Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1907-12-05

oA9 Ie1 oA3eSy 1pc&s40ce0. - OeA y Ioe
1nm1naeAikx tha hczr8 any enDsoye q .
xnslfc1A ehoc3d b permitted 70 w0Fk
ectnl Draetaee thev have shovn ueak-
hee1s - shr~nuek. xnsnx fosH.-
n. c-ynseafuxtonAtstT u tie emoaoyee1
EanEsy aet pessed b. tae peece3iss co..
In tNo Jurisdictions Tie lAw has bssa
0eeaa1sa uncenastsusiosKsL And IN three
jurisdictions NJ corassztuttonality hes
e ~ sI 70 tse $500 eans h - - -
AAs been heard b that tribunal and .
Seciesoo y e1perted ~ ~ early date-
In tie event thai the court should a0fn
the csSnstfsUt5onaisfy Of The oct. I ufoe
further ieGhaatsGn aJoae tie lines adro-
c1ted in my meanaoe 70 tie preceding
congrees- 1he practice Of putting the
The victim Of the victims family b .
form Of social injustice IN which the
United States STANDS "A uoenvsA5le pfon11-
legislation Ne hare with few exceptions.
scarcely gone farther than the repeal Of
the fealow-se.vAns principle Of the old
iaH O. Laeasstr, AID n sosne o. our states
psetsiy oufxroWn principle has not Jet
been secured TIE legislation Of the resi-
os the Industrial World fsands oct In
striking contrast to cus bsek~zriness in
this respect
The congress shousd consider the ex-
tension ot :ne eight hour law The con-
ssfsrssonaA'y Of the pss.~ns a. "a. ,i r,
Eight Hour Law. into question. and
the supreme court
has decided thai the existing legislation
3 u.4ues.foaAtsy within the powers OF
the consress- The principle o. the eight
hour day should as rapidly and IL far as
practicable be exterced TO the entire
wo.k carried on by TIE government: AID
the present law should be amended 70
embrace contracts or these public works
vhieh the rrssent wording OF The act
erai Introduction Of the esght-hour day
ssaouE be the goal toward which We
should steadily tend and the govern
nent should set TIE sample in this re-
ss,ect-
Strikes and lockouts. with their attend
ant ioss and suffering. continue TO In
erease For the hrs YEAR, ending De-
Compulsory invessi- Of strikes vas great
cation Of Industrial previous ten years
and vas double the
o!sputss- number IN the pre-
ceding five years
| These figures indicate the increAAne need
OF providing come machinery to deal with
alike OF the employer TIE employe and
the general public l renew my previous
recommendation that the congress favor
ably consider the matter OF creating the
machinery for compulsory investigation
Of such industrial controversies az are
OF sanac,ent caagaaute and Of suMcisns
! ~CAsNrAsi ~ lIze fSS9psS u k0G Country ~
a .-vs6.e to warrant the federal govern
n1ens IN taking action
| The Feed for some provision for such
Investigation was forcibIy illustrated dur
ing the past summer. A strike Of te1e-
graph operators seriously snterfered with
| teieHraphic communication. czEsing great
damage 10 business interests and serious
| Inconvenience TO the general public Ap-
| p,eais were made TO me from many parts
| OF the country. from city councils. from
boards Of trade from chambers Of COM
~
urging that steps be taken 10 terminate
the strike Everything tina, could with
| any propriety b. done by . represents
tive OF the government was done. With
| by and suffered without recourse Of any
kind Had the machinery existed and
had there been authority for compulsory
investigation Of the dispute the public
would have been placed in possession Of
| the merits OF the controversy. and public
opinion would probably have brought
! II is certain tEat for some time TO come
| there will be a constant increase abso-
luteiy. and perhaps relatively. Of thos>
Capital and Labor. VINO owen in c.sIsl
| or towns OF some
size and who work for wages Tnta
ing need 10 consider the problems In
separa bic from great industrial civil.
xation- The relations OF the capitals,
and wage-wo-ker 20 one another. and OF
each TO tire general public. are not always
easy to adjust: and to put Them and keeI
them on satisfactory basis - one Of the
most important and one of the most deli
cate tasks before OR whole civilization
II is Idle to hold tina. withou. good law.
evils such as child labor. a. the over
work king Of women. as the failure to pro
tect employees from loss OF life or limb
can be effectively reached. any more thar
the evils Of rebates and stock waterins
can be reached without good Laws. II
fail TO stop these practices by legisiaiio,
means to force homes, men into them
because otherwise the dishonest wnt
surely will take advantage of them vii
have every, hing tl,ei- own way. II tn,
states viii correct these evils. vel! ant
good: but the nation must stand ready 4
aid them.
No question growing ous OF our rapi,
and complex industrial development i
more important than that Of the employ
men' q Eo.nen and ,n esaaarsn ane pre- s
extreme direcsness upon the character .
the home and upon family life. and tn
conditions surrounding the employment
of children bear vital relation TO gu
future citizenship The national govern
ment has as an ultimate resort for con
troll of child labor the use of the inter
state commerce clause TO prevent tn
products of child r. Dor from entering int
interstate commerce. But before usin
this j; ought certainly TO enac, mode
laws on the subject for the terrisoria
under at& own immediate control
There is one fundamental propositio
which can be laid down as regards al
-.
itself will not solve the problem. vet tn
fnsistence upon honesty-not merely tech
meal honesty. but honesty in purpose an
spirits an essential element in arrivin
at a right conclusion. Vice In its crude
and more archaic forms shocks every
body: but there is very urgent need tina
IN condemnation OF the vice which hide
lstse.f behind class or professional loyal
". or which denies that it is vice il
can escape conviction in the courts. TIL
EHOIiC and the REPRESENTATIVES, az III
puhlic. the high officials. whether on tn
bench or in executive or legislative DOS
most dangerous criminals. 30 far az I'll
life of the nation t. concerned. are nj
those Who cor'mit the crimes known I
for centuries. but those Who comm
eomple. ono Of 'e our modern sT + i
difference whether these crimes are con
! mitted bv . capitalist or by laborer. b
! leading banker or manufacture or raj
! road man. or by q leading Representative
) of . labor union swindiinR in stock
: corrupting leRislatures. making forum,
by the imitation Of securities. by wreckin
: through rebates-these forms Of wronl
: doing in the capitalist. are far more Il
: famous than any ordinary form Of en-
Z of extreme dihiculty to secure the pul
] ishynent OF the man most guilty OF Their
. most responsible for them The bushes
e on level with the labor man who d
e liberateiy supports q corrupt demago9,
: and aKitator whether head OF q union
: head of some municipality. because he
. said to haze stood by the union" II
: members Of the business community Il
I educators. or clerRvmen. who condor
/: and encourage the FIRST kind OF wron
e Going. are no more DANGEROUS to Il
= community. but are morally even wors
. than the tabor men who are guilty Of d
r second tv-e OF wrongdoing. because lie
L il to be pardoned those who have
e such excuse as il furnished either
L ignorance or bv dire need.
. When the department Of agricultu