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happily continue to exist, betweeli the i commission to observe and. report up
rallroads of the country and thotr en the practical results, rteimiing these
locomotive engineers, conductors andHhe measures most immediately need-
with n promptness niul thoronjrlint'ns
which are, with its preneat constitu
tion and means of action, practically
impossible.
Asks Ihilillc Investltiat Ion.
"An amendment of the existing;
feilerul stiilulo which provides for the
mediation, conciliation nnd arbitra
tion of such eontroversicis as the
present by adding to it a provision
that, in case the methods of iiccom
iiiodiition now provided for should
fail, a full publie investigation of the
merits of every such dispute, shall be
instiluled and completed before a
strike or lockout may lawfully be attempted.
''The lodgement in IB' hands ot the
executive of Ihe power, in ease of
military necessity, to take control of
such portions of such rollilur stock
ot the railways of the eounlry ns may
be reiuired for military use nnd to
operate them for military purposes,
with authority to draft into the mili
tary service of the I'nited States
such train crews and administrative
otficials ns the circumstances may
reijuire for their safe and efficient
use.''
I'rfjes Compulsory InvcMiKuliou.
The renewed recommendation for
compulsory inveslie.nlion of labor
disputes on railways before strikes
or lockouts are allowed, which has
aroused the opposition of the rail
road brotherhoods, and of the Ameri
can Federation of Labor, was de
fended in the president's message,
lie declared he would hesitate to rec
ommend a law which would force in
dividual workmen to continue in an
employment which they desired to
leave, but thai no such principle was
involved in tin sujrcstion that the
operation of Ihe railways of the
eounlry should not. he stopped by the
concentrated action of bodies of men
until a public investigation for the
benefit of Ihe public has been insti
tuted. "II is baed upim the very differ
ent principle," he continued, "that the
concent rated action of powerful holl
ies of men shall not lie permitted lo
stop the industrial processes of the
nation, at-nny rate before the mltion
shall have had an opportunity to ac
quaint itself with the merits of the
case between employe mid employer,
time to form its opinion upon an im
partial statement of the merits, and
opportunity to consider all practic
able means of conciliation or arbitra
tion. I can see nothing; in that prop
osition but the justifiable safe;uard
ine; by society of the necessary pro
cesses of its very life. There is noth
ing arbitrary or unjust in il unless it
lie arbitrarily and unjustly done. It
can and should be done with a full
and scrupulous regard for the inter
ests and liberties of all concerned, ns
well as for the permanent interests of
society itself."
resident's AilUrcf".
"Gentlemen of the Congress:
"In fulfilling at this lima the duty
laid upon mo by the constitution of
communicating to you from time to
time information of the state of the
union and recoinineuding to your con
sideration such legislative measures
as may bo judged necessary and expe
dient I shall continue tho practice,
which I hope has been aceptable to
you, of leaving to the reports ot the
several heads ot the executive depart
ments the elaboration of the detailed
needs of the public service and con
fine myself to those mattem of more
general public policy with which it
seems necessary and feasible to deal
at tho present session of the congress.
"i realize the limitations of time
under which you will necessarily act
, at tills session and shall make my
suggestions as few as possible; but
there wero some things left undone
at the last session which there will
now be time to complete and which
It seems necessary in the interest
of the public to do at once.
"In the first placet it seems to mo
Imperatively' necessary that the ear
liest possible consideration and action
fliould be accorded the remaining
measures of the program of settle
ment and regulation which I had oc
casion lo recommend to you at the
close of your last session in view of
the public dangers disclosed by the
unaccommodated difficulties which
then existed, and which still un-
trainmcu.
resident's lUcoiimumuitioiis.
"I then recommend:
"First, iiuinediute provision for the
enlargement and administrative reor
ganization of the Interstate commerce
commission along the lines embodied
In tho bill recently passed by the
house of representatives and now
awaiting action by the senate; in or
der that tho commission may be en
abled to deal with tho many great
and various duties now devolving up
on It with a promptness and thor
oughness which are, w ith its present
constitution and means of action,
practically impossible.
"Second, the establishment of an
eight-hour day as the legal basis alike
of work and of wages in the employ
ment of all railway employees who
are actually engaged in the work of
operating trains in interstate trans
portation. "Third, tho authorization of tho ap
pointment by the president of a small
body of men to observe tho actual
results in exiicrlence of the adoption
f the eight-hour day in railway trans
portation alike for tho men and for
the railroads.
Iucivased l-'i-ellit Hates.
'Fourth, explicit approval by the
congress of the consideration by the
interstate commerce commission of an
increase of freight rtes to meet such
adltional expcdltures by the railroads
as may have been rendered necessary
by tho adoption of the eight-hour day
and which have not been offset by ad
ministrative readjustments and econ
omies, should the facts disclosed jus
tify the Incrense.
'Fifth, an amendment of the exist
ing federal statuto which providos
for the mediation, conciliation, and
arbitration of such controversies as
tho present by adding to it a provis
ion that, in case the methods of ac
commodation now provided for
should fail, a full public investigation
of the merits of every such dispute
hall be instituted and completed be
fore a strike or lockout may lawfully
be attemtped.
