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Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1908-03-14
Notice

To WHOM IT May CONCERN:
Please take notice TINT hereafter ]
will not be responsible for any contracts
made by or for goods purcb ased by Q. F.
Chapman in behalf OF the firm Of Cot ton
& Chapman, conducting what is known
as the Q & G Saloon at Mizpab, Nevada.
r. CoTToN
Salt Lake City, Utah, Feb 26, 1908.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1908-03-14
Advancement.

Miss A.-And that nephew of yours
who--er--ran away, don't you know.
and joined the army, how is he get.
ting on?
Miss B. (proudly) very we'll,
indeed. He's just been made pri.
vate secretary to the lance corporal of
HE regiment Punch,
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1908-03-14

The New Growth in Agriculture Mining ana
Railroad Building is causing Elko have a
great growth and this has but just started
If you buy lots the HILL you WILL GER
tain1y MAKE MONEY.
The ELKO LAND & IMPROVEMENT COMPANY
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1908-03-14

IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE FOURTH
JUDICIAL DISTRICT OF THE STATE
OF NEVADA, IN AND FOR THE
COUNTY OF ELKO.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1908-03-14

In the matter of the Guardianship of the Person
and Estate of Emma Amanda Reinkcn. Minor
Notice of Sale of Real and Personal Estate
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1908-03-14

A good new house with bath room and
modern in every respect in fine To-
cation and it is cheap. Price $4,000.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1908-03-14

We have vacant lots in any part NE
town and some bargains. Come ifi-be-
fore the rush starts.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1908-03-14

Another one of rooms all furnished a
good buy at s235o.oo. A payment
down balance on time.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 1906-19??, 1908-12-10

lies In having the power lnsufticient-
~ concentrated 80 hat no one can
be held responsible to the people for
its use Concentrated power IN pal
pable visible responsible, easily
reached, quickly held TO account
Power scattered through many adj
minislrators, many legislators, many
men who work behind and through
legislators and administrators. 10 i'm.
palpobe, Is unseen, Is irresponsible
eau not be reached can not be held
TO account. Democracy IN In peril
wherever the Administration OF po-
lltical power Is scattered among a
variety OF men who work IN secret
whose very names are unknown %
the common people. II Is not IN
peril from any man who derives au-
thorlty from the people who eXcr-
clses II In sight OF the people, and
who Is from time to time compelled
TO give an account OF It's exercise to
the people.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 1906-19??, 1908-12-10

tax on large fortunes Industrial ed
ucation should be encouraged. Az
lar as possible we should tighten the
burden of taxation on the small
man
We should put a premium upon
lhrltt. hard work, and business en-
ergy but these quahIs cease to be
he main factors In accommodating a
fortune long before that fortune
reaches point where It would be
seriously affected by any Inheritance
tax such as propose, II is emf
nently right that the nation should
fix the terms upon which the great
fortunes are inherited They rarely
do good and they often do harm to
those who inherit them In their en-.
tlrcty
The weekly herald. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 1906-19??, 1908-12-10
CONGRESS- SHOULD CREATE
MODEL LIABILITY LAW.

The congress should without fur
Their delay pass model employers
liability law for the District OF Co.
lumbia. The employers liability act
recently declased unconstitutional,
on account of apparently including
In It's provisions employees engaged
in Interstate commerce, has been
held by the local courts to be still
in effect SO far as its provisions APP
ply to the District OF Columbit.
There should be no ambiguity on
this point. II there is any doubt on
the subject, the law should be re-
enacted with special reference to the
District OF Columbia This act, how
ever, applies only to employees OF
common carriers.
In all other occupations the liza
bility law OF the District is the old
common law. The severity and in
justice OF the common law in this
matter has been in some degree or
another modified in the majority of
our states, and the only jurisdiction
under the exclusive control of the
congress should be ahead and not
behind the states of the union in this
respect. A comprehensive employ
ers' liability law should be passed
for the District of Columbia
| renew my recommendation made
in previous message that half-hol-
idays be granted during summer to
all wage-earners in government en-
ploy
also renew my Recommendation
that the principle OF the eight-hour
day should as rapidly and as far
as practicable be extended to the en-
tire work being carried on by the
government; the present law should
be amended to embrace contracts on
those public works which the pres
ent wording Of the act seems to ex-
clude.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 1906-19??, 1908-12-10

