The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1907-12-03

ycare ending December o.. 1905. the
nupiher Of strikes WIS greater than
thasg IN any previous ton StnrH
anN Wha double The number N tit@
pfMeatuH five yrhrH These fiH
utfs Indicate the increasing need Of
pFaYialnN some machinery 10 deal
via thiH class 0f disturbances tn
ih@ iniercst alike OF tho employer
thV teppluye, ana the general pub
We renew my previous recon
nFtdalion that the congress faV9
Hhk consider the matter OF Great
NC Alie machinery for compulsory
lnWwtiRation If such Industrial con
trtaxfaiea az are OF sufficient mag
nitenc and or sufficient concern TO
tha speople of the caSutry aH a
wlHle 20 warrant the federal gov
efhnont la taking action
Fhc' nord tur some prov lHidn for
Hu44 Investigation WAS foFeibly a.
iuiaruted during the past summer
Hulke ~ telegraph operators se-
rlpnHlY intrrfered with teleFfaphic
communication. causing great dam
age o. business interests aud seri
ouH Inconvenience % the general
public Appeals were made 10 me
frunt many parts 90 the country.
from city councils, from boards 81
trade, from chambers of commerce
aud from labor organizations, ufK
lng that steps he taken 90 terminate
the Strife Everything that coHta
With any prapriety be done by Il
representative Of tho government
WAS dome without avail and for
weeks The public stood by and sur
fnrvd without recourse ~ any Kind
Had the machinery existed and had
there been authority for compulsory
Investigation 81 the dispute, the
pnhiic would have been placed Ia
possession Of the merits 81 the con
trovnrHy, and public opinion would
probably have brought about n
prompt adjustment
Capital and Labor.
n e. certain that Tor
some time 90 come there win be
a constant increase absolutely and
prrhapa relatively 81 those among
uur citizens who dwell ia cities or
towns ~ some aiEe and who work
Cor wages. Thia means that there
wiil Dc an ever INCREASING need 10
consider the problems insrparable
from a great Industrial civilization.
Nhare an Immense and complex
NHHANAa"H - AItN ANAfh w AANAHt
branches relating g. manufacture
and transportation. Is transacted by
a large number ~ capitalists who
employ a very much larger number
~ wage ratnefs. the former tend
more aud more t. combine into cor
pprntienH nnd tho latter into unions
The relations OF the capitalist and
wage Garner fo one another. and ~
each 20 the general public. are not
always easy e. adjust and "a put
them and keep them On a antiafae-
tory basis a. ono ~ the most ia-
portant and one % the most dell
cate tasks before our whole clYili-
ratipn
Child ard Female Labor.
Nn question growing out
- our rapid and campirx Industrial
Development is more important than
NAT - thr employment 81 women
and children The presence ~ we-
mon in Industry tracts with extreme
dirertnwan upon the character ~ tho
home and upon family lifc and the
conditions surrounding fhn employ.
nient u children bear a vital rela
tlnn Go our future citizenship our
Legislation in those AREAS under the
control 90 eunKFeas "a very much
behind she legislation - uur more
progressive st6teH a thorough and
comprehensive measure should he
Adopted as this secession Of the con
nrwNs relating 60 the employment uf
women and chlidren in the District
It Columbia and the territories