The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1912-09-18
TO UNITE LABOR
AND CAPITAL
That VIII Be the Object Of the
New Industrial Commission.
Hearings to Begin soon--Commission
Is Directed to "Seek to Discover tho
Underlying Causes of Dissatisfaction
In the Industrial Situation"

An adjustment of differences be-
tween capital and labor in the United
States is sought by congress through
the medium Of the industrial commits
sion created by an act passed at the
recent session. The commission will
shortly be named by President Taft
and Its researches begun at once.
Charles Nagel, secretary of com
merce and labor, will soon forward to
the president the names of q number
of prominent men who have been rec
ommended for appointment as MEM
bers of the commission. Administra
ton leaders regard the passage Of the
bill creating the commission as one Of
the most important accomplishments
Of the recent session Of congress.
President Taft Is deeply Interested
in the subject. He intends to exercise
great care In naming the personnel of
the commission. The commission was
directed by congress to "seek TO dis
cover the underlying causes of dissat
isfaction in the Industrial situation
and report conclusions thereon"
Since the adjournment Of congress
Secretary Nagel has given a good deal
of thought to the personnel of the in
dustrial commission. He has discuss
ed the subject with Charles z. Neill,
commissioner of labor; Samuel Com
pers and others who are supposed to
hoN I1-ln lnIr nf hat will
have consideration.
The proposed inquiry has awakened
the liveliest interest in Industrial cir
cles, both employers and employees of
the country seeming to realize the sig
nificance Of the investigation.
Commission of Nine.
The commission is to be composed OF
nine members, three to be representa-
tives of employees, three to represent
employers and three to be "lay" men,
bers.
1t is believed that II. C. Emery, for
mer chairman of the tariff board, will
be named as the chairman Of the
new commission and that the tender Of
the appointment has already been made
to him through Secretary Nagel by
President Taft.
Discussing the creation Of the COM
mission and its work, Secretary Nagel
said:
II regard the commission as one Of
the most important that has ever been
provided for by congress and endowed
with sufficient power to do incalculable
good. If successfully organized and II
1t does its work thoroughly the commits
sion's deliberations ought to be of far
reaching advantage to the United
States.
"It Is obvious that the two forces
sought to be brought together by the
purposes of this legislation seem now
far apart and that the commission Gre
ated has something Of a job on its
hands, but nothing is needed so much
at the present time as authentic, re-
liable, well digested information on
which those who are charged with
making laws and those charged with
their administration may rely with
confidence"
The commission is authorized to
'hold sittings and public hearings any
where In the United States, to send
for persons and papers, to administer
oaths, to summon and compel the at
tendance Of witnesses and to compel
testimony and to employ such secre-
taries, experts, stenographers and 9th
er assistants as shall be necessary to
carry out the purposes for which such
commission is created" etc.
The sum Of 100000 is appropriated
for the commission to begin business,
and authority is granted In the act for
members or employees OF the commits
sion to go outside of the United states
on the business of the commission.
The Duties.
Following are the duties imposed
upon the commission by the act Great
ing It,
That the commission shah inquire into
the general condition OF labor In the prin-
cipal Industries of the United States in
Guiding agriculture and especially those
which are carried on in corporate forms
into existing relations between employers
and employees, into the effect OF industrial
conditions on public welfare and into the
rights and powers OF the community &c
deal Herewith, into the condition or sani
tation and safety Of employees and the
provisions for protecting the life, limt
and health OF the employees into th'
growth OF associations OF employers ant
wage earners and the effect of such asso
Citations upon the relations between EN-
ployers and employees, into the extent anC
result OF methods OF collective bargaining
into any methods which have been trieC
in any states or in foreign countries fo
maintaining mutually satisfactory rela
tions between employees and employers
, into methods for avoiding or adjusting
Regotiations into the scope, methods ant
resources of existing bureaus Of labor an'
into possible ways of increasing their use
fulness. into the question OF smuggling o
other Illegal entry OF Asiatics into tn
United States or its insular possession
) and Of the methods by which the Asiatic
\ have gained such admission and shall re
! port to congress as speedily as possibl
with such recommendation as said com
mission may think proper TO prevent sucl