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Show THE PRESIDENT'S SPECIAL MESSAGE TO CONGRESS Draws Attention of Lawmakers to Measures That He Believes Should Be Acted Upon at This 8esslon. Washington. In a special mcssago presented to congress on Wednesday, President Roosevolt calls the attcn-tlon attcn-tlon of the lawmakers to certain measures on which ho tlilnltB tlioro should ho nctlon taken hy tho present congrcsB. Ho snys child lnhor should to prohibited throughout tho nation. At lenst n modol child labor hill bhould bo passed for tho District of Columbia. It Is unfortunato that In tho ono plnco solely dependent upon congress for its legislation thcro should bo no law whatever to protect children by forbidding or regulating their labor. Tho prcsldont renews his rccom-mcndatlon rccom-mcndatlon for tho Immcdlato re-enact-mont of nn employers' liability law, drawn to conform to tho recent do-clslons do-clslons of tho supremo court. Within tiro limits Indicated by tho court tho l.iw Bhould bo made thorough and comprehensive, nnd tho protection It affords should cmbraco every class of cmployco to which tho power of tho congress can extend. Attention Is called to tho urgent need of amending tho Interstate com-morco com-morco law and especially tho nntl-trust nntl-trust law along tho lines Indicated In his last message. Tho declaration is made that It hai now become Important that thcro ehould bo an amendment to tho nntl-trust nntl-trust law because of tho uncertainty ns to how this law affcctB comblnn-tlons comblnn-tlons nmong laboring men nnd farm-ors farm-ors if the combination has any ten-dency ten-dency to restrict IntcrBtato com-moron. com-moron. Tho Btibstnntlvu part of tho nntl-trust lnw should remain as at present; that Is, every contract in re-vtralnt re-vtralnt of trndo or commerce, nmong tho several states or with forolgn nn-tlons nn-tlons should continuo to bo declared illegal; provided, howovcr, that soino proper governmental authority (such us tho commissioner of corporations, acting under tho secretary of com-morco com-morco and labor) bo allowed to pass cn any such contracts. It Is Import-ant Import-ant that wo should encourngo trndo ngrecmcnts between employer nnd cmployco when they nro Just nnd fair. A strike Is a clumsy weapon for right-lng right-lng wrongs dono to labor, nnd wo should extend, ns far ns possible tho process of conciliation and arbitration ns a substitute for strikes. B "Tho question of (lnanclnl lcglsln- tlon Ib now receiving such attention 'In both houses that wo havo a right 'to expect action boforo tho closo of tho session," says tho president. "It lis urgently' nccossary that thoro 'Bhould bo such action. Moreover, ac-itlon ac-itlon should bo taken to establish p.os-itnl p.os-itnl savings banks. Tlrcso postal sav-lings sav-lings banks nro imperatively needed 'for tho benefit of tho wago workors ;and men of small menns, and will bo n valuablo adjunct to our wholo llnan- B ,clal system." j "Tho time has como when wo should iprcparo for a revision of tho tariff. IThls should ho and, indeed, must bo, preceded by careful investigation. It B Is peculiarly tho province of tho con- gross and not of tho president;' nnd in-deed, in-deed, peculiarly tho provinco of tho houso of roprescutatlvcs to origlnato B a tariff bill and to dotcrmlno upon its B terms; and this I fully rcallzo. Yet it seems to mo that before tho closo of thlB session provision should bo made for collecting full material which will enable tho congress elected next fall, to net Immediately after It comes into existence. 1 "I am of tho opinion, howovcr, that ono change In tho tariff could with jodvantngo bo mado forthwith. Our tic-rests need every protection, nnd ono method of protecting them would jbo to put on tho freo list wood pulp B with a corresponding reduction upon (paper mado from wood pulp when they come from any country that does BVMj not put an export duty on them. BVfl "Ample provision should bo mado BVB (for a permanent waterway commls- BbB :slon with whatever power is required BVB to make it effective. Tho reasonable BVH icxpcctatlon of tho people will not be BVMj 'met unless tho congress prvoides at BVB this session for tho beginning and BBS prosecution of tho actual work of wat- BB (Crway improvement and control." BBB Tho reading of the mcssago was BBB followed closely In both houses. In BBB Itho houso of representatives tho do- BBB )claration that tho tlmo had como for BBB revision of tho tariff elicited hand- BBB clapping on tho pnrt of tho Demo- BBB cratlc members. Democratic approval BBB Also was given by way of pounding BBB kiosks to tho suggestion that congress BBB Icould with advantage forthwith ro- BBB move tho tnrlff on wood pulp, with BBB p corresponding reduction upon paper BBB mado from wood pulp. |