The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1906-12-07

OF labor, with as goal the general m
sists that on the Isthmus of Panama the
conditions are. SO different from what
they are here that the introduction of an
absurd, and continues, "just about as alb
surd as 1t Is, so far as the isthmus Is
concerned. where white labor cannot be
work is don. by allen black men or alien
yellow men."
Investigation Of Disputes.
He urges the enactment of a drastic
| child labor law for the District Of CO.
lumbia and the territories. and Ale; federal raj
| female labor throughout the country
| He reviews the work Of the commission
appointed to Investigate labor eond d iona
| and refers to the wish of the commission
| "that the state and federal governments
Be pcaed the IU
| ton OF controversies between employers
| and employees when they arise" After
resay bsen To dha to this end
MANY of these strikes and lockouts
| 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
cept as true the statements Of the other
| as to the justice or injustice of the mat
ters in dispute. The exercise Of a ju-
r rsSla sRi1 tSe fedeTal 'elso
| such as would be provided by commits
| sion on Cancellation and arbitration
| friendliness and Cancellation between con-
| tending parties; and the giving each side
| an equal opportunity to present fully us
| prevent many disputes from developing
| Into serious strikes or lockouts. and in
other cases. would enable the commits
sion to persuade the opposing parties 10
"In this age of great corporate and Ia
Dor combinations, neither employers nor
| employees should be left completely at
the mercy of the stronger party to dis.
| pute, regardless of the righteousness OF
| their respective claims. The proposed
| recognition of the fact that in many
| strikes the public has itself an interest
which cannot wisely be disregarded; an
interest. not merely of general conven,
fence, for the question of a just and
proper public policy must also be con,
| sidered. In all legislation of this kind
| it is well to advance cautiously, testing
| each step by the actual results; the step
| proposed can surely be safely taken, for
| the decisions of the commission would
not bind the parties in legal fashion, and
| yet would give chance for public opin..
| ion to exert its full force for the right"
Control Of Corporations.
A considerable portion of the message
is devoted to the subject Of federal con-
| troll of corporations in what he refers to
Dss at the sa eea aw Df ah ns
| says that all Of these have already just-
| fed their enactment, but recommends
law SO as to put dates on the labels of
| meat products, and also to. place the
cost of inspection on the packers rather
| than on the government. Continuing on
1 this gHbiaCf IF the control of CORPORATIONS
by the federal governpent he says:
att cannot too often be repeated that ex-
possibility Of securing BY the actions Of
| nearly half a hundred different state
legislatures anything but b5t ine ,fs I've
great corporations which do not operate
! exclusively within the limits Of any one
state. In some method, whether by
we must. exercise. and that at an early
date. a far more complete control tnan
| things prevent the evils Of excessive
overcapitalization, and that VIII compel
the disclosures by each pig eor rponsrt;ea
| and business, whether owned directly or
| thru subsidiary or affiliated corporations.
This to put stop s9 thf
the general public, the stockholders, or
not SO much to prevent consolidation as
such, but SO to supervise ana control 1t
| as to see that 1t results in no harm to
servative apoiosists for the misuse of
| wealth assail the effort to secure such
| control as a step toward socialism As
and ultraconservatives who are them
selves most potent in increasing sesialis.
tic feeling: One Of the most sfiicient Mt
cent wrong. is to remedy the 20 per cent;
OF evil as 70 which the asitation Is well
undesirable move for the governmental
ownership of railways Is to secure 1y
the government on behalf OF the peopiSS
mon carriers as viii do away with the
evils which give rise to the agitation agitation
| to the dangerous and wicked agitation
| against the men Of wealth as such 10 TO
Ss Sg on che exc srsve
| abuses which actually do obtain In con-
nection with the business use of wealth
under our present system-5;Cr rather mo no
| as il the exercise of such governmental
ssnr navSsa GS ana aMarf na
would be veritab{e calamity to fail to
individual capacity and effort; upon the
| energy, character and foresight which
| il is so important to encourage in the
individual. But as a matter OF fact the
| deadening and degrading effect of pure
| socialism, and especially of its extreme
| form communism, and the destruction Of
| individual character which they would
bring about, are in part achieved by the
| wholly unregulated composition which
| results in a single Individual or corpor-
alton rising at the expense OF all others
until his or its rise effectually checks all
competition and reduces former COMPETE
tors to a position Of utter inferiority and
subordination.
I'm enacting and enforcing such legis-
lation as this congress already has to its
credit, we are working on coherent
| plan, with the steady endeavor to secure
| the needed reform by the joint action of
| the moderate men, the plain men who
do not wish anything hysterical or
in resolute commonsense fashion with
the real and great evils Of the present
system. The reactionaries and the vio-
lent extremists show symptoms Of join
ing hands against us. Both assert, for
instance. that II logical, we should go
to government ownership of railroads
and the like; the reactionaries, because
on such an issue they think the people
would stand with them, while the ex-
tremists care rather to preach discomfort
and agitation than to achieve solid re-
suits. AS a matter of fact, our position
is as remote from that Of the bourbon
ticable or sinister visionary. We hold
that the government should not conduct
the business of the nation, but that 1t
should exercise such supervision as will
insure its being conducted in the inter-
est of the nation. Our aim Is, so far as