The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1908-03-31
MESSAGE FROM
THE PRESIDENT.
Mr.. Roosevelt Recommends to
Congress Legislation Affect
ing Capital and Labor.
WANTS SHERMAN ACT AMENDED
Antitrust Law Should Permit
Beneficent Combinations.
COMES OUT AGAINST BOYCOTT

Executive Urges immediate he-eh-
actment of Employers Liability
Act Drawn to Conform With Recent
Supreme Court Decision-Child La
Dor Should Be Prohbited-use OF
Iniunctions In Labor Cases Must Be
Limited-Declares For Tariff Re-
vision, Which Should Be Preceded
by Careful Investigation.
To the Senate and House of Repre-
sentatives:
call your attention to certain
measures as to which l think there
should be action by the congress before
the close of the present session. There
is ample time for their consideration.
AS regards most if not all of the mat
tiers, bills have been introduced into
one or the other Of the two houses.
and it is not too much to hope that ac-
tion will be taken one way or the 9TH
er on these bills at the present session.
In my message at the opening Of the
present session and, indeed, in various
messages to previous congresses have
repeatedly suggested action on most Of
these measures.
To Prohibit Child Labor.
Child labor should be prohibited
throughout the nation. At least
model child labor bill should be passed
Cor the District Of Columbia. 1t is un'
fortunate that In the one place solely
dependent upon congress for its leg
aslation there should be no law what
ever to protect children by forbidding
or regulating their labor.
A EmpIeysrs' Liability.
I renew my Recommendation for the
immediate re-enactment Of an em-
Dioyers' liability law, drawn to con.
form to the recent decision Of the SUI
preme court. within the limits indi-
Gated by the court the law. should be
made thorough ana comprehensive,
and the protection It affords should
embrace every class of employee to
which the power Of the congress can
extend. ~
In addition to liability law protect
Eng the employees OF common carriers
the government should show its good
faith by enacting a further law giving
compensation to its own employees for
anjury or death incurred in its service.
It Is a, reproach to us as nation that
in both federal and state Legislation
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4 have already made seNRGerning In
functions in labor disputes. No tenn
poTary- restraining order should he In HI
sued by any court W itho nt, 40ttce;s. Hilq
the petition for petfna ifent 1njunctioh
upon which such temp orary.. restrain
ing order has beer issued, Should be
heard by the court issuing the, same
within q reasonab BE fine not to
exceed week or thereabouts from the
nate when tie. orueif was issued 1T Is
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l again call attention to the urgent
need of amending the interstate com
merce law and especially the antitrust
Law along the lines indicated in my
last message. The interstate com
merce law should be amended so as tt
give railroads the right to make traffic
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