The Washington herald., 1908-01-15

pOrtance. The government pays ont more
than S250O000 in cash each month to its
army of approximately 5000 employees.
This money passes into all channels of
trade and business generally.
There was no shortage in. or fear Of
a payroll not being met each month in
this city.
AT this point in his address, Mr.. Harper
presented a review of the reports Of the
standing and special committees Of the
chamber.
Care of Criminals.
The question as 10 the manner OF
treating our criminal class should keep
UP with the progressive age" continued
Mr.. Harper. In the first place the jail
should be removed 10 the country, with
sufficient ground around It to make every
inmate work. The buildings should be
so constructed that there would be at ali
times to come one cell for each inmate
We should not farm out our penientiary
convicts 10 the States.
THE jail and pententiary should be
combined under the same superintendency
| by proper regulation.
we should establish the reformatory
system for first offenders upon the most
modern and effective methods. and
further the indicted or accused should
never be sent to jail while awaiting tral.
except under extraordinary circumstances.
A special place of confinement should be
established and maintained at a loca-
ton accessible to the courthouse to be
known as Central Station or the TOmbs
There should be established I'm this
city a sanitarium for the nervous or
temporarily insane. The object Of this
is TO prevent the possibility Of c0nfning
in an insane asylum one who is neither
not wholly insane or If temporarily so
by proper care and treatment may be re-
stored to health without the odium fol-
lowing him through life Of having been
confined in an asylum for the insane.
Relations of Capital and Labor.
There are many conditions IN Wash
ington most valuable to our commerce
and business interest; and Of special i'm
portance are labor strikes and similar
difficulties. The labor organizations per-
nit great injustice to be done them
by assuming some of the appearance of
a trust without giving the public or the
employer the usual advantages.
They, unintentionally no doubt by
their methods establish trust upon
their commodity (that is mechanical
Skid but they fail to grade their output
as to quality and value in disposing of If
TO the purchaser (the employer The es-
tablshed rule of the union to restrict
the opportunities of an American boy 10
learn a trade is not only wrong in prin-
ciple and an injustice to thrift aud in
dustTy, but contrary to our form of gov
eTnment.
"All labor unions should stand upon
that indestructible foundation of ef-
ficiency. II union man is not willing to
work with nOnuniOn one on account of
his lack OF efficiency, it is his privilege
to quit, and the controversy should there
end and any one who desired to take
his place should be permitted TO do so
unhampeTed.
building for the Chamber.
"The recent financial conditions through
out the country which this city shared In.
only 10 the extent of a feeling of unrest.
prevented US from carrying into practical
operation one of our most important
propositions. Still in no distant day. DOS
sibly before the next annual report IS
read. there viii be erected on some cen
tral corner, acceptable to all, the Wash
ingtOn Chamber Of Commerce Building.
standing as an ornament 10 the city. and
as monument TO the business energy
and determination of our people
Improvement of Eastern Branch.
"A subject of no less Importance than
those already mentioned is the necessity
for improving the Anacostia Flats and
the channel of the Anacostia River.
4 am Of the opinion that there is no
one proposition which the Chamber of
Commerce can deal with which will mean
more, from beneficial standpoint, to