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flT M CAIRO BULLETIN, WEDNESDAY MORNING. DECEMBER 9, 1008
NEEDS OF NATION
A3 OUTLINED TO
CONGRESS BY
THE PRESIDENT
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Message of Chief Exec
utive Read to Na
tional Assembly
Xble state paper
Suggestions of Importance
Made, in Document
MOST NEEDED LEGISLATION
Control of Corporations. In the Opinion
of President Roosevelt, Should Be
Left to the National Government
Dissertation on the Status of the
Wageworker -Action of Labor Lead
ers Severely Criticised Necessity
for Respect of Law. j
Washington, Dee. t. The inwaR of ,
President Roosevelt was read in both '
houses of congress. It was as follows:
To the Senate and House of Pepr. s-n-tatlves:
The financial standing of the
nation at the prevent time is vll-nt.
and the financial management t.f th na
tion's Interests by the government dur
ing the last seven years has shown' the
most satisfactory results. But our cur
rency system is Imperfect, and It ! ear
nestly to be. hoped that The rurrc-iry
commission will be able to propose a
thoroughly good system which w ill do
way with tlx- existing d fects.
During U period from July 1. iW, fn
September 30, Mr, there was an increase
tn trmamount of money In circulation ,-.f
IW2.5P1.SW. The Increase in the per rp!!.i
during this period was $7. mi. Within this
Winn there were several occasions whea
It was, necessary for the treasury de
partment to come to tile relief of the
money market by purchase or red. cap
tions of United Plate bond, by Inciyis
ln deposit In national hanks, l.y st.m
jla.lng additional issues of national bmh
note., and hy facilitating itupniiHtiiiii .
from abroad of gold, our imperfect nir
renc. system has made these proceed;,
negasary. and they were effective unill
th monetary disturb;? nee In the fall of
JVC Immensely Increased th dirfb'ultv of
ordinary method of relief. By the mid
dle hf November the available working
balance In the treasury had been redu ed
to approximately. (.VXA.AnO. Clrm-tng
houw association throughout the coun
try had been obliged to r-sort i the
expedient of Issuing clearing house cer
tifies.' cs, to ! used as money. In Uu
enirigenoy It was determined to ii 1-
si' u.-riptfons for li.iKi.Ofif) Panama .m ui!
'otids. and llno.'n'O.iWn three p.r -n.
rertltlcatfa of Irdehtedness authoriz-d bv
tii'e act tf June 13. bv. It twis pn ,pos d
to redfpuslt lb the national hanks t -pioedi.
bf tlicttf Irsues. and lo pruut
theirusa CS a basis for additional crcii
latlnit notes of national lu.ii.v Tl
moral effei-t of this prot -o,h. r.. .. on
great that it was necessar'' 'o issue oniy
iai.31.1tsfl of the Panama bond and J'V
V.:) of the certificates of hid. hied ..-x.
During th.1 period from 'u4t I. r'l. in
.September Jrt. 1J m. the balance between
the ' ret ordinary r.ceiivs and ihe
ordinary exp. nsrs of ii,e g.o.-rrn. a!
showed Surplus In the f.,or wars 1C
1KS!,'1. and lm7. anil a ib-th il i-, the
years I". IStix and a fra. li.ui.i ! p i.t
of the fiscal l'8r V" Tie t t I,
was a surplus of fi -S.4ir.. M Ti. f .!..
-ial eperatlotis of the cm. ruin, at d :i r
this period, based vpnn fuse d-p. (
between receipts and f p -feu . tit . v t,
Btllled In H net redll. lion of C r ;-'it- 'i.
bearing dbt of the rutted stu'r. r-ntn
IXT.Ml.'HO to nntnitbstar.t ..e
that th.er- ,n m .,,. r.f Tan. a...
ranAl tmtts utnounttrtir In tie anrre.'
tj..gl.m and, an lasn of f,.r,- per
eTri?"i.ttlli.-ate(l of lei. bte.n.-;. . r
the act of June j atiiocntins "
5!S.4i.V1. Kefundlng operatioits if te
treasury tli partni':;' un.! r the a t ..f
March 14, 1. r s 'hed In t ie .
aion Into two tfr r.-r,t. i 'uis..h: .,f : ef
$a.9r,4' bonds bearing h'th. r r i-.s ,.f
Interest. A decrease of ,07 .-.; ,n ti e
annual Interest cbure r' . t!t d fr. rn
these operations.
In short, d trior tbe seen ;r sr. I
three months H ere has v ;, n, t -r.
plu Of Tiearlv oil'" .!.. I p, pf
receipts oa er f xpenci'i.t. - q r-.i.:- .:-.r
of the Intetest.bearit.e 1 1 bv m . t
millions. In spite of the o
pens1 of the ranamr. r-u
of tiefirly nine niilh.ns
Interest cbargo. T' 's Is
aatlffaetory sh r-tna. evp
of the fart tltat during
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11 .x,-.)t ci,
!,!!' in ' te
-. terie 1 he
nation has pirr t'-sitatei b. -c d- 1 te
an expenditcte Cat It 1 srar.bd a
essary. Tl r bate 1 n no n. ,
and no bterense of taxi, on .
trarr some taves 1 ave hn th'
tbere has twen a r"iu t on of mm
CONTROL OF CORPORATIONS.
National Government the Proper Agent
- for th Work.
