Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1906-12-06

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investigation Of Disputes.
o1 Ms S LEES 1 The r.. e sf.9c
tavsstisetion Of the subject Of child and
taEoale labor throughout the country.
He rsviews tho work Of the sonaz@ ission
in tho coal fields Of Pennsyivania II 1sea.
and refers to tho wish Of the commission
that tho state AID federal governmsats
may b p cslled the he compaiaosy iav..tl 9..
ton Of controversies between employers
and employees when they arise. After
rsf:rrins to the fact that . bill has al
MANY Of these strikes and lockouts
would not have occurred had tho parties
to the dispute been required to appear
bsfsro IN unparalleled body representing
the nation and, faoo to face, state the
reasons for their contention. In most
found to be due to a misunderstanding
by each Of the Others rights, aggravated
BY an unwilltngness q slther party to &C
Is to tho justice er injustice Of the mat
tors In dispute. The exercise Of ju-
daoaal spirit by 4 disinterestsd body
such as Would =, b provided BY . commits.
would tend to create an atmosphere of
frisndliness and CANCELLATION between con
tending parties: and the giving each side
an equal opportunity to present fully its
case in tho presence Of the other would
prevent many disputes from developing
other cases, would enable tho commits
sion to persuade tho opposing parties to
come to terms. .u--.
Dor oombina tions, neither employers nor
employees should be left completely at
the mercy of the stronger party to dis.
RSHts rsxadcfss Of the Of
recognition Of the fact that in many
which cannot Wisely be disrexarded; an
interest not merely of general conven-
ience for, the question Of just and
proper public policy must also be con;
It is we'll to advance cautiously, testing
each step by the actual results; the step
proposed can surely be safely taken, for
the decisions of the commission would
yet would give a. chance for public opin-
ion to exert its full force for the right"
Control of Corporations.
A considerable portion of the message
is devoted to the subject of federal con-
troll of corporations in what he refers to
the passage at the last session of the
rate, meat inspection and food laws and
says that all of these have already Justi-
fed their enactment, but recommends
the amendment of the meat inspection
meat products, and also to place the
cost of inspection on the packers rather
than on the government. Continuing on
this subject of the control of corporations
by the federal government he says:
1T cannot too often be repeated that ex-'
perience has conclusively shown the inn
os bf Of SnaEa5 BY hs ssons a f
es,aos in the @ way Of dealing VIII the
great corporations which do not operate
state. In some method, whether by a
national license law or in other fashion,
we must exercise and that at an early
at the5s sreat
tions-a control that will among other
things prevent the evils of excessive
the disclosures by each BIC corporation
of it's stockholders and of Its properties
and business, whether owned directly or
thru subsidiary or affiliated corporations.
ing. Of inordinate profits by, favored
individuals at the expense whether of
the general public, the stockholders, or
not so much to prevent consolidation as
such, but 50 to supervise and control 1t
as to see that it results in no harm to
the people The or
wealth assail the effort to secure such
control rs step toward socialism. As a
matter of fact it is these reactionariesl
selves most potent in increasing seeialis-
tic feeling. One of the most efficient;
methods Of avsrting the consequences Of
DANGEROUS afitation when n Is 10 Pc Per
of evil as to which the agitation is we'll
founded. The best way to avert the very
undesirable move for the sovernme ntalf
the government on behalf Of the people
as q whole such adequate control and;
regulation of the great interstate com
evils which give rise to the agitation
against them. So the proper antidote
to the dangerous and wicked agitation
against the men Of wealth as such IL TO-
tive action the abolition Of the grave
abuses which actually do obtain tn con-
nect:on with the business use Of wealth
system-of failure to exercise any ade-
quate control at all. Some persons speak
as if the exercise Of such goyerpmeqtal
q 1ida iafv eferf This Is not not fact It
would be veritab1e calamity to fail to
put premium upon individual initiative,
Individual capacity and effort; upon the
energy, character ana foresight which
it 10 so important to encourage In the
individual. But az matter Of fact the
deadening and degrading effect of pure
socialism, and especially Of It's extreme
individual character which, they would
bring about, are in part achieved by he
wholly unreHulated competition With
results in q single individual or COPPER
alton rising at the exponse OF aA others
until his or it, rise eAectually checks all
competition and reduces former conapsti-
tors to q position of utter inferiority and
subordination. .
I'm enacting and enforcing such legis-
lation as this congress already has to its
credit, we are working on coherent
plan, with the steady endeavor to seoute
the needed reform by the joint action Of
the moderate men, the plain men who
do not wish anything historical or
dangerous, but who do intend to deal
in reso,ute comnaonsense fashion with
the reaH and great evils of the present
system. The reactionaoies and the vio-
lent extremists show symptoms Of join
ing hands against u.s. Both assert, for
instance, that IL logical We should go
to government ownership of railroads
and the like; the reActionaries, because
on such An issue they think the people
would stand with them, while the ex-
tremists care rather to preach discomfort
and agitation than to achieve solid re-
suits. AZ matter of fact, our position
is as remote from that Of the bourbon
reactlonary as from that of the imprac-
ticable or sinister visionary. We hold
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