Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1904-12-09
luct1on Of our various great staples Of

&ucuOn OF our various great staples OF
commerce
OF necessity the careful investigation
of special corporations will afford the
commissioner knowledge Of certain
business facts, the publication of which
might be an improper infringement Of
private rights. The method Of making
public the results of these investiga-
tons affo":.s, under the law, means
Tor tie protection Vi private rights.
Tie congress Will have all facts except
such as would give to another cor
poration Information which would in
js!re the legitimate business Of COM
patitor and destroy the incentive for
individual superiority and thrift
T'he bureau las also made exhaustive
examinations into the legal condition
Under which corporate business is car
RED on in the various states, into all
judicial decisions on the subject and
into the various systems Of corporate
taxation in use. l call special attention
TO the report Of the chief Of the bureau,
and | earnestly ask that the congress
carefully consider the report and rec
concentrations of the commissioner on
| this subject
The business Of insurance vitality af
| fects the great mass of the people Of
| the United States and is national and
not local in it's application. It involves
a multitude Of transactions among the
people Of the different states and be-
tween American companies and for
eien governments. I urge that the con-
gress carefully consider whether the
| power Of the bureau Of corporations
| cannot constitutionally be extended to
cover interstate transa ctions in insur
| nnce.
! Rebates.
Above all else we must strive to keep
The highways Of commerce open to Ill
On equal terms, and to do this it is nee
essary to put complete stop to all re-
bates. Whether the shipper or the r>,il-
! load is to blame makes no differen'o.
lie rebate must be stopped, the abuse
y: ;1-o private car and private terminal
I>>:<:;l and side track systems must he
=; ;Dn"N. and the legislation Of the III
:. -t:~.i.l yHiisress which declares it to
- go, Will for any person or corpoc:l-
ti1n to Offer, grant, give, solicit, accept
Or rocr;.;, any rebate, concession Or
discrimination in respect Of the trans
portation Of 2ny property in interstate
Or foreign commerce whereby slc!
property shall by any device whatever
be transported at a less rate than that
named in the tariffs published by the
carrier must be enforced. While am
OF the opinion that at present it would
be undesirable # it were not impra cti-
) cable finally to clothe the Interstate
commerce commission with general au-
, thoritv to fix railroad rates, l do be-
, lieve that as fair security to ship
pers the commission should be vested
r with the power where a given rate has
been challenged and after full hearin z
I | found to be unreasonable to decide, sub
E ject to judicial review, what shall lie a
/ reasonable rate to take its place, tlc
ruling Of Tie commission to take effect
Immediately. an<l to obtain unless and
+ until il is reversed by the court Of re
+ view
q Steamship companies engaged in IN
: terstate commerce and protected III Oh.
l. cOastWise trade should be held to &
l. strict observance Of the interstate TOM
e merce act.
8 1.-The president here discusses Tx
e city of Nas4;:ngton, making numero2l:
e recommendations looking to it's bette
b government. lie asks that laws D.
4 passed preventing overcrowding in t.
n tenement districts, for the abolition O.
: blind alleys anu the proper housing 0
e in the criminal code, and would hu,.
8 wife heaters; colporuily punished.
t Irrigation.
e During the two and q half years IT,
i have elapsed since the passage Of til,
= reclamation act rapid progress ho'
Il been made in tie surveys and exai1ij
: nations Of the opportunities for recla
b nation in the thirteen states and three
g territories OF the arid west. ColstI;;c
a ton has already been begun on the lar
= gest and most important OF the irr: "a
? ton works, all, plans are being com
:, pleted for works which will utilize til.
It funds now available.
d The forest policy of the government
l, is just now subject Of vivid punli
It interest throughout the west and to tn
D people Of the United States in general
4 The forest reserves themselves are o
e extreme value to the present as wei
). as to the future welfare of all tin
= western public land states. They pow
erfully affect the use and disposal 0
the public lands. They are Of spe
T c1al Importance because they pre-
l. serve the water supply and the suppl.
q of timber for domestic purposes and s.
. promote settlement under the recaina
, ton act Indeed they are essential t
IS the welfare of every one of the grea
It interests Of the west.
l. have repeatedly called attention :
?, the confusion which exists in gOvci;
; ment forest matters because the vo1
q is scattered among three Independent
e organizations. AS I have recomn:c n;
E. ed, all the forest work Of the govern
j. ment should be concentrated in the &