The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1912-08-22
WASHINGTON LETTER

necessity for protection on wool
and "Npgr~srs the fear that IT," Dem
uriatir bllL which he vetoed. woul,
irupardlI" the WOODEN industry by
''luvltIug competition with the pau
p"r labor OF Europe
II. the light Of the PRESIDENTS sec.
nud veto Of the wool bill which vet,
ewes tn" WOODEN trust a continuance,
ui its privilege to plumber the con.
sumor Will" AT the same time pay,
ing its workers starvation wages, a
page from the hearings in connec.
ton with the Lawrence strike in.
guiry makes interesting reading
The witness H. Miss Sanger, a trained
nurse, Page 22G. Hearings on
House Resolution 400 and i&I.I
MIR. Puu, Miss Sanger, were you
Instrumental IN taking number Of
the strikers children away from
Inwr"nc" during the strike?
Miss Sanger. Yes sir
Mr. huu Did you tall, with those
children about their manner of liy.
ing
Miss sanger Ycs 81. found
that tn" children there wrTo llg of
them IN my party seldom At" meat -,
and their physical condition was the
most horrible have ever -ruu In
DO" first place four of the smallest
children had chicken puN, and they
'IHd not received any medical att"u-
ton. They were walking about
among Ne" other children apparently
without noticing the chicken puN OT
iphih"rld; one child had iIphthcria.
or tn" iIgchlIdreu only four of them
had underwear, and 1t was bitterly
cold. We had to run u.. the way
from tn" station Ia labur Irmpl"
after We got to New York rp keep
from freezing.
Mr. Foster: Nou say only four
had Undertaking; what was the
condition Of their outer clothing
Miss Sanger. II was simply in
rags. Their coats w"r" worn to
-hrrds
MIR. Foster We're the children
pale and thin?
Miss Sanger. Yes sir, aud want
10 say that when they had supper it
would have brought tears to your
eyes t. see them grab for the meat
with their bare hands.
Mr.. Foster Did amy of them have
ON WOODEN clothing of any sort?
Miss Sanger. No sir.
Mr.. Foster. And yet they all
worked IN wooden mills
Miss Sanger. Yes sir.
In bis veto message Mr. Taft has |
much to say about the WOODEN in |
dnstry,' and foreign labor" H."
makes no mention of thrscpOor \ ir. |
inns 81 the WOODEN trusts greed
How Democrats Helped Labor
Chairman ". 49, Wilson, ~ the
Commute" on Labor Of the Demo
cratic House of representatives,
pointed out IN n recent speech in the
House that the labor interests Of the
country had received more consider
alton from the present Democratic
HouS" than had come To them for
many years.
IL" laid special stress pu the fact
nat the Democrats had restored to
pvernmeut employees the right of
'iltion-a constitutional privilege
rat had been taken away from them
y executive orders under both
roosevelt and Taf-and on the
fact that the Democratic
party had lived up to its platform
promises In the treatment Of labor
NJ Wilson cited fifteen specific
beneficial to labor that had
been passed by the House nt the
session at the request of the
workers OF the uatiDu.
Prominent among the list H. the
'lght .hnur-bill, extending the opcra- I
Son Of this law To worl, done tor the
government as well as work done bv
n" government; the auti.inuncti0u
mi, To protect workiugmeu during
Nag" disputes; the contempt bill, to
'roNidc for trial by jury in cases of
indirect contempt; the bill creating
I Department of Labor, and the in
'"stlgatiou Of Taylor and other yys-
ems of scientific shuu manage.
nent, which impose undue hard.
.hlp> on working men.
Wilson Progressive, But Safe. {
Governor Wilson has uui.trd the I
ears OI the business interests that '
he tariff maybe reduced too sud.
Icnly in the event of Democratic g
uccess ia November.
Governor Wilson recently had a !
difference with Congressman Red. :
ield of New York, who has made =
ONE of the most sensible thrift j
peechcs ever heard in Congress-, v
nd it was agreed between them that y
he proper and safe thing to do with c
cgard To the tariff is to cut II down Il
radually until the proper level is 4
cached. In that way it will be easy II
D ascertain just what effect each =
uccessive cut has on price condi- Y
ons and wages. Thus by easy I
tages the tariff for private profit
an be turned into Il tariff for rev h
nue., and this process is sure to re- c
nit in n reduction in the cost of b
wing. ;,
Governor Wilson is not anxious =
, injure any mans business. He
i'll insist, however, IN the event of
is election. that all business be
,gitimate, and that the false found Il
ton be taken from under the tariff u,
'usts. But he will make IL "A grad y
al process, and one that will not y
Isturb either business or the COun-
" in general. In
'atered Stock Costs Each Family y,
500 Annually! a,
Overcapitalization of our indus "
les is not only one of the prime
'uses of the present high cost of -,