Show TilE LAIJOR COMMISSION HIM I A bill hishecn introduced Congress by Mr Sprlngci creatillg u Department of Laboi the duties of which me in addition ad-dition to those suggested in President j i Clevelands message about the same as I are now disclmigcd by the Bureaus of Labor established in home of the States These comprise principally the collection and diffusion of information on subjects connected with labor and its iclations with capital the hours of labor the the earnings of laboring men and women and tho melIIsor promoting their malcual social intellectual and moral prosperity With the exception of California where I the Bureau has collected and picscntcd a considerable amount of useful information informa-tion connected with the results of Chinese labor competition it is doubtful whether any of tho Stato Commissions have effected anything practically which would tend to solve the great problem of I I capital and labor or to reconcile the existing 1 ex-isting diflcicnces between them The 1 proposition then to create u National I Department of that character with such multitudinous duties would 1 in oIlY opin1 i ion destroy the chances of anj thing beneficial ben-eficial resulting from tho recommendations I I recommenda-tions in tho message Tho simplci tho machinery ma-chinery for such noil tile better anil by imposing other moro numerous and laborious la-borious duties would bo almost ccitain to result in tho frustration of this only really practical portion A bill simple in its provisions in accordance with tho Piesi dents suggestions is what is needed and any additions or complications would only render it loss effective for this purpose dp signed |