Los Angeles herald., 1910-12-07

nn- oor+ ~ the privately owned timber OF the
country His report shows that one-haIt Oh
the timber In this area is owned by zVo IN
dividuals and corporations; that Ia per ~
ia owned by three corporations ana theio 20
very extensive ownership of stock as wei oo
other circumstances, all pointing 10 lrlehuiy
relations among those who own a majority
of this timber, a relationship which inisn.
lead TO a combination for the maintenanoe u
a rr,cs that would be very detrimental 10
the nubl,o interest and would create tho no
oa.s,+,, of renoyinR all tariff obstacles TO the
countries. .ho.
free importation Of lumber from o'her
Bureau of Labor
TIL. commission of labor has been ao'i'o.S %.
engaged In Interstate transportation uhuel '-.s
Errdroan act Jointly with the chairman OK
the Interstate commerce commission l CO..
NOT sneak In too high terms OF the success
az these two officers in Cancellation ana se.-
tIanent of controversies which. but tor tnelr
internosition would have resulted olsasuouS
lv to all interests. -, L.,
I invite attention to tho very serious
,rrv caused to all those who are engaged IN
~ ,nonufecture OF PHOSPHORUS matches The
dIseases incident to this are frightful' ana as
matches can be made from other materiaiS
ont,ralv innocuous 1 believe that the III
turious manufacture could be discouraeeo 9nu
ought to be discouraged by the imposition "a
a heavy federal tax. I recommend the @uop-
ton of this method Of stamping out very
serious abuse.
Eight-Hour Law
In 1892. the present eight hour law was
nassed. which provides that the services anu
employment OF all laborers ana mechaiics ,
who are now or may hereafter Dc eniplo'e 80
hv the government Of the United etateS' Wy
tba District Of Columbia, or by any con-
trootor or sub-contractor on any OF the pup
,to .,,orts Of the United States and OF the
soid District of Columbia is hereby restrict
ed to eight hours in any one calendar oay'
and II shall be unlawful, etc. etc 1his IA"
has been construed to limit the apphoa'ion
NJ the requirement to those VINO are ufeo.iy
employed by the government or 10 those VIM
are employed upon public WORKS sleua,eu upo w..
land owned by the United States. Thls con-
s+rnct,on prevented its application to gov
ernment battleshlps and other vessels pulit
in priyate shipyards and to heavy guns anu
arnnorplate contracted for and made at pri-
vate establishments.
The proposed act provides that no laDorer
or mechanic doing any part Of tho work
oar+a-,pIated nv a contract with the United
states in the employ of the contractor or any
subcontractor shall be required or permitted
to work more than eight hours oay III
any one calendar day .
1t seems to me from the past history tnat
the government has been committed 10
policy of encouraging the Limitation OF the
days work to eight hours in all WORKS OK
construction initiated by itself, and 1t seems
IN ma illogical to maintain difference be-
tween government work done on government
soil and government work done in private
establishment when the work is OF such
large dimension and involves the expendi-
ture of much labor for considerable Pc
riod, so that the private manufacturer may
adjust himself and his establishment to the
special terms of employment that ne must
make with his workmen for this particular