Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1908-12-11
LISTEN TO MESSAGE
COMMUNICATION FROM PREsl
DENT READ TO CONGRESS.
NEEDS OF THE NATION
New Laws and Changes in Existing
Statutes Are Among Recon-
mendatlons Made by the
Chief Executive.


contained many important recon
as to legislation which he
urgent.
The financial standing Of the coun.
try, the president points out. is at
present excellent, but there is great
need that the currency commission
proceed at once to remedy existing de-
fects.
The president repeats with empha,
sis his views, hitherto expressed, that
for the good of the country the con
troll of great corporations, and espe-
cially the railroads, must be placed in
the hands OF the national government
The Sherman antitrust law he con-
dennis as positively harmful in it's
workings, urging as a substitute law
which shah expressly permit combina-
tons which are in the interest Of the
public, but shall at the same time give
to some agency in the national govern
ment full power Of control and super.
vision over them.
In the interests of the wageworkers
of the country the president urges the
prohibition of child labor, diminution
of women labor, and shortening of
hours Of all mechanical labor. There
should be, he says. q progressive in.
heritance tax on large fortunes.
The matter of taking care Of the
wageworkers, who, under our present
Industrial system, become killed, Grip
pied, or worn out as part of the regu.
lar incidents of a given business. is
gone into at length. and system Of
industrial old-age pensions Endorsed.
The president recommends that, be.
ginning with the supreme court, the
salaries of judges be doubled.
Demands for legislation made by
certain labor leaders ON the last con
gress come in for sharp criticism, be
ing described as unjust and impracti
cal, and opposed to the real interests
of the workers.
The much-discussed power OF injunc
ton the president considers a grea
equitable remedy, which must on nj
account he destroyed, though he con
siders that safeguards should be erect
ed against its abuse. Immediate hear
ings of cases, following the szsuadc'
of an injunction, he. thinks, would d.
much toward ,tilsarming criticism 0
tha-s3urts.
r Discussing measures necessary TO
the proper control of giant corpora
lions operating in defiance of law, tn
| president says:
Real damage has been done by tn
manifold and conflicting interprets
lions of the interstate commerce Law
Control over the great corporations d.
ing interstate business can be effet
tive only il 1t is vested with full powe
In an administrative department,
branch Of the federal executive, carr.
ing out a federal law; it ca
never be effective If divided respol
sibiIity is left in both the states an
the nation; 1t can never be effectiv
II left In the hands of the courts to b
decided by lawsuits"
Immediate action toward the prese
walton of the existing forests Is pl
forward as a, national duty.
In the opinion OF the president, a
ion by the present session of co
gress for the Improvement of our l
land waterways is imperative. +
recommends the creation of a perm
nent commission authorized to c
ordinate the work of all the COVER
ment departments relating to waits
ways, and to frame and supervise Il
execution of a comprehensive plan.
The immediate institution of post
savings banks. recommended in pre-
GUS messages, is again urged. togeth
with the establishment of a pare
! post service for the mutual benefit
the farmer and the country stol
/. | keeper.
/ Larger grants to the bureau OF ed
: cation is one of the recommendation
? contained in the message.
! or our foreign policy the MESA
: says. This nations foreign policy
5 based on the theory that right mi
o be done between nations. precisely
between individuals, and In our
n lions for the last ten years we ha
e In this matter proven our faith by G
deeds. We have behaved. and are
having, towards other nations, as
private life an honorable man wo'
behave towards his fellows"
= High praise is accorded all tho
y responsible for the expeditions We
L being done on the Panama canal. q
u the extension of the ocean mail
d OF 1891 urged, to the end that Am
a lean ocean mail lines to the east n
\ be established.
- Real progress. the president
clares, is being made In the Phi
y pines, and the outlook is declal
bright
Steps to maintain and increase
present efficiency of the Natio
I'd Guard Is another recommendation
IN the message. The services of W
en- trained army officers with the mil
he are shown to have had excellent
I'd suits.
st The system of promotion by mi
err In the army, displacing the hithe
= prevailing system of seniority, 10
g Tended as vital to the good Of
80 | service.