Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-08-16

certainty of realizing Its cost and
fair profit. The farmer halts in max
ing improvements and consumes less,
because there is shortened demand
for his products. The decrease in the
wages of labor alone. pending revision.
would amount to many hundred mililon
dollars Where there is confidence ana
prosperity without precedent. there
would be doubt and destruction of con-
lidence.
Il heartily indorse the platform late
~ adopted by the republicans of lndi-
ana. which in substance says that the
republican party Win revise the tariff
when it will do more good than harm
to the great mass of the people.
Replies to Gompers' Challenge
I'm the contest betWeen the employer
and employe from time to time, where
differences could not be adjusted, the
employer on the one hand has re-
sorted to the lockout, and the employe
on the other hand to the strike. While
both are to be deplored, considering the
volume of production and the increase
of population, they are becoming less
frequent. In my Judgment the tims
will come when all such differences will
be settled amicably between the con-
tending forces but in all contests en-
pioyer and employe alike must obey
the law which governs all and protects
all. The boycott and the blacklist will
pass away
There has been much criticism and
much denunciaton against alleged
government by injunction" and vio-
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Judiciary of the United States. Dur
| ing the late session Of congress- labor
leaders differed as to the legislation
that was desired. Mr.. Gompers, pro-
Tossing to speak for the American Fed
Grafton of Labor, denounced the So
called Fuller bill, pending before the
house committee on the judiciary, and
advocated by Mr.. III. r. Fuller, the rep
resentative of the railway labor unions,
in the most bitter terms, as being op-
posed to human liberty and the rights
of labor. Mr.. Gompers, with Mr.. SPELL
ing, his attorney, advocated a bill in-
troduced by request by Representative
Pearre, and pending before the same
committee. which in substance prohib-
tied United States courts from issu-
ing injunctions in any case between
employer and employe unless neces-
sary to prevent irreparable injury TO
property or to property right Of the
party making the application, for
which injury there is no adequate
remedy at law, and in the next ser,-
tence provided, And for the purposes
of this act no right to carry on bus-
ness of any particular kind or at any
particular place, or at all, shall be
construed, held, considered, or treated
as property or as constituting a prop
erty right" Mr.. Spelling, speaking for
such legislation ought to he enacted.
1t being near the end of the session,
further consideration of the proposed
legislation by the house judiciary corn
mittee was postponed until the next
session of congress.
Speaking for myself, am not in
favor of this legislation demanded by
Mr.. Gompers. The power of the courts
to issue writs of injunction to prevent
irreparable injury to property or to a
property right for which there is no
adequate remedy at law. is older than
the constitution, and as we'll establish
ed as any other principle of law or
equity. The inalienable rights Of each
citizen, be he weak or strong, is to
come and go to and from his property
without molestation, and to carry on
business thereon, and, in the exercise
of such right, he is entitled to call
upon the government for protection
thru the courts
"Mr. Gompers claims that in contests
growing out of strike or lockouts, he
is opposed to violence on the part of
anyone connected with the controver-