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INDUSTRIAL UNREST
The report of the commission appointed by President Wilson to in
vestigate the causes of industrial unrest, of which Frank P. Walsh of
Kansas City was chairman, although it was submitted on August 27, has
not received the attent on from the press of the country which its im
portance warrants, and which it may safely be predicted it will receive
in the future. In many respects this report is a remarkable one. iri
the first place, it is the result of real investigation. Commissions have
been appointed by congress and by the executive to investigate vari
ous problems in time past, have dealt perfunctorily with their subjects,
submitted a practically worthless report, and that was the last heard of
them. Not so with the Walsh commission. It started out to accom
plish the task for which it was appointed. In speaking of the methods
employed in arriving at the facts presented Mr. Walsh says:
I am not a doctrinaire, not a political economist. I have no panacea for the ills.
I have no bottled justice which may be taken at a dose. The facts which were assembled
by the commission, and by me as chairman, must stand for themselves— and let this sink
in—every fact presented in the report is undisputed. Only those were presented which
were agreed upon as truth by both the workers and the employers.
I went to this task with a great belief in public hearings. I believed that in this
way every statement could be checked back. When a labor leader made a statement it
was given publicity, and this brought denial, if it was untrue, from the employer. If an
employer made a charge, its publication brought forward the laborer who was affected.
The work of the commission occupied two years, and during that
time hearings were held in various parts of the United States. In New
York the greatest financiers, the most noted labor leaders and workless j
men were heard by the commission. In California the striking hop
pickers were interviewed. The miners of Colorado and the silk work
ers of New Jersey were given an opportunity to be heard, as well as the
workers in the steel industries and the cotton mills at widely-separated
points. Upwards of 10,000 witnesses were examined. And out of
all this mass of testimony as to the cause of industrial unrest, the fol
lowing recommendations were evolved. It is probable that they will
receive merited consideration at the hands of congress:
Unjust Distribution (f Wealth.—The enactment of an inheritance tax so graded
that while making generous provision for the support of dependents and the education of
minor children, it shall leave no large accumulation of wealth to pass into hands which
had no share in its production. The revenue from this tax to be reserved by the federal
government for three principal purposes: (1) The extension of education; (2) the de
velopment of other important social services which should properly be performed by the
nation, which are discussed in detail elsewhere; (31 development in co-operation with
states and municipalities of great constructive works, such as road-building, irrigation and ;
reforestation, which would materially increase the efficiency and welfare of the entire
nation. There is no legislation which could be passed by congress the immediate and ulti
mate effects of which would be more salutary or would more greatly assist in tempering
the existing spirit of unrest.
Unemployment and Denial of Opportunity to Earn a Living.—Certain measures for
dealing with these conditions which are discussed elsewhere in the report need to be pushed
forward with all possible vigor, but it may be confidently predicted that the unemploy
ment situation will not be appreciably relieved until great advances have been made in
the removal of the two prime causes—unjust distribution of wealth and monopolization of !
land and natural resources The mast direct methods of dealing with the inequality of 1
wealth already have been briefly discussed and will be considered elsewhere in the report. !
With respect to the land question, however, the following basic suggestions are submitted: !
(1) Vigorous and unrelenting prosecution to regain all land, water power and mineral
rights secured from the government by fraud; (2) a general revision of our land laws, j
so as to apply to all future land grants the doctrine of “superior use,’’ as in the case of '
water rights in California, and provision for forfeiture in case of actual non-use. In it^
simplest form the doctrine of “superior use” implies merely that at the time of making :
the lease the purpose for which the land will be used must be taken into consideration, and
the use which is of greatest social value shall be given preference; (3) the forcing of all
unused land into use by making the tax on non-productive the same as on productive
land of the same kind, and exempting all improvements. The unemployed aptly have
been called “the shifting sands beneath the state.” Surely there is no condition which
more immediately demands the attention of congress than that of unemployment, which
is annually driving hundreds of thousands of otherwise productive citizens into poverty
and bitter despair, sapping the very basis of our national efficiency, and germinating the
seeds of revolution.
