The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-09-05
William J, Bryan Discuss tIGment of Labor
 Disputes
SENATOR BEVERIDGE
 CONDITION ARE ESATISR
Joint Debate In Reader MaaaA tween the Leaders In the Two ties Forecasts Issues of the
 Coming Campaign.
BY J. R. HoRNAnY.

BY J. R. HoRNADY. 44a..
 Washington. September 4-tspeefa15a. Compulsory arbitration of labor disn,,fea is advocated by William l Bryan fl, ltb,s september installment of his iolnt deba ta With Senator Albert ]. Beveridge of h. diana in the Reader Magazine. comfns while the public attention Is stronriv bent upon the telegraphers strike # shows that the Nebraszan will make thf. one of the issues of the next ean,naig,, II he Is given the democratic nominatfo,. Tor the presidency, and will work for if individually if he remains in the party ranks
 Senator Beveridge finds the condition of labor already satisfactory and urges hotn capital and labor not to kill inc goosa that lays the golden egg for both.
 The greatest need of the laborine man In this country at this time is arbitra- ton says Mir. Bryan, for this would eiaple nun To secure the shorter hours TOT which he contends and would nrevent the strikes which have brought the writ or injunction it's use. There is no mora reason why the laborlng man should be lelt to enforce his contentious by an idle ness that throws the burden upon him self and his family than there would be TOT return to the wager of battle as a means of settling lawsuits.
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 While improved alaehinerv has fa. etsaAef lht hunhet o=Workefs and raised the grade of their employment 1t has also brought about conditions under which the superintendent is so far removed iron, the individual worker that the personal relationship Is greatly weakened Jus lice must. therefore be secured by a re- sort to some impartial court It is not necessary that the finding Of the hoard shall be binding upon the parties To tla dispute. IT there Is compulsory investiga- ton at the request of either party nnilie opinion may be relied upon to enforce the conclusion reached by the arbitrators The President has recently called atten- ton to the importance of this subfert aud as the democratic party has in three national platforms urged the importante a or arbitration. there Is reason to hope that fl is near at hand
 "Blt the needs before mentioned. viz. shorter day. arbitration and protection from se 1nment by injunction are bur means | ttn end. and the end sought f. the more equitable distribution Of tho wealth produced. There has been a won derful increase in the production In every department of labor. the strength of the human arm has been multiplied many times, in some occupations many hundred times, by the introduction of maehfnerY. but the man at the machine does not se- cure his share of the product. The eea- homie problem of today is the read5us.- ment of rewards s
 Senator Beveridge quotes John Mitchell president of the United Mine Workers as stating that the American working man receives better wages both in monep, U tsrfTI bas h. q ingman of any of the nations of Europe. With the progress of legislation for tho protection and comfort of labor Senator Beveridge points out that there has been m even more rapid growth of legislation restraining and regulating capital in It's various forms Coming 10 hs own bill providing for exclusion from transport4- ton in interstate commerce of the prod ucts of child labor Senator Beveridgs says' About two million American chil- dren between the ages Of and fs years. are being either killed or reduced to de- generacy by toiling from ten to twelve hours in mill. mine and sweat shop"
 He tells of the attack on the blrs con- stltutonulity" in the Senate. and saws when he read decisions of the supreme court demonstrating it's constitutionalty he was met with the assertion that the supreme court was wrong. and this In 1e- hnto on the floor of the Senate" Senator Beverdge adds.
 Next session I will have a vote upon this bill It's most powerful friend IS Theodore Roosevelt, just as he has been the most powerful friend in our day of all measures helpful to his fellowmen. MT. Bryan, too, is earnestly for it. Rat southern mill owners, the anthracite com bine. glass factories, silk mills. sweat shops, the railways that directly haul their products and other roads. in sym pathy with these-all are against 1t. Also q few sincere doctrlnaires are against if. On an aye and mo- vote we shall see who wins. the chid-slave drivers and honest word theorists or the conscience and humanity of the American people,.
 Senator Beveridge says he will support the moderate antl-injunction bill advo- eated by President Roosevelt and predicts that if the bfll does not pass. a broader measure. backed by all organized labor and the great body of the people. will be enacted and he will vote for 1t.