The Calumet news., 1912-08-06

our gdshed mountains sides and food
ed river bottoms. SO many strains up
on the national structure. draining the
reserve strength OF all industries. and
showing beyond all peradventure the
public element and public concern in
Industrial health" He proposed sew
eral specific methods for preserving
ana improving "our human resources.
and therefore our labor power" Wage
scales and other labor data should be
made public; all deaths injuries. and
diseases due TO industrial operation
should be reported to the authorities:
wage commissions should be estab-
lished IN the nation and state to de-
termine the minimum wage scale In
different industries; the Federal gov
ornment should investigate all indus
tries with a view TO establishing
standards OF sanitation and safety:
there should be mine and factory in
srection according 10 standards fixed
by Interstate agreement or by the
Federal government; national and
state legislation should establish
standards OF compensation for indus
trial accidents and deaths and for dis
eases clearly due 10 Industrial condi-
tions; for the adoption by law Of fair
standard of compensation for casual
ties resulting fatally which shall clear
ly fix the minimum compensation in
all cases; the monetary equivalent of
o living wage varies according 10 local
conditions. but should be sufficiently
high 10 make morality possible and 10
provide for education, recreation.
proper care of the children. mainte-
nance during sickness, and reason
able saving for old age; excessive
hours of labor should be prohibited
for all wage workers, and night work
Of women and children SHOULD be for
bidden one day of rest In seven
should be subject to governmental san
itary regulation; all industries en-
ploying women and children should be
specially subject TO government in
spection and regulation: insurance
funds against sickness. accident. in
validism, and old age should be es-
tablished by a charge either I'm whole
or i'm part upon the industries: the
suffrage should be granted TO women.
if for no other reason, to enable work.
lngwomen TO combine for their own
protection by the use Of the ballot.
"As a people we cannot afford 10
let any group of citizens or any indi-
vidual citizen labor under conditions
which are injurious to the common
welfare. Industry, therefore. must
submit TO such public regulation az
will make It a means of life and death.
rot of death or inefiiciency"
The Farmer.
"The County Life Commission
should be revived with greatly increas-
ed power; its abandonment was Sc
we're blow to our people. The welfare
of the farmer is a basic need OF this
nation" The country school should
be brought i'm touch with country life
For this reason the Progressives ap-
prove of government cooperation with
the farmer 10 make the farm more
productive. Cooperative associations
~ A'AA iAA'iH HRAll Abl liA' liVNhNAiOil anu
the selling Of agricultural products
should be encouraged. $50 long as the
farmer leaves cooperative activities
with their profit sharing to the city
man of business so long will the foun-
dations Of wealth be undermined and
the comforts of enlishtenment he i'm
possible in the country communities"
The Tariff.
ON the tariff he says: II believe i'm
a protective tariff, but believe in it as
a principle approached from a stand
point Of the interests of the whole
people, and not as a bundle Of prefer
ences to be given favorite individuals"
He believes the American people favor
the principle of protective tariff, but
are i'm rebellion against the wrong-do-
ing and unjust application of that
policy and the abuses in past legisla-
ton. 1T is not merely the tariff that
should be revised, but the method of
tariff making and Of tariff admins
tration.' THE first steps should be
the creation of a permanent commits
sion of nom partisan experts" Of "am-
pie powers" to secure exact and re-
liable information" "The present tar
ifr board is entirely inadequate in point
of powers reposed in II and scope OF
work undertaken" The tariff COM
mission in Germany affords a splendid
model. This commission must scien-
tifcally determine the difference in
the cost of production here and
abroad" the effect on prices to the
consumer" insure full justice to the !
pay envelope Of the wage-earner. The !
commission must not attempt to en-
croach on the tariff making power of
Congress. 1t shall report with fun |
publicity and promptly. The tariff |
shall be revised schedule by sched- |
ule TO avoid the staggering blows to !
business" incident to former general /
revisions. The effect viii be 20 wipe |
cut the "log-rollng ond trading" |
secured by special interests i'm the ,
past "Only by this means can the /
tariff be taken out Of politics" The I
of a tariff for revenue on /
ly as proposed by the Democratic plat |
form would plunge this country into |
the most widespread Industrial de-
preston we have ever seen" The re-
vision shall be downward and not up- /