The Seattle Star Newspaper, December 5, 1905, Page 2

tention to the enfercement of the means an inflation that invitee bu * BERNE EER NEE R EEN EN ERR EERE 3 Which comes to the less able and/a whole we must all go up or go prohibition of every ar-| worse than any possible harm which the wisdom of the as such supervi and regulation as will prevent other abuses In ne way connected with restriction of comeptition, Of these abuses, per- haps the chief,although by ne means the only one, is overcapitaliaatic rally Meelf ¢ result of dis- one Piciishibtaserdiveveseenenes S ‘Yet, while not merely admitting. ;1 am im no sense hostile to corpora But insisting upon mis, it is alzo| tions This ts an age of combina- Gre that where there is no govern | "0% 8" any effort to prevent all combination wilt be net only use- Mental restraint or supervision some | jess, but In the end vicious, because ef the exceptional men use their/of the contempt for law which the @hergics not in ways that are for the) failure to enforce law = tp vitably sp ne “wi oped but in ways whieh | produces, We should, moreover, rec. Against thie common good. The | cemise in cordial and ample fi 0. fortunes amassed through corporate | the tmmenae good effected ee ro ization are now so large, and | porate agencies in a country such eat such power tn those that wield| as ours, and the wealth of intellect, Thom, as to make it a matter of ne- | energy, and fidelity devoted to thelr ‘temsity to «ive to the sovereign service, and therefore normally to Mal is, to the government, which | the service of the public, by their _Pepresents the people as a whole—| officers and directors. The corpora- ‘Beme effective power of supervision | tion has come to stay, just the Fer their corporate use, In order to| trade unton has come to stay. Each jean do and has done great good. | ach should be favored so long aa it does good. But each should be sharply checked where it acts against law and fustice. —_——— big corporations engaged th int state commerce—that ts, ommible to di evita, ona—it will be tt quately with thes OBJECTS TO RADICAL LEGISLATION, T am well aware of the ciethewtien and of the need of temperate interst © traffic ae shall cautions action in securing It.| and effectively prevent the should emphatically protest! tion of unjust or umreasonab! against Improperty radical or hasty | IT MUST INCLUDE PU ic ¢ be held responsible by, and i accountable to, some sovereign | $@treng enough to contro! its conduct. gaged in the business of Interstate| This power to regulate rates, 1 transportation, As { sald message of Decémber 6 last, the | mediate and moat pressing need, so| moderation, far as leginintion ts concerned, ts the} straint; enactment {nto law of some scheme to secure to the agents of the gov-the need arises. 2B SARA RE RR ERR RE RRRRe a * FEDERAL SUPERVISION NECESSARY, * * PERERA RHR RATE RRR + Bo long ax the finances of the na-;then overwhelming. But they are far stronger today, in view of the ehormous development of great business agencies, usually corporate ia form. Expertence has shown con- chustveiy that it Is useless to try to get any adequate regulation and su- pervision of these great corporations by state action. Such reguiation and supervision can only be effect~ ively exercised by a sovereign whose Jurisdiction {9 coextensive with the eld of work of the corporations— that is, by the national government. I believe that this regulation and supervision can be obtained by the this stand were even enactment of jaw by the congress. ——— os REREEHERRERRREET HERR * w MAY REQUIRE AN AMENDMENT, * * diet hth hee eee eee 2 2 ‘Proves Impossible, ft will cers {that the national government hae be necessary ultimately to| power; so that there at present ex- Itt fullest form such power |i very unfortunate condition of the national government by | things, under which these great cor- amendment of the constitu-| porations doing an interstate bust- h. It would obviously be wu: wise | news occupy the porition of subjects ‘endeavor to secure such an| without a sovereign, neither any iment anti! it t# certain that) state government nor the national Fesult cannot be obtained under government having effective control constitution as it naw Ix The over them. Our steady alm should laws of the congress and of the sev- be by legislation, al states hitherto, as passed upor ‘fully undertaken, but resolutely ‘the courts, have resulted more | persevered in, to agsert the sover- in showing that the states eignty of the national government ho power