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* Our Washington
LetU r.
(Continual from 1st page,)
just ES though this were an anti
child lalor bill, or an eight hour
law for working women, or a
bill to suppress loan sharks.
When this pitiful wail had
been voiced to the assembled sen
stcrs, many of whom wagged
tin it* head’s solemnly in approval
“hob” Lal'ollftte of Wisconsin
• sent to the desk a report by the
Chicago Superintendent pf eopn
pulsory education, on this excur
'ion boat business as affecting
the public school children of Chi
cago. It explained the social va
lue of this boat business, threat
ened by the se; mop’s bill witn
“almost total loss.”
Here are some of the po.ints in
this report:
“Luring !he summer of 1914
many of these (Lake excursion)
boats were merely boating sa
loons, ar.d the ru e prohibiting
the sale of liquor tp minors was*
not enforced. The discipline on
most of the boats was Ipx; unes
corted young girls were subject
ed to indignities, immoral wo
men and licentious nien patroni
sed the boats, and moral condi
tions were bad; anypne witjp thi
'price” could, rept a state-room.
1 he government is now follow
■'is up me i.uvpsugaupii. ■
“Slot machines, jpaddle am
wheel games pave children thcii
hrst lesson in gambling; bars
were opened before the three
mile limit was reached: minors
were found drunk.’’
“It was found that the major i
I v of the excursion boats encoui
aged the gambling spirit amonp
children, and that money was
accepted from a 6-year-old chile
to play the paddie game."
“It was found that the boats
only tarried'ife boats and life
Crafts to save thp iyes of 30 per
cent of their passengers,and this
means that a boat licensed to a
capacity of from 2,000 to 3,000
passenggps, during the excursion
period would be able to provide
life boats and 1 ifu crafts for less
than cue third on board if it was
crowded to i s capacity. These
boats are crowded to the rail or
holidays ar.d week end trips,
s “The crews are sma!!, and un
less there is amended national le
gislation to compel excursion
boats to increase their lifeboat e
(juipment, personal safety on ai
over crowded Lake Michigan ex
cursion^boat is a risk in which hu
manity must depend upon fate
as to whether it would bp num
Lered among the one-third saved
or the two thirds that would be
dependent upon life preservers.
Among the L tr.er vou’d doubtless
be many children with only a cir
cle of cork to f.oai their souls tc
rescue.”
The Senate had to listen to the
Hading of this damnation of the
“millions invested in said passen
«er anp excursion boats,’’ bm
it burrowed hastily into -its pa
pers again, and the next minute
gratefully heard a favorable re
port on 3 resolution authorizing
the employment of an extra clerk
for th^ post dice committee.
To Fine
The Railroads.
The railroads are to b^ fined
%100 a violation for infractions
of the inter-state commerce law.
Isn’t that too much? It is at least
one-tenth of one-tenth of one
percent of their daily stealings.
New Jersey
The New Jersey gunmen are
not so smooth j\s some of their
verminous b e hrcn, and they
re likely ^o pay dearly
for their fur. 'J hey ought tH
ave 1 ad Javvn D's pul) with the
Devil: Then tl.f>y could have
reen heiled as true patriots.
NOTICE
We have had several cornmun-1
ea ions lately from persons Hv
.ig at a distance from any Socia
is: local, seeking information a
o how they could become a mem
)er of the party. All such should
communicate with the Territorial
Secretary, M. L. Geyth, Cush
man Street anc] Valdez Trail and
become a member a* large,
(Continued from;F'rst Page)
increased the wages not less
than 42 ppr. cent.
The gains to labor in better wa
?es. shorter hours and improved
conditions amounted to $200,000
per year in London; and near’y
as much in Liverpool.
And th^se are only typical cas
es chosen out cf hundreds. These
improved conditions fo low mun
icipal ownership everywhere.
And municipal ownership pays
manother way. It pays in actual
profits to the citiys.
For example: In spite of tha
low rates and better wages. Mil
waukee clears as high as §200.
000 per year on its water pjant.
|The city of Berlin, in Germany.
! clears as high as $4,500.0C0 per
oear off its different municipal
interests. Six cities in England,
for which we have figures at
hand, cleared $1,440,135 off their
gas, water and mai kets alone in
in a single year. Glasgow made
$1,837,704, net profits off its mu
nicipal street cars in a single
year.
The city of Cincinnati owns a
railroad 336 miles long, crossing
3 states. It Is called the Cincinna
ti Southern, and runs south from
Cincinnati. Ohio, through Km
tucky to Chattanooga, Tenn. It
isjworth $40,000,000. It is paying
for itself and is producing a rev
enue of $£126,816 per year over
and atove an expenses.
So you see municipal owner
ship pays, It pays in better wa
ges. shorter hours and improved B .
conditions of labor. It pays in lo
wer fares end better service. And
best of all, it pays in dividends
to the public.
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