The Cairo bulletin., 1908-04-28
ROOSEVELT URGES
CONGRESS To ACT
WANTS MORE POWER TO REGU,
LATE TRUSTS ALSO LIMIT
ING iNJUNCTIoNS.
CONGRESS IS TOO BUSY
To Hear Message Read-House Tied
Up BY Rules-Senate Hears
Only Few Lines and
Defers READING.

Defers Reading.
Washington, April 27-The cond
tions in both the senate and nous
were such that the special mqssag
Of the president, further outlining hi
views as to legislation, sent to con
gross today received but scant a
tention. The message arrived late il
the day, and the house was so tied III
under its new rules 1t could not Off
cially receive the message while th'
senate was in the midst of the con
! sideration of the naval appropriate /
, bill under the ten minute rule, whef
1 the document reached that body
! Unlike the house, the senate permit
/ ted the formal presentation of tho
message, but it could not at thai
ttime he laid before the senate, aud
lby the time the naval bill had beer
| disposed Of the hour was so late and
the attendance so small, no attempt
was made to read the document, the
| first few lines only had been pro
nounccd by the clerk when it was
isuggcsted that further reading should
be postponed until tomorrow This
suggestion was adopted and the sen
ate adjourned
THE MESSAGE.
To the Senate and House of Repre-
sentatiyes:
In my message to the congress oi
March 25th, 1908. | outlined certain
measures which | believe the majority
| of our countrymcn desire to nave on
acted into law at this time These
means all that | would like to soc
done 4 thought possible, but tn, y
do represent what | believe can nov
be done IL an earnest effort toware
| this end is made
| Since | wrote this message an en-
ployers' liability law has been en-
acted which, IL is true, comes short
of what ought to have been done
but which does represent a real ad
vance. Apparently there is good
HIouhu W Hupt Aiidl litlH WIN ~
further Legislation providing for
recompensing all employees who suf
fer injury while engaged in the pub
lie service; that there will be a
child labor law enacted for the Dis
trict of Columbia; that the WATERWAYS
commission will be continued with
sufficient financial support to in
crease the effectiveness of its pre-
paratory work; that steps will he
taken to provide for such investiga-
tion into tariff conditions, by the az
proprate committee of the house of
representatives and by governm mt
experts in the tive service, as
will secure the fun information
necessary for immediate action in re-
vising the tariff at the hands of the
congress elected next fall. and finally
that financial legislation will be en-
acted providing for temporary meas
ures for meeting any trouble that
may arise in the next year or two
and for a commission of experts who
shall thoroughly investigate the
whole matter both here and in the
great commercial countries abroad
so as to he able to recommend legis-
lation which will put our financial
system on an efficient and permanent
basis II is much to. be wished that
one feature of the financial legisla-
ton of this session should he the es-
tablishment of postal savings banks.
Ample appropriation should be made
to enable the interstate commerce
commission to carry out the very i'm
portant feature of the Hepburn law
which gives to the commission super
vision and control over the account
ing systems of the railways Failure
to provide means which will enable
the commission TO examine the books
of the railways would amount to an
attack on the law Mt its most vital
point, and would benefit. as nothing
else could benefit. those railways
which are corruptly or incompetently
managed Forest reserves should be
established throughout the Appalach-
ian Albtbidtu it6iAh Nhti'Nti ~ ttti
he shown that they will have a direct
and sreal connection with the con
servation and ;mprovem MT of
ravigable rivers
Two Measures Demanded.
There seems. however, much doubt
about two of the measures ! have
recommended; the measure to do
away with ahrse of the power of in
junction and the meaure or groun of
measures to strengthen and render
beth more efficient and more wise
the control of the national govern
ment over the great corporations
doing an interstate business.
First. as tn the power of injune-
tion aud of punishment cor contempt.
In contempt cases, save where i'm
mediate action is imperative. the
trial should he before another judge.
As regards injunctions. some such
legislation as that nave previously
recommended should he enacted.
They are blind who rail- to realize