New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-09-06

works; political decoracy has been
secured, now it must be followed by in
dustrial democracy: etc.
In the Light OF History
"There should be, as above stated,
general stock taking to ascertain
whether we are ready to bid good bye
to the old order and relegate it to the
sctap-heap. This can be determined
only by cataloguing accomplishments
in the last few decades. If we are
going backward, or are standing still,
then something is fundamentally
wrong with the .resen. system and
it is time to examine the proposals Of
those who are Offering us 'the new
order and to test their workableness
in the light of history.
ESPECIALLY vicious is the propa-
ganda put out by certain church or
carnations in this country, with the
object Of creating a sympathetic feel
ing here toward the Bolshevik views
of the British Labor party. This is
being done despite the fact that the
British Labor party has brazenly an
nounced its determination to destroy
the constitutional government Of
England unless that government &C.
cepts its DEGREES on international
policies.
"The stock taking proposed would
include the ascertaining of the con-
ditions of the working people now as
compared with what they were, say,
in 1850. What were the wages, hours
and working conditions Of the men
and women working at that period?
What were the hours and conditions
under which children worked? Is it
true, as admitted by the American
Federation Of Labor at Its annual
convention in 1914, that The Injuries
Of the wage Garner only thirty years
ago are his necessities to-day? What
has been the factory legislation in the
last thirty years, which in that time
has revolutionized the methods Of
sanitation in the workshops and pro-
vided for the safeguarding of the
lives and limbs Of the workers? It
could be ascertained if it is true, as
asserted, that IS per cent Of all child
workers under fourteen years of age
child labor bill-have disappeared
from the factories, mines and mills Of
the country; that IS per cent of the
'ill-smelling sweatshops' and 'reeking
tenements' have been abolished; it
could be ascertained what the en-
ployers have done in the last twenty
years in the matter Of provision for
the welfare of employees, through
safe work places, opportunities for
recreation and education, model
houses, rented or sold, and relief for
sickness, accident and death benefits,
as we'll as voluntary old age pensions
all affecting millions Of railroad,
factory and department store work
ers.
Low Death Rate Cited
"Call attention to the complete re-
versal in the matter Of dealing with
accidents in industry when work
| mems compensation acts took the
place Of the employers liability laws
in more than forty states, the former
placing the burden on the industry,
while the latter placed it upon. the
| worker. Point out the magnitude and
usefulness Of the health organiza-
tons, public and private, devoted to
obtaining more efficient methods of
sanitation and the prevention of
disease-and in this connection the
fact could we'll be cited that the
death rate in New York and Chicago
In 1919 was the lowest ever known
in those cities.
Call attention to our public school
| system and other educational institu-
tions enabling the children in this
country to-day to receive twelve times
as much free schooling as was enjoyed
by their grandparents-which factor in
our advancement, by the way, also &C