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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1907-10-21

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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1907-10-21
SOCIETY NOTICES,

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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1907-10-21

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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1907-10-21

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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1907-10-21
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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1907-10-21
ocULIsTs AND AURlsrs.
osTEoPATHY.

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kosite elevator Main ass. r 1ffe
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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1907-10-21

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crowded 10 the umit over ft00 900
worth of land was sold THE new raIl-
road town on The Sound there Or 40 feet
n water at low tide Plenty ~ uofk
y 5000 wages for everybody 500 81 D
iillmnn's cashier, ln Times Block. for
free passes ~
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1907-10-21
MONEY roIoAN.

run STAR LOAN co. uo.iii cssNns.
Srtond ana thWeu The recognised NSnA
I et the vase oafHef elerN, beohkeep.
or mhchipiHt engineer ~ emploYw can
Obtain money ~ uH en- his ncta without
security.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-12-04
Pure Food Law.
CURRENCY AND REVENUE.

in interest rates between the east and the
west Is from 6 to 10 per cent. ANY plan
must. of course. guard the interests of
western and southern bankers as care
fully as it guards the interests of New
Ork or Chicago bankers. and must be
drawn from the standpOints of the farmer
and the merchant no less than from the
standpoints of the city banker and the
country banker"
immediate Action Urged.
/ again urge on the congress the need
of immediate attention to this matter We
need greater elasticity in our currency:
provided. of course, that we recognize the
even greater need of a safe and secure
currency. There must always be the most
rigid examination by the national au-
thorites. Provision should be made for
an emergency currency. The emergency
issue should. of course, be made with an
effective guaranty, and upon conditions
carefully prescribed by the government
such emergency issue must be based on
adequate securities approved by the gov
eminent and must be issued under a
heaVy tax This would permit currency
being issued when the demand for it was
urgent. while securing its retirement as
the demand fell off. 1t is worth investi-
eating to determine whether officers and
directors of national banks should ever
be allowed to loan to themselves Trust
companies should be subject to the same
supervision as banks; legislation to this
effect should be enacted for the District
of Columbia and the territories.
Yet we must also remember that even
the wisest legislation on the subject can
only accomplish a certain amount. No
legislation can by any possibility guaran-
tee the business community against the
results of speculative folly any more than
it can guarantee an individual against the
results of his extravaganza. When an in
dlVldual mortgages his house to buy an
automobile he invites disaster: and when
wealthy men, or men who pose as such or
are unscrupulously or foolishly eager to
become such. indulge i'm reckless specula-
tOn-eSpecially If il is accompanied by
dishOneSty-they jeOpardiZe not only their
own future but the future of all their in
nocent fellow-citizens. for they expose the
whole business community to panic and
distress.
Revenue.
The income account of the nation is in
most satisfactory condition. For the
six fiscal years ending with the list of
July last the total expenditures and reve-
nues of the national government exclu-
sive of the postal revenues and expendi-
lures, we're. in round numbers
revenues. S34e5, 1000: and expendi-
lures. S3.275, 10000. The net excess
of income over expenditures. in
expended for the Panama canal, was $780,
100000 for the six years, an average of
about xlOO0,0OO a year. This represents
an approximation between income and
outgo which it would be hard TO improve
The satisfactory working of the present
tariff law has been chiefly responsible for
this excellent showing. Nevertheless,
there is an evident and constantly grow
ing feeling among our people that the
time is rapidly approaching when our sys-
tenn of revenue legislation must be re-
vIsed.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-12-04
CAPITAL AND LABOR.

