Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1908-12-09


property CT absentee landlords who
farm them by tenants nor vet so small
kat the farmer becomes like Euro
pca,i peasant.
The depositors in our savings banks
now number over one tenth of our eli.
tire population. These arc all capital
lists who through the savings banks
loan their money to the workers that
is, IN many cases to. themselves-to
carry on their various industries.
Postal savings banks will make II easy
for the poorest to keep their savings
in absolute safety. The regulation Of
the national highways must be such
that they shall serve. all people with
equal Justice. Corporate finances must
be supervised so as to make 1t far
safer than Mt present for the man Of
small means to invest his money in
stocks. There must be prohibition Of
child labor, diminutioh Of woman la-
Dor, shortening of hours of all me-
chanical labor. Stock watering should
be prohibited, and stock gambling, so
far as is possible, discouraged. There
should be progressive Inheritance
tax on large fortunes. Industrial edu-
cation should be encouraged.
Protection For Wageworkers.
There Is one matter with which tho
congress should deal at this session.
There should no longer be any palter-
ing with the question Of taking care
OF the wageworkcrs who. under our
present Industrial system, become kill
cd, crippled or worn out as part of the
regular Incidents Of a given business.
The object sought for could be achiev-
cd to a measurable degree, as far as
those killed or crippled are concerned,
by proper employers liability laws.
AS far as concerns those who have
been worn out, call your attention to
the fact that definite steps toward pro-
viding old age pensions have been
taken in many of our private indus
tries.
Pending thoroughgolng investiga-
ton and action there isEocrtain legis-
latlon which should be. enacted at
once. The law passed Mt the last ses,
. sion of the congress granting com.
pcnsation to certain classes of en-
ployccs of the government should be
extended TO include all employees OF
the government and should be made
moro liberal IN its terms. In this re.
spect the generosity of the United
States toward Its employees compares
most unfavorably with that OF every
5, country in Europe-even the poorest.
The terms of the act nre also Il
J; hardship IN prohibiting payment IT
eases where the accident is in an!
!; way due to,.thc negligence OF the en-
p!oycc. It Is inevitable that daily fl
miliarity with danger will lead men t,
! take chances that can be construed
Into negligence.
! renew my recommendation made
IL Il previous message that half holi
lays be granted during the summer tt
I'll wageworkers In government EN-
llo.-.
i also renew my Recommendation
+. that the principle of tho eight hou
day should as rapidly and as far a
practicable be extended 10 the entir,
work being carried on by the govern
ment
The Courts.
I most earnestly urge upon the con
gress the duty of increasing the total,
inadequate salaries now given to on
i judges. On;ithe whole. there is N
body of public servants who do a
valuable work nor whose. -moneye
reward is so Inadequate compared t
their work. Beginning with the ST
preme court, the judges should hav
their salaries doubled.
i 1t is earnestly to be desired TIL;
some method should be devised for d.
ing away with the long delays whic
now obtain in the administration c
justice aud which operate with pecu
lar severity against persons Of sma
means and favor only the very Grim
nails whom 1t is most desirable to pul
ish.
At the last election certain leader
of organized labor made n violent an
sweeping attack upon the entire j.
dietary of the country, an attae
coucled in such terms as to inclut
the most upright, honest and brot
i minded judges no less than those
narrower mind and more restrictt
outlook. Last. year before the hou
committee on the judiciary these san
labor lenders formulated their
mands, specifying the bill that co
tanned them, refusing all compromis
stating they wished the principle
4 that bill or nothing. They insisted ,
u provision that in labor dispute !
injunction should issue except to pr
i feet rroDerty right and specifical
provided that the right to carry {
business should not be construed as
property right. and in a second p1
vision their bill made legal in lab
! dispute any act or agreement by
would not have been unlawful If do
by Il single person. In other wore
this bill lesalized blacklisting and be
{ footing in every form. The demal
! was made that there should be trl
: by jury in contempt cases, there
Q most seriously impairing tile authori
= Of the courts. All this represented
8 course of policy which, If carried o.
p would mean the enthronemept Of ella
t privilege in its crudest icnd mt
Q brutal form and the destruction
r one of the most essential functions
4 the judiciary in all civilized lands.
e The wageworkars, the wurkingmt
c the laboring men of the country. by
r way in Which they repudiatcl the
g fort to get them to cast their votes
l. response to an appeal to class hatl
y have emphasized their sound patriots
Il and AmcricaIrism.
y Courts lmperiled by Judges.
- But the extreme reactionaries,
'e persons who blind themselves to I
wrongs now and then committed
4 the courts on laboring men, shol
. also think seriously as to what sucl
" movement as this portends. I
# courts are jcoparded primarily by
action of these federal and st;
al judges who show inability or UNIV