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The Commoner,
VOLUME 8, NUMBER ij
14
1:1'
PKESIDBNT'S SPECIAL MESSAGE
(Continued from Pago 12)
fctraint of trade. Whenever the per
iod of filing had passed without any
such prohibition, tho contracts or
combinations could bo disapproved or
forbidden only after notice and hear
ing with a reasonable provision for
summary review on appeal by the
courts. Labor organizations, farm
ers' organizations, and other organi
zations not organized for purpose of
profit, should be allowed to register
under tho law by giving the location
of tho head ofilco, tho charter and
by-laws, and the names and ad
dresses of their principal officers. In
RUPTURE
New Scientific Appliance, Always a Perfect
Fit Adjustable to Any Size Person
Easy, Comfortable, Never Slips, No
Obnoxious Springs or Pads
Costs Less Than MBny Com
mon Trusses Made for
Men, Women or
Children.
SENT ON TRIAL
I baro inTontcd a rupturo appliance that 1
can safely Bay, by 30 years' experiences In the
rupturo business, Is the only ouo that will ab-
C. E. BROOKS, Tho Inventor
Mutely hold tho rupturo and novor Blip and
yet is light, cool, comfortable conforms to
ovory moveinont of tho body without ohaflnc
or hurtinjr and costs less than many ordinary
trusses. There po no sprlnps or hard, lumpy
pads and yet It holds tho rupturo safoly and
Hrmly without pain or Inconvenlonoo. I havo
put tho prloo bo low thai any person, rloh or
poor, can buy, and I absolutely uunranteo It.
Im&ka it to your ordor tond it to you you
rL,,Tidif-iltdor.,,M,,l"tilyau iond It back
to me and 1 will refund your money.
That Is the fairest proposition over mado hv
fhWVf0 8plC0La,,8t- Th0 banks or XJrSSSf.
Iblo citizen in Marshall will toll you that s the
SJiaro. bus,ncss-always absolutely on the
to10" w? tr,cd,mstovorythinir olso. oomo
U hore otuf; is where I have my
BTeatest success. Write mo today and I will
ahnlfn,? my b0?.k on llupture d Us Cure.
Somomfii T n SttVnt rl"Cf WhCn ail oLhors
iiemombor I use no salves, no harness no Up
Jim a straiirht business deal ft " ? reasonable
CE, Brooks, 6204 Brooks Bldg., Marshall, Mich.
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tho Interest of all these organiza
tionsbusiness, labor, and farmers
organizations alike the present pro
vision permitting tho recovery of
i i,i finmnrroa should be abol-
ished, and as a substitute therefor
the rlgnt ol recovery uuuwuu. wi
should be only the damages sus
tained by tho plaintiff and the cost
of suit, including a reasonable at
torney's fee.
The law should not affect pending
suits; a short statute of limitations
should be provided, so far as the
past is concerned, not to exceed a
year. Moreover, and even more in
lUn tnfnmaf nt lnhnr tlinn nf business
combinations, all such suits brought
for causes of action lieretoiore oc
curred should be brought only if the
contract or combination complained
of was unfair or unreasonable. It
may be well to remember that all of
the suits hitherto brought by the
government under the anti-trust law
have been in cases where tho com
bination of contract was in fact un
fair, unreasonable, and against the
public interest.
It is important we should encour
age trade agreements between em
ployer and employe wnere tney are
just and fair. A strike is a clumsy
weapon for righting wrongs done to
labor, and we should extend, so far
as possible, the process of concilia
tion and arbitration as a substitute
for strikes. Moreover, violence, dis
order, and coercion, when committed
in connection with strikes, should be
as promptly and as sternly repressed
as when committed in any other con
nection. But strikes themselves are.
and should be, recognized to be en
tirely legal. Combinations of work
ingmen have a peculiar reason for
their existence. The very wealthy
individual emnloyer. and still more
the very wealthy corporation, stand
at an enormous advantage when
compared to the individual working
man; and while there are many cases
where it may not be necessary for
laborers to form a union, in many
other cases it is indispensable, for
otherwise tho thousands of small
units, the thousands of individual
workingmen, will be left helpless in
their dealings with the one big unit,
the big individual or cornorate em
ployer.
