The labor advocate. [volume] (Cincinnati, Ohio) 1912-1937, 1916-10-07

placing the enforcement of the new laws
and the conduct of labor's new admin
istrative machinery in the hands of a
party which has fought practically every
one of the advances made in labors be-
half! What then?
Essentials of Labor Record.
Essential chapters in the story of the
redemption of Democratic pledges to
Labor are:
l. Amendment of the antitrust laws
relative to organizations of labor and
farmers on the principle that the labor
OF a human being is not commodity or
article of commerce and should not be
legally placed in the same category with
dumb or inanimate things.
2. Passage of the child labor law ex-
cluding articles made by the labor of
children from interstate commerce.
3. The prevention of the abuse of the
right of injunction in labor disputes by
our federal courts.
4. Restricting punishment for alleged
contempts of court and providing trial
by jury in all cases of contempt when
the alleged act has not occurred within
the immediate presence of the court.
s. Specifically defining the things that
Labor may do in furtherance of labor
dispute.
6. Prohibiting the funds appropriated
for prosecution of violations of the anti
trust laws from being used to prosecute
labor and farmers organizations for acts
committed in furtherance of their legiti-
mate functions.
Z. The enactment of the seamen's law
giving sailors the right to cease their
employment when their vessel is in a
safe port if the wages and working con-
ditions are not satisfactory to them.
Promotes Industrial Peace.
s. The creation of permanent medi-
alton board to use the good offices of the
government in promoting adjustments of
labor disputes on railroads engaged in
interstate commerce, under the admins
tration of permanent officials who can
devote their entire time towards the ad-
ministration of the law.
law for woman and child workers in the
District of Columbia.
TO- An eight-hour law for employees
engaged in operations under the Alas
kan coal and land act.
H. Construction of the Alaskan rail
road by the Government instead of
through contractors.
12. The agricultural extension act and
appropriations Hereunder, providing vo-
cational education for farmers and resi-
dents in rural communities.
IA. Masters, mates and pilots on YES
sells guaranteed the right to quit when
conditions are not satisfactory to them.
IS. Seven new safety stations and ten
new experiment stations provided for
the Bureau of Mines to enable it to ex-
tend its work of labor safety.
16. An investigation into the great in
dustrial dispute in the coal-ields OF
West Virginia by committee of the
Senate whereby peace was restored, ar
eight-hour work-day obtained, check
weighmen allowed to represent the
workmen in seeing that their coal i:
properly weighed, an increase in wage.
secured the right of organization guar
anteed and the basis laid for progressive
improvement of the working conditions
of the miners.
II. Federal boiler inspection EXTENDED
so as to apply to locomotive engines anc
tenders.
IS. A committee of the House of Rep
resentatives made an investigation of th'
conditions existing in the Colorado coal
fields and the Michigan copper regioi
during the big strikes in those States
giving to Labor an opportunity to b.
heard upon any charges, complaints O.
grievances they desired to present, ant
providing channel through which th'
public might become acquainted with th
facts.
10. Imposition of an income tax il
conformity with the provisions of tn
recently adopted constitutional amend
ment placing the burden of taxation up
on the shoulders of those best able t.
bear it.
20. The establishment of minimum
fine for the enforcement of the hour
of service act of 1907, applying to rail
way employees, which had become prac
tically imperative because the law pro
vided a maximum but no minimum fin
for those who were convicted of its vic
lation.
And There Is More.
In addition to the measures enumer
ated above enacted into law by the tw'
Congresses during this Administration