The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1911-05-27
Greatest American Lawyer on the
Science Of Political Economy
Tenders Services.
MANY TIMES VICTORIOUS
IN IMPORTANT CONTESTS
Car Hitchock's Tyranny Will
Now Be Subjected to Reason
p '>~.@ Searchlight. -.
RIGHT BOUND TO TRIUMPH.
Sketch + Of Achievements Of
Learned Lawyer in Waging
War for Social UplHt.
RIGHT BOUND TO TRIUMPH.

TON lawyer, IL is SAID, .aaS Leu0ered
his services free of charge tor the
Democratic congress which is to In
vestigate the conduct of the post Of
flee department. This investigation
has been demanded by the American
Federation Of Labor. < I
Mr.. Brandies received q National
reputation when he appeared before:
the United States supreme court. in
defense of the Oregon law limiting
the hours of labor for women. He.
presented to this gret court the most
wonderful brief ever prepared by an
American attorney. It contained. no
legal expression, nor no learned
opinions of members of the bar, not
even quotation or judicial prece-
dent was given.
Cast Precedent Aside. -
He simply showed how woman
was being exploited by American in
oustries. How their number as wage
earners was increasing from year-to
year in an appalling manner He re-
cited from medical authorities and
proved that woman. BY virtue~of ner
frail and peculiar physical organism.
was unable to stand the strain Of
long hours of labor without injury
to her health.
He held that the wage earning .wo-
man Of today was to he the mother
Of tomorrow, and that this sapping
Of her life-strength would have. a
telling effect on the health of post
Gritty. Strange to say the supreme
court overruled all precedent, and
took the Brandies view of the ques-
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Gontractual Rights IGNORED.
The court had heretofore neld that
any law limiting the hours of labor
CT an adult woman was an inter-
terence Of her contractual rights
Rrandies had thrown new light upon
the subject of woman labor, and as
result the court held that it was
within the police power Of the state,
as q public health measure, to limit;
i the hours Of labor for women in
manufacturing and mercantile 1iristi-s
titions. - :. ..'t:s:::
Mr.. Brandies latterely appeared
as counsel for the shippers in a. re-.
cent case before the Interstate Com
nierce commission in which he ably
and successfully resisted the te-z
tempt Of the railroads to restore the
old rates for carrying. freight from
state to- state. He waswidely quoted
throughout the nation when he de-
clared that by scientific management
the railroads Of America could save
100000 a day.
Called Railroads Bluff.
When this statement was made the
railroads appeared to be very much
startled and thy demanded that Mr..
Brandies show wherein there was
such a leakage in the management
and operation of the railroads. In
& few days Mr.. Brandies replied by
showing the immense cost of repatr
ing railroads and their equipment.
He produced facts and figures, quot
ing extensively from the awful rob-
berry In the maintenance department
of the Illinois Central railway, the
exposure of which caused I. G. Rawn..
prominent railroad man, to take
MS own life. .a>1. 49, .-- 5
When the cloak makers of New
York were making their heroic effort
to stop the slavery conditions OBJ
tanning in the cloak factories, and,
deadlock mad been reached between
the employers and the union it was
Louis d. Brandies who appeared.
rendering his services without charge.
and by the force of his logic and
the earnestness of his appeal brouxkt
about a satisfactory settlement.
A Child of 1sreal. j
Louis D. Brandies is Jew Of the
1dealist and noble type, one of tnose.
who constantly seek Justice and deal
fa1rly with men. He, moreover:
possess those characteristic qualities
OF his race; intensity, earnestness
and moral force. Like many Jews of
historical renown he Is devoted to his
ideal with his whole soul. Some time
ago he made tne following state:
ment to q newspaper man..
Some men like diamonds and rare
works OF art, others delight In auto-
mobiles and yachts. Ny luxury ii to
invest. nay surplus effort beyond TINT
required for the proper support of
my family, to the pleasure Of tak-
ing up problem, or helping to solve:
it, for the people without receiyinx.
any compensation. This is preciseL
~ q. Jewish ideal preached by the.
Talmudists hundreds OF years axo. -.
Private Practice Remuneratfve
Brandfes Is q great lawyer whose
private practice is one Of the largest
In New England Yet, with few ex-
ceptions, he is not like other lawyers
for nearly half his time is spent IN
public legal work. A lawyer who re-
cepts no fees for public work Of high
value is a rare personality Fl these
material days. His own view IL that
law has always been . narrowing.
concentrating profession. In Eng
land It was always easy for y Tory
government to find great lawyers for
Judicial office, but Tor Liher41 Gov-
eminent It was hard. Andaso IL haa
been Throughout history. nearly all
| Of England's great lawyers were
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