That they have won
approval is a source of gratification and satisfaction that will
endure. We are in this country face to face with gigantic
problems. They cannot be left unsolved. That would be blindness.
They cannot be considered in the gathering darkness of reaction,
they must be viewed in the brightening dawn of a new day.
"Before us we have the examples of restrained liberties and of
unfulfilled desires. It is dangerous to trust reactionary forces
with power. It may become a little short of menacing to the
stability of our institutions and to the orderly processes of
development. It is well to sound a word of warning, calmly but
ever seriously.
"As has been observed, actions furnish the basis of
determination of fitness for further service. What better
guarantee of cordial and sound industrial relations between
employee and employer than legislation which follows the lines
of the Ohio workmen's compensation law? Under its influence,
industrial conditions have improved, life and limb have been
conserved, the workmen's families are happy in their security
and a new era has dawned for millions of people. It was enacted
when legislation of this sort was an experiment in America. If
every state in this Union had a law of this sort our nation
would have solved half of its industrial problems. Our courts
are free from the vexatious litigation that fosters criticism
and they are trusted as never before in history.
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