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acts OF wrong and Injustice. under pen-
atty Of being teft behind IN the race
for SUCCESS G0cdrnmens supervision
is needed quite rs much III tho Iiiteres,
OF the big shipper and of The raiiroa .
manager who wants 10 do right as IN
the interest of the small shipper aI8
tho consumer
pRESENT LAWS DEFECTIVE,
'lsSreriencc shows that the present
laws ar defective and need amendment.
The effort 10 prohibit an restraint of
competition whether rensona Bile or nm
reasonable IL unWisa Vhhy we need
IS 20 nave solNr administrative body
Wlth asnp roNer % forbid combination
that Is hurtfui % the public and to pgc.
vent .taN"rltis1n 10 one individual at
thp expense OF another. In other
WORDS. we want all administrative body
WIN the power To secure fair and I(asl
treatment as among al shippers who
use the ruilroais--atd all shippers ha Vc
right TO Use them
n my Judgment the most Important
iElns 10 90 Is to give 20 this admlnTs-
Ta1lNc Body power to make jus fad.
lhgS ehective- and this can b. dome only
Nv giving II power, when complaint IS
mace OF u given rate As belns unjust or
unreasonable, II ii finds the complaint
proper then tseli toefix a maximum
rate which II regards AIS Just and rea-
''AiNhlN= hllaS tllF 10 20 INTO erect DlflF-
ideally at once, THAT ~ within a reason
able time, and Ia Stay In eftec, unless
reversed by The courts earnestly hope
that We Shall sec e law giving this pow
Ell passed by Congress.
POWERS COMMISSION NEEDS.
''fr there is In ,he minds or Che com
mission amy suspicion that certain,
railroad Is in amy shape or way giving
repa1eS or behaving improperly, | wish
The commission to have power as a mat
ter OF right not as a riiettef OF favor,
TO make a ruil and exhaustive investl-
CATION OF the rates and expenditures OF
the railroads, so mas amy evasion of the
idW may be detected This Is not a
revolutionary proposal ON my part. for
only wish The same pawer given In ref
efsnce TO railroads that is NOW exercised
as q matter of course by the national
bank examiners as regards national
BANKS My object In giving these addt-
elonal powers To the administrative
body representing the governmental
Interstate commerce c0mnti gsi0n or
Whatever IL may be---is primarily 10 Sc
cure a real and not a sham control TO
The government representatives. The
American people abllor q sham and
Win this abhorrence / cordially sympa-
tIuHe Nothing ID more injurious from
every standpoint than a law which Is
merely sound and fury, merely pre-
teEse. and not capable OF working out
tangible results. | hope 10 see all the
power that j think Il ought to have
granted to the government: but would
iar rather sac only Some of 1t granted,
put really sra nted than see a pretense
OF granting all in some shope, that real-
~ amounts to nothing.
10 BE EXERCISED WITH WISDOM.
ut must be understood. as a matter
cl course, that II this power is grant,
cd IL Is 10 be exercised with wisdom
and caution and self~restrictIon. The
interstate commerce commissioner or
other government official who fails tc.
protect railroad that was in the right
agaills any clamor. no matter how vic.
lent, on the part OF the public would
be guilty of as gross wrong as if he
corruptly rendered an improper service
TO the railroad at the expense of the pub.
llc FurtheE when say square deal,
mean square deal exactly as much
square deal for the rich man al
for the Poor man: but no more. Lot
each on his naeTiGs, receive what Is due
hlnl- and he Judged according to Ills
DESERTS
ADDRESS OF NOV a, 1895.
IN his Address to railroad employees in
THIS. city. NOV IA 1905. the president
said-
There has been comparatively little
complaint To me of the railroads being
as whole too high. The most serious
complaints that have been made 10 me
have been of improper discrimination In
railroad rates. For instance, in two
recent cases affecting great CORPORA
lions the complaints that have been
made to me have been that they are too
low as regards certain big shippers;
the complaint IN both cases is about the
| diifesental, the difference of treatment
OF Two sets of users of the railways, the
difference In favor of one set of ship
| pers as against another set of shippers.
III You WIZ look at my Raleigh
speech and my other recent utterances
| YOU viii see my principles clearly set
forth. I have said again and again
| that [ would not tolerate for one mo-
| ment any injustice 10 railroad any
more than i would tolerate amy lnjus-
| tlce by n railroad j have said again
and again that would remove pub
lie official who improperly yielded 10
any public elanlor against railroad,
| no matter how popular that camor
might be. just as quickly rs I would
remove a public official Who rendered
an improper service to the railroad
at the expense of the public But
| am convinced that there must be an
Increased regularity and supervisory
! power exercised by the government
over the railways. Indeed ] would
1 like il exercised 10 a much greater
extent than j have any idea of press
ing at this moment For instance, I
| would greatly Ike to- have II exercised
| in the matter of er-cspitali2ation. [
| am convinced that the wages fund
| would he larger il there was mo tietl-
! ttuus capital upon which dividends had
| 70 be paid. i need hardly say that this
| does not mean Hostility to wealth. Z
! YOU gentlemen here, in whom J believe
| so strongly, We're all a unit In demand
| Ing that some proper action should DO
| taken against certain men Of wealth.
then no matter whether | did or did not
| like those same men of wealth, ] would
defend them against whom, no matter
how much [ cared for ana IN so doing
+ would rcalIy be acting In your iu-
teresI l would he false 10 your inter-
ext if failed to do justice to the capi-
tullst so much as Ia the wage worker
But I shall act against the abuses ~
wealth Just as against all other abuses
RATE LEGISLATION.
AN / want In any rate legislation
is 10 give the government AN efficient
supervisory power which shall be eN-
arcsed as serupulously and prevent
ito Justice to the railroads as To- prevent
thelr doing Injustice TO the public our
| sndeayor Is 10 soc that those blg rail-
road men and big, shippers who are
| rot responsible to she demands Of JUS
tiee are required 10 do what their fell
lows who are responsible to lhs de-
mands OF Justice would DE Blad TO do
OF their own accord
MESSAGE or DEC, 1, 1905.
| I'm his message Ia Congress ri tho