the new applications Of tht'oid prln.
cIples made necessary rby the new
conditions .l...
THESE JUDGES 10 MOST
LASTING HARM, ...
Judges Of this stamp do lasting
harm by their decisions, rbocautc they
convince poor men in need OF Iro.
lection that the courtsIof the land
are profoundly ignorant OF and Gus
of sympathy with their needs and
profoundly Indifferent or hostile 10
any proposed remedy, To such men
IL seems cruel mockery to have
any court decide against hen n
the ground that II desires 70 preserfs
liberty IN purely technical form,
by withholding liberty in any real
and constructive sense 10 Is de-.
slraJle that the legislative hrH5
should possess, and wherever nee,
sary exercise. the power 10 deter
mine whether in given case ..-
ployers and employees are nu. or no
equal footing, so that the la.... r.
ties Of the latter compel them 5
submit TO such eXactions as 60 hour
and conditions OF labor as undu
10 tax their strength; and only ml
chief can result when such detC
mination Is upset on the ground
that there must be no Interference
with the liberty to contradiction
a merely academic liberty" the e.
erclse Of which is the negation d
real liberty,
There are certain decisions by
various courts which have been es
ceedingly detrimental to the rights
of wageworkcrs. This is true of al
the dN,isions that decide that men
and women are, by the constitution,
guaranteed their liberty" TO cola
tract to enter dangerous Occupation
or to work an undesirable or improl
er number OF hours, or TO work b
unhealthy surroundings; and there
fore can not recover damages whcn
manned in that occupation, and can
not be forbidden to work what tho
Legislature decides is an excessive
number of hours, or to carry On the
work under conditions which the
legislature decides TO be unhealthy.
The most dangerous occupations are
often the poorest paid and those
where the hours OF work are long
est; and in many cases those who
go into them are driven by necessity
so great that they have practically
no alternative.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 1906-19??, 1908-12-10
MOST STRIKING OMISSION
IN THE LAW RECALLED.

Perhaps one OF the most striking
omissions In the law is that II does
not embrace peace officers and others
whose lives may be sacrificed In en-
forcing the laws OF the United States.
The terms OF the act providing COM
pensatlon should be made more lib.
eral than In the present act, \
years compensation is not adequate
for wage-earuer's family IN the
event OF his death by accident In the
course OF his employment. And In
the event OF death occurring, say
ten or eleven months after the acci.
dent, be family would only receive
as compensation the equivalent OF
one or two months earnings In
this respect the generosity Of tho
United States towards It's employees
compares most unfnyorably with that
OF every country in Europe-eyen
the poorest.
The terms OF the act are also a
hardship In prohibiting payment In
cases where the accident is In any
way due to the negligence OF the en-
ployee. II is inevitably that daily
familiarity with danger will lead
men 10 take chances that can be
construed into negligence, So well
is this recognized that in practically
all countries in the civilized world,
except the United States, only a
great degree Of negligence acts as
bar to secure compensation
Probably in no other respect is
our legislation, both state and ma
tional, so far behind practically the
entire civilized world as in the mat
ter OF liability and compensation for
accidents In industry. 1t Is humil.
iRtins that at European information
al congresses on accidents the Unit
ed States should be singled out as
the most belated among the nations
In respect TO employers liability
legislation. This government is It,
self a large employer of labor, and
In its dealings with its employees It
should set a standard in this country
which would place It on a par with
the most progressive countries in
Europe The laws OF the United |
States in this respect and the laws
OF European countries have been
in a recent bulletin OF
the bureau OF labor, and no Amerl-
can who reads this summary can fail
TO be struck by the great contrast
between our practices and tbeirs-a
not In any sense to our
credit
The weekly herald. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 1906-19??, 1908-12-10
ALL ARE CAPITALISTS WHO
LOAN THEIR MONEY.

