Weekly Arizona journal-miner., 1907-12-11

tees by hcgtsIstion mesns tn force honest
%,s n into them, , sesls o,nsrw'ss the
taxe of them will have everything theAr
own way. II the States win correct these
evils. well and good; but the Nation
must stand ready to aid them.
No question growing out OF our rapid
and complex Industrial Development In
more important than that OF the en-
ployment Of women and children. The
presence Of women In industry reacts
with extreme directpess upon the char
| acter OF the home and upon family life.
and the conditions surrounding the en-
p'oyment OF children bear vital rcla-
tion to our future citizenship. our kegis-
| lauon In those areas under the control
OF the Congress IL very much behind the
| legislaiion OF our more progressive
| States. a thorough and comprehensive
| measure should be adopted n, this ses-
| sion OF the Congress relating to the en-
| pioymem ~ women and children In the
| District OF Columbia and the Ter'it ories.
| The Investigation into the condition of
| women and children wagc-earners re-
| Gently authorized and directed by the
Congress " now being carried on In the
various states. and ] recommend that
| the appropriation made hast year for be-
ginning thi9 work be renewed. In order
| thatw may have the thorough and
| compre hensivc investigation which the
subject demands. The National Gov
| eminent has an ultimate resort for
contro of child labor the use OF the In
| terstate commerce clause to prevent the
products Of child labor from entering
| using this II ought certainly to enact
| model laws on the subject for the Ter
| ritories under Its own Immediate con
| troll
| There IL one Fundamental proposition
| which can be- laid down as regards all
| these matters, namely: While honesty by
4 itself VIII not solve the problem, yet the
| insistencc upon honcsty-not merely tech
meal honesty but honesty In purpose
| and Spirits an essential element I'm ar
irving at a right conclusion. Vice In Its
| cruder and more archaic forms shocks
| everybody but there II very urgent need
| that public opinion should be Just AZ
| severe In condemnation Of the Vice which
| hides itself behind class or professional
loyalty, or which denies that II Is vice II
| u can escape conviction In the courts.
The pnblic and the rcprese nta tves OF
| the public, the high officials. whether on
| the bench or In executive or legislative
| positions need to remember that often
| the most dangerous criminals, 30 far as
| the life OF the Nation II concerned, are
not tho-e who commit the crimes known
| to and condemned by the popular con-
| science Tor centuries. but those who COM
NIT crimes only rendered possible by the
| complex conditions Of our modern indus
trial life. II makes not n particle Of
| dincrefcc whether these crimes are com
| mttted by capitalist or by a laborer.
by leading banker or manufactures OF
tative Of labor union Swindling In
stocks. corrupting legislatures. making
fortunes by the imitation Of securities,
by wrccking railroads, by DESTROYING
| competitors through rcbates-thesc forms
OF wrongdoing In the capitalist are far
more Infamous than any ordinary form
| OF cmbczzlcmcnt or forgery; yet IL is a
matter OF extreme difficulty TO secure
the punishment Of the man most guilty
OF them, most responsible for them.
tn" business man who tondones such
conduct stands IN "A level with the labor
nan who deliberately supports cor
| head OF "A union or head OF some munich
PATTY. because he Is said to have stood
by the union" The members OF the
business community, the educators or
olcrgymen. who oondone and encourage
the first kind of wrOngdoing. are no
more dangerous to the community. but
are morally even worse than the labor
men who are guilty OF the second type
Of wrongioing. because less II To b. par
dored those who have no such excuS,
as IN furnished either by ignorance or by
dire need.
FARMERS AND wAGE-WORKERS.
when the Department Of Agriculture
was founded there WAS much sneering as
To It's usefulness. No Department OF the
Government, however has more emphat-
ically vindicated It's usefulness. and mons
save the Post-Ofiice Department comes
40 continually and intimately into touch
, with the people. The two citizens who's
welfare Is In the aggregate most vital q
the welfare Of the Nation and therefors
! To the welfare Of all other citizens. arr
the wage-workcr who does manual labor
and the tlller Of the SOIL the farmer
. There are. Of course, kinds OF iabol
! where the work must be purely mental
and there are other kinds OF labor where
under existing conditions, very little de
: mand indeed b. made upon the mind
though ! am glad to say nat 'Ss pro
= work ~ diminishing But In any com
munity with the solid, healthy quantities
, which make up really great nation IN.
4 bulk OF the people should do work whicl
Z calls for the. exercise OF both body ans
4 mind Progress can not permanent!
!. exist In the abandonment Of physica
= labor. but In the development OF phydca
i labor. 40 that u shall represent more an
n more the work OF the trained mind y
= the trained body. Our school system
n gravoly defective In ~ far as u puts
r premium upon mere literary training an
n lends therefore 70 train the boy ava,
4 from the farm and the workshop. Moth
n ing IN more needed than the best type O
= Industrial school, the school for mechnn
!. practically teaching agriculture in IA
. country. The calling NJ the skilled tile
y Of the SOIL the calling OF the skilled me
= chanic. should alike te Recognized q
!. calling Of lawyer doctor merchant, o
= clerk The schools should recognize thu
: fact ard II should equally be recognize
In popular opinion. The young man VIII
y has the farsghrdness and courage I
i recognizeit and to get over the idea tina
- II makes difference whether whn: y
~ earns Is called salary or wages, and VII
refuses to enter the crowded heid OF IN
so-carled professions. and takes To COT
n structive industry instead. II reasonabl
- sure OF an ample reward In earnings. !
!. health. In opportunity to marry earl
4. and To establish home with Ia
=, amount Of freedom from worry.
a, should be one OF our prime objects
"a put both tie farmer ana the mechan
a on "a higher plane Of efficiency and n
80 ward. - as to increase their effective
~ | ness In the economic world, and ther'
!. fore the dignity, the remuneration, az
n the power Of their positions In the soci
world
to No growth Of elites. no growth
90 wealth. can make up for any loss
~ either the number or the character
In the farming population. We OF the Uni
no ed States should realize this above a
re- most all other peoples. We began 81
n existence as a nation Of farmers. and
a every great CRISIS Of the past peculii
m dependence has had 20 he placed up'
H. the farming population; and this depen'