The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1910-01-20
FOR UNIFORM LAWS
President Taft Addresses the
Meeting of National
Civic Federation.
MANY SUBJECTS DISCUSSED

tsAfaiNA SODSkSlp DtS~0SSA>1
Presidents Speech o Presentation of
the Needs Of Uniformity Upon the
Part of All the States-Chtld La
Dor Discussed-A Few Words
About the Trusts-Mr. Pinchot
Speaks on Forest Preservation
States Should Cooperate In Move
ment.
, Washington, d. c., Jan. 17.-Pres-
ident Taft and Clifford Pinchot to-day
spoke from the same platform in ad-
dressing the National Civic Fedora
ton, now in session here to discuss
problems of uniform State legisla-
ton.
Representatives of almost every
branch of human activity met to-day
at the conference to talk over ways
and means for bringing about uni
formity of laws relating to child la
Dor, marriage and divorce, pure food
and pure drugs, conservation of nat
ural resources and laws relating to
negotiable instruments, bills of lad
ing and other matters affecting the
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ton
Serious attention was accorded the
President throughout his speech,
which was a careful presentation Of
the needs of uniformity upon the
part of the States in laws, looking
tions.
In discussing the movements start
ed by the Civic Federation for uni
formity in State laws President Taft
said that 1t was the outgrowth of a
demand on the part of good citizens
to bring about better conditions in
the social fabric.
The President said that there
should be uniformity in judicial pro-
cedure and he declared with empha-.
sis that If anything In the system de-
served attack 1t was the delay that
could be secured by the wealthy un-
der judicial proceedings and he ad-
| vocated some change In the form of
Federal court procedure which could
be taken as an example by the States.
He wanted court procedure simpli-
fed along the lines Of English prac-
tice both in equity and criminal law.
| Mr. Taft told of the movement for
a uniform law relating to child la
Dor and cited the utterances of the
Governor Of Massachusetts in behalf
of Federal law regulating child la
Dor because the power of the Federal
Government was greater than the
power of the State.
Speaking on the subject of con-
servation, the President said that he
thought there is more to be done by
the States in the conservation of re-
sources even than by the Federal
Government.
Speaking of trusts, President Taft
said:
ST am inclined to think that it will
be found wise after a time to recog-
nize those great organizations, con-
centrations of wealth, and plant and
capital that do a countrywide bust
ness, going into every State, whose
business Is almost wholly interstate
to recognize them as instrumental.
tiles of interstate commerce and tc
incorporate them in order that we
may get them more directly under
the control Of the National Govern
ment.
"I admit there Is ground for dis
pute, and have only recommended
, this as something that look forward
= to In the future as means of saving
5 to the public what Is valuable
and there is great deal that Is val
: liable in trusts, and eliminating per
5 manently that which is vicious AMI
e contrary to public policy. But 20,
are not Congress, and did not COM
a here to convince you on that subject
q only mention 1t in passing"
e Clifford Pinchot, former Chief For
: ester, said that subjects such as for
: est preservation had been advocates
e by Americans for more than a hun
dred years, but that the control O
water-power monopoly in the com
b mon interest was younger than th
present century.
l. "A1l of them to-day" he said, ear
d in the valley Of decision. We hav
b come at last to the point of actio,
\, And we must either go forward G
el fall back"
In his judgment. he said, the fol
est situation offers field for uniforl
d action and for cooperation betwee
the States themselves and betwee
them and the nation.
= Diekema Will be Candidate for
-v Speaker Of Next Congress.
,e Washingtonfi d. c., Jan. 15.-Rel