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Labor's Victory
Tlfb nrinolnles announced bythotPeaco'Com-
mlBslon In bohalfofJ lfibor conutitutev a great
victory for the tdilbrfrfofrthe- worldfi. Tlfb nifloi
clauoca proposed i by the commiBsidm- ott- inters
national labor ldglalritionw fbnr insertion- inntlfo
peace treaty as adopted by the Peace conference
wore mado public by the State, department! ati
Washington. The following is the platform au
nounccd:
"Tho high contracting- parties-,- recognizingr
thatn tho wellbblngr physical' moral' and" Intel
loctual oMnduBtrlaiuAvagu earners Is of supremo
International importance, have framed a perma
nent maohlnory associated- with-, that of- the
loaguo of nations to further this groat end.
"Thoy recognize that differences of climate,
habitaaiuK-customs, of economical opportunity
and'induattfial. tradition : make -strict. uniformity
In tho conditioiiB of labor diflloult of immodiato;.
attainment. But holding, A&vthey do, that labor,
romedies (probably error-id transml.nion). bovre;
gardod merely as an article of commerce, they
think that thoro are methods and principles .for
.tLOvrntiflcation. of labor conditions whiclu.all'jnr.
dustrlal communities should endeavor? to apply
so far as thoir racial. Jcirauii-stttncos-wilLpormitf
"AmongrthLz mothod3uinrt prhiclpldsvtho fdU?.
lowingisconn to. thoUiigh contractingspa-rtiesntoc
be of upocial and urgent importance:
"First; The guiding principle., above enun
clatad'ithab labor'shouldnot be rcgarddd- merely
as aKCommodltytott'nrtibld'of tcoramorce-
"Sfecond, Thtrright of.iassocintiomifdrmlMlawfr
ful 1UKppBGsbyrtho employed' asufsvellwaasby thot
employers.
"Third. Tho. payment to-theomployodoof.ia
wage- adequate to maintains a. reasonable stun-.
dardof-'lifO'as'-thiijfls-unddrstood .'in- thbtrrtimeo
nndacountryj
"Fburthi Tho ndoptionhof an. eight-hbun- dttyv
or a Xorty-olght-houiVNveekVaa.tha.standardiitoi.bof
almod'at whore it has not alr-ady)be6n obtained;'
"Fifth; TIio add? turn-ofwa weelfiyrrest':of..ut
leasts twenty-fdur.r hours whiehJshbuld inoludo
Sunday -whoLever-.praatioabldf.
'Sixth. The. abolition otchild labor- and tho
imposition of bucIu limltationa on the labor- ot
young' persons as shall- .permit thb continuation
of thbim education? and 'aasuro thbirproporphy- .
sicali developments
"Seventh: The principle thatiraon.andv.womeini
shouldreceiVo' equal 'remuneration for work of.
equal, Valdo.
"Eighth;. Tlio' standardr. set . by s ldwv in each'
couutry.vwiUiwrespect .toithofcQondltionafofcaabbr'
should have duo regard-toaho.equitabloeeonr
omic treatment .of 'air workers lawfully resident
thofein..
"Nintltn EachBtate'Shbuldimakovprovision'foiv
a systemi oMnBpection; .lii.'whibhftwnionrshouldfi
takevpart in, order to. insure aheienforamientof.i
tho'lftws and regulations, for thb protection of.
the employed!
"Without claiming' that these methodssand'
princlploBhar.eoitiiOrrcompi6tator.flnaU'thehigliy
contracting, panties are of..tho-oplnion.thnfc.they
are well fitted to guide tho policy, of thedoague.
of nations-ami tlitif uddpted'by the. industrial
communities who nronombors'ofthb-leaguo'and'4
safdgwandod ini.practioe , by ranradoquate system.,
of such in8pootion,ahoyvilli,conferr bating bent
eflts upon the wage-eaniUrs of .tho worJd.t'
That labor should. nob;bb."regardodc1aara coin
modlty.or.antic-loot.commerco" is tho most im
portant 'of the '1-clar..U-ria it ia tho basis of
all the otlurs. ThVright to organize;" "reason
able wages," thb.-"bight hour-day" a"Sabbath
rest," "abolitions child labor," "equal .pay to ,
women for eq 1 work" and. "adequate iipec.
tionw thfese, taken' together,- work an un r
cedontod - triumfJlit f-r thb wngo-oLrxera;- They v
ought? to . go as. frm- towar.de insuring, domoatid
peace aa the Inton.ationaU;covenanta do.toward
guaranteeinga)eaco between nationa. Oun nation '
aiuU-the-world.'arev to .bo congratulated -no ,leas
thamaa-boro itisafcvictoryviuMvhichballhave-
. .
THbrbbttlomanufa'otxlrers.uinMiationaMconven
tiom assembled,!, haveidoclaiiedi against' prohibit
tioni. They.-have rbeen making, four to.,flve,milr
Hon- gross- ofc'bbtfclds. yearly, and. people should!
.bo pprmittedfto drink-ao aatoumiisl a umaSbb
for bottles that is wet logic. Why not make '
milk bottles? A considerable part of theunoney
spent for drink will now purchase. suppllosafdr
tho family.
