Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1906-12-05

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ITSELF ,,es !. &c triumph of the
=umphof the plutocracy, ana 70. have
escaped one DANCE Az avails nothing
sWl1ateYeri Sc e ~: we ucuumb TO the other.
sor. poor. who earns his own living and
as much to fear from. $ the. insincere
much and performing nofhine ,o or eise
performing nothing ~ but :eYfl: - who
would set. on the mob; to plumber the
rich as.from the crafty corruptiontst,
the common people to be exploited BY
government fail Into the hands 81 men
show ourselves false to Americas past
ZIONIST often work hand in hand. There
aries of such obtuse morality that theV
regard the public servant: who prose-
cutes them nv when they violate the law.
or who s seeks to ma make them bear their
being even more, objectionable than
the violent agitator:Ewho hounds on
the mob to plunder. the rich There is
dictionary and such an agitator; funda-
disregard Of the rights Of others and
opposition to any movement OF which
the aim is fearlessly to do exact and
even justice to all"r.
Railroad Employees Hours
He asks for the passing Of the bill lin
ttnS tse Of garoaa Of anH hours
one. He says the aim OF ali should be
to steadily reduce the number of hours
Of labor, with as goal the general in
sets st 9f TIN qy but
conditions are SO, different from what
they are here that the introduction Of an
sishthou ra DAY On the canal would be
concerned, where white labor cannot be
employed; to bother her as to whether the
yellow men,"
Investigation Of Disputes.
ch He urges urges the enactment Of drastic
lumbta and the territories, and a federal
investigation Of the subject Of child and
female labor throughout the country.
appointed to investigate labor conditions
in the coal fields Of Pennsylvania in 1902,
and refers to the wish of the commission
should provide the machinery for what
may be called the compulsory investiga-
/ ton of controversies between employers
nnd employees ~ fng when 9en+ they
ready been introduced to this end he
says :!,1.n, -. +,o ,, ;,.
would not have occurred had the parties
to the dispute been required to appear
before an unprecedented body representing
the nation and, face to face, state the
instances the dispute would doubtless be
found to be due to misunderstanding
by each Of the others rights. aggravated
cert az true tie statements 81 the other
as to the justice or injustice of the mat
dscs In 1sRut The
such as would DO provided by commits
sion on Cancellation and arbitration
would tend to create an atmosphere Of
tending parties; and the giving each side
case in the presence Of the other Would
fSm
other cases, would enable the commits
sion to persuade the opposing parties to
I'm this age of great corporate and la
employees should be left completely at
the mercy of the stronger party to a dis.
their respective claims. The proposed
measure would be in the line Of securing
recognition Of the fact that in many
which cannot wisely be disregarded; an
interest not merely OF general conven-
fence, for the question of just and
proper public policy must also be con,
1t Is well to advance cautiously, testing
each step by the actual results; the step
proposed can surely be safely taken, for
not bind the parties in legal fashion, and
yet would give q chance for public opin.
ion to exert its full force for the right"
Control of Corporations.
~ +Ipo
troll Of corporations in what he refers to
the passage at the last session of the
says that all Of these have already justi-
the amendment Of the meat Inspection
meat products. and also to- place the
cost of inspection on the packers rather
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 that ex-
perience has conclusively shown the i'm
possibility OF securing BY The actions IS. OF Of
chaos in the way Of dealing with the
great corporations which do not operate
within the limits ct any hx
we must exercise, and that at an early
date, a far more complete control than
tions-a control that will among, other
things prevent the evils of excessive
ercapitalization, and that will compel
Of its stockholders and Of It's properties
and business, whether owned directly or
thru subsidiary or affiliated corporations.
ing Of inordinate profits BY favored
individuals at the expense, whether OF
the general public, the stockholders: or
the wageworkers. Our effort should be
Mt IN ant an1i a
such,-but: so to supervise and control. it
as to see that it results in no harm to
the people. The reaetionary or ultracon..
wealth assail the effort to secure such
control as q step toward socialism. AS
matter of fact 1t Is these reactionaries
tic feeling. One of the most: efficient
methods Of averting the consequences of
dangerous agitation, which Is 80 per
Of evil as to which the agitation is well
founded. The best way to avert the very
undesirable move for the governmental
the government: on behalf Of the; people
regulation Of the great Interstate com
evils Which which give r" rise to the agitation
to the dangerous and wicked agitation
against the men Of wealth as such IS to
tive action the abolition OF the. grave
abuses which actually do obtain In con-
nection with the business use OF wealth
system-of failure. to exercise any ade-
Squate control at ALL Some persons speak
al II the exercise Of such governmental
OF ofn individaai initiative and dwarf indi.
would be a veritable calamity TO fail to
put q premium upon individual initiative,
lS>lf V,f6 no effv and afT0rfs fhe