Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1908-04-02

GLIDING combination for mutual protection
hours and conditions OF labor. ard the
protection of the ind;vidual rights of the
wcrknlci IN the prosecution OF thcir trade
Or trades: and il he act Of June j. 1855.
strikes were recognized as lc,a! in the
same provision that forbade par. i.lpatiou
In or i~.stigatiaii of force az Violence
se.ap. 10 pry@ent ot thers'f IRON q' w .ne ae-
bS vin:siiCe. threat. or intimida;inu. The
business mar ioust le protected tx person
and she ~ags,Motkor: and az regards all
alike. TIE riGn; OF peaceful coordination
for al lawful PURPOSES should BE- explicitly
rccogGi1e1.
Ia righ. o. employers to combine and
contract with one another and with their
employees should be explicitly recognized.
anu 80 should the right OF the employees
to combine and to contract with one An
other and with the employers. aud 10 seek
peaceably to persuade. others 10 accept
OF peaceab:7 obtaining from employers
satisfactory terms for their labor. Moth
ins should be done to legalize either g
legal at common law; this being the type
of boycott defined and condemned by the
anthracite strike commission.
Establish Postal Banks.
The question Of financial legislation is
now receiving such attention In both
houses that we have IL right to expect
action before the close Of the session. II
Is urgently necessary that there should
w SUI 0SN1OSI. CllO SnOukQ
be taken to establish postal savings banks.
These posta! savings. banks are tmperu-
lively needed for the benefit of the wage
workers and men OF small means. and
Will be q valuable adjunct to our whole
Revise Tariff.
The time has come when we should pre-
pare for a revision of the tariff. This
should he. and indeed must be. preceded
by careful investigation. 1t is peculiarly
the province of the congress and not OF
the president. and indeed peculiarly the
province OF the House of Representatives,
TO originate a tariff bill and to determine
Yet 1t seems to mo that before the close
OF this session provision should be made
for collecting full material which will en-
able the & elected next fall to act
Immediately after 1t comes into existence.
This would necessitate some action by
the congress at its present session. per-
committee TO gather the necessary In
formation. both through the committee 1T
self and through government agents who
should report to the committee and should
lay before 1t the facts which would per-
init 1T to act with prompt and intelligent
fairness. These government agents; if It
IL not deemed wise to appoint individuals
from outside the public service, might
with advantage be members OF the execu-
tive departments. designated by the presi-
dent. on his own motion or on the request
of the committee. TO act with 1t.
I am OF the opinion. however. that one
change In the tariff could with advantage
be made Our forests need ev-
cry protection. and one method of pro-
tecting them would be to put upon the
free ltst wood pulp, with a corresponding
reduction upon paper made from wood
pulp. when they come from my country
that does not put LII export duty upon
them.
Waterways Commission.
Ample provision should be made for q
permanent waterways commission. with
whatever power is required to make 1t
enective. The reasonable expectation of
the people will not be met unless the
| congress provides at this session for the
beginning and prosecution OF the actual
work of waterway Improvement and con-
fullest fashion the fact that tho subject
of the conservation OF our natural re-
sources. with which this commission deals,
Ia literally vital for the future Of the
nation.
Numerous bill granting water power
rights on ~navigable streams have been
introduced. None OF them CIV the gov
eminent the light to make q reasonable
charge for the aluab privileges 80
granted. In spite OF the fact that these
water power privileges are equivalent to
lands for their production OF power. Nor
Is any deinit time limit set. as should
always be done IN such cases. 1 shall
be obliged hereafter. in accordance with
the policy stated in a recent message, to
veto any water power bill which does not
provide for q time limit and for the right
OF the president or Of the secretary CON
cerned to fix and collect such a charge
as he may find to be just and reasonable
in each case. Theodore Roosevelt.
The White House. March Is, 1908.