The Ordway new era., 1908-03-27

PROGRAMME
MESSAGE WILL URGE
ksuREs OF GREAT
IMPORTANCE.
REVISION
rs ANTITRUST, INJUNC.
EMPLOYERS LiABIL-
Try AND FINANCE.

cton. - President Roosevelt
mined upon n Legislative pro-
enactment OF which will be
pn Congress in n special mes
ich he said will go in this
Each Of the measures to be
involves perplexing difficult
each will have far.reaching
the business and economic
ls Of the country.
togram includes:
Narration In favor OF revision
arifi In "A special session to
kfter March 4. 1909.
bendment to the Sherman
law so as to make impor-
cessions to combinations of
|or and capital.
lng the powers OF certain
the use OF the injunction in
bputes.
Ge OF an employers liability
20 OF the Aldrich financial
OF the business and IL
| interests OF the Middle West
Sdged to the President on this
! following an extended confer.
hi at the White House.
y conclusion OF the conference.
living statement was made pub
)eCretary Loeb:
conference with the President
| the White House last evening
Se following representatives OF
fcial bodies OF the Middle West:
Sard c. Hall. chairman. presi-
Shicago Association OF Com.
y. V. Farwcll. Jr.. member OF
|caGo Association of Commerce:
II. Wacker. member Of Chi
bsociation of Commerce: James
kh. president St. Louis Business
League: Festus J. Wade. of exc
Committee st. Louis Business
League. II. r. Topping, presi-
the Kansas City Commercial
NJ. Clendenning. secretary OF
City Commercial club. the fol.
address was presented to the
)nt and there was a full expires.
views both on the part Of the
)nt and the committee:
President-The organizations
Present have membership OF
$500 business men. corporations,
nd individuals. engaged in the
>ment Of the agricultural re
and the manufacturing. com.
and financial interests of the
West. In the pursuit of our
lines OF business we come In
with almost every portion OF
Intry. but especially OF the Mis-
valley.
never were in more prosper
Edition than prior TO the panic
fall. Our labor was all EN-
our capital profitably invested.
ort period these conditions have
ID, Certain lines of business are
stagnant. brought about by the
the people as to the stability
b. OF our institutions. Money
Zen boarded instead OF flowing
le ordinary channels Of invest
securities and the various com
D interests.
20 primary causes are respon
'or this condition. First, the
Violation OF law by some cor.
ms and grating by some pub.
cials. and, secondly. n deficient
cy system. wholly incapable of
ding to needs Of commerce when
nd uncertainty are engendered
e minds of the Masses"
statement then cites the insur-
raud exposures, the San Fran
'arthquake and fire, followed by
xposures, and the corrupt manip.
OF the assets of the great rail.
1t goes on to say:
you. Mr.. President, we accord
edit due for compelling a re-
.or the law by the great and the
alike.
believe that your work toward
ss morality will be remembered
iilestone not only in the devel-
OF this country's business
/, but as a milestone in the prog
the world.
great good has ever been ac-
shed In any times without some
hg In consequence, but we now
on to consider with extreme pa.
the unusual conditions that pre-.
~, while abandoning no ex-
principle. to adjust your exc
actions to the requirements of
'rlod OF business timidity.
ask. you, Mr.. President, to in
TO the Congress the corrective
res you deem It necessary to
we believe that the first step
resumption Of normal business
ons can be taken by the Con-
IN response to explicit recon-
h a