The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1914-09-19

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Senate Passes Antitrust Bill.
Senate Endorses LabOr's Contention
and Declares There is Difference
Between Persons and Things and
Amends Bill to Read That 1.-THE
Labor of Human Being is Not a
Commodity"
BY a vote of Al to H., the Senate
passed the Clayton Bill, previously
adopted at the House. The Senate
made several amendments, and de-
clared in the clearest language pos
sible for labor's contention that there
is difference between persons and
things.
BY unanimous vote it was agreed
to amend the bill to read: 1.-The lab
or of human being is not COM
modify or article of commerce"
This is a complete Endorsement of
the workers position and has been
the contention of the A. F. of L. ever
since the Sherman antitrust law was
enacted, nearly a quarter of a century
ago.
Both branches of the national leg
islature agree that nothing in the
antitrust law should be constructed
to forbid the existence and operation
of labor, agricultural or horticulture
al organizations, nor can these organ
izations or members be held to be
illegal combinations or conspiracies
in restraint of trade under the anti
trust law.
To emphasize their view on the
question of labor's rights, the Sen
ate adds: "Nor shall any of the acts
specified in this paragraph be con-
sidered or held to be violations of
any law of the United States"
The bill marks the end of the So
called labor injunctions," which
have been issued on the theory that
if workers quit their employment or
induce others to quit, they can be re-
strained, because such actions Gin
jures property."-
No injunction shall be issued in
labor dispute unless necessary to
prevent irreparable injury, for which
there is no adequate remedy at law.
What Children Live BY.
What the more than six million
children who live in the cities with
year-round Fairgrounds enjoy from
day to day is shown in the September
issue of THE PLAYGROUND. The
same joy and power, and freedom to
grow and become normal men and
women can be given practically all
children in America-even under
modern city conditions-within the
next thirty years if the men and
women who can will work together.
No attempt is made through the
pictures in the issue to show all of
the activities carried on by munich
pal recreation systems. There are no
pictures of play indoors in the recre-
alton buildings, of grown people at
play on either the outdoor or indoor
Fairgrounds, of families at play to-
gether, of Fairgrounds used as
centers for the community life. Nor
oh iva
of the various forms of play of the
younger children on the outdoor play
centers. If, however, the few select
ed pictures make more real to busy
men and women what our play
grounds are doing and many do they
will have accomplished their aim.
Substitute Bill for LaFollette's
Passes the House.
Employment System Known as
"Crimping," Prohibited ON All
American Vessels-Seventy-
Per Cent. of the Crew in Each De-
partment Must Understand Orders
from the Officers.
The amended substitute for the
Seaman's bill, that passed the Senate
last October, where it has been
known as the LaFollette bill, has
passed the House of Representatives.
The bill accords the seamen new
status by providing for the abroga-
ton of all treaties under which sea-
men have been arrested, detained
and delivered to their vessels here in
the ports of the United States.
1t provides that IS per cent. of the
crew in each department of the ves-
sci must understand the orders of
the officers, and it determines that
in order to be an able seaman at sea,
a man must first have had three
years. experience, and on lakes, bays,
and sounds "a months experience,
which "a months will be counted into
the three years of sea service on the
ocean. In these provisions the La
Toilette Seaman's bill and the House
substitute agree substantially. The
substitute provides that foreign sea-
men in ports of the United States
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