Word: controlling
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...duties of the council consist in adjusting all complaints that may be entered, helping to control the halls, and dealing with any of the members of the halls who make themselves objectionable...
...government payment of deficit, are all well known, and all three are pernicious. The first of these, government ownership, is a very dangerous principle in a democracy like the United States. Sooner or later the railroads would become the pawns of the political parties, both working for their control. The spoils system on a new and greater scale would be rejuvenated. Moreover, under this plan, the employees of the railroads would have effective control over the hours they work and over the pay they would receive for that work. And the government would pay the bill. One can be reasonably...
...gives the laborer a voice in the control of his means of livlihood, and also claims he has in other ways satisfactorily solved many of the present-day labor difficulties. At the meeting today Mr. Plumb will try to answer the many objections that have been raised to his proposition and will emphasize its good points...
...brief, this scheme provides for a national board of directors, one-third of whom will be elected by the workingmen and two-thirds of whom will be elected or appointed by the railroad officials and by the government. This board will control the wage disputes, appoint sub-committees, and will appraise all land taken over by the railroads. The plan also includes arrangements by which the government shall pay for half of the expense of any new additions to the railroad system, and the community benefited shall pay for the other half. The profits are to be divided by further...
...freedom of the individual is being sadly restricted these days. The drift of the government towards paternalism gives rise to the query, "Is there any limit to the control of government over private affairs?' The only reasonable answer is that control has gone far enough already. However, much opinions may differ on the prohibition amendment, the mass of people will raise against any attempt to curb the use of tobacco. That prehensile-nosed organization, the W. C. T. U. will meddle in other people's business once too often; and the heckled, down-trodden proletariat will, with starting abruptness, proceed...