Introduction OF block
signals upon all railroads engaged IN
Interstate commerce at the earliest
practicable date, as a measure Of increas-
ed safety to the travelling public.
Through decisions Of the Supreme Court
Of the United States and the lower federal
courts in cases brought before them for
adjudication the safety appliance law
has been materially strengthened and the
government has been enabled to secure
its effective enforcement in almost an
cases with the result that the condi-
ton of railroad equipment throughout the
country is much improved and railroad
employees perform their duties under safer
conditions than heretofore. The govern
ment's most effective aid In arriving at
this result has been its inspection service
and that these improved conditions are
not more general Is due to the insufficient
number of inspectors employed. The in
spection service has fully demonst trated
its usefulness, and in appropriating for
its maintenance the Congress should
make provision for an increase in the
number Of inspectors.
Protection of Railroad Employees.
The excessive hours of labor to which
railroad employees In train service are in
many cases subjected is also a matter
which may well engage the serious at
tention Of the Congress. The strain. both
mental and physical, upon those who are
engaged in the movement and operation
OF railroad trains under modern condi-
tons Is perhaps greater than that which
exists in any other industry, and If there
are any reasons for limiting by law the
hours Of labor III any employment, they
certainly apply with peculiar force 70 the
employment of those upon whose vigilance
and alertness IN the performance Of their
duties the safety of all who travel by rail
depends.
Employers Liability Law.
In my annual message 10 the Fifty
seventh Congress. at its second session.
recommended the passage Of an EN-
poyers' Liability Law for the District Of
Columbia and in our navy-yards. / re-
newed that recommendation in my mes
sage to the Fifty-eighth Congress, at Its
second session. and further suggested the
appointment OF a commission to make
comprehensive study OF employers lla-
blity. with a view to the enactment Of
wise and constitutional law covering the
subject, applicable t. all industries within
the scope Of the federal power. hope
that such law will be prepared and
enacted as speedily as possible.
Labor.
The national government has as a rule
but little occasion to deal with the toTmid-
able group Of problems connected more Or
less directly with what Is known as the
labor question, for IN the great majority
Of cases these problems must he dealt
with by the state and municipal author
tiles and not by the national government:
The national government has control OF
the District 0f Columbia however, and It
should see to ii that the city ~ WASH
ington Is made a model city in all re-
spects, both as regards parks, public pay
grounds. proper regulation OF the system
Of housing as to do away with the
evils Of alley tenements proper system
Of education a proper system of dealing
with truancy and juvenile Offenders
proper handling Of the charitable work
Of the District. Moreover. there should
be proper factory laws TO prevent all
abuses in the employment Of women and
useful chiefly as object lessons, but even
this limited amount Of usefulness would
be Of real national value.
There has been demand for depriying /
courts OF the power TO Issue injuncti0ns
In labor disputes Such special limitation
VI the equity powers OF our courts Woud !
he most unWiSe III Is true Ntldt NbtHt !
Judges have mlsused this power; but this
does not justify a denial of the power
any more than an improper exercise OF
the power to call a strike by a labor |
leader would justify the denial OF the right |
to strike The remedy IS 10 regulate the |
BY requiring the Judge 20 give |
due notice to tile adverse parties before |
granting the writ, the hearing 20 be ex |
parte II the adverse party does not APP |
near al the time and place ordered |
What Is due notice must depend upon the !
facts Of the case It should not be usec |
AS "A pretext to permit violation Of law, |
Or the ieopardlzing Of life or property. |
OF course, this would not authorize the |
Issuing OF restraining order or iniunc-
tion in any case IN which IL is not already I
by existing law.
renew the recommendation / made in /
nv last annual message for an inves tiga- ]
lion by the Department Of Commerce and /
Labor Of general labor conditions especial |
attention to be paid TO the conditions of |
rhlld labor and chid-labor legislation IN I
The several states. Such an investigation /
should take into account the various prob /
ems with which the question OF child |
abor is connected. 1t is true that these |
probieias can be actually met IN most ,
aases only by the states themselves, but /