As rird the ere' . .u p.,rs'.- . o-rar-d
In tntrite l. .. n, ... , r.
rlallv the raltreads. I .an 0.1;
what I bate alreadv iiV.rt ir-i l' " ii
tn my piease to t'. -. I h--!ive
tliSt unler the Intrrs e-. . '- , nt
the constitution t l'-fel S ,;. I .
ro-nptete nl paramo. ,t t rit' ! t. n
trol alt sr-'nei'-s of Irt-rs'a- vn:r .
and 1 tvhex e tha' ti t !,; c e-n-Snt
alone can ex.-r-le this t . m,
wtMem an4 --t 1 1 v-s i e 1-.1 in
'uri Jimtiee fr-.-r aM h -. i i t. --
ti ftTt err--,'it!'-"' w,.i 1. sr-
mt ttrr"rnT f'"rs in n 1 '
T I bllte t- It is . -
ful'y ta stt-rirt in r,vo. r '
hi'!o-l s done hv t' g
titl-tnt!, I-"-. I- n o s i ; l. a ,n
be TiforvsM or.lv Ir-n T .1
Kji'Sliy. and I" -"if or ti -t r
SIM1 SS fsl: Is'ds'n f- r ! I
'rr glv a1vor-t t'-at Ins-es i of ..
r1e fT 'trt Ii trol ttei j . ..i i j ,
(Ke. si all b . . :l'i"S a ' - 1
hail e-.p-.'. I-ni-l , ,t,- .
wht' h are to t' it 'er- f f C- f "'
tr.-t (al' ' ' sai- !" ti- ' '"
If-.,,- ir t' rafiin-l r-'-r n '
prrr r.f f-rtf--.a -il 'P- ' r
Uim " fa -ii
ertr-! ahntiM tn se-aHr entire V
1-rttT In ail nan -ra i.k. t- v -e
M right to -!. '4 fu-t' -is .
t- -ot - r- t ;,- j h i b t.- . - --
- r----- ' ' - ' 'e
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TYim estln-flvs of th rnliotr sbettH IM
put completely under the InietKiaie com.
merre commission and iviiuhmI fioin
Ihe domain of the anti-ltiist It. 'I'ha
I thorouKh(roinr, o that it could eer.-isn
j complete siiper iiion an. I .onifol over
the Issue of sei'tirillcs as well as over
trie raisinK and loueritta tales. As
recarda rales, at least (his p.mer sbouhl
be autnniaiy. The power 10 lnvest;j;.ii
th financial operations and a, 1 mints of
the railways has be.11 one ..f the most
valuable feature In recent bwi -hi I ion,
rower, to make, l oiiibin.itjotis an I trafflfl
nRrceiuents ahould be e.hcii- cnf. 1 ie,
upon the railroads, the permission of ti
commission beina tiit'i sained and lha
combination or nKreement beine pwh
llshed In all Its details In the lnteiet
of the public the repres. main es of tha
public; should havt? complete power to
see that the railroads do their .Imv by
the public, and as a mat tor of irn
this, power Khouhl a!. 1 he exorcised so is
to nee that no iniustlce is done to tha
I railroads. The hhai ehohleis. the etn
i Ployes and the shippers all have Interests
' that must be Kuanlcd. It is 10 the in
terest of nil of them thai no swindling
stock speculation should he allow. -d, and
that there should be no Improper issu
ance of seciii-ities. The ruldlns iutelll- j
Itences necessary for the sue. essl'ul build-
Ine and sticces.st'ul manasenient of rail
roads should receive ample remunera
tion: hut no man should he allowed 10
make money In connection with railroad
out of fraudulent nver-capi laJixa 1 ion and
hi ml red stoek-KambliiiK performances;
there must be no defraudinc of invest
ors. oppression of the farmers and busi
ness men who s!up freiitht. or callous
dirccurd of the rights and needs of the
employes. In addition to this the inter
ests of the shareholders, of Ihe employes
and of the shippers should all be
Kuwrded as against one another To
(Ttve any one of them undue and im
proper consideration is to do injustice to
the others. Hates must be made as IMv
as Is compatible, with giving proper re
turns to all the employes of the rail
road, from the highest to the lowest,
and proper returns to the shareholder,
but they must not. for instance, be re
duced in S'H-li fashion as to ni-cvi'it;-a
cut in tea? waes of the tmphAcs or
the abolition of the proper and lesitimj'.e
profits of honest fhuri holder.
Tclcifraph and telephone companies en
RaseJ in interstate business .should .
put under the jurisdiction of the in;er
state commerce conim.sshn.
People Urged to Act.
It Is very earnestly to be wish- ! fhnt j
our people, ti.rotiKh th!r represeiifitiv. . j
t-ljould act in this' matt -r. It is lt.tr:! M 1
say whether most damage t i'e c . 'c !
1v at hiree .I'thl cur' f m e!''
f.ti'i.re on the part i f the pcUh- to
pitise aad control the a. Ei-ms of tic
er.-at coric-e-'jti.'us. or troin the c-. r-'
cif the ne, ci-siiry government;; I p 'V . r .1
a wav which, would do iitju-t!. v : -.1
WTi'llC to toe eel p-.r if hu.s it.-o';
prca.'i - rs of uet -st r.ct--I indn hi'ia; .
and t!le jiiviii . rs o!" an oppt, .s ec
Which would Jc'M to alee m,t of ' cs -
ness the just r'ward of t;ie;r irctuit f
and ltuiitiiess staa -ity, are advo. t;ir-3
policies that would l.e fraiik'l t ilit
srravest harm to the whoie couture. T'
permit evcr" iahss capitahst. ev-rv
la -defying orpor.ttivn. to take any a
linn, no matter bow inbtwitous. in tc.e
efftTt lo s--ct;re an improp' r tirelit fial
to build up privilege, w.mld be rttin .es
to the repuhlic and would mark the nhaa
tlor.tnent of the effort to secure in t e o
dustrlal world the spirit of tb-moct-.i ' v
fair-deallns. On the h'.Iht hand. o at-tac-k
these wrongs in th.at sphit of deto
BBoey which tan see wrens; only who
committed h the man of wealth, ari l .-.
dumb and blind In the presence of e. rot
committed astuist men of property or h
rta'n of no proper! v. is c.xj. ;lv as . .!
aj c.:irruruly to def. nd the t ' c:o; l.at:"
of men of wealth. The w:.r ;
must be waged against m's ami iei .
aT!nt wrotiBdoin wlare-.er It is found
and we mist s;,i-nl hrr.rttlv f-r the
rights of ever dc tit man. nhetla r he
be a man of ri'et W ealth rr a m.ia v. ho
earns bts livehhoiHl as a w -; worker or
a tiller of the soil.
