Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-12-08
Great Things viii be Done for
worklngmen Of France il Pro.
gram is Carried Out.
INCLUDE OLD AGE PENSIONS.
significant Indications OF the Demo-
cratic Tendencies Of the Glenn
enceau Government.

NARls Nov. SO.-M' Clemenceaus
ministry. whatever be the fate
reserved for 1t on the uncertain
l stage of French political l'fe,
,,,e,her It be the grand ministere,"
,r,snen, with social reform and des-
lined 10 leave an abiding mark on the
annals Of the republic, or whether
Ne span Of existence be as ephemeral
az that OF so many Of Its predecessors,
udr have one claim. at least. to the
noiloe of further historians. II Is the
first French cabinet In which the In
,erests OF the working man are officially
represented. a..
rpablIc relative To The creation OF u
hbor department. Nj. Clemenceau re-
r,nds NJ. Falheres that this innovation
has been demanded for nearly half a
csa,ury bv the French democracy and
,ha though other countries have taken
Ma lead in realizing II, he protagonist
N me- reform was a Frenchman, Louis
pnnc 1t Is a curious fact, by the way,
tbstM. Clemenceau refers to this insti-
inion as existing in Belgium and New
ZEALAND, but makes no mention OF the
United States labor department.
II was during the short-lived republic
Of lsiS that the great democrat. Louis
Blanc. asked the Constitutional AS
sembly TO institute Ministry of Pro-
gress and Labor. The political reaction
Of 1919 gave the assembly no time to
discuss the project. A similar fate
befel the efforts of NJ. Camille Raspall
in 1855, and of NJ. Valiant and others
IN 1894. 1886 and 1903.
The interests Of labor have been
hitherto In the hands Of the four Min
listers of the Interior, Commerce, Public
Works and Finance, and IL Is needless
70 say that the homely adage as to the
disadvantages Of a plurality OF cooks
vas particularly applicable to the prep
grafton OF the working mans broth.
4 new order of things has arisen.
Al an extra charge on the budget Of
only NsO0--the salary OF the new min
htef-a single and independent depart
Bent VIII henceforth deal with.
Labor regulations (hours Of labor, rest,
hygiene security etc.)
Relations between employers and em-
ployed Qabor contracts, etc.)
The conditions of the working man as
regards sickness. accidents, enforced
dleness iniirmity, old age and In gen.
esal working mems savings banks and
proyldent institutions.
Statistics and inquiries in connection
with the above.
Il must be noted that the termof labor
implies not industry alone, but trade
and agriculture as well.
Such are, In broad outline, the attri-
tu,es OF the newly created Ministry of
labor and Social Providence (Ministere
da travail ct de la prevoyance sociale)
Is created by decree Of the presi-
dent OF the republic, dated Oct %, 1905.
The decree will. Of course, only take
TACTICAL effect when the chamber has
tountersigned 1t, so to speak. by voting
d, necessary credits.
Much will depend upon the personal
hratlve Of the first labor minister
Nsther the new department gains the
amadence Of the working man from the
tllset. II must be admitted that NJ.
uemenceau has made a promising
choice.
NJ Rene Viviani is young, as minis
,Is 60 He IL only AZ, having been
Nln In 1853 at Sidi- bel-Abbes, in AL
sera. In ministry that is almost
nelusively composed OF journalists,
present or past, II goes without saying
- iNl'hl 10 u Niitti. ~ was, NY
me way, once said by a witty French
man that journalism leads everywhere,
20 long as you get out OF II. But NJ.
Iemenceau and his colleagues have
uiumphantly proved that journalism
.he nigh road to ministerial offices,
tultness The president of the council
n.uselt who welded the pen up to the
.e OF MS appointment as minister of
we interior at the beginning of the
~. NlViani is also a barrister, an
yullhent one, as is proved by the fact
wa ne Is legal adviser to the general
aucale or railway workmen and
,nployes' lie entered parliament 10
hts ago as Socialist. He IL a bril-
MY speaker a friend of Aristide
ma nu VINO plotted the separation bill,
,sp. man of strong character and In
~ personal appearance he is frank
a.. luil or ardour. He looks a fighter,
rssn loyal one. The mouth UNDER
sor0 .u the black mustache Is, however,
r"nat hard, not to say cruel
M I. curiosity is naturally felt as to
tssl uisler conception of the arduous
uolirontlng him. His own words,
n .r,S leave no doubt that he means
den,SSue ana not to stem the current OF
labop n REFORM. THE ministry OF
svs must be house OF labor" he
ars, Workmens pensions viii be his
M, u ,v'eern' IN order that he may win
es rs 70 'he condolences of the mass
ina, ey must be made to understand
forwa,S rom seeking to hamper the
~ tho a. .n2vement Of the syndicate and
mlhIs,rusMng classes IN general, the
noyemsn, laoor Intends to support this
4 10 ~ and give II method. II want
what Az, SHOWN he declares, that
other yo,..lsulshes democracy from
politicst lnents Is that 1t II not only
Tlnic out a social government"
m mind pslsohs or a reactionary turn
that tb1 e trouble ahead In the fact
soSI.,sne hTst minlnster of labor e. n
poaa.st He has been prov,ded with n
prsss ~ instrument wherewIth ,n on.
The me canitallst anS no amn,over
sest ohectlvists are sure. thev add 60
hv use the new offices as n hat;er
fabrles against the existing social
their time alone can show how lar
n ,.Pesspalsm Is Justified
pronbs p'eNsanter to turn from .drsarv
that ,a,,s lnd remind our female rasdar
nM Vyiil,s'n has an eloquent advocate
sbm ,rlanL II was he who cansad
thorl,,rn De voted In the chamber Az.
Of a barrIster e''e 'he profess
akar amusing incident r,.rroa a..
char,n.s nnister's entrance Intn 49,
ihai hcie OF the cabinet. NJ yivj-
Paris N ~ summoned post haste from
before ~ siets to plead for n plalntIff
hd alrasas o.nts OF that city. The case
oady come on for n AZ. ~. -. - :