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...time to remove from the great federations of labor a power which ought never to have been theirs--the power of threatening the nation with a period of economic helplessness. Had these measures been in force the Adamson Bill might never have passed, the painful twisting of the Lever Act might have been unnecessary,--in short, the disgraceful interim in government by the peoples' representatives might never have occurred...
...short sighted is the government which for political reasons, is going to prevent such investors from getting a reasonable return on their money. Of all enterprises, the Railroads are the only ones at the present moment which cannot increase their prices proportionally to their expenses. And when by the Adamson law the hours of labor have been cut down, when labor itself is ever scarcer and ever higher paid, and when at the same time coal, steel, and other commodities are soaring in price, a net loss will be inevitable, if the railroads' revenues cannot be increased...
...Adamson Act takes "liberty" and "property." Is the taking justified? Is it "due process"? The test of "due process" is whether the act has a "substantial and rational" or "reasonable" relation to the welfare of the public or any part of the public. Clearly it has some rational relation to the public welfare. The question then is, whether that is "substantial" or "reasonable." This is determined by balancing all the interests of society involved and determining whether the preponderant effect of the act is such that any generalization resulting from sustaining it will open an unobstructed way for attack...
...which is affected by a strike or a labor dispute between railway employees and managers want information in order that they may throw the weight of their support on one side or the other, it is fundamental that they should be able to obtain it. The fact that the Adamson Act directs an eight-months' experiment to be made, in order to provide information as to a wage dispute (1) for the benefit of the government in guiding it on a matter of ultimate government ownership, or on any other matter upon which it has power to legislate...
Professor W. B. Munro '99 will talk on the Adamson Bill at the--regular meeting of the Freshman Debating Society in Smith Halls Common Room tonight at 7.30 o'clock. The meeting is open to all members of the University...