It If to the Interest of a:! of u th .t
there shield be a premii'iri put upon In
dividual iu:tiioie and inhic' luil ."1
paeity. and an amide reward f r tue
litre, it d. no -Urn; lnt !lljn-- riic;e ec.ru
pet.-nt t' tiifttiaee the ureal business oa
erntlons of to-day. It is well to k' p la
mind that .ati.v as ti at ari hist is th -wotsi
enemy of liberty and the ro-u-ti o
arv tls- lnrst eneui'c ,c- oi.hr s(t tie
men vie. tie,' nd tie ra:ht
have most to fc;.r f-om !
of jrreiit e.,;th. ana th.
1 '.ami 111 i pop, :lar t t; it
to h .ir from tee d. tii.i; .ii'i
name of popuinr risen w
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deal wllli th.s cioitfiilixed and of : inizc 1
wcullh. 1 if couikc the p hoy tau f l',h
n such twin detinue ata ns atnonnis to
bsolutely tiotl.tn. r,r toe fh -a half K
iijhr.ed bv the tev.iad half. The i.'h'cf
ascii. tin- 'i tue cvi 'V seie.d and (",tlt
liitrj re-iHotis. that h I to ...e formation
" the nut oial e , . f.ine:;t, w'ilK Ihe lih
diite tttcd that t! - union, and not Ihe
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ate and f n h n c..::tn. r c: and the
ucr 11 ih ,1 h !, iti-.c. ..,to ' muncreo
a .-.!-".'. t' .l bs..'.. y a " I p;.-n.;i lv to
o r, r,.' ii 1; 'X c..; a-i-.l was . vT-
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n re " cf iuti r : : eo'i:nc:vo knov t-.
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o's as i.-;i a.s t!:o p f n. r-l ips of in
i iu ihi who then co-idit t. 1 all of what
.isirics t! ere was. I tit. r:''a comatcr'e
. aovc chicly con lie-to ! . 11 ir i.-ois;
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f.cr,s;;i:(. ti.tia : -e is m ,i-. a pr po,-
I t i tatrv out to the Inter one of the
it-'tae ptirpo'".' . if ma' I !'.e prime p jrp-ise.
r Which, th.e lit-,' !; U' hill W.I 1. founded.
It doe not re)--s- it. cen'nil'zai -on. It
repr.-scn's merely t e a-, h n ! a !.-. ;-; att-nt
of the pat tit fa t ;'iat rciitralizaiion t-.us
'lire !v come In htisiness, i ;' this :11c
spi "ihle outside brs.cc-s p ,w r is ' be
or.; iolh-1 in the in-'i -.a of the xencnil
public it can only l.e coal foiled tn one
way; by viving adeo mte power of rort
r: l to the one over-!nty capable of rs-
feis-lng nu.-h power the national govern
ment. . Forty or fiftv s.t-.rate govern
ments cannot excn-'.se th.at power over
corporations doing busitos In most all
of them: first, because tja-y &.bsolntoly
lack the authority to deal with Inter
state 'business in any form, and second,
hi cause of the inevitable conflict ' au
thor, ty sure- to ails..; in the effort to en
forv different Kinds of suite rcsulatlan.
often fncotiaistont wr.h oi:e atndher and
sonu t nes oppvessi.e in themselves.
Such diviile-I authority c.if.uot result
t- nmter-e w'th w s Joni arid ef;e. ;. That
eatral gov rumeat ts ti:.- only power
which, w .':;.-. it ijinirof' h u, an tic:er-:'-:h-e5
filer,-:--;! '; a".,! :hc,;u-v;ely con
trol s,:n rvt- the ' ir:;e corn .rations.
To ::; r:t;h"i thv t ".r, f- r aathmal yon
rol it . ccs to -'..:,''':i th- ;:-;! for nil
a.ieo-c;. .', ,:r 1 ;,; I . - ;a r.. :ehr l:h-!v
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STATUS CF WACEWORKEH.
Wise Action by States Needed to Sup
plement That of Nation.
There are noiuy inaitci aile. iiiiK labor
and the Mttlllis of the wanes el lift to
which J should like to iliau your atleu
llon, but an eNluiustue hl.cnssion of Ihe
problem In nil Its aspects is not now nee
essary. This ailmiliistiatlon is nearliK
Us end; and. niorcoi . i-, ual.i our hum
lf cm erninettt the .solution of the prob
lem depciala upon the .niton of Ih"
states uh much as upon the action of the
nation, Nevertheless, 'here are certain
considerallons which 1 !sh to set be
fore you, because 1 hope that our pcopl
will more and more I,. 1 p them In mind.
A blind and Ifjnorant resist. m. e to everv
effort for the reform of aim:" and lor
1 ho rend lu.sttnent of .ui-u to modern
industrial conditions rope seiiis not true
conservatism hut an luciiciiiciu n
the vlldest radicalism, for uise ra.hca'-
i-.tn anil wise eonseri .1 tlstti no hand in
httnd. one petit on ptoij-ess. the oth.r
bout on eeln that no change is made
rnless In the rlelit direction. I b. liei .
III a steady effort, or perhaps it woitl l
be mote accurate to s.tv in steady ciVt.rls
it) niany iliderent directions, to h'-ins
abotil a condition of afl'alrs un.hT ufiicii
th" men who iviak with hand or with
br.,in. the laborers, the superintendents, i
the nit n who produce the mat hot and ire f
men who rind a marl. el lor 11, e arti .do
produced, shall own a fat greater share j
than at pi -sent of Ihe wealth they pro
duce, and be enabled to invest i! in the
1'miIs and Instruments by wiiieh all wot h
is carried .ta As far ns possible I hep"
to saic a frank recognition of the ad.a"
figes conferi "d by mnchlnerv, ora liga
tion and division of labor, accompanied j
oy an eitort lo t'l nil: .ti'ina .4 linger slot,.
in (he ownership bv wage -worker of rail
way, mill a id factory, la hirmi-i', ilii
simrily tiiettns that ie uislt to see the
farmer own his own land: wo do ti"!
wish to see the farm !iip,'c that tliev
become the properly of ahscn'ee land
lords 'x ho farm them hv teiiarus. ti -r
y-t so t mall that the f: run r heeonn s
like he Kuropean peasant. Again, the
d-po-itots in our savings hanhs nov.
nutuher o.ir one-tenth of our r-ntir-- p --vhtth.fi-
Ti'-se ai'e ad ,-ai:t.i hs's. Ie.
