Imperial Valley press., 1908-05-02

President Roosevelts answer to the Senate's refusal to authorize the build ing of four battleships is 8 message telling Congress to quit wasting time and do more of the work demanded by it's master, the American people. The President says: Tn my message to the Congress of March %, 1908, I outlined certain measures which 1 be- lieve the majority of our countrymen desire to have enacted into law at this time These mVe=ures do not re- present by any means all that I would like to see done if 1 thought it pos sible, but they do represent what 1 believe can now be done if an earnest effort toward this end is made"
 Work Left Undone.
 He asks specifically for further leg islation providing for recompencing all employees who suffer injury while engaged ill the public service; that a child labor law be enacted for the District of Columbia; that the water ways commission be continued with sufficient financial support to increase the effectiveness of its preparatory work; that steps be taken to provide for such investigations into the tariff conditions by the appropriate commit tee of the House of Representatives and. government experts in the ser vice as will secure the information necessary for intelligently revising the tariff at the hands Of the Congress elected next fall; that financial legis- lation be enacted providing for the temporary measures for meeting any trouble that may arise in the next wear or two and for a commission of experts who shall thoroughly investi- gate the whole matter both here and in the great commercial countries abroad so as to be able to recommend legislation which will put our f1nan- ciai system on an efficient and per manent basis; that postal savings banks be established; that appropre ation be made to enable the Inter state Commerce Commission to carry out the very important feature of the Hepburn law which gives to the com~ mission supervision and control over the accounting systems of the rail roads
 Central oF Cornorations
 Discussing his former recomend- 1 atf6ns Of doing away with abuse of 1 the power of injunction and of amendments to the antitrust laws, | the President says "A class griev- ance left too long without remedy l breeds class consciousness and therefore, class resentment. The strengthening of the antitrust law is demanded upon both moral and econ !. omic grounds. Our purpose in strengthening it is to secure more eff fectiVe control by the national govern ment over the business use of the vast | masses of individual and especially of pOldAC WCdiIhJ oI blAC Pl ent time monopolizes most of the in- terstate business of the country; and | we believe the control can hest be exercised by preventing the growth of abuse, rather than merely by try ing to destroy them when they have already grown.
 Menace of Great Wealth.
 We are trying to avoid alike the | evils which would flow from govern ment ownership of the public utilities | by which interstate commerce is chief | iy carried on, and the evils which flow | from the riot and chaos of unrestricted | individuallsm There Is grave danger to our free institutions in the cor rupting influence exercised by great | wealth suddenly concentrated in the hands of the few. We should in a sane manner try to remedy this dan ger. in spite of the sullen opposition of these men. and with the full pur- pose to protect them in all their rights l at the very time that we require them fO deal TiphtfIIIV with others