These are all capitalists, who
through the savings banks loan their
money "a the workers--that Is, In
many cases TO themselves carry
on their various industries. The
more We increase their number the
more We introduce the principles OF
cooperation into our industry. Every
Increase in the number OF small
stockholders in corporations Is a
good thing, for the same reasons;
and where the employees are the stock
holders the result is particularly
GOOD.
Very much OF this movement must
b. outside OF anything that can be
accomplished by legislation; but leg
isation can do good deal, Postal
savings lafks will make 1t easy for
the poorest 10 keep their savings In
absolute safety. The regulation OF
the national highways must be such
chat they shall serve all people with
equal justice. Corporate fin4Rees
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, diminution OF woman labor.
shortening OF hours OF all mechanical
labor; stock watering should be. pro-
hibited, and stock gambling so far
as is possible discouraged. There
should be progressive Inheritance
The weekly herald. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 1906-19??, 1908-12-10
COURTS JEAPORDIZED
BY CERTAIN JUDGES,

The courts are ieoparded primar.
lily by the action of these federal
and state judges who show inability
or unwillingness to put q stop to
the wrongdoing of very rich men I'M
der modern industrial conditions and
inability or unwillingness to give re-
lief to men OF small means or wage
workers who are crushed down by
these modern industrial conditions;
who, in other words, fail to under
stand and apply the needed remedies
for the new wrongs produced by the
new and highly complex social and
industrial civilization which has
grown up in the last half century.
The rapid changes in our social
and industrial life which have at.
tended this rapid growth have made
1t necessary that, in applying to con-
crete cases the great rule of right
laid down in our constitution, there
should be a full understanding and
appreciation Of the new conditions to
which the rules are to be applied.
What would have been an infringe
ment upon liberty half a century
ago may be the necessary safeguard
of liberty today. What would have
been an injury to property then may
be necessary to the enjoyment of
property now. Every judicial de-
csion involves two terms-one, an
Interpretation OF the law; the other.
the understanding of the facts to
which 1t is to be applied.
The great mass of our judicial
officers are, | believe, alive to these
changes of conditions which SO ma.
terially affect the performance Of
their judicial duties. Our judicial
system is sound and effective, at
core, and IL remains, and must ever
be maintained as the safeguard of
those principles or liberty and JUS
tiee which stand at the foundation
Of American institutions; for, as
Burke finely said, when liberty and
Justice are separated, neither is
safe. There are, however, some
members of the judicial BODY who
have Jagged behind in their under
standing OF these great and vital
changes in the body polite, whose
minds have never been opened to
The weekly herald. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 1906-19??, 1908-12-10
LABOR WORLD

There are many matters affecting
labor and the status OF the wage
workers TO which should like 10
draw your attention, but an exhaus-
tive discussion OF the problem In all
It's aspects II not now necessary, This
administration is nearing It's end;
and, moreover, under our form Of
government the solution OF the prob
lem depends upon the action Of the
states as much as upon the action OF
the nation. Nevertheless, there are
certain considerations which | wish
to sci before you, because ! hope that
our people will more and more keep
them In mind
A blind and Ignorant resistance to
every effort for the reform OF abuses
and for the readiustment OF society
W modern Industrial conditions rep
resents not true conservatism but an
Indictment 10 the widest radicallsm
for wise radicalism and wise conserv-
atlsm 90 hand in hand, one bent on
progress, the other bent on seeing
that no change Is made unless in
the right direction.
! believe In steady effort, or
perhaps II would be more accurate
TO say In steady efforts in many dir
terent directions, 10 bring about
condition of affairs under which the
mel who work with hand or brain,
the laborers. the superintendents,
the men who produce for the market
and the men who find market for
the articles produced, shall own a.
far greater share than at present OF
the wealth they produce, and be en-
sbled to invest It In the tools and in
Btruments by which all work is car
rled on.
AS far as possible hope to see
a frank recognition OF the advant-
ages conferred by machinery, organ
lzation, and division OF labor, accom-.
panied by an effort TO bring about a
larger share in the ownership by
OF railway, mill and fac
tory. In farming, this simply means
hat we wish to see the farmer own
his own land; We do not wish to
zee the farms so large that they be-
'ome the property OF absentee land
ords who farm them by tenants, nor
yet so small that the farmer becomes
Ike a European peasant. Again,
he deposltors In our savings banks
low number over one-tenth of our
'nt!.s population.
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the COURTS

