The Ordway new era., 1906-12-07

troducsion d an sisht.hourr re dss snfsa Sat Il.
cons,,,nt c,s,s that on the lsthmIs Of Psnam. ma he
ey hers that .s. Ssanissns ssS% What
sbsurd bhoar s DAY on the canal would be
wsess White sns q. .ssr The csnno. e e
employed, to bother as to whether the
wa,,p,.,i wJrM 10 done by allen black men or alien
investigation Of Disputes.
chiiS hIrses Iases ia., 1hs enactment or u drastic
iumbia and the territories, and federal
suesIusauon OF the subject OF child and
He H"as rn,,a labor throughout the country.
am,vews az i,eviews the work of the commission
appointed TO investigate labor conditions
M W. ,he coal fields OF Pennsylvania in 1902,
athat tSs ~, ,o the wish OF the commission
should provide the machinery for what
,,ny ,nny ne called the compulsory investiga-
and employees whea ,Sey s%pS%yess %fsss
,elcrtins TO the fact that a bill has al
saaay .aaay oeen introduced to this end he
Many OF these strikes and lockouts
wouiu not have occurred had the parties
h.,ane .ne dispute been required to appear
pelore an unprecedented body representing
.ne hntion and. face to face. state the
,ehsohs Tor their contention. In most
,ns'd ,Suances the dispute would doubtless be
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by each OF the others rights, aggravated
Dy nm nnwiilingness OF either party to ac-
yep, ms true the statements OF the other
us a.. TO tho Justice or Injustice OF the mat
urs IN uispute. The exercise of "A Ju-
psprn.o p.slai spirit by a disinterested tody
such us would be provided by n commits.
SION on conciliation and arbitration
would tend to create an atmosphere OF
tending parties: and the giving each side
an equal opportunity to present fully It's
ense N the presence OF the other would
prevent many disputes from developing
into serious strikes or iockouts, and in
other cases. would enable the comrnis-
sion To persuade tho opposing parties to
como to terms.
In this age @. s,reat corporate and Ia
Dor combinations, neither employers nor
employees should be left completely at
the mercy OF the stronger party to n dis
pute. regardless of tho 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 disrcgardcd: an
inte%est not merely OF general conven-
ienee, for the question OF = Just and
proper public policy must also be con
sidercd. In all legislation OF this kind
n,as Is Ts,l to to ndyanss ,s eantionsly testing
proposed can surely be safely taken. for
the decisions OF the commission would
yet would give a chance FOR public opin-
lon to exert its full force for the right"
Control Of Corporations.
A considerable portion OF tho message
is devoted TO the subject OF federal con-
troll OF corporations In what he refers to
the passage Mt the last session OF the
rate. meat inspection and food laws. and
says that all OF these have already justi-
He'd their enactment, but recommends
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 OK
pcrlence has conclusivcly shown the i'm
possibility OF securing by the actions OF
nearly half n hundred different state
Legislatures anything but Ineffective
chaos as, IN the way ,, Of dealing win or.,s .ns
exclusively within the limits OF any one
state. In some method. whether by
national license law or in other fashion.
date, far more complete control than
at present over these great corpora
things prcvcnts>thc evils of excessive
ovcrcRpitnlizntion. and that VIII compel
the disclosures by each big corporation
OF It's stockholders and Of Its properties
and business. whether owned directly or
thru subsidiary or affiliated corporations.
This Will tend to put stop TO tho sccur,
individuals ut the expense whether OF
the general public. tho Stockholders. or
tho wngeworkcrs- Our effort should be
not so much to prevent consolidation US
such. but so to supervise and control II
as to that II results In no harm 10
the people. The rcactionary or ultracon.
scrvativc npoiogistr for tho misuse OF
wealth assaii the effort to secure such
control step toward socialism. As a
matter OF fact Il Is these reaetonnaiss ,Sam,
selves most potent In increasing socialis.
tic feeling: One, of the most eniclcnt
.Iup up M
cent. wrong. is to remedy the 20 per cent;
OF evil as to which tho agitation Is well
founded The best way to 70 avert eIn%sn.Hi .nS ySry
the government on behalf OF tho people
as whole such ,sn adequate esars com o
mon carriers rs will do away with the
evils which give rise to the ngitauoh
asa,hs' aS Inc dangerous % % and wicked agitation
against the men OF wealth as such Is TO
secure by proper legislation and execu-
abuses which actually do obtain in con-
nection with the business use OF wcaith
under our present system-or rn.ner no
aunto control at all. Some persons speak
as IL the exercise OF such governmental
control would do away with The the iseeaEtn ~ snT1,
viduaI effort. This IL not a fact. II
would be a veritable calamity TO iail TO
put n premium upon lndividuai imnsauxe. ,S.
energy. character and foresight whiSh
IL is so important to encourage IN she
indiyiduai But as n matter of fact the
deadeninE and desrSd,ns eject SI,Isme Of paas
FORM Communism, md the destruction Of
Individual character which y they Nv won,s ,hs
wholly unreguinted competition which
results in single individual or eo,por
until his or It's rise effectunlly checks al
competition and reduces former compcu,
tors 10 q position of utter inferiority and
subordlnation. ,. ,-,.
'In cnacting and enforcing SUCH iesis.
,,tion ns this congress already has to It's
credit. We are working o., g coherent hsc,rs
The needed reform by tho Joint action OF
the moderate men the plain Sy.,srisa msn wa1 op
dangerous, but who do intend to deal
in rssoiute commonsense fashion with
sYstem. The reactionaries and the vio-
lent extremists show SYMPTOMS Of join
instance, that II logical. we should 60
10 government ownership ot railroaos
eho Nkp. tho reaCtiOnArte8, because