The Twin Falls times. [volume] (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1905-1916, 1915-08-31

AS TO the remedy, | would sug-
gest that all corporations doing in
terstate business be required to take
out national charter that will entaiI
certain responsibilities, and possibly
grant certain immunities from state
control.
This charter should not allow
over capitalization. Each board of
directors. in addition to its other
co,Smittees, should have labor com
mit.ee, whose duty it should be to be-
Come thoroughly acquainted with the
labor conditions of the business, and
make regular reports thereon to the
beard These reports should be pub
nshcd with the financial and other
rept rls and thus give the stockhold-
ers !; thorough understanding of the
business.
"A. Long working hours and in
sanitary conditions are additional
factors in the problem of industrial
unrest Nothing affects the mans
physical well being and consequently
his earning power, more than these.
"The remedy will be found in pub
licity and legislation, with factory
inspection by competent government
officers.
Personal experience for num-
Der of years convinces me that in
continuous occupation, workmen will
do more work and better work on an
eight hour basis than on twelve, and
that one day in seven for rest must
be allowed if the man is to develop
the fullest degree of efficiency.
Il, therefore, favor national
eight hour law for continuous labor.
Sanitary conditions of work |
have found to be a paying PROPOSE
ton to the employer, as well as just
and beneficial to the worker.
IS. Unsatisfactory rural condi-
tons:
II view with real concern the fact
that our small landowners are be-
coming tenants, while the small farms
are passing into the hands of a few.
Everything possible should be
done to aid and encourage our far
mers. The United States government
should adopt a plan for the scientific
distribution of our agricultural pro-
ducts, and for a rural credits system,
as it is practiced today in some for
eign countries.
| Unsatisfactory rural conditions
which make it difficult for the small
farmer to earn a decent livelihood for
his family, cause many poorly
equipped young men and women to
flock to the cities. AS a rule, they
are thoroughly inefficient and lament
ably ignorant of the temptations of
city life and are rarely able to earn
living wage
Life on the farm should be made
sufficiently attractive ana lucrative
TO induce these boys and girls To re-
main there This can be done only
through our rural schools, which are
now most inadequate.
"The education of country children
must fit them for country life. No
love of the beautiful, no patriotic
gratitude to his country for his edu-
cation, can be felt by the child who
spends weary months in uncomfort.
able novels, where he receives i'm
practical and frequently useless in
struction
Our government should aid th,
states in establishing comfortabl,
rural schools with longer terms, bet
ter paid and better equipped teach
ers
In every rural school there should
be departments of household arts
!. e., cooking, sewing and millinery
also manual training and agriculture
These schools should be open for ag.
r1cultural instruction throughout the
summer-in fact, each one should be.
come an experiment station for the
neighborhood. The school house
should be the social center-the meet
ing ground for instruction and social
pleasures.
In order to satisfactorily carry
out the suggestiones contained in this
report it would be necessary to have
non-partizan commission in charge
OF industrial questions, as suggested
by the majority report of this com
mission.
This would require large addition
al revenue, which must be derived by
some form of taxation
1.-THE fairest of all taxes afs the
income and Inheritance tax. This
! question, however, must be carefully
studied and weighed, since the tax
by one class, while the benefits are
largely enjoyed by another.
Care should be taken that it does
not become confiscatory, and thus
st1fle individual incentive and eff
fort
"In addition, | believe that every
individual should pay his proportion
no matter how small it may be. Il
will inspire in him feeling of citi
zenship and make him an integra
part of our nation"