in the matter thas|by affirmative action. bot it should ext NO UNNECESSARY INTERFERENCE. * * * * * ‘The first consideration to be kept of rate beyend which it shall lawful to go—the maximum. able rate, as it ts commonty g e522 FFE case being brought before It, whet! er a given rate preseribed by a rail- road is reasonable and just, and If it fa found to be unreasonable and un- necessity ls to secure ft; and ee just, then, after full investigation of ieee ee eee ee 2 , 1S REALLY NOT AN INNOVATION, if : * i.e eee eee 2 2 CERTAIN SCHEMES FOR GIVING REBATES, is only in form an innova- but else in FE In substance it is merely a| this comes} weenene « oneanen gg on for from the earliest | tion. such regulation of industrial) It has been a misfortune that ties has been recognized in the | national laws on this sebdect have et of the law-making bodies; | hitherto been of a negative or pro- all that I propose is to meet the | hibitive, rather than an affirmative d conditions in such manner | kind, and stiti more that they have {Will prevent the commonwealth/in part sought to prohibit what the power it has always | could not be effectt = 7 Mend mh n effectively prohibited, * * * * Tilegal transactions often occur under the forms of law. It hay often occurred hat a shipper has been told by a traffic officer to buy a large quantity of some com- modity and then after it has been bought an open reduction is made in the rate to take effect imme- diately, the arrangement resulting to the profit of one shipper and the one railroad and to the damage of all their competitors; for it must not be forgotten that the big ship- pers are at least as much to blame aa any railroad in the matter of rebates. THE LAW SHOULD MAKE IT 80 CLEAR THAT NO- BODY CAN FAIL TO UNDER. STAND THAT ANY KIND OF SHIPMENTS, WHETHER A_ CONCESSION, A FREE 18 ILLEGAL. considering whether {t would not twice the value of the rebate; would help stop what biackmatl, Elevator should be stopped, for as rebates, $ Bomet? antitrust togistation than to any-| ness panto! it always conceniscthe|alon in all these matters, whether in| degres destroyed by the weapon of [a a mmething can be done by legisla ne even more to the more able | eine, Much has been accom ation of the regulating rates for transportation | delay, almost the most formidable) 4 tlon to help the general prospeztty: | more fortunate. If, therefore, | Piihed: particularly marked hae tal actually inve lor for storing or for handling prop-| w: 5 in the hands of those whore! ¢ But no such help of a permanently fortunate man is moved by | Bee the meral effect of the prose-|oreates a burden of interest pay-|erty or commodition tn transit. The) purpose tt ts to violate the law | =| Denefictal charact n be envy of hia more fortunate brother | CUttons; Dut it it Increasingly evi-| monte which is a fertile cause of tm q a es ‘ co beweas given to to strike at the conditions under | 4 that there will be a very tneuf.| proper reduction in or limitation af _ e leas able a: jess fortunate, save! which they have both, though | ficient beneficial result in the way] Wages; ft damages the small invest-| wae ‘ te the « multe of « poticy which shall| equally, prospered, the result will |@f economte change ‘The successful | or, eiane. aiek maaan x FRR RII R ORCI TORII TOTTI TOI OH TITS z re to the advantage of all tn-| assuredly that while damage may | Prosecution ¢ tee to evade gambling and speculation; ADS. * ; Samrctove and efficient people who! come to the one struck at, it wilt} the law time elops anoth-| while perha of all ts the| § NOT HOSTILE TO RAILROADS. 5 2 jecentiy; and this is only an-| visit with an even heavier load the | ¢r device complish the same| trickin nesty whieh it] 3 . - 4 m tne ms he ne other way of saying that any benefit | one who strikes the blow, Taken as |PUTPone, What is needed is not|implies—for harm to morals ts WEKERAORKA RENE HENS ial ese fortunate must of necessity down together, nt, geod or bad, which may| material Interests, and the debauch-! rene recommendations are not) Poor. tend to restrict competition, but| ery of polities and business by great! duct—that i#, by his character—and | erstenmess ger ead quate supervision and ~ | dishonest corporations ie far worse | MAde In any spirit of hostility to the! 741 114 wealth or intellect. If he} SESE SERRE REM EERE RARER RRR as will prevent any than any actual watertal evil they}railroads, On ethical grounds, 0D/ makes his fortune honestly, there @ | 9" of competition from b ¢o the public. Until the