Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1912-08-23
WASHINGTON NEWS.
Special Correspondence by C. H. Ia


light of the presidents second veto
Of the wool bill, which veto gives the
WOODEN trust a continuance of its
privilege to plumber the consumer
while at the same tine paying its
workers starvation wages, a page
from the hearings in connection with
the Lawrence strike inquiry makes
interesting reading. The witness is
Miss Sanger, trained nurse: page
226, Hearings on House Resolution
400 and 4SS.)
Mr.. Pou.-Miss Sanger, were you
instrumental in taking number Of
the strikers's children away from
Lawrence during the strike? II
Miss Sanger-Yes, sir.
/ Mr.. Pou.-Did you talk with those
children. about their manrer of hv-
ing?
Miss Sanger-Yes, sir. | found
that the children-there were 119 of
them in my pauty-seldom ate meat,
and their physical condition was the
most horrible have ever seen. In
the first place, four of the smallest
children had chicken pox, and they
had not received any medical atten-
ton. They were walking about
among the other children apparently
without noticing the chicken pox or
diphtheria-one child had diphtEeria.
OF the 119' children only four Of
them had underwear and it was bit
terly cold, We had to run all the way
from the station to Labor Temple af-
ter we got to New York to keep
from freezing.
Mr.. Foster-You say only four had
undertaking; what was the condi-
ton of their outer clothing?
Miss Sanger-h was simply in
rags. Their coats were worn to
shreds.
Mr.. FOster-Weie the children
pale and thin?
Miss Sanger-Yes, sir; and l want
to say. that when the children had
supper it would have brought tears
to your eyes to see them grab for tire
meat with their bare hands.
Mr.. Foster-Dld any Of them have
wooden clothing Of any sort?
Miss Sanger-NO, sir.
Mr.. Foster-And yet they all work
ed in wooden mills?
Miss Sanger-Yes, sir.
In his veto message Mr.. Taft has
much to say about the wooden in.
dustry" and foreign labor" He
imakes no mention Of these poor vic
tins of the wooden trusts greed.
How Democrats Helped Labor.
Chairman w. B. Wilson, Of. the
Committee on Labor Of the Demo
cratic House of Representatives,
pointed out in a recent speech in
the House that the Labor interests
of the country had received more con
sheraton from the present Demo
cratic House than. had come to them
for many years.
He laid special stress on the fact
that the Democrats had restored t.
government employees the right CT pc
tition-a constitutional privilege that
!. had been taken away from them by
+; executive orders under both Rose
welt and Taft-and on the further
fact that the Democratic party had
! lived UP to It's platform promises in
the treatment Of labor. Mr.. Wilson
|. cited fifteen specific measures benefl
cial to labor that had been passed
}, by the House at the present session
at the request of the workers of the
: nation.
D Prominent among the list IS thu
eight-hour bill, extending the opera
ton Of this law 10 work done for tht
government as well as work done b!
!. the government; the anti-injunctiOl
!, bill, to protect workingmen during
wage disputes; the contempt bill, t
provide for trial by jury in cases d
indinect contempt; the bill creating
Department of Labor, and the in
vestigation Of Taylor and other sys
tens Of scientific shop management
d which impose undue hardships Of
o working men.
Wilson Progressive, But Safe.
< Governor Wilson has quoted tn
L fears Of the business Interests tina
the tariff may be reduced too suddel
+. ly in the event Of Democratic success
. In November.
I Governor Wilson recnetly had
d conference with Congressman Red
field Of New York, who has mad
J. some Of the most sensible tart
. speeches ever heard in Congress, an
It was agreed between them that til