Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-11-02
REPUBLICAN PARTY HAS EN-.
ACTED IMPORTANT
LEGISLATION.
STATE AND NATIONAL LAWS
BENEFIT TIE WAGE GARNER
Governor Carroll and Other State and
Legislative Officers Aid in Cause Of
Working Men and Wemsn-Rspubli.
can Congress Has LesisIated in In
terests Of Many Employees.
10 Times-Republican.


Dies Mosnes Nov. 2.-That the re.
publican party can be trusted 10 enact
laws, both state and national which
will car. for the interests of the labor
ing man, is shown by the records OF
that party in the past Practically all
of the beneficial legislation thai oI-
gained and unorganized labor has Sc
cured. has been enacted by republic
can lawmaking bodies.
Because TO state in the union has 50
consistent and unvarying record on
fair labor legislation, little fear is fe,,
tina, the people of Iowa vii! endeavor
TO change the personnel of either the
state or national law making bodies
by replacing the present republican
legislators with nominees OF the other
party.
Under Governor 3 +. Carroll, the
labor interests Of Iowa have been es-
pecially We'll cared for and as menu
Der OF the Iowa legislature NJ. CARROT
introduced and worked for bills that
were beneficial 10 labor Today Iowa
under republican rule has one Of the
best laws against child labor ever writ
ten on the statute books % any state.
Thu law prohibiting the employment OF
children between the ages Of IA ard
IS years. which Is prompted undei
certain specified conditions. has been
SO decreased thru the careful Work Of
/ the "a Dor department that there is out
IL per cent of the factory employees OF
the state between the designated ages
This is a decrease OF SIS Per cent during
the present admirist-a uon. In add
:
cen- decrease over former periods in
fata! accidents.
Inspection Laws.
The republican party has 70 its en-
viable credit not only the enforcement
Of the laws and the careful work Of in
specrion but the placing on the statute
books the very laws which make such
regulation possible. Among those laws
for which the laboring men of Iowa
have 10 thank the republican party are
the laws relating TO child labor. the
assumption of risks. the protection OF
machinery, the employers liability act.
the investigation and inspection Of oils.
Of mines and mining. OF factories and
warehouses and the passage OF numeT-
Gus acts relating TO the protection OF
life and health of the people at large.
During the last session OF congress
the republican party again exhibited
a sincere interest in the welfare of the
working men and women by adding
many important enactments. In re-
! viewing all classes Of employees, es-
pecially those engaged in more OF less
I hazardous occupations are the bene-
/ ficia,ries OF laws which operate 20
Tighten their burdens. The republican
party recognized the necessity Of re-
dueing the dangers under which num-
dreds Of thousands Of miners work by
creating the bureau Of mines. The bill
was passed for the purpose Of es1ab-
fishing an efficient governmental in
s,-unent for investigation. examination
and report TO the world OF the kind of
safety appliances that viii prevent the
awful losses of life in the operation OF
/ mines, and especially of coal mines.
Safety Appliance Legislation.
No more important legislation in the
/ interest Of human life has ever been
| enacted by congress than the laws OF
! the recent session giving the interstate
| corrrrerc commission ampler powers 10
| define the needed safety appliances for
! the prevention of accidents 10 employees
and passengers. and after a hearing, to
require their adoption oy interstate
railways other legislation with re-
spec, TO the inspection OF locomotive
/ boilers and the removal of dangerous
F! overhead distractions, awaits the con-
s;dera ton OF the next session OF this
congress. The EMPLOYERS liability act
! was perfected by needed amendments
! so as to enable injured employees more
easily 70 recover just damages.
| Bur in one sense the most forward
step taken in the interest Of the worker
was the creation of congressional
commission TO report practlcai bill!
Tor the fixing Of work-en's compen-
sation for injuries received in the en-
! ploy.nent Of interstate commerce rail-
ways, as risks in the business 20 be
fixed by speedy arbitration and 70 be
gra duated according 10 the extent OF
the injury and the earning capacity OF
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