The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1910-09-05

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cry form uf Organization represent
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cal or Horial force must undergo q
closer scrutiny than ever before
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tDsouiati,o lnatcV ~ labor unions
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mhHE up mN mind how to deal
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tAe leaders of any business or bgo-
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tribute 90 the worth end integrity
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good judgement as leaders But
uo movement leadership how
ever earnest and honest. can endure
unless the r9ut and file live up 20
their duties and search Tor sdch
lead rsbip and support 1t when they
find it, If the beet mon I'm q labor
union leave its management an
control TO men Of a poorer type.-tte
effect will he just as disastrous DIS
when good citizens in a city follow
the same course as regards city
government The stay-at-home man
in union is just as much response
bic for the sins of omission and COM
mission of his organization asthe
sfay-at-home man in a city is for the
civic conditions under which he suf-
fers and about which he complains
1t is not merely the duty of the
,vage-earner. but it is also the duty
of the general public, to see that he
has safe and healthy conditions un
der which to carry on his work. No
worker should be compelled as a
condition of earning his daily bread
to risk his life and limb, or be de
prived of his health, or have to
work under dangerous and bad sur
roundingg.
Society owes TIE worker this be-
cause it owes as much to itself. He
should not be compelled to maxi
this a matter Of contract; he ought
rot to be left to fight alone fW
decent conditions in this respect,
His protection in the place where
he works should be guaranteed by
the law Of the land IN other
words, he should be protected dur
ing his working hours against greed
and carelessness on the part of un-I
sc.upGloue aNd tEougAtlesa en-
ployers, just as outside of those
working hours both he and his en-
ployer are protected in their lives
and property against the murderar
and thief
Women and children should be-
yond all question, be protected; and
in their cases there can be no ques-
ton that the states should act. They
should be particular objects Of our
solicitude; and they should be guard
in an effective fashion against the
demands of too greedy commercial
ism. On my recent trip in the
neighborhood of Scranton and
Wilkesbarre every one | spoke to-
agreed as to the immense improve
ment that had been wrought by the
effective enforcement of the laws
prohibiting children under the age
of fourteen years from working
and prohibiting women from work
ing more than ten hours day.
Personally, | think ten hours too
long; but, be this as it may, ten
hours day was great advance
Among the planks in the plat
form of the American Federation or
Labor there are some to which I
very strongly subscribe. They
are:
1. Free schools; free textbooks;
and compulsory education.
Q. A work-day Of not more than
eight hours.