Denial of Justice.- With full recognition of the gravity of the suggestions, it seems
necessary to make the following recommendations: (1) That congress should forthwith
initiate an amendment to the constitution providing in specific terms for the protection of
the personal rights of every citizen in the United States from encroachment by the fed
eral and state governments and by private individuals, associations and corporations. The i
principal rights which should be thus specifically protected by the power of the federal
government are the privilege of the writ of habeas corpus, the right to jury trial, free
speech, peaceful assemblage, to keep and bear arms, to be free from unreasonable searches
and seizures, to speedy public trial, to freedom from excessive bail, and from cruel and
unusual punishments; (2) that congress immediately enact by statute or, if deemed neces
sary, initiate a constitutional amendment specifically prohibiting the courts from declar
ing legislative acts unconstitutional; (3) that congress enact that in ail federal cases*
where the trial is by jury all qualified voters in the district shall be included in the list
from which jurors are selected, and that they shall be drawn by the use of a wheel or
other device designed to promote absolute impartiality; (4) that congress should dras
tically regulate or prohibit private detective agencies and private employment agencies
doing business in more than one state, employed by a company doing an interstate busi
ness, or using the mails in connection with their business. Such regulation, if it is feasi
ble, should include particularly the limitation of their activities to the bona fide functions
of detecting crime, and adequate provision should be made for the rigid supervision of
their organization and personnel; (5) that the militia of the several states, being subject
to regulation by congress, carefully-drawn rules for their personnel, organization and con
duct in the field should be drawn up to insure their impartiality during industrial disputes.
Denial of the Right and Opportunity to Form Effective Organizations.— (1) Incor
poration among the rights guaranteed by the constitution of the unlimited right of indi
viduals to form associations, not for the sake of profit, but for the advancement of their
individual and collective interests; (2) enactment of statutes specifically protecting this
right, and prohibiting the discharge of any person because of his membership in a labor
organization; (3) enactment of a statute providing that action on the part of an associa
tion of individuals not organized for profit shall not be held to be unlawful, wher§ such
action would not be unlawful in the case of an individual; (4) that the federal trade com
mission be specifically empowered and directed by congress in determining unfair methods
of competition to take into account and specially investigate the unfair treatment of labor
with particular reference to (a) refusal to permit employes to become members of labor
organizations, and (b) refusal to meet or confer with the authorized representatives of
employes; (5) that the department of labor, through the secretary of labor or any other
authorized official, be empowered and directed to present to the federal trade commission,
and to proscute before that body, all cases of unfair competition arising out of the treat
ment of labor which may come to his attention; (6) that such cases, affecting as they do
the lives of citizens in the humblest circumstances, as well as the profits of competitors
and the peace of the community, be directed by congress to have precedence over all other
cases before the federal trade commission.
THE DOG
The Pioneer has been requested to reprint the late Senator Vest’s
“Defence of a Dog,” which we take pleasure in doing. It is an excel
lent composition, and well worthy the high place accorded it by dog
fanciers in literature pertaining to their especial pets. But really, when
it is analyzed, one is inclined to believe that the eminent Missouri sen
ator must have been carried away by his own eloquence. Much as
man’s humble friend is appreciated in this northern land, there will be
few who can truthfully subscribe to the statement that "the only abso
lutely unselfish friend a man may have in this selfish world, the one that
never deserts him, the one that never proves ungrateful or treacherous,
is the dog.” Much as one would wish to believe this, it generally will
be attributed to the “poetic license” which is generally accorded to the
lawyer when making a plea to a jury. Faithfulness will be ungrudg
ingly ascribed to the canine species; but as to how much his fidelity is
governed by his dependence upon man for sustenance is a question.
Senator Vest’s tribute is as follows:
Gentlemen of the Jury: The best friend a man has in this world may turn against
him and become his enemy. His son and daughter that he has reared with hiving care
may become ungrateful. Those who are nearest and dearest to us, those whom we trust
with our happiness and our good name, may become traitors to their faith. The money
that a man has he may lose. It flies away from him when he may need it most. Man's
reputation may be sacrificed in a moment of ill-considered action. The people who are
prone to fall on their knees and do us honor when success is with us may be the fust to
throw the stone of malice when failure settles its cloud upon our heads. The only abxo
utely unselfish friend a man may have in this selfish world, the one that never desert.,
him, the one that never proves ungrateful or treacherous, is the dog.
Gentlemen of the jury: A man’s dog stands by him in prosperity and in uovertv.
in health and in sickness. He will sleep on the cold ground, when the wintry winds blow
and the snow drives fiercely, if only he may be near his master’s side He will kiss the
hand that has no food to offer, he will lick the wounds and sores that come in encounter
i with the roughness of the world. He guards the sleep of his pauper master its if he were
a prince.
When all other friends desert, he remains. When riches take wings and reputation
falls to pieces he is as constant in his love as the sun in its journey through the heavens.
