Carson City daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1907-1930, 1912-08-06
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eng C't 'nE At, Justice to our WI pc J.
Pie, N'arH 4 e.. een erns lei vi5h
the 'ce"~t@'ns. r. lie the corn issiar,
shoH.i Mot s!iin5. If the necessity is
proved rom .oin@ to the extent of ex-
erci@in, regulatory control over the
coi.uiti1H& t.:at create or determine
monopoly pieces.
1t is imperative to the welfare of our
people that We enlarge and extend our
foreign commerce.. We are pre-emi
nently fitted to do this because as a
people we have developed high skill in
the art of manufacturing: II business
men are strong executives, strong or
saniZers. In every way possible III
federal government should cooperate
III this important matter. Amy one
who has had opportunity to study and
observe first hand Germany'S course in
his respect must realize that their pol
ICY Of cooperation between overn
Y 'ilSt llS III G
" few years made them a leading com
petitor for the of the world.
1t should be remembered that they are
loin" this on Il national scale and With
large units of business. While the DEM
ocratS would have us believe that we
should do it With small units of bust
ness. which would be controlled not by
the national government, but by forty
eight conflicting state sovereignties.
Such Il policy is utterly out of keeping
with the progress of the times and gives
our great commercial rivals in Europe
hungry for international markets -
golden opportunities of which they are
rapidly taking advantage
Social and Industrial Justice to the
Wageworkers.
Referring to the opening sentence of
his address. namely, that we are now
in the midst of a great economic V
luton" Mr.. Roosevelt presented an ad-
yanced and comprehensive plan to in
sure the rights and better conditions
for labor. He gives it the paramount
place in his speech. THE first charge
upon the Industrial craftsmanship of
the day" he said, lis to prevent human
waste. The dead weight Of orphanage
and depleted craftsmanship, of Grip
pied workers and workers suffering
from trade diseases, of casual labor. of
insecure old age and of household de
pletion due to industrial conditions are,
like our depleted soils, our gashed
mountain sides inc flooded river bot
toms. sc many strains upon the ma
tional structure, draining the reserve
strength of all industries and showing
beyond all peradventure the public ele-
ment and public concern in industrial
health" He proposed several specific
methods for preserving and improving
'our human resources. and therefore
our labor power Wage scales and
other labor data should be made pub
lie: all deaths. injuries and diseases due
to industrial operation should be re-
ported to the authorities; wage com
missions should be established in the
nation and state to determine the min
imum wage scale in different indus
tries; the federal government should
investigate all industries with a view
to establishing standards of sanitation
and safety: there should be mine and
factory inspection according to stand
ards fixed by interstate agreement Or
by the federal governments: national
and state legislation should establish
standards of compensation for indus
trial accidents and deaths and for dis
eases clearly due to industrial condi-
tons; for the adoption by law of a fair
standard of compensation for casual
ties resulting fatally which shall clear
ly fix the minimum compensation in all
cases: the monetary equivalent of a
living wage varies according to local
conditions, but should be sufficiently
high to make morality possible II to
provide for education, recreation. prop
err care of the children, maintenance
during sickness and reasonable saving
for old age; excessive hours of labor
should be prohibited for all wage work
ers. and night labor of women and
children should be forbidden: one day
of rest in seven should be provided by
law; continuous twenty-four hour labor
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eight hours by law; tenement house
manufacture should be entirely pro-
hibited, and labor camps should be sub
ject to governmental sanitary regula-
ton; all industries employing
and children should be specially sub
iect to government inspection and reg
ulation; insurance funds against sick
ness, accident. invalidism and old age
should be established by a charge
either in whole or in part upon the in
dustries: the suffrage should De granted
to women if for no other reason to
enable working women to combine for
their W protection by the use of the
ballot. "As Il people we cannot afford
to let any group of citizens or any indi-
vidual citizen labor under conditions
which are injurious to the COMMON