practicall After all o roposition propositaon. i tations have been refuted the accusation | Il is made that Wilson is an enemy of la- | bor and that falsehood is paraded before the wage-earpers as a finality. i Those who employ this falsehood to deceive the working men show secant re The records spect for their intelligence. on the subject are accessible and and intelligent working men of Pennsyl vania not only read but they think and |} The following facts are presented in order that there may be no further mis Woodrow Wilson's views upon the labor question: understanding of FIRST. Employees. For years the railroad ciations of New Jersey demanded a i employees’ asso which would enable the wages twice a month. that they be freed from the clutches of 4 They demanded cans were in eon so long as the Repu them successfully. Governor Wilson supported this meas ure in every possible way. When the time came to sign the bill, railroad attorneys appeared before Gov ernor Wilson, and argued against iis i prov claiming that such a law would impose, 1 addi- tional financial burdens on the railroad companies. Governor Wilson considered these argu tly and unnecessarily, ments carefully and then signed the bill. For this he was commended by associa tions of railroad employees throughout New Jersey, and in a resolution adopted February 29, 1912, at Trenton, by the State Federation of Labor. SECOND. Full Crew Bill. At the Democratic State convention, held at Trenton, October 3, 1811, Gov- erpor Wilson had inserted into the Demo- cratic platform the following pledge: “We favor safeguarding railway travel as far as possible and, therefore, pledge ourselves to the passage of a law tq ac- FULL CREW BILL which failed to pass the last Republican Senate.” In his Inaugural Message to the Leg: islature the Governor urged action as fol- lows: “Wa have done much toward securing {| justice and safety for the workingmen {| of the State in our factory laws, our i! tepement house legislation and our em- done enough. | | for President | Has Accomplished as Governor of New Jersey Works in the Yards lead. so remote from our f that it would } To any of 2 to jerstang it, if it were described to 8 { i employe 4 rene no mm | tion or hugs wv of Kir the { 2 { ¢ t oe » ! n ¢ i i sands ght tog } ! rN h they XK and y i ha 1 al relations, but by agents of one sort or another. Working 8 for the performance of a multitude of par ticular tasks under a common discipline. dangerous and pow over whose repair and renewal the have no control Ne "8 Sets the Brakes i st lf at with regard to t ; od obi. * | gat and their rights, their tion Flashes the Signal to th i ot “oh . ab i their responsil ie | New rules must be and : i tection, for their red, r their sup Safeguards Our Lives demand further legislation with regard to the inspection and regulation of Ia tories and workshops, and I recommend \ legislation of this kind to your very eare ful and earnest consideration, I recom mend, moreover, the pa date of an act requin ing within this with adeq CTOWS Our rains a lopte i »f this kind and g from Pennsy earry full Now Jersey ustually n throngh New Jersey with diminished crews, to the jeopardy as 1 property, req more of the and thoroughly Whereupon Assem rat from Hudson Ford, De mo and President of the State Federation of LaboTr, intro. duced a8 bill embodyi 0 suggestions of Governor Wilson, It passed the House, the Senate, owing to oppo 1 : » Rey ublicans, THIRD. Employers’ Liability Act. Laws 19811, { Chapter a5, page 134.) provided for by the workmen's compen sation act, which contained provisions for the automatic payment of compensation to railroad employees for injuries or loss of life, doing away with the old barbarie fellow-servant doctrine, which had been nurtured by the common law. For vears the employees and laborers of the State of New Jersey bad demanded this kind of their de- mands were never satisfied owing to the sinister influences which worked against legislation, but it. In his Inaugural Message to the Legis lature Governor Wilson said: laws with regard to the relations of em ployer and employee are in many respects wholly antiquated and impossible. They ges he wh { Some Very new i ; 1 ry Xx al Si hp 3 { of i ial A me econon ! hi ring i we must i t f a ents Wie weakness, The our day, as 1 . but HOW i the by ing {1 his | exal relationshiy gman s compensation den of fighting power needed, it affects the rights, the happ! ines of the largest because it is the adjustment for whi justice cries loudest and with the most direct appeal, to our-hearts as “This is the first adjustment lives and fort well as to our « ciences,’ Governor Wilson then conferred with | the Committee on Railroads and Canals in the House, urging favorable consider ation of the bill, and in every way pos : sible aide { its passage through the Sen i ] { ate. As a last resort, the sttornevs of the railroad companies demanded that he veto it. but GOVERNOR WILSON CON SIDERED ITS BASIC PROVISIONS 80 JUST AND HUMANE THAT HE SIGNED IT. — i ia— His Fever. Small Harold complained of having a { fever and persuaded his mother to let | him stay at home from school. Later be asked permission to go out and play, “Why, I thought you had a fever, Harold?” she said in reply. ~ “So I have, mamma,” he explained; “but it's the baseball fever.” he ————..
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