Weekly Arizona journal-miner., 1907-12-11
PRESIDENT DISCUSSES
CURRENCY PROBLEM
Continued from Page Two.)

I'm Page Two.)
now the case. The community at large
h.D vW Share the burdens as we1l az the
law. employers would gain desirable
| certainty of obligation and get rid OF
| iltigation To determine IL, while the
w'rfnmah ana his family would be rcliev-
en from crushing load. With such n
policy would come Increased care. and
accidents would be reduced iu number
me rational laws providing for employ
.rs naUity on railroads engaged In In
| terstate commerce and for safety nppil-
ances. as well as Cor diminishing me
| hours any employee OF a raiIroad should
pe permitted To work. should all BIZ
| s.rehgthencd wherever In actual practice
they have shown weakness: they should
he kept on the statute books in thorough.
| going form.
The ,constitutiona,ity Of the emrgoyers.
liability act passed by the preceding Con-
| Rrcss has been carried before the courts
| In two Jurisdictions the law has been
declared unconstitutional. and In three
| Jurisdictions, Its cunstitutionality has
oeen afhrmed. The question has bcm
| carried to the Supreme Court. the cas.e
has been heard by that tribunal. and a
decision IL expected at an early date
In the event that the court shrouId
afhrm the constitutonality Of the act, I
urge Iurther legislation along the lines
L
ing Congress The practice OF putting
the entire burden OF loss To life or limb
| upon the victim or the victims family Or
form OF social Injustice In which the
United states stands In unenviable prom
inence, In both our Federal and our
state legislation We have, with few ex-
cept'ons. scarcely gone farther than the
repeal OF the fealow-servant principle Of
the old law Of liability, and In some Of
| our states even this slight mobilization
| OF a completely outgrown principle has
| not yet been secured. The legislation
OF the rest OF the Industrial world stands
| out In striking contrast 10 our backward
ness IN this respect. Since 1896 pra,sti-
| cahy every country In Europe. together
with Great Britain, New Zealand, Aus
tralia, British Columbia. and the Cape
| OF Good Hope has enacted legislation
cmbodylng In one form or another the
| complete recognition OF the principle
which places upon the employer the en-
| tire trade risk In the various lines ~ In
enactment Of law which will al the
same time bring Federal legislation up
| 10 the standard already established by
| all the European countries. and which
VIII serve as stimulus TO the various
States to perfect their legislation In
| this regard.
EIGHT-HOUR LAW.
The Congress should consider the ex-
tension Of the cight-hour Jaw The con-
|
Gently been called into question. and the
Supreme Court has decided that the ex-
listing legislation II Enthusiastically with
In the powers OF the Congress The prin-
ciple of the cight-hour day should IA
rapidly and as far as practicable be sx-
tended TO the entire work carried on by
the Government: and the present law
should be amended TO embrace contracts
on those public works which the present
wording OF the act has been construed 10
exclude. The general introduction of the
eight-hour day should be the goal toward
which we should steadily tend. and the
Government should set the example In
this respect.
COMPULSORY INVESTIGATION OF
INDUSTRIAL DISPUTES.
Strikes and lockouts. with their attend
ant loss and suffering. continue To In
| crease. For the five years ending De-
| cemiyer 81, 1896, the number OF strikes
, ten years and was double the number IN
the preceding i've years. These hgure'
indicate the increasing need OF provid
: Ing some machinery to deal with this
class OF disturbances In tbs Interest aliks
al the employer. the employee. and tbs
! general public. I renew my previous
recommendation that the Congress
favoraby consider the matter Of Great
, Ing the machinery for compulsory hives
tigation OF such Industrial controversies
as are OF sufficient magnitude and 81
sufficient concern to the people 81 IN
= country as whole to warrant the Fed
= eral Government In taking action.
: The need for some provision for suci
: | investigation was forcibly illustrates
!, during the past summer. y strike o
| telegraph operators seriously interfere'
u with telegraphic communication. caus
. ing great damage 10 business inter ~
: andl serious inconvenience to the genera
public. Appeals were made 10 me IRON
many parts OF the country. from eli!
: councils from boards Of trade. iron
: chambers OF commerce. and from labo
u organizations. urging that steps be take
10 terminate the strike. Everything tina
could with any propriety be done by
representative Of the Government wa
done without avail. and for weeks TN
= public stood by and suffered without r.
y course OF any kind. Had the machiner
: existed and had there been authorit
y for compulsory Investigation OF the as
i pute the public would have cen place
~ I'm possession Of the merits Of the oontrt
;, versy, and public opinion would probal
u ~ have brought about prompt adjust
" ment.
n ery for the adjustment OF labor difficu
II ties must n taken with caution, put
'r should endeavor 10 make progress IN TN
% direction. ,ooa -
h inn The chairman Of the Interstate Con
p merce commission and the Commission'
- OF Labor "A board OF mediation ~ cor
| tuDyersIes between Interstate ratfroh'
and their employees has. for the nr,
time. been subjected to srious tests WIN
a in the past year. and the wisdom OF "
~ expcriment has been fully demonstrate'
81 The creation OF o board for compulsoi
m investigation In cases where m"nlu.
- fats and arbitration Is rejected IL u
4 next logical step In progressive pr
H. gram. A..
NJ III ~ certain that for some time
~ come there will he "A constant, incr".
err absolutely, and prehaps relahvely;,
4 those among our citizens who owen
nj cities or towns of some size ana WI
I'M work for wages. This means mat mo
N will be an ever-increasing need 10 COZ
o. slider the problems inseparable from
g. great industrial civilization. Where
e. Immense and complex business, espect'
g. ly i'm those branches relating to man
n fscture and transportation, Is transant
ns by a large number Of capitalists VINO ~
10 NOV a very much larger number
NJ wage-earners, the former tend more ~
nj more To combine into corpora ,lone AZ
or the latter into unions. The relations
IT, The capitalist and wage.worker 10 %
on anothcr, and Of each 10 the generhi pu
ed lie are not always easy Ia ADJUST, ~
n | 10 nut them and keep them on n Si,
a. | tac,orv basis IL one OF the most 1fnpp'