The state herald., 1904-12-09
PRESIDENTS MESSAGE
READ TO CONGRESS
Document Deals Voluminously with
Questions of State---Tariff Left for
Future Communication---Po of
the Government Toward Organized
Labor---Dealing with Illegal Combi-
nations.


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-
structive, or domagogic spirit would. In
all probability. mean that nothing what
ever would he accomplished. and. with
absolute certainty, that II anything were
accomplished It wonld be Of n 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
inEtirrf or at least in minimizing what.
ever Of mischief or OF evil there Is to In
tcrstntc commerce in the conduct of
great corporations. They are acting In
no spirit OF hostility to wealth. either In
dividuai 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 acts in spirit Of Justice and de-
cency toward his fellows. Great corpora
tons are necessary. and only men of
great and singular mental power can
manage such corporations successfully.
and such man must have great rewards.
But these corporations should be man
aged with due regard 10 the interest OF
the public ms whole. Where this can
be done under the present laws It must
be done. Where these laws come short
others should he enacted to supplement
them.
The bureau of corporations has mnde
careful preliminary investigation OF many
IN kltl wal
special report on the beef Industry.
Bureau Of Corporations.
The policy of the bureau Is to accom-
plish the purposes OF its creation by CO.
operation, not antagonism: by making
constructive logisla tion. not destructive
prosecution. the immediate object Of It's \
Inquiries; by conservative investigation
OF law and fact. and by refusal to issue
incomplete and hence necessarily inaccu-
rate reports. Its policy being thus one
OF open inquiry into. ard Dot attack up
on. business. the bureau has hecn able TO
gain not only the confidence. but. better
stili. tho CO operation Of men engaged In
business.
The bureau offers to the Congress the
means OF getting nj the cost OF pruduc.
iion OF our various great staples Of COM
merec.
Rebates.
Above all else. We must strive to keen
the highways OF commerce open to all
on equal terms: and TO do this II Is nee
essary TO put n complete stop to NIL re-
bates. Whether the shipper or the rail-
road Is 10 blame makes no difference; the |
relate must be stopped. the ubuscs OF
the private car and private terminal
track and slde-trnck systems must lie
stopped. and the legislation OF the Fifty. |
eighth Congress which declares " to be |
for any person or corporation TO |
offer. grant. give. solicit. accept. or re-
ccive any rebate. concession. or discrim-
lna'ion In respect OF the transportation of |
any property In lntersiai. or foreign
commerce whereby such property shall
by any device whatever h. transpo, ed |
Ut less rats than that named In the |
iarlrs published hy tho carrier must he |
whii, ! nm Of the opinion TINT |
nj present II would he undesii able ~ Il |
were not impracticahle. nnsiiy To clothe |
the Interstate Comm.rc. Commission |
with general authority to nl rail- oad |
rates. do not b.iicve that. as n fair Sc |
cnfiiy TO shippers. the Commission should i
he vested with the power. where a given
nate has been challenged and after Ill |
hearing fnurd to be unreasonable, to de. |
eide. subject TO judicial review. what |
shall be q reasonable rate TO take its |
place: the ruling OF the commission to |
take effect Immediately. and to obtain
unless nnd until u 10 reversed by IN. |
court Of review. In my judgment the |
ino.t Important Legislative act now need
sd ss icrards III. regulation Of corpora |
tions u Tits net to confer on the Inter. |
state Commerce Commission the power
10 revise tates snd regulations. the ro.
N'ssd rate to nt ons~ 60 into effect and |
To stay In sfcet unless and with III. |
court Of review f~Srisrs IL
Much space is here devoted TO n
Of the problem Of the
proper housing OF the poor In our |
great cities. and the Importance Of a
proper solution OF the question show n.
On this subject the message says:
There should he severe child labor and
factory ry'insp.ciion laws. II Is very d.slr. |
nbic that married women should not york |
In factories. The prime duty Of the man
Is 10 work. 60 be tho bIcldw inner: the |
prime duty of the woman rs TO he the
mother, the housewife. All questions of
tarir and finance sink into utter insIg.
nincanee whvn compared with the tie.
mcndous, the vital Importance Of trying
TO shape conditions 80 that these iva
duties of the man and Of the woman can
be iulhllcd under reasonably favorable
n tnr- does not hny.
not grow up. or u when they grow up
they are unhealthy In body aud s,untrd
OF vicious IN mind, then that tnc. Ia de.
tsdrnt and no henplng M 0t wealth no
fplcndor OF momcnthry nuiuilat pfusp.r.
ny, can sNaG in any dcgfov as onssts.
Agriculture.
The Department of Agriculture has
grown into an educational Instttu,iop
with faculty Of two thousand special
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h production. Th. Congress approptin
n,cs directly and indirectly. II. nlilion,
of dollars annually TO carry on ihi. work,
" reaches every state aud tsTtliory in
the Union and tho Islands of the see late.
ly come under our nag Go operation Ia
had with the state experiment stations.
and with many other Institutions and In.
divlduli. THE world n carefully search
ed for new varieties Of gains, fruits.
grasses, vegetables, trees. aud shrubs,
suitable 10 Nniiuus localities IN our euun.
NY and marked bench, to OUT producers
la, resulted
irrigation.
During the two and half years that
have elapsed since the passage nf the
reclamation act rapid progress has been
mad IN the surveys and examinations OF
tho oppofiuniii., for reclamation In IN.
thirteen states and three territories. OF
the ntld West Construction has already
been bcEun ON the largest and most I'm.
roftani NJ The irrigation works, and plans
afr being completed f0f works which will
ullllIr the funds now available. The
reclamation net hns been found 20 be to.
mnfhnhly complete and effective. and 20
broad In It's provisions that q Wide range
~ undertakings has been possible under
u ~ N" same time. economy ID runr.
nnieed by tho fact that tho funds must
ultimately be returned 10 DO uaod over