The La Jara chronicle. (La Jara, Conejos County, Colo.) 1896-19??, 1904-12-09
PRESIDENTS MESSAGE
READ TO CONGRESS
Document Deals VoIuminously with
Questions of State---Tariff Left for
Future Communication---Po of
the Government Toward Organized
Labor---Dealing with Illegal Combi-
nations.


| shortly lay before you in a special mes
sage the lull report oil the investigation
OF the bureau OF labor into the Colorado
| mining strikH' as this Is a strike IN winch
| certain very evil forces. which are more
| or Icss at work everywhere under the
conditions OF modern industrialism, be
came startlingly prominent.
Corporations.
When We come to deal with great cor
porations the need for the government to
act directly is far greater than in the
! case of labor. because great corporate
| can become such only by engaging in in
| terstatc commerce, and Interstate COM
nerce is peculiarly the field of the gem
I cral government. 1t is an absurdity to eN-
! pect to eliminate the abuses in great cor
| porations by state action. 1t is difficult to
| be patient with argument that such
| matters should be left to the states. be-
cause more than one state pursues the
! policy of creating on easy terms corpora
! tons which are never operated within
| that state at all. but in other states
! whose laws they ignore. The national
| government alone can deal adequately
| with these great corporations. To try to
deal with them in an Incorporate. de-
structve or demagogic spirit would. in
all probability mean that nothing what
| ever would be ACCOMPLISHED and, with
absolute certainty, that II anything We're
accomplished 1t would be of harmful
| nature. The American people need to
| continue to show the very qualities that
| they have shown-that is. moderation.
| good sense. the earnest desire TO avoid
| doing any damage, and yet the quiet de-
| termination to proceed. step by step,
| without halt and without hurry, in ELM
! mating or at least in minimizing what
/ ever OF mischief or of evil there is to IN
| tcrstate commerce in the conduct of
| great corporations, They are acting in
! no spirit of hostility to wealth either IN
! dividual or corporate. They ARE not
] against the rich man any more than
! against the POOR man. on the contrary,
| they are friendly alike toward rich man
! and toward poor man. provided only that
each hcts IN a spirit OF Jusuce anu uc-
cehcS to"aiu ms iel'""S. "rehe colpo'"
tohs are necessary anu oilS men vi
great anu slHEu'hr Hnehtai power an
iiia,ase such corporations suoeesstu .,..i,. my
anu sueh man must nave Sito' ~ US
but theSe corporations Shouiu De man
useu WIN que regard 10 ,Ilt Iit,ieS ~ ~ VI
.he PUBIC as "hole' mere '.'a e.'l
oe uoie uIutr ''ie PreS,"' i""S II tiuH.
| oe uohe Nheic theSe E'"S come siioi
o.netS S"o"iu Ne e''''S'e' ~
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| ihe puie'u VI COZ POI ".iois i''s iii''
| careiul preiluiulnfy liNestits''tiDi-o u liapA
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Spee' ieP''' oi' 'he "e'
! Bureau OF Corporations.
The policy of the bureau is to accom-
/
| operation. not antagohism; by making
! constructive legislation not destructive
prosecution the immediate object OF its
| inquiries: by conservative investigation
| of law and fact, and by refusal to issue
, incomplete ana hence necessarily inaccu-
| rate reports. It's policy being mus one
of open inquiry into. and not attack up
| on, business. the bureau mas oeen aple TO
| gain not only the confluence nut better
| still. the cooperation OF men engaged in
|
| The bureau onerS to the Congress the
means OF getting at the cost OF produc-
| tion OF our various great staples OF com
| merce.
Rebates.
| Above all else, We must strive to keep
| the highways of commerce open to all
| on equal terms; and to do this 1t is nee
| essary to put a complete stop to all re-
bates. Whether the shipper or the rail-
| road Is to blame makes no difference; the
| rebate must be stopped the abuses of
| the private car and private terminal
track and side track systems must be
stopped and the legislation of the Fifty
eishtn Iohsress Mi.'en II 70 oe
onfar sront giye solicit accent or re.
ceive any rebate concession, or uiscrim-
ination in respect of the transportation of
| any property IN Interstate or foreign
commerce "hcrepS such property shail
| by any device whateHer ne transPorteu
at d ieH' - ''''' ,'''' u ~ -
| tarins publlshed by the carrier must be
enforced Nhhe am OF the OPINION mat
| at present IL Woulu De uhaeSlrapie' II IL
We're not lmpiactlcaoie' .hhahy TO clothe
the Interstate Commerce Iofitnission
| with general authority 10 hN raitoad
rates 10 not peIleNe that' as a iair Sc
| curity TO shippers the COMMISSION shoulu
| be vested with tne power "here given
| rate mas peel chhliehSeu anu at'er luii
| hearing FOUND 10 De uhfeasohaple' 10 De
| eide. SUBJECT TO judicial review what
shall be reasonable rate TO take its
place; the rulhs OF inc commission TO
! take erect immedlateiH' ana 10 OBTAIN
| unless ana uhtii IL is reversed py the
court OF review; IN my judgment the
most important legislative act now need
| ed as regards the regulation OF corpora
| tions is this act TO confer on the inter-
state Commerce commission the power
| to revise rates ana regulations. the re-
vised rate TO at once q" INTO eHect ana
to stay in effect unless and until the
court OF review reverses II;
/ Much space is here devoted to