Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1909-09-20
MUST KEEP PLAT
FORM PLEDGES
Among These Is
Statehood for
New Mexico
OUTLINES CONGRESSES WORK
Vigorous Address Made by
President Taft at Des
Moines,

The President spent more than four
hours here today and during that time
breakfasted with Senators Cummins.
one of the insurgent leaders. reviewed
5000 federal troops and made an open
air address in which he discussed the
details of the changes he will recco-
mend in interstate commerce and an
thrust laws. Legislation to prevent
the issue of stock bonds and watering
stocks will be strongly recommended
I the proposition being that no stocks
are to be issued except by permission
| of the Interstate Commerce Commits
sion after inquiry. The president left
at Ills for Omaha.
Must Keep Platform Pledges.
Des Moines, Ia, Sept. 20.-Presi-
| dent Taft in his address said: "As
result of the last general election the
| Republicans have a majority in both
chambers of Congress and have the
| President. Looking forward to legis-
! lation to be expected from that party
we must refer back to the platform
| upon which the party was elected. The
tariff bill has been passed as prom
| ised and l do not intend to dwell on
| the disputed question whether the
| bill fulfilled the promises but with
! the tariff bill out of the way | want
| to call your attention to what there
| is for the Republican party in Con-
| gress to do during the coming ses-
| sion" The President then outlined
| his views regarding labor unions and
| dwelt on the necessity of carrying out
the platform pledges for legislation as
to injunctions and requiring rail-
roads to adopt safety appliances
guarding employees
Then he detailed the passage of the
railroad rate bill in which the Inter
| state Commerce Commission was CIV
| en- authority to fix specific rates, and
continued:
| Interstate Commerce Court of Appeals
The rate bill has not furnished re-
lief against discriminatory rates with
! the explanation and effectiveness ex-
pected An examination of the decis-
| ion of the commission and resort to
the courts by way of temporary in
junction, justifies the conclusion that
one of the defects of the present bill is
! delay in court over the correctness of
| the order of the commission. Court
| appeal cannot be. abolished as it is
a constitutional right but it is now
proposed by some members of the cab
| intet to facilitate these appeals by the
creation of separate Interstate Com
merce Court of five members which
will sit at Washington to sit only to
hear appeals from orders of the Inter-
state Commerce Commission. 1t is
proposed to allow single order to
stay proceedings but sixty days there
after, and no Injunction to be allowed
against the order of the commission
unless granted by the whole five.
third amendment to the law
should provide that the commission
may suspend, modify or annul any
changes in the rules and regulations
which impose an undue burden on
the shipper. Another most important
amendment of the commerce commits
sion law is the prohibition against
railroads acquiring or holding stock
in competing lines. BY these provi-
sions enforced with reason, and drawn
with view not to be too drastic with
the railroads in beginning, we shall
gradually abolish that evil and keep
the railroad efficient for the service
for which it was intended"
81 am strongly inclined to the view
that the way to make the antitrust
laws more effective is to narrow the
not include in its prohibition and de-
nunciation as crime anything but con-
spiracy or combination or contract en-
tered into with actual intent to mon
opolize or suppress competition in in
terstate trade. The present feature of
the law seems to bring within its con-
demnation contracts actually innocent
and not included within combinations
which it is the object of the law to
suppress.
To Extend Powers of Commissioner.
| Also, / have not the slightest hesi-
tation in recommending to Congress
that the power of the Interstate Com
merce Commission be extended to in
clude the fixing of rates but the read
justment of classification of goods II
it proves to be unjust. Under the
law, any new rate classification is to
be filed with the commission. 1t is
now proposed to authorize the commits