Show THE presidents SPECIAL TO CONGRESS draw attention of lawmakers ra to measures that he believes Belie vc should be acted upon at this session Ses glon washington in a special message presented to congress on wednesday Pre president roosevelt calls the atte alien don of the laA lawmakers makers to keltala IL measures on oil which lie he thinks minks thero there should be action taken by the congress ile he sas child labor should le I 1 e prohibited throughout the nation at least a model child labor bill should bo passed for the district of columbia cola abla it la Is un unfortunate fortunato that in the one place solely dependent upon congress for its legislation thero there should be no law Ahat whatever ever to protect children by toi foi bidding forbidding or regulating their heir labor the president renews aeneas his big becom emendation mend men atlon dation for the immediate reenact re enact ment of an employers liability law drawn to conform to tho the recent decisions of the supreme court within tho limits indicated by the court the 1 iw should bo be made thorough and con aej the protection it affords should avory class ot of employee to which the power poser of the congress can extend attention la Is called to the urgent need of the interstate corn coin merce law and specially specially the antitrust law along the lines indicated in Ms its last message the declaration is mado that it has now become important that there should be an aman to the ant trust law because of the uncertainty as to how this law affects com bombina bina lions among laboring men find and farm ers it if the combination has haa any ton ten dency to restrict interstate commerce the substantive pait of the antitrust antl trust law should remain as at present that la Is empry contract in re of trade or commerce among the several states or with foreign na in eions should continue to lie be declared illegal pr ed however that some r roper croper governmental authority such us as the commissioner of acting under tho the secretary of corn coin nitice and labor be allowed to piss pass en cn any such contracts it Is imperl ant that we should encourage trade agreements between le tween employer and employee when they are just unit and fair A strike Is a clumsy weapon tor for right ing wrongs tone done to labor and we mould extend as far as possible tho the I 1 recess of 0 and arbitration aa as tl a substitute for strikes llie question of finan clit H tion Is now receiving su bu A attention in both houses that we I 1 ave a right to expect action beffie the tha close of the session ses blon bion says the pies president ident it Is urgently necessary that there here should be such action moreover ac uon tion should be taken to establish pos tal al savings banks these postal say inge banks are Impe imperatively rathey needed for the me benefit or of the wage waga vior kers and men of small means and will vill be a valuable adjunct to our whole finan cial system 11 I 1 llie lie time has hag conic come when we should prepare e for a revision of the this should bo be and indeed must be I 1 receded preceded by cartful investigation it Is peculiarly the he province ot of the he con gross gress and not of the pies president ident arid and indeed m peculiarly the province of the house of representatives to originate a a taille bill and to determine upon its ifa terms and this I 1 fully yet it seems to me that before the close of this session provision should be made tor for collecting full material which will enalla the ha congress elected next fall to act immediately after it comes into existence I 1 am of the opinion however that one change in the tariff coull with advantage bo be made forthwith our forests need every protection ant one method of protecting them would be to put on tt tie e free list woo wool I 1 pulp pull a corresponding rc reduction upon I 1 japer aper made from wood pulp when they come from any country that does not put nn an export duty on them ample provision should bo be rondo made for a permanent waterway commits sion elon with whatever power is required to make it the reasonable expectation of the people will not be met unless the congress at this session foi the beginning and prosecution of the actual work of if wat erway improvement and control the reading of the message was followed closely in both houses in the house of representatives tho the declaration cl that the time had bad come for a revision of the tariff elicited hand band clapping on the part of the demo cratic members democratic approval also was given by way of pounding desks to the suggestion that congress could with advant advantage ae forthwith remove the tariff on wood pulp with a corresponding reduction upon paper made from wood pulp |