The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1916-10-19
Senator Borah Condemns Adamson
Law---Describes Dealing With Mexico

The return of Senator Borah to Ida.
no last week was the occasion Of
great republican rallys at PocatellC
and Boise. At the latter place, thu
senator's home. he received a tremend.
Gus ovation, and the wave of republi.
canism that swept over the city faith.
fully reflected the spirit of the people
toward the present administration as
Senator Borah told of the shame and
humiliation the country suffered
through it's weakness, inefficiency and
great principles ana purposes of gov
eminent in order to gain political ad-
vantage The senator made a great
speech, one that could be read with
profit by every citizen. 1t covered
all phases of the Wilson administra-
ton, told of the Adamson bill and how
it's passage is a menace to our system
of government, and the senator closed
by telling of our country's shame in
dealing with Mexico. On these last
two subjects Senator Borah said:
Adamson Bill; Wage Law.
When opening his discussion of the
Adamson bill, passed at the presi-
dents insistence in order to avert the
threatened nation wide railroad strike,
Senator Borah harked back six years
and half ago to the time when he
fostered the bill fixing eight hours as
the maximum amount of labor pei
day to be put in on any government
job or government contract.
Il am strongly in favor of eight
hours being set as the limit of a work
ing day." said Borah. but the Ad-
amson bill makes no limitation of a
mans hours of labor Under it the
r9embers of the brotherhoods can and
no doubt will work for TO- II, IA and
possibly 16 hours a day.
He Told 'em So.
81 would vote for a bill making 1t a
penal offense for any man to work
more than eight hours, or for any en-
ployer to exact more than eight hours
of work a day from any employee III
fact, told the representatives of the
railroad brotherhoods that | would
gladly vote for such a law, but they
did not want statute of that kind.
"They wanted and got Till making
an eight hour day basis on which tc
estimate their pay. They did no.
want their hours limited, but tAeil
wages raised.
"That bill was passed entirely with
out information. / do not know JUS
YET whether or not those men were
entitled to a raise in pay. They ma!
have been-they may not have been
The senate was ont Informed.
what the senate and house dl'
was to pass that Adamson measur
when in a fit of abject political COW
ardice.
Included Only 20 Per Cent.
"The bill as passed included onl,
20 per cent of the railway employees
How could / conscientiously vote 10
such a measure, which merely ralse'
the wages of a small percentage of tn
men employed by the great carriers
"As the bill stands it will mean a.
additional expense of $6O,OOO,OOo, 10
the consumers Of the country. II II
extended to the other 80 per cent
will mean an increase of $3OO,0Oo'oV'
to be borne by the people.
'If the employees deserve such a
Increase, and If know, after inqulr!
that the people of the country want
give 1t to them, will vote for II, pu
vote for no such bills without oeln
we'll informed as to the merits Oh III
controversy.
and take this occasion 10 war
the union men and the laborers [
this city and state and nation Una
such legislation leads directly 10 nav
ing the government fix wages AIS
Il will be made a penal onense
strike while negotiations o. lnVes'is'
tons are in progress. AMI hnaily,
will lead to compulsory arpitra'io
And none Of these things have III
sanction"
Borah On Mexico.
When taking up the Mexican sltu'
ton Senator Borah made 1t pam 'i'
what he would say would IN no Wa
violate the condolences that he as
member Of the senate committee
foreign relations, has received Nv
various sources.
81 have not stayed silent on u
question" he said. "All points Oh u