Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1916-10-19

ub'r fbt suN tHdt There hnHH ne Hi eIRUl-
hour day. II saws that Sight hours shall
he made lib. measure of a day. work for
the lrlruo.p of receiving colnprnsation."
In Other words. it was primarily an
Increase of wages and not a diminu.
ton of hours that was aimed at.
49, "'r'e a"e eien'.n""' "ny;
l p", "tai ,"n",n "".n we s"""'" rent
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IT, ,t w." ,"' np"es.y ~ aen'e,
nt '"e '"en'' Mr. "''on mas 'a,a COW"
'ne P,'"','.e ''', 'here y s"'neth'hs sa'
-" '"'"' III e'e"''"'"' nay ""'rn hiahes
" ",p,"Pe' e'em !" "'s'"Ss ~. ~ '"'s ~
VA" u ai!'"" ""''"nF' l"e" MI
""so" II no, y We eN'"'e" 'or ""' Apply
""s :. '"'"e.,a'e! ""t,e III mas co"'p'ete
pe".'' anu ."- " W "S own """seh"'e'
u '"e P',"'''e W Tue t'eh'.hour nay F"
s"'''" ""' V W '"'hseo ""'er ans
We" wv """ee"""' WIN
!" W.. ".No" """re '''seS "e'e" mus,
ue sl' "r a' ."ree u" t"e aite'"o"", a"u
q W.. "''so"s n".N' - hep' w a''ei
''"'e u,"ne' u"." 'e": ~ H'us' no' come
o." UNIV .w1 VI 'he l',tow'hs afternoon
an" no h''e" """ Oh II lar" mus! ge' up
"
I"ts ""'h "p."re hr'N'hs ''me arrives
,"". '"". s.'"''s w 'ou.et III! ,."'p'.'
N"'" |" ,""t NV ""e e VI %
an e'sn'"our Ia" ",Is TX 100 'o's VI a.
'eas' "a! ,ep'ese"' '"e very maximum, vi
proper "ork' whereas there ma! De otner
e"h'''.ons "nuer WING" d nan worh'ns
more INA" e'snl hours one nay se's one
Ut TWO "ays Oh compete leisure io,'o"'"g'
OF "nere .he "ork Is intermittent through'
ou' 'he aay' OF " OF so easy OF varied d
type '"a' no EXHAUSTION "ceo,'Pa",es IT, q,
"he'e d RUS, 81 WORK 'or a rev daEs VIII
De COMPENSATE" ny complete leisure % Ger
talh o'her DAYS u " r""'e''"hs 10 say
that an engineer mf a hlgh'sreed tram uh'
der especially dlHc"lt conditions; an en-
g'heer "' a "",spee" lfa,h' "n1er yer!
,'ue" easier t''u'''"'s' d ia,'' 'a'"'er !"
harvest ''me' u man engaged as a "a'cn'
man through 'he que. WORK Vi .ne h's",'
OF d man eheage'' W 'he eHhaust'hg WORK
u d steer P"'o,e, !" " continuous seven
ua!sa'~ee"' "'eh, a"" nay '"aus''!'
mi. a. hu tha cam. r;,;d an,I;oaSon in
dst,iI nf a sound gan.r,l nrinr;nls
18th. rm.o.;o.
IT, " ~ ."s e ";" W ,ha "a;,naaa
ss,v;cs and / recommended ,eoislation to
! that effect when | was President. be.
Iieye in the wages in any industry being
just as high as it is possible to make them
without injustice to the capital invested
and to the pnhllc whlch is served. hut
II u.s. mere ,'n'sm :" say tn".
w. hn"a "a d;',,.ion,ta aEort "a 6rst
al "'"es. ""
."". ~; t"e! '"I w. ,Ls '"..;a,iau aas. A.
'ne lsh ,ae.s !" y M "sndas
.ee"l"s Tue 10y y" H. 'rE"nant o,asass of
.ne ""ses PAU paw ] WI tha ;,vsstnsnt
."'i'''r's ~. neoa 40 ,ho
LIZA as sar,;ps ,h,, mnSt he rendered to
MN nuh,o IL i" ;vm"ss;ble n sscnrs a
."e p"' n"i,.;aa Is INV nr"hiam umlsss all
p."l"' A. W;,snm
'hese .',.'' s. ~ Wv aan.;a." nv nf
aps"'u'ef 1e :! nnn u,hn. ha.
'hem' ne ueoll"en eve" L. "sA VIC. '"..
were we hs'e."" n's ;ns".m.t;"n
particular Vi l"s'"oi'"i "ahathn.
wh'cn WIN e's"s :.,. Wv n".
,he aehahns Oh ,he neh were Jus. "o y"
! w'sh II als'lne''y u""es,o"u ,"a ~ ;n
tice of the case. regard the engineers,
fremen and enrinemen and trainmen gen.
erallv as doing peculiarly responsible and
orduous work and entitled to particular
consideration as regards both hours of
| labor and nav. hone that they are fully
entitled as a matter Of Justice to what they
will receive under the .Adamson bill and
If it 50 apppars | shall heartily support it.
But protest against the far.reaching evil
Of the precedentt set in the. met nod which
has been followed. We are denied knowl-
edge. We see Congress forced to act under
i threats. protest against any law passed
under such duress. protest against the
case being decided without giving each
party its day in court. and above all with
out giving the public its day in court.
hone the demands of the men were just,
and would have been proved so to be. if
investigated before a competent body. But
I a~,li,it1v yrntAsf AGAINST any Hrt lO0 ny