If fortune drives the master forth an outcast into the world, friendless and homeless, the
faithful dog asks no higher privilege than that of accompanying him. to guard him against
dangers, to fight against enemies, and when the last scene of all comes and death takes
his master in its embrace and his body is laid away in the cold ground, no matter if all
other friends pursue their way, there by his graveside will the noble dog be found, his
head between his paws and his eyes sad, but open in alert watchfulness, faithful and true
j even to death.
In former and more peaceful years it was customary at the mar
riage of royalties to state that the position of such and such a country
had been strengthened by an alliance between princes and princesses
of different nationalities. How this works out is being given a demon
stration in the case of Greece. The Danish king of the Hellenes and his
German wife have succeeded so far in evading the wishes of their sub
jects in the matter of taking part in the war, and fighting with their Bal
kan allies for what they believe to be their interests. It would not be
surprising if the great European eruption did not result in wiping out
several of these ornamental dynasties, and a determination on the part
of the people to govern themselves.
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It appears that some effort, at least, is being made to atone for
the mob outrage in Georgia. But the discharge of a few unfaithful
state employes is but a poor palliative for a wrong of such magnitude.
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The activities of Dr. Dumba, the dismissed Austro-Hungarian min
ster to this country, would have been regarded as criminal had they
! been perpetrated in time of peace. The destruction of the lives and
| property of citizens of a friendly country, engaged in lawful occupa
tions, is none the less murder and arson because prompted by the egi
sencies of war. The Teutonic nations have made a great deal out of
the sentiment in this country favorabje to the allies. But apparently
they encourage acts w'hich tend to arouse public sentiment against
themselves, ihe action of Emperor Francis Joseph in signally honor
! ing the man who had so greatly offended this country, and abused the
1 confidence of its government, to which he was accredited, will not be
| regarded otherwise than as a direct slap at the United States. Such in
! cidents do not tend to create a friendly feeling for the German cause.
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If the czar by ukase can raise a loan of two and three-quarters
billions of dollars in foreign markets, he should put his allies “wise” to
his methods.
In conferring the Iron Cross on the king of Bulgaria, Emperor Will
iam recognizes the heroism required to refuse the advantages offered
by the entente powers and accepting those tendered by the kaiser.
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In spite of the fact that American shipping concerns have filled
the columns of the press with wails as to the effect that the Lafollette
1 seamen’s bill will have upon their business, which has been taken as an
. excuse for transferring vessels of American register to a foreign flag,
the Cleveland Leader reports that during the first week in August four
Norwegian steamships, averaging more than 4,000 tons measurement,
were added to the merchant marine of the United States. They were
i iransferred to an American company for the benefits and opportuni
ties enjoyed by ships sailing undjp the American flag. “Such gains,”
says the Leader, “are encouraging to those who realize how greatly the
foreign commerce of the country can be stimulated by a more adequate
supply of American tonnage on the high seas. The shipyards of the
Atlantic coast are very busy, and several lake steamers have been
bought for service on the seaboard. All available means of increasing
the American tonnage on the Atlantic are being employed to the fullest
extent, and this movement has gained such momentum that it v/ill go on
for a long time, however conditions may change in Europe.”
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A news item says that as soon as it was known that Italy had
joined the allies, all the population of Brussels appeared wearing the
Italian colors. General Von Bissing issued a proclamation forbidding
this. The colors vanished, but every day every man, woman and child
in the city of Brussels walked the boulevards wearing a bit of macaroni.
To arrest anyone on such a charge would be absurd. So the German
governor has said nothing.
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Almost every state in the Union is now grooming a “favorite son”
for the presidency. Senator Weeks of Massachusetts is prominently
spoken of as the choice of that state. “An official of a large Boston
industrial corporation” is quoted as saying that there is a strong under
current for Weeks everywhere, and he adds: “In the extreme West
Wilson stock is away below par, chiefly because of the Panama canal
tolls and the Lafollette shipping bills,” There will be considerable of
this kind of “news” from now on until the end of the campaign next
year. It bears the earmarks of the advertising bureau. One is not
compelled to put any faith in such twaddle, however. If Wilson stock
is below par it should be an easy matter to defeat him. But no Repub
lican has yet been mentioned who has a ghost of a chance against him.
WHEN THE FROST IS ON THE f
PUMPKIN \
<
(James wiiUcointi hi ley) *
When the frost is on the pumpkin and the <
fodder’s in the shock, <
And you hear tile kyvaek and gobble of the <
struttin’ turkey cock; <
And the clackin’ or the guineas and tlie <
chirkin' of the hens,
And the rooster’s liallylooyer as lie tiptoes
on the fence- I
oh, it’s then’s tin* time a feller is a-feelin’ 1
at bis best,
With the risin’ sun to greet him from a
night of peaceful rest;
As he leaves the house bareheaded and goes |
out to feed the stock,
When the frost Is on the pumpkin and the j
fodder's in the shock.