Ihroi.-h 'he savittti haahs loan th,.r
tn.-)iit'- to the w orhers - 1 hat is. in in i,i ,'
case to themselves to aitc on th, r
various, ittdust r:es. The mo. .. c.-e ttt, 1 , .; j
th-ir r'lnh-i-. tio more we I at ro,.l.ieo t
prita iph-s of , o-.araf ion Into our i'l-!:
trv. Th.erv increase in t!-e i. ttyh. r
.srti.tl! si.e-h' ohlet s in cot p-ra: a-its a:
g(.od thijc-'. for the sati.e r.-iisotis e-
Vi h. re the ef : lj , !o'.e arc the s ! , tekh.of a
the result r t'lt'tici htriv good.
tr.ic h . f I his :it o,,;-t I t.-v
of ativthtiu; ti .it can o- e i"t.,:i -h.-l h
tn
a
good lie ,i.
For Postal Sayipgs Banks.
Postal S.n .-'tgs h,.-:-.s .-ili to ike It
e.v for t".e t r. -t c, k'.p tl.vir sac- j
i ii as tn a !..,, .' 1: : . .- if, tv ".' - r. gu I,, i c 1
"f t he n ;l h i v, ,y te-i-l be ,
I to: t t iin y, ii 1 rde wit 1 I
i.U. ll Hist-e t'orpotate tinnn.'cs mu t J
bo ..iiprta is. , I so as to make it far s-f, ,- j
th-fia. at rue.-,, nt for the man of small
no.ies to invest his tvott. v in sto-!-;,. ,
a ttet-e mtiat ! p--.tiliiti.fi of child la- !
l-ir. ,. .niiuu'ion of worn- n hihor si:...-; . j
eUitig- of I)...m-s of all mechanic.! h i.'-.-; i
-lock wat.rntt. should be .rohtbi t. d.
led Stoe ilamhliiiy so far as-is po " . - 1
b'e disco. I- a;t .1, There should be ,1
f r.'vr.sai''. 1 0 heri ta 10 . tax on hn ': -faitnit.s.
I ni'.i-l rt 1 1 i -1 1 " - a 1 i . . : 1 sli,o.;.I
) 1 neoo-ig.-d. A- far ; - liosslble we
-hoebl hr.h'.r the betdin of nx.thun
01 the siri'o man. i"e --la.uhl put j
11 -. iiiiuiti niott thri't hnrd work, and
iolsrlt'ss ellel ..'Ut lil'-se t,J,ll t.i ' I
,. ase to be tto taSiin f:.. tors tit a
!".ihttnt .1 forty!:" long b. for that
fortune rea-do s a i-oiat where it would
he -e.-ioiisly affcted by anv inher:
t n-e t . x' s'.i.Ji as I protc-e. It t "ni
11. ptlv right that the nation should lis
t ry:: '!t-,n which the great fo,-
i)nes are Hi heri let). They rarely d
rood and they often do harm to those I
who Irh- rit tliem in their eotir.-ty.
Protection for Wagevvorkers.
The nhovc is the merest ska t'hi. hard
lv even a sketotf m outline, of tin- re- .
t'oftiis' for winch we shouhl wotk. f'.u' '
1 1 er. s on. in.. .t. r iviih -.vhich ti;e
...ligtas.- should deal at this session. -There
should no l..tgr r be anv (.alter- ;
mi- w-itli ti'iiflmn of tiktng care of
the wncevork.rs "hi tinder o-tf pt-.-s- j
-nt ind i trial .ivst.'in. become kil'cd, j
e-iopli-d. or w-orn o it .1: iiarl of the .
r-ai'l.tr itn id. rt of a given biisln.ss.
'Ih - i.iaio'iM rf .v ig-w'o' k' r- must
I- , 1 r t'.it r;-.ts soeij,-. ,J f,,t thr-lll bv
1 ,1. ,-. y,...i h"! ihe 1 .atiotia! go- ern- :
t!ent io.c :! 1 -'.M.'te jn t 'tot'oUy ll Vol o g
ie, I ' .. r fi .-.,! : .- r,,h;,ia not iu!v f.- ,
.1; etupl ' c Citioru'l fen in-
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r .t.iti r bo 1 t - .uxbt
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made tvtr .e liberal than In the present
act. A , oar's, eoinpi-nsa I mn la nut ndo
nuale fu - a w. mo-earner's family In Ihe
even: of his death by acoldont In lbs
course of hi employment. And In the
event of ibath o,-, nrrlncr. av, ten or
eleieti months nfur Ihe accident, the
family would only receive us compen
sation th lauabtil of one or two
months' e. lining. In this respect the
irener. . ty of th" bulled Hintc Inwards
Its employes coiuimres most unfa vora -bly
with Hint of every country In Mil
rope cv. n the poorest.
The tortus of the net ar also a hard
ship In prohibit':!:; piiiiitiit In caia-a
vl'. "c lo" !t. 't. nt I, la anv way il .i
to the ttcifligein-e of the employe. It is
Inexltable thai daily f.imi Hit rl ly with
danger will lead men to take chances
that can be construed into negligence.
So well is this recognised that In prac
tically all eoiiutries In the civilized
world, except the t'nlted States, only a
great degree of negligence nets as a
bar to securing enmprnHa timi, Proba
bly In no other respect Is our legisla
tion, both state and national, so far be
hind practically the entire civilized
world as in the matter of liability anil
compensation for aechletils in industry.
