Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1906-12-06

OF labor, with as goal the general in
PRODUCTION OF an elght-hour day. but in
conditions are so different from what
they are here that the Introduction of an
ebssnrd ard Gay On sne Sanai MOULD pe
surd as Il is, so far as the isthmus is
concerned. where white labor cannot be
employed, to bother as to whether the
work is done by alien black men or alien
yellow men,"
investigation OF Disputes.
He urges the enactment OF drastic
child labor law for the District OF Co
lumbia and the territories and federal
investigation of the subject of child and
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
ton of controversies between employers
and employees when they arise" After
referring to the fact that bill has al
ready been introduced TO this end he
MANY of these strikes and lockouts
would not have occurred had the parties
to the dispute been required to appear
before an unprejudiced body representing
the nation and, face to face, state the
instances III. dispute OV wouid doubtless be
found to be due to misunderstanding
by each of the others rights, aggravated
by an unwillingness of either party to ac-
as to the justice or injustice of the mat
ters in dispute. The exercise Of a ju.
sRr Se fedes sn'erssve@
such as would be provided by a 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
| other cases, would enable the commits
| sion to persuade the opposing parties to
"In this age of great corporate and la
| Dor combinations, neither employers nor
the mercy of the stronger party to dis.
| pute, regardless of the Righteousness OF
their respective claims. The proposed
measure, would be in the line Of securing
recognition of the fact that In many
| strikes the public has itself an interest
which cannot wisely be disregarded; an
fence, for. the question of Just and
proper public policy must also be con,
sidered. In all legislation, of this kind
II is well 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
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.
A considerable portion of the message
| is devoted to the subject of federal con-
| troll of corporations In what he refers 70
| 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
law so as to put dates on the labels OF
meat products, and also to place the
cost of inspection on the packers rather
Nl1a,, tlA notnt
this subject of the control of corporations
by the federal government he says:
ut cannot too often be repeated that ex-
perence has. conclusively shown the i'm,
nearly half hundred different state
bass IN the Wsy dealing %tS the
great corporations which do not operate
exclusively within the limits Of any one
state. In some method, whether by a
national license law or in other fashion
we must exercise, and that at an early
date, far more complete control thar
at present over these great corpora
tons-a control that will among other
things prevent the evils of excessive
DISQUALIFICATION, and that will compel
of its stockholders and of Its properties
and business, whether owned directly OF
thru subsidiary or affiliated corporations
ing of inordinate profits by, favored
individuals at the expense whether o.
the general public the s ssSSh sbond
|
not SO much to prevent consolidation a.
such. but 50 to supervise and control y y
as to see that it results IN no harm, harm u
servative apoiogists for the misuse o
wealth assail the effort to secure sucf
aaer @ a step It IS these
and ultraconservatives who are them
selves most potent in increasing soclalis
methods OF averting the consequenSes o.
dangerous agitation, which Is " pei
cent. wrong, is to remedy the ~ per cent
OF evil as to which the agitation Is wei
founded The best way to avert the yer,
undesirable move for the governmenta
ownership of railways Is to sec secure op q,
as whole such adequate control ant
regulation Of the great interstate com
mon carriers as will do away with TN, Tn,
to the dangerous and wicked agitation
against the men of wealth as s1oh Is ST., u
tive action the abolition of the sraV
abuses which actually do obtain In con
nection with the business use OF we weai ~
system-of failure to exercise any ade
quate control at all Some persons speal
as II the exercise of such goyernmenta
control would do away with the freedom
of Individual initiative and dwarf ind
vidual effort. This is not a TACT !
put a premium upon individual initiatiye
individual capacity and effort; upon IN
energy, character and foresight Wlnc
1t is so important to encourage In IN
individual But as matter OF fact TN
deadening and degrading effect of pur
socialism, and especially of It's extrem
form comm unism, and the destruction 9
individual character which they woul
bring about, are in part achieved by IN
wholly unregulated competition whic
results in a single individual or corpor
alton rising at the expense of all other
until his or it's rise effectually checks a
| competition and reduces former compet
tors to position of utter inferiority an
, subordinauon.
''In enacting and enforcing such legis
lation as this congress already has to II
credit, we are working on a coherer
plan, with the steady endeevor to secur
the needed reform by the joint action {
the moderate men, the plain men VIII
, do not wish anything hysterical {
dangerous, but who do intend to de-
in resolute commonsense fashion wit
the real and great evils of the preser
system. The reactionaries and the VIZ
lent extremists show symptoms of JOLT
ing hands against u.s. Both assert, II
instance, that II logical, we should
to government ownership of railroad
and the like; the reactionaries, becaui
3 on such an issue they think the poop
: would stand with them, while the 81
!. tremists care rather to preach disconteI
2 and agitation than to achieve solid r.