The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1912-12-06
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the suits against the powder trust and
the bathtub trust. / am very strongly
convinced that steady. consistent
course in this regard. with a continu-
ing of supreme court decisions upon
new phases of the trust question not
already finally decided. is going to Of
fer a solution of this much discussed
and troublesome issue In a quiet. calm
and judicial way without any radical
legislation changing the governmental
policy in regard to combinations now
denounced by the Sherman antitrust
law.
aid in this matter legislation which
would declare unlawful certain well
known phases of unfair competition
in interstate trade. and / have also
advocated voluntary national incor-
poration for the larger industrial en-
terprises, with provision for a closer
supervision by the bureau of corpora
tons or q board appointed for the pur-
pose, so as to make more certain COM
pliance with the antitrust law on the
one hand and to give greater security
to the stockholders against possible
prosecutions on the other.
believe, however. that the orderly
course of litigation in the courts and
the regular prosecution of trusts charg-
ed with the violation OF the antitrust
law is producing among business men
a clearer and clearer perception of the
line of distinction between business
that is to be encouraged and business
that is to be condemned. and that In
this quiet way the question of trusts
can be settled and competition retain
ed as an economic force to secure rea-
sonableness in prices and freedom and
independence in trade.
Reform Of Court Procedure.
I am glad to bring to the attention
of congress the fact that the supreme
court has radically altered the equity
rules governing the procedure on the
equity side Of all federal courts, and
though, as these changes have not been
yet put In practice so as to enable us
to state from actual results what the
reform viii accomplish. they are Of
such character that we can reason
ably prophesy that they win greatly
reduce the time and cost OF litigation
in such courts. The court has adopted
many of the shorter methods Of the
present English procedure, and. while
ii may take little while for the pro-
fession to accusbom itself to these
methods, 1t is certain greatly to facili-
q ha <nf he
preme court has been so drastic and so
full of appreciation of the necessity for
a great reform in court procedure that
have no hesitation in following up
this action with a Recommendation
which 1 foreshadowed in my message
Of three years ago. that the sections OF
the statute governing the procedure in
the federal courts on the common law
side should be so amended as to give
to the supreme court the same right to
make rules Of procedure In common
law as they have since the beginning
Of the court exercised in equity.
I do not doubt that a full considera-
ton of the subject will enable the
court while giving effect to the sub
stantial differences I'm right and rene
law and the system OF equity so to
unite the two procedures into the form
OF one civil action and to shorten the
procedure I'm such civil action NJ to
furnish a model to all the state courts
exercising concurrent Jurisdiction with
the federal courts of first instance
Under the statute now in force the
common law procedure in each federal
court Is made to conform to the pro-
is held. In these days. when we
should be making progress I'm court
procedure, such a conformity statute
makes the federal method too depend
emit upon the action of state legisla-
lures. I can but think IL q great OPP
portunity for congress TO intrust TO
the highest tribunal in this country.
evidently imbued with a strong spirit
in favor of a reform OF procedure, the
power to frame a model code Of pro-
cedure. which. while preserving all
that Is valuable and necessary of the
rights and remedies at common law
and in equity. shall lessen the burden
Of the poor litigant to a minimum I'm
tuC1pUtSS WIN
which his cause can be fought or de-
Tended through federal courts to final
Judgment
WorIman's Compensation Act.
The workman's compensation act re-
ported by the special commission ap-
pointed by congress and the executive.
which passed the senate and is now
pending in the house, the passage of
which I have in previous messages
urged upon congress. venture again
to call TO its attention The opposi-
ton to ii which developed in the SEN
ate, but which was overcome by a ma
jority in that body. seemed TO me to
grow out rather of a misapprehension
of its effect than of opposition to its
principle
1 say again that think no act can
have a better effect directly upon the
relations between the employer and
employee than this act applying to
railroads and common carriers of m
interstate character, and ! am sure
that the passage Of the act would
greatly relieve the courts Of the heav-
lest burden Of litigation that they
have and would enable them TO dis
patch other business with a speed new
ar before attained In caurfn ~ f,,u<fo<