It Is humiliating that at Kuropean In
ternational coiigrcsst on accidents the
1'nited States should be singled out as
the most belated nmont" the nation.. In
r spect to employer.-!' liability legisla
tion. This government is Itself a lart-e
employer of labor .and In its dealings
with its employes it should tset a stan
dard In this country which would place
It on a par with the most progressive
countries in Kurope. Th.e laws of the
"l'nitetl States in this respect and the
laws of European countries have been
summarized in a recent bulletin of the
bureau of labor, and no American who
read this summary can fail to be
struck by Ihe great ce.ntra.t between
our practice and theirs a contrast not
In any sense to our credit.
Law for Dirtrict of Columtia.
The congress should without furl her
t'"!.iy pass a model . itinlo.v crs, liability j
law for the Ibstrict of Columbia. Th-
employers' liability act recently i!e. j
clared unc institutional, on tuvount o i
apparently including; in its proiisions
cirtplovefi ettg isred in intristate eout
luore.'. ns well as those enstaged in in-
terslate eomuierec, J'as loam held bv I he j
local courts (O lie stilt j., effecl so -.,r .
as its provisions applv to the liistrn-tl
of Columbia. There should be no am- j
b'g'titv 0,1 this point. If there Is any:
doubt on the subject the hi w- should i I
re-enacted with .p-eh:' reference lo th.
T.'is-ti-ict of Columbia . This act. how
ever, apiili. s only t-i employes of eo n- ;
mon carriers. In all other oo-op.it,iis i
the liahtlttv law of the distrh-t is t'.
old rntmiiiiii law. The sev.-ri; v and In- .
.!!. ttce of the comn'oti 1 i iv in ih; mat- j
tor ha- be n in some .h gri.f, or tiniithet
niodtfied in the vmylorit v o' our ftit.-s. j
and the only juri.tli-ti"i und r 'he cx- ,
elusive control of th.- -nnrt-.-t -hotild ;
he abra.l and not behintl tnc si fes of :
the union n this respect. A oiup'-e-
hrnsice emf-hf-f r-' l,ah;lif- law should 1
be passed f.-- ta- I'istri.t of 1 .hituboi. j
I renew my re. onim.-iahi t : .111 mad" in .
a prcvioo message that half -holiday 1
be grauu-d dui ma-, siitnm-r to all wage- i
xrorkers in g.o. erttnient eiiitdoc
I also r, new in-.- r. comm. n.l ition th t :
the principle Of the eigbt-enur ll -
sh-iitM as rapidly and a- fir as pria ti-,
cah-le be extended to the entire iim-'i,
beintr can if-d on In- tiy j-.it vrnment :
the pres-ut.hsw should be a mended to
embrace contra:; o- those public
works which the pr , nt wor.'lr.jj of-
t he a-'t Seep!:' to X' hide.
JUDGES PCORLY COMPENSATED. '
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President Would Double Salaries of
Wearers of the Ermine. j
I most earnestly urge iipon the eon-!
press the ilulv of. increasing the totally '
iiunleu.ua 1 1? salaries now given to our I
Judges. On the whole there is no body
of public s.rtants who do as valuable;
work, nor whose moneyed reward is so1
inade'iuate compared to their work. He- i
glueing .whia the s;iiir.-n-.e court the
judges should have their salaries d,ni- 1
bled. It. i cot bol'itting the dignity of
the nation that its most honored public
arv.ii,t: Mould be pud --iims so s'ti-ill
1 ..tup, 1 ie,J 1.. ultd! tliry uotild tarn ,ft
private life tl-r.t tha performance of !
public .-ervlce by them implies an ex
ceedingly heavy pecuniary sacrifice.
It is eariio-itiy to be (Wired that some
tnetiiod should be devised for iheng
a wav with the long delays which now
oht'in 10 t h. ailmiiist r ition of itivtic
and v.h-ch op. fate with pecuiiir s.-v.r-i'r
agaiiiM iie-.-ons of small f-eatis. and
fivor on;-, to- very .-rlnitiiHl. whom
-. most do -ir.tl h- to punish. T!"' -lone
d.-l.v- in to" final decision 01
1 i-- r:ib -n the aggriElte a irVil'-r-.
a I . .fol a r. :'.-, lv -h.cl.l be devis.-,!
It , 1, ..' I : . i-itol. l .ili'e ,ei 1 is il--,-to
'-I - ! t 1 '- I ri pa ' I I" t- '''',.. 1
t ;. .- 1 . I, , : ,. n u w h n el - -a t 1
I i otlle Onto'! re. -tM ''ie-.- tif '
...e. .,; (,,r fe..,-t c ...tic" I a . e. .
. ;'. ,1 o , s.,-,k d. in ll of eo-to . ,
and fl igra-f w r .:..T O;- bod;- polil: -
LABOR LEADLnS SCORED.
.... .
t
.trick on Judiciary Shown to Ee Prov i
ocative of Evil Pt-tu't
1 1 , -. , . , . l. ol o I e- C ! !e.,.., .1' f
o-.-a ':i- d l-.li.ir neb a -...hut .1 .1
sxee. pit g att o k llt-on th" entire jnd -
:.rv .' !hi i.a'ih ... .,:. ."'i.k I'lri-i-iil '
in -.. b term" lo ni-lude the nnel ,
iM.rlil,,! -,C;e I f.M'l Of ' "l-t'-.l'l'! 't j
h; l. s. no t.s tea., th.. - f-f . 1 i r.i j . r :
f .!! I.',d I'-..'!' re-l'-o led ' . i I '.i.i'i !t '
'... ih. kind of an-.' '; dmir.ii.-'. i t
te.l f., tinao'. ,-,n- si .-'ul -ti-f
to r, f o III ,'bu .s ,, 'h' l'ldi'-oir. l-e- 1
.-.use 1 g. -' lie ch:i tn;ot,s oi t.e on- ,
, ! ludfc.. t r r.f;. -I 'b ' I ' op f-r j
t ,1 t. t 1 S' , fl IT --OUI-1 'it!., f
. : e. I T. e' Ol-t 4"-IS Who tl ' e I
tint or'! a' ' ' i-'l I-i' I- f"i-- .
