The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-02-03

object of Sn' II .in olIcIal investigation: and report is to enlighten and inform public opinion. winch of Itself will often induce or compel the reform of unjust conditions or the abatement of unreasonable demands.
 The special investigations that have been made of recent industrial con- ditionS. whether private or official. have been fragmentary. incomplete and at best only partially representa- tive or typical. Their lessons. never theless. are important. and until some thing comprehensive and adequate is available they serve useful purpose. and they will necessarily continue to be made. But unquestionabIy the time is now ripe for searching inquiry into the subject of industrial relations which shall be official. authoritative balanced and well rounded. such as only the federal government can sue cessfuIly undertake. The present wide spread interest in the subject makes this an opportune time for an investi- gatiOn. which in any event cannot long be postponed. It should be nonpar- tisan. comprehensive. thorough. pa- tient and courageous.
 There is already available much in- formation on certain aspects of the subject in the reports of the federal and state bureaus of labor and in oth- CT official and unofficial publications One essential part of the proposed in- quiry would naturally be to assemble. digest and interpret this information so far as 1t bears upon our present in- dustrial conditions. In addition to this the commission should inquire into the general conditions of labor in our principal industries. into the existing relations between employers and em- ployees in those industries. into the va riouS methods which have been tried for maintaining mutually satisfactory relations between employees and em- ployerS and for avoiding or adjusting trade disputes. and into the scope. methods and resources Of federal and state bureaus of labor and the meth ods by which they might more ade- Quately meet the responsibilities which through the work of the commission above recommended would be more clearly brought to light and defined
 Misbrandins Imported Goods.
 My attention has been called to the injustice which is done in this country
  porting to be made in Ireland. when they are not so made, and 1t is suggest ed that the justice of the enactment of a law which. so far as the jurisdiction of the federal government can go. would prevent a continuance of this misrepresentation to the public and fraud upon those who are entitled to use the statement in the sale Of their Cnnfg I fhinE ff fn fAo Iry iY, hn Interest of fair dealing. which ought always to he encouraged by law. for congress to enact a law making it a punishable by fine or i'm prisonmPnt to use the mails or to put into interstate commerce any articles of merchandise which bear upon theiI face statement that they have been in some particular coun- try when the fact is otherwise.
 Building For Public Archives.
 cannot close this message without l inviting the attention of congress agaiIi I to the necessity for the erection of q tO contain the public archives | The unsatisfactory distribution of rec Ords. the lack of any proper index or guide tO their contents. k well known | to those familiar with the needs of the | government in this capital. The land | has been purchaS4,d. and nothing re mains now but the erection of prOper 1 building. l transmit letter written | hy Professor j. Franklin .IamesLn. di- 1 rector of the department of historical l research of the Carnegie institution Washington, in which he speaks upon this subject as member, of a commit tee appointed by the executive council of the American Historical association | to bring the matter to the attention of the president and congress.
 VIM. Fl. TAFT.
 The White House. Feb. 2. 1912.