IttSENf NOTOMildGSJY
. Attferilh. dispatchl reads is--fdlUlwffSt:
"B'drlihr April 9"(Cdrrespondente of UhoAsso-
ciatdd Press). A1 German professor figures':out
that'thbabdrcatlonsnd )dethfconomentSiri GSr-r-many
include 278 persons.
"Bavaria leads with one King, one Queen 15.
Princesr 16 PHncesses- fivoe Ditkbs-! and onB
DUohbssf
"Prussia lms sent 33.. royaltiesintotBxileV'. in
cluding.tho' Eiiiperor; Empress, 201Frincesi.and
11 Princesses.- Br-unswickiaisiatr thbsbottomcofrf
the list, with only the Ducal couple' and their
throe children:
"Tho two ' :nyprinoipalitios tof iRauss.whbseo
arear.is; hardly vona thtee-hlindnethi,pant-ofthat.t
.of Trussia, has exiled 36 royalties.
"Tha principality of Lippo, only about. 20
squarernilesidrgerHhamthotKcusB states, had a
royal famiiy"umboringv24persons. Most extra
ordinary is the case of Schaumburg-Lippe, with
its area--of 130.. square miles. where thoree-wasi
nearly -one Toyal personagqsfdr every HVesquare
miles
"These included the reigning. Prince? 17V
Princes minduseveraKi Princesses'
The'- .embera' oFtho royal 'families-ddubtless
feelthabtheyhave bcencondomned- to 'live' on ja a
lower"i ldnB but somoof Hhenr maylearnrthafc-
democracy ;is'abbve,' not "belowaristocracy; Tliby
havo-'fisen- notfallen' They -havo-been ridfiig
on the. backs of the masses they, have -lived "on
thOK.toil of othtra. Mdst of them. prof ess to be
Chr.is'tians thbyMnay: re-readt theirii Bibles sand d
ilhd'ttbbt,. accordihgp.tOt GUnrst,'srstanddEdd,greatJ-liessdstmos.iiredcbyf-.Bervice--thauimencarQ'CL.reab.t
in propor.iidni toAvliafifthOyGiiyEb; nobhrinprow
por.tip'nRtoowhatlheyree2i.vQ7
Ailimild IiaiEIY'
The League oiNations
The Efesidont .hasfcwion tofbe nrft, i
unanimous IntldMemengiven -to- tho t of lhr
-KatidnplaniiK: ildne Tstep; toward agUe ot
will bbratlfi6d'.byithe,sen to bran ov.rwM ?d'
majorityrand irrtsm ddirig ihofaraau IX l
the. almost unanimous approval of thll. ,ect
Th-brldague is based on the MloStrln ?t?- Iy
is rsmf desirable and not necessary, but paW
avoido" and. SHOULD be av Ided tL t N be
fumiisbba.aSUBBa'ITUTE' for war- thi i
feature o whiolxi. auethb investigation 0?
disputes before resort to force, the reduction 0
armamentsand tLe -abolition of cecret-trStu
TiBunosfc.8eriouB.obJeetioiiB made against S
fifat draft Have beea overcome by amSdmenU
The position of-mandatory has been made ot
tional, interference in domestic. affairs lm bPPn
specificallyrdenounced, the' Monroe Doctrino has
been safeguarded and provision has been made by
which any nation can -withdraw on two years'
notice.
4 It is. better than we had. any reason to hope
for; urcnationiCouldn6tlrejee4. it without stultl
vfyingitselJ The--world;-moves forward, tho
UnitfedtStUtestteadhigp"t-vay,' W. J. BRYAN.
A GkSEFIN'POINT
Orlr.anotltbr pageivrrbl. found a news item.
clippedCfronrtthe'hid' Itete- Journal (Column
bus), j . It-leUls'rofvUlecGbbotinof.;a drunken sol
dieEJby.aidr.unkbriSbaT tender; and of the crinjple
wife- and-. several. ;smalL children. T'e home is
described 'as "destitute," although the husband
andatbeE-earjiedlSior $20 a day squandered'
his earnings,, in -.df ink! ' And yet there are wet.
democrats w-hbcdiagjcace their.party by trying td
ddldnddthbtr IvJonai after it. has been banished
by:-thbcconaff;,'rfi:ceof the nationi But tho end
iabiiear thbaelibllH bleawill s- n. be cldsed
andrievenTwefat"ae crats will 'be free- from the
salonIsiOOBraptingniiluence.
Tliot-remodyfdDityphbidnfe'verisfcfdundJinnin-ocula'tibriDthab
makes)thbpationt -imraunortoothb'?
diseases TEo'remody v forv ypllowvf evert isfoun'du
in therddstnoyingfvoMthe' breedingf placesofrftho ?
mosquito; that . carxies1 thergernri.ot:thbdiBeasei'
AlcoholiBmn is at. disease, that has- camo: down-througlii;thb-age;
AAremody hast at' leastv been,
founds afdual- remedy; Total abstinenceonakea.'
the individual immune ; to;alcoholiami andupro
hibltioniddstroys' thb saldonir-the'breediriglace
of thb influence. that.' carxiea the-'germrofcUhhe
diseaseil-ravingj.applibdf;the remedy :tacounowm.
countrTy-we-svill. now.vcanry: the remedy to lother-
lands In- timet- alc'ohblibmpMike- typhoids fdven,
and: yellbw,f ever? will; cease'toccurse-manklndt!
