The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-02-01
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the relations between labor and CAPT.
tai. and between the great corporations
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tai. and between the great corporations
and the public.
The Supreme Court has decided the
stItutional because its terms apply to
employees engaged wholly In lntrastate
commerce as we'll as to employees en-.
gagged In interstate commerce.. BY n
that the Congress has power TO deal
with the question In SO FAR as Inter.
state commerce Is concerned.
a: AS regards the EMPLOYERS liability
actment. limiting Its scope 50 that
1t shall apply only to the class OF ca es
as to which the court says It cor, con-
si 81 apply. but STRENGTHENING
tersiate employment being thus cover.
ed by an adequate national law. the
field OF intrastate employment Will be
lett TO the action of the several
responsibility the States viii undoubt.
eddy give to the performance OF their
duty within their field the considera-
ton tho Importance OF the subject dc.
mands.
Pay Injured Employer.
! also very urgently advise that
ing for compensation by the govern
menr to all employees injured in the
government service. Under the pres
Ont law an Injured workman In the en-
P'op AtiSht rpL=FTNHS government mas no
remedy, and the entire burden OF the
accident falls on the helpless man. his
wife and his young children. This Is
an outrage. IT is 4 matter of hu.
mutation ahn,,,do 1T e the nation that there
provision to meet and partially to
atone for cruel misfortune when 1t
comes upon man through no fault
OF Ms own while faithfully serving the
Our proposition is not to confer a
emploYe. but TO secure him suitable
provi ION against injuries received in
| burden OF the trade risk should be
placed upon the governme Mt. Exac ly
rs the Workingman is entitled to his
wages, SO he should be entitled to in.
a.ssmnity for the injuries sustained in
the natural course OF his labor. The
rates OF compensation and the regu,a-
| tions TOT It's payment should be speci-
iled IN the law. and the machinery for
determining the amount 70 be paid
ishouid in each case be provided in such
manner that the employee Is properly
represented without expense to him.
n other words, the compensation
the application Of the law in the first
instance should be vested In the De.
partment Of Commerce and Labor. The
law should, apply TO all laborers. me-
the government of the United States.
Including those In he service OF the
Panama Caral Commission and of the
lnsular governments.
/ The same brad principle which
should apply to the government should
ultimately be made applicable to all
4 private employers. Where the nation
! has the power 1t should epact laws to
4 This effect. Where the States alone
nave the power they should enact the
4 There is q special bill to which
call your attertirn. Secretary Taft has
urgently recommended the immediate
passage OF law providing for CON.
Ipensation t. employees OF the govern.
7 ment Injured in the work Of the 18th.
y mian Canal and that 100000 be ap.
propria,ed for this purpose each year
earnestly hope this will be done: art
that special bill DO passed covering
the care of Yardmastcr Banton, whf
was injured nearly two years ago Will,
{; doing his duty. He Is now helpless IL
support his wife and his three little
! boys.
Injunctions In Labor Cases.
4 again call your attention to the
need .s Of some action in connection Will
the abuse OF injunctions III lubol
eases. AS regards tho rights anc
wrongs of labor and capital, from
b!aclilisting to boycotting, tho whole
! subject Is covered in admirable fashlor
!. BY the report Of the Anthracite Cou
strike Commission, which renor