The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1910-09-08
ROOSEVELT TALKS
ON LABOR UNIONS
AND THEIR PLANS
Tonight the Colonel Will TURF
His Face to New York, Stop
ping at st. Paul
First.

against the conservation policies in.
dorssd by him, at the conservation con.
gress at ST. Paul, the colonel will sup.
port his friends Clifford Pinchot ano
James r. Garfield.
He will, it is said, fight to a finish
Reports that have reached Colonel
Roosevelt here have been to the effect
that the plans of Pinohot and Garfield
for the conservation of national re-
sources will be opposed by a strong
combination in an effort to nullify the
influence in the convention Of Colonel
RooseveIt's friends.
Fargo. N. D., Sept. 5.-Fargo's Labor
day celebration delegations arrived
this morning on a dozen special trains
The streets were decorated with flags
and bunting and pictures of Colonel
Roosevelt.
At~1sland park a grandstand had
been built to hold 1900 persons and ii
Is said h a $500 persons were able to
get into the natural amphitheater In
which the stand is built and hear what
Colonel Roosevelt said.
The program called for Colonel
Roosevelt's first appearance at Fargo
college at the laying of the corner
stone of the library building, to make
a short speech. The parade was next,
with the labor organizations of the city
at the head. they were followed by go
automobiles with Colonel Roosevelt
in the first one.
Among the others to ride in the pa
rade were Lieutenant Governor Lewis,
United States Senators McCumber and
Purcell, of North Dakota, Congress
men Gronna, Stenerson and Hanna:
Charles Kennedy, republican national
committeeman, and James r. Garfield,
of Cleveland, former secretary Of the
interior.
After %traversing the principal streets
Of the town the paraders went to Island
park, where Mr.. Roosevelt delivered his
Labor day addresses.
Mr.. Roosevelts Speech.
After a general discussion of the rela-
tons between capital and labor. Mr..
Among the planks in the platform of
the American Federation of Labor there
are some to which l very strongly sub
i. Free schools; free textbooks, and
compulsory education.
2. A work-day Of not more than eight
hours.
8. Release from employment one day In
seven.
4. The abolition of the sweat-shop sys-
TEN.
s. Sanitary inspection of factory, work.
shop mine and home.
Q. Liability of employees for injury to
body or loss Of life.
q regard the demand in this form as
Inadequate. What we need is an auto
matically fixed compensation for all in
juries received by the employee in the
course of his duty, this being Infinitely
the employer. The only sufferers will be
lawyers of that undesirable class which
exists chiefly by carrying on lawsuits of
4. The passage and enforcement of rigid
anti-child labor laws which will cover ev-
cry portion Of this country.
8. Suitable and plentiful Fairgrounds for
children In all the cities.
Inasmuch as prevention Is always best,
especial attention should be paid to the
prevention of Industrial accidents by pass
ing laws requiring the use Of safety de-
Vices. At present the loss of life and limb
among the industrial workers of the Unit
ed States is simply appalling, n every
year equals In magnitude the killed and
these casualties are ~preventable; and our
legislative policy should be shaped ac-
cordingly. 1t would be a good idea to es-
tabiish in every city a museum Of safety
devices from which the workers could get
drawings of them and information as to
how they could be obtained and used.
Compensation Is Vital.
The matter of compensation for in
juries to employees is, perhaps, more i'm
mediately vital than any other. The re-
port of the commission which has begun
to look into this matter on behalf Of the
New York legislature is we'll worth read.
ing The bill presented by the Federation
of Labor in Wisconsin on this subject
seems excellent. In all dangerous trades
the employer should be forced to share the
burden Of the accident, so that the shock
may be borne by the community as q
whole. This would be a measure Of JUS
tice in itself, and would do away with a
fruitful source of antagonism between en-
ployer and employed.
Our idea should be a rate OF wages suf-
f~iciently high to enable workmen to live
in a manner conformable to American
ideals and standards, to educate their chill
dren, and to provide for sickness and old
age; the abolition Of child labor; safety
device legislation to prevent Industrial ao
cidents; and automatic compensation for
losses caused by these Industrial accidents.
To Begin Homeward Journey.
Colonel Roosevelt will deliver an ad-
dress at a banquet tonight and at II
e homeWard, stopping at the Ma
tional Conservation congress at st.
Paul tomorrow.
IOWA TOWNS TURN OUT
TO GREET ROOSEVELT
Alton. Ia, Sept. when Colonel
Roosevelt appeared on the rear plat
form Of his car here in view of the
a big crowd Of men and women as
sembled to meet him. two small wood
en- shoes were tossed to him by a man.
That Is ecaus my forefathers
came from Holland" shouted the coll
onel. holding up the shoes so that all
could see them. The former president
talked very briefly to the people, telling
them that, while many problems called
for legislation, yet the ability Of every
man to help himself was essential be-
fore any legislation could be Of assist
ance to him.
Sees Babies at sibIey.
Sibley. Ia, Sept. Mammoth Am
erican flags were suspended over the
railroad tracks here when the special
train carrying Colonel Roosevelt and
his party drew up at the station. Many
men Inc women in the crowd carried
babies n small children in their arms
and held them up 80 that the colonel
might get a view Of them. One woman
waved a nursing bottle in the air and
the colonel remarked in a brief address
that he thought well of the people who
brought the little people with them.
Talks on Citizenship.
LeMars, Ia, Sept. stopping hero
for a few minutes Saturday Colonel
Roosevelt addressed a large crowd of
men and women who had come to the
station to meet him.
What is needed is the workday hum
drum qualities-qualities that make a
man a good husband, a good father and
good %neighbor. a man whom o are