The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1917-07-06

every condition which surrounds the
business or industry in which they
are engaged It's constitution should
provide that no man should be de-
prived of life, liberty or property
except through the finding of a
jury composed of men and women
drawn from the entire citizenry. 1t
should deny its judges the right of
punishment for alleged contempts
OF court committed out of its pres
ence, or the disobedence of court
orders, except after trial by a jury
so constituted. 1t should make the
passage of laws by the national con-
gress or the assemblies of minor
political divisions final and not sub
ject to the review of any court. 1t
should incorporate woman's suffrage
in its constitution. 1t should exer-
else to the full its police power to
conserve the health and we'll being
of present and future generations.
1t should limit the wealth of any
individual to sum which would
give him ample comfort and luxury.
and nothing more. 1t should provide
for home rule to the absolute limit.
1t should allow all men and women
to have and bear arms for their own
protection and should prohibit pri-
vate corporations and persons from
hiring gunmen and armed guards.
1t should provide that labor must
be represented upon every public
board of whatever nature, auto
matically.
In recent article / made bold
to offer seven suggestions for amel-
ioratnig industrial conditions in the
United States and looking toward
the strengthening of democracy in
the republic. They may be useful
In a suggestive capacity. They WILL
at least, arouse thought and criti-
clsm. Seriatim, they are:
l. That the supreme courts of the
United States and of the several
states should at once abdicate the
autocratic powers they rsurp of de-
claring laws passed by the repre-
sentatives of the people to be null
and void.
2. That general amnesty be
declared liberating all prisoners of
industrial wars now confined in jails
and penitentiaries of the nation.
The number of these is appalling and
nearly all were imprisoned on
trumped up charges following indus
trial conflicts.
8. That thereafter no man shall
have been held to have lost his lib
erty or property unless all questions
of fact in his case shall have been
by jury of his peers
democratically selected from among
all the people in the district in which
the trial is held.
4. That laws should be enacted
making it criminal offense to dis
charge workers because they be-
long to or join labor organizations.
5. That the Federal Trade Com
mission shall declare any corpora
ton or manufacturing concern guilty
OF unfair competition in trade unless
it has contracted relations with or
CARNATIONS of its workers democratic
cally selected along the lines of
present labor unions and with which
contracts governisg wages, hours and
working conditions are made.
8. That no person be allowed to
work more than eight hours a day.
SIX days week, for wages.
z. That the tariff commission
withdraw the benfits of the tariff
from any articles manufactured bv
firms which do not have contratual
relatioss with their employees, with
organizations of unions or other Ia
Dor organizations in which hours.
wages and working conditions are
stipulated.