The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1904-12-06

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lure the legitimate business Of COM
petitor and destroy the incentive for
individual superiority and thrift.
The bureau has also made exhaustive
examinations into the legal condition
under which corporate business is car
ried on In the various states, into all
judicial decisions on the subject and
into the various systems of corporate
taxation ~ use ! call special attention
20 the report OF the chief Of the bureau,
ana l earnestly ask that the congress
careIuily consider the report and rec
kolilitenualions e'l q tne commissioner on
TINS supJect.
lhe business OF insurance yltasiy al
Iects tne great mass o1 Ine people or
tne unlled STATES ana is nationai ana
iiot iocai III its appilcatlon. ~ lhVolVes
nuitltude OF transactions among tne
people q tne alherenl states anu pe7
tween american companies ana lot
eign governments. urge that tne con-
gfess careiully consiuer Whetner the
power OF the bureau ol corporations
cannon conslitutiohaily pe extended 20
cover ihtetstate trahsacuons ~ ihsur-
ance.
AepateS.
ADoFe aii eiss "e ihust selise " Aesp
the hlgnWays oi coiliierce open y ~
oh equai TERMS anu ~ uo TINS y = hec-
essafy - putl coiipie'e ssop y ~ le7
pa'es y Wne'her the supper y .he rail-
roau y 70 Dialne makes no u'lsrence.
ne repate must pe stopped, the abuses
81 the prlyate gar ana private terminai
track ana sac track systems must pe
stopped, ana the Legislation OF the Fiji
ty-elgntn congress which declares It 70
% uniaWlui Ior any person or corpora
uon 70 oner' grant, give solicit, accept
OF receive any rebate concession or.
discrimination in respect Of the trans
portaIion Of any property 10 interstate
or foreign commerce whereby sucn
property shall by any device whatever
pc transported at 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 If 1t Were not impracti-
cable finally to clothe the interstate
commerce commission with general au-
thor1ty to fix railroad rates, | do be-
lieye that as a fair security to ship
pers the commission should be vested
with the power where given rate has
been challenged and after full hearing
found to be unreasonable to decide, sub
ject to judicial review, what shall be a
reasonable rate to take its place, the
ruling Of the commission to take effect
Immediately and to obtain unless and
until 1t is reversed by the court of re-
view.
| Steamship companies engaged in IN
terstate commerce and protected in our
coastwise trade should be held to a
strict observance Of the interstate com
merce act
The president here discusses the
city Of Washington, making numerous
recommendations looking to its better
government. He asks that laws be
passed preventing overcrowding in the
tenement districts, for the abolition Of
blind alleys and the proper housing of
the poor. He also recommends changes
in the criminal code, and would have
wife beaters corporally punished
Irrigation.
During the two and half years that
have elapsed since the passage Of the
reclamation act rapid progress has
been made in the surveys and exami-
nations Of the opportunities for recla-
nation in the thirteen states and three
territories Of the arid west Construc-
tion has already been begun on the lar
gest and most important Of the irriga-
tion works, and plans are being COM
pleted for works which viii utilize the
funds now available.
The forest policy of the government
Is just now a subject Of vivid public
interest throughout the west and to the
people Of the United States in general
The forest reserves themselves are of
extreme value to the present as well
as to the future welfare Of all the
western public land states. They pow
erfuIly affect the use and disposal Of
the public lands. They are Of spe-
ciai Importance because they pre-
serve the water supply and the supply
Of timber for domestic purposes and So
promote settlement under the reclama-
tion act. Indeed they are essential to
the welfare Of every one of the great
interests Of the west.
/ have repeatedly called attention to