Show i A NATIW Af K11ITI1ULH LAW Ever Mnce mnuulnrturlnl Indua tries began to be de eloped In the United Ktatcs New England Ins taken the lead In fostering them lit the Maine section organized labor has been 10 u considerable extent successful In the struggles It has engaged In for tho attainment of Its lending objects It his BUccttded In securing better unges for mill operatives and other kind of toilers and has firmly estab Ished the eighthour system During recent years however Borne nf the southern stntpH hate made vast trldes In the development of textile Industries thereby coming Into direct and powerfi mpeUllonwlth the New England manufacturing cnlaod his great commercial and Industrial I cenleot the I southern manufacturer has the advantages that naturally accrue III him from the Imperfect organization ot the working classes and particularly particular-ly from the long working day which hn not been curtailed by legislation In the south the number ot hours which the employer may require his perathca to remain at work In order 10 earn a days pay Is not limited bylaw by-law nor ore the operatives organized well enough to force nn Increase 10 their wages In New England hoer ho-er elghthour laws prevail and labor I Is so well organized as to be able to maintain wages that are conldera bay higher than rre paid in the south The result Is I Hint the southern manu fnelurer cnn undersell his northern competitor and the mill operatives of New England are suffering In consequence conse-quence This condition of affairs has glen rise to nn agitation In fior of an amendment to the national constitution constitu-tion which shall authorize Congress to regulate the liouru of labor In nil the States In the Union As a matter of course the proposition originated In Massachusetts RepresentatIve Lover Ing of that state has Introduced a Mil into the present Congress looking to such un amendment to the national charter Similar bills 1 weio Introduced by MAhutI congressmen nt each of the four picccdlng Congresses and Mr Iovcrlngs measure Is being cordially r c7 ally endorsed by the Cotton manufacturers manufac-turers of the northeastern Stater Oiganlzed labor In all tho states Is unanimously 10 fao of Antic nn tincuJniMit to the Constitution and a majority of Iho mill owners of most of the Northern states would proni bly favor It Opposition to It would Some 110m crttln floulhHn States too Springfield Hepubllcar In a thoughtful article upon the subject ixprc > sen the low that It Is I quite pcs clblo l for the friends of tM tnenfure to Tractors the ecessar two thirds vote In Congress and The ratification of threefourths nt the states nf the Inlnii both of which Fire malood real In arder to nmend the Constitution the labor lruuL e now In plogresa In New England will tend to give riomlnente to this Isiie I and It Is era lllclj tint It Inay figure effectively In I tho next picslJentlal campaign Such omudnt to the national charter would l open tho way for others on similar limp wllh the inibable result 01 making fllrtnchln chong In social and Industrial Conditions In this Country |