Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1907-12-05

vocated are directly opposed to this |
class of socfalistic theories.
Enforcement of the Law.
A few years ago there was loud
complaint that the law could not be
invoked against wealthy offenders.
There is no such complaint now. The
course of the department of justice
during the last few years has been
such as to make it evident that no
man stands above the law, that no
corporation is so wealthy that it can
not be held to account. The depart
ment Of Justice has been as prompt
to proceed against the wealthiest NAL
efactor whose crime was one of greed
and cunning as to proceed against the
ag:tator who incites to brutal VIC
lence.
iniunctions.
Instances of abuse in the granting
! of injunctions in labor disputes con-
tinue to occur, and the resentment In
the minds of those who feel that their
rights are being invaded and their
] liberty Of action and of speech unwar-
rantly restrained continues likewise to
grow. Much of the attack on the use
of the process of injunction is wholly
without warrant; but the president ex-
presses the belief that for some of it
there is warrant This question is be-
coming more and more one of prime
importance, and unless the courts will
themselves deal with it in effective
manner, it is certain ultimately to de-
mand some form of legislative action.
Employers Liability.
! The national government should be
model employer. 1t should demand
the highest quality of service from
each of its employees and it should
care for all of them properly in re-
turn. Congress should adopt legisla-
ton providing limited but definite
compensation for accidents to all
workmen within the scope of the fed
eral power, including employees OF
navy yards and arsenals. In other
words, a model employers liability
act, far-reaching and thoroughgoing
=. should be enacted which should apply
to all positions, public and private
over which the national government
: has jurisdiction.
i Congress should consider the extern
| sion of the eight-hour law. The con
!, stitutionality of the present law has
= recently been called into question, and
1.-THE supreme coL-t has decided thai
the existing legislation is unquestion
ably within the powers of the con
: gress. The principle of the eight-houl
!, day should as rapidly and as far as
practicable be extended to the entire
work carried on by the government.
} Industrial Disputes.
For the tive years ending December
81. 1905, the number of strikes was
greater than those in any previous ter
Years and was double the number il
the preceding five years. These fig
ures indicate the increasing need OF
providing some machinery to dea
with this class of disturbances in the
Interest alike of the employer, the
OSAA
gress should consider the matter OF
creating the machinery for compulsory
investigation of industrial controVer
sizes.
A comprehensive measure should be
adopted at this session Of the congress
, relating to the employment of women
and children in the District of Colum
bia and the territories. The nationa
government has an ultimate resort
for control of child labor the use o.
the products of child labor from enter
inc into interstate commerce. But be
fore using this it ought certainly tt
enact model laws on the subject fcl
the territories under it's own immedi
ate control.
Farmers and Wage-Workers.
!, Nothing is more needed than the
best type Of industrial school, the
schoo for mechanical industries in the
+ city the school for practically teaching
agriculture in the country. The call
ing of the skilled tiller of the soil, the
, calling OF the skilled mechanic, shoulC
, Alike be recognized as professions
. Just as emphatically as the calling O.
lawyer, doctor, merchant, or clerk
, The schools should recognize this fac
I and it should equally be recognized il
, popular opinion. The young man who
:! has the farsightedness and courage Il
: recognize it and to get over the ides
, that it makes a difference whethe
what he earns is called salary o.
wages, and who refuses to enter the
crowded field of the so-called PROBES
sions. and takes to constructive indus
+ try instead, is reasonably sure of al
E ample reward in earnings, in health
: In opportunity to marry early, and tt
establish a home with fair amour
, OF freedom from worry. 1t should b'
r one of our prime objects to put botf
the farmer and the mechanic on ;
, higher plane of efficiency and reward
, so as to increase their effectiveness II
the economic world, and therefore th'
dignity, the remuneration, and thu
power of their positions in the socia
world.
!, The national government through
; the department of agriculture shoul(
,'Io all it can by joining with the state
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