Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-12-04

- .n y. "eaitn; so that they permit a
new CROWN OF the very abuses which were
IN part responsible for the original ONT
Inc one hope for success for our
p peOp'e nss IN resolute and fearless. but
sane ana cool-headed advance aleu- g.
path marked out last wear hy- ~. sno
Sohsress There must be a stern rsr,,s,,
20 De misled into following ei,h.r ,sst
The ,o Srea.ure who appeals and panders to
ioWest instincts and passions in order
20 arouse one set OF Americans ay,ins,
et Ieiiows, or that other creatnrc
eeuahy base but no baser who In a s-ir;,
ready hro OF 70 accumulate or add to an al
49, nuge fortune. seeks to expiojf his
.si, u"-Americans with callous disregars to
wha weiare OF soul and body. The man
a high o nf,a others in order to obtain
". corruption with the ma ~ seuatS
ss snH lot financial profit: and when ha ,raJ
he IN, the crop which springs up On only
me plain people who tb,rL
~ hnarmers. merchants, WORKERS I'll. n
tions ~. me men to whom Ameri'.an ,raSto
try to act decent,x o he rove their country and
themselves to remamhs ,p. owe
popuI, pam nas blow that can be at riy sne
w ~fe ,;y and sinister agitator on . in "a. un-
an tss'ce and hypocrisy. wheneyer s,,au
can be ea ~ eaised In this country nothing
such ca Saihed by flinching from IL for IN
n sui case democracy is ftseis ~ LOT o, IN
PPpuiar seif-government under ren,,,ii ai.
the moh IL user ,e,I. on trial. The triumph OF
o o,npn or the plutocracy. and 70 az me sne VII
If We oa,e uanger avails nothing wsateyar
tho succumb to the other T., ST. -
me honest man, whether rich 81 .ne end
insti,, NE h,s own living and tries 70 dnaJ
from thy hoy ms fellows. has as much to fear
nro; .He lnsincere and unwortb,, H. ~ Ieslt
pron,Ising much and perfornni,u n,.daSos.
woris pefiormfng nothing but evil VIZ
as from ne tho on the mob to plumber the rich.
MS own ends, would permit tbs. VINO. Tor
weaItb,, 10 be exploited by the verv
fall into ~ AZ we ever let this government
tnese Two classes, we shall show omrsa, VI
Use Use 10 Americas past Moreowar az
work s hand ana IN the the co9rruptionist often
fuse morality that they regard tb uen no OBJ
they violate w the proseeutes them when
make them bear their proper sba re ns 10 10
pti nnl,s burdens. as being even more obtec.
houn5s uha ~, the violent agitator who
Tbara as on me mob to plumber the rich,
mere is nothing to choose between such
me ere1,onary and such an agitator: funda-
regard of my ny are alike in their selfish dis
,i a.uI e. that they should Join In onnost,
fear,ess1y movement OF which the aim is
| to ALL ' anu even Justice
railroad Employees Hours and E;ob+-
Hour Law.
call your attention to the need n,
| m ar of
| hours OF employment of railroad en-
! ployees. The measure is a very roodora.,
one ana L can conceive of no serious oh
| 1e''ioh 10 IT, Indeed, so far as IL is in our
Po"ei' IL should be aim steadily tn
ieuuce the number of hours of labor with
| as goal the general Introduction of ON
| eight-hour day. There are Industries IN
witch IL is not possible that the hours of
.aooi shouio De reduced; just as there are
| communities nf Co.
| euch movement to be for their good or
| IL in the Tropics, so situated that tho, 60
| no analogy between their needs and ours
IN tnls matter. On the Isthmus of Pam
anna, Tor instance. the conditions are I'm
every way So different from what thew are
absurd Just as it is absurd, so far as the
| Isthmus is concerned. where white labor
c Gbatp.r De employed. to bother as to
a 1.Ie PACK men or by alien yellow men.
gut the wageworkers of the United
fram are 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 direc.
| an eight-hour day. Until recently the
eight-hour law. on our Federal statute
NOOK ROOFS h has been very seantly observed.
mentality of the Bureau of Labor. II Is
6eing rigidly enforced. and 1 shall speed
ny De able to say whether or not there is
thereto; for our purpose is to see IL
obeyed in, spirit no less than In letter
HAIR holidays during summer should be
established for government employees; it
| is as desirable for wageworkers who toll
with their hands for salaried officials
! whose labor is mental that there should be
reasonable amount Of holiday.
Labor of Women and Children.
The Congress at its last session wisely
| provided for a truant court for the Dis
TOT of Cal,
vance on the path OF properly caring for
the children. Let me again urge that the
Congress provide for thoro investfga-
ton Of the conditions of child labor and
OF the labor OF women In the United States
More and more our people are growing to
recognize the fact that the questions which
are not merely Of Industrial but of social
Importance outweigh all others; and these
two questions most emphaticaIly come in
the category OF those which affect In the
most far-reaching way the home. life of
the Nation. The horrors incident to the
employment Of young children in factories
or at work anywhere are a blot on our
civilization. 1t is true that each State
must ultimately settle the question In its
own way; but a thoro official investiga-
ton OF the matter. with the results pub
lished broadcast, would greatly help toward
arousing the public conscience and secur-
Ing unity of State action in the matter
There is. however. one law on the subject
which should be enacted immediately be-
cause there is no need for an Investigation
In reference thereto. and the failure to en-
act 1t is discreditable to the National Gov
eminent A drastic and thorogong child
labor law should be enacted for the Dis
trict OF Columbia and the Territories
Employers Liability.
Among the excellent laws which the Con-
gress past at the last session was an en-
ployers' liability law. 1t was a marked
step In advance to get the recognition of
employers liability on the statute books:
but the law did not go far enough In
spite Of all precautions exercised by en-
ployers there are unavoidable accidents and
even deaths involved in nearly every line
Of business connected with the mechanic
arts This Inevitable sacrifice of life may
be reduced to a minimum. but 1t can not
be completely eliminated. 1t Is great
social injustice to compel the employee. or
rather the. family of the killed or disabled
victim, to bear the entire burden of such
an Inevitable sacrifice. In other words.
society shirks its duty by laying the whole