1t is certain that for some time to
come there will be a constant increase
absolutely, and perhaps relatively. of
those among our citizens who dwell in
cities or towns of some size and who
work for wages. This means that there
will be an eVer-increasing need to con-
slider the problems inseparable from
great industrial civilization. Where an
immense and complex business. especial
IN in those branches relating to manufac-
ture and transportation. is transacted by
large number of capitalists who EN-
ploy very much larger number of wage
earners the former tend more and more
TO combine into corporations and the lat
ter into unions. The relations Of the
capitalist and wage-WOrker to one an
other and of each to the general public,
are not always easy to adjust; and TO put
them and keep them on satisfactory
basis is one OF the most important and
one of the most delicate tasks before our
whole civilization. Much of the work for
the accomplishment Of this end must be
done by the individuals concerned them
selves whether singly or in combination:
and the one fundamental fact that must
never be lost track of is that the character
of the average man, whether he be
man of means or a man who works with
his hands. is the mast important FACTOR
i'm solving the problem Alright But 1t Is
almost equally important to remember
that without good laws it is also impOs-
sible to reach the proper solution. 1t is
idle to hold that without good laws evils
such as child labor. as the over-working
of women. as the failure to protect en-
pIoyes from loss of life or limb. can be
effectively reached. any more than the
evils of rebates and stock-Watering can
be reached without good laws To fail
TO stop these practices by legislation
means to force honest men into them, be-
cause otherwise the dishonest who surely
will take advantage of them VIII have
everything their own way. If the states
will correct these evils. well and good;
but the nation must stand ready to aid
them.
Child Labor Laws.
No question growing out of our rapid
and complex Industrial development is
more important than that of the employ
ment of women and children. The pres
ence of women in industry reacts with eX-
IRENE directness upon the character of
the home and upon family life, and the
conditions surrounding the employment OF
children bear a vital relation to our flu
ture citizenship Our legislation in those
areas under the control of the congress
is very much behind the legislation of our
more progressive states. thorough and
comprehensive measure should be adopted
at this session of the congress relating to
the employment Of women and children in
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-12-04
THE TARIFF.

This country is definitely committed to
the protective system and any effort to
uproot it could not but cause widespread
industrial disaster. \ In other words. the
principle of the present tariff law could
not with wisdom be changed. But in
ours it is probably well that every dozen
years or so the tariff laws should he care
fully scrutinized so as to see that no ex-
cessive or improper benefits are conferred
thereby. that proper revenue is provided
and that enr foreign trade is encouraged.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-12-04

the District of Columbia and the terri
tories. The investigation into the cOndi-
ton Of women and children Wage-eaTners
recently authorized and directed by the
is now being carried on in the
various states, and recommend that the
appropriation made last year for begin
ming this work be renewed, in order that
we may have the thorough and cOmpre-
hensive investigation which the subject
demands. The national government has
as an ultimate resort for control of child
labor the use Of the interstate commerce
clause to prevent the products OF child
labor from entering into interstate com
meree. But before using this Il ought
certainly to enact model laws on the sub
ject for the territories under its own i'm
mediate control
Honesty Essential.
There is one fundamental proposition
which can be laid down as regards all
these matters namely: While honesty BY
itself will not solve the problem. yet the
insistence upon hOnesty-not merely tech
meal honesty, but honesty in purpose and
Spirits an essential element in arriv-
ing at a right conclusion. Vice in its
crudeF and more archaic forms shocks
everybody; but there is very urgent need
that public opinion should be just as re-
we're in condemnation of the vice which
hides itself behind class or professional
loyalty. or which de les that IL is VIC
II it can escape convection in the courts
ne plblAC anu tie representatives OF the
public, the high officials, whether on the
bench or in executive or legislative po-
stions, need TO remember that often the
most dangerous criminals. so far as the
life of the nation is concerned, are not
those who commit the crimes known to
and condemned by the popular conscience
for centuries, but those who commit
crimes only rendered possible by the COM
pick conditions Of our modern industrial
life II makes not a particle of difference
whether these crimes are committed by
capitalist or by Il labOrer, by a leading
banker or manufacturer or railroad man.
or by leading representative of a labor
union. Swindlfng in stocks. corrupting
legislatures. making fortunes by the infla-
ton of securities. by wrecking railroads.
by destroying competitors through rebates
these forms of wrongdoing ia the capi-
tdlfst are far more infamous than any
ordinary form of embezzlement or for
gerry; yet it is a matter of extreme diff
Guilty to secure the punishment OF the
man most guilty of them. most RESPONSE
bic for them. The business man who con
dones such conduct stands on a level
with the labor man who deliberately sup
ports corrupt demaEogue and agitatOr.
whether head of a union or head of some
municipality, because he is said to have
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-12-04
INJUNCTI0NS.

