The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1906-12-07
Railroad Employees Hours.

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10 steadily reduce the number OF hours
OF Ia hOr with as a goal the general m
PRODUCTION OF an eiEht-hoNr day. Out III
ssts that on the lsthmus OF Panama the
conditions are SO different from what i
they are here that the introduction or an /
eight-hour day on the canal would ne |
absurd. and continues, Just about as ao- /
surd as IL Is. so far as the isthmus rs |
concerned where white labor cannot pc |
employed 10 bother as 10 whether me |
work is done by alien black men or amen
lie urges the enactment OF a drastic
child labor law Tor the District OF 20,
lumbia and the territories. and a federal
inye Stigation Of the subject OF child ana
female labor throughout the country.
lie reviews the work Of the conlinisslon
appointed To invest gate labor conaltohs
Nm the coal fields Of Pennsylvania M lSv-.
and refers 10 the wish Of the commission
that the state and federal governments
should provide the machinery Tor what
may be called the compulsory inNesusa-
ton 81 controversies between employers
and employees when they arise
Control Of Corporations.
A considerable portion OF the message
is devoted to the subject OF federal con-
troll OF corporations IN what ne refers -
the passage al the last session OF ths
rate. meat inspection and food laws ana
SAYS that all OF these have already Jusu-
fed their enactment, put !evoilll l,io,s
the amendment OF the meat inspeSuon
law so as 10 put dates on the LABELS OF
meat products, and also 70 ptaee Wv
cost OF inspection on the packel : 49,.
than on the government Continuing on
this subject OF the control OF corporations
by the federal government he says
1T cannot too often be repeated INA, ina tx, .n-
perience has conclusiyely shown the I'M
posS iblity OF securing by the actions OF
nearly half a hundred different state
i cR s,a'g IN Ibe a ws S ~ dealing with the
| great corporations which do not operate
| exclusively within the limits OF any one
state In some method. whether py
/ license Law In DINER ldsnlonf
we must exercise. and that at an salts
date. a far more complete control llah
| AZ present over these great corpora
/ tons-a control that viii among otner
\ things prevent the evils OF excessive
overcapitalizaton. and that VIII eonlps rs.
| the disclosures by each pig cofpol dLiola
| 81 its kholders and OF It's properties
| and business. whether owned dlrecty oi
I .nru subsidiary or affiliated cor poIalloils'
\ This will tend 10 put stop 70 the So
ng OF inordinate profits by favored
| individuals al the expense whether ~
the general public the STOCK ssSn,id he
/ not so much to prevent constellation a.
such but So 10 supervise ana cohttui -. ~
~ fo see that II results Ia no harm 20
~. ,acrie The reactionary or ultracon-
servative apologists for the misuse ~
wealth assail the effort TO secure s-ch
control as step toward soelallsin aries
matter OF fact liz Is these reAclo.-tl -
| and racOnservat ves VINO are ttlt 80
selves most potent in Increasing So aus go,
I tic feeling. one Of the most tHNleltss
I methods 81 averting the consequences OF
/ a dangerous agitation, when - - ~
! cent wrong. is TO remedy the ~ PEI -. -
OF evil as TO which the agitation y W.
/ founded The best way TO avert the very
undesirg Lle move for the soNtrhle ~
ownership Of railways Is 70 stcuIe ~
the government on behalf OF the PeopiI
as a whole such adequate control anu
regulation OF the great Interstate Ooi III
mon carriers "a Will DO away Ml s, ~ ~
evils which give rise to the agltatoI
AGAINST them SO the proper antloot'
10 the dangerous and wicked as'auei
against the men OF weaith az slen 80 - y
secure BIZ proper legislation ana eNeSu
Tive action the abolition OF the sraN'
abuses " hich actually do obtain IN con On
, nection with the business use OF y,
4 svstem-of failure TO exercise any ace
$ uuate control at all. Some persons spea'
: "a II the exercise OF such goNernHen "a
= central would dc, away with the freedom
) / ~ Individual initiative and dwarf lhui
vidual effort This Is not a iacs IN !,
e would be n veritable calamity 70 IAN =
5 mt A premium upon individual inluauNe
g Individual capacity and effort. upon IN
2 energy. character and foresleht WI" -
= n is SO important to encourage IN "
: individual. But as a matter OF fact W
deadening and degrading effect OF pur
e socialism. and especially OF us en EXT
e form communism. and the destruction 9
= individual chara cter which they woul
I bring about are in part achieved ~ "a
J wholly unregulated SonPesin'io on oo m,v
4 alton rising at the expense OF all other
a until his or It's rise effectually checks a
= connection and reduces loFfifI toWi'h
II tors to a position OF utter inferiority an
y subordination.
a Inheritance and Income Tax.
Is II was expected that the preslder
l. would refer In some way TO his beh'
a in the necessity FOR the curbing Of enol
IN NOUS fortunes and he has done 50 ,
'e recommend legislation for both y
~ come and an inheritance tax. lie b
~ lieves the government should impose
v graduated inheritance tax, and II poss
II .lsta.H u Loo
s. II am well aware that such suble
lie as this needs long and careful STUDY
b order that the people may become iaIil
N lar with what Is proposed 70 De ION
AZ may clearly see the necessity OF procee
SO ing with wisdom and self-restraint, AZ
" may make UP their minds Just noM !
ig rhey are wiling 10 go In the matte
In while only trained legislators can VIZ
~ out the project in necessary detall- IS
an ] feel that IN the near future our mae,y
u al legislators should enact law Prov
vn ing Tor graduated inheritance tax
a. which a steadily increasing rate OF uu
ch should be put upon all moneys or vlh
en- valuabies coming by gift, bequest,
nd devise to any Individual or corporate
al IL may be we'll 10 make the TAX hta
OF in proportion the individual beneht
is remote Of kin. In any event IN 7
n; Judgment the pro rata Of the tax shou
W. Increase very heavily with the nct tS
ry OF the amount left TO any one indivla.
q fter a certain point has been reach'
III Il most desirable TO encourage thr
and ambition. and a poteh. , source re-
,ss mart 81 the breadwlnner to leave his en-
ch dren we'll on This object can be attain
by making the tax very small on nou'
ID ate amounts 81 property LETT hecal
lrd rho prime object should be 70 put q &c
TAI stantly incren sing burden on the inn
az ttance OF those swollen fortunes WI
lea IL is certainly OF no pehtht " WIS ~
INST try 60 perpctuate a.. 4
nv There can be no question % the e
err teal propriety ~ the government thu u
his terrinirig the conditions upon which q
I'D or Inheritance should be receiv
tbe T.xactiy how far the inhcritnnce
*. would. as an incident. have the enect