national) grounds of right, such hostility] is no just cause of quarrel with him CONTROL OF THE COR! the detriment of the public—as well| government obtatha, in some manner) would be intolerable; and on|Indeed, we have nothing but the ORPORATIONS. * | al self-inter-| kindliest feelings of admiration for may suggest, proper control over th over th wreat majority of the big corpora PHAHRARRARARRHEREREKRHA RE AHHH * * eee ee ee ee ernment such supervision and regu lation of thy t ny by of the legistation that I am suggest-| rajiroade eee. 1a | We power to sen that Justice Is done tly Moss Lover, if some government body ts A action. The first thing to do is to| COMPLETE STOP TO REBATES deal with the great corporations en-|IN EVERY SHAPE AND FORM im my) all similar powers over the business ~| world, should be exercised with caution, and self-re eo that it can be offectively exercised when SERRE ooncted in a epirit as remote as * De et ttt tt ett ttt tat te te tage (BS © the complaint. to preserthe thé fimii feffort to make us hate any it ts granted to the commission HHUKERKEREGREARIURR ERAN AAD OP ARS * * RTT TMA COMMISSION PAID ON FREIGHT THIS FORM OR IN THE FORM OF FICTITIOUS DAMAGES, OR OF PASS, REDUCED PASSENGER RATE, OR PAYMENT OF BROKERAGE, It ia worth” while wise to confer on the government the right of civil action against thé beneficiary of a rebate for at Jeast they have) an; now grown to such an extent that! that it Is Kept open to all on equal they are demoralizing and are ysed/ terms. Unlike the old highway, it et tk tt ttt tet tte tote te tee te te te te te te te tee te te private individuals than by 4 tion, and these books and memor- (directed to do so by the Interstate 4 5 anda should be open to the inapec- | commerce comminsion, It is greatly 4 tion of the government, Only in| to be ¢ 4 that some way might | 3 this way can violations or evastons| be found by whieh an agreement as of the Iaw be surely detected. A|to transportation within a state) : aystem of examination of rallroad | intended to operate as a frand upon} 4 Agcounts should be provided similar | the ral interstate commerce t@ that now conducted into the na-| laws could be “brought under the ; tional banks by t bank examin-| jurisdiction of the federal author! 4 @ —_—_ lors; « few firat class railroad ae-| ties, At present it occurs that large | countants, if they had proper diree-| shipments of interstate traffic are (Continued From Page One.) never blind us te the undertying/@a have in part in thelr profibi- (sonable or unreasonable; and where| tion and proper authority to tn-| controlled by concessions on purely ~ [fact that there tw this shar and | tons confounded what should be al. | it Is not une it in generally hurt sot books and papers, could ac-| state business, whieh of course Chat the benefit comes In some and wh ould not be al-| ful, Kve m plinh in preventing willful | amounts to an “evasion of the law Sulding the’ labor of many StNr | gree to each man concerned Jt In generally useless to try | not ponaib | violat ¢ law, It would not|'The commission should have power ) does so by enabling them to] mally the wage worker, the man of phibit all restraint on eompg- | enforcement of any law of @iskind| be necessary for them to examine | te » fair treatment by the} Breduce more than they could pro | small means, and the average con. | tition, whether this restraint be rea. / by incessant appeal to the,cawts.| into the accounts of any railroad |g trunk lines of lateral and) @uce without his guldange; and) sumer, ae well aw the average pro- unless for good reasons they were! branch Ines. s _ om and they share in the bene- | ducer, are all allke helped by mak eenamen | BP Gt aarae. The supsrtichd tact that | nmoct eet pe much that the MAD Oke ee ARR ARRAN ee ee the sharing may be unequal must te Fo re & lea Rt tk Rt Rt th | qual must jan exceptional reward for hia ability, | MANY SCHEMES OF EVASION, ale ¥ | pepe a * * QUICK ACTION Ig DEMANDED. * or precee ete Sr were re et eee * at wast | la liadalace alent a dadelilha latched eed talialel ied ‘The department of justice has for| honest promotion—because Wbé Une ciety ate sa ah ta deal miedo & * MUST SINK the last ft yeare deve int myriad eviie it brings in ite train; 1 urge upon the congress the need history of the cases ed unde NK OR SWIM TOGETHER. * : “lfor ich ov italization often|of providing for expeditious action; the present commerce act shows ats | by the interstate commerce commis-| that {ts efficacy has been to & great) Lat me most earnestly say