Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-05-08
400 DELEGATES
HERE AT CONVENTION

flag, have been murdered at sea. In
foreign countries our brothers have
been ruthlessly ill treated by fiend-
ish tyrant. eW will and we must
give our whole energy and strength
as nation to eXterminating this ty-
rant.
Now is the accepted time for us to
make democracy worldwide. To
spread throughout the world the prin-
cipal of the equality of all men: to
cast out forever the hereditary class
ruler; to make the people the real
rulers of the world and, at the same
time. to accomplish the tremendously
benefcent result of terminating war
fare for all time. -.
The time has come to make the
world ruled by the people; to make
the world so that it's governments
are manned by officials who are serv-
ants of the people in oredr that each
individual citizen is potentially a
ruler"
Reviews Pending Laws
Commissioners Jackson then review
ed pending legislation affecting the
Department of Labor and Industry,
and the workers of the state. He
vigorously endorsed the bill Intro
duced in the Senate last night by
Senator Sproul, to create conditions
which would alleviate the hardship
and want resulting from unemploy-
ment in any future time of industrial
depression. lie asserted that this bill
would make possible great construct
i've projects at state expense during
times of industrial depression, and in
the construction of highways,
bridges, state buildings and improve
ments of waterways, would afford en-
ployment to thousands of workers in
al section of Pennsylvania.
He urged attention to the pending
compensation bills, vocational disease
bills, aud the bill which would estab-
lish divisions of building inspection
with local community supervision in
state cooperation with the Depart
ment of Labor and Industry. He out
lined the need of more mediators.
Health Conservation Vital
Conservation of the health of wom-
en- and children in employment, he
declared to be a vital factor at the
present ime and quoted the National
| Council of Defense in his argument
| that there should not be Immediately
| any let-down in the laws protecting
| women and children in industries. lie
| called attention to the fact that ap-
| propriations to the Department of La
Dor and Industry are now being con-
sidered and that it is vital that the
appropriation to the Department of
Labor and Industry be maintained for
the benefit of industry and the work
ers throughout the state. He review
| ed the work done by the department
| during the last year, and paid n trib-
ute to President Maurer, a nd the
Pennsylvania Federation of Labor for
it's cooperative aid of the Depart
ment of Labor and Industry.
Mrs. Samuel Semple. a member of
the State Industrial Board, spoke of
the necessity of maintaining the pres
ent laws affecting women during the
crisis. She urged upon the men pres
ent to do everything possible that
laws might be maintained whereby
the future mothers of the race might
not be physically affected and cast
off as worthless product of the great
industrial machine when it had no
further use for them.
She reminded them of the fact that
at the present time one-fifth of the
workers in Pennsylvania were women
and unless this great body of women
were protected in health and morals
the nation must continue to pay the
penalty as long as the nation exists.
Peter Sunnenschein reviewed the
history of the oMoney case in San
Francisco, and endeavored to show
the innocence of those whom he de-
clared had been "railroaded."
Raps Food Spectators
After the regular routine business,
James II. Maurer. president of the
Federation, launched into an eXpla-
nation of the high cost of living. rap
ping especially the food spectators
who are now endeavoring to profit by
the misfortunes of others and at this
very moment he said are cornering
the supply of coal and the very es-
sentials of life.
He declared the factors responsible
for the high cost of living were three
fold and enumerated them as follows
First: Falling off of imports.
Second: Increased European ex-
ports.
Third: Speculation in our food sup
plies by horde of native parasites.
The European War made the fall
ing off of imports unavoidable, but
exporting our food could have been
avoided, ha dCongress seen fit to do
so. Speculation in food should be
abolished by the government taking
possession of our food supplies until
normal conditions again prevail.
Opposes Suspension
| He attacked especially the present
move to suspend labor laws that wom-
en- and children might be allowed to