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Show -uo SOCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL JUSTICE. We have been asked what Roosevelt Roose-velt means by social and industrial justice and. in answer, reproduce the following from the Colorado Progressive: Progres-sive: "The supreme duty of the nation is the conservation of human resources resour-ces through an enlightened measure of social and industrial justice. We pledge ourselves to work unceasingly unceasing-ly in state and nation for: Effective legislation looking to the prevention of Industrial accidents, occupational oc-cupational diseases, overwork, involuntary invol-untary unemployment, and other Injurious In-jurious effects incident to modern industry. The fixing of minimum safety and health standards for the various occupations, oc-cupations, and the exercise of the public authority of state and nation, including the federal control over interstate in-terstate commerce and the taxing power, to maintain such standards. The prohibition of child labor. Minimum wage standards for working work-ing women, to provide a living scale In all industrial occupations. The prohibition of night work for women and the establishment of an eight-hour day for women and young persons. One day's rest In seven for all wage-workers. The eight-hour day in continuous twenty-four-hour Industries, The abolition of the convict contract con-tract labor system; substituting a system of prison production for governmental gov-ernmental consumption only; and the application of prisoners' earnings to the support of their dependent families. fam-ilies. Publicity as to wages, hours and conditions of labor; full reports upon industrial accidents and diseases, and the opening to public inspection of all tallies, weights, measures and check systems on labor products. Standards of compensation for death by industrial accident and in-Jury in-Jury and trade diseases which will transfer the burden of lost earnings from the families of working people to the industry, and thus to the community. com-munity. The protection of home life against the hazards of sickness, irrogular employment em-ployment and old age through the adoption of a system of social insurance insur-ance adapted to American use. The development of the creative labor power of America by lifting the last load of illiteracy from American youth and establishing continuation schools for industrial education under un-der public control and eucouraging agricultural education and demonstra tlon in rural schools The establishment of industrial research re-search laboratories to put the meth ods and discoveries of science at the service of American producers. The organization of the workers, men and women, as a means of protecting pro-tecting their interests und of promot ing their progress. |