Gilpin observer., 1915-01-14
COLORADO GOVERNOR DELIVERS
INAUGURAL ADDRESS At
AUDITORIUM.
MUST OBEY THE LAWS.
New Executive Recommends Economy,
An Industrial Commission, . Work.
mons Compensation Act, and Asks
That Capital and Labor Clasp Hands
fer q Reunited Greater Colorado.
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Denver. Jan. 12.-Besides the mem
bers Of the Legislature. large num-
Der of people assembled at the Audi
torium At noon today, when Governor
George A. Carlson delivered his In
augural address. Substantially. the
new executive said:
TO THE MEMBERS OF THE TWEEN
TIETH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
THE STATE OF CoLoRADo:
pressed with the fact that the desire
OF each to serve is intense. and your
,te snd firmly, fixed. Colorado is young
tn history: Her vast resources are yet
mem. IN ss Mshss fssst Save Sa
battling, but I am most highly graft
fled TO find nowhere among you a dis
probisms are the despair OF the weak.
but they only serve as spur to the
strong. The ocmplexity Of your prob
nifty for service.
Industrial Conmission.
COLORADO and the immediate parties
diSputss 'eFee Feeouent Hen conflict. 9m SetWeen
employer and employe have occurred.
and each conflict has been character
some Instances. attended by destruc-
tion Of property and bloodshed. 1t.
therefore. must be apparent to all that
settling grievances between employer
and employee are. entirely unsatisfac-
to those directly involved and to the
public at large. 1t is. therefore. i'm
Rerstiye that this Legislature earnest. .H !.
problem of ascertaining and removing.
II possible. the causes of these indus
trial hn, disputes To preservss rvs,.p peace hs is
causes at the bottom of disorder must
be recognized and measures adopted to
eliminate them.
-dustrtes were small and Industrial
competition much less keen than to-
mn,ovks say ES0Syes knew cns 5hsr
relations with their employer. There
was no need of an intermediary
serve harmony and % insure fair T deal
ing between the two. But time saw
increasing DEVELOPMENT Of our re.
grow gigantic industries and large
combinations of labor Inventions OF
incTsasins size OF indu.aries ne 'ns %.ee
very complex proposition out of what
had been very simple one, and tend.
further away from the employe, and
the employe from the employer. Ger
tain conflicting purposes OF employer
veioped and evidenced itself. from time
TO time. In strikes. boycotts. black
ss aas ali of these Amid has
epochai changes there was developed
no intermediate agency to protect the
oesses Of the other. Our own state
government acquiesced In the widen
Ing breach and made but feeble pro-
test for the inestimable damage done
the state by these recurring and vio-
lent disputes.
The time has now come when Colo
tive force. our state government mus,
become a positive and vital agency &c
harmonize our antagonistic industrial
employer and employe and compel fair
dealing between .hem. believe this
result can best be accomplished by the
sion charged with the power and duty
of administering laws now existing OF
tionship between employee and EN-.
ploye. Boards and bureaus now ex-
isting and designed to deal with GER
tain phases of this relationship. lack CO.
ordination. uniformity and a definite
plan. and should be abolished and
their powers and duties delegated &c
the commission.
This commission should be given
broad. general powers. II should have
power to administer and enforce laws
welfare OF employees: to investigate and
prescribe what safety devices and 9TH
met methods Of projection rot are best
cry department safe: to do all In Its
power. to promote the voluntary arbi-
tratfon. mediation and conciliation OF
disputes between employers and en-
ployes and to avoid the necessity OF
rssoytinE to strikes lock- outs. boy:
legal proceedings In matters of en-
ployment; to establish and conduct
free employment agencies and to dc
ploycrs seeking employees and work :
ers seeking employment: to devise and
adopt the most efficient means within
It's power to avoid unemployment and
vent distress following Involuntary
idleness; to publish information relat-
ing to the work under It's Jurisdiction;
to subpoena witnesses and to examine
books.
Power to form an advisory board
should be given the commission. Such
board. composed OF persons serving
Ing the different interests affected By
tho commission's rulings, would be
able to give valuable aid and sugges-
minimize criticism OF it's rulings.
In addition to the power to Issue
aa mia,ion snfosSs ,SsuS snx orders the
special orders where particular or un-
usual circumstances would mako a
0rdsr upon wGr "m1
within Its scope.
heretofore; r,os;; our state government
disputes to become i1wsa MORE ana ,nSusyr,n, mnaa
bitter until finally violence occurred.
The state troops were then called out.
An Industrial commission armed with
full information us to the exact con-
ditious In n disturbed employment,
with power of mediation and conciiia-
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 is the application OF
the commission to q situation grown
acute.
Along tho lines OF preventive work
its broad powers to decrease unem-
ployment, to compel safe places OF en-
poyment, to enforce existing and fu-
ture laws concerning the relationship
Of employer and employe would cer-
tainly tend to diminish the present
industrial unrest and establish q con-
dillon OF harmony.
WOrkmen'n Conversation