Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-03-03


still in the experimental stage. 1t 10
generally recognized that In order to
deal properly with the question some
plan must be worked out whereby In
dustry must be regularized. Seasonal
occupations must so far as practical
be transformed into a continuous oc-
cupation. We must supervise and reg
ulate private employment exchanges
and supplement them by municipal,
state and federal employment bureaus
with an efficien. system for co-ordina-
ton and a clearance exchange. Hungry
men must not be left at the mercy OF
private employment agencies. me
question Of employment is society's
business, therefore in addition to the
maintenance OF municipal state ana
federal exchanges, public works.
municipal. state and federal, should be
so arranged as to distribute system
atically SO far as possible the work to
the end that public employment may
be increased to the extent that private
employment is reduced. Some method
must be worked out to prevent the
surplus or absorption of the remaining
unemployed. Unemployment insurance
has established itself as a permanent
factor in dealing with the labor ques-
ton in Europe and thru the custodial
farm and other methods arrangements
must be made to compel the vagabond
and others who refuse to work to con-
tribute to their own support and not
be a burden upon society.
Sanitation For Tenements.
Every state will in few years have
legislation requiring that every tene-
ment house thereafter constructed
shall be provided with proper light,
sanitation and ventilation. OF course
these housing laws should be reason
able: otherwise they will defeat the
very purpose intended by exactins
conditions which would necessitate such
high rent as to be beyond the means
of the poor classes for whom they are
intended.
1T goes without saying that every
state should have an up-to-date loan
shark law or remedial loan law to the
end that the unfortunates shall not be
robbed by the unscrupulous loan agent
or broker.
Without attempting to take local
government out Of the hands of the
people, but rather for the purpose Of
centralizing authority the demand is
for the reorganization Of both county
and municipal government to the END
that efficiency in government may
equal the efficiency in private enter
prise. Cities and towns must have
more home rule; they must have au-
thority TO own and operate all public
utilities, and this without reference to
the advisability Of immediate munic-
ipal ownership of any particular util-
ity.
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our country al the present time toward
the establishment Of justice-one is
the elimination Of waste in dealing
win horn persons and property; the
other is growing appreciation Of me
sacredness Of humanity.
We have just commenced to realize
that commerce. art. education, science
and philosophy are not an end in
themselves but are valuable only to
the extent that they contribute TO the
to realize that more important than
things or theories is man himself.
Will Man Measure Up?
Man, greater than the stars. Can
he not measure their distance and de-
ter.nine the characteristics of their ele-
ments? Can he not predict their
courses for thousands Of years?
Greater than the continents beneath
the s;ars-has he not in few short
years divided the continents and con-
nected the two mighty oceans OF the
world and thus united the trade. COM
merce, art, literature and intellect OF
all the people Of the earth? Greater
than the waters of the sea-can he not
harness the waterfalls and direct the
courses of great rivers and cause
oceans and rivers to give up their i'm
mense power, and by the use OF the
steam engine and dynamo operate the
Industries Of a continent or brilliantly
illunline great cities, or change the
temper ature Of the atmosphere? Great
er than the mighty forests-does ne not
by his alchemy transform the great
oak. the pine, me maple and the syca-