Willmar tribune., 1916-11-01

of New York to reject. These are the
the Federal government imposes-taxes
er. Most of our Federal taxes are
borne by the tax payers customers and
serve as 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
time under, existing conditions. it has
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
Commission; cS:an.:ls E, Under the lead Of its
of plutocratic dominion were made
which are of the utmost value to the
demGcratic crusade @ againSt PlHtocracy
ernment' became distinctly visible on
Chairman Walsh's screen.
The meshes of the old antitrust law,
intended to check plutOcratic combina-
struction of wase-earning organiza-
tions. *n;a;s Treatins labor as a. c9mmodity
served, that was distinctive of the old
slavocracy and it's Dred Scott decision
some Of the courts had placed labor
with criminal trusts.
But by the Clayton antitrust law of
WILSON'S administration, labor is dis
tnctly declared not to be a commodity
Labor. organizations are therefore by
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-
wholesome drudgery was passed upon
President Wilson's express insistence.
RG5ke@ 5oker maRins 9he law I neffeeti7e % But
Senator Cummins Of Iowa and the phil;
had come would have been responsible
for the Joker if there had been one
in. the bill: Both admit the responsi-
ton.
For many years our sailors had been
trying to free themselves from the feu.
dalism of the sea which made the
sailor a serf to his vessel not only
while it battles with the waves but
a vessel was like deserting the army
Our government was compelled to ar
rest deserving seamen and to return
vessels were domestic or foreign. Mo-
was that all. Provisions for safety a
sea were utterly inadequate. Yet tn
the passage of this relief measure; ant
when it did pass, under La Toilette:
leadership, the "inyisible government
But upon the re-passage Of this Law
it came, before. President Wilson, TO
( approval. Again the influences of tn
: ocean to Ocean. But this time the:
failed to .efeat the remedial measure
I bill. '~ " '' e' >
& In consequence Of that act of his al
I seamen are free now to leave their YES
: place of employment: With this la1
5 in operation, the condition Of seame' e
{ their greater freedom as working me
sAilS Nobody VS. SUFFERS H from OMIT this law excep p
{ shipping monopolists who wish to fat
: ten their own purses at the expense o
{ life-risk of passengers who travel UP
J on their ships.
( A measure to build up an America
merchant marine has been approved b
{ not be better ways Of doing SO tha
sv dis11te Bat the asoce M
: present is not between this way and
81 better way. 1t is between this way an
The alternative now is corporate
g vessels subsidized with public none
81 or government vessels to the eXte1
: that public money is used. The Wilsc
& shipping law discourages subsidies.
& goes upon the principle that to the e.
g tent the government supports shippil
& out of the government treasury, Il
6 ships it supports shall be governmel
I ships and not private ships.
, President Wilson had the app0in
ment. thanks to g. Democratic Congress
= of the first incumbent of the Secretar
T For fifty years the labor organic
\ tions of the United States had appeal
to Congress- for Department of Labt
On the very day of President Wilson
inauguration this Department was CT
ated and he had to choose Secretal
Some corporation lawyer would ha
been an ideal incumbent from the pl
tocratic point of view. In plutOcra
quarters, therefore, there was natur,
ly much disgust when President w
sons choice was made.
He selected man who had been
wage worker from boyhood, and ls
or unionist all his working life; W
had been a blacklisted miner; who h
been an officer of high rank in a pls
of financial trust In his information
organization; and who had rounded
his labor unionist experience with I
Derience as q publicist through
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