Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1904-12-08
PRESIDENT ROOSEVEL1'S
MESSAGE TO CONGRESS
Recommendations in Regard to the
Differences Between Capital and
Labor---Vews on the Sub
iect of the Great Cor
porations---Railway
Rebates Must b.
Stopped.


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Inc Na'Ioh continues l" enjoy hoee
worthy lNo"pttlE, Nnch p,oNptit} -; u,
course prlnnalHF 4uc I" ,hc h'Sh ,ho'''a""
average OF onr c'tHenShlIr taken l9gethet
with our great natural resources; ont al
important iactof th'relh Is Nhe W"fN'ne
OF our iohgroht'hued s"'eihhenth, Pon
cles. The people nave emphAtlcahy cN
pressed thrlr approval OF tne PrhCip!eS
underlying these poiiceS: and tnc'r desire
that these prlnciPics bc kept s"oStaht,a'iF
unchanged, although ct course apphed III
4 progressive spirit 10 htel Chansi'. CON
olliohs;
Inc President thch cautions agalhs' gov
ernmentai cXtraragance, after Wn'ch ha
taxes Tor ms tcNt capita ana LABOR
lie says thaI III the Nd,' ahd cn,ni''d,tn
mechanism OF our modern r'''INed l'e
the dominant note Is the note "t indus,
triallsm; ana the uciatlphs rt capltdI ana
and organized Labor, t" each other ana To
the pubic at large come second III I'm:
portahcc on'y 10 Tue intimate questions oi
lamlIV ne
The President contents thal 'hc rlrculh'
stances must be extreme which require IN
telttrchCc by lhr fcderai authoiltles'
Whether III the wa! ot SalePGdrdlhs INC
,ights ot labor or IN the way "f seeing
that wrong Is not done by unruIy re'sons
tabor. When Federal troops interfere I've
cause or resistance tn lhited states courts
or OF obstruction to mails or interstate
commerce, on because the state authorlttS
can i0r heir' the feaeral 'oices "hnuiu
be used only to restore order without re-
gard to the question ar issue; me lrc'''
dent says ne believes there Snould I've or
ganZatlon ot labor IN order better to Sc
cure the rights OF the individual wage
worker, Bat when any labor union Seeh,,
improper ends Hl good rlt/eua and MI
honorable prhhc servants must oppose
the Wrongdomg as tesoiutcit ~ they would
oppose the WrongdolnG "t any great cor
poratlon. ihe message recommends mat
the laws tor the compulsory Use ot safety
appliances an faiirodda he Ieugthcned,
and tndt an cmp.oyers IiauIitN law i9r the
District u l"lun'ha ne passed. McdaI,
OF honor tor heto!sm Oh land and sea, alsd
especially TOR those Whn save NE III the
land commerce oi the Nation, are urged.
Ii Is suggested that the use OF the block,
sIgnai system be made compulsory on ali
fdilToddS ana thdt the hours pi LABOR Pt
those railway empioye> engaged IN inter
state commerce b. limited uS law. Inc
message declares there l. no objection to
employees ot the Government belonging q
UNIONS, but the Government cannot d'S-
rrlminatc against non,union men. But 1t
m mi NDfN ~ ~
ment emrlolcs 10 hand themselves together
to eNtori high salaries OF to defeat Con
GreSsmon VINO refuse tn vote i"r salary
grabs, The Administration has already
taken steps to prevent and punish abuses
OF TINS nature; but II Wlll be wise Tor Con-
gresS TO IeGsidtc on th" subject.
The President then states he VIII soon
lay before Congress the report OF the M
vesugauon OF the bureau OF Labor INTO
the Colorado mlnlng strike, in winch
certain very cVll lorces, Which arc more
or less at work everywhere, under the
conditions OF modetn lndustr'ailSm, DeCam"
starthngly prominent lie also suggests
that an investigation he made INTO Labor
conditions IN manufacturing and NM
ing districts. as TO hours ot labor; labor
Of women and children. and the effect oi
immigration from abroad.
On the subject OF corporations, the mes
sage, IN part, says:
When we come to deal wth great cor
porations the need tor the Government to
act directly u far greater than III the case
OF labor, because great corporations can
become such only by engaging in interstate
commerce, and interstate commerce is pc
culIarly the field OF the General Govern
ment. Ii Is an absurdlty to expect TO
eliminate the abuses IN great corporations
by State action. 1t is difficult to be patient
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