th- ho,.'.. t.mltt. o- ..eh 1 .r: . j
th. -e -it,e 1 , -,.r tea.l'.ei f , -t ' 1 i . f I ;
I ,,.nr .1. ;,, . .1- ,. . f -g the l.hl I '! ll '
, of! ,ro .1 t .'in rhiotiir all .-ini ,'
n.i-. ala! tig t...v wiso.-.l tUc p-Jic .' I
r,f t.iat '"11 or nothing Hay in-i-i.o J
on .1 pro', .- on r t tn a I ibo df-.-.ttt j
no n-o.t,. lo.ei si.onld I'"" e -'tt t.. I
prole-I a pmrvrtv right, mil so". itic -
ty provi b d tr.-t li rirfbt t' rry .n
x,,..n -oo tid not t.e , -i.-!iir. ' a
p-npertv 1 g'l. -f 1 in " ee.."d .r,.V'V
Inn their bill tv lie !U1 In a la'iiir d:: -
-1 11. mt ( o- agr-ement l.y or H. - j
txv-n ttn.i or tr"r persons tl.r.t w oii ! '
n .t l .nr- be, n unls If 'l"n 'V a (
sifigi- j. rs'.n in oth.r words, this hi,! 1
'.era iin-"! Mnk!'t!- ma box e-.m t g
ll evrx- .'. -, i .,;.. r-a f-r icta-.-. j
those f .rr s of the secondary b-ycott j
!i.' II,- Hl-Of,- If ""I strike : r,m-t
B, ,.,.. .0 ..erve.l .Hl'1'1""'-! 1
while th naht 10 riir-t on a l"l. nr ;
w n 'l,!,it'h, tikes i-'t fr-'tn '!.! I
tht I'tot- t"n -e ':i ' t-e ' e ' - ;
nv,r Pr. .p.-rti Tt" il'inn'! n ai 1
(hit tb.-T f'n'i'l b rsl t" I" "
..f.iri i.t -! I"!-"'- tn"-' -e ,..
T.,vt.r '0"'flf ' ' r"
1 1
ll ta,S r. f, -eetd S ronece r" j
-,!,,., ,f .-.rri"1 i'.t n""i"l n-'.
e-tt.f" et.wr.t ; P".'u- "' ' ,
, - ,0. nnd rio-t br.,tl for tc I I"
).tio'tioo .f " of 11 in-s' n- (
si f,ir.i'(is nf the J'ld a r y in 11 i v- j
li.jf il Isn-ia
Evil in Class Consciousness.
T1-- lixloio. of the .-tal f " 1 a t
!. '. "-.fi and it-- 'oa.r-l-i- 'ai''ir.
I to rate two tr-it!. t h it ' n- ;
t at ..'tr tpeo; ! si -i ild learn In b
ftrt pi' ilt mil to t-a-r ! j
w.'-kt'-.eT-.Mn tr lii,"t-', waste-
we.rkir that by deirar.dtra hat is i-n-pro.--r
n.i nrr-ss'i-!- h p s t-to in
lurid of h'n ("- t.ie-x a fru-te a--l
-r'ri.i .ft np-.f t' r.-ei-ls even tf .
It r.r- b-itirii'lt S't- , e'-' it wx-ji j
loevl-lb! " t e-id ': i-l-et
T-t- ae-l -w-ri -sr-- iv a"t :
'f I'll1"- ?"- t I
and Incompetent alike, rather thm to
see the wheels of llisllee HlopneU A
niovemcnl nt this kind o-m ulllinaielv
result In nothing but damage lo thnso
In whose In-Itn If it Is nominally under.
Ink 11. This ih 11 mo.'t healthy truth,
whleh It l wis" 'or all inn people to
learn. Anv movement based on that
1 lasa h-lred which at limes assumes
the nunc of "cbiss coiisciousnes' Is
cci'l tin iiltinuitclv lo fail, and if il l"in
pirarily Kiiceeed.. to do far-resioliintr
hiniage. Cblf.s couselo.lMl' s'," Whom
It Is merely atmllur name for the odi
ous vice of class selllshm ss. is ettually
noxious whether In an . inpl.ii et 's as
sociation or In a workl'tTinuo's assort.
I ion Tin' iliivctni'iil ;r- uufsiiou was
one In which Hie appeal was made lo
all v orkliiftmcn to vole pel inn ri ly. not
pa merioan citizens, but a ,nd vtdiuls
of a certtiin i-'uis in society Such an
appeal in the first plnce revolts the
more high-minded and I' r-sigbt. 1
among Ihe person to whom it Is ad
dressed .and in Ihe set .and plnce tt nd
to ai. use a strong, aula goti.sm a.mon'f
all ntlu r elas.se of oil irons whom it
therelorc tend to iiii b' acaiinst the
ver organization 011 whose behalf it It
Issued, The result ! therefor" unfor
tunate from every st i ndpoini . This
healthy truth, by the wav, will b
learned by Ihe So-lnlists if they ever
succeed In establishing in this country
an important national party base,) on
such class cousciou.--.ness and s iih-ii
class interest.
The wageworkers t!e wotkingmen.
the laboring men of the country by ih"
way In whieli they repudiated Ihe ef
fort to get them to cast their lutes in
response to an appeal to Claris hatred,
have 1 mph isized their sound patriotism
ami Americanism. The whole country
has cause to feel pride In this altitude
of sturdy independence, in Ibis uncom
promising insistence upon- anting sim
ply a good cilia' 'is . good Ameri
cans. 1vi1ho.it. rcg-aeil to fancied -and
improper class Inteivts. Such an at
titude is an object lesson In good cill
senship to the ent.re nation.