that temptuously any man because he ts} to We judge a man by bis con om | grounds of mere natic leat we must remember that such | hostility would tell against the wel fare not merély of some few rich men. but of a multitude of small in- Vvestors, a multit of railway em ployes, wage-workers; and most se verely against the interest of the public as a whola | believe that on the whole our ratiroads have done well and pot ili; bot the railroad men who wish to do well should not be to competition with those who have no such desire, and) the only way to secure this end te | to give to some government (tribunal business man who whether be has) or} the successful behaves decently, made his success by building managing a railroad or by shipping) is over that railroad, Tho big! railroad men and big shippers are simply Americans of the ordinary type who have developed to an ex- traordinary degree certain great business qualities. They are neither! better nor worse than their fellow- citizens of smaller means. They are) morely more able in certain lines) and therefore exposed to certain peculiarly strong temptations. These | temptations have not sprung newly Into being; the exceptionally sue-| cessful among mankind have always) been exposed to them; but they hay grown amazingly in power as a re sult of the extraordinary develop. ment of Industrialiam slong new 4 under these new condi by the unwilling exactly as it naj-| Sadly done by the willing. More. ‘given increased power the effect will be to furnish authoritative an- swer on bebalf of the ratiroad when- ever irrational clamor against it is) li raived, or whenever charges made) tions, which the lawmakers of old against it are disproved. I ask this}could not foresees and therefore legistation not only in the interest| could not provide against, they have of the public but in the interest of the bonest railroad man and the honest one alike, for it te they who are chiefly jeopardized by the practices of their dishonest com- petitors, This legislation should be tke to demand entirely new remedies. It in tn the interest of the best type of railroad man and the best type of shipper no less than of the public that there should be governmental supervision and regulation of these great business operations, for the same reason that ft is Inithe inter- rue to the traditions we haye/est of the corporation which wishes ited we shall always scorn any/to treat its employes aright that be-/there should be an effective em ployers’ lability act, or an effective fystem of factory laws to prevent the abuse of women and children. possible from hysteria and rancor. If wo of the American body politic be} cause be ts rich, just as much as SEKEAREP CARA EAREMAOAS ES TOTES HE SS WILL PREVENT MUCH TEMPTATION, * TERE REHEAT hhh All such igisiation frees the corpora-; good thing only so far as it is ac- tion that wishes te do well from| companied by and develops a high of conduct~-honor, iil, tm order) ity, civic cournga The ki compete with its rival, which| business prosperity that blunts the fers to do il. We desire to set/ standard of honor, that puts an in & moral standard. There can be) ordinate value on mere wealth, that lusion more fatal to the sation) makes a man ruthless and con- | erat Jnelves, but it would be well for th jean women are now hould no permit violat of lit facts of t cane ft used as & pretext t uf law, or the joopare H Pe ee * * * INVESTIGATION OF * * Ce el I renew the recomm@ndation I t annual me my made in for an investigation by the ment of commerce and labor of gen condition: jal at id to the condition 4 child-labor leg veral ata Buch an investigation hould into account the various problem ith which the question of child labor 4 true that these actually mot in tates them labor eupe tention to be | of child labor a lation in the we connected. It ts can be m only by the v mont ca nation to endeavor to secure and publish comprehensive information as to the conditions of the labor of children in the different st as to spur up thone that are beb' hand, and to sect val mately uniform legisiation of # high « acter among the several states ‘The department of commerce a labor also make @ thorough invest! gation of the conditions of women tn industry, Over five million Ameri engaged in gainful occupations; yet there is an most complete dearth of data upon which to base any trustworthy conclusions as regards a subject @ important as it is vast and compli cated. There is need of full know! Tee Pee eee eee + LABOR CONDITIONS. * * ho ttt te tt tt tte