The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1908-04-02


no factories In this territory there
are but few IL any children under
tie prescribed age TO which It could
be made TO apply.
Since be has stood sponsor for Taft
there are two sops which he wishes
70 throw out 10 the labor vote. One
Is the employers liability law. which
was knocked out by the supreme
court as unconstitutional, and the
other Is To amend the Sherman anti
trust law. We're it not that IL is
hoped that Efforts TO placate the
labor vote he successful IL might he
that II would be held over until after
the campaign like the revision OF the
tarin. IL il now evident that the
supreme court has become so repnb.
licanized aud cDrporationized that IL
would be- hard for congress, even
though IL was sincere, to pass law
which would not be declared upcon !.
stitutionaI, should the Rockefeller
and Morgan combination declare the
law was inimical TO their interests.
O'Connell. the great Irish barrister,
claimed that the lords OF England
could not frame law through which
he could not drive coach and four
This rule way and will apply TO the
supreme court as IL is now consti-
tnted. In opening up the question
as u pertains 10 the change In the
sherman law. Ia place OF beneiittinc
union labor, the chances are That IL
will work disastrously. The president
that labor be given the
right 10 organize, and In the same
In a mild way, suggests
that the railroads be given the same |
privilege 10 combine and make rates.
Tie qualities this recommendation by
'aying that these combination ar
rangenIcnts must he supervised by
,lie railway commission. The sug-
sested changes Ia this law, unless
made more drastic than 1t now
5, would only tend to make the con-
iition OF LABOR worse than IL ID under
he construction OF the United
states supreme court. The above
contains secret two
dyed sword, which would leave more
Dopholcs for the corporations than 1t
sould be Of benefit to organized la
or.
10 further wishes to make his die
atcd successor solid with tho labor
ote by demanding that the rights OF
he courts should be curtailcd In In
nncti0n matters. Ii Is a matter OIL
istofy, which can not be successful
refnted, that Secretary TAFT Is the
athcr of the Injunction, and was
he first Judge which issued q re.
training order against labor. This
rider OF things created by Taft has
one more TO bring the courts 81 the
ountry 10 disrepute than all other
ntiuences. Taft Is responsible al /
ectly for thousands OF iaboring men
cing thrown Into jail for creating
his preede I, by not permitting
lbor 10 exercise the same rights as
he employing corporations. II
The message also throws sop nut
Q the trusts by saying the combIna.
ions or trusts are here to stay. 40 Z
ording TO his theory the trusts are I
ecessity among business men, {
hey are necessary among laboring I
zen, taey are becoming more and a
,ore necessary among farmers" To
onde"se his language there are some
ad trusts and many good trusts, but \
IL ''unwhoiesome and mischlyeous
keep upon the statute books. un.
ioditied. law like the anti-trust
Nv, which, while In practice Is only a
artialIy effective against Vicious
In this paragraph !
. does not attempt TO bring out the /
My effective method To reach these !,