The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-11-22
"FORCE' AND THE EIGHT-HOtJR DAY

TORCE" AND THE EIG1IT-HOtR DAY NGER IS primitive emotion. The arguments that from vexed spirit partake of the crudeness of their citing cause.
 vexed railroad presidents using kept periodicals or thoughtless ones, complain law ory of the people, forced Congress to do something that should not have been done.
 What facts? There have been many strikes and many threatened strikes which minority, to wit their workers, have forced railroads things they would rather not do.
 The condition that produced the Adamson law was like many others except that strike absolutely imminent When this happened the president the railroad brother hoods and for the railroad presidents He told them both what he would do and what he would not do He spoke the head of the nation.
 happened eight day acceptable to the broherhoods, and they abandoned their strike cepable to the railroad presidents but the will of gress and the will of the president who signed the b that should be a law, and it is law.
 Where the force? Suppose the president, instead offering eight hour day. had offered the railroads by draft under military pan the government of France did? Suppose the brotherhoods resented this thng
 it then that the Congress forced act" by the threat of minority?
 The fact that neither the broherhoods the presidents wanted interference They willing and anxious have free fight, nicely among themselves.
 The president took the initiative, in the interest pub c congress consenng under his oath thought
 There force It was employed by the government against both parties to contemplated all fight pre- the peace.
 The question about the Adamson law not why it was law bad one?
 The president said that in his opinion the eight day the social day. and the day. the day best for health morality and production.
 Long state in the Union and the Federal ment put most of the civil list eight hours Nearly all the municipalities of America long adopted the eight hour The skilled craftsmen in the cities for the most part have peed employers to give it. All evidence combines to show that the eight hour day is to be the normal workday.
 In Bridgeport substantially every manufacturer has ceded it. Bridgeport busier prosperous than The preponderance of testimony of mankind highly civilized peoples is in favor of the short work day
 The testimony of of the greatest captains of industry in the world to the effect that the eight the productive day, which that the eight the end of the year show bigger pile product than the hour men, and product a dollar
 Take the testimony of Henry Ford of Thomas A. Edison Johnson Endcot Co., and of thousands others Almost uniformly the masters who have had long experience with eight day. like the day. The opposition mostly those not tried it. who the give judgment tried the too declare less.
 He who would proclaim the eight hour day immoral ply in the position asserting that the great civilized mankind recently established institution which beneficial to them.
 Moreover long nations that have the high cannot produce goods the degree Germany Britain or America.
 Nor was the twelve day of long ago as ten day productive the eight hour day The on another occasion.