The Washington times., 1913-12-17
Human Interest
Measures Urged
in Bill to Create
Bureau of Safety
By THEODORE TILLER.

ing the installation of safety de-
vices in establishments where there
are none.
> The old issue of the rights OF tie
individual property owners, the
States. and the Federal Government
will arise. The friends of the legisis-
tion, however, believe that the aver
age mar who owns q factory. mill
or a railroad wants. as matter Of
seif-protect!on. to protect his en-
pioyes.
CHIEF FUNCTION
TO BE EDUCATIONAL.
The bureau viii be largely educa-
tionaL-that is. men who really have
the interests of their workers at
heart, and who would improve their
conditions without being compelled
to do 50, NAV communicate with the
new bureau and get the advice Of
trained experts on particular line
Of industry.
There is a probability that Con-
gress some day viii legisiate for the
safety Of Industrial workers. just az
II Is now about to legislate for the
protection OF the lives of those who
ride on railroad trains. Congress,
1t is believed, has the power To-
throw a guarding arm about men
and women who work for corpora
tiops engaged In interstate business;
at least. II can direct goods handled
in interstate commerce shall be made
and handled under certain condi-
tons.
Corporations operated upon q
smaller scale. who do not get out
into the big arteries Of trade, must
be taught By the State or National
Governments> to make as near IDEAL
n possible the surroundings ulder
which their employees are housed
during the working day.
. BUREAU WOULD BE
A BENEFIT TO BOTH.
In the end both the employer and
the employe will benefit. and each
step taken by the proposed bureau OF
safety win be one toward Industrial
peace and better understanding
between the mnn who gets the pay
envelope and the man who shoves it
through the window.
The museum OF safety devices.
which the bill provides shall &c es-
tablished here at Washington. VIII
: be one Of the most instructive
branches Of the ens:re Government.
Inventors daily ere scheinirg to
bring to perfection devices. which
will safeguard humanity. They range
from the air brake. which cheeks
speeding train with IT'S thousands
Of passengers TO the puImoto-.
whereby the life of one near-lrnwn-
ed or asphyxiated man may he re-
suscitated.
SAFETY APPLIANCES
KEPT IN MUSEUM.
Safety appliances to be USED in
mines, -factories machine shops.
railroad roundhouscs. lumber mills
and in other branches of commercial
and industrial activity viii be gath
cred here in a m,.seum of nation
wide interest and Capitalists from
far and near may come TO gican
first-hand Information how to care
for their workers. and increase their
own profits. .
Meanwhile. experts of the Bureau
of Labor Safety win be gathering
data aoout this establishment and
that and will be seeking through
education 10 bring about a system
in this country which will prevent
the snuffins out If thousands Of
lives annually.
Particular interes. attaches in the
House TO the Rr-inner-Ma1p bill
because of the part Mr.. R-.rrner
has played in its shaping. Mr. Brem-
ner IS seriously i'll, ard he H. kept
upon his feet today by a will pcwer
that Is the admiration OF his COL
leagues The New Jersey man for
years has dreamed Of prorlotin=
The safety of workers; his leyisla-
five ambition "a IN 500 ena~t,s: into
law the bill now or the House cal
endar.
But Mr.. Brenner is sick, he fights .
dangerous malady. his friends wond-
er " his determination TO stay out o.
bed will last until the President
signs the bill In which the New
jersey man has taken Sd vital an