Woodruff County news. [volume] (McCrory, Ark.) 1901-1910, 1907-12-05
forcement of the laws the message

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voked against wealthy offenders There
is no such complaint now. The course
| OF the department of justice during the
| last few years has been such as to
| make it evident that no man stands
above the law, that no corporation is
| so wealthy that it cannot be held to
account. Everything that can be done
| under the existing law, and with the
| existing state of public opinion. which
! so profoundly influences both the
courts and jurieS, has been done. But
! the laws themselves need strengthen
| ing in more than one important point;
! they should be made more definite. so
that no honest man can be led unwit-
! tinSly to break them, and so that the
real wrongdoer can be readily punished
The two great evils in the execution
of our criminal laws to-day are senti-
mentally and technically For the lat
ter the remedy must come from the
| hands of the legislatures, the courts
and the lawyers. The other must de-
pend for its cure upon the gradual
growth of sound public opinion which
shall insist that regard for the law and
the demands of reason shall control all
other influences and emotions in the
| jury box. Both of these evils must be
removed or public discomfort with the
criminal law will continue"
Use of InjunctiOns.
Referring to the question of the use and
| dDuSe VI lnJuHcllOHS the president de-
| clareS:
Instances of abuse in the granting of
| injunctions in labor disputes continue to
! occur, and the resentment in the minds
| of those who feel that their rights are
! being invaded and their liberty of action
| and of speech fundamentally restrained
| continues to grow. Much of the attack
! on the use of the process of injunction is
| wholly without warrant; but | am con-
| strained to express the belief that for
| some of it there is warrant. This uues-
| ton is becoming more and more of prime
| Importance, and unless the courts will
themselves deal with it in effective man
ner, it is certain ultimately to demand
some sort of legislative action. l earnest
| ly commend to the attention of the con-
| gress this matter, so that some way may
| be devised which will limit the abuse of
| injunctions and protect those rights which
from time to time it fundamentally in
| vades'
Among the recommendations made in
the message are for federal inspection of
railroads, the establishment of an en-
| ployers liability act, and for the extern
| sion of the present eight-hour law by the
government
In Industrial Disputes.
The president favors compulsory in
vestigation by the national government
of industrial disputes, saying:
STRIKES and lockouts, with their at
increase. For the five years ending De-
cember 81, 1905, the number of strikes
was greater than those in any previous
| ten years and was double the number
in the preceding five years. These fig
| ureS indicate the increasing need of
providing some machinery to deal with
| this class of disturbances in the inter
| est alike of the employer the employee
| and the general public. 1 renew my
| previous recommendation that the con-
rI,Ix,
creating the machinery for compulsory
| investigation of such industrial contro-
versies are of sufficient magnitude
and of sufficient concern to the people
of the country as a whole to warrant
the federal government in taking action"
The recent strike of the telegraphers is
cited as an instance where such power
might profitably have been used
Child Labor Evil.
The necessity of checking the evil of
| child labor is pointed out with much di
rectness. On the relation between capital
and labor the president asserts that pub
| lie opinion must be aroused in condemna-
ton of evil practices on both sides. The
| work of the department of agriculture is
! given high praise and the Importance of
| the department pointed out. Cooperation
with farmers associations is urged The
| necessity of a national system of inspec-
ton and grading of grain, to correct evils
| complained of, is also pointed out
National Water Highways.
Showing the necessity for the develop
| ment of the national water highways the
| message says: Our great river systems
| should be developed as national water
| highways; the Mississippi, with it's trib-
| utares, standing first in Importance, and
| the Columbia second, although there are
| many others of Importance on the Pacific,
| the Atlantic and the gulf slopes. The ma
| tional government should undertake this
! work, and l hope a beginning will be
| made in the present congress; and the
! greatest of all our rivers. the Mississippi,
| should receive especial attention. From
| the great lakes to the mouth of the Mis-
sissippi there should be a deep waterway,
| with deep waterways leading from it to
| the east and west. Such a waterway
would practically mean the extension of
! our coast line into the very heart of our
! country. 1t would be of incalculable BEN
| eft to our people.
LAS an incident to creating the deep
waterway down the Mississippi, the gov
ernment should build along its whole
lower length levees which, taken to-
gether with the control of the head
waters, will at once and forever put
complete stop to all threat of floods in
the immensely fertile Delta region. The
territory lying adjacent to the Missis-
sppi along it's lower course will there
by becor..- one of the most prosperous
and populous. as it already l. one of
the most fertile, farming regions in all
the world"
II have appointed an inland waterways
commission to study and outline com
prehensive scheme of developm eat along
all the lines indicated. Late. { shall lay
it's report before the congress-"
Public Lands.
Extension of the work of irrigation and
the reclamation of waste lands is advo-
Gated together with a revision of the
present land laws in the interest of the
actual home maker. The unlawful fenc-
ing of public lands for private grazing,
the president says, must be stopped, but
at the same time the necessity which oc
casioned it must be provided for. Several
plans are recommended.
Conservatism of the mineral wealth of
the country, and the necessity for the
preservation of the forests to prevent a
timber famine dwelt upon. Drastic
action by the congress is urged.
Would Repeal Duty on Wood Pulp.
The president declares in favor of the
repeal of the duty on wood pulp, at the
same time declaring that it should If
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