Arizona republican., 1906-12-05
ST4I OF THE REPUBLIC
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q. Fl arG fearless. but sane and cool-headed. E advance along the path marked out E. las. year b.- this very Congress. There Fl rus, ra stern refusal 10 be misled into Fl. Allowing either the base creature who 0apr a,s and panders 10 the lowest in N st9r.-s and passions in order to arouse or. set of Americans against their fel-
 r7..s ur that other creature, equal &ly base but no baser. who in a spirit
 greed. or to accumulate or add to .ar already huge fortune seeks to ex @ rlafr his fellow Americans with callous l 5s-s-ard to their welfare of soul and I br5r The man who debauches others in order to obtain a high office stands on evil equality of corruption with tra man who debauches others for fn- r~.... profit: and when hatred is sown tr5 er1p which springs up can only be evil.
 RAILROADS AND EIGHT-HOUR LAW.
 'T call your attention to the need of uaSsIng the bill limiting the number Of hours of employment of railroad em- rl1yes The measure is a very moder- ate one and I can conceive of no seri-
 
 ir is in our power. it should be our aim steadily to reduce the number of hours Zl,f labor. with as a goal the general 3nuoduction of an eight-hour day F There are industries in which it is not possible that the hours of labor should he reduced; just as there are commun- ities not far enough advanced for such l. movement to be 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 conditions in every way are so different from what they are here that an eight-hour day would be absurd; just as it is absurd. s1 far as the Isthmus is concerned. where white labor can not be employed. ta bother as to whether the necessary work is done by alien black men or by by alien yellow men. But the wage workers of the United States are of so high a grade that alike from the merely industrial standpoint and from the civic standpoint it should be our object to do what We can in the direction of securing the general observance of an eight-hour day. Until recently the FlelIl-l4AAl AAN bAA Oul TNehNANN books has been very scantily observed. Now. however. through the instrument talitv of the Bureau of Labor. it is be- ing rigidly enforced. and I shall speed fly be able to say whether or not there is need of further legislation in refer ence thereto:. for our purpose is 10 see it obeyed in spirit no less than in letter. Half holidays during summer should be established for Government employees: it is as desirable for wage workers who toll with their hands as for salaried officials whose labor is mental that there should be a reason. able amount of holiday.
 Let me again urge that the Cong ress provide for a thorough investiga ton of the conditions of child labor and of the labor of women in the United States. More and more our people are growing to recognize the fact that the questions which are not merely of in- dusrrial but of social importance out weigh all others: and these two ques tions must emphatically come in the category of those which affect in the most far-reaching way the home life of the Nation. The horrors incident to AllE NlAA pAAis AAANAAA OA sbN--7 --- factories or at work anywhere are a blot on our civilization. It is true that each State must ultimately settle the N-stiOn in its own way; but a thor cf-r1 official investigation of the matter Hth the results published broadcast, would greatly help toward arousinS the public conscience and securing uni ty of State action in the matter. There is. however one law on the subject which should be enacted immediately, because there is no need for an inves- tigation in reference thereto, and the failure to enact 1t is discreditable to the National Government A drastic and thoroughgoing child-labor law should be enacted for the District of Columbia and the Territories.
 EMPLOYERS LIABILITY.
 Among the excellent laws that the Congress passed at the last session was an employers liability law. It was a marked step in advance to get the recognition of the employers liability on the statute books; but the law did not go far enough. In spite of all pre- cautions exercised by employers there are unavoidable accidents and eveE AFdAIS llNOlNtu III AAtaA " NfNA1
 business connected with the mechanic arts. This inevitable sacrifice of life may be reduced to a minimum. but 1t can not be completely eliminated It IS a great social injustice to compel the employe. or rather the family of the killed or disabled victim, to bear the entire burden of such an inevitable sac lifce. In other words, society shirks ,lts duty by laying the whole cost on the victim whereas the injury comes from what Lay be called the legitimate risks of the trade. Compensation Tor accidents. or deaths due in any line Of industry 10 the actual conditions under which that industry is carried on' should be paid by that portion or the community for the benefit of which the industry is carried on-that is. by those who profit by the industry. If the en- fire trade risk is placed upon the eil ploye- he will promptly and propeIiy add to the legitimate cost of productioH and assess it proportionately to the consumers of his commodity. therefore clear to my mind that tie law should place this entire "risk or trade~ upon the employer. Neither the Federal law. nor. as far as ] am m formed the state laws dealing with the question of employers liability are sufficiently thoroughgoing. The feu- cral law should of course include eIh