Pica for Court Bulwark.
Put the extreme reactionaries, tlto
pot-sons who t-lin 1 themselves to the
wrong ttoy.- and then commit lei1! by
the court on laboring ir on, snotibl alsi
think s.tioiislv a to what such a
movent, nt !s this portends. The judgni
who hav-o shown themselves able and
willing effect tv ly to chick the dishon
ect a.'tivif.- f-f the ' et y rieii man who
works itii,ii:tv bv the n!!smtii1agefii!nt
of eorpoi atiot's, w b i have bhowh them-s-1'.is
alert to do I tstice to the wagie
wofker a nil '.: iiim 1 h.-t ie w-.tii ih-'
tocds or Ihe tf.ass- of our (vople so that
the dvelbr in th. t- tt.tite-t houses, tin'
ma-! who prioirns ., dttig.roiis traiie,
tt: man v.l.i. i -' d l.v rxeesive
Ito'.i-s "f labor feel that their need a:
understood by the cen t, tifys. judge
are the real b-tlw-irh f th urts;
tllese Judges. tl... i !(!. of tb- 'Iwl'
of the pi . sob t:t -. h- t w ho h ,-,e been
f,-irh s in oyi-'slog hi' or y!i-f it ha.
gone v,i,g ,yt h l.ih ,- a! 0 ' ; boil
ing ti :tr:-t ii-ii'inll corf,, .rn l o'ti s th-'
wark iniquity. mti I ir-stghted in :
ing that the wot Kingman --i -- hi
ricli':. are the men of oil othn. la
whom we owe it thai Ihe tip.,.-'' for
sic It viob-tit a d flistaketi hi; fl.ill.ii!
has f.'ll.-n on .i. il' ','t--. that t' e LEtti.
t.on f..r i!- ! . .-. g.- p'ovd to he with
out sah-tn t.'l h. os The e.ja-t ,,r -1
..I, - rf, , pi ...lit I'l I he a- Cm o:
tin s, l.ih-r. ! .- 1; I stale judg .- who
sttow inihihtv o.- 11 11 'Vi Hi t.", s I-i put
a stop t , 1" irr-nr; biing of t -n 1 i-i;
men tied, t ino.let , industrial cotuli
ttoiis aid iu : o'l.t v "l- iinwill.tlfli' ss to
Ki'.e r"'.;. ;' I" if 11 of small rear: or
wiyge'voiker- who are .-,it.r down
bv these mod. -n , .u! u-1 na I conditions;
who. in oth'-r nords. fail to under
stand and hp:.! " needed remtUie
for the ti'-'v ! r produced hy lb"
new c-cl
1 1 tin.pli'X ."iei.. 1 a tin in-
dustrhi I 1 i I .".
110 In the l -st
The rap'd i 1.
whirb ha, an,
have r a i- i i ''
h.i
iw n
ill
' ceitlury
s in tu ii-
I-Ot ml bfe
id tins r.ip.d growth
.- a 1 , thai, i a upiilvlift
, s vi ' gf ! rule 11 i .g 1'
our .'iisi'tiittoii. tboi
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uffere'd br employes In consequence of
the custom of courts Issuing temporary
Injunctions without notice to them, and
punishing them for contempt of court In
Instances where, as a. matter of fact,
they have no knowledge of any proceed
ings. Outside of organized labor there.
Is a widespread feeling that thla system
often works great Injustice to wage
workers when their efforts to hetlep
their working condition result In Indus
trial disputes. A temporury Injunction
procured ex parte may as a matter of
fact have all the effort of a permanent
Injunction In causing disaster to that
wagewoi kers' side in such a dlsputa. Oi -ganiKe-J
labor Is chsfltiK under the unjust
restraint which comes from repeated ro
sort to this plan of proemlure. , lis dis
content has been . unwisely expressed,
sml often Improperly expressed, hut
there Is a sound basis for It, and the or
derly and law-abiding people of a, com
munity would be In a far stronger posi
tion for upholding the courts ir tire un
doubtedly existing abuses could be pro
vided against.
Matters for Thought for Labor.
Such proposals as those mentlonecf
nbove as advocated by the extreme labor
leaders, contain the vital error of being;
class legislation of the most offensive
kind, and even If enacted into law I be
lieve that the law would rightly be held
unconstitutional. Moreover, the labor
people are themselves now beginning to
Invoke the use of the power of Injunc
tion. During the last ten years, ami
within my own knowledge, at least ff ty
Injunctions have been obtained by labor
unions In New York city alone, most of
them being to protect the union label 1
"property right"), but some being ob
tained for other reasons against employ
ers. The power of Injunction Is a grent
equitable remedy, which should on no
account be destroyed. But safeguards
should be erected against Its abuse, t
believe that some surh provisions net
those I advocated a year ago for check
ing the abuse of the Issuance of tem
porary injunctions should be adopted.
In substance, provision should be mad
that no injunction or temporary re
straining order Issue otherwise than on
notice, except where irreparable Injury
would otherwise result: and in such rasn
a hearing on the merits of the order
should be had within short fixed pe
ribd. and. If not then continued after
hearing, It should forthwith laps". De
cisions should be rendered Immediately,
and the chanee of delay minimized In
pvory way. Moreover. I believe that the
pro. ed u re should he sharply defined, ami
th J.idge required minutely lo state the
parileulars both of his action and of his
reasons therefor, so that the congress
ran If It. desires examine and InviUtigate
the same
Importance of Court Decision.