edge on which to bane ok f urd state and m pal log » for the prote rk the of into Indust ng and disturbance lo of the nation vt ng women Wore change mestic and social and ¢ has been face he adjunt must be 1 wurely it can be made harmful than is now matter in greatest me made | with effect 2 and lew life wh lens fricth on family we. ‘This forms phenomena of o tion of the first reality one of the logica a social que of tar any merely question can be solve Mt ample ered in @ sane and sclentific importance ance than nome and to gaths- spirit of an exhaustive in- we need data in the course tion In any great not only are emplo: also labor 4 yer at Eve turbances 1 employe rd party— consider- able labor ulty in whieh is- |terstate commerce is involved should be investigated by the gov- ernment and the facts offictally re |ported to the public RRR te th * * * CAPITAL AND LABOR PROBLEM. * * * Fe TTT TTI TTT TOIT TOTTI TT TOT FTI TO The question of securing a healthy, self-respecting and mutual ly sympathetic attithde as between employer and employe, capitalist and wage worker, is a dl ult one, All phases of the labor problem prove difficult when approached But the underlying principles, the root principles, In accordance with which the problem must be solved are entirely simple. We can get justice and right dealing only if we put as of paramount importance the principle of treating a man on his worth as a man rather than with reference to his social position, his occupation, or the class to which * PROTECTION FOR CAP! he belongs. There are selfish and brutal men fn all ranks of life, If they are capitalists their selfish- ness and brutality may take the form of hard indifference to suffer ing. greedy disregard very moral restraint which interferes with the accumulation of wealth, and cold- blooded exploitation of the weak; or, if they are laborers, the form of sullen envy of more and of willingness te perform deeds of murderons vio- lence. Such conduct is just as rep- rebensible in one case ts in thy other, and all honest and farseeing men should join in warring against ft wherever it becomes manifest. of laziness fortunate, become so serious and menacing Mi ¢ eke hkttk ett kkk ehhh teeth tk kt he * * TALIST AND WORKER. * * 7 TC PPP CPP PPP OP Pee eee ee ee Individual capital, and individual wage worker, corporation and union, are alike entitled to the pro- tection of the law, and must alike obey the law. Moreover, in addition to mere obedience to the law, each man, If he be really @ good citizen, must show broad sympathy for his neighbor and genuine desire to look at any question arising between them from the standpoint of that neighbor no less than from his own; and to this end it is essential *® | that capitalist and wage worker | public as a whole to the welfare of should consult freely one with the | the particular class to which he other; should each strive to bring closer the day when both shall real {ze that they are properly partners and not enemies. To approach the | questions which inevitably arise be- tween them solely from the stand- | point which treats each side tn the ™ as the enemy of the other side in the mass is both wicked and | foolish. In the past the most dire- ful among the influences which | have brought about the downfall of | republics has ever been the growth of the class spirit, the growth of | the spirit which tends to make @ | man subordinate the welfare of the | belongs, the substitution of loyalty to a class for loyalty to the nation. —_———— * « * integ- tind Of] te de de te te te ek ito tr tte te tO tk tk i te “ CLASS SPIRIT FATAL TO A REPUBLIC, Dee ekeeeeedethhhek beth wk sO he delusion that the standard | scienceless in trade and weak and/‘phis inevitably brings about a ten- not the standard of occupation, of of business prosperity, is) cowardly In citizensh| it in judging any business or) good thing at all, but a very bad lation to munfetpal government.