Instances of abuse in the granting OF
injunctiOns in labor disputes continue 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 unwarrantabiy restrained
continues likewise 10 grow. Much OF the
attack on the use of the process OF IN
junction is wholly without warrant; but
| am constrained to express the DelleI
that for some of it there Is warrant.
This question is becoming more and more
one of prime Importance, and unless the
courts will themselves deal with II IN
effective manner, it is certain ultimately
to demand some form of legislative ac-
ton. 1t would be most unfortunate toI
our social welfare if we should permit
many honest and lawabiding citizens 10
feel that they had just cause for regard
ing our courts with hostility. / earnestly
commend to the attention of the congress
this matter, so that some way may De
devised which will limit the abuse OF IN
functions and protect those rights whlch
from time to time II unwarrantably IN
vades. Moreover, discomfort is often e&-
pressed with the use of the process of
injunction by the courts, not only in Ia
Dor disputes but where state laws are
concerned. | refrain from discussion Of
this question as | am informed that II
will soon receive the consideration of the
SHnrpmp court
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-12-04
Compulsory Investigation Of Indus
trial Disputes.

Strikes and loCkouts. with their attend
ant loss and suffering. continue to in
crease. For the five years ending Dec. 81,
1905. the number of strikes was greater
than those in any previous ten years and
was double the number in the preceding
five years. These figures indicate the in
creasing need of providing some machin-
cry to deal with this class of disturbances
in the interest alike of the employer, the
employe, and the general public. I re-
new my previous recommendation that
the congress favOrably consider the mat
ter of creating the machinery for COM
pusOry investigation Of such industrial
controversies as are of sufficient magni-
tude and of sufficient concern to the
people of the country as a whole to war
rant the federal government in taking
action.
The need for some provision for such
investigation was fOrcibiy illustrated dur
ing the past summer A strike OF tele-
graph operators seriously interfered with
telegraphic communication, causing great
damage to business interests and serious
inconvenience to the general public. APP
peals were made to me from many parts
of the country, from city councils. from
boards Of trade, from chambers of com
merce and from labor organizations. urg-
ing that steps be taken to terminate the
strike Everything that could with any
prOpTlety be done by A representative or
the government was done. without avail.
and for weeks the public stood by and
suffered without recourse Of any kind.
Had the ma Cnlnery existed and had there
been authority for compulsory inVeStiga-
ton of the dispute the public would have
been placed in possession of the merits
of the controversy. and public opinion
would probably have brought about a
prompt adjustment.
Each successive step creating machinery
for the adjustment of labor difficulties
must be taken with caution. but we
should endeavor to make progress in this
direction.
rho nrOvtsfonS Of the act nj 1898 creaf-
ing the chairman of the interstate com
merce commission and the commissioner
of labor a board Of mediation in cOntro-
versies between interstate railroads and
their employees has. for the first time,
been subjected TO serious tests within the
past year. and the wisdom of the expert
ment has been fully demonstrated The
creation of a board for compulsory in
vestigatiOn in cases where mediation fails
and arbitration is rejected is the next
logical step in a progressive program.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-12-04

nate raid upon all corporations all peo-
pie of wealth, whether they do well or
ILL., Out of any such wild movement good
Will not come, cannot come. and never
has come. On the contrary, the surest
way to invite reaction is to follow the
lead of either demagogue or visionary in
a sweeping assault upon property values
and upon public confidence, which would
work incalculable damage in the business
world and would produce such distrust
of the agitators that in the revulsion the
diStrust would extend to honest men who,
in sincere and sane fashion, are trying
to remedy the evils
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-12-04
Employers Liability.

The national government should be a
model employer. 1t should demand the
highest quality of service from each Of
its employees and it should care for ali of
them properly in return. Congress should
adopt legislation providing limited but
definite compensation for accidents to all
WOrkmen within the scope Of the federal
power. including employees of navy yards
and arsenals. In other words d model
employers liability act, far-reaching and
thOrOughgOing. should be enacted which
should apply to all positions, public and
private. over which the national govern
ment has jurisdiction. The number Of
accidents to Wage-wOrkers, including those
that are preVentable and those that are
not. has become appalling in the mechan-
ical manufacturing and transportation OPP
eratiOns of the day. IT works grim hard
ship to the ordinary wage-woTker and HIS
family to have the effect Of such an ac-
cident fall solely upon him; and. on the
other hand. there are whole classes of
attorneys who exist only by melting men
who may or may not have been WrOnged
to undertake suits for negligence. AS a
matter of fact a suit for negligence is
generally an Inadequate remedy for the
person injured, while it often causes al
together dispTopOrtiOnate annoyance TO
the employer. The law should be made
such that the payment for accidents by
the employer would be automatic instead
of being q matter for lawsuits. WOrkmen
should receive certain and definite COM
pensation for all accidents in industry
irrespective of negligence. The employer
is the agent of the public and on his own
responsibility and for his own profit he
serves the public. When he starts in
motion agencies which create risks for
Others he should take all the ordinary
and extraordinary risks involved. and the
risk he thus at the moment assumes will
ultimately be assumed, as il ought to be.
by the general public. Only in this way
can the shock of the accident be diffused,
instead of falling upon the man or wc-
man least able TO bear it. as is now the
case. The community at large should
share the burdens as well as the benefits
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-12-04

evils must be removed or public discon-
tent with the criminal law will continue
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-12-04
Decision Must Be Final.

