The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1911-09-29

the delegation of State officials who wei
coined the President to Iowa this mornint
at his first stop at Waterloo. Gov. Carol
had invited Mr.. Cummins to accompany
the Presidents train on the special car'
which are to take the Governor and his
party through the State. but the Senator
declined There were no excuses OF
previous engagements given. The Sena'
tor will be on tho reception committee al
Des Moines when Mr.. Taft is received al
that city. but he will not be further identi-
fed with the Presidents appearance In
his State. He has restricted his appear
ance to the narrowest limits OF official
courtesy. Senator Kenyon. the Tart
insurpent was there and headed a group
OF Congressman including several insur-
gents. -
The crowds that met the President were
relatively as large in the Iowa towns as
in other States. II appears evident here
that Senator Cummins is far stronger In
his State than Senator Bristow Is in Kan
sas. The insurgency here. though less
radical. seems more widespread and sub
stantial than in Kansas.
Mr.. Taft seemed to be revived by the
CnaDRe 10 u COOIeT atmosphere to-uhy diiu
his speeches reflected his condition. His
talks were shorter and moro emphatic.
Here is the Presidents address on the
relation OF the Government to the business
Of the country:
THE PRESIDENTS ADDRESS.
MY FELLOW CITIZENS I wish to invite
your attention TO the relation Of the Federal
Gov eminent and the Federal statutes to the
business of this country. its legality and its
prosperity. There are four most important
points at which the policies Of Congress and
the Federal Executive touch the business
Of this country in such a vital way that the
people are entitled to have the greatest
care, industry and application characterize
Gov ernmental action in respect TO them.
They are first. in respect OF interstate com
merce and the regulation of railroads and
the rates of transportation between the
States: second. in the enforcement of the
laws forbidding combinations to monopo-
lie interstate trade in industrial COM
panies: third. in the amendment OF tarih
legislation affecting chiefly the manu-
facturers Of the country; and fourth. in the
furnishing for the use OF the business OF
the country a proper banking and currency
system which shall automatically give an
elastic currency. expanding and contracting
according TO the business methods. and in
spiring a confidence in the business COM
munity which shall prev ent panics.
First.--In respect to the regulation OF
railroads and the prompt remedying Of un-
reasonable and unduly discriminating rates
We have progressed far toward satisfac-
tory solution. In the last administration
the power was give to the Interstate Com
merce Commission to fix railway rates, II
having been decided that the functions OF
the Interstate Commerce Commission then
conferred " ent only so far as TO fnd that
rate was unreasonable. but did not include
the power OF n king reasonable rate. When
the first regular session OF Congress me' IN
my Administration ] urged upon the Con-
grees the necessity for further legislation
looking to more complete control and regu-
lation OF railways in respect TO rates than
had heretofore been given. recon-
mended the establishment of commerce
court. which should absorb all the rev viewing
jurisdiction which Circuit Courts had there
tofore had to consist of ty members. with
the hope that this might secure greater
expedition and greater uniformity in ruling
and prompter disposition by the supreme
Court of cases passed upon by the Inter-
state Commerce Commission.
PRESIDENTS RECOMMENDATIONS.
I recommended that cases affecting the
interstate commerce should be put under
the direc, control of the department Of
Justice. and that the proce, dings after
the order had been made in the Interstate
Commerce Commission should he brought
for or against the United States and not
against the commission. as heretofore,
| recommended that shippers should have
some easy and practical method of ascer-
tanning rate applicable TO any proposed
shipment in advice in writing. with penalty
for a failure to furnish II.
I recommended that the commission be
authorized to act on its own initiative As
we'll as upon the complaint OF any individual
respecting the reasonabenees of any rate
or the fairness OF am practice. and that
the commission should be empowered to
pass upon the classification of commodities.
a. we'll as upon their rates, that having
been left in doubt under the previous law.
! also invited attention TO the injurious
delay OF remedy which was oCcasioned to
the shippers whenever unreasonable ad-
vances in rates were made. The Inter-
state Commerce Commission might find
the advance unreasonable only after long
hearing and after it had gone into effect
and after the unreasonable rates had been
collected for considerable period.
suggested that the Interstate Commerce
Commission might have power to suspend
ou0Q An OfOeT lot slAtN udSs iooh ihtV
its reasona bleness and that II II be found
unreasonable it should not be permitted.
I invited attention also to the complaint
Of the shippers that they did not have the
power TO direct the route over which their
shipment should pass To destination. |
recommended that this be given them. sub
ject to such reasonable regulation as the
commission might prescribe.
POWER TO MAKE RATES.
All these provisions in one form or an
other were enacted into the law. In addi-
ton the House OF Representatives added
10 the Jurisdiction Of the Interstate Com
merce Commission the power to declare
reasonable rates in respect OF telegraph.
telephone and express companies.
modification was made in the Senate re-
garding the long and short haul clause
which gave more discretion 10 the Inter-
state Commerce Commission than that
which IL had heretofore exercised under
the decisions OF the Supreme Court. The
time during which the commission could
suspend tho raising Of a rate was enlarged
TO four months. and after that. II necessary,
10 six months longer, instead Of the sixty
days which ] had recommended. | had
submitted the question Of the proper amend
ments to the Attorney General and the
Solicitor General, 10 the chief of the Inter-
state Commerce commission, TO Commits
sioner Prouty and to senator Townsend
then member of the Interstate Commerce
Committee OF the House of Repres senta-