Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1906-12-12

conditions are 20 different from whAA
sy are here re- that TIE s; e
absurd. and continues. "tust about az ee-
RarA a. II h, % far as the isthmus b
s0neerns4. whsrs white labor cannst p
work 10 done By alien black men or alien
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investigation Of Disputes.
He urges the enactment OF drastis
child labor law for the District Of Co
lumbta and the territories. and federal
Investigation of the suetest Of child and
female labor throughout the country.
He reviews ths work Of ths comnissien
appointed 70 investigate laber conditions
and refers to the wish Of the commission
that the state and federal governments
should provide the machinery for what
uca 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 lockouta
would not have occurred had the parties
10 the dispute been required TO appear
before an unprejudiced body represewting
the nation and, face to face, state the
reasons for their contention. In most
found to be due to q misunderstanding
BY each Of the others rights. aggravated
BY IN unwillingnsss Of either party to Ae-
as to the justice or injustice Of the mat
tsrs in dispute. The exercise OF q tu-
Sseial spirit b. . disi3terssted esdy
ssss a. Would g provided By a commas.
nsn on concilis don and arhstratiea
would tend to create an Atmosphere q
tsndnE Dssss SnS &. Syns each Ss
case In the presence Of the other woui1
serious s.rnss or
other cases, would enable thu comuz4s-
sion to persuade the opposing parties b
"In this age Of great corporate ana Ia
employees should be left completely at
tn: mercy Of the stronger party 70 as e
their respective claims. The proposed
measure would be in the line of securing
rsSSgniti.SSn Of the fact that IN many many
which cannot wisely be disregarded; an
interest not merely OF general conven.
ience. for the question Of 2 just ana
sidered. In all legislation Of this kind
IL k well 20 advance cautiously, testing
each step by the actual results; the step
proposed can surely be safely taken, for
the decisions OF the commission would
not bind tbs parties In legal fashion. and
yet would give chance for public opin.
Control Of Corporations.
A considerable portion Of the message
10 devoted to the subject Of federal con-
troll OF corporations In what he refers 20
the passage at the last session OF th4
rate, meat inspection and food laws. and
says that all OF these have already 5usu-
the amendment OF the meat inspection
law so an to put dates on the labels %
meat products, and also to place ths
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:
psrience has concluBively shown the i'm
nearly half a hundred different stats
csaos IN n. Rsg dealing aits The
great corporations which DO not opsrats
exclusively within the limits Of any one
national license law or Ia other fashion,
we must exercise. and that at an early
date, far moro complete control than
tions-a control that viii! among other
things prevent the evils OF excessive
overcapfealization. and that win compea
Of its stockholders and Of it's properties
and business, whether owned directly or
thru subsidiary or affiliated corporations
ing Of inordinSte profits BY favored
individuals at the expense whether of
the general public. the stockholdeEss Or
not SO much to prevent consolidation as
such, but SO to supervise and control IL
as to see that 1t results in no harm 10
the people The reactionary or ultracon-
sentative apologists for the misuse OF
wealth s.ssail the effort to secure such
control as a step toward socialism Ae
and ultraconservstives who are them
selves most potent in increasing socialis-
tic feeling. One of the most enlcient
methods of ayerting the consequences or
a dangerous agitation. which is 50 per
cent. wrong, is to remedy the 20 per cent;
Of evil as to which the agitation is wen
founded. The best way to avert the very
undesirable move for the governmental
ownership of railways Is to secure py
the government on behalf OF the people
as a whole such adequate control ana
regulatiogs of the great interstate com
mon carriers as will do away with the
evils which give rise to the agitation
against them. So the proper antldote
to the dangerous and wicked agitation
against the men Of wealth as such is TO
secure by proper legislation and eXecu-
tive action the abolition OF the gave
nection with the business use OF Wealtn
under our present syStem-or rather no
quate control at all. Some persons SPEAK
"a If the exercise of such governmental
control would do away with the freedom
of individual initiative and dwarf indi-
would be a veritable calamity 70 ram TO
put a premium upon Individual inluauve,
individual capacity and effort; upon me ne
energy character and foresight which
it is so important TO encourage in the
individual But as Il matter of fact the
deadening and degrading erect OF pure
socialism, and especially OF It's extreme
form communism. and the destruction OF
Individual character which they wonIa
bring about, are in part achieVed oy tae
wholly unregulated competition which
results in q single Individual or corpor-
alton rising at the expense of all others
unit his or its rise effectually checks AL
CONF etitio1 and reduces former compeu-
tors to a position of utter inferiority and
subordnauo1. ,
lation as this congress already has to It's
credit. we are working on a coherent
plar, with the steady endeavor TO secure
the needed reform by the joint ao1ion OF
the moderate men. the plain men VINO
dangerous. but who do intend TO deal
in resolute comlnonsense fashion with
the real and great evils OF the present
system rho reactionaries and the vlo-
lent extremists show SYMPTOMS of join
ing hands against US, Both assert FER
instance. that IL logical, we should 70
ana the like; the reaci.nnsriss, because
on such an Issue they think the people
would stand with them, While the e1-
and agitation than to achieve solid re-
suits AS n matter OF fact, our position
10 az remote from that OF tho bourbon
rsAetionary as from that OF the lmprec.
that the government should not conduct
the business of tho nation, but that u
should exercise such supervision as viii
insure its being conducted in the inter-
est of the nation. Our aim Is so far as
may be, to secure. for all decent. hard
working mon. equality of opportunity and
equality of burden.
Combinations Are Necessary.
The actual working of our laws has
shewn that the effort to prohibit all com
klnation, good or bad, Is noxious where
Il In not ineffective Combination OF
capital like combination of labor. is