"And sixth, the lodgement In the
hands of tho executive of the power,
in case of military necessity, to take
control of such portions and such
rolling stock ot the railways of the
country as may be required for mili
tary use and to operate them for mil
itary , purposes, 'with authority to
draft into the military servico of the
United States such train crews and
adnilnisrative officials as the circum
stances require for the.lr safe and ot.
ficlent use.
Two Acted 1'iKin.
"The second and third of these rec
ommendations the congress immedi
ately acted on; it established the
eight-hour day as the legal basis of
work and wages in train service and
it authorized the nppointmcnt of a
with a child who is rundown, has pale
checks or thin blood, who will hesitate
to give that child the very thingitneeds
to start it growing and keep it going?
Foroverfortyr: -.rstheconcentrated
liquid-food in Scott's Emulsion has
been changing thinness to plumpness
-changing por blood t0 nch blo?d'
There is nothing better for growing
v:u , n-h.thcr thev are weak ot
cd; but it postponed actlom upon the
other suggestions until an opportunity
should be offered for a .more deliber
ate ensideration of them. The fourth
recommendation I do not deem it
necessary to renew. Tit power of
tho Interstate commerce commission
to grant nn increase of nates on the
ground referred to Is Indisputably
clear and a recommendation by the
congress with regard to such n mat-,
ter might seem to draw in question
the scope of tho commission's author
ity or its inclination to do Justice
when there is no reason to doubt
either.
"The other suggestions tho In
crease in the interstate comierco com
mission's membership ajid in its facil
ities for performing its manifold du
ties, the provfsion for full public In
vestigation and assessment ot Indus
trial disputes, and the grant to tho
executive of the power to control nnd
operate tho railways when necessary
In time of war or other like public
necessity, I now very earnestly re
new. legislation Is Necessary.
"The necessity for such legislation
1b manifest ami pressing. Those who
have entrusted us with tho responsi
bility nnd duty of serving and safe
guarding them In such mutters would
find it hard, I bellevo, to excuse a
failure to act upon these grave mat
ters or any unnecessary postponement
of action upon them.
"Not only does the Interstate com
merce commission now find it practi
cally impossible, with its present
membership and organization, to per
form Its great functions promptly
and thoroughly hut it is not unlikely
that it may presently bo found ad
visable to add to Its duties still others
equally heavy and exacting. If must
first be perfected as an administra
tive instrument,
"The country cannot and should
not consent to remain any longer ex
posed to profound Industrial disturb
ances for lack of adltional means of
arbitration and conciliation which the
congress. can easily and promptly sup
ply. And all will ngreo that tbero
must bo no doubt ns to (lie power of
the executive to make linmedlnte and
uninterrupted use of the railroads
for the concentration of military
forces of the nation wherever they
are needed and whenever they are
needed.
Program of Efficiency.
"This is a program of regulation,
prevention, and administrative effi
ciency which argues Its own ense in
the mere statement of it. With re
gard to ono of its items, the increase
In tho efficiency of the interstate com
merce commission, the house of rep
resentatives has already acted; its
action needs only the concurrence of
the senate,
I "I would hesitate to recommend
and I duro say the congress would
hesitate to act upon the suggestion
should I make it, that nny man In
any occupation should bo obliged by
law to conllnuo in tin employment
which he desired to leave. To pass
a law which forbade or prevented tho
individual workman to leave his work
before receiving the approval of so
ciety In doing so would be to adopt
a new principle Into our jurispru
dence which I take It for granted wo
are not prepared to introduce. But
thoiroposal that tho operation of tho
railways of the country shall not be
stopped or interrupted by tho concert
ed action of organized bodies of men
until a public investigation shall have
been instituted which shall make tno
whole question at Issuo plain for tho
judgment of the opinion of the nation
is not to proposo nny such principle.
It Is based upon tho very different
principle that the concerted action of
powerful bodies ot men shall not be
permitted to stop the industrial pro
cesses of tho nation, at any rate bo
fore tho nation shall have had an op
portunity to acquaint itself with the
merits of the caso as between em
ployee and employer, tlmo to form its
opinion upon an impartial statement
of tho f.eiits, and opportunity to con
sider all practicable means of concili
ation or arbitration. I can see noth
ing in that proposition but tho jutlfl
ablo safeguarding by society of tho
nocossary procesoss of its very llfo.
Thero is nothing arbitrary or unjust
in it unless it be arbitrarily and un
justly done. It can and should be
done with a full aud scrupulous re
gard for the Interests and liberties ot
nil concerned as well as for the per
manent interests of society Itself.
Hills Ik-fore Senate.
"Three matters of capital interest
await the action of the senate which
clroady have been acted upon by the
house of representatives; tho bill
which seeks to extend greater free
dom of combination to those engaged
in promoting the foreign commerce of
tho country than is now thought by
some to be legal under the terms of
tho laws against monopoly; tho bill
amending the present organized law
of Porto Mico; and the bill proposing
a more thorough nnd systematic regu
lation ot tho expenditures of money
in elections, commonly called tho cor
rupt practices act. I need not labor
my advice that theso measures be en
acted into law. Their urgency lies
in the manifest circumstances which
render their adoption nt this time
not only opportune hut necessary.
