Bisbee daily review., 1906-12-05

natural that they should join in cp- position to any movement of which the aim Is feariessly to do exact and even justice to all.
 Labor of Women and children.
 The Congress at its last session wise- iy provided for truant court for the District of Columbia: a marked step in advance on the path of properly caring for the children. Let me again urge that Congress provide for a thoro 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 industrial but of social importance outweigh all others: and these two questions most 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 the employment of young children in factories or at ilization. It is true that each State must ultimately settle the question in its own way; but a thoro official i'm of the matter. with the re- suits published broadcast. would greatly help toward arousing the pub lie conscience and securing unity of State action in the matter. There is however. one law on the subject which should be enacted immediately, be- cause there is no need for an investi- gation in reference thereto, and the failure to enact 1t is discreditable to the National Government. A drastic and thorogoing chili-labor law should be enacted for the District of Colum- bia and the Territories.
 Disputes Between Capital and Labor.
 The commission appointed by the President October Is. 1902. at the re- quest of both the anthracite coal op- orators and miners. to inquire into. consider. and pass upon the questions in controversy in connection with the strike in the anthracite regions of Pennsylvania and the causes out of which the controversy arose, in their report, findings. and award exprest the belief that the State and Federal gov ernments should provide the machin- cry for what may be called the com pulsory investigation of controversies between employers and employees when they arise This expression of belief is deserving of the favorable of the Congress and the enactment of it's provisions into law. A bill has already been introduced to this end.
 Records show that during the twen- ty>years from January l. 1881, to De- cem1ser 31. 1900. there were strikes affecting 11T,5Os establishments. and 6.105,694 employees were thrown out of employment. During the same per iod there were 1.0G5 lockouts. involv- ing nearly 10000 establishments, throwing over one million people out of employment. These strikes and lockouts involved an estimated loss to employees of s3O7.0eO. 900 and to eru- ployers of s143.000. 900. a total of s450. 0.0O0.0 .0o0. The public suffered di- EtGltf anu as additional loss. But the money loss, great as 1t was. did not measure tho anguish and suffering endured by tn, wives and children of employees whose pay stopt when their work stort. or the disastrous effect of the strike or lockout upon the business of or the increase in the cost of products and the inconvenience and loss to the public.
 Many of these strikes and Iockouts would not have occurred had the
 parties to the dispute been required Co appear before an unpreiudiced body representing the nation and. face to face. state the reasons for their con
 tantion. In most instances the dis
 pute would doubtless be found to be
 due to a misunderstanding by each of
 the others rights. aggravated by an
 unwillingness of either party to ac-
 cept as true the statements of the
 other as to the justice or injustice of
 the matters in dispute. The exercise
 of a judicial spirit by a disinterested
 body representing the Federal Gov
 ernment. such as would be provided
 by a commission on conciliation and