| ment stands for manhood first and Business success, whether for the| for business only as an adjunct of vidual or for the nation, is «/ manhood. EEE TRANSPORTATION 18 ALL IMPORTANT, p * Joo cee ee eee ee eee eee ee eee 2 ee The question of transportation | the benefits hoped for by its more Hes at the root of all industrial optimistic adherents. Moreover, cess, and the revolution in trans-| under any healthy plan, the benofits portation which has taken place| will elop gradually and not during the last half century ha! rapidly. been the most Important the growth of the new {i | conditions. Most emphatically we do not wish to see the man of great talents refused the reward for | his talents. Still leas do we wish) to see him penalized; but we do desire to seo the system of railroad transportation so handled that the strong man shall be given po ad- vantage over the weak man, We wish to insure as fair treatment for the small town as for the big city; | for the small shipper as for the big shipper, In the early days the high-| way of commerce, whether by water or by a road on land, was open to all; ft belonged to the public, a ‘the traffic it wae free. present the railway is this highwa: i we must do our best to see re sponsible and delicate work must themselves be of the highest type, both as regards integrity and effi- clency. They must be well paid,/ for otherwise able men cannot in| the long run be secured; and they must possess a lofty probity which | will revolt as quickly at the thought of pandering to any gust of popular Prejudice against rich men as at} the thought of anything even re- motely resembling subserviency to rich mon. But while I fully admit the difficulties in the way, I do not for a moment admit that these difficulties warrant us in stopping in our effort to secure any nm | Just system. They should have no other effect than to spur us on to the exercise of the resolution, the even-handed Justice, and the fertil- ity of resource, which we like to think of as typically American, and which will in the end achieve good results in this as in other fields of IN be his is a very difficult and complex thing to manage, and it Is far bet- ter that it should be managed by the : d | * merits as an individu but on his political question—from rate legis-| thing for the nation. This govern-| position as belonging to a certain tude toward clans in the commanity. If such « spirit grows up in this republic it will ultimately prove fatal to us, as in the past it has proved fatal to every community in which it has become dominant. Unless we con- tinue to keep a quick and lively sense of the great fundamental truth that our concern is with the individual worth of the individwal man, this government cannot per- manently hold the place which it has achieved among the nations The vital lines of cleavage among our people do not correspond, and indeed run at right angles to, the lines of cleavage which divide oc- cupation from occupation, which divide wage workers from capital- ists, farmers from bankers, men of small means from men of large means, men who live in the towns from men who live in the country; for the vital line of cleavage is the line which divides the honest man who tries to do well by his neigh- bor from the dishonest man who does ill by his neighbor. In other words, the standard we should es- tablish is the standard of conduct, RRR ‘The noblest of all forms of gov- ernment is self government; but it is also the most difficult. We who possess this priceless boon, and is not &/ dency to treat each man not on his means, or of social position. It |the man’s moral quality, his the great questions which concern all humanity, his cleanliness of life, his power to do ‘his duty toward himself and toward others, which really count: and if we substitute for the standard of personal judgment which treats each man according to his merits, j another andard in accordance with which all men of one class are favored and all men of another leclass discriminated against, we shall do irreparable damage to the body politic. I believe that our peo- ple are too sane, too self respect~ ing, too fit for self government, ever to adopt such an attitude. This government is not and never shall be government by a plutoe- racy. This government is not and never shall be government by ® mob. It shall continue to be in the future what it has been in the past, & government based on the theory that each man, rich or poor, is to be treated elmply and solely on his worth as a man, that all his per- sonal and property rights are to be safeguarded, and that he is neither to wrong others nor to suffer ‘wrong from others. eee eee eee ee ee ee ee ee SELF-GOVERNMENT THE NOBLEST, * Bk RR tt tte portion as they are disposed to { Nsten to the counsels of the wise | and good in preference to the flat~ | tery of knaves. Society cannot ex- | lat unleas a controlling power upon AN HONEST AGREEMENT WANTED. * Wh tt te te te te tte tte te te te tt ttt tt tk ‘The beat possible regulation of , ments clearly in the interest of th rates would, of course, be that regu-/ public. But, in my judgment, th lation secured