The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1908-04-02


organizations and farmers organizations,
completely check the wise movement Tor
securing business cooperation among
farmers and put back half century the
| progress of the movement for the better,
ment of labor A bill has been presented
! i'm the Congress to remedy this SITUATION;
! Some such measure as this bill IS needed
in the interest of all engaged in the IN
| dustrics which are essential to the couh-
| tTys' wcllbcing. / do not pretend 70 say
| the exact shape that the bill should take,
| and the suggestions ] have to offer are
| tentative; and my views would apply
| equally to any other measure which would
achieve the desired end. Bearing inns IN
| mind, / would suggest, merely tentatively,
/ the following changes In the law:
Actual Damages as Limit.
If no such prohibition was Issued the
contract would then only be liable to at
| unreasonable restraint of trade. When
ever the period Of ming had passed Win
out any such prohibition the contracts
or combinations could be dlsappFoNed or
forbidden only after notice ana nearing
with Il reasonable provision Tor summary
review on appeal by the courts LABOR
organizations, farmers organizations. ana
other organizations not organized Tor puf-
poses OF prott, should be allowed 10 reg
istcr under the law by giving the location
Of the head office the eharter and ny.
laws, ana The names ana addresses OF
| their principal officers. In the interest OF
ali these atons-buslnesS: labor
ana farmers organlZatlohS ahke-ihe
present provision permitting the recovery
or threc- tod damages shouid De ahol-
lShed, ana as substitute therefor the
right OF recovery allowed fol should be
only the damages sustained by the pam
tl1 ana the cost or SUIT including Il fea-
sonahie attorney : zee
The law should not affect pending suits;
short statute OF limitations should be
PROVIDED, so lar as the past Is concerned,
not to exceed a year. Moreover, and even
more In the interest OF labor than OF
business comblnahohs' an such salts
drought Tor causes OF action heretofore
occurred should ne brought only II the
contract or combination complained OF
was unfair or unreasonable. 1t may be
wen TO remember that All OF the suits
hlthtrto brought ny the government I'M
der the antitrust law nave been In cases
Where inc combination or contract was
IN TACT UNFAIR unreasonable, ana against
the pubic interest.
means TO AVOID strikes
II Is important that we should encour-
age trace agreements between employer
ana enPleNe where theF are Just ana fair
strike Is a clumsy weapon Tor rlghtlng
wrongs done TO labor; and we should eX.
tehd; SO TAR as possible, the process or
conclnatlon ana arbltrauon as substi-
tute fer strikes. Moreover. violence. dis
order ana coercion When committed IN
connection with strikes; should be as
promptly and as sterniy repressed as
when committed I'm any other connection.
But strikes themselves are and should be,
recognized 10 be ehtlreIN legal Combi-
nations of workingmen have peculiar
reason Tor their existence. me very
wealthy 1ndlN1dual employer. and Stll
more the very wealthy corporation. stand
at an enormous advantage when COM
pared TO the individual Worklngman; and
whlle there are many cases where II may
| not De necessary Ior laoofcrS TO form
union. in many other cases ii is indispen
sable for otherwise the. thousands OF
small units the thousands of individual
| workingmen will be left helpless in their
| dealings WIN the one Dig unit, the Dig
| individual or corporate employer.
The business man must be protected In
person and property, and so must the
| farmer and the wageworker; and as re-
| CARDS all alike the right OF peaceful com
bination for all lawful purposes should be
| explicitly recoshIz.d'
Union But Mo Boycott.
The nght OF employers To combine and
contract with one another and with their
! employees shouid De explicitly recognized.
and SO should the right of the employees
other ana with the employers ana to seek
peaeeably TO persuade others to accept
their views and TO strike for the purpose
of peaeeahly obtaining from employers
satisfactory terms Tor their labor. Moth
ing should be done to lesallze either a
| blacklist or boycott that would bc lille
gal at common law this being the type of
| boycott defined and condemned by the
| Anthracite Strike Commission.
The question OF financial legislation Is
| now receiving such attention in both
| houses that we nave right to expect
| action before the close of the session. 1t
is urgently necessary that there should be
| such action. Moreover, action should be
| taken TO establish postal savings banks.
These postal savings banks are impera-
lively needed for the benefit of the wage
| workers ana men OF small means. and win
be a valuable ad1unct to our whole tinan-
ciaI system,
The time has come when we should pre-
pare for revision of the tariff This
should be; and indeed must be. preceded
| by careful investigation. 1t is peculiarly
the province of the Congress and not of
the President ana indeed peculiarly the