Norwich bulletin., 1910-12-07
DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
President Favors Increasing Pay of
 Judges to $17,OOO a Year.

Judges to $17,OO0 Year. The duties of the department of jus tice have been greatly increased by leg islation of congress enacted in the in- terest of the general welfare of the people and extending it's activities into avenues plainly within its constitution al jurisdiction, but which it has not been thought wise or necessary for tue general government heretofore to oc cupy.
 1 am glad to say that under the ap populations made for the department tee attorney general has so improved its organization that q vast amount cl litigation of civil and criminal char acter has been disposed of during ths current year. This will explain the ne cessity for slightly increasing the esti mates for the expenses of the depart ment.
 His report shows the recoveries made on behalf of the government of dutie, fraudulently withheld, public lands i'm properly patented, fines and penalties for trespass, prosecutions and convic tions under the antitrust law and pros cautions under the interstate commerce law.
 1 invite especial attention to the pros cautions under the federal law of the so called bucket shops" and of those schemes to defraud in which the use of the mail is an essential part of the fraudulent conspiracy, prosecutions which have saved ignorant and weak members of the public and are saving them hupdreds of millions of dollars.
 The violations of the antitrust law present perhaps the most important lit igation before the department, and the number of cases filed shows the activ. ity of the government in enforcing that statute
 National incorporation.
 In a special message last year brought to the attention of congress the propriety and wisdom of enactina a general law providing for the in corporation of industrial and other companies engaged in interstate com merce, and I renew my recommends tion in that behalf.
 Claims.
 I invite the attention of congress to the great number of claims which, at the instance of congress, have been considered by the court of claims and decided to be valid claims against the government. The delay that occurs in the payment of the money due under the claims injures the reputation of the government as an honest debtor, and I earnestly recommend that those claims which come to congress with the judgment and approval of the court of claims should be promptly paid.
 Judicial Procedure,
 One great crying need in the United States is cheapening the cost of Hti- gation by simplifying judicial pro. cedure and expediting final judgment. Under present conditions the poor man is at woeful disadvantage in legal contest with corporation or & rich opponent. The necessity for the reform exists both in United States courts and in all state courts. In order to bring it about, however, 1t naturally falls to the general government by it's exam pie to furnish 8 model to all states. A legislative commission appointed by joint resolution of congress to revise the procedure in the United States courts has as yet made no report
 Under the law the supreme court of the United States has the power and is given the duty to frame the equity rules of procedure which are to obtain in the federal courts of first instance In view of the heavy burden of press ing litigation which that court has had to carry, with one or two of it's mem bers incapacitated through i'll health, it has not been able to take up prob lens of improving the equity proce- dure, which has practically remained the same since the organization of the court in 17S9. It is reasonable to ex- pect that with all the vacancies upon the court filed it will take up the question of cheapening and simplify ing the procedure in equity in the courts of the United States. The eoui- ty business is much the more impor- tant in the federal courts and, I may add, much more expensive.
 l am strongly convinced that the
  best method of improving judicial pro- cedure at law is to empower the su- preme court to do it through the me dium of the rules of the court, as in equity. This is the way in which it has been done in England, and thor oughly done. The simplicity and ex- petition of procedure in the English courts today make a model for the re- form of other systems.
 Several of the lord chancellors of England and of the chief justices have left their lasting impress upon the his tory of their country by their construc- tive ability in proposing and securing the passage Of remedial legislation eff fecting law reforms. I cannot con- ceive any higher duty that the su- preme court could perform than in leading the way to simplifcation Of procedure in the United States courts.
 Unnecessary Appeals.
 No man ought to have as matter sf right review of his case by the