Rosebud County news. [volume] (Forsyth, Mont.) 1901-1906, 1904-12-15
| ANNUAL MESSAGE
TO CONGRESS
PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT REVIEWS
THE AFFAIRS OF THE
NATION.
HINTS FOR THE LAWMAKERS
GRANTING OF REBATES TO
SHIPPERS sv RAILROADS
MUST STOP.
WAY TO DEAL WITH TRUSTS
PRESIDENT HOPES TO SEE PHIL.
IPPiNEs ON SAME FOOTING
AS CUBA.
WAY TO DEAL WITH TRUSTS

PRESIDENT Roosevelt in his annual mes.
nresn 40 congress refers to the continued
| pIusperlty or the country, which he at
tributes primarily to the high individual
average Of our citizenship taken to.
s s,,t with our great natural resources,
gu. an important factor therein IS the
workinS OF our long-continued govern
mental policies. which, he declares. the
pe TPe e naye alphabetically approved:
.unctlons or the national government re-
CURED by our development as a nation
nreoa OF course. increase Of expense:
| iOr permanent improvements far greater
. a would be wise in hard times. The
a pre;s,oent, however. urges congress to ex-
travagance and unnecessary Increase in
ordinary expenses of the government.
EN-. me president devotes considera BILE
re says: ''The relations Of capital ana
LABOR. and especially organized capital
an and organized labor to each other and
portance to the 6emG nt feeond only in i'm
arny NE: Our peculiar form of gov
tehsnment with Its sharp division of au-
e eroI', y between the nation and the sew
sraI states, has been on the whole far
nor. more advantageous to our development
man more strongly centralized govern
for r much 61t Of tb Is RESPONSIBLE
with adequate legislation the new probe
lens presented by the total change in in
d duSttriai conditions on this continent
practice 1t has proved exceedingly diffi
cut and IN many cases Impossible. to
set unanimlty of wise action among the
various states on these subjects. From
the very nature of the case this is esnn-
oi,any true of the laws affecting the en-
p' "With re OF c ca in huge masses.
no less mportan to b atoE the Il problem is
long as the states retain primary con.
s sfoi no OF the police power. the circum-
which red mnst pc altogether extreme
eral authorities. whether in the way Of
Safeguarding the rights of labor or in
h tme way, way OF seeing that wrong is not done
nehlnd the name Of labor. he-
lleve that under modern Industrial con
u .,,t II Is often necessary. and even
there should he oganizatio of labor in
order better to secure the rights OF the
, ,o,,t Wageworkcr. All encourage
ganization. so long as it is conducted
with due and decent regard for the
r rlgnts s of others But when any labor
means all good citizens. and more espe-
cially all honorable public servants must
th', the wrongdoing as resolutely as
any great OPPOSE pprner,t the wrongdoing of
have an entire right to organize. and by
an !. peaceful and honorable means to en-
with thon pGionaue thelr Fellows to join
WIN them In organizations They have
a n legal right which. according to cir
may or may not be a. moral |
With men 20 re Whe d to work in company
They have under no cir |
cumstances the right to commit violence
upoI those, whether capitalists or wage |
who refuse to support their Or |
ganization, or who side with those with |
w W they are at odds. for mob rule is |,
In any form"
nrQSidanf nsr1x Co,
ment OF stringent employers liability !
aW. Inc wage-workers, he says. are |
entitled to the protection and
of the law.
The president regards the eyer-increas
ng casualty list upon our railroads MS a
matter matter or grave public concern, and ur-
l'he passage Of a law reuuirini. the adon.
ion of the block signal system is earnest
recommended. and also IA law limiting
n hours OF labor for railroad employees
Interstate commerce.
There is no objection. The pres,den,
avs. to government employees belonging
liscriminate for or against non union en-
'!oyers. Moreover. it is Il yerv grave
mpsoprietX for governm:nt employees 10
salaries from the government. Letter
'arriers should be amply paid. but their
, hs,, mt mus must be obtained by arguing
md nor by handing together for the de-
eat or those congressman who refuse 70
rive promises which they cannot in con
cience give. The administration has AL
e"uH taken steps to prevent and punish !
buses OF this nature; but, the president
'elleVes. 1t will be wise for congress TO |
Implement this action by legislation.
Much can ne done by the governments in
ahor matters merely ;.y giving publicity
o certain conditions The bureau of Ia
or has done excellent work Of this kind
y many dlrerent directions.
me president says that he viii shortly |
ny hetore congress in n special message |
he fun report of the investigation CT the
ureau or labor into the Colorado mining
trike '''''''~
In dealing with great corpora tions the
res dent says the need for the govern,
hent to act directly Is far greater than
y the case of labor because great cor
orations can become such only bv en-
aging IN interstate commerce. and In
erst"te commerce Ia peculiarly the field |
Y the general government. He con-
,nues: IL is an absurdity to expect to
ANIMATE the abuses in great corpora
ions by state action. 1t is d'ff1cult to
latters should be left to the states, be-
amse more than one state pursues the
oncy OF creating on easy terms corpora
ons which are never operated within |
nat state at all. but in other states
nose laws they ignore. The national
overnment alone can deal adequately
'ith these great corporations. To try
oeai with them in an Incorporate,
sstructlve or demagogic spirit would. in
II probability, mean that nothing what
yer would be accomplished, and that
nth absolute certainty, that IL anything !
ere accomplished 1t would be of
armfui nature. Great corporations are !