Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1912-08-08
THEODORE ROOSEVELT

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courts, but to emancipate them from
a position whenever they stand finally
in the way of social justice. The prop
ositions l make constitute neither an
archy nor Socialism, but, on the con-
trary, a corrective for Socialism and
an antidote to anarchy"
Constructive Control Of Trusts.
In addition to punishment for wrong
doing by the trusts, the imperative
| demand is effective and complete reg
ulation. "The present conditions OF
business a not be accepted as salts
factory" The reason for this is ex-
planned, in Mr.. Roosevelt's opinion, by
the fact that chose dealing with the
| subject have attempted to divide into
two camps, each as unwise as the
other" The tendency Of those now
in control of the Republican party Is
to give special privileges to big bust
, ness" and to correct the evil of such
a course when they become crying,
by sporadic lawsuits under the anti
trust law. The tendency of the Dem
ocrats, judged both by their record in
congress and by the Democratic plat
form, is to abolish all business of any
size OF efficiency, on the ground that
all bigness is badness, and littleness
and weakness a sign Of virtue. What
is needed is action directly the re-
verse of that thus confusedly indi
Gated"
Justice to Wage Workers.
Mr.. Roosevelt presented an ad'
vanced and comprehensive plan to in
sure the rights and better conditions
for labor. He proposed several spe-
ciic methods for preserving and i'm
proving "our human resources, and
therefore our labor power" Wage
scales and other labor data should be
made public; all deaths, injuries, and
diseases due to industrial operation
should be reported to the authorities;
wage commissions should be estab,
nished in the nation and state to de-
termine the minimum wage scale in
different industries; the federal gov
eminent should investigate all indus.
tries with a view to establishing
standards of sanitation and safety;
there should be mine and factory in
! spection according to standards fixed
by interstate agreement or by the
federal government; national and
state legislation should establish
standards of compensation for indus
trial accidents and deaths and for dis.
eases clearly due to industrial con
ditions; for the adoption by law O
a fair standard of compensation fol
casualties resulting fatally which
shall clearly fix the minimum com
pensation in all cases; the monetary
equivalent of a living wage varies &C
cording to local conditions. but shoule
be sufficiently high to make morality
possible and to provide for education
recreation, proper care Of the chill
dren, maintenance during sickness
and reasonable saving for old age
excessive hours of labor should b
prohibited for all wage workers, ant
might labor Of women and children
should be forbidden; n day Of res
in seven should be provided by law
continuous Neutrality-suspicious. labo
should be divided into three shifts o
eight hours by law; tenement hous'
manufacture should be entirely pre-
hibited, and labor camps should b
subject to governmental sanitary res
ulation; all industries employin
women and children should be spt
cially subject to government inspet
ton and regulation; insurance fund
against sickness, accident, invalidisn
and old age should be established b.