The Nome daily nugget., 1918-04-08

My attention has been called to the following from the decision of the Supreme Court in Bunting vs Ore gon supra.
 Tt is enough for our decision if the legislation under review was passed in the exercise of an admitted power of government; and that it is net as complete as it might be, not as ligid ia it's prohibitions as it nlignt be. gives. perhaps, evasion too much play, is lighter in its penalties than it might be, is no impeachment of it's legality. This may be a blemish, giv- ing opportunity for criticism and diff ference in characterization, but tho constitutional validity of legislation cannot be determined by the degree of exactness of it's provisions or rem edies. New policies are usually ten tative in their beginnings, advance in firmness as they advance in accept ance. They do not as a particular moment of time spring ull-pelfect in extent or means from the legislative brain. Time may be necessary to fashion them to precedent customs and conditions, and as they justify themselves or otherwise they pass from militancy to triumph or from question or repeal"
 In the following parag graph the Court said:
 But passing general considerations and coming back to our immediate concerns, which is the validity of the particular exertion of power in the Oregon law, our judgment of it is that it does not trensccnd constitutional limits"
 The act under consideration pro- vides in Section 1;
 "lt is the public policy of the State of9,Oregon that no person shall be hired nor permitted to work for wages, under any conditions or terms, for longer hours or days of service than is consistent with the health and phy 1 scal well-being and the ability to pro mote the general welfare by his in creasing usefulness as a healthy and intelligent citizen. It is hereby de- clared that the working of any person more than ten hours in any one day, in any mill. factory or manufacturing establishment is injurious to his phy- sical health and we'll being of such person, and tends to prevent him from acquiring that degree of intelligence that is necessary to make him a use ful and desirable citizen of the state"
 and Section ?;
 No person shall be employed in any mill factory or manufacturing establishment in this state more than ten hours in any one day, except watchmen and employees when en- gagged in making necessary repairs or in case of emergency, where life or property is in imminent danger; pro- vided, however, employees may work overtime not to exceed three hours in any one day, conditioned that pay ment be made for said overtime at the rate of tire Gld one aa;f the regular wage"
 : It is such law as the above that tho Supreme Court held to be con- stitutional,--a law based upon the ex- crcise of the police power of the state. This act is as different from the act in question as daylight is from darkness. For the sake of ar- gument let it be assumed that the Territorial Legislature intended to Does not our Constitution seek to pro- tect as fully the health of him who engages in private enterprise and by his own labor supports and educates his family as it does him who offers his labor for sale in order to accom- ''plish the same laudable purpose? If. A owns ten acres of land and B, his neighbor, owns but enc acre, how can it be said that A can work for himself any number of hours per day and though he needs B's services for marc than eight hours per day and F desires to sell his services for Q longer period, yet E, if he sells his services for ten hours per day to A, will be violating the law, and A also boollieeper. and +, his ncighbor is a carpenter. A desires to add to the comfort of his house by having certain alterations made to tho house. B l desires to do the work evenings after