] most earnestly urge upon the
congress the duty OF increasing the
totally inadequate salaries now Civ
en- 10 our Judges. On the whole
there is no body of public servants
who do as valuable work, nor whose
moneyed reward is so inadequate
compared to their work. Beginning
with the supreme court the judges
should have their salaries doubled.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 1906-19??, 1908-12-10

uals OF a certain class in society
Such an appeal IN the first place re-
volts the more hiRh-mlnded aud far,
sighted among the persons TO whom
IL is addressed, and In the second
place tends 10 arouse strong an.
tagonIsm among all other classes of
citizens, whom II therefore tends Ia
unite against the very organization
on whose behalf II is issued. The
result Is therefore unfortunate from
every standpoint This healthy truth
by the way, viii be learned by the
socialists IL they over succeed in
establishing In this country an inn
portant national party based on such
class consciousness and selfish class
interest.
The wagcworkers, the working
men, the laboring men Of the coun-
try by the way In which they ropu-
dated the effort 90 get them TO
cast their votes in response to an
appeal TO class hatred, have EN-
phasIzed their sound patriotism and
Americanism, The whole country
has cause to feel pride in this atti-
tude Of sturdy independence, in this
incorporating insistence upon act
Ing simply as good citizens, as good
Americans, without regard to fan
cied-and improper-class interests.
Such an attitude is an object les
son in good citizenship to the entire
nation,
But the extreme reactionaries, the
persons who blind themselves to the
wrongs now and then committed by
the courts on laboring men, should
also think seriously as 10 what such
movement As this portends. The
judges who have shown themselves
able and willing effectively to check
the dishonest activity OF the very
rich man who works iniQuity by
the Encouragement OF corporations,
who have shown themselves alert to
do justice 10 the wageworker, and
sympathetic with the needs OF the
mass Of our people, so that the
dweller in the tenement houses, the
man who practices dangerous
trade, the man who is crushed by
excessive hours OF labor. feel that
their needs are understood by the
courts-these judges are the real
bulwark OF the courts; these judges,
the judges OF the stamp OF the pres
ident-elect who have been fearless
in opposing labor when II has gone
wrong, but fearless also in holding
10 strict account corporations that
work iniquity, and farmghted in
seeing that the workingman gets his
rights, are the men of all others to
whom We owe it that the appeal for
such violent and mistaken legisla-
ton has fallen on deaf ears, ths,
he agitation for its passage proved
to be without substantial basis.
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II Is not beflttng the dignity OF the
nation that It's most honorcd puzzle
servants should be paid sums 50
small compared TO what they would
earn in private life that the per
Torrance of public service by them
implies an exceedingly heavy pecu-
mary sacrifice.
II Is earnestly TO be desired that
some method should be devised for
doing away with the long delays
which now obtain in the adminIstra-
ton Of Justice, and which operate
with peculiar severity against per-
sons OF small means, and favor only
the very criminals whom Il Is most
desirable TO punish. These long de-
lays In the final decisions of cases
make In the aggregate a crying evil;
and remedy should be devised,
Much OF this intolerabe delay Is
due to improper regard paid TO tecl.-
nicalities which are mere hindrance
to justice, In some noted recent
cases this over-regard for technicali-
ties has resulted in a striking de-
NAL OF justice, and fragrant wrong
to the body polite.
At the last election certain lead
ers OF organized labor made a vio-
lent and sweeping attack upon the
entire judiciary Of the country, IN
attack couched in such terms, as to
include the most upright, honest and
broad-minded judges, no less than
those OF narrower mind and more 70
stricted outlook II was the kind
OF attack admirably fitted TO prevent
any successful attempt TO reform
abuses OF the judiciary, because 1t
gave the champions OF the unjust
Judge their eagerly desired oppor-
tunity to shift their ground into
championship Of just judges who
were uniustly assailed, Last year
before the House Committee on the
Judiciary, these same labor leaders
formulated their demands, specify
ing the bill that contained them, re-
fusing all compromise, stating they
wished the principle OF that bill or
nothing, They insited on a provision
that in labor dispute no injunction
should issue except to protect
property right, and specifically pro-
vided that the right to carry on bus
mess should not be construed as
property right; and in second pro-
vision their bill made legal in
labor dispute any act or agreement
by or between two or more persons
that would not have been unlaErul
II done by a single person
The weekly herald. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 1906-19??, 1908-12-10
BILL LEGALIZES BLACKLIST
ING AND BOYCOTTTNG.

