The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1908-04-03
RECOMMENDS
SPECIAL LAWS
PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT IN BRIEF
MESSAGE TO CONGRESS URGES
NEEDED LEGISLATION.
FAV0RS REVISION OF TARIFF
Passage OF Hepburn Bill, Amending
Sherman Antitrust Law, ProVld.
ing for Registry Of Trust Agree.
ments Urged at This Session.

Washington, D. c. - President
Roosevelt Wednesday sent to both
houses of Congress his special mes,
| sage. announced several days ago,
calling attention to legislation which
he deems 1t important should be pass
ed at this session.
A special plea Is made for the enact
ment OF child labor law for the Dis
;rict OF Columbia; the immediate re
enactment OF the employers liability
law; law providing for the payment
OF compensation for injury or death
received by employees Of the Govern
ment. amendment OF the law govern.
ing the issue of injunctions In labor
disputes; amendment of the interstate
commerce and antitrust laws so az to
| permit the formation OF combinations
not in conflict with public policy;
early financial legislation along tho
line proposed by the measure now he
fore Congress, and the establishment
Of postal banks.
Text Of Presidents Message.
| To the Senate and House OF Representa-
cali your attention to certain meas
| urcs as to which I think there should be
action by the Congress hcior" the close
| or the present session. There i ample
| time for their consideration A. regards
| most II not all OF the matters bills have
been introduced into one or the other 81
! the two Houses, and II Is not too much 10
| hone that action will he taken one way or
| the other on these bills at tn" present
session. In my message at the opening OF
| the present session. and, Indeed. In va
| rous messages to previous Congresses, |
have repeatedly suggested action on most
| OF these measures.
| child labor should To prohibited
| throughout the nation AZ least n model
| child labor bill should he passed for the
| District Of Columbia, II ~ unfortunate
| that In the one place solely dependent
| upon Congress for It's legislation there
| should be no law whatever TO protect
| children by forbidding or regulating their
| labor.
| | renew my recommendation for the i'm
| mediate re-cnnctmcnt Of nm employers
| liability law drawn to conform to the re-
| cent decision OF thc Supreme Court.
| Within the limits Indicated by the court,
| the law should be made thorough and
| comprehensive. and the protection II af-
| fGrds should cmbrnce every class OF en-
plnye to which the power Of the Congress
| ran extend,
In addition to n liability law protect
| Ing the employees Of common carriers. tho
| Government should show it's good faith by
| enacting further law giving Compensa-
ton to Its own employees for injury or
death incurred in Its service. il Is re-
| proach to us ms nation that in both Fed
| ernl and State legislation We have AFFORD
| ed less protection to public ana private
employees than any other Industrial coun-
| try Of the world
Curb on inIunctlons.
| also urge that action he taken along
| the line OF the recommendations | have
| already made concerning injunctlons In
labor disputes. No temporary restrain
Ing order should lac issued By any court
without notice" and the petition for a
| permanent injunction upon which such
| temporary restraining order has been is
| sued should be- heard by the Court issu-
| iuE the same within a reasonable time
| say. not to exceed Il week or Whereabouts
| from the date when the order was Issued.
| II f. worth considering whether II would
! not give greater popular confidence In the
| impartiHllty OF sentences for contempt II
| II was required that the issue should be
| decided 10y another Judge than the on"
| issuing the Injunction. except wh"r" the
| contempt Is committed In the presence ~
| the Court. or In another case Of urgency.
| | again call attention to the urgent
| need Of amending the Interstate com
| meTCe law ana especially III" antitrust
| law along the lines indicated IN my last
| message. The interstate CONNER, law
! should hc amended go zee to CIV, railroads
! tho right to max" traffic agreement. sub
ieCt to these agreements being approved
by the Interstate Commerce Commission
| aud published In all Of their details The
Commission should also be given the pow
cr to max" public and to pass upon the
| Issuance Of all securities hereafter issued
by railroads doing an Interstate COM
| mcrCe business.
4 law should be passed providing IN
effect that when a Federal court deter
| mines 10 place a common carrier or other
public utility concern under tn" control
| OF a Tccciycrshp. the Attorney General
| should have tho right to nominate at east
one Of the receivers; or else In some Ath-
| er way the Interests OF the stockholders
| should hc consulted 80 TINT the manage
| mcnt may not bc wholly rcdrliv'rcd Co III"
| man or men the failure Of whose policy
may have n,ccssitatod the creation uf tho
recri vriahip. RCcCiyrrhpa should be
| used. not to operate roads, but rs speed
lily as possible To- pay their debts and T"
turn thsm 10 the proper owners.
Some Lawful Combines.
In addition 10 the reasons | have al
ready urged on your attention, IT has now
become Important that there should be
an amendment OF thu antitrust law, be-
cause Of the uncertainty as to how this
law affects combinations among labor
men and farmers, # the combination has
any tendency to restrict interstate com.
mcrCe. Al OF these combinations, II and
while existing for and engaged In the
promotion OF innocent and proper pur.
poses. should be recognized as legal As
have repeatedly pointed out. this anti
trust law was "A most unwisely drawn
statute. II was perhaps inevitable thai
| In feeling after the right remedy the frsi
attempts to provide such should be crude
and 1t was absolutely imperative thai
some legSlItiOn should be passed TO con
troll in the interest of the public the bus
mess use OF the enormous aBgregutionS u
corporate wealth that are 80 marked
feature Of the modern Industrial world
But the present anti trust law, in it's con
struction md working, has cXempllhc,
only too well the kind OF legislation which
under the guisc Of being thorough going
IS drawn up in such sweeping form as t,
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