Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-08-06

lev of cooperation between govern
ment and business has In comparative.
" few years made them leading com
petitor for the commerce Of the world.
It should be remembered that they are
doing this on national scale and with
large units Of business, while the Dem
ocrats would have us believe that we
should do It with snail units of bust.
ness. which would be controlled not by
the national government. but by forty.
eight conflicting state sovereignties.
Such 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 70 the
Wagsworkers.
Referring to the opening sentence of
his address, namely. that we are now
in the midst of a great economic revo-
lution,'' Mr.. Roosevelt presented an adj
vanced and comprehensive plan to In.
sure the rights and better conditions
for labor. He gives it the paramount
place in his speech. ''Tlle first charge
upon the industrial craftsmanship of
the day." he said, lis to prevent human
waste. The dead weight Of orphanage
and depleted craftsmanship. OF Grip
Piled 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
other labor data should be made pub
lie; all deaths, injuries and diseases due
to industrial operation should be re-
ported to the authorities: wage CON-
missions should be established II the
nation and state to determine the min
imum wage scale In different indus
tries; the federal government should
investigate all industries with 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
and state legislation should establish
standards of compensation for indus
trial accidents and deaths and for dis
eases clearly due to industrial condi-
lions; for the adoption by law of fair
standard of compensation for casual
ties resulting fatally which shall clear
" FIX the minimum compensation In all
cases: the monetary equivalent OF
living wage varies according to local
conditions, but should be sufficiently
high to make morality possible and to
provide for education, recreation, prop
er care Of the children. maintenance
during sickness and reasonable saving
for old age: excessive hours OF labor
should be prohibited for all wage work
ers, and night labor of women and
children should be forbidden; one day
Of rest In seven should be provided by
law; continuous twenty-four hour labor
should be divided into three shifts of
eight hours by 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 children should be specially sub
ject to government inspection and reg
ulation: insurance funds against sick
ness, accident. invalidism and old age
should be established by charge
either in whole or in part upon the in
dustries; the suffrage should be granted
to women If for no other reason to
enable working women to combine for
their own protection by the use Of the
ballot. "As a 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
NIT to such public regulation as will
make it a means Of life and health, not
Of death or inefaciency.
The Farmer.
1.-THE country life commission should
be revived with greatly increased pow
er; its abandonment was severe blow
to our people. The welfare Of the
farmer u a basic need Of this nation"
The country school should be brought
in touch with country life. For this
reason the Progressives approve Of gov
eminent cooperation with the farmer
to make the farm more productive
Cooperative associations Of farmers
both for the production and the selling
of agricultural products should be en-
couraged. $50 long as the farmer
leaves cooperative activities with their
pront sharing to the city man of bust
ness, % long will the foundations Of
wealth BE-. undermined and the com.
forts Of enlightenment be impossible In
the country communities.
I'm every respect this nation has to
learn the lessons Of efficiency in pro
Suction and distribution and of avoid
ance Of waste and destruction. We