The weekly tribune and the Cape County herald. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1914-1918, 1916-12-08

| the power to grant the increase il
rates.
Early action by the Senate on thu
bill passed by the House authorizin!
two additional members of the In
terstate Commerce Commission, wa!
solemnly urged by President Wilson
He appealed to Congress to act favor
2bly and quickly on the pending
measure corresponding to the Cana
dian Industrial Disputes Act, designed
to make unlawful strikes or lockouts
before full public investigation has
been made of all disputes between EN-,
ployers and employees, and on the bill
designed to give the President power
in times Of military necessity" to
take over the railroads of the country
their rolling stock, and to draft into
the military service for operation of
the roads such employees and officials
as are necessary.
In his message, he said:
Gentlemen of the Congress:
In fulfilling ut this time the duty laid
upon me by the Constitution of COM
municating To You from time to time
information of the state of the Union
ard recommending IA your cOnsidera
ton such legislative measures as may
be judged necessary and eXpedient /
shall continue the practice, which |
hope has been acceptable to you, of
leaving to the reports of the several
heads Of the executive departments the
elaboration of the detailed needs of
the public service ana comfine myself
to those matters of more general pub
lie policy with which it seems ncceS-
Sary and feasible 10 deal at the pres
rnt session IF the congress.
l realize the limitations Of time I'M
der which you will necessarily act at
this session and shall make my Sug-
GeSfi0nS as few as possible; but there
we're some things left undone Mt the
last session which there will now be
time Ia complete and which it seems
necessary in the interest of the public
70 do at once.
In the first place it seems to me i'm
ftrativcly necessary that the earliest
possible consideration and action
should be accorded the remaining
measures of the program of settle
ment and regulation which had Occa-
sion to recommend to You ut the close
of your last session in view of the pub
lie dangers disclosed by the unaccOm-
mOdatcd difficulties which then existed,
and which still unhappily continue to
exist. between the railroads of the
country and their locomotive engineers.
conductors. and truinmcn.
Railway Troubles First.
/ then recommended:
First, immediate provision for the
enlargement and administrative reOr-
sanitation of The interstate commerce
commission along the lines emhodipd
in the bin recently passed by the house
of representatives and now awaiting
action by the senate; in order that the
commission may be enabled to deal
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