Los Angeles herald., 1910-09-06
ROOSEVELT GIVES
VIEWS ON LABOR
Declares ToiIers. Should Be Pro-
tected from Greed of Un-
scrupulouS Employers
HOLDS UNIONS NECESSARY
Throng of Workingmen Braves
Rain at Fargo to Listen to
C0IonePS Address
HOLDS UNIONS NECESSARY
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mendation of the federal judge who
was presiding and had introduced
hmi, because the judge by what he had
said had shown himself to be in SYM
pathy with the laboring man. He re-
ferred to Judge c. F. Amidon of the
district of North Dakota. and his re-
marks were applauded vigorously by
the crowd.
Fargo's Labor day celebration was
almost spoiled by rain, which fell IN
termittently throughout the day,
In introducing Colonel Roosevelt,
Judge Amidon said the people assem-
bled there should not forget that, above
all. the occasion was one for the Ia"
horing men, who were holding their
annual celebration. Suggesting that
laboring men suffer wrongs that might
be reached by legislation, Judge Ami
don called especial attention TO the
failure of congress to enact a law pro
viding for compensation for laoorlng
men when injured, or for their taInllleS
in the event of their death
Every government of Europe, with
the exception of Turkey, he said hao
enacted such laws eliminating from the
Question of COMPENSATION all matters
of negligence on the part of either the
employes or the employer, and fixing
n definite amount to which the empIoye
should be entitled
CoMNTENDS FEDERAL JUDGE
When Colonel Roosevelt reached the
mart of his speech in which he adVo-
Gated a worklngman's compensation
act. he turned to Judge Amldon anu
said: -. s.,. -,,ord
IT cannot help saying Just one woTo
as to how have been delghIeu thlS
afternoon to hear utterances from a
federal Judge who looks ahead from
q federal Judge who not only stanas
for honesty and righteousness III tIe
conventional forms in Whlch Judges
have been accustomed to see them loI
ranerations. hut who stands facing the
SS,nDainor conditions and realizing the
onnet}+ufion of the United states must
Sa administered, If It is to be admin
istered wisely, by men VINO know Ihe
y1aads Of the wage earners, just as tHey
evTnpathize with and understand lne
needs of all other American cItlHoIlS,
Tba colonel said labor unions were
1noaesitv of modern life and that
+hav should guard against unWlse
1aoSorshin The workingman, he salo'
sho1IId he protected by law from Ihe
rreed and carelessness OF unscruPuS
Ions employers, just as OUTSIDE VI
working hours both employer anu ~ el
rIove were protected by law IN IneIr
iives and property against the ,Il,- Hu[-
derer and the thief. To accomplish
tbis col Roosevelt said, national anu
state laws should be passed.
RIG CROWD HEARS SPEECH
Roosevelt day brought thousands
of persons into Fargo in spite OF lll9
,.ain. although many others VINO nau
I1Ianned to come in by wagon OF tr-
tomobile gave it up when the ram
began early in the day. .no
When Col. Roosevelt reached tle
rorl[ he found waiting for him a
tprong which filed the platform ana
o,.oyuded the rising ground on every
eide Behind him there Huttereu an
o1d +attered flag under Whlch ne Ne
1ivered an Grafton on the fourI4 %
July thirty years ago at Medora' ~; n. ~
When It began to rain the coIoIlel
,ooI,a6 ont over the crowd at the sum-
.S1er hats and dresses which were belng
aoI,ad and left the stand. He went out
among the crowd and told the women
10 90 I'D under cover on the staiiq, s,tl
When he had filled the stand win
women he sauntered through ihe ihe
crowd. needless of the ram sIaAlhs
tayds and talking with the people.
Le+ar the shower the exercises OF
.,,o dov were resumed. Only a sfnall
s1art Of the crowd was driven away
Nv the rain. Women with bedraggIeu
hats and dripping dresses sat out tle
afternoon. o7or,o, ,oeae II
o,anr he did not wish to give blanket
Cle1l sI.za,2,erf 10 10 everything done by
1abor unions, although he said ne pc
1iaved them to be a necessity and ne
Thoroughly approved of them
Col. Roosevelt outlined ms lueds ol
what should be done to improve lne @
W5;+inn WIIot of workmen. The speech
follows: ..,,-.
rodav-on labor day. speak in one sense
osnec,aI1v to those personally and vitality IN
+erested In the labor struggle ana YET hpeaA
Of this primarily one aspect OF ue iaI se'
social struggle growing out OF the aIIehP@
20 read1ust social conditions ana make 'iieiN
moro equitable . 49,, -, -
30 ocononic triumphs--triumphs In the domain
NJ production, including transportation and the
mechanics Of exchange. The marvellous pro
srass made IN these respects multiplied man
productive power to an almost ihcohcel' 'aD4e .
deqree. In the matter Of the production ot
wealth as much progress was made during
,ba nineteenth century during all previous
7,erlods since history dawned-that ls' the
changes brought IN a single century through
machinery and steam have been greater IMAM
the sum total OF the changes OF the pre-
ceding thousands of years; and these very
changes and this material progress have thrust
,,non MS social and political problems Of the
frrt magnitude. The triumphs Of the phys
teal sciences in the nineteenth century rep
resented progress primarily IN the material
clements of civilization. Inc most pressing
problerns that confront the present century
are not concerned with the production Of
wealth, but with its distribution. The de-
mands Of progress now deal not so much
with the material with the moral and
ethical factors OF civilization. Our basic prob
lem is to see that the marvelously augmented
powers Of production bequeathed to us by the
nineteenth century shall in the twentieth be
made TO administer to the needs OF the many
rather than be exploited for the profit Of the
few.
The American wage Garner faces this larger
social problem in a dual capacity; first as
a citizen Of the republic charged with the
full duty Of citizenship; and next a wage
earner-as a wage worker-who. together with
his fellow workers. is vitality concerned IN the
question Of wages and general conditions OF
employment, which affect not only his well
being and that OF his wife and children, but
the opportunities Of all workers for higher
development
IT is true OF wage workers as OF ell other
citizens that most OF their progress must de-
pend upon their own initiative and their own
efforts Nevertheless there are three differ
ant factors in this progress There is, first,