The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1906-12-07

fIoubls for the next generation q Anasr-s
let Justice lie both sure ana swift;
ut tst w IA s asss si sSs
Capital ana Labor. }.S sc
In dealing with both labor and capital,
Hith the questions affecting both corpora
ger more important TO remember than
lone BY preachers Of mere discontent.
violent class hatred against ali men q
proper movements for the better control
pc corporations and for doing away with
the abuses connected With wealth into e
to madness the brutal passions Of man
Kin The sinister demagogues are fool !.
sometimes seek to associate themselves
tness for genuine
kometimes masquerade as such reformers.
In reality they are the worst enemies 1of
In newspaper. or magazine are the worst
enemies Of all men who are engaged IN
socia and 70 Conditions
chanics ci farmers R merchants. workers
s eno are dear eye
their country and try to act decently by
their neighbors, owe 1t to themselves to
that CON be given popular government Is
to elect an unworthy and sinister agita-
tor on q platform Of violence and hypoc-
In this country nothing can be gained BY
fiinching from It, for in such case de-
mocracy is itself on trial, popular self
Be1f on trial. The triumph of the mob
is Just as evil a thing as the triumph Of
the plutocracy, and to have escaped one
euccumb to the other. In the end the
honest man. whether rich or. poor, who
earns his own living and tries to deal
fear from the insincere and unworthy
aemagogue, promising much and perform
nE nothing or else performing per nothing moth e
plumber. the rich. as from the crafty cor;
ruptionist, who. for his own ends, would
permit the common people to be exploit.
this government fall into the hands of
men of either Of these two classes we
shall show ourselves false to Americas
corruptionfst often work hand In hand.
There are at this moment wealthy re.
dictionaries OF. such obtuse morality that
regard the public servant who prosecutes
them when they violate the law. or who
seeks to make them bear their proper
hare Of the public burdens IS as being even
tator who hounds on the mob to plumber
the rich. There is nothing to choose be-
tween such ha and s ahe an IN
their selfirh disregard of the. rights Of
others: and it is natural that they should
Join in opposition to any movement en- ct
and even Justice to all. t
Railroad Employer Hours and
Eight-HOur Law.
I call your attention to the need of
passing the bill limiting the number Of
very moderate one and l can conceive
of no serious objection to it. Indeed.
SO far as it is in our power. 1t should
Der of hours of labor, with as q goal
the general introduction of an eight-hour
day. There are industries in which 1t is
possible that hat the Sar Of LABOR gmonid
ties not far enough advanced for such
movement to be for their good, or, In
the tropics. so situated that there is no No
this matter. On the Isthmus of Panama,
for instance, the conditions are in every
way SO different from what they are here
that an eight-hour day would be absurd;
just as it is absurd, SO far as the 18TH
mus is concerned, where white labor
cannot be employed. to bother 'as to
alien black men or by alien yellow men:
But the wageworkers of the United
States are of so high a grade that alike
and from the civic standpoint it should
be our object to do what we can In the
direction of securing the general observe
ance of an eight-hour day.
! Labor Of Women and Children.
! The Congress at its last session wisely
provided for a truslnt court for the Dis
trict of Columbia; marked step In ad-
vance on the path of properly caring for
the p nss asa ne u
investigation, of the conditions Of child
| labor and the labor of women in the
United States. More and more our PEG.
| pie are growing to recognize the fact that
the questions which are. not merely Of
industrial but Of social Importance out
weigh all others; and these two ques-
l lions most emphatically come in the
category of those which OBJECT in the most
| far-reaching way the home life Of the
Employers Liability.
| Among the excellent laws which the
congress passed at the last session was
an employers liability law. It was q
nds step in aS ST. the
far enough. In spite of all precautions
by employers ga there are
volved in nearly every line of business
connected with the mechanic arts. This
inevitable sacrifice Of life may be reduced
pletely eliminated. It is q great social
injustice to compel the employe. or 5rath.
er the family Of the killed or disabled
victim. to bear the entire burden Of such
an Inevitable sacrifice In other words.
whole cost on the victim. whereas the
the legitimate risks Of the trade. Com
4 pensation, for accidents Or deaths due
In any line Of industry to the actual con-
ried on, should be paid by that portion
i Of the community for the benefit Of which
the industry is carried out that Il. by