The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1906-12-07

, ana SOCIAL lletnONS anu SOlnctliunS uiub-
qucradc as such rcformers. In reality
they are the worst enemies Of the
cause they profess to advocate, just rs
the purveyors Of sensational SANDER In
newspaper or magazine are the worst
enemies Of all men who are engaged In
an honest effort to better what Is bad
In our social and governmental condi-
tlons.
Corruption Is never SO rife as in COM
munitlcs where the demagogue and the
agitator bear full sway, because in
such communities all moral bands be-
come looscncd, and hystcrla and sensa-
tlonalism replace the spirit Of sound
Judgment and fair dealing rs between
man and man.. In sheer revolt against
the Squnlid anarchy thus produced men
arc sure in the end to turn toward any
leader who can restore order, and then
their relief at being free from tho in
tolCrablc burdens Of class hatred. vio-
lcncc and dcmngogy IS such that they
cannot for some time he aroused to in
dlgnation against mlsdccds by mon Of
wealth, so that they permit new
growth of the very abuses which were
In part responsible for the original out
break The one hope for success for
our people lies In n rcSolutc and fear
less but sane and cool headed advance
along the path marked out last year
by this very congress. There must be
q stern refusal to be miscd into fol
lowing either that base creature who
appeals and pandcrs to the lowest In
stincts and passions In order to arouse
one set Of Americans against their fe-
lows or that other creature, equally
base, but no bnscr, who In spirit Of
greed or to accumulate or add to IN
already huge fortune seeks to exploit
his fellow Americans with callous dis
regard to their welfare Of soul and
body. The man who debauchcs others
In order to obtain 4 high office stands
on an evil equality of corruption with
the man who dcbauchcs others for
financial profit, and when hatred is
SOWn the crop which springs up can
only be evil
The plain people who thnllthe me-
chanics, farmers, merchants, workers
with head or hand, the mon to whom
American traditions are dear, who love
their country and try to act dccently
by their ncighbors-owc it to them
selves to remember that the most dam
aging blow that can he given popular
government Is to elect an unworthy
and sinister agitator on a platform Of
violence and Hypocrisy.
Railroad Employees Hours.
| call your attention 10 the need OF
passing the bill limiting the number OF
hours OF employment Of railroad en-
ployccS. The measure Is a very moder-
ate one. and can conceive OF no seri-
GUS objection to 1t. Indeed. so far rs
it is in our power. it should be our aim
steadily to reduce tkc number of hours
Of labor. with as Il goal the general in
PRODUCTION Of IN eight hour day. There
are Industries in which it is not pos
Sillc that the hours Of labor should
he reduced. just rs there arc cOmmuni-
ties not far enough advanced for such
4 movement to he for their good, or, If
In the tropics. SO situated that there Is
no analogy between their needs and
ours In this matter. On the isthmus
OF Panama, for instance. the condi-
tions are In every way so different
from what they arc here that an eight
hour day would be absurd, just as 1t
Is absurd. SO far rs the lsthmus Is con-
crrned. where white labor cannot be
employed. to bother rs to whether the
necessary work Is done by alien black
men or by alien yellow men. But the
wngcworkers Of the United States are
OF so high grade that alike from the
merely Industrial standpoint and from
the civic standpoint 1t should be our
object to do what we can In the direc-
tlon Of securing the general observance
Of IN eight hour day.
Let me again urge that the congress
provide for thorough investigation
Of the conditions Of child labor and Of
the labor Of women in the United
States. The horrors Incident to the
employment Of young children in fac
tories or at work anywhere are blot
on our civilization.
In spite Of all precautions exercised
ny employers there are unavoidable nc
cidents and even deaths involved in
nearly every line Of business connect
cd with the mechanic arts. 1t Is n
great social injustice to compel the en-
ployee. 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 cost on
the victim, whereas the injury comes
from what may he called the lcgiti-
mate risks Of the trade. Compensation
for accidents or deaths due IN any line
! Of Industry to the actual conditions un-