Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1908-04-02
ROOSEVELT AGAIN
PETITIONS CONGRESS
President Sends Special Mes
sage TO Congress, urs'nE
Legislation.
POSTAL SAVINGS BANKS
On This and C.her !mrcrtant Matters,
Executive Renews His Rccomn,en-
datioas-For Permanent
Waterways Commission.

Washington. March 2s.-hrppna.ieally
urging action on the importan. legisla-
I'VE matters before st, including tariff
revision. ti.> Sherman antitrust law,
tho currency measures and the 1abo.
problems, President Roosevelt today
sent 10 congress unuthe. special mes
sage.
The president devotnG most Of his al
'eIltion to the proposed amendment of
the Sherman antitrust law, C~nalllre
some Important suggestions az. 10 It's
revision.
Message in Full.
TIE message in full Follows:
To the Senate and Hous.: OF Representa-
t!vcs:
as 10 which j think there should be action
by the congress before the close of the
present session. There is ample ,iroc for
, nmt ii, con ms .na AS rssare,s moss ii
introduced into one or the other of the
Two houses, and 1t is not too much to
hope that action will be- taken one way or
the other ON these bills al the present sses-
sion. La my message at the opening Of the
present session, and, indeed. Ii various
lnessageS to previous congresses. J. have
SAGStSstSs 'l.S ca I.lOSA VI
these measures.
Child labor shoul2 fc prohibited t~larough-
PVT the nation. Al least g model child
CT Columbia. 1t is unfortunate tina. In the
one place solely dependent upon congress
for lis legislation there should be no law
Whatever to protect children by Forbid
ding OR regulating thciy labor.
renew my recommendation for The inn
mediate .ro-@n actme!l CT an employers
Iah-li,y law, drawn to conform to the re-
cent OeCIS.Ol OF tho gy; orppS 1I1t+L
IN the limits Indicated by the court. the
law should be made thorough and COM
Drehensive. .aid the protection fl affords
should embrace every class of employee to
tend.
In addition to G liability law protecting
eminent should show It's good faith by en-
acting a further law giving compensation
to It's own employees for injury or death
incurred In It's service. 1t is a reproach
TO us :as a nation that in both federal and
state legislation we have afforded less pre-
tection to public and private employees
world.
As TO !njunctions.
II also urge that action be taken along
the line OF the recommendations I have al
DOT disputes. No temporary restraining
order should he issued by any court With
out notice: and the petition for a perma-
nent injunction upon which such te1npor-
should be heard by the court issuing the
same within > reasonable time-say, not
% exceed a week or thereabouts from the
aate when the order was issued. 1t is
worth considering whether 1t would not
give greater popular confidence In the I'M
pa..saai.y OF SENTENCES for contempt II 1t
was required that the Issue should be de-
c.aed ny another judge than the one Is
SUNG the injunction, except where the
contempt is committed In the presence Of
the court, or In other case of urgency.
again coll attention to the urgent need
Of amending the Interstate ommerce law
ana an. especially the antitrust law along
The interstate law should he
amended so as to give railroads the right
20 make tranlc agreements. subject to
these agreements being approved by the
Interstate Commerce commission and pub
Nshed in all Of their details. The com
mission should also be given the power to
ance of all securities hereafter issued nv
railroads doing an interstate
business.
a law should be passed providing in eff
.ect that when q federal court determines
70 pace q common carrier or other public
utility concern under the control Of a re-
F., Selvers sha r,t the :, attorney general should
OF the receivers; or else In some other
way the interests Of the STOCKHOLDERS
snoul be consulted, so that the manage
the mar or men the failure OF whose policy
may have neccssitated the creation Of the
rece;verships. Rcceiverships should be
used. not to operate roads. but as speedfIv
as possible to pay their debts and return
them to the proper owners.
Amend Anti. Trust Law.
In addition to the reasons I have already
urged on your attention. 1t has now be-
amendment Of the anti-trust law, because
OF the uncertainty as to how this law az
fects combinations among labor men and
farmers II The combination has any tend
ency to restrict interstate All
OF these combinations. IL and while exist
ing for and engaged In the promotion OF
innocent and proper purposes. should be
pointed cut. this antitrust law wa a
most UNIV ,sely drawn statute. 1t was per-
haps inevitable that in feeling after the
Right remedy the first attempts to provide
such should be crude: and 1t was absolute
~ imperative that some legislation should
be passed to control, In the interest of the
pubic. the business use Of the enormous
aggregat.Ons Of corporate wealth that are
80 marked q feature Of the modern indus
trial world. But the present antitrust
law. IN IT'S construction and working. has
only too well the kind Of legs
latton which, under the guise Of being
thoroughly going. is drawn up in such
sweeping form as to become either inef-
fective or else mischievous.
In the modern industrial world connbin.
atoms are absolutely necessary: they are
necessary among business men, they are
necessary among Iaboring men, they are
farmers. Some Of these combinations are
among the most powerful Of all instru.
msnfs Tor w%rongdoing. Others offer tho
only effective way of meeting actual bust.
ness needs. It Is mischievous and un.
wholesome to keep upon the statute books
unmodifled a law. Ike the antitrust law
which, while In practice only partially ef.
fect.ve against vicious combinations, has
nevertheless. In theory been construed Sc
as sweepin8ly to prohibit every combina
ton for the transaction OF modern bus.
ness. Some real good has resulted from
this law. But the time has come when 1
ZION is urgently needed for the sale of the