The Garland globe. [volume] (Garland, Utah) 1906-191?, 1908-04-04
THE PRESIDENTS SPECIAL
MESSAGE TO CONGRESS
Draws Attention Of Lawmakers to
Measures That He Believes Should
Be Acted Upon at This Session.

Washington.-In special message
presented to congress on Wednesday,
President Roosevelt calls the atten-
ton of the lawmakers to certain
measures on which he thinks there
should be action taken by the present
congress. He says child labor should
he prohibited throughout the nation.
At least a model child labor bill
should be passed for the District OF
Columbia. II is unfortunate that in
the one place solely dependent upon
congress for It's legislation there
should be no law whatever to protect
children by forbidding or regulating
their labor.
The president renews his recon-
mendation for the Immediate re.enact-
ment of an employers liability law,
drawn to conform to the recent de-
cisions of the supreme court. Within
the limits indicated by the court the
law should be made thorough and
comprehensive, and the protection 1t
affords should embrace every class of
employee to which the power of the
congress can extend
Attention is called to the urgent
need of amending the interstate com.
merce law and especially the anti
trust law along the lines indicated in
his last message.
The declaration IS made that II has
now become important that there
should be an amendment to the anti
trust law because Of the uncertainty
as to how this law affects combina.
tons among laboring men and farm
ers IL the combination has any ten
Gency to restrict interstate COM
merce. The substantive part OF the
antitrust law should remain as at
present; that is, every contract in re-
straint of trade or commerce, among
the several states or with foreign ma.
tons should continue to be declared
Illegal; provided, however, that some
Proper governmental authority tsuch
as the commissioner of corporations,
acting under the secretary of COM
MERGE and labor be allowed to pass
en- any such contracts. It is import.
ant that we should encourage trade
agreements between employer and
employee when they are just and fair.
"A strike Is clumsy weapon for right
ing wrongs done to labor, and we
process of Cancellation and arbitration
as a substitute for strikes.
THE question OF financial legisla-
ton is now receiving such attention
in both houses that we have right
TO expect action before the close of
the session." says the president. 1T
lis urgently necessary that there
should be such action. Moreover, &C.
ton should be taken to establish pos
tai savings banks. These postal saw
ings banks are imperatively needed
for the benefit of the wage workers
and men of small means, and will be
q valuable adjunct to our whole finan-
cial system"
"The time has come when we should
prepare for revision of the tariff.
This should be and. indeed. must be.
preceded by careful investigation. II
lis peculiarly the province of the con-
gress and not of the president, and in
deed, peculiarly the province of the
house Of representatives to originate
Ia tariff bill and to determine upon its
terms; and this fully realize. Yet 1t
Seems to me that before the close OF
this session provision should be made
for collecting full material which will
enable the congress elected next fall,
to act Immediately after II comes into
existence.
II am of the opinion, however, that
lone change in the tariff could with
advantage be made forthwith, Our
forests need every protection, and
one method OF protecting them would
he to put on the free list wood pulp
with corresponding reduction upon
paper made from wood pulp when
they come from any country that does
not put an export duty on them.
Ample provision should be made
for permanent waterway commits
sion with whatever power is required
TO make II effective. The reasonable
expectation of the people will not be
met unless the congress pryodes at
this session for the beginning and
prosecution of the actual work of wat
erway improvement and control"
The reading OF the message was
followed closely In both houses. In
the house of representatives the de-
claration that the time had come for
a revision of the tariff elected hand.
clapping on the part OF the Demo
cratic members. Democratic approval
also was given by way of pounding
desks to the suggestion that congress
could with advantage forthwith re-
move the tariff on wood pulp, with
o corresponding reduction upon paper
made from wood pulp.
Anarchist to Be Deported.