The chief lawmakers In our coimtrr
mav be, anil often are. the Judges, be
cause they are the final scat of author
ity, ft very time they interpret oontrart.
proper! v. vested rights, due pro-ees of
law. liherty. they necessarily enact into
law parts of a system of nodal philos
ophy: and as such Interpretation is fun
da menial, thev civ direction to all
law-making. The decisions of tb court
on economic and social questions depend
upon their economic and social philos
ophy: ami for tb peaceful progress of
our people during the twentieth century
we shall owe most lo those Judges wlei
hold a twentieth eenitirv economic an'l
soelal philosophy and not a long out
grown philosophy, which was
Hsr-lf 4J-e product of primlliv eeo
niitiiii eondiMotts. Of course a
lU'ig'. '.lews on progressive social
philosophy are entirely second In impor
tance to bis possession of s high and
fire character, which mean, th posse.s
'o i of eit-h elementary virtues as hen
r.tv. eourtiire. anil fairmtmlcdnes-s. The
pxplt-'e who owes bis election to pandeiinff
A dentagocie sentinnts or elass hatred
and pre indie, and the judge who owes
either his election or his appointment' In
he nionev or the favor of a great cor
poration sr alike unworthy to sit on
the bench, are shk trailers to th peo
ple; and no profundity of b gal burning,
or rorrerlness of abstract f nnvletirtli on t
nui sftnua "f public polit y, can serve as
an (.rise! tn such shortcomings. Hut it
Is also (rue that Judge, like eve. uti-es,
and legislators, should bold sound views
on the questions of puhlh- policy wldel-,
are of vitsi Interest lo the people.
Tha legislators and executives urn
ch.oten to represent the people In ens et -Ing
end administering the laws. Tha
nidges sr not chosen to represent th"
people in this sens.- Their function is
to Interpret the lux lie eKislators
are responsible for the bins: the judges
for th spirit in it I b h thev interpret
and .nfor e tbe laws We stand ab.n
from the rr-kl'-s agitators who w-oubl
make the Indites mere pliant tools of
popular (ire, "dire and piission; and
stand aloof from those e.pi.allv unwise
partisans or reaction and prlvib who
dopy the proposition thst. lilxsliltieh as
indues A rt, oil,, ,-n to s.ri e t lie interest.
of th whole pe .ple they s' n ild strive
tn find "'it wb.it th'.e ;pt"ti.st are,
i' u.l. so fr a tier consceut nnisly tan.
houbl M-fi- '' Kit- elf-, t to pi'pular
riititi, nan nii.it d. I bet a t.-l . and dul
, x prf.. ,1 bt h e m-iking bode Tha
rourt are to l.i Inichlv oitiittii'iiil. d sn-J
staunchly npyhl Kbtn they s-t their
fares pg-tictt w roi.vf'i.'ing or tvrannv
b s tea ..r i : hut they are tn he
bh.ineil n h n ih v 'a . I to ree.mnlsa
under a a " ' ' n n I lik outs the de
liberate i-ni-tiiK-til of the nn. iority s to
a rnatt-r of leitimst p-nlb-V- when
d'llv expressed l.v th legislature. Surh
lawfully etinrev,.., n! deliberate J'f'g
trier.t should be irlt . n rf. ! bv tha
co'irli.. ss-ve in the extreme and excep
tional eases w i,. re llere ha be. n a
clear violation, oft. . .. at , I i.t otm 1 pio
vinon itrtthirie lib fi-ivnl'tv or tvsn
tnnness ,n upsttifi sit. b leariv tk-il
e-i . r rerner.ls 1 . Cc. is a sr-tie iTf,-e
saitn't tt rl"ib-, t protest aieainst
(1-rr.f.sv. In prote.-i n-i"-ir:li,s f-on op-prrt-inn.
to ralhb aii ail .ornmlttedla
a fpssm of p-p itar ' i. .. is ,. r. .er a
fler- lee tn file rrpil.Oe :.;l f..r t 'i
ee.ort. It t" '.-it In ! h, rtlsel s fore
t'rtrs wn.eh p roper 1 v t.e ion at" 'It i'g
Isll. b ..':. ts a! n -in- nnd i'l
e.., nrk( rn '- Iff Tbt p'fitb .hilbl
no! be p'tu ttfd to pardon v. aid
I'tj.i'nii bg'station on the theory that
,v. r.,t w 1 tt r; t I1'! n..,'l
be t. it't I -t the r chi a-x It ret t1
of a bad liw to b--- H- slaff-i
repial it S-ift not lo iuit !h ourt
hv inai niou. ,t -.f.'iiting noiilf t it.
x law rttat be unei-e sn.l .np"iP'r;
but tf sbo ,ld rot fi" !' renn. bs
it-land iti" on.lttnloii.s! bv siratnra
inrprt taiH-n f" '' r-i''t of S'c a
action i to t. We -wsv from t' e ti'
at la-a- Ih.:- s. . of i i...ti. h ii tv
and ii'iirral. I l-ni-C'i' t !"-r ej.par,i r
for nrd.rl -it rt -train! ! -"I S' lf r....
rrtttti'M t n i- r ,i. ! a tnuiar r
ernnifit ours f.ete.l.fl nil l-e tleer
that tn th Imr run t ill nt i-
people is Fipr.r-'. ! -I -m1 "'"
of the ss'im rvt on -t tn t-ai-d-C
-d ri'4'f-t 's" l""t- ' t' t what
ti er will Shad l-e r l! a.4 "t I" "e-
ti-irx mean tn .l.f.st li..' xr.H T
tt thni- al;ti' a of i- ri"l eon; tote
t ..n
Peop1 Somet 'Te to B iie.
Vo- r--v e ' I ' e ... ,-4-ist-re
in re-r ex,,---' .-
n-' o'e I ' T - : . s t x .
fn-trs an'l r -,'!
star tor-t' x ,i if.
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rieiil.! - i r--ifS.-f-s n- i- Lri-r'-ff tn
t ifst-re ic-n x- i - -. s f, r serf- '
list b-n a : o ..f- -...n .r if 1
tar r-o-.i ty .o.-..'.jr.n ..f
I fe bl-c if.x"l Ti - e-.i't t roust's.
I .. tor :-. -t- - - -t -'.. io h t -.tw t -
l-rtr-r"-'-f- nt t-terpetS! "
f.f lix " - t -t.r-.!MTd
tin rx- t' x-f . H - .!. T--t - f
irr-e. fo : i1- gird eor.-,I.
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