The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-09-01

hours Of labor short enough so that after
/ his days work is done he will have time
and energy to bear his share in the man
! agement of the community. 10 help in
carrying the general load.
Need LAX " Regulations.
We keep countless men from being
good citizens by the conditions Of life
with which we surround them, We need
| comprehensive worSmen's compensation
acts. both state and national laws 70
regulate child labor and the work OF
women. and especially We need in our
common schools not merely education in
| book learning, but also practical train
| Ing for daily life and work. We need
20 enforce better sanitary conditions for
our workers and % extend the use OF
safety appliances in Industry and COM
merce. both within and between the
States. Also. friends. in the interest OF
the working man himself We need TO set
our faces like flint against mob violence.
just as against corporate greed; against
violence and injustice and Iawlessless by
wageworkers Just as much as against
lawless cunning and greed and selfish ar
! rogance OF employers.
National efficiency has many factors. II
IS a necessary result OF the principle OF
/ conservation widely applied In the end
/ It will determine our failure or success as
nation. National efficiency has 70 do
not only with natural resources and with
men; Il is equally concerned with in
f.
ficient for the work which concerns only
the people OF the STATE. and the nation
for that which concerns all the people
There must remain no neutral ground q
serve as a refuge FOR lawbreakers. and
especially FOR lawbrealers Of great wealth
who can hire the yulpine legal cunning
which will teach them how 10 avoid both
! Jurisdictions 1t is a misfortune when the
national legislature fails 10 do its duty ir
providing a national remedy. so that the
only national activity is the purely neg
alive activity Of the judiciary in forbid
ding the State 10 exercise power in The
| premises.
Capitalization Is Needed.
I do not ask for decentralization. but
do ask that we work IN a spirit OF
broad and far reaching nationalism wher
we work for what concerns our people
as a whole. We are all Americans. Our
common interests are as broad as the
continent. I speak 70 you here in Kan
sas exactly as I would speak in New
York OF Georgia, for the most vital prob
| lens are those which affect us all alike
The national government belongs 10 the
whole American people. and where the
whole American people are interested that
interest can be guarded effectively only
by the national government The better
ment which We seek must be accomplish
ed, I believe, mainly through the national
government
The American people are right IN de-
handing that new nationalism without
which we cannot hope 10 deal with new
problems. The new nationalism puts the
national need before sectional or per-
sonal advantage. It Is impatient OF the
utter confusion that results from local
| legislatures attempting TO treat national
Issues es local issues. II is still more I'm
patient Of the impotence which springs
from the overdivision of government
powers. the impotence which makes II
possible for local selhshness or for legal
cunning, hired by wealthy special inter