The labor world., 1914-12-26
SECRETARY
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Places Professional Strike Break
er On Par With white
Slave Procurer.
URGES GOVERNMENT AID
us FOR UNEMPLOYED ARMY
attributes Disputes to Over Sup
ply of Labor-Wants Com
pensation Act Amended.

: : WASHINGTON, Dec. 25.-Enact-
ment of a law prohibiting transporta-
ton from one state to another of pri-
vate troops, poliLe or armed guards,
during labor troubles; use of govern
ment departments to get jobs for the
unemployed, and an amendment to
the federal compensation law so that
government employees injured while at
work, will be given compensation
without useless red tape, are the most
important recommendations of Secre-
tary Wilson, department of labor, in
his annual report.
Referring to the law suggested rela-
tive to the importation Of strike
breakers, Wilson says:
I'm view of the constitutional prin-
ciple involved in the whit slave leg
islation Of congress, there would ap-
pear to be no longer any good reason
for doubling the constitutional powers
Of congress to legislate as here sug-
gested; and in view of the private
warfare that frequently results from
the disturbing species of interstate
commerce noted above, there can be
little question Of the desirability of
such legislation"
Excess of Labor.
He says excess in supply of labor
over demand for it, is one of the main
causes Of labor disputes. And he
thinks the government should take an
active interest in keeping men en-
ployed.,
He recommends that the depart
ment Of labor and the postoffice de-
partment cooperate in. aiding the un-
.smployed. the, former by, by eonpiling
lists of places where labor is needed
and the latter by distributing-buHet
containing such information.
Referring to the compensation law,
he points out that an employe must
be so injured that he is incapacitated
for at least Is days before he may
apply for compensation and that it is
generally a month or more before aid
is given him.
: And in many cases this delay brings
hardships as the employe is without
money. He recommends that an en-
ploye injured may, make application
for continuance Of pay Immediately
after the accident.
Asks Wage Increase.
He asks improvements at the Ellis
island station to minimize hardships
of immigrants and increases in wages
for watchmen, laborers, charwomen
and janitors, in the immigration serv
ice, saying they are underpaid.
He also asks s25O,0O0 for regulating
immigration from a moral viewpoint,
such as deporting aliens identified
with the "white-slave traffic. The
total estimate for the immigration bu-
reau is $1,S31,6O437 less than the
receipts for 1914.
Owners of the mines in Calumet
and Colorado are held responsible for
most of the trouble. He declares if
owners of Calumet property had been
on the ground, there probably would
never have been so much trouble. And
he points out that the employers in
Colorado refused to arbitrate although
the miners were willing.
The arrivals of immigrant aliens
during 1914 shows an increase of 2O,-
5S8 over 1913. The non-immigrant
arrivals decreased 44,734. During the
last year, 4,S52 fewer emnigrants left
the United States than during 1913,
while the non-e -emmigrant departures
increased by 26,733. Total arrivals
for the year were 1,4O3,081 and the
total departures 633,805.
OF those admitted 15S,621 were un-
der II years; 9S1,692 between IA and
A, and 1857 over 45. OF these $685.
226 were illiterate.
The number of aliens excluded in
1914 exceeded the number excluded the
previous year by 66 per cent. In 1914,
4 81, ,041 were barred and 1898 in 1913.
H. The completed report into infant
mortality by the children's bureau
shows coincidence of underpaid
fathers, overworked and ignorant
mothers and those hazards to the life
OF their offspring which Individual
parents can not avoid nor control.
Living conditions, food supplies and
the like have been investigated in con-
nection with the infant death rate.
The investigation into birth regis
,trations shows it is poor. OF 3,4OO
births, for instance, more than one
fifth were not registered. Child labor,
mothers pensions, juven lie courts,
number and care of the feeble-minded
and similar subjects have been inves-
tigated by this bureau.