Milford chronicle., 1902-11-28
voIvlng Interstate Commerce.

60 Revision-May Urge Congress to
Provide Arbitration for Strikes In
VoIvlng Interstate Commerce.
Washington, D. c., Nov. 25.-Those
who have been expecting that the an
nual message of President Roosevelt
will be a dull and indecisive document
will be disappointed. The message
will take grounds of no uncertain ma
ture on some of the great subjects
which have attracted wide attention
during the last congressional cam
paign.
Public interest naturally centres on /
what the president will say regarding |
trusts. In recent speeches the presi- |
dent has given views very freely on |
this subject, and his recommendations |
to congress are expected to follow the |
/ lines thus laid down, as well as those |
suggested by Attorney General Knox |
in his address before the Pittsburg |
chamber of commerce on October IA.
The evils which the president will
asa esssgress to regulate are overcapi-
taliEatien, lack of publicity, Giscrimi-
nation in prices to destroy competi-
ton, insufficient personal responsible
fly If officers and directors, tendency
to monopoly and to disregard of the
rights of the people.
The remedies to be suggested will
embody requirements upon corpora
lions to do business in every state and
locality upon precisely the same terms
and conditions; prohibition of discrim-
ination in prices and preference in
service; requirements upon public car
riers to keep the avenues of commerce
free and open to all upon the same
terms, and a requirement upon cOrpo-
rations upon which the people depend
for the necessaries of life to conduct
their business so as regularly and
: reasonably to supply the public needs.
All these things, the president will
= hold, can be accomplished within the
constitution by proper amendments
to the Sherman antitrust law.
President Roosevelt will undoubted-
ly have something to say about the
tariff, but his utterances on this are
n subject to revision. He will probably
make no recommendations as to the
m altering of any schedules, although he
% may take the ground that there is
70 some reason in the complaint that
sr some schedules are too high and 9th
Id ers have a tendency to foster mOnop
n. oily.
,e It is understood that the president
le will devote large portion of his mes
ne sage to relations of labor and capital
Mt There has been long and anxious dis
ed cussion between the president and hi
n friends whether he should make rec
ommendation for legislation. He ha
nd been urged to advise congress to pas
es a bill providing for arbitration 0
in great strikes and disputes where inter
It's state commerce may be involved.
rs President Roosevelt will put the fiji
en- ishing touches to his message today
The document is practically complete
now, but it is the presidents desir
finally to consult several Of the Leaf
,st ers in both branches of congress a
as to one or two features of the messag
he before he commits it to the hands {
at the printer. Yesterday was a day {
w. conferences at the executive Office
ed The president arrived in his offiC
to- early and soon was besieged by cal
he ers. With several senators and repr
,et sentatives he had engagements an
Ter he declined to see all others.