THEKHD:iW&S.
' Tireretis1iiomiewsvay: it is the-old narrow
wayj. Temptatidnsirdnether.samo' that they were
imjthfpaattf.inrjsubstanee and the prodigal son
of,Uddrty tellslfalilife.story. of husks and hog?
tdtauftfthbrfastanxicius'-'and-'as forgiving. A pur
pqseoinRliMf.iathjecfir'st thing' an ideal high
enonghUokbepsoiiBecontimialiy striving toward
betteE.,thirigs;randfivilling. totAVork and. to wait
toldb(jQysripeniibbfd"reitheyvare plucked. Christ
iS5.s,,that'.WSyy" thbra is no othbr; He is the
Truthl? thbhigJiBsbttKUth' ' He' is the Life
theeonlyvlifieV; .
W1TV ITAUYnORGHT? -
Italysho wedsompirritUtion.of' thetaTresidonb'B r
refdsah tooconsunt tOohB-takIng"FiUmo' hbrf
peopld.- evemu vontedtf theh ngejr in. anMendly.v
demonstrations.
Wlirthey forrct the service rendered 'by the -UniteduStatea?
ONE . BILLION:- AND .-ArxHALE
LOANED: TO ITALY; and Jfaly. rescued Iwhen the
enemy-had almost reached 'Vdnice: OUr. nation
has-been a very UBefulfriencL' It was .this na
tion fliat secured the ar istice and it did not
iclUddTthb'trauBfdr.r0f.PiUmovhemItaly'.agreed
to Hit OU'reflection.iltaly will .doubtleaaonclude"
to. joln..in..promotingrpeaoei FJume. would, be
likely to prove another Alsace-Lbrraine
TlIE4VEIUSAIlD.iimoIEWA7J3ALAa:.
The wets in .AuBtraliaareforgani&ing to re
form the saloonj ThbyhUve,. hoard .from New
Zealand where prohibition . lost . by less than
2,000 in a vote of nearly 500,000. But it is too
late to REFORMthesaloon.. IP cannot' be re
formodubyv thoseoini thb business, ;.andi?thbonr,
ponenta oft thosaloomi wmilnnf. bo content with
reform 'they insistaiponr complete prohibition
Tho lata waEcorreapondonts," nqwvppaoe-cor-resppndents,
see i to.have aboutoiaaSoh .dlffl.
cultsyiri agceeing. upon, what ia goingm in EiirA
andi.evenrab. ParJd, aa they, did 4enneySd
battle newato sejiddviaathb.cable.. MaSastf
aioua person irideedo whb.o cannot, fiftd in 1?:
mor;ningnappnr thoexacf set' oWfactarpil
condUiona.there,that btettf .itSSK
Se'er.etanyjofiLabbrrWilsoni declaiming- against
thovpropositioniithatipr-ogroFS .;can-be made in a.
ddmocracy by the'Xiotrms p. - ceas of cussing and
shbotfrig'themaniiwhonfoesn'.t- agree with you,
say s that ahe-coal?!;- procr possible-is by the
peaceable rjpprccxTJOfrffTacussion i and! voting and
adda'lhbbamannwJr cannot;berdopendcd -pon.
tauvotacriglib icannc.t;bb. depended upon to shoot
right. The-which .sums upr-tho' debate between
democraoyi anxitJ bolsh"B.viBm,' without any extra
langnagg.;
s
Sbcretary;'CanterG-laBS.,thinka.tho nation needs'
a blue-'8kyvlawv.-sot.-astdr. prevent tho small in
vestdrtfromr'bbirigtlftjc'Vi'otinr. of the crookett
stock company y promotoc andd salesman Mf
GlaBSJiis running thotgr.oat lan'di.serious risK. oi
havingftthe personalilibenty boyp oppose this on
thev theory that i thls would interfere with u
constit'utidnaFrightrof.-man'tO'throAV his money
away on anything. he wants tdn
It ia timer now. for Col. George Harvey to be
coming to the f ront.andsaying. who must aim
will be. the noxtncaniUuavtew)f:the.democracy w
president.. Hdr.ecwe..artet;witHi.the. campaign om
a year, away.andthei coloneL; saying notfUb'
As nii thbarj-.vthat:hehha,grownmodest ana r
tiring couid possibly explain tho. silence,
pauserfonakreply .
The good :Di Taft cuntinuea to give the re
publican party atronginjecttons-mingled whh
few astringents axuUdlunetios Ha-has less i
a year left nowMn which to get the organizaii
into.'comimdnTtOrmalcbia'Jlgiit. TliO round to q
have-been putting-socman ppBsibilitios ou
business; inirecentL?mDnthbGthat the- amoT
forts nnayynotbbfejitjitelyywitlioutr reward.