The natural effect was to lift labor out of the category of mere ticketed merchandise in the market. recognize it as of living flesh and blood. of mind and conscience. inseparable from and bound up with the highest interests of home. family. society. and the state. The process involved less the creation of conventional rights than a recognition of the inherent right to pursue happiness. for security to which all just government is ordained. In this spirit the Federal Government has enacted and enforced measures prohibiting the importation of alien labor under contract. regulating the working hours of laborers and mechanics in Federal employment and in certain cases of private production for Federal use. regulating the conditions of employment of seamen in the merchant marine. modifying or withdrawing in whole or in part the commonlaw defenses of assumption of risk. fellowservant liability. and contributory negligence In suits for personal injury suffered in certain employments. and other measures protective of rights falling within its jurisdiction. In the same spirit the several States in varying degree have enacted laws by which the power of the State Is exerted to fix maximum hours of the workday in certain occupations. to secure the laborer from the exactions of "pluckme stores" by requiring that his wages be paid in the current money of the country. to give him a lien for his wages on the product of his toil. to require safeguards to his life. limb. and health on railways. in store and factory and mine. and by various other measures to preserve the fair course in the race of life essential to his status as a citizen and his rights as a man. Primitive and pioneer industry. with its household and modest shop production and its rude forms of transportation and distribution. was one thing.
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