Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1916-11-01

ernor Hughes advised the Legislature
of New York to reject. These are the
only direct taxes on large scale that
the Federal government imposes-taxes
err. Most of our Federal taxes are
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 could accomplish in so short a
5aee Hnqer baef 1on a it
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
C fa21tis Under the lead Of it's
which are of the utmost value to the
democratic crusade against p'ltocracy.
ernment'' became distinctly Visible on
Chairman Walsh's screen.
The meshes of the old antitrust law,
on 70 be eascp to tRe ob
struction Of Wage-earning organiza-
tions. Treating labor as a commodity
AN industrial principle, let it be OBJ
slavocracy and it's bred Scott decision
some Of the courts had placed labor
organizations, in the same category
But by the Clayton antitrust law of
WILSON'S administration. labor is dis
tinctly declared not to be a commodity.
this law of Wilson's administration
rightly taken out Of the criminal cate
cory in which plutocratic trusts right
ly belong.
The interstate child labor law for the
protection of young children from un-
President Wilson'S express insistence.
This measure has been denounced by
Judge Hushes's campaign manager. his
Joker making the law ineffective. But
Senator Cummins of Iowa and the phil
anthropic society from which the bill
for the "joker' if there had been one
in the bill. Both admit the RESPONSE
| blity and both denounce the imputa'
| ton.
For many years our sailors had been
trying to free themselves from the feu.
dalism of the sea D.; which which, made the
while it battles with the waves but
also while it is safe in port. To deser
vessel was like DESERVING the army
| Our government was compelled to ar
them to their vessels whether thei1
vessels We're domestic or foreign: No
| was that all. Provisions for safety a
sea were utterly Inadequate. Yet thu
invisible government" secretly tough
the passage of this relief measure; ant
leadership, the .'inyisible government
secured it's, "pocket' veto by a Repub
lican President.
But upon the re-passase of this Law
it came before President Wilson TO
approyaa11 again the influences es,+ of fr tn
$I1y
failed to tefeat the remedial measure
t;,9 Wilson signed the seamen
In consequence of that act of his al
seamen are free now to leave their YES
sells when in American ports-,as fire
as any other workman is to leave hi
place Of employment. With this Ia,
been advanced, and in consequence Q
their greater freedom as working me
Nobody suffers from this law exceI
shipping monopolists who wish to fat
ten their own purses at the expense
the men who work for them and at tn
! life-risk of passengers who travel w
! on their ships.
s. A measure to build up an America
) merchant marine has been approved b
( President Wilson. There may or ma
! not be better ways of doing so tina
puters may dispute. But the choice, ;
{ present is not between this way and
I better way. 1t is between this way ar
worse one.
The alternative now is corporate
vessels subsidized with public none
I or government vessels to the exte
( that public money is used. The Wils'
s. shipping law discOurages subsidies.
s. goes upon the principle that to the e
81 tent the government supports shippil
& out of the government treasury, t.
& ships it supports shall be governme
g ships and not private ships.
, President Wilson had the appoir
ment, thanks to a Democratic Congre
- of the first incumbent of the Secretar
ship of Labor.
For fifty years the labor ORGANIC
\ tons of the United States had appeal
to Congress for Department Of Lab
On the very day Of President Wilson
inauguration this Department was Ct
ated, and he had to choose Secreta
Some corporation lawyer would ha
been an ideal incumbent from the p
tocratic point of view. In plutocra
quarters, therefore, there was natur
ly much disgust when President w
| sons choice was made.
He selected a man who had been
wage worker from boyhood, and Il
or unionist all his working life; v
had been a blacklisted miner: who
been an officer of high rank In pl
of financial trust in his 1nternatto
organization; and who had rounded
his labor unionist experience with
perience as publicist through
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