New Zealand has what is practically the 8 hour law. In other words, from
one end of the colony to the other 8 hours is recognized as the Standard
Working Day, both in public and private service.
In the United States, 8 hours is the legal working day on public works.
No change would have to be made in our Constitution to make such a law
general in this country.
Congress and the States have just as much legal right to make an Eight
Hour Day as they have to make a Thanksgiving Day, or other Holiday.
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ROCKHAM, S. D., Jan. 1, 1906.
_Hon. Thomas E. Watson, New York._
DEAR SIR: There it is, in WATSON’S MAGAZINE for January 1906,
page 276. Report of Wm. H. English; “a large sum to our credit
for lost and destroyed bills.”
Now the question I would ask—tried to ask once before,
but failed to make it plain—is: By whose authority and to
what extent or per cent. do National Banks profit by bills
_supposed_ to be destroyed through the carelessness of you and
I and others, not accustomed to handling money?
We know many bills _are_ lost, and it seems to me that, if the
value cannot be restored to the original losers, it ought to
result in profit to the general public, the Government. Why
should the bank get any credit, did I not have to pay them for
my loan?
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