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Show INTKR-STATE COMMERCE. Among tho many othor good things that President Iloosovolt's mossago contains, is tho following in relation to tho Inter-Btato Commerco commission: commis-sion: "In my judgmont tho most import ant legislative act now needed as regards re-gards tho regulation of corporations is this act to con for on tho Intor-stato Commorco commission tho powor to rovlso ratos and regulations, tho ro-vlsod ro-vlsod rato to go at ouco into effect, nnd to stay in olfect unless and until tho court of roviow revises it." Tlio president sooms to havo voiced in tlilo opinion tho sontimont of tho groat majority of his constituents, who look moro nt substantial justico than at legal quibbles. It is quito posslblo that thoro will bo found plonty of railroad men and thoir paid attorn oys that will condoinn such notion on tho part of congress as bo-ing bo-ing unconstitutional, ns being nit invasion in-vasion of tho rights of individuals, guaranteed to thorn uudor tho grout national articles of agroomont. JJut oxporionco has shown that it is nocossary to provido somo tnoniiB of protoction for tho public from tho exactions ex-actions of mon who havo no rulo of action oxcopt to chnrgo all that can bo colloctod ; uud if tho constitution of tho Unitod Statos will not allow Buch pradticos to bo proveutcd, it is .tlmo that wo know it, and got n constitution con-stitution that will. Tho real ro-mody ro-mody of all this is tho govornmont ownership ,of railroads, but tho Antoricntt pooplo huvo not got that far yet, although should it bo found that .thoro is no means uudor tho national law to romody tho ovil roforrod to by tho president, it will go a long way towards convincing poplo of tho wisdom of tho govornmont owning tho railroads. |