The federal courts must of course de-
eide ultimately what are the respective
spheres OF state and nation in connection
with any law, state or national, and they
must decide definitely and finally in mat
tiers affecting individual citizens. not only
as to the rights and wrongs Of labor but
as to the rights and wrongs of capital,
and the national government must al
ways see that the decision of the court
is put into effect. The process of in
junction is an essential adjunct of the
courts doing its work well, and as pre-
yentive measures are always better than
remedial, the wise use of this process is
from every standpoint cOmmendable. But
where it is recklessly or unnecessarily
used, the abuse should be censured, above
all by the very men who are properly
anxious to prevent any effort to shear
the courts of this necessary power The
courts decision must be final; the pro-
test is only against the conduct of in
dividual judges in needlessly anticipating
such final decision. or in the tyTannical
use of what is nominally a temporary
Injunction to accomplish what is in fact
a permanent decision.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-12-04
Law Should Be Amended.

The antitrust law should not be re
pealed; but it should be made both more
efficient and more in harmony with ac-
tual conditions. 1t should be so amended
as to forbid only the kind of combination
which does harm to the general public,
such amendment to be accompanied by,
or to be an incident of. grant of super
visory power to the government over
these big concerns engaged in interstate
business. This should be accompanied by
provision for the compulsory pubiica ton
of accounts and the subsection of books
and papers to the inspection of the gov
eminent officials. A beginning has al
ready been made for such supervision
by the establishment of the bureau of
corpora tons.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-12-04
Eight-Hour Law.

The congress should consider the eX-
tension of the eight-hOur law. The con-
stitutionaiity of the present law has re-
Gently been called into question. and the
supreme court has decided that the exist
ing legislation is unquestionably within
the powers of the congress. The princi-
pie of the eight-hOur day should as rapid
Is and as far as practicable be extended to
the entire work carried on by the gov
eminent; and the present law should be
amended to embrace contracts on those
public works which the present wording
of the act has been construed to exclude.
The general introduction Of the eight
hour day should be the goal toward which
we should steadily tend, and the govern
ment should set the example in this re
spect
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-12-04
Congress Has Power.

The congress has the power to charter
corporations to engage in interstate and
foreign commerce, and a general law can
be enacted under the provisions of which
existing corporations could take out fed
eral charters and new federal corpora
tions could be created. An essential pro-
vision of such a law should be a method
of predetermining by some federal board
or commission whether the applicant for
federal charter was an association or
combination within the restrictions of the
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-12-04
Accidents.

The loss of life and limb from railroad
accidents in this country has become ap-
palling. 1t is a subject of which the ma
tional government should take supervi-
sion. 1t might be well to begin by pro-
viding for a federal inspection of inter
state railroads somewhat along the lines
of federal inspection of steamboats,. al
though not going so far; perhaps at first
all that il would be necessary to have
would be some officer whose duty would
he to investigate all accidents on inter
state railroads and report i'm detail the
causes thereof. Such an officer should
make il his business to get into close
touch with railroad operating men so as
10 become thoroughly familiar with every
side of the question. the idea being to
work along the lines of the present steam
boat inSDection law.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-12-04
Publicity of Agreements.

As 1 STATED in my message 10 the con-
cress a year ago, railroads should be given
power TO enter into agreements, SUBJECT
10 these agreements being made public
I'm minute detail and TO the consent of
the Interstate commerce commission be-
ing first obtained. Until the national
government assumes proper control of in
ferstate commerce, in the exercise of the
authority it already possesses, it viii be
imDossible either 10 give to or to get from
the railroads full justice. The raiIroaas
and All other great corporations will do
we'll TO recognize that this control must
come: the only question is as TO what
governmental body can most wisely eX-
ercise it, The courts will determine the
limits within which the federal author
itv can exercise it. and there will stu
remain ample work within each state for
the railway commission or tnat state ana
tso rational interstate commerce COM
mission will work in harmony with the
several state commissions, each within us
own province. TO achieve the desired END