Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-03-08
WAR ON MONOPOLIES|
Presidents Message Regard
 ing Goal and Oil Rates.
COMMISSION MUSTHAVE FULL POWER
Joint Resolution Instructing Inter- state Commerce Board Does Not Go Far Enough and Needs Fur
 ther Enactment of Laws.

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 WASHINGTON, March S.--President Roosevelt in message to congress an- nouncing his signature to the Gillespie joint resolution instructing the inter- state commerce commission to make examination into the subject of rail road discriminations and monopolies in coal and oil virtually charges con gress with insincerity in adopting the resolution. He intimates that Messrs. Gillespie and Tiilman were tricked by the representatives of railroad inter- ests.
 The message says in part:
 q have signed the joint resolution instructing the interstate commerce commission to make examinations in- to the subject of railroad discrimina- tions and monopolies in coal and oil and report on the same from time to time.'
 q have signed it with hesitation, be- cause in the form in which it was passed it achieves very little and may achieve nothing, and it is highly unde- sirable that resolution of this kind shall become law in such form as to give the impression of insincerity- that is, of pretending to do something which really is not done. But after much hesitation I concluded to sign the resolution because its defects can be remedied by legislation which I hereby ask for, and it must be under stood that unless this subsequent legis- lation is granted the present resolution must be mainly and may be entirely Imperative.
 Before specifying what this legisla- | tion is I wish to call attention to one or two preliminary facts. A part of the investigation requested by the house of representatives in the resolu- tion adopted on Feb. 15, 1905. relating to the oil industry and further part having to do with the anthracite coal industry have been for some time un- der investigation by the department of commerce and labor. These investiga- tions, am informed, are approaching completion, and before congress ad. | journs I shall submit to you the pre-. llminary reports of these investiga, l tiOns t--
 Until these reports are completed the interstate commerce commission could not endeavor to carry out SC much of the resolution of congress as refers to the ground it already covers without running the risk of seeing the two investigations conflict and there fore render each one more or less nu gatory. ;e ..f
 q recommend to congress the seri ous consideration of just what they wish the commission to do and how fal they wish it to go. having in view, th' possible incompatibility of conductins an investigation like this and of alst proceeding criminally in a court o law and furthermore that sufficient sum. say $50.000, be at once added tt the current appropriation for the com mission so as to enable them to do thu work indicated in a thorough and com plete manner, while at the same tim' the power is explicitly conferred upoI them to administer oaths and compe the attendance of witnesses in makin, the investigation in question, whicl covers work quite apart from thei usual duties. g e- 7te |
 "It seems unwise to require an in vestlgation by the commission and no to furnish either the full power or tn money, both of which are necessary t render the investigation effective"
 The reading of the presidents mes sage to congress announcing his sigma ture to the Tillman-G Gillespie resolu ton, in which he referred to the inae tion of congress, was received wit . merriment in the senate. It suggeste the days when President Clevelan
 was in the White House and occasion ] ally pointed out in his messages where in congress had failed to meet his e, pectations.