The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1908-12-10
AS far as possible ne hopes to see .

frank recognition OF the advantages
conferred by machinery, organization
and division Of labor, accompanied by
an effort to bring about a larger snare
In the ownership by wage-worker or
railway, mill and factory.
The regulation of the national hlgh-
ways must be such that they snan
serve all people with equal justice.
Corporate finances must be SUPERVISED
SO as to make it far safer than at
present for the man of small means TO
invest his money in stocks. There
must be prohibition of child labor;
stock watering should be prohibited
and stock gambling so far as possible
discouraged. There should be a pro-
gressive inheritance tax on large for
tunes. Industrial education should be
encouraged. AS far as possible we
should tighten the burden of taxation
on the small man. We should put a
premium on thrift, hard work and
business energy. 1t is eminently right
that the nation should fix the terms
herited. They rarely do good and
they often do harm to those who in
herit them in their entirety. The
above is the merest sketch. hardly even
a sketch in outline. Of the reforms for
which we should work. But there Is
ons matter with which ongres should
deal at this session. There should no
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tlon of taking care of the wage-work-
ers who, under our present Industrial
system, become killed, crippled or worn
out as part of the regular incidents OF
4 given business. The majority of
wage workers must have their rights
Jecured for them by state action; but
the national government should legis-
ate in thoroughgoing and far-reach-
ing fashion not only for all employees
of the national government, but for all
persons engaged in interstate com
nerce. The object sought for could
be achieved to a measurable degree, as
Ear as those killed or crippled are con-
cerned, by proper employers liability
avs. AS far as concerns those who
nave been worn out, definite steps
toward providing Old-age pensions
nave been taken in many Of our pri-
Vate industries. To strengthen these
practical measures should be our i'm
mediate duty. When a workman is
injured what he needs is not an eX-
pensive and doubtful lawsuit, but the
certainty of relief through immediate
administrative action.
The law passed at the last session of
congress granting compensation to GER
tain classes of employees of the gov
eminent should be extended to include
all employees of the government and
should be made more liberal in it's
''FS O'-Ao ANoS oliOhlu w i u llt
delay pass a model employers liability
law Tor the district of Columbia.
The president recommends that the
principle of the eight-hour day should
as rapidly and as far as practicable be
extended to the entire work being car
ried on by the government.
The president urges upon congress
The duty of increasing the salaries now
given our judges. Beginning
courts. with the supreme court, he
says, the judges should have
their salaries doubled
1t is earnestly to be desired that
some method should be devised for
ioing away with the long delays which
now obtain in the administration of
Justice, and which operate with pc
culiar severity against persons of
small means, and favor only the very
criminals whom it is most desirable
TO punish. These long delays in the
final decisions of cases make in the
aggregate a crying evil; and a remedy
should be devised.
Our judicial system Is sound and eff
'ective at core, and it remains, and
must be maintained, as the safeguard
Of those principles of liberty and
Justice which stand at the foundation
Of American institutions. The presi-
sent thinks there is ground for the
belief that substantial injustice Is
often suffered by employees in conse-
luence of the custom of the courts is
suing temporary injunctions without
notice to them, and furnishing for con-
.empt of court in instances where, as
a matter Of fact, they have no
knowledge of any proceedings. There
S a widespread feeling that this sys-
tenn often works great injustice to
wageWorkers when their efforts to
better their working condition result
: IN industrial HiCnnfaS
injunction procured ex parte may as
L matter of fact have all the effect OF
a permanent injunction in causing
disaster to the wageworker's side in
such a dispute. Organized labor is
chatting under the unjust. restraint
which comes from repeated resort to
his plan of procedure. It's discomfort
has been unwisely expressed, and
Iften improperly expressed, but there
s a sound basis for it, and the order
y and law-abiding people of a COM
nunity would be in a far s~tronger
position for UNFOLDING the courts If the
undoubtedly existing abuses could be
provided against.
Such proposals as advocated by
some of the extreme labor leaders
contain the vital error of being class
legislation of the most offensive kind.
and even If enacted into law would
rightly be declared unconstitutional
The power or injunction IS a great
equitable remedy, which should on no
account be destroyed. But safeguards
should be erected against Its abuse
Provision should be made that no in
junction or restraining order issue
otherwise than on notice, except where
rreparable injury would otherwise
result; and in such a case a hearing
on the merits of the order should be
had within a short ixed period, and.
If not then continued after hearing 1t
should forthwith lapse. Decisions
should be rendered Immediately, and
The chance of delay minimized in
every way.
If there is any one duty which more
han another we owe it to our chill
dren and our children's
Forests. children to perform at once,
ii is to save the forests of
his country, for they constitute the
irst and most important element in
he conservation of the natural re-
sources of the country. Thanks to our
own recklessness in the use of our
splendid forests, we have already
crossed the verge of a timber famine
n this country. n no measures that
We now take can, at least for a
years, undo the mischief being done;
md ii would be in the highest degree
,eprehensible to let any consideration
{ Of temporary convenience or tempo
> rary cost interfere with such action,
especially as regards the national
I~orestss which the nation can now. at
I This very moment. control.
] Nothing should be permitted TO
stand in the way of the preservation