by an honest agree- foe fp — gor Lore ote | ment among the railroads them-|the necessity for giving the com- selves to carry out the law. Such a! miasion or administrative body the general agreement would, for | other powers I have enumerated stance, at once put a stop to the ‘above; and it may well be Inadvis- efforts of any one big shipper or | able to attempt to vest this partieu- big railroad to discriminate against | lar power in the commission or otg- * * * * is in of of ™ | government. ® | managed on condition that justice regulation of: them in the Interest dent that public ownership. The opponents of government regulation dwell upon But {t can only be so done the public. It is because, my judgment, public ownership railroads is highly undesirable nd would probably in this country tail far-reaching disaster, that I to see such supervision and the public as will make it evi- there is no need for e difficulties to be encountered and the intricate and involved n or secure advantages over some/er administrative body until \- rival; and such agreement would /ready possesses and ts ex! ne make the railroads themselves|what I regard as by far the, mast agents for enforcing the law. The | important of all the powers T ree power vested in the government to ommend—as indeed the vitally im- put a stop to agreements to the det-| portant power—that to fix a gf riment of the public should, in my | maximum rate, which, rate, judgment, be accompanied by power | the lapse of a reasonable timmy goes to permit, under specified condl-|into full effect, subject to review tions and careful supervision, agree-) by the courts. ot col 95 Ma ie . oven 18x20, set and connect $65 Star Estate, ervolr ... $45.00 st. $46.00 Bridge Beach Range..... aot —oos FOI IF TIF TOF FOI OT OFT I FOI FTI T DFID FI RIM - SUPERVISION OF PRIVATE CAR LINES. a ® ¥ HORI III FFI IFIP A FIAT TOF I TFS IH IAIN ALL PRIVATE CAR LINES, IN- investment, but neither private cars DUSTRIAL ROADS, REFRIGHR-|0r industrial railroads nor spur 7 tracks should be utilized as devices ATOR CHARGES, AND THE LIKE | tor securing preferential rates. A SHOULD BE BEXPRESSLY PUT | rebate in icing charges, or In milo- UNDER THE SUPERVISION OF age, or in a division of the rate for THE INTERSTATE COMMERCE | refrigerating charges Is Just as per- COMMISSION, or some similar nictous as a rebate in any other body, so far rates and agree- way. No lower rate should apply ments .practically affecting rates,|on goods tmported than actually ob- are concerned, The private car tains on domestic goods from the owners and the owners of industrial | American seaboard to destination railroads are entitled to « fair and| except in cases where water com~- reasonable compensation on their * * oan * 18-inch oven... * 30-00 * * . * $50.00 * oven. ve $45.00 Born Range $66.00 Gem Monitor, oven $120.90 Restaurant’ Range, dou- ble oven 5.00 13-inch th Range to Suit You Ag we have several hundred Ranges, including most all brands and makes on the mar- ket. We take your old stove in exchange, DABNEY & WOODHOUSE Complete housefurnishers and sole agents for the Charter Oak the best and fuel. paving Range'on the market. remem tte amet 418 PIKE ST. petition fs the controlling Influence, PIRI TOT ITI OTTO ITI OTST TOTES Ot eee Teer rr rrr rrrrr: Teter errr ee. tention ts true. and .exncate problem, and all kinds congress, at its called attention to the necessity for legis! block signals upon railroads gaged in interstate commerce. number of serious collisions upon unblocked roads th: within the past year adds force to merce date, as a measure of safety to the traveling public, ee “yt PUBLICITY FOR RAILWAY ACC@asmR Wey e é od Is alse re of the problem. It Is a complicated difficulties are sure to arise in nnection with y plan of solu-| tion, while no plan will bring all RR Rt TO tt tt TOR Kt tk BLOCK SIGNALS FO RRAILWAYS, * TTT TT TTT TOTO TROT TORII RIO TOR tok Tn my annual message to the 58th third session, I tion requiring the of en The use ve occurred e recommendation then made, ‘The congress should provide, by ap- propriate legislation, for the intro- duction of block — sig the earliest practicable increased Their con-| activity. The task is a great one, and underties the task of dealing with the whole industrial problem, | But the fact that it is a great prob lem does not rant in shrink- ing from the attempt to solve it. At present we face such utter lack of supervision, such freedom from the restraints of law, that excellent men have often been literally foreed into