United labor bulletin., 1914-12-12


TO return home on account of i'll health
the professor laid the ground plans for
enactment of such a law in Colorado at
the next session of the Legislature,
which meets in January. Besides being
a noted sociologist Professor Commons
is also a printer He served his term
as devil" which he says furnished
the elementary course for his present
sphere of usefulness. Upon. completing
an apprenticeship he joined Cleveland
Typographical Union No. So and now
proudly boasts of holding an honorary
withdrawal card of that union One
evening while here he had conference
in his rooms at the Brown Palace hotel
with President Frank J. Pulver of the
local Typographical Union, and other
representatives OF organized labor, and
made it clear that he was proud OF his
union membership, which fact is per-
haps not generally known.
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-'rhe greatest misfortune of coun-
try. the greatest calamity that can be
fall a nation is to have the people OF
the nation fall below the poverty line"
These words were not spoken by a union
labor orator but by merchant prince
OF San Francisco, Harris Weinstock OF
the industrial commission. appointed TO
represent the employing class. His spe-
cial hobby is workmen's compensation
laws, and he has not overlooked an OPP
portnnity since coming TO Denver OF
impressing upon all with whom he has
conversed fhat California has placed on
the statute books an enactment OF
this nature for other states to use AZ
a model He closely questioned former
senator Thomas NJ Patterson, John c.
Osgood, president Of the Victor Ameri-
can Fuel Company. aud Jesse p. Wei
born of the Colorado Fuel and Iron Com
pany. while they were ON the witness
stand a. to their views upon this sub
iert AT present there Is IN unusual
condition existing u California said
Weinstock The rabid anti-uuiouistic
employer and tho strong organized la
boTi-t arr united. an on account of the
compensation law. There has been n
wide gap between the employer and the
workingmau. This law IL becoming tho
means OF narrowing the gap The law
removes one uf the causes of the indus
trial unrest He called attention to the
fact that workmen's compensation laws
are on the statute books Of every coun-
try of Europe. with the exception Of
Turkey. and have been adopted in %
statcs of this country. Commissioner
WeinstociS il live wire and has made
a hit with both employees and employ
ers who have had the privilege Of
meeting him since coming 10 Dcnver.
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touch OF pathos was added To- the
industrial commission hearings Wednes-
day hen Mrs. !. Borden Hartman. at
tired in deep mourning. arrived from
New York and took her place beside her
~ H.
hcfure the inquiry wAs scheduled to
open in Dsnvcr her husband died. which
s,d event delayed Der reaching tn. city
Mrs. Hartman il accompanied by her
daughter. Ethel. who left her boarding
school in Virginia in order that she
might act as companion 20 her mother
on this trip. Nrs. Hartman is a hand
some woman. with. white hair and fine
gray ewes. II cannot remember a time
when I have not been deeply Interested
in ali the great social and industrial
problems oi the country" she said u
have taken part IN the local problems Of
New York City and have been manager
Of the state reformaiory for women at
bedford for number of years. ! feel
that women arc needed everywhere and
while I protested when President vii.
son appointed me on this commission.
because il might better b. given to
woman who had made a lifelong study
Of sociological conditions. ] was glad
that a woman was made a member of
III. commission. In case like this
Colorado industrial war. where women
and children are compelled TO suffer.
fhe woman-s viewpoint il essential
Mrs. Hartman has planned 10 make
trip to Ludlow and personally inspect
the southern strike district