Willmar tribune., 1916-11-01

ernor Hughes advised the Legislature
only direct taxes on large scale that
the Federal government imposes-taxes
that is, which are borne by the tax pay
borne by the tax payers customers and
serve as a means of extra profit for
him.
Although the protective tariff has not
been abolished, a feat that no states
man man could could acc9mplish in SO short
direction now is away from tho decep-
tive system which the "Old Guard" that
Hughes is leading has so long main
tanned.
The Wilson administration was re-
spOnsible for the Industrial Relations
Commission; Under the lead of it's
faithful and able chairman revelations
which are. of the utmost value to the
democratic crusade against plutocracy.
Moving pictures of the "invisib!e gov
ernment" became distinctly visible on
Chairman Walsh's screen.
The meshes of the old antitrust law,
intended to check plutocratic combina-
Of sas
tions. Treating labor as a commodity
AN industrial principle, let it be OBJ
served: that was digtinsttye Of sa the old
some Of the courts had placed labor
organizations in the same category
with criminal trusts.
wilson's administration, labor is dis
tinctly declared not to be commodity.
Labor organizations are therefore by
this law of Wilson's administration
" belong:
The interstate child labor law for the
protection of young children from un-
wholesome drudgery was passed upon
President Wilson'S express insistence.
Judge Hughes's s campaign manager, his
personal lieutenant, as containing a
:.joker" making the law inef1ective. But
anthropic society from which the bill
had come would have been responsible
for the Joker" if there had been one
blity and both denounce the imputa.
tion.
For many years our sailors had been
dalism of the sea which made the
sailor serf to his vessel not only
while it battles with the waves but
a vessel was like deserting the army
Our government was compelled to ar
rest deserting seamen and to return
CQeu1 10 Inolr vessels WnOtn0C t0cll
vessels were domestic or foreign. No1
was that all. Provisions for safety a.
sea were utterly inadequate. Yet tn,
the passage Of this relief measure; an,
when it did pass, under La Toilette!
leadership. the invisible gover4ment'
secured it's pocket" veto by Repub
But upon the re-passaEe Of this lav
it came before President Wilson TO
approval. Again the influences Of tn
irH,{ {cih Fall FvsrNv
ocean to Ocean. But this time the:
failed to .efeat the remedial measure
/ President Wilson signed the Seamen'
bill. =
In consequence Of that act of his al
1 seamen are free now to leave their YES
Il sells when in American p0rts-as fre
as any other workman is ,,t to leave ca. hi hi
in operation, the condition Of seame
has been improved. safety at sea ha
been advanced. and in consequence Q
sailors have found their wages rising
Nobody suffers from this law exceI
shipping monopolists who wish to fat
ten their own purses at the expense 9
the men who work for them and at tn
\ life-risk of passengers who travel VI
on their ships.
A measure to build up an America
merchant marine has been approved b
President Wilson. There may or ms
aGs this Ga Measure oeSgs. q Abo%t tha Ii
5puters may dispute. But the choice
present is not between this way and
) better way. It is between this way al
q worse one.
The alternative now is corporate
vessels subsidized with public none
goys1n'ment vessels tS tS the TS. f's s1ts
{ shipping law discourages subsidies.
{ goes upon the principle that to the e
: tent the government supports shtpptl
) out OF the government treasury.
{ ships It supports shall be governme
: ships and not private ships.
81 President Wilson had: tho appoiI
ment. thanks to Democratic Congre
Il Of the first incumbent Of the SecretaI
ship Of Labor.
For tty 1S tRs st.ta. sbSr Sra
to Congress for Department of Lab
On the very day Of President Wilson
Transportation this Department was cl
ated and he had to choose Secreta
Some corporation lawyer would ha
been an ideal incumbent from the p
ltocratic point Of view. In piutocra
Iruarters, therefore, there was natur
lily much disgust when President W
sons choice was made.
He selected q man who had been
wage worker from boyhood, and i
or unionist all his working life: y
lshad been blacklisted miner: who
been an omcer Of high rank i'm Pl'
lof hnanctal trust n his tnternatt0
Iorganizaiion:s :s and who hAd rounded
EEhias 1alf0r un10ni1t NXDAf3o0c9ssW with s.