The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-03-27

to nominate receivers when common
carriers are thrown into the hands Of
a receiver.
Modification Of the Sherman anti
trust law SO as to permit, within linn
itations, the maintenance OF trusts
and the making of trade agreements
between combinations. of capital.
appointment Of a commission to.
prepare data for. revision Of the.
tarin,
Mr.. Williams frankly states that he.
does not know whether q majority Of
the minority favors the creation Of a
permanent waterways commission.
Referring to the presidents decla-
ration that child labor ought to be
prohibited throughout the nation, and
his recommendation that at least q
model. child labor bill should be
passed for the District Of Columbia,
Mr.. Williams says:
on Child Labor.
""Child labor ought to be prohibited
throughout the nation. but the states
are the sole authorities having legis-
alative power. If those who would
protect the children Of the land and
through them the generations to
come, would waste less Of their time
in useless agitation for invalid and
unconstitutional federal legislation
and would devote more of their time
in the several states, 1t would be bet
ter for all. But the president is' right
in saying.that We car act for the Dis.
trict Of Columbia and for the terri
tories as. well and that We ought to
do It."
President Commended.
Commenting the president for his
Recommendation for the immediate
enactment Of an employers liability
law, Mr.. Williams says:
There Is no excuse for the delay
on the part OF the resolutions commit
tee to report an employers liability
law. Their delay at least arouses, II
" does not justify, q suspicion that
they are having5a lot Of useless hear
ings simply for the purpose OF using
that bill az a buffer to prevent sert
GUS consideration Of other bills be-
ltoresthe committee, for example the
Clayton bill to put an end to tenn
,porary restraining orders Of court in
validating state laws, and the various
bills there pending to recognize the
police. powers OF the states in deal
ing with alcoholic stimulants when In
itroduced into prohibition territory. I
have given notice in the house that
no legislation shall be enacted by
unanimous consent until an employ
ers' liability bill is at least reported.
for the consideration of the house,"
After quoting the presidents decla-
ration that nothing should be done
to legalize a black list or boycott that
would be illegal at common law, Mr..
Williams said:
Employers Blacklist.
ut is a sad commentary upon this
u~tterance of his that, while the fed
eral courts have held that a boycott
is a combination in restraint OF trade
and therefore Illegal they have vir-
tually upheld the employer in, his as
sertion Of a right to blacklist. Be
cause one federal court went SO far,
as to say that because the employer
had a right to discharge without Civ
ing any notice at all, therefore he
had a right to discharge because the
discharged man was a member Of a.
labor union. It is a poor rule that.
does not work both ways.
Another decision OF a federal.
court-the decision by Judge Could
has gone SO far as to say that a labor
mans newspaper should not publish
the name Of a firm under the heading
I'VE Don't Patronize." A'man has a
right to patronize or not to ~patronize
anybody, according to his own free
will and he therefore has the right to
publish those whom he does not pat
ronfze."
Not Strong Enough.
The presidents law to place wood
pulp on the free list, with a CORE
spending reduction upon paper made
from wood pulp, when they come from
any country that does not put an ex-
port duty upon them, meets with Mr..
Williams approval. except that it
does not go quite far enough. Not
only ought wood pulp to be placed
upon the free list" he says, 'but
print paper ought to be placed there
also. The publishers will not be very
much benefited by the placing Of wood
pulp on the free list II there be only