Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1907-12-04

: cerned themselves. whether singly OF
3 IN combination; and the inc funda-
= mental fact that must never be lost
y track OF Is hat the character of the
! average man. whether he be a man OF
means or "A man who works with his
hands. Is the most important factor
; IN solving the problem Alright. But II
- almose equally important to re-
member that without good laws 1t is
also impossible to reach h proper
solution. II Is idle to hold that with
out good laws evils such as child la
Dor as the ~over-working of women.
as the failure to protect employees
from loss of life or limb, can be ef-
fectiYely reached any more than the
evils OF rebates and stock watering
can be reached without good laws. To
TAIL 10 stop these practices by legisia-
ton means to force honest men into
them, because otherwise the dishon-
est who will surely take advantage
Of them Will have everything their
way. If the states will correct
these evils, well and good; but the na-
tion must stand ready to aid them.
NO question growing out of our
rapid and complex industrial devel-
fopment IS more important than hat
Of the employment of women and
women. Thte presence of women In
industry reacts with extreme direct
ness upon the character OF the homes
and upon family life. and the condi-
lions surrounding the employment OF
children. The presence Of wonen in
future citizenship our legislation in
those areas under the control of the
congres is very much behind the leg
islation Of Our more progressive
states. A thorough and comprehen-
sive measure should be adopted at his
session Of the congress relating to the
employment Of women and children
H. E1A e - ~
territories. The investigation into
the condition of women ana children
~wage-earners recently authorized and
directed by the congress is now be-
ing carried on In various states. and
| recommend hat n appropriation
made last yea for beginning this
work be renewed. In order that we
may rave the thorough and compre-
hensive Investigation which the sub
iect demands. The national govern
ment has as an ultimate resort for
control Of child labor the use of the
interstate clause to prevent
thea products Of child labor from en-
tering into Interstate commerce.. But
before using this II ought certainly
to enact model laws on the subject
for the territories under it's WI inn
mediate control.
There Is one fundamental propo-
sition which can bel aid down as re-
HdAhN al AiIt13 ihAAtio IiAAilAlN . !
While honesty by itself will not solve
the problem, yet the insistence upon
honesty-not merely technical hon
esty, but honesty in purpose n spi-
rtt-is an essential element in arriv-
ing at a right conclusion. Vice in its
and more archaic forms shocks
everybody. but there H. very urgent
need hat public opinion should be
just as severe in condemnation of the
vice which hides itself behind class
or professional loyalty, or which de-
MES that II Is vice II Il can escape
In the courts. The public
and the representatives of the public,
the high officials, whether on the
bench or in executive or legislative
positions, need to remember hat Of
ten the most dangerous criminals. so
far as the life of the nation is con-
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 complex
of our modern industrial
life, II makes not Il particle of diff
whether these crimes are
committed by a capitalist or by "A la
borer. by a leading banker or man {
or railroad man. or by a /;
representative Of a labor un-
on, Swindling in stocks, corrupt
legislatures, making fortunes by the
of securities. by wrccking I
.'ailroads. by destroying competitors
rebates-these forms of [
vrongdolng In the capitalist, are far
more Infamous than the ordinary 4
'orm of e-mbezzlement or forgery; yet c
{ Is a matter OF extreme difficulty to !
iecure the punishment Of a man most c
of them. most responsible for
hem. The business man who con q
lones such conduct stands on a level {
M slA 49, 49,. uuHlAA I-lfIaaANAnH la J.
imports a corrupt demagOgue n .
Igitator, whether head of a union or h
read of some municipality. because =
lc rs said to haVe stood by the un- II
on" The members of the business O
the educators, or clergy {
men. who condone and encourage the a
kind Of Wr~ong-doing. are no more s.
dangerous to the community, but are Il
morally even worse, than the labor e
nen who are guilty of the second u
ype of w"rOngdoing. because less is To :
IL %pardoned those who a no such q
Reuse as IS furnished either by ig- q
.orance or by dire need. a
Farmers and Wagc-WOrkcrs. ~
when the department OF agrieul- n
ure was founded there was much y
neering as TO It's usefulness. No de- q
artment OF the government. how b
yer, has more emphatically Vindi- n
ated its usefulness. and none save the b.
department comes SO con- II
and intimately into touch a.
18th the people. The two citizens q,
hose welfare is in the aggregate "
lost vital To the welfare of the ma p
aud therefore TO the welfare of G,
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