Show J L lY l III V If I 1 1 L 1 f r I 1 I I j 1 I J 0 t 0 I I Wilsons Wilson's ils on s Opinion n of Labor n 4 1 ro f l u I or To o. o c tk I I I 4 jL l r. r L. L rt J. J T B Bf Before f He Entered PolItICS I t d r e ore 1 t h f I t 1 I. I r t York Yon City ie 16 C tJ 1 1 I I. I I S Bon Woodrow w Wilson President nt Princeton University Princeton x J 1 J. J f NOrTOW M. M w f I I t i Dear Sir f i tho sera er over ever an and ana 3 th the j prescribed b d 1 labor a b or hours hour h 00 u r. r oo of o day In Iii I the Sew York Times Timos of or June T me 14 which purports to give giro ex extracts ex- ex IM Me a. a J nY 13 1109 I irr tra tracts tn of or your you yo baccalaureate address to the students of or Princeton University Uni Uni- i i I R lacier 1 III i er ecu could ld DO not t ven venture t UJO without 1 U ut OJ h a. a 0 6 lu to t j versify you ou are ere quoted as follows follow f i I 0 I S do the york work himself and sad could not order oder any of ot bis bic You tau i know now what hat at the usual standard of or- orthe the elope 0 I 1 t is in our day Y it t is to give as ac little as 89 he may for his i I to do it I had in mind nind scores teor of o inet et tD short In in bart ort li Uy Sly d dear ear Sir Sir Sir- wages Labor r is ie stan standardised r b by y the trade unions talons and thia thi thiais s I f. f r. r is the st standard erd d to Rh h which oh h it is ie S ade to conform Bo Iro one Is Tour letter of or JUno Jun contain a v very nry ry prop lying IJ i own oen experience and r Un upon U. U suffered to o do more than han the average workman oan can do In r I 9 Isome some trades trade and end handicrafts s tore no one is suffered to do more or challenge I o suite quite agree that I ought aught not th the ha to tony i nj wl in whose veracity tenacity I hav to than n t the e lea least t skilfuL of of his fellows oan oen do within the hours hots z zIt It ellot to d days day's do s labor end and no one OM nay may torte nork out cut of or hours I did we take about the trades unions union I v WIre r r. r L LA have the tha gre fre toa cG at P oil 11 or volunteer anything beyond the minimum U t. I of or as cou could l n not t I. I In the tho cea tse of ot A Able le to cite cues cases in verification DUon of toy tate nt j Now No your our reported orte remarks strike me as bet being so extraordinary one or two iso of or these tho instances Etta tir legal 11 proof froot root of or R Rz I r It of or cOUr course t h had no individual trade unions union in t nary so Vary so different what I as es a member of or orga organised e ed lobor have haye t 9 z found to be the that foots that I feel impelled t to ask osk y you u u if it the fore foregoing oln H ind which w hi c h I can cnn now namo by 11 nu n number Dr but had I Ih t. t d i In n nind cW G but the evidence I have helve ar are on I I M Is i a n correct report repast r of of- what hat you said e rt of or the general truth of the tho nt I reds cad ar r 1 If you ou are ore crr correctly q I should l like e to have haYe you give eases cases of or building a in t. t Nw r York Yort City for tor x e the tle 11 brick bick to oe g gen me ue your our authority for your statement that in labor lobor unions no no one is suffered red to do more pore t than en the average or workman an oan do Also o give me met tho be lays layero nyel o on which spent about rt one ono third of or t tko to Y o working Very truly your oure i names of or a n few trades or handicrafts ans where here ano no ono one is 1 suffered to Co o i 1 yore more e t than Ulal the te h lens least tl of his fellows oan oen do o within within the hourn bourn i day dap sitting silting around wound tit making Oking their pipes and Md chatting be because be 7 t f J alo i ed to n a day ey eys a l labor lobor b and ond no one may work on out o of hours at ot ell or I 1 r volunteer r anything beyond the minimum c cause ue th thy they y had l laid d the num number er of briers to ch they were ver 1 As As Asa a Q matter of course se a president of or a 8 university un es c G ao I r the by th the union to toE which they belonged f E 1 reputed standing die aI of Princeton would nt net rna mare make e st statements in Yn his baccalaureate betas bacca limited for tor day i I I Ii i laureate addre address 1 z unless he kno knoTS s or at least fully idly believes behoves 9 that his big bigI own in vilh J i i of or