Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1908-12-10

crippled. or worn out as part of the
regular incidents of given busi-
ness. AS far a. concerns those
who have been worn out. 1 call your
attention TO the fact that definite
steps toward providing old-age PEN
sions have been taken in many of our
private industries. These may be in
definitely extended through voluntary
association and contributory schemes.
or through the agency of savings
banks. as under the Massachusetts,
plan.
Urgent Need Of Reform.
Our present system, or rather no sys.
tenn. works dreadful wrong. and is of
benefit to only one class OF people-the
lawyers. When a workman Is injured
what he needs is not an expensive and
doubtful lawsuit. but the certainty of
relief through immediate administra-
tive action. No academic theory
about freedom OF contract" or "consti-
tutional liberty to contract" should be
permitted to interfere with this and
similar movements.
renew my recommendation that
the principle OF the eight-hour day
should as rapidly and as far as practi-
cable be extended to the entire work
being carried on by the government;
the present law should be amended to
embrace contracts on those public
works which the present wording OF
the act seems to exclude.
Judges Too Poorly Paid.
Coupled with a eulogy OF the ju-
dietary of the nation the president
urges that. beginning with the SUI
preme court, the judges should have
their salaries doubled.
AS was to be expected, the attitude
assumed by certain labor leaders dur
ing the recent election comes In for
bitter criticism. The president as
serts that demands made on congress
for legislation were unjust and inn
practical and could but work harm to
the cause Of labor. While declaring
that our judicial system is sound and
effective at core, the president says:
There are certain decisions by various
courts which have been exceedingly det-
rimental to the rights of wage-workers
This is true of all decisions that decide
that men are, by the constitution, guar
anteed their liberty" to contract to enter
dangerous occupation, to work an
undesirable or improper number OF hours.
or TO work In unhealthy surroundings;
and therefore cannot recover damages
when manned in that occupation. and
cannot be forbidden to work what the
legislature decides is an excessive num-
Der of hours. or to carry on the work
under conditions which the legislature
decides to be unhealthy.
There is also. I think, ground for the
belief that substantial injustice is often
suffered by employees in consequences of
the custom of courts issuing temporary
injunctions without notice to them, and
furnishing them for contempt of court in
Instances where, as a matter OF fact.
1. l. n
ings. Organized labor is chatting
under the unjust restraint which
comes from repeated resort to this
plan of procedure.
Injunction Must Remain.
The power of injunction is a grea,
equitable remedy, which should on nc
account be destroyed. But safeguards
| should be erected against its abuse
| In substance, provision should be made
| that no Injunction or temporary re-
| straining order issue otherwise than or
notice, except where irreparable injury
would otherwise result: and in such case
a hearing on the merits of the order
should be had within short fixed pc
] riod, and. ~ not then continued afte'
! hearing, II should forthwith lapse. De
cisions should be rendered Immediately
! and the chance OF delay minImzed In
I every way. Moreover l believe that the
/
the judge required minutely to state the
| particulars both OF his action and of Ills
reasons therefor, 80 that the congress
can II II desires examine and investigate
| the same.
Harm Worked by Law.
Discussing measures necessary fol
the proper control of giant corpora
tons operating in defiance of law, the
president says:
Real damage has been done by tn,
manifold and conflicting interpretation
| oil the Interstate commerce law. Con,
| troll over the great corporations doinf
! interstate business can be effective onl,
II 1t is vested with full power in ar
administrative department, a branch Of
the federal executive, carrying out
| federal law; IL can never be effective 8
a divided responsibility is left in boti
the states and the nation it can never
be effective II left in the hands OF tn,
courts to be decided by lawsuits.
The courts hold place OF peculiar ans
deserved sanctty under our form OF gov
eminent. Respect for tho law is essen
tial to the permanence of our institu
tons; and respect for the law 10 largel!
conditioned upon respect for the courts
1t is an offense against the republic Il
say anything which can weaken this re
spect save for the gravest reason and II
the most carefully guarded manner. In NJ
other nation in the world do the court
WELD such vast and far-reaching powe
as In the United States All that is nee
essary is that the courts as a Who'll
should exercise this power with the far
sighted wisdom already shown by thos
Judges who scan the future while the.
act In the present.
Forest Preservation.
The manifest necessity for fores
preservation is pointed out as dut
the present generation owes to its dc
scendants. and the president cites tn
case OF China, where reckless de-for
estation has resulted in creating des
erts, as an object lesson.
Inland Waterways.
Immediate action by the presen
session OF congress for the improve
ment OF our inland waterways tn
president declares to be imperative
He recommends the creation of pei
manent commission authorized to &C