The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1904-12-07
Presidents Annual Message
tcon.inued irom 20 ons.l

| pofatiou Information which would IN
jdre the legitimate business Of com
pettor and destfcy The incentive for
Individual superiority and thrift
The bureau has also made eShdtis five
EXAMINATIONS into the legal condition
under whieh s5pOrate business Is car
ried on IN the yari0dS states, into al
judicial decisions on tie sInjSct and
into the various systems OF corpofats
taxation IN use. call special attention
20 the report Of the chief Of the bureau,
and earnestly MSS that the congress
carefully consider the report AMI rec
Concentrations Of the coumissi6ffsr on
this subject.
The business Of insurance vitality af-
fgcts the great mass Of the people OF
the United States and is national and
not local in its application. It involves
a multitude OF transactions among the
people OF the different states anf he
tween American companies and for
eIgn governments. urge that the con
gress carefully consider whether the
power Of the bureau Of corpoations
cannot constltutionaIly be extended to
cover interstate transactions II nsuF-
anee. H..
HeOstss' ..y,....
ABOVE al else We u use seFlEe y Aeo 7,
the highways OF commerce open y az
on equal TERMS ana % 90 TINS y ~ nec-
essary 20 pun conpieee stop y u lg
oates' v nelhef tne supper OF ~ E'lIi-
road Is TO blame makes no aineLence.
Ine rebate must De stopped Ine aD9seS
OF the private car and private teluilflai
track ana sac track systems muss oe
stopped. and the iesisiaeion OF tne I n
ty-eignth congress Whlch declares II 70
be uniawtui Tor any person OF CORPORA.
ton to offer grant give solicit accept
or receive any rebate. concession OF
discrimination In respect OF the uans-
portaton or any property m interStale
or foreign commerce WHEREBY Sucl
property shall by any device Whatever
be transported at less rare than thaF
named In the farms puohshea oy She
carrier must be enforced Wine l am
Of the opinion that at present II would
be undesirable II It were not impracti-
cable finally to ciothe the interstate
commerce commission with general au-
thortty to TX railroad rates, DO be
lieve that as fair security 10 snip
pers the commission should De vested
! with the power where a given rate has
been challenged and after full hearing
found to be unreasonable to decide, sub
ject 10 judicial review. what shall be
reasonable rate to take is place, the
ruling Of the commission to take erect
Immediately and to obtain unless and
until It is reversed by the court Of re
view.
Steamship companies engaged In In
terstate commerce and protected in our
coastwise trade should be held to
strict observance Of the interstate COM
merce act
1.-THE president here discusses the
city Of Washington, making numerous
recommendations looking TO its better
government lie asks that laws be
passed preventing orercrowding in the
tenement districts. for the abolition OF
blind alleys and the proper housing Of
the poor. he also recommends changes
in the criminal code, and would have
wife beaters corporally punished
Irrigation.
During the two and half years that
have elapsed since the passage OF the
reclamation act rapid progress has,
been made in the surveys and exami-
nations Of the opportunities for recla-
nation in the thirteen states and three
territories q the arid west Construc-
ton has already been begun on the lar
gest and most important of the frriga-
don works. and plans are being com
pleted for works which viii utilize the
funds now available.
The forest policy Of the government
is just now a subject OF vivid public
interest throughout the west and to the
people Of the United States in general.
The forest reserves themselves are OF
extreme value to the present as well
as to the future welfare Of all the
western puulic land states. They pow
erfulIy affect the use and disposal Of
the public lands. They are of spe-
ciaI Importance because they pre-
serve the water supply and the supply
Of timber for domestic purposes and 30
promote settlement under the reclama-
ton act, Indeed they are essential TO
the welfare of every one OF the great
interests Of the west.
7 b,ro ,o-,eo folly calIsd attention To