The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-04-28
Once More President Roose-
welt Sends Communication
To Congress Urging 1t To
Do Something Noteworthy.
POINTS OUT MISTAKES
OF PAST ACTIONS.
Calls Attention to Laws Which
He Thinks Would Meet the
Needs of the American Peo-
pie Today.
70 the Senate and House Of Repre-

70 the Senate and House Of Repre-
s"ntntiYCE:
in ny meeaa ge TO tho congress Of
March -, 1908, l outlined certain
nea.u! IS which believe the majority
o. OFT: countrymen desire 10 have en-
acted into law at this time. Ihes"
measures do not represent Ivy any
means al that would like to see done
If thought it possible, but they Go
rcpi ese.lt what ! believe can now be
done If an earnest effort toward this
end is made.
Laws He Wants Enacted.
Since T1ote this message an en-
plcvers' linbility law has been enacted
which. If is true. comes short of what
Ought II lave been done. but which
does represent a real advance. APP
paren;ly there is good ground to hop"
that there will be further legislation
providing for reCOmpensnG all en-
ploycs WHO suffer injury while en-
gagged IN the public service: that
there will be a child-labOr law enacted
tor the District of COlumbia: that the
waterways commission will be CONT
ued with sufficient financial support to
Increase the effectiveness of its prep
atory work; that steps will he taken
r. provide for such investigation into
tariff conditions, by the appropriate
committee of the house of representa-
ffvcs and by government experts i'll
the executive service, as will secure
the full! information necessary for inn
mediate action in revising the tariff
Mt the hands of the congress elected
next fall; and finally, that financial
legislation will lie enacted providing
for temporary measures for meetin,:
any trouble that may arise in the mex
year or two, and for commission OF
experts who shall thoroughly inveSti-
E!te the whole matter, both here and
In the great commercial countr es
abroad, 50 as to be able to recommend
legis'" ton which will put cur fnau-
cial system on an efficient and perma-
nent | asis.
He Mentions a Few More.
1t is much to be wished that one
feature of the financial legislation %
this session should be the establiSi.
nen+ Of postal savings banks. Ample
appropriation should be made to en-.
a9y1e the interstate commerce commls,
sion to carry out the very important
feature Of the Hepburn law whlCr
gives the commission supervision and
control over the accounting systems of
the railways. Failure to provl T.
means which will enable the commits
sion to examine the books of the rail
ways would amount to an attack on
the law ut its most vital point and
would fenefit. as nothing else could
benefit those railways which are cor
runtly or ncompctently managed
Forest reserves should lie established
throughout the Appa, achian mountains
region wherever it can be shown that
they viii have Il direct and real con,
neCtiOn with the conservation and I'M
provement Of navigahlc rivers.
Two Measures in Much Doubt.
There seems, however. much doubt
about TWO Of the measures | have rec
ommended: The measure to do away
With abuse Of the power OF injunction
ana the measure or group of measure
to strengthen and render both NOR.
efficient and more wise the control ~
TIC national government over tn
great corporations doing an interstate
business.