doing what they deplored be- cause otherwise they were left at the mercy of un: lous competi- tor To rail at and assaf the men who have done as they best could under such conditions accomplishes who desire to hand it on to our | will and appetite bd placed some- children and our children’s chil-| where, and the less of it there be dren, should ever bear in mind the} within the more there must be thought so finely expressed by | without. It ts ordained In the eter- Burke: “Men are qualified for ctvil| nal constitution of things that men liberty im exact proportion to their | of intemperate minds cannot be disposition to put moral chains) free. Their passions forge their fet- upon thelr own appetites; in pro-| ters.” eer re nee etree ee eee ee ee ee t CONTROL OF INSU RANCE COMPANIES. * Se te tt ITO III I tt tot tot ttt can be done by legislation which f* T ‘The great insurance companies af- not only drastic but practi ‘here ford striking examples of corpora- tions whose business has extended little. What we need to do is to so far beyond the jurisdiction of the is need for a far stricter and more uniform regulation of the vast in- develop an orderly system: and such a system can only come through the right of efficient government con- trol. * * than that which exists In any other Industry, and ff there are any rea- sons for limiting by law the hours of labor fn any employment, they certainly apply with peculiar force to the employment of those upon whose vigilance and alertness in the performance of thelr duties the safety all who travel by rail de- pends, * * * There has been demand for de- priving courts of the power to issue nijunctions In labor disputes. Such special limitation of the equity pow- ‘ers of our courts would be most un- wise, It is true that some judges have misused this power; but this The cacessive hours of labor to whith ratteand employes in train Service @ mBH cases subject ‘matter which mag well cage the serious attention a and physical, upon those who Toes omit be of the ac- business, should how of nSe books. of engneed tn the vement and does not justify a denial of th power any more than an improper exercise of the power to call a strike, The remedy is to regulate the procedure by requiring the Judg surance interests of this country. The United States should in this respect follow the policy of other nations by providing adequate na tional supervision of commercial terests which are clearly national in character, My predecessors have repeatedly recognized that the for- eign business of these companies is an important part of our commercial relations. During administrations of Presidents land, Harrison, and state department exercised fluence, throngh diplo to prevent unjust tion by foreign countries: American insurance These negotiations propriety of the congress ing the national character ance, for in the absence legisiation the state could only give wishes of the eral states, whoso me through want ity. T repeat my previous aon that the congress shou consider whether the i ernment hy ny power or OW states which created them as to pre- clude strict enforcement of supervi- sion and regulation by the parent states, In my last annual message I recommended “that the congress carefully consider whether the power of the bureau of corporations can not constitutionally be extend- ed to cover interstate transactions in insurance.” Recent events have emphasized the importance of an early and exhaustive consideration of this question, to seo whether it is not possible to furnish better safeguards than the several states have been able to furnish against corruption of the flagrant kind which has been exposed. It has been only too clearly shown that certain of the men at the head of these large corporations take but small note of the ethical distinction be. tween honesty and dishonesty; they draw the Ine only this side of what may be called lnw-honesty, the kind of honesty necessary in order to avoid falling into the clutches of the Of course the only complet condition must be science, a higher, sense of ethical conduct in the community at large, . and especially among business doty with respect $0 2m and In the great profession of the| *ransactions in insurance to give due notice to the adver Fgeties: granting the writ, be parte and What in due notice must depend upon a elites iat se An ae tt ith A i , and in the growth of a spirit which condemns all dishonesty, whether fn rich man or in poor man, whether it takes the shape of ‘bribery or of blackmail, But much i :] '