Gainesville daily sun. (Gainesville, Fla.) 190?-1938, 1905-12-06
PRESIDENT'SMESSAGE

has been delivered 10 congress, Open.
ing with a plea Tor the cooperation OF
! all classes In continuing the Country's
! prosperity and IN correcting existing
evils, for square deal for every
body, the message arst takes NJ the
question OF corporations and railroad
, rate legislation. The president says;
oOrPOFatieAs,
! I am in no sense hostile to corpora.
tions. This is an age Of combination,
and any effort to prevent all comhlna-
ton will be not only useless, but In the
end Vicious, because OF the contempt
for law which the failure TO enforce
law inevitably produces. Tie corpora
ton has come TO stay just as the
trades union has come to stay, Each
can do and has done great good Each
should be favored 90 long ~ II does
good. But each should b. Sharply
checked where Il Aets against law and
justice
Experience has shown ConcluSlvcly
that II is useless to try ~ get any adc.
Quate regulation and supervision of
these great corporations 10y state nc
ton. Such regulation aud supervision
can only be effectively exercised by Il
sovereign whose Jurisdiction II coeN-
tensive with the feId work ~ the cor.
pOratlons-that IL, by the national gov.
eminent. believe that this regulation
and supervision can b obtained by the
enactment OF law by the congress II
this proves impossible, II will certainly
be necessary ultimately to confer In
fullest form such power upon the ma.
tional government b affirmative ac-
ment Of the constitution
The laws OF the congress and Of the
several states hitherto, as passed upon
by the courts, have p0sultel more often
IN showing thnt the states have no
power In the matter than that the ma.
tiOnal government has power; ~ that
there at present exists very unfortu-
nate condition Of thing, under which
these great corporations doing an la.
| terstate business occupy the position q:
subjects without sovereign. neither
any state government nor the national
government having effective control
over them. Our steady aim should be
by legislation. cautiously aud carefully
undertaken, but r?solutely pcrseyercd
Ia. 20 assert the sovereignty Of tie M.
tional government hy affirmative nc.
| ton.
This IL only In form an innovation
In substance II Il merely a restoration,
! for from the earliest time such rcEula
I ton OF industrial activities has bccu
recognized Ia the action 81 the law
making bodies. AMI all that propose
II 20 mept the changed conditions ~
such manner az vii prevent The CON
mOnwealth abdlchtng tho power II has
\ always Possessed. not only IN this cuun
| try. but also IN England before and
since this country bccame a separate
nation.
UAtlFsud Rate i.sEiaiattOH,
AZ I said In my message Of Dee. q
last. the immediate and most pressing
need 10 Tar 90 legsiation IL concernod
I n the enactment into law Of some
schgno 90 secure o. The agents % tho
I government such supervision and rrgu.
lati0n Of the rates o.arged By the nail.
roads Of the country engaged Ia inter
state trahic as shall summaFiiy and ~.
fcctiVely prevent The ImpOaltion % un.
| Just OF unrUasOuabl" rates II must
include putting q cpuplets stop 10 ~.
! hates In every sha!" sud form. This
/ power 90 regulate rates. nks ell similar
powers over the bu,.Hsas world, shOah
( b. eEeFcised with msdeFutinn. caution
and Elf restraint. bot II should e1iaL
~ that n can ~ effectively eEsTrisei
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