Ivven delay would seriously jeopard
the interest ot the country and ot the
government). , .i . - , . . -Corrupt
Practice Act.
"Immediate passago of the bill lo
regulate the expenditure ot money in
elections may seem to be less neces
sary than the immediate enactment
of the other measures to which I re
fer; because at least two years will
elapse before another election in
which federal offices are to bo tilled;
but it would greatly relievo the pub
lic mind if this important matter was
dealt with while the circumstances
and the danger to tho public morals
I of the present method ot obtaining
jand spending campaign funds stand
i clear under recent observation and
the method of expenditure can bo
frankly studied In the light of present
experience; and a delay would have
; the further very serious disadvantage
ot postponing action until another
election was at hand and some special
object connected with it might be
thought to be in tho mi ml of those
who urged It. Action can be taken
now with facts for guldnnco and with
out suspicion of partisan purpose.
I shall not argue nt length the de
sirability of giving a freer hand In
the mnttor of combined nnd concert
ed effort to those who shall undor
tako tho essential enterprise ot build
ing up our export trado. That enter
prise will presently, will Immediate
ly assume, has indeed already assum
ed, a magnitude unprecedented In
our experience. Wo have not the nec
essary Instrumentalities for Its pros
ocution; It is deemed to he doubt
ful whether they could bo created
upon an adequate scale undor our
present laws. We should clear away
LOOK AI A CHILD'S
E
alt legal obstacles and create a busts
of undoubted law for It which will
give freedom without permitting un
regulated license. The thing must
bo done now, because the opportunity
Is here and may escape us if we hesi
tate or delay.
"The argument for the proposed
amendments of tho organic law of
Porto Rico Is brief and conclusive.
The present laws governing the
Island and regulating tho rights and
privileges of its people aro not Just.
We have created expectations of ex
tended privilege which wo have not
satisfied. There Is uneasiness among
the people of tho Island and even a
suspicious doubt with regard to our
intentions concerning them which tho
adoption of the pending measure
would happily remove. We do not
doubt what wo wish to do in any es
sentinl particular. We ought to do It
at once.
Industrial Kdiiciillou,
"At tho last session ot the congress
a bill was pnsBod by the senate which
provides for tho pormolion ot voca
tional and industrial education which
is of vital Importance to the whole
country becauso it concerns a matter,
too long neglected, upon which tho
thorough Industrial preparation of
the country for the critical years of
economic development Immediately
Tidte So Chances! Move. Poisons
from Liver and Dowels
nt Once,
Mothers can rest easy after giving
"California Syrup of Figs" because In
a tow hours all the clogged-up waste
sour bile and fermenting food gent
ly moves out of the bowels, and you
have a well, playful child again
Children simply will not take the
time from play to empty their bowel;
and they become tightly packed, liver
gets sluggish and stomach disordered
When cross, fevorlsh, resUessL seo
If tongue is coated, then give this do
liclous "fruit laxative." Children love
it, nnd cannot cause injury. No dif
ference what ails your little one
full of cold, or a sore throat, diar
rhoea, stomach-ache bad breath
member, a gentle "Insido cleansing
should always bo tho first treatmen
given. Full directions for bableB,
children of all ages, grown-upB aro
printed on each bottle.
Ileware of counterfeit fig syrups
Ask your drugist for a O-cent bottle
ot "California Syrup of Figs," then
look carefully and see that It is mad
by tho "California Syrup of Figs
Company." We make no smaller
size. Hand back with contempt any
other fig syrup.
ahead of us In a very large moasuri
ilopends. May I not urge Us early
and favorable consideration by the
house of representatives and its- early
enactment Into law? It- contain
plans which affect all Interests god
all parts of the country and I aui
sure that there Is no legislation now
pending before the congress who?
passage the country awaits with mor
thoughtful aproval or greater Impi
tience to see a great and admirably
thing set In the way of being done. ' .
"There are other matters already
advanced to tho stage of conference;
between tho two houses of which' ft
Is not necessary that I should speaffa
Some practicable basis of agreement
concerning them will no doubt be
found and action taken upon them. '
"Inasmuch as this is, gentlemen,
probably tho last occasion I shall have
to address the Sixty-fourth conjress,
I hope that you will permit me to say
with what genuine pleasure nnd satis
faction I have co-operated with you
In iho many measures of constructive
policy with which you have enriched
the legislative annnls of the country,
It has been a prlvilego to labor In
such company. I take the liberty of
congratulating you upon the comple
tion of a record of rare serviceable
noss and distinction." ' ''
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It's nothing for a cigarette to just taste good lots of
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Yet, with all that, Chesterfields are MILD I
No other cigarette can give you this new enjoyment
(satisfy, yet mild), for the good reason that no cigarette
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combination of tobaccos and the most important develop
ment in cigarette blending in 20 years.
ufltittljHif&i&tlvSxuco Or.
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