Bisbee daily review., 1914-03-18
COMMISSION AIMS
 TO LAY PATHS FOR
 INDUSTRIAL PEACE
BODY APPOINTED sv CONGRESS TO MAKE NATION WIDE IN-
 vEsrleArioN READY NOW

WASHINGTON. D. C.. March 17.-I After a delay of many months the Commission on Industrial Relations Is about ready to begin the gigantic task assigned to it by the Federal Government. Congress in creating the Commission assigned to it the follow ing work:
 It must inquire into the general condition of labor in the principle in dustries of the United States includ. ing agriculture. and especially in those which are carried on in corporate forms
 It must study the existing relations between employers and employees.
 IL must investigate the effect of in- dustrial conditions on public welfare and into the rights and powers of the community to deal herewith.
 1t must look into the condition of sanitaI ion and safety of employees and the provisions for protecting the life, limb and health of employees.
 1t must study the growth of asso ciations of employers and wage-earn- CTS and the effect of such associations upon the relations between employers and employees.
 It must inyest'gate the extent and results of methods of collective bar gaining.
 It must study any methods which have been tried in any State or Tor eign countries for maintaining mutual ly satisfactory relations between em' ployers and employees.
 It must study all known methods for avoiding or adjusting labor dis putes through peaceful and concilatory mediation and negotiations.
 IL must look into the scope. meth ods and resources of existing bureaus of labor and into possible ways of in- creasing their usefulness. It must take up for study the ques- tion of smuggling or other illegal en- try of Asiatics into the United States or its insular possessions, and of the method by which Asiatics have gained and are gaining admission into this country.
 Ii must seek to discover the under lying causes of dissatisfaction in the industrial situation.
 1 The personnel of the Commission Is such as to warrant the public in exr pecting much of it. The chairman is Frank F. Walsh of Missouri. lawyer who has for many years been inter ested in the relations existing between capital and labor. The other repre- sentatives of the general public on the Commission are Mrs. J. Borden liar riman of New York, who is deeply interested in welfare work, and pr. John B. Lemon. treasurer of the Amer ican Federation of Labor. The three representatives Of employers are liar ris Weinstock, prominent California manufacturer: s. Thurston Ballard. well known business man of Louis vile. and Frederick A. Delano, one Of the best known of American railway executives.
 The law creating the Commission authorizes it to hold sittings and pub lie hearings anywhere in the United States. According to present plans these hearings will be commenced within the next two or three weeks It will be the policy of the Commis' sion to visit as many of the industrial centers of the country as possible. The cities tentatively selected for holding hearings include New York, Philadel- phia, Boston, Paterson, Scranton
 
 llotte. x. C.; Greenyille. s. C.; Atlanta, Birmingham, Nashville. Louisville New Orleans. Detroit Indianapolis, Cleveland. Chicago. Houghton, Mich; Milwaukee, Madison. Wis; St. Louis Kansas City. Minneapolis, Denver Trinidad, Colo; Dallas, Houston, Gal. weston, Los Angeles, San Francisco Seattle, Portland Butte and Lead S. D.
 l Representatives of labor and capi tai and persons who may be said to represent the public generally will be invited to appear at these hearings , and tell what they know about local conditions as they affect the relation existing between capital and labor The Commission will have the power } to compell the attendance of wit , nesses.
 The Commission is finally to report to Congress not later than August 23 l 1915 It must also make at least one report to Congress by the end of the first year of its existence. The thought behind the legislation which created , the Commission Is that it will go { long way towards bringing the oppos ing forces of capital and labor togeth CT for the common good, a problem which is generally considered to be the most important confronting tho American people today. , UAyN ELWLTIT ITV TAI