Corpus Christi caller and daily herald. [volume] (Corpus Christi, Tex.) 1911-1917, 1911-12-19

md published IN the sunday issne ~
The Express als the Chronicle The
affiele reflects Senator wlilacy's con-
struciisc powers OF mind as well a.
bis lneIsIve style o. expression.
The Senator " unapaiine in hls de-
nHnelailon OF such lawlcssnehs ~ %"
McNamafars conferred. bus defends
organized labor. with All ns errors
and wrongs. rs The one force. not
cxcapting the government. which has
boon able To throw itseii 9ctoss the
highway OF money greed and cofnpni
q halt and a more reasonable division :
~ the wealth which vs. the point pro-
duct OF capital and labor
Ne points out that the oppteesionn
~ organized capital, NJ well a. the
wrongs prnctlced BY organized labor,
nte the direct sequence of laws which
$50 Inadequate 80 control either ~"
one or she other.
on The principle that the public AZ
last payh the freight pays all the
strife expenses of public service cor
porafiona as we'll A. tho iouaos OF Ia
bor wars the senator declares the
state. w lia sovereign capacity. should
siep In. la iln own defense. push aald"
both cnpnal and labor. ana with due
consideration 10 The rights OF each, us
the Just ana rightiul status OF both
tits remedy Is compulsory arhltfa.
ZION. tie says
~ tho state has power ~
control the movement of cont
MERGE that authority extends
over ct.ry act necessary 30 A.
Instead at thc Judgment ~ afhl.
tfatlon hoards bclnH subject 10
the pleasure OF employer and en-
ployos. We should provide by law
that both employer and employees
shall be- subject 90 the arbitration
drrrco statute prohibiting any
person guilty OF violating the de-
cree ~ the arbitration hoard.
FROM working Tor public scr-
vice corporation either Ia The Of
ice or shops. ON tho trains or asc-
or executive oihcor. and for the
revocation of charter of The al.
Tending corporation. viii change
the status entirely aud place the
power of compulsory arbitration
la the hands at the people most
directly affected. both VA money
aafoty. convenience and service.
Senator wiilacyR general observa
iione are quite pertinent aud philoHo'
phlcal. hut there IA ono dliiculty 90
Ms plan which he fats SO clear ava,
30 our understanding
wa don't underntand how the goN
cnment IL golng 20 interfere with
fiyato contracts between employer"
rnd employees OF compel "ln,oluntar,
toryltudc" on the par, of workmcn.
liow Ii the government going 90 com
rri strikers 10 Resume work against
their wlllg The weight OF judicial
lpnthority ~ against the state rcguln
1 on OF the terms OF contracip. 60 na'
nothing Of the Constitution ol the
United states.
silil, much can be accomplished bN
legislation In minor way townrd
icmedying economic wrongs that have
already boon accomplished through
labor bureaus. mechanic lien laws,
allen contract laws. employers Habit
li,y niue aud factory inspection and
Nins The hours on public Works
The conservatives OF the country
would nght ~ dangerous paiernal'
ism and contradiction of power the
surrondcr of tree contract and wage
relations 10 government control tn"
ouslu themselves are always in the
roar ~ public Thought unon these
,ueations, being goyerned, a. they are
largely by the conditions aud prcce'
cntn of the past,
However. an the trend Of the timee
"a toward a larger recommendation In
linc with Senator Wllacy's sugges-
lion. II looks al u We Wound ultl.
, nHtcly advance haii way towerd so
tlallsm IN order TO assft solng all the
= way
:, n has ever hecn true that IN mat
! 'ers OF grca, aocinl aud political i'm
! ,ou QUE public policy and legai de
! Dlaions have ultimately conlefmea 60
- erystallscd public opinion.
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