Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1908-12-10

~ ration OF administrative power
IL. ions'tie and accountable hands
:, '.eS N having the power Insufficient
= eeisesi,ra,ed 50 that no one can be
'lesa responsible 10 the people for It's
vs. Concentrated power Is palpable.
responsible. easily reached,
iinSNit i-ld to account Power scat
through many administrators
s.fs legislators many men who work
'''Aa ane through legislators and
"'lt 'Ais'rators, is impalpable, Ia un-
s"fn 5 Irresponsible. can not be
i'v'n"facN IS IN peril wherever the
Hiliniiissti't,on OF political power is
'tNrfH among a Variety of men who
N"sN ~ s,tF,t. whose very names are
NJ know 20 the common people II is
h"s N "r' rom any man who derives
e'i h"fitN rom the people. who ever
1855 4 IN sight of the people. and who
~. az account OF as exercise To the
people.
here IRE many matters affecting
tabor and the status OF the wagework-
" g which l shoul0 like to- draw Your
attention. but an exhaustive discussion
~ The problem in all it's aspects is
not now necessary This administra
tom is nearing its end, and. more
The ISOLATION of the problem depends
upon the action OF the states as much
as upon the action of the nation. New
t,ihelesS. there are certain conSidera-
tons which I wish to- set before Nou.
heeanse I hope that our people viii
more and more keep them in mind.
\ blind and ignorant resistance to CIV
elN fort for the reform of abuses and
or the readjustment OF society tn
mouern Industrial conditions repre-
SCENTS not true conservatism hut an
Indictment to the widest radicaism.
for wise radicalism and wise conscrv-
atism go hand In hand, one bent ON
progress the other bent OH seeing tina.
No change is made unless III the riEht
direction.
i believe In "A steady effort. or per
aps 1t would he more accurate to say
i'll steady efforts I'm MANY different di-
rections, to bring about a condition OF
fairs under which the men VII" work
With hand or with brain. the laborers.
IN. superintcndents, the men who pro-
duce for the market and the men who
lind market for the articles produced
shall own "A far greater share than at
pr, sent OF the wealth they produce.
and be enabled to invest il In the tools
and Instruments by which all work Is
carried ON AZ far AS possible hope
Il
vantagcs conferred by machinery or
ganization and division of labor. ac-
companicd by an effort to bring about
"a larger share In the ownership Ivy
wageworll.,r of railway. mill and fac.
tory. In farming, this simply means
that we wish to see the farmer own
his own land: We do NOT wish to see
;he farms 80 large that they necon,e
the property af absentee landlords who
Ca Nr0t Stl
that the farmer becomes like Euro
pran peasant Again. thu dc .,ositors
i'm our savings banks now number over
one tenth of our entire population.
These are all capitalists. who through
the savings banks loan their money tn
the workers--that is, I'm many cases I,
themselves--tO carry ON their Narlous
industries. The more we increase
their number. the more we introduce
the principles Of cooperation into on,
| industry Every increase In the mum.
her Of small stockholders in corpora
tions is a good thifig, for the Same
reasons: and where the employees ar
, the stockholders the result w pArticu
larly good. Very much Of this move
: tnent must he outside of anything thu
can be accomplished by legtslattoi
hut legialattOn can do good De-
! Poatel sAvtngs banke WIN make Y g
I, f.or the poorest 20 s:sst their . .:N.l
/. the national highways must be su'
!, that they shall serve all people Wi
. equal justice. Corporate finance
. must be supervised so as to make
!, far safer than at present for the ma
Of small means to invest his none
In stocks There must be prOhibitiO
Of child labor. diminutfOn Of wOma
labor. shortening of hours OF all me
chanical labor; stock watering SHOULD
be prohibited. and stock gambling Al
far az is possible discouraged. Their
should ne a progressive inheritance
tax on large fortunes. Industrial edu-
cation should be encouraged As IA,
den Of taxation on the small man. We
should put a premium upon thrift
hard work and business energy, but
these qualities cease TO be the main
factors in accommodating fortune long
before that fortune reaches point
where Il would be seriously affected by
any inheritance tax such as propose
Il IN eminently right that the nation
should hx the terms upon which the
great fortunes are inherited. They
rarely do good and they often d.
harm to those who inherit them In
their entirety.
Protection for Wasswerksrs.
The above is the merest sketch
hardly even a sketch In outline. OF the
reforms for which we should work
| But there Is one mattev with which the
congress- should deal at this session
There should no longer be any palter-
Ing with the question Of taking care
~ the WagewOrkers who. under tall
present Industrial system. become Kill.
ed. crippled, or worn out as part "l
| the regular incidents of a given bust
\ ness. The majority of wageworkcrs
must have their rights secured fol
them by state action but the nationa
government should legislate i'm thor
0ughgoing and far-reachtng fashion
not only for all employees Of the ma
tiOnal government. but for all persons
engaged in interstate commerce The
object sought for could be achieved
to q measurable degree. as far "A:
those killed or cripplesi are concerned
by proper employers liability laws
! AZ far az concerns those who have
been worn out. call your attention
to the fact that definite steps TOWARD
providing old age pensions have beer
taken In many OF our private indus
tries These may be indefinitely ex-
tended through voluntary association
/ and contributory schemes. or through
the agency Of savings banks. Az under
the recent Massachusetts plan. II
4 strengthen these practical measure,
should be our immediate duty; it j.
not at present necessary to consider
the larger and more general govern
mental schemes that most Europea,
governments have found themseve:
Obliged to adopt.
Our present system. OF rather M
system, works dreadful wrong. and 1.
of benefit to only one class Of people
the lawyers. When workman IL in
jufed what he needs Ia not an expen-
sive and doubtful lawsuit. but the Ger
i tainty OF relief through immediate ad-
ministfative action. The Number oi
accidents which result In the death ol
Gripping OF wagew0rkers. In the Cnior
At large. 10 simply appalling: in q
very few years II runs up total faI
In excess Of the aggregate Of the dead
and wounded IN any modern war NJ
academic theory about "freedOm Of