In other words, this bill legalzed
blackllsting and boycotting in every
form, legalizlng, for instance, those
forms of the secondary boycott which
the anthracite coal strike commission
So unreservedly condemned; while
the right to carry on a business was
explicitly taken out from under that
protection which the law throws over
property. The demand was made
that there should be trial by Jury
In contempt cases thereby most SER
iously impairing the authority of the
courts. All this represented a course
of policy which If carried out, would
mean the enforcement OF class priv
ilege in its crudest and most brutal
form, and the destruction of one OF
the most essential functions OF the
judiciary in all civilized lands,
The violence OF the crusade for
this legislation, and its complete
failure, illustrate two truths which
1t is essential our people should
learn. In the first place, they ought
to teach the workingman, the la
borer, the wageworker, that by de-
handing what Is improper and inn
possible he plays into the hands OF
his foes. Such a crude and vicious
attack upon the courts, even If it
were temporarily successful would
inevitably in the end cause a violent
reaction and would band the great
mass of citizens together, forcing
them TO stand by all the judges,
competent and incompetent alike,
rather than to see the wheels of
justice stopped.
A movement of this kind can ul-
timately result in nothing but dam
age to those in whose behalf it is
nominally undertaken. This is a
most healthy truth, which it Is wise
for all our people to learn. ANY
movement based on that class hat
red which at times assumes the name
OF class consciousness" is certain
to fail, and il it temper
arily succeeds, to do far-reaching
damage. Glass consciousness, "
where it is merely another name for
the odious vice of class selfishness,
is equally noxious whether in an
employers association or in work.
association.
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violent hostility they have DIS
played during the last few years TO
regulation and control by the ma
ilonal government OF combinations
engaged IN Interstate business The
truth is that we who believe In this
movement Of asserting and exercising
genuine control, In the public in-
torest, over those great corporations
have TO contend against two sets OF
enemies, who, though nomnally op-
posed TO one another, are really al
lies In preventing a proper solution
or the problem
There are, FIRST the big corpora
ton men, and the extreme ndivdu-
sllsts among business men, who gem
timely believe IN utterly unregulated
business that Is, In the reign OF plu-
toeracy; and, second the men who,
being blind to the economic move
mcnts OF the day, believe In a move
ment OF repression rather than OF
regulation Of corporations, and who
denounce both the power Of the rail-
roads aud the exercise OF the federal
power which aloncc can really con
troll the railroads. Those who believe
In efficient national control, on the
other hand do not In the least OBJ
ject to combinations; do not In the
least object to concentration In bus
lness administration On the con-
trary, they favor both, with the all
important proylao that there shall be
such publicity about their worklngF
and such thoroughgoing control over
them. as to insure their being In the
interest and not against the interest,
OF the general public
We do no, object to the concen-
tratiop OF wealth and administration,
but wo do believe IN the distribution |
OF the wealth In profits to the real !
owners, and in securing TO the public |
the full benefit OF the concentrated |
administration. We believe that |
with concentration In administration
there can come both the advantage OF
a larger ownership and OF more
equitable distribution OF profits, and
at the same time better service to
the commonwealth We believe that
the administration should be for the
benefit of the many; and that greed
and rascality practieed on large
scale, should be punished as relent-
lessly as II practiced on small
scale.