Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1910-09-01

Of stocks and bonis ",''interstate rail-
ways.
For this last was substituted provision
authorizing the appointment of a COM
mission to consider the evils arising from
the over-issue of stocks and bonds, and
! The. methods of preventing such evils by
fts w s:essional regulation. &-
Postal Savings Bank Bills.
The postal savings bank bill has a
similar history 1t IS one. of the .greot
CorEressionar enactments. SIT creates
an epoch 1t Institutes a system which
will work effectively to promote
thrift among the poor by providing
depository for their savings which
they properly may consider absolutely
safe, and will also turn into the chan
nels of trade and commerce a large
volume of money which otherwise
would be boarded. BY specific prov-
sions 1t will stimulate the investment
of savings in government bonds Of
small denominations. for which the bill
provides Like the tar!.' bill and the
railroad bill, this was put through
each House Of CONGRESS by Repub
lican majority, anG was s.sned by a
Republican President.
The Republican party at the last
session OF Congress again exhibited
its deep and r.GccTr interest In the
general welfare Of tie working men
and women OF the country by adding
important enactments to its already
long record of legislation on this sub
iect. Practically all classes Of en-
ployees, especially those engaged In
occupations more or less hazardous.
are the benehclarias OF laws which
should operate TO tighten the burdens
which naturally fall upon the shoul-
ders of man. The Republican party
recognised the necessity Of reducing
the dangers under which hundreds Of
Thousands Of miners work. by creating
the Bureau of Mines. This bill was
passed for the purpose OF establishing
an eficient governmental instrument
for investigation, examination and re-
mort to the world Of the kind Of safety
appliances that will prevent the awful
losses of life in the operation of mines,
and especially OF coal mines. Sec
ond purpose of the bureau Is to per-
form the same once in respect to the
great industry Of mining that the De-
partment Of Agriculture performs in
respect to the farming interests OF the
country; that is, by experiment and
investigation TO determine the most
effective methods OF mining and the
best means Of avoiding the deplorable
waste that now obtains In the present
mining methods.
Other Legislation Commended.
No more important legislation in the
interest Of human life has ever been
enacted BY Congress than the laws Of
the recent session giving 70 the Inter-
powers 10 dsfne the needed safety ap-
III he ~ aGOl.
dents 70 employees and paseenGers,
and after a hearing. 10 fsQuirs their
adoption By interstate rAilwaya Other
legislation. with respect 70 the inspse-
tion Of locomotive boilers ara the re-
moYal Of dangerous oVarhead obstruo-
tions, awaits the conaideration OF the
next session Of this Congress, and !
hope that II may speedily be passed
The employers liability act was per-
fscted BY needed amendment 90 - 10
enable injured employees more easily
20 recover just damages.
But IN one sense the most forward
step taken IN the Interest Of the work.
or was the creation Of = Congressional
eommission 20 report q practical bill
for the nxinG Of Wofkmsn'6 eomponna-
ton for injuries received in the en-
ploymsnt OF Interstate eommeree rail-
waya - risks IN the business 10 be
hEed b. speedy arbitration and to be
graduated according 20 the extent Of
the inJury and the earning capacity Of
the injured person. This II important
not only aa affecting Interstate com
msrce railways, but II adopted, aa fur
Wishing model 70 the country for q
beneficial change IN the legal relation
between employee and employer. This
reform would put an end 70 the veNa-
uous and costly litigation through
which an Injured employee must 50 In
order 70 recover damaEes-litiEntion
which On aeas.rfaessthGaa aa'sisrtz-t1 t1Ess