The Charles Mix new era. (Wagner, Charles Mix County, S.D.) 1???-1911, 1908-04-03

stAse nsssars which woula osAasv> -
- nssrsly tentatively. u lsnsv1ng
rae; Tss s~asssansi.s pars e - ass-ssvue
iaw shout re.aaan e e prspsst: g.
Aanong the several seatap 81
with fuss.kn nafi0ns ahnra1 conttn41 4
b. declared illegal. prcvtded. ho9sx.xs
tsnch - the commissioner OF cosporo1Acan
acting under The secretary oe cuWEmngoo
tAoogl b altaw&d to pAss - any eUcA
rrostdtn9 for this wcutd b. 10 enAc& tNaa
any ccntfAc1. subject 10 the prOht1ttton
contained In the anti-truss law. tmto WAteA
= H., 80 asssssa to snsss: .nasns = 49,
appeuexsAxe executive hody. Thin 0nA
provide publicity. wtshln. Say, = days ~
the niing~-which period could ~ sxtsn4sa
any reAAon Il did not give shs department
ouftctent time Tor 3 thorough exAnSrn-
coss-ths executive department having
would thea hsexams suhtses 10 the pro-
visions 0f the ansf-lruxs law, u ~ al II
restraint Of trade
contract would then only b lia HE 10 o.
tack on tho ground that II constituted
m unreasonable restraint Of trade when
sssr the period Of nlsnx had passed With
- ~&f ~Nts ~ ~ Fh4t AAHN M&k8
or combinations couid be dla&ppruve1 o.
forbidden ealy after notice and h~arsnG
with : reasonable provision for SUMMARY
organizations. fArunsrs' organisations ard
other organize ttcns not organized for pug-
poses Of rrons. should Ia allowed a. reg
Of the head effscs. the charter and bylaws.
and the names ~ad addresses Of their
principal officers. In the interest Of all
these osxaniaataons~~bsastness labor. And
IA rysxr$f 4fHS as4Af tsna aflEu-fka ssp&~Aaf
provision permitting the recovery Of three-
fold damages should be abolished, and -
a sufsstitute therefor tho right Of recovery
allowed for should be only the damages
sustained by The psat1stG and the cost
o. sur. including . reasonable attorneys
The Law should not affect p~nainr suits.
a short statute OF Limitations should -
provided. 20 far e past Y concerned.
business combinations, ali sueh au, n
brought for causes az action heretofore
occurred should be brought oniy II thu
con'rast Or co=mnanss ns sosnniaInsd e
well to remember that all Of thu quits
hitherto brought by the government under
the antitrust law have been In cases
where the combination or contract waa
In fact unfair, unreasonable. and axalnet
the public Interest.
Strikes Legal.
II n important that we shouId encour~
age trade agreements between employer
and empioys where they are just and fair.
A strike II = clumsy weapon for riehtinw
wrongs done to labor. and We ahouId ex-
tend. 80 far ~ possible. the process OF
Cancellation and arbitration NJ q substttufe
for strikes. Moreover. violence, disorder.
and coercion. when committed In conncc-
ton with strikca. ahoul be a. promptly
mitted in any other connection nut
strikes themselves ar~, and should b.. rNc-
oxnized TO be entirely LEGAL combinA-
tons OF workinEmsn have = peculiar rea-
individual employer. and stiil more tie
very wealthy corporation. stand ct an
enormous advantage when compared 70
the individual worktngman; and whlla
there are many cases where Il may not
be necessary for laborers to form q union
In many other cases II IL Indispensable.
the thousands OF individual -workinxmen.
will be left helpless In their dealings with
the one big unit, the biz individual or
Twenty-Five years ago. by the act Of
June ~. 1850, trades unions were recow-
nixed by law. and the right Of laborinr
was formerly recognised. this rfshI in-
GLIDING combination for mutual protection
and benefits. the regulation or wages,
hours and sona.',aas "a labor = e.
Rworkmen In the prosecution OF their trade
or trades; and In the act Of Tune I. is34
| strikes were recognized a. legal IN tho
same provision tina forbade participation
I'm or ~insttgafion Of force or violence
against persons or property. or the at
tempt to prevent others from WORKING.
by violence. threat. or intimidation. Thn
business man must be protected In person
and property. and so must the farmer
alike. the right OF peaceful combination
for all lawful purposes should be explicitly
recognized
contract with one another and with their
employees should be explicitly recognised:
and 80 should the right Of the employees
TO combine and to contract with one an
other and with the employers. and to seek
peaceabiy to persuade others 70 accept
their views. and TO strike fer the purpose
OF peaceably obtaining from employers
satisfactory terms for their labor. Moth
ing should b done 70 legsiiss .sishsr =
blackli or q boycott hat would b. ~
legal IT common law: this being the typo
Of boycott defined and condemned ~ the
anthracite strike commission.
Establish Pes4ai oa0ks.
The question Of financial lestsiation 10
now receiving such attention In both
houses that We have . right to gApsct
i ss's ura.nsIy ns zee arr, shss n shsr. s shoui1 y
be such action Moreover, action should
be taken to establish postal savings banks.
n i,Ssis n Dssssa s :ayi sss se eass' q r. Is. ,% .:s:.
workers and men Of small means. and
win be . valuable adjunct 70 our whole
Revise Tariff.
The time has come when We shouA pre-
pare for . revision OF the tafiR. This
should b., and indeed must b. pgocNded
BY careful investigation. II = peculiarly
the province OF the on9rex and not Of
the president. and indeed peculiarly thu
province OF the House Of Representatives.
to originate q tariff bill and TO datermfns
upon fts terms: and this ] fully realise.
Yet II seems to me that before the close
OF this session provision should b made
for coliecting full material which win on
abba the congres elected next fall 70 oct
immediately after y comes into sx~istsncs.