The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1907-09-07

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revert eless,sstl,s spirit. and genius cot
Fttne. AM riea4 aystem Of government ia
e. far in advance of nYthing that has
eesa
I'M OF the people to work ont their
own salvation under the laws of their
own choosing. The time is rapidly
az predhatory wealth Wll Pe
man; that Sthe corporations; soulless.
and conscienceless. will be subject to-;
crlm1nal prosecution before. the law and
will wear the stripes Of the felon
whenever and wherever tits proven by
!, competent evidence that they have
violated the law -. }s..g s,. ss y, T..
The man who earns his daily. bread
b a the n swe p;s OF his brow and who
is not an anarchist: The rear anarchist
and al the one We have most to fear are
cial positions, fnntter disregard. Of the,
PUBLIC welfare and the rights OF man..
openly and secretly violate the law,
; and, plunders the people and the public,
an: expression coined by. Judge Landis:s
They are as criminal as counterfeiters
ana train robbera"; two OF the most
"h HamG,ttt and dangerous of any Of the
enemy. Of thrift Ever aimee sthe foun-
aation- OF the world. there. has been
social inequality under all <circum-S
s 9 and all1conditions. There, never
Dement'S Of society were equally, dis
tributed (and never Will beg: IT is I'M
possible by legislation'x to- make men
W%1nse ~ Industrious; honest and :virtuons.'
Al. that the law can do is to prevent as
lar as possible the strong imposing On
me weak. Those who have been unfor :
StYnate IN business the IDLE. and the
who has VIII have to divide with every
man who has not. Socialism in the alb
Gaaa II e te 5r1asss1n d5ss
where. aach and every citizen is a part
and parcel OF sovereignty and have q
f f1sl1 to to -, elect their own rulers and
FRA socialtstie form of. goverr,me nt:
That idea was born under the oppres-
naents: :, The red flag Of socialism is
1 TSsI symn0i and synonym Of anarchy
ofSthe republie:: he flag under which
rrfathers fought and died. The stars
thu. Is to: be another flag let it re-
ma where 1t was first hoisted under
~EmDlOyers' Liability, ::
number Of persons who are Injured
Whlle working for their, employers In
the rs, line of their duties are remedilesA
em9 IRE Ire compelled to so through life
Decreased. II not all together destroyed :
SI lI1i should be some legislation dis
:tributing the burden arising from &C
f faqents AS. It Is now the loss falls
f 4R th ne TECHNICAL grounds Of "assump:
and negligence of a fellow Servant"
Ihessi three :defences are the pitfalls
injuries fall. There should BE such leg
lslatlon as VIII put the. laborer on a
PAN that o, Of equality with the employer 50
suffering and share all the damage.
take for.illustratfen the fellow serv- :.
Art law, AS II Is now in the state of
minnesota and ~ Interstate traffic,
subject-ifa laborer@on railroad gets
injured through the carelessness Of a
cco-emPloye he can recover damages tor !
h ms ,1inspry' tRroyided be- is free from
IN any other. business, he can not re-
cover at all. can see MO logical rea-
son for this distinction. and the law
o ongnt to ;c be amended SO as to cover all
Then again ii the matter. OF contri-.
butory negligence: : If the. laborer has 4
been guilty of any carelessness he can 4
was in any way attributable to his own
care1essness;-noS matter how careless
the employer might be. This is not !
i ia f. nor Of Just :norsright. The law ought
conform to that IN the admiralty; when !
one ship jts damaged by reason of the
both. the damages are: divided. -
II II this were the rule the loss would
who can least afford It.. why should
the employer escape liability when his =,
ACTON contributed as much to the re-
This rule is unjust and : inequitabie. i
There are = still other imperfections
which needs to- be remedied but time
forbids me from going into them.
= - =, Child Labor. u
system which calls for condemnation
and united effort to stamp out is child
labor. Children should not have the
lives crushed out to feed the bank rolls
Or 'unscrupu1ous manufacturers. They I
should have q chance to grow up in j.
the sunshine and the shade, and de- !
velop their minds and their muscles, SO
that they may become useful men and
women and not be dwarfed in stature 4
ana hH ana 60 doWp TO- aarly
There has been an effort made by
certain phi1anthropic persons and BY
the legislatures OF certain states to put
OLA CA4u W %INIS PRACTICE, out you my
brothers have, a: far more potent and
powerful corrective in your own hands.
Experience has taught us that what
ever Improvement has been made in in
dpstrial conditions. has been the result
Of agitation and legislation Employ
ers are slow to recognize the merits of
reform and look with suspicion upon
everybody who. raise their voice
against the abuses Of, the system. It 4
Is only when the quickened conscience
OF the public has been reused. and the 4
legislatures: see. to crystalline this
sentiment into. statute making it a
penal or semt-penal offence, that the
abuse is corrected. g. -
Taking into consideration the cues.
ton Of child labor we hardly realize
at the irst blush the elements with
which We have to deal In the first
place we have, zthe~ blunted conscience
OF the manufacturer who is willing to