United labor bulletin., 1909-12-17
EMPLOYERS LIABILITY.
The Necessity of Political Action
by Organized Labor.
BY C.. II. IR UIN.


During the last week President aft has appointed Judge
Vacancy United States caused by the death
Judge PEh This illustrate; of the the the rights
G Judge By G his & d s!5 JSs s ue I u e' 5 % ps at. Federal 1t c an
s & decided that with % G that od % ae @ employees % a'a d besue
Of such failure their damages unconstitutional in so far as
d % , the dmas. @ "s Seesd by reason Of the employers failure
the statute
,A., an employees assumption he has
@ expressly agree , w, his % s % s S,au.d s s he sise 3 e %
that thing and paid for & taking Il, n I s Such @ decision ndaD y % s SSn'I bs
law restricting hours of work eight hours day 1t violation
Id e s %e hRs .'as reh RP @s, being by Judge
private action s~poys obdene perfectly
% plain that % & act @ Of & the p police Gsn sd % @ % bo @ Is1n s
the whole purpose the declares the employees sought
,f. faosd % Company public duty imposed
% m man , ~s' ~s sn si5s s p"odn prot ape Of the .a
mind deeply G devoted the service Of utility soPslsoa s s r .e5
by contract President Taft himself when Federal Judge
policy a Of the law itself forbd the contracting statutory
daa s % @ Judge | FL @ % ss''f $ nights 'sSs ss''
oB, The ds. ~ s % I suo%'q m &c ] sup % @ S % ap @ d DG ' ms m
The Supreme of the recognized the principle
3 5 s ' .% has IA. night 5 P %fs p S % % % INJURIOUS 5nSa o f & s and @
with the public welfare This doctrine has been applied in large class cases
such frddns child labor restricting the hours OF work statutes
] , 'n Ury and Gambling There are large elas. Of people who
Sc, & n gom dsy day performing services dangerous place,
dangerous conditions and who work where they working and keep such 9
like the conditions quit dss mock
5ae e conditions Of hat very class Compelling the employer yield osng
prerOsahye possibly something of his profit the of humanity and
limbs of workmen by adopting safer labor
Such legislation M must must S r'sd the % @ & % to % ,s the % % vs S
public policy and turned his back human
applied liability of has been appointed OF the justices OF the
Supreme o the United States
conndng Indifferent the safety
that public America does recognize the employees right
which
have mol taken The time to consider the rights Of men If public sentiment is to
corrected the nov % must ee i've impetus from n s'nisd @ labor d @ not be
daiEes country The
of called the
Their labor and
far a they have superficial and uanstor
in public this
the employers The labonng
called respectable members of sympathy with the employers they
phan,ropt stated
public address delivered Denver that Jesus his day staor Nearly
in socaed
upon of Jesus they all told their
,a, The hind Jesus phh they worpd asated for reform and that they
mould the all
noso Jesus scousd the
changers from the temple they the capitalists of the of the
chmch.
burdens and su to be borne and lay them on men shoulders; but they them
selves WIN not move un WIN one uet hnse" N,hew Z''3
10
for the employees themselves the question and keep they
laws.hc initiative the referendum and the recall
M Let take The @ example Of n D i % oeo % coa 10000 % vS
If will consider and and stand together Forgetting for the
hms beng hat you are epuoheans or democrats
rights have been umpd beneath the feet of od politicians the
organized oush. politics
answered the with which Wendell Phillips answered the clergy
in pulpit Phillips replied that so
there should politics the pulpit and long human rights could be secured
ddn politics So long Of labor only
cured through Legislative and be protected by judicial should be
the businesses organized labor Until politics. and
will those rights