Weekly Arizona journal-miner., 1908-09-09

.nJ was of such reason ana
f,rce tina; the President ~ the
y,. so moved by II that ne
..,. ., fine rescue Of -" greatly IN
III minor. whose abuses he aunt
.j and ,bp result was that comih'S
,.,. chosen of the hraniest ahu
.., ,,.t mon. and bv them an arm
,ratiun was had and an a"'id ''"oc' -
yaich the down.trodd'h miners o""'
an, yirforiou- with -ail'taet'"m
hath employer and employed. m"t
,,.,- enc resort 90 settlement WITHIN tne
..Ir of the law. and success was INV
reward .. t,ss
NIcn we contemplate She vast loss
suffered from strikes, caused ny I'M. me
.,'.iI,J action. from 1871 To l'oZ'
7pouniing ~ the vast amount OF over
.-cs ooo 100 nearing the size IN cash
If three fourth. Of the Nation deDt'
.o al cxclaim. "God speed 10" eleVa
,i,, of the intelligence ana nome Oh
...,,,;,cd lohor.' You have now III.
ri[ed M that high stage of the IRE OF
yo,r order. that reckless, rlotous
.,rikes are RELOCATED to the dIsmai
,.,s, and i'm their stead, resort 10
remedies within the pale ot inc ~"
have been raised up, and WIN tnese
Won have arrived on nlghcr pam
where differences are settled bet"'e"
,,ritol and labor in friendly contro'
.ersics. and the end reached IN VoIuh
,,rv trade agreement. This system. my
friends, is destined to reach that hign
standard of settlement whefe, ny
agreement and covenant, wages may
not be- reduced and prices OF hVlne
raised 70 the dctrmcnt Of the wOrk-
ingmon of your order
Nv friends. since these new policies
have been inaugurated by your great
and growing order, your appeals Tor
recognition and relief have not All
been wasted on desert air Some OF
vnur cries have been Geard where
once they fell on deal ears, UNDECIDED
and unanswered. Your reasons for aln
through which relief from abuses
might come were 50 forceful and com
handing that the powers of leglsla
tiou did listen. and has given few
remedies which you did not thereto
fore have M your command.
For instance, instead of that unjust
| system. the fellow servant doctrine,
| for the benefit OF the workingman, "a
| law has been enacted by congress
called the Employers Liability act for
interstate railroads. wnerc the corpo-
rate employer cannot hide behind the
fellow servant doctrine and escape
damages 10 his employee when sued IN
court for inquiry cmanaiing from in
| mrics received when in their service.
I'll. los
provided for all employed in govern
inent service. Also law granting
10 the injured employee in government
service compensation therefor. Also
a law providing for safety couplings
for ears on railway lines that the
butchcry Of the employee a. prevailed
under the old system should discon
tinuc.
THESE are all the results coming
from appeals of your organization 81
loudly made But there are others,
yes. many more. subject 10 your call
under your reformed and intelligent
system. Let the good work 90 on, and
soon. instead Of strikes and resultant
loss in likeness occasioned thereby
things of the regretful past, you will
binding of reform, wherein all dis
putcs and undecided settlements be
tween capital and labor, will be settled
in fair trial by n high commission OF
the law of arbitration. wherein idle
ness and loss will not follow, but jus
tice be awarded according 10 the facts
proven, and the law and equity of tn,
ease AT hand. Then YOU will nav,
reached that state where all men shall
7 be equal under the law, where all will
enjoy equal opportunities, equal privil
eyes, equal benefits as per the rgh
and worth of each, and lie prepared Il
easily bear the burdens of government
equally and alike, as the fathers, tn,
founders of this government intended
should be.
That your order of today is one bent
on industrial Improvement and peace
full settlement is proven TO marvel
Gus degree by the conduct of the or
ganization the continent over sine,
this country has been 50 Shameful,
plunged into business disorder, hard
times and almost starvation among
, many of the laboring masses, by that
shameful panic of October last. Here
we witness that two million of mer
have been thrown out of employment
. for the past three hundred DAYS. Sup
pose they had been employed at Tn,
! low wages of $3.50 per day, their earn
lngs would amount to 1850, 00O. 900
They are that much worse for IN,
failure, for which they had no hand IL
, the blame. Yet, in spite of il all
: through these months of undeservec
and enforced idleness, the country ma.
been singularly free from public dis
order. These millions of toilers hay,
borne their suiferings with a peaceful
aud patriotic patience that puts I,
shame, If they have any, the prea,
financial gamblers and their coadiu
, tors whose reckless greed strained IN,
money and all credit resources of IN,
whole continent, arrested all industry
, produced poverty idleness and want
r IN time of the richest of harvests and
worldwide peace, wnile the balanc,
or trade the world over was in ON,
Q fayor more than one hundred miller
, dollars, This is an ndsputable fact
, and is marvellous to contemplate. Won