The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1915-01-14
c. A. CARLSON
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COLORADO GOVERNOR DELIVERS
INAUGURAL ADDRESS AT
AUDITORIUM.
MUST OBEY the LAWS
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NssieTn NsWspaDsr Union News Service.
Dsavsr. Jaa. ls.-Besides the men
bsrs Of tie Lsgislatsre. lares nan
bsr ol DeoDls assembled At the Audi
toriun st aeoa today. when Governor
George A. Carlson delivered bis In
suyurd address. Substantially. the
new executive said:
TO THE MEMBERS OF THE TWEEN
TI1TA GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
THE STATE OF COLORADO:
.i,:. Gt,sssisS; In. In my few S.sn. day. a;:0 mo-
dsterasaAstien to accomplish is dsfin-
s IL n 1:s sa. " ".
In the earliest infancy Of develop
penL Mighty problems have proven
fled 70 find nowhere among you dis
Problems are the despair OF the weak.
Tone @ rh. S Of 'sou Soar % DroS ose
lens IL only matched by your opportu-
atty for service.
lsAsstrssl Csanasssss.
Colora!e and the immediate partie.
disputes Frequent conflicts between
smPioysS and empioye have occurred.
and each conflict has been character
somo instances. attended by destruc-
ton OF property and bloodshed. II.
therefore. must be apparent to all that
settling grievances between employer
tory, and quite frequently disastrous
public At large 1t lis, therefore, inn
Peratiys that this Legislature earnest
ly and diligently address itself to the
problem OF ascertaining and removing.
trial disputes. To preserve peace IL
but part Of the problem. The
DO recognised and measures adopted to
eliminate them.
Early in our country's history in
dastrles were small and Industrial
day. Employees knew their fellow
employees and were on close. friendly
relations with, their employer. There
agency, established specially to pre-
serve harmony and Insure fair deal
Ing between the two. But time saw
sources. ana ' out 81 this aeveIopment
grew gigantic Industries and large
Sombinations Of labor. Inventions Of
increasing size of industries made .
very complex proposition out Of what
had been very simple one. and tend.
further away. from the employe. and
t;, The e@s,sy's s.,'s from the employer; Ger.
veioped and evidenced itself. from time
to time, In strikes. boycotts. black
epochal changes there was developed
employer and employ9 from the ex-
government scauiesced in the WIDEN
Ing breach and made but feeble pro-
test for the inestimable damage. done
the state by these recurring and vio-
The time has now come when Colo
RADIO must cease being merely a mega
tive force. Our state government must
harmonize our antagonistic Industrial
employer and emp!oye and compel fair
result can best be accomplished by the
establ lishment Of an Industrial commits
sion charged with the power and duty
Of administering laws now existing or
hereafter enacted concerning the rela-
tionship between employer and en-
ploye. Boards and bureaus now ex-
tain phases Of this relationship. lack CO.
ordination. uniformity and a definite
plan. and should be abolished and
their powers and duties delegated to
the commission.
This commission should be given
broad, general powers. 1t should have
power to administer and enforce laws
welfare Of employees: to Investigate and
prescribe what safety devices and 9TH
'er methods of protection are best
adapted to render the employees of ev-
cry department safe; to do all in its
power to promote the voluntary arbi-
tration. mediation and conciliation of
disputes between employers and en-
ployes and to avoid the necessity Of
rssortfn9 to strikes. lock outs. boy
colts. black-lists, Determinations and
ployment; to establish and conduct
free employment agencies and to do
all in its power to brinK. together en-
ers seeking employment; to devise and
adopt the most efficient means within
its power to avoid unemployment and
vent distress following Involuntary
idleness: to publish Information relat-
ing to the work under Its jurisdiction;
books
Power to form an advisory board
should be given the commission. Such
board. composed of persons serving
without compensation and represent
ing the different interests affected BY
the commissions rulings. would be
tion. to the commission and tend to
minimixe criticism of its rulings.
In addition to the power to issue
mission should have power to issue
special orders where particular or un-
usual circumstances would make a
Eenersi order work an unreasonable
herdship upon any interests coming
wtthh its scope.
Heretofore. our state government
has stood by and allowed industrial
disputes to become more and more
bitter until finally violence occurred.
The state troops were then called out.
fun Information as to the exact con-
ditions In disturbed employment,
with power of mediation and concilia-
tion and offering inducement to arbi-
tration would in most cases be able
to suggest satisfactory solution In
case either side proved unfair. or
agreement could not be reached, the
public would be in full possession Of
the facts. This 10 The application OF
the commission to . situation grown
acute.
Along the lines of preventive work
its broad powers to decrease unem-
ployment. to compel safe places Of EN-
ture laws concerning the relationship
of employer and employs would GER
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