. The National Civic Federation review . -eration because it is doing the same work the laborunions have been doing—uplifting humanity. Thoughthe labor unions of this country and the world areoft km condemned, I never knew of any issue thattion. put forward that was not for the good of thefor utest number. A generation ago, there wasscarcely anybody outside the labor unions who hada word to say or bothered his head about howyoung the child went into the mill or factory andthe mine, or how hard it worked there or howmany hours it was kept inside. We wantdecent hours for our men to work. TheCivi
. The National Civic Federation review . -eration because it is doing the same work the laborunions have been doing—uplifting humanity. Thoughthe labor unions of this country and the world areoft km condemned, I never knew of any issue thattion. put forward that was not for the good of thefor utest number. A generation ago, there wasscarcely anybody outside the labor unions who hada word to say or bothered his head about howyoung the child went into the mill or factory andthe mine, or how hard it worked there or howmany hours it was kept inside. We wantdecent hours for our men to work. TheCivic Federation want the same. They believe thatwe are right. We want healthful surroundings andliving conditions for the workers, not only in theworkshops, but in the homes where the wives andchildren can enjoy good conditions, too. We want sufficient wages to clothe, feed, educate and raisethe children as American citizens should be friends, the wage earners, men and women, havebeen neglected in the mad rush to build up large. MRS. WILLIAM HOWARD TAFT. fortunes and great enterprises. If the captain ofindustry had paid as much attention to his employes—of course there are exceptions—as he did to hismachinery and his mules we would not have had somuch trouble. And you, ladies and gentlemen, ofThe National Civic Federation, who are taking aninterest in the down-trodden, are doing a great dealfor humanity and for the future of this great history of The National Civic Federation willnever be known, because they act and work quietly,and you would be surprised if you were to know thelabor troubles and strikes that have been avoidedthrough its channels in getting employers and em-ployes together. They are doing wonderful work,although they are not dealing with brass bands orgetting into the newspapers. I believe that theMens Department in the near future should estab-lish a movement for systematizing wage scales ofFederal employes. These people are not in a p
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