The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1906-12-08

PRODUCTION OF an eight-hour day. but In
conditions are SO different from what
they are here that the introduction Of an
eisht-hour day on the canal would be
surd as Il Il, so far as the isthmus IL
concerned. where white labor cannot be
employed; to bother az TO whether the
investigation Of Disputes.
He urges the enactment OF drastic
child labor law for the District of CO.
iumbia and the territories. and a federal
female labor throughout the country.
He reviews the work OF the commission
appointed to Investigate labor conditions
and refers to the wish OF the commission
that the state and federal governments
should provide the machinery for what
tion OF controversies between employers
and employees when they arise" After
referring to the fact that bill has al
ready been introduced to this end ne
MANY Of these strikes and lockouts
would not have occurred had the parties
before an unprejudiced body representing
the nation and. face to face. state the
reasons for their contention, In most
found to be due to misunderstanding
| by each Of the Others rights. aggravated
an q either party to S,S Ss
as to the justice or injustice OF the mat
ters in dispute. The exercise of a ju-
Sss sI1 ~ f.. Itsrs SSSy
such az would be provided By q commits
sion. ON Cancellation and arbitration
| friendliness and Cancellation between con-
| tending parties; and the giving each side
an equal opportunity to present fully its
| prevent many disputes from developing
into serious strikes or lockouts. and In
sion to persuade the opposing parties to
Gin this age OF great corporate and la
:soS s BE s nSf
the mercy Of the stronger party to q dis.
puts. REGARDLESS Of the riGhteousness Of
MEASURE would be in the line Of securing
recognition of the fact that In many
strikes the public has itself an interest
ea nos mercy s Of q sensrs
fence. for the question Of a just and
proper public policy must also be con- con-
1t is well to advance cautiously, testing
each step by the actual results; the step
proposed can surely be safely taken. for
not bind the parties in legal fashion, and
| yet would give chance for public opin..
Ion to exert Its full force for the right"
Control Of Corporations.
Is devoted to the subject of federal con-
the passage at the last session OF the
rate. meat inspection and food laws, ana
says that all OF these have already tusti-
the amendment Of the meat inspection
law SO as to put dates on the labels OF
meat products: and also to cp place .,t the
this ti .S SS q the control Of corporasions
by the federal government he says
| ton OftAn he reDeated that eX-
perience has conclusively shown the i'm.
possibility Of securing by the actions OF
Issisistu ms anything nnssa but inenectye
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 present over these great corpora
tions-a control that will among other
overespltn ix and that will compel
the disclosures by each big corporation
OF its stockholders and of It's properties
thru thru subsidiary or afiiliSted corporations
| This will tend to put a stop to the secur.
ing. Of inordinate profits by favored
the general public. the stockholders; or
the wageworkers Our effort should be
not so much to prevent eon sS contro, a.
| as to see that II results In no harm TO
| the people The reactionary or ultracon-
s Wealth essai YV Ike 's effort to secure such
control az a step toward socialism AS
matter of fact II is these reactionaries
selves most potent in increasing socialis.
| tic feeling. One of the most efhcient
methods OF averting the consequences OF
a dangerous agitation. which Is 80 per
| cent wrong, is to remedy the 20 per cent;
| of evil as to which the agitation Is we'll
founded The best way to avert yers the yery
| ownership of railways Is to secure by
the government on behalf of the people
resuiatio n9,e Of t the great interstate com
| mon carriers as will do away with the
| evils which give rise to the agitation
to the dangerous and wicked agitation
| against the men of wealth as such Is. TO
secure by proper legislation and execu-
| abuses which actually do obtain In con-
| nection with the business use OF wealth
under our present sysssmGr rather ann ad no
| quate control at all. Some persons speak
as II the exercise of such governmental
wSnd SS sna d@arf
| vidual effort This Is not q fact II
would be a veritable calamity to fail to
| individual capacity and effort; upon the
| energy. character and foresight which
| 1t is so important to encourage In the
| Individual But as a matter OF fact the
| deadening and degrading effect of pure
| socialism, and especially of its extreme
| form communism. and the destruction OF
Individual character which they would
bring about. are In part achieved by the
wholly unregulated competition which
| results In a single individual or corpor-
alton rising at the expense OF all others
until his or it's rise efectually checks all
competition and reduces former competi-
| tors to q position of utter inferiorty and
subordination.
I'm enacting and enforcing such legis-
| Iation as this congress already has to its
| credit we are working on a coherent
plan, with tho steady endeavor to secure
the needed reform by the joint action OF
the moderate men, the plain men who
do not wish anything hysterical or
dangerous, but who do intend to deal
in resolute commonsense fashion with
the real and great evils OF the present
system. The reactionaries and the vio-
lent extremists show symptoms OF join
ing hands against us. Both assert, for
instance that II logical. we should go
10 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 AS a matter of fact, our position
IL as remote from that Of the bourbon
reactionary as from that of the imprac-
ticabie or sinister visionary. We hold
that the government should not conduct
the business of the nation, but that "
should exercise such supervision as will
insure its being conducted In the inter-
est OF the nation. Our aim Ia, 80 far as