on dealing I experiences experience I r had i in n ni r. r d n numerous try J I s are true truo Therefore it ought not be a difficult matter for for I I. I t you to 01 oblige me rz a with the names of those labor whoso Whose laws lava lon or 0 working zen icen In them o I once found round it l I i r f 0 I even policies bring about the true results you specify g Jr 10 ft R. Lanny Lan fn I 1 with Interest I IOB r l lively J Awaiting ting reply OB em for e lo on OD a vo very vory cold evening to get et a n broken winder t V Yours ours v very ry truly I j house hout of or an invalid friend flond because o th tics tha 1 c 1 p pans pane Mod at the thO th I 1 r Care ere Evening a Yo s 7 r Hew w o. o City t 1 Y S I teat U r I t J j r t. t II 1 0 1 I i 1 H Labors Labor's Opinion of 1 Hughes y J. J J I J I Ij j I After He Retired From Politics Politic's l i iTIE jHB j- j i I k TIE HE WAS VAS A GREAT GREA GOVERNOR s state c He lie also urged the enactment of labor laws la s i With i such l a record of f approval and sn sug suggestion u N Orv ow that Governor H Hughes has retired re in iii in his leis messages to th the t legislature 1 gis ee even en it go going ng so b of progressive b ir e legislation 5 in in the inter inter- interI interest i I b far as its to place ac e the demand c m and for tor a shot labor law lar T in ill one on j jI I loll from f 1 po politics I slid and au 1 ascended J 1 to t 0 a a. 1 p place 1 ace on au the tl lC x r 1 est cst C of 01 humanity to his Ins credit it is IS easy to 1 believe Je Ie of j. j 0 his session of f the lc I I Isla e I j 0 liS messages to a an n extra session 0 t Ie egIs o. o a highest judicial tribunal in III the world vor 1 d t tilt the 1 Ie fact tui ture e. e o V V r that human rights will vill have a steadfast and sym sym- Srm- Srm 1 I 1 can lil h be aci acknowledged h ti 0 ll without hurting anybody's Only Su- Su r labor laws have been enacted in In pathetIc c up upholder I 10 11 er In in t the 1 new ne J Justice ustIce 0 of f t the h e k Su Supreme S. S U I friend of I that he lie the political corns t was vas e greatest this tIllS state sin since SInce it its ts s erection in In 1777 1777 in preme Court of the United T ted States J c labor lab r laws that ever occupied the governors governor's rT years ears One thud of these exceeding ng in lIl quality t i 1 chair at Albany During Ins his s t two To terms he has all of the ille others h I s have l been enacted ed and signed S J. I From l oin the October 1910 Issue of L Leg Legislative b i News ITc T I Published 1 Cled d by by hy T IT Tew r ew T York 1 State Federa edera- Federation I edel ati a- a signed 56 labor lar laws lays including small among a cr them the during Governor f r cl 1101 Hughes Hughes' term fell 1 of three years years ti I best labor laws ever c enacted in this or an any other and nine months tion 0 of ot f Lab or i s 1 y Labors Labor s Opinion of Hughes Ks Is Based on WHAT WHA I HE HAS DONE 1 r I V These Ar Arc re c Sonic Some 5 ll of t the ll Laws He t Advocated dr oc and Si Signed While hile 1111 Governor of Ne New York r r i 1 CO Commission 1011 Inquiry 1 Limiting fill the hours of labor r for signalmen and uHl V I Reconstructed the State Department of Labor l railroad all tc telegraphers r v Automatic lt mutual 1 agreement b r t compensation j Y Yb law lav Placing inA young rr women ll front from 10 11 to 21 years S 0 of 1 age r Changed ail the 1 i penalties IH i a 5 to 0 make enforcement of 1 t Automatic compulsory I 1 r compensation I in the thc protected 1 class labor l laws Ians easier The file first la law of this kind enacted in the file ELEVEN Tl LE N CHILD LABOR LABOi LAWS LA VS extending h lal o J. J United States over oyer a I per period from 1007 1907 t to L. L 1910 hC I Requiring 1111 semimonthly payment IH of wages ages fi 1 I Limiting 1 the hours home of jf labor labur fur for street car men lIen These c l laws secured nl ed the file l f first 11 t definite nit standard stand stand- x r 1 THIRTEEN T I TL L IJ LAWS r S IS relating to rr welfare safety 1 It ill the hours of labor Javor 1 f for fats 01 1 t train l l ard il 1 for 0 or it the IC I Ino protection I t t. t u of If f e children I. I f 1 rell 11 in New lent T Cy I ti V on in workshops and sanitation salutation 5 Y York service k i r- r orl V t JI c i Republican National Publicity Committee I I f ff fi 1 f l I 1 i L. L 7 I I |