Twenty-two years ago, by the act
of June 29, 188 G, trades unions were
recognized by law, and the right" of
laboring people to combine for all
lawful purposes was formally recog
nized, this right including combina
tions for mutual protection and ben
efits, tho regulation of wages, hours
and conditions of labor, and the pro
tection of tho individual rights of
tho workmen in the nrosecutinn nf
their trade or trades; and in the act
of June 1, 1898, strikes were recog
nized as legal in the same provision
that forbade participation in or in
stigation of force or violence against
persons or property, or the attempt
to prevent others from working by
violence, threat, or intimidation. The
business man must be protected in
person and property, and so must the
farmer and tho wageworlcer, and as
regards all alike, the right of peace
ful combination for all lawful pur
poses should be explicitly recog
nized. Tho right of employers to combine
and contract with one another and
with thoir employes should bo ex
plicitly recognized, and so should
the right of employes to combine and
to contract with one another and
with the employers and to seek
peaceably to persuade others to ac
cept their views and to strike for the
purpose of peaceably obtaining from
employers satisfactory terms for
their labor.
Nothing should be done to legalize
either a blacklist or boycott that
would "be illegal at common law
Tho question of financial legisla
tion is now receiving such attontion
in both houses that we have a right
to expect action before the close of
the session. It Is urgently necessary
that there should bo such legisla
tion. Moreover action should bo
taken to establish a postal savings
bank. These postal savings banks
are imperatively needed for the ben
efit of tho wageworkers and men of
small means and will be a valuable
adjunct to our whole financial sys
tem. The time has come when we should
prepare for a revision of tho tariff.
It seems to me that before the close
of this session provision should be
made for collecting full material
which will enable the congress elect
ed next fall to act immediately after
it comes into existence. This would
necessitate some action by the con
gress at its present session, per
haps in the shape of directing the
proper committee to gather the nec
essary information.
I am of the opinion, however, that
one change in the tariff could with
advantage be made forthwith. Our
forests need every protection, and
one method of protecting them would
be to put upon the. free list wood
pulp with a corresponding reduction
upon paper made from wood pulp.
Ample provision should be made
for a permanent waterways commis
sion. The congress should recognize
in fullest fashion the fact that the
subject of tho conservation of our
natural resources is literally vital
for the future of the nation.
Numerous bills granting water
power rights on navigable streams
have been introduced. None of them
give the government the right to
make a reasonable charge for the
valuable privileges so granted. Nor
is any definite time limit set. I
shall bo obliged hereafter, in ac
cordance with the policy stated in a
recent message, to veto any water
power bill which does not provide
for a time limit and for the right of
the president or the secretary con
cerned to fix and collect such a
charge as he may find to be just and
reasonable in each case.
THEODORE ROOSEVELT.
The White House, March 25, 1908.
MR. BLAINE'S REQUEST
Years ago, just two weeks after
Grover Cleveland had been inaugu-
""cu incwuuui lor me nrst time,
James G. Blaine, his defeated oppo
nent, went to the White House and
into the Cleveland presence. It be
came know afterward that Mr.
Blaine told Mr. Cleveland that he
came to ask a favor, only one favor
of the administration. Then the de
feated one told the president that
he hoped sincerely that a certain man
in Maine, a democrat, would not be
given the office that it was known he
craved.
Mr. Blaine told Mr. Cleveland hat
tho campaign of the summer and fall
previous had hpon n Mmnni
sonal abuse of mud-slinging in which
Hfir i?aJty chief had a Part and
which both discountenanced. The
Maine man whom Mr. Blaine wished
oye denied the omce that he
sought was the man who in large part
was responsible for certain stories
concerning the early personal life of
Blaine, which, even had they been
tS' n r snould have seen print.
Mr. Cleveland's answer to Mr.
Blaine on that occasion was never
known in its exact form, but this
much was known, the Maine mud
slinger asked for his office only to
dSnKi w?1 met with Pintblank
CWcago7osathinSt0n corresPnence
CURRENCY LEGISLATION
Mr A. A. Jones, a well known cit-
?oUows: VegQS' N M"' Wrltes as
"I wish to advanco a thought In
reference to the present financial
situation and proposed legislation.
Owing to the vast increase in the
production of gold during the last
ten years it is generally believed X
a7i? a adeuate amount of moiS
with which to transact all legitimate
business. But tho full supply of
money must be available for use ani
not hoarded. The remedy suggested
for the accomplishment of this Z
ject is the guarantee of bank de
posits. This remedy, is feasible if
adopted it will be found simple' and
effective. u
There will remain, however, one
serious objection to our currency sys
tem and that is its non-elasticity
Under the guise of securing elasti
city it is proposed to issue either
'bond-secured' or 'asset currency la
my judgment, the issuance of such
currency would not only be unwise
for the many reasons already pub
licly presented but it is unnecessary.
Elasticity can be secured through tho
proper use of bank reserves, if
bank deposits are guaranteed the re
serves will not be required to meet
'runs' upon the