The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1912-08-08


at is imperative to the welfare of oul
people that we enlarge and extend GU.
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; our business
men are strong executives, strong or
g%anizcrs. In every way possible our
federal government should cooperate
In this important matter. ANY one
who has had opportunity to study and
observe first hand Germany's course in
this respect must realize that their pol
Icy of cooperation between govern
ment and business has In comparative
ly few years made them a leading com.
petitor for the m of TIE world.
1t should be remembered that they are
doing this on a 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
which would be controlled not By
the national government, but by forty
Such II 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 tho
WaoeWorkers. fi!oQ ai1 Z
Referring to the opening sentence of
his address, namely. that We are now
in the midst Of a great economic revo-
luton" Mr.. Roosevelt presented IN adj
vanced and comprehensive plan to in
sure the rights aud better conditions
for labor. He gives 1t the paramount
place in bis. speech The first charge
upon the industtIall statesniahship Of
the day." he said. MS 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 and flooded river bot
toms, so 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
-ot her labor data should be made pub
tilt; 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 government: national
Ind 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 q
living wage varies according to local
conditions. but should he sufficiently
high to make morality possible and to
provide for education. recreation. prop
err are of the children, maintenance
during sickness and reasonable saving
for old age; excessive hours of labor
should be prohibited for all wage work
crs. and night labor of women md
of rest in seven should be provided by
law: continuous twenty four hour labor
should be divided into three shifts Of
eight hours bE law; tenement house
Manufacture Should be entirely pro
hibited, and labor camps should be sub
ject to governmental sanitary regula.
ton; all industries, employing Women
and childre,r should be specially sub
ject to government inspection and reg
ulation: insurance funds against sick
ness. accident. invalidism and old age
should he established by a charge
either in whole or in part upon the in
dustries: the suffrage should be granted
to women IL for no other reason to
enable working women to combine for
their own protection by the use of the
ballot. AS u people we cannot afford
to let any group of citizens or any indi.
vidual citizen labor under conditions
which are injurious to the common
welfare. Industry. therefore. must sub.
init to such public regulation as will
make 1t a means Of life and health, not
of death or ineticiency.
Tho Farmer.
The country life commission should
be revived with greatly increased pow.
err; its abandonment was a severe blow
to our people. The welfare of the
farmer is a basic need of this nation"
The country school should be brought
IN touch with country life. For this
reason the Trogressiyes approve of gov
ern.nent cooperation with the farmer
to make tie farm more productive
Cooperative associations of farmers
both for the production and the selling
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