Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1908-04-02
CERTAIN LAWS
MUST BE PASSED
Roosevelt Names Them In MESSAGE
to Congress.
President Points Out GIaring Defects
in Sherman's Antitrust Law
Would legalize Unions. But For
bid Both the Boycott and the
Blacklist.

Washington, March -Insistins
that certain important measures should
be passed by the present congress, Pres
ident Roosevelt sent special message
to both houses yesterday.
The message in part follows:
Child labor should be prohibited
throughout the nation. At least q
model child labor bill should be passed
for the District of Columbia.
l renew my recommendation for the
immediate re-enactment Of an employ
ers' liability law, drawn to conform to
the recent decision of the Supreme
court. Within the limits indicated by
the court the law should be made thor
ough and compre ehensive, and the pro-
lection it affords should affect every
class of employe to which the power of
the congress can extend, In addition
to liability law protecting the en-
ployes of common carriers the govern
ment should show it's faith by enacting
further law giving compensation to
its own employees for injury or death
incurred in its service.
also urge that action be taken along
the line OF the recommendations have
already made concerning injunctions in
labor disputes. No temporary restrain
ing order should be issued by any court
without notice. and the petition for
permanent injunction upon which such
temporary injunction has been issued
should be heard by the court issuing
the same within reasonable time
Say not to exceed a week or thereabout.
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 commerce
law should be amended 30 as to give
railroads the right to make traffic
agreements, subject to these agree
ments being approved by the Interstate
Commere commission and published
in all details.
In addition to the reasons / have al
ready urged on your attention'it has
now beome important that there should
be an amendment OF the anti. trust
law because of the uncertainty as to
how this law affects com mbinations
among laboring men and farmers, if the
combination has any tendency to re-
strict interstate commerce. All of
these combinations, il and while exist
ing for and engaged in the promotion
of innocent and proper purposes, should
be recognized as legal, as I have repeat
edly pointed out.
The time has come when we should |
prepare for revision of the tariff
This should be, and indeed must be, |
preceded by careful investigation. 1t
is peculiarly the province Of the house
of representatives to originate tariff |
bill and to determine upon its terms /;
and this fully realize, yet it seems to
me that before the close Of this session
provision should be made for collecting
full material which will enable tho
congress elected next fall to act imme-
diately after it comes into existence.
Ample provision should be made for
a permanent waterway commission
with whatever power is required to
make it effective. The congress should
realize in fullest fashion the fact that
the subject of the conservation of our
natural resources with which this COM
mission deals is literally vital for the
future OF the nation.
Numerous bills granting water power
rights on navigable streams have been
INTRODUCED. None of them gives the
government the right to make reason
able charge for the valuable privilege
granted. Nor is any definite time limit
set, as should always be done in such
cases, and shall be obliged therefore,
in accordance with the policy stated in
a recent message, to veto any water
power bill which does not provide for
a time limit and the collection of just
and reasonable charge.