There’s something kind o’ hearty-like about ’
the atmosphere
When the heat of summer's over and the I
coolin’ fall is here.
Of course we miss the flowers and the bios- j
soms on the trees.
And tbe mumble of the hurnmin’ birds and !
buzzln’ of the bees;
but the air's so appetizin' and the andseape
through the haze
of a crisp and sunny morning of the early
autumn days
Is a pielur' that no painter has the colorin'
to mock—
When the frost i« on the pumpkin and the j
fodder’s in the shock.
The husky, rusty rustle of the tossels or I
the corn,
And the raspin’ of the tangled leaves, as j
golden as the morn;
The stubbie in the furrows kind o' lone- |
some-Ilke, but still
A-preaehin’ sermons to us <>r the barns 1
they growed to nil.
The sfrawstaek in the medder, and the
reaper in the shed;
The bosses in their stalls below, the clover |
overhead:
| oh, It sets my heart a-elickin' like tin*
tickin’ of a clock
When the frost is on the pumpkin and the
fodder’s in the shock.
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WENDELL PHILLIPS ON PRUSSIA
Wendell Phillips said in 1873: “What
does Prussia represent? She represents the I
reorganized feudal system of the nineteenth 1
century. She is a power marshaled into
form by the one purpose of courts anil
soldiers. She is not a nation; she is an
army. Her great public schools and all
her civil life have a great, if not primary. .
purpose in the design to make men soldiers, j
Every man of the population banker, me
chanic, tradesman or scholar everything
but the pulpit- goes for the three appointed
years into the camp to be disciplined to
arms; and Prussia’s policy is an effort to
! drag the world back three hundred years,
j She is the great military outgrowth, the
l normal monstrosity of the nineteenth cen
tury.”
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FORFEITURE NOTICE
I To I.other C. Hess:
, You are hereby notified that I. the under
! signed, have expended din ing the year nine
■ teen hundred and thirteen M913 one linn !
dred doiars » j? loin and during the year
nineteen hundred and fourteen 10 15 the
*.11111 of one hundred dollars i*ih" in labor j
and improvements upon the Mammy Asso- !
eiation [ilaeer mining claim, on left limit
of Moore creek, a tributary of the Takotna !
river, In Mount McKinley mining district,
Fourth division. Territory of Alaska, notice (
of which Is found in Volume i. at Page 19". j
of the records of -aid M nut McKinley min
ing di'lrict, m order to hold said claim im- j
der the provisions of Section 232 4 of the |
' Revis'd Sfalutes, and the amendments \
(thereto approved January 22. 1880, con- 1
; cerning annual labor upon mining claim'. I
being tlie amount required to hold said j
1 filacer mining claim ft r the periods ending '
on the 3 1 *d day of Iiecember. 19 13, and on i
the 3 1 St day or neceniber, 1 9 1 i.
And if within ninety days after the pub- j
' licatlon of this notice you fail or refuse to '
j contribute your proportion of such expeu- ,
I "11ure as a eo-owner. your interest in the :
Mammy \ssorlatlon placer mining claim will
become tlie property of the subscriber, your
1 «•(•-owner, who has made the required ex
! fietiditure. bv the terms of said section.
CECIL RARFOW.
! First publication, Oct. 23, i‘*ir>.
Fast publication, Jan. 22, 191t».
NOTICE OF FORFEITURE
j To H. Schofield, and to your heirs, execu
tors. administrators and assigns:
1 You are hereby notified that the under
I signed, a co-owner, has expended in labor
i and improvements the sum of one hundred
'dollars ($ion.oo) per year for the years
! 19 13 and 19 14 upon that certain placer:
; mining claim known as The Happy New ;
' Year Association, situated at the head of
Flat creek, a tributary'of Otter creek, m j
Otter recording district, Territory of j
Alaska, in which you are the owner of an .
undivided one-eighth (Vs) Interest.
You and each of you are hereby notilled I
i that if at the expiration of ninety (90’
I days after the last publication of this notice
! you have failed or refused to contribute
| your share or the aforesaid expenditures,
your interest in said claim will become for
retted and will become the property of the ,
■ undersigned, according to the provisions of
Section 23 2 4 of Revised Statutes of the
United States.
DAVID STRANDBERG. Co-Owner.
Date or first publication. Sept. 4. 19 15.
Date of last publication, Dec. 4, 19 15.
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