The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1910-01-07

. special message dealing Win the
|. amendments to the Interstate com.
. moroe laws. 10 king to more ef-
lectirc federal supervision OF the
railroads and conveying his recon.
mtndations for the passage OF a fed.
I ctal corporation act. was trans.
. E'l;eG to congress today and read
.r the house. the senate not BE-.
/ ug iu session.
The message followed closely the
. f.recas;s that had been made a.d H.
his suggestion TO legislation as to rail
.oads. ha embodied all OF the sag
scstiuns the president had mad
\ nom time to time IN his speeches
on that subject
I Washington d c., Jan. iii. fol.
. owing is an extract OF the special
/ message of the president on ;hr pro.
. posed amendments to tle ~ 'rsiat-
I commerce and the anti-tru laws,
/ AAcA was sent To congress q. noon
/ today
/ TO THE SENATE AND HOUSE OF
REPRESENTATIVES:
] beg TO submit tQ YOU certain rec
/ concentrations as 10 the amendments
! TO tn, interstate commerce law and
/ certain considerations arising out of
! he operations OF the antitrust law
suggesting the wisdom of federal in
/ corporation of Industrial companies
/ Interstate Commerce Law.
/ In the annual report of the inter
| state commerce commission of the
year 1905 attention is called TO the
4 fac that between July |. 1908 and the
} close of tlat year sixteen suits had
/ been begun to set aside orders of
| The commits sion tOesides one com.
! menced before that date) and that
/ Few orders OF much consequence had
been permitted to 20 without protest,
/ hat the questions presented by these
! various suits were fundamental, as
! the ,onstitutional.ty OF the act itself
! was In issue. and the right OF congress
/ 20 delegate to any tribunal authority
7 % establish an interstate rate was
| denied. but that perhaps the most
! serious practical question raised con-
! Cerned tn" extent O. the right OF the
I courts 10 review the orders Of the
! commission, and II was pointed out
that il the contention Of the carriers
.u tli, latter respect alone We're sus-
tanned. but little progress had been
. made IN tile Hepburn ac. toward he
/ effective regulation ,s interstate
! transportation charges In tNclye OF
the cases referred to. il vas stated.
preliminary lniurCtons We're prayed
Tor. being grained In six and refused
10 SIX.
OF Coursa. every carrier affected by
I 3u order OF -h. commission con stitu-
uou3l -i-a- -H aq0-a, go o. f.lera!
.Ol.t
Tr. eu.-- .., r-.--.r,t u- these
applications .-. t.l o-s. technical
l.. their character a-t require a
s.1vlad.. u. .ra business and the
u..,a-~ OF great tu.,v. of con.
I.,..u- .,ti.... W.... !, 3. ion. 20
Nawiue ami -roua...ou. % appre-
heud II wound uot l. p-o1ar TO A..
TEMPT % deprive auy uorDo~ation of
tae right 10 he review OF a court o..
| any order or deere. which. II uudis.
| tu!bcd. would rob II OF a reasonable
return upon is investment or would
subject II 10 burdens which would
Inju,tly discriminate against /, and
I'm favor OF other carriers similarly
situa.cd What is. however of su.
preme Importance is that the decls.
ion OF such questions shall be as
| speedy As ,ne nature OF the circum.
stances will admit and tina, a uni.
formity OF iacision be secured so as
10 bring about an effective system.
la.ic enforcement OF the commerce
law. rather than conflicting decisions
and uncertainty of final results
4 For this purpose | recommend the
establishment OF A court OF the Unit.
ed States. 20 be known as the Unit.
ed : -ates court OF Commerce" shich
court shall be clothed with exclusive
original jurisdiction over the follow.
ing classes OF cases:
a. All cases o, the enforcement
otherwise than by adjudication and
collection OF a forfeiture or penalty.
or by innic,ion of criminal punish.
ment, OF an order OF the intersta,.
commerce commission other than FOR
the payment OF money.