Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1912-08-30
SPECIAL CORRESPONDENCE.
BY CLYDE H. TAvENNER.

washington, D. u, August IL, 1917.
In the light of the Presidents veto ofthG
wool bill, which veto gives the wooler
trust continuance of its privilege to plum
der the consumer while at the same time
paying its workers starvation wages. A
page from the hearings in connection with
the Lawrence, Mass, strike inquiry makes
interesting reading. The witness is Miss
SAUCER, a trained nurse. page 226. Hear
ings on House Resolution 400 and 433.)
The TESTIMONY.
Mr.. Pou. Miss SAUCER, were you instru-
| mental in taking number of the strikers
children away from Lawrence during the
striker
Miss SAUCER. Yes, sir
Mr. Pou. Did you talk with the children
about their manner of livingS
Miss SAUCER. Yes, sir. found that the
children-there were 1l9 of them in my
party-seldom ate meat. and their physical
condition was the most horrible have ever
seen. In the first place, four of the smallest
children had the chicken pox, and they
had not received any medical attention.
They were walking about among the other
children apparently without noticing the
chicken pox or diphtheria; one child had
diphtheria. OF 1l9 children only four of
them had underwear, and ii was bitterly
cold. We had to run all the way from the
station to Labor Temple. after we got to
New York, to keep from freezing.
Mr. Foster. You say only four had UNI
derclOthing; what was the condition of
their outer clothingP
Miss SAUCER. 1t was simply in rags
Their coats were worn to shreds.
Mr.. Foster. Were the children pale and
thinY
Miss SAUCER. Yes, sir. and | want to
| say that when they had supper it would
have brought tears to your eyes to see them
grab the meat with their bare hands.
Mr.. Foster Did any of them have on
wooden clothing Of any sort ?
Miss SAUCER. No, sir.
Mr.. Foster. And yet they all worked in
wooden mills
Miss SAUCER. Yes. sir.
In his veto message Mr.. Taft has much
to say about the "woolen industry and
foreign labor" He makes no mention of
these victims of the wooden trusts greed
How DEMOCRATS HELPED LABOR.
Chairman W. E. Wilson, of the Commit
tee on Labor Of the Democratic House Of
Representative, pointed out in a recent
speech in the House that the labor interests
of the country had received more consid-
Grafton from the present Democratic House
than had come to them in many years.
He laid special stress on the fact that
the Democrats had restored to government
employees the right of petition--a consti-
tutional privilege that had been taken away
| from them by executive orders under both
| Roosevelt and Taft -and on the further
fact that the Democratic party had lived
| up to its platform promise in the treatment
of labor. Mr.. Wilson cited fifteen specific
measures beneficial to labor that had been
passed by the House at the request of the
workers of the nation.
Prominent among the list is the eight
hour bill, extending the operation of this
law to work done for the government as
well as work done by the government the
anti-injunctiOn bill to protect workingmen
during wage dispute the bill creating a
Department OF Labor; and the investiga-
ton of Taylor and other systems of "scien-
tifc shop management" which impose
undue hardships on working men.
WILSON PROGRESSIVE. BUT SAFE.
Governor Wilson has quieted the fears
of the business interests that the tariff
may be reduced too suddenly in the event
of Democratic success in November.
Governor Wilson recently had confer
ence with Congressman Redfleld, of New
York, who has made some of the most
sensible tariff speeches ever heard in Con-
gress, and il was agreed between them that
the proper and safe thing to do with regard
to the tariff Is to cut II down gradually I'M
| ill the proper level is reached. In that way
il will be easy to ascertain just what effect
oh "A
and wages. Thus by easy STAGES the tariff
for private profit can be turned into tariff
for revenue, and this process is sure to
result in reduction in the cost of living.
Governor Wilson is not anxious to injure
any mans business He will insist, how
ever in the event of his election, that all
business be legitimate. and that the false
foundation be taken from under the tariff
trusts. But he will make il gradual pro-
cess, and one that will not disturb either
business or the country in general.
WATERED SRocK CosTs EACH FAMILY 500
ANNUALLY.
Over capitalization of our industries Is
not only one Of the prime causes Of the
present high cost Of living, but is also one
Of the principal causes Of the present
unsatisfactory conditions of labor. This
can be demonstrated by a little arith-
metic.
Various prominent financial students
conclude, and their conclusions are sus-
tanned by the report Of the United States
Commission and the published figures Of
the National Corportion Tax Returns, that
about 100000 100000 of outstanding
stock represents water. On this stock.
dividends of about $l,500.000.000 are
being paid amounting to about $l8 a
person or nearly 500 an American family.