The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1908-05-22

The principal measures that have
come to be known as the distinctively
Roosevelt policies, in the furtherance
of which the president threw the full
weight of his strong personality, are
the following:
l.. The railway rate legislation of
June 30. 1906.
2. The meat inspection act of June
80, 1906.
8. The pure food act of June 80, 1906.
4. The employers liability act OF
June IL, Low.
S. The denatured alcohol act of
June z. 1906.
In addition to the foregoing the
Roosevelt administration has warmly
approved the following legislation:
1. The o.~eomargarine act of May 5,
1902.
1862 3; The reclamation act of June H.
3: The act of February II, 1903, for
giving preference to and %expediting
antitrust cases in the federal courts.
4. The act of February 20, 1903, es-
tablishing the department Of com
merce and labor.
5. The railway safety appliance acts
of 1902, 1903 and 1906.
6. The act of -.4arch 2, 1907, for re
ducing the cost of the transportation
OF the mans.
z. The copyright law.
8. The trademark law.
All Supported by kittredge.
Senator kittredge's imprint is upon
each and everyone of these measures,
each receiving his cordial support. He
is the author of the copyright law and
of the trademark law.
Senator kittredge took an active
part in the preparation of those fea-
lures of the principal measures above
enumerated which have thus far sue
cessfully Withstood the test of the
courts.
On February 26, 1907, (Congression.
al Record, page $3.50, he supported
Senator Knute Nelson's proposed
amendment to the currency. bill for
ury to deposit the customs duties.
amounting to between three hundred
millions and four hundred millions a
year, in those responsible national
banks that would pay a rate of inter
est of not less than two per cent per
position clearly in the interests of the
people of the northwest, besides be-
ing a source of evenue to the coun-
try.
Scores of measures of special inter
est to the people of South Dakota are
also included in the list of those re-
ceivino his active support, such as the
land laws, the Indian allotment acts,
the homestead laws, the opening of
reservations, appropriations for pub
lie buildings in various parts of the
state, improvement of those already
in existence, and a large number of
special pension measures for the ben
of pension legislation, aside from gen.
eral pension acts, Senator Kittredge
has to his credit the authorship of
seventeen bills that passed the fifty
seventh congress, seventeen bills in
the ffty-eighth congress-, thirty-eight
twenty-eight bills in the first session
Of the sixtieth congress.
OF the fifty amendments adopted to
the railway rate bill, each Of which
had the approval of the Roosevelt ad-
ministration, Senator Kittredge was
present and voted for each Of them.
with the single exception Of one,
he was paired" in its favor. One Of
these amendments (ncluding sleep
ing car comDanies and express car
companies within the provisions Of
the biI) was introduced bp Senator
Kittredge and was retained in the
What Principal Ones Provide.
The oleomargarine law provides for
q heavy tax upon ole~omargarine that
is sou III lHllldllOn VI UulLCl. IL d1oo
contains provisions with regard to
renovated and adulterated butter, and
prohibits the colorin" of h manufac-
tured product as to represent butter.
It is clearly in the interests of the
great dairying industry of the coun-
try.
vides for expealtlng antitrust cases
in the federal courts. giving preced-
ence to them and making provision
for direct appeal to the supreme court
to the exclusion of others of a diff
ferent character.
The reclamation act provides for
the retaining of large areas of semi
arid lands and onening the same to
homestead settlement, the homestead
er being assured of water for irrigat-
ing purposes at actual cost.
The safety appliance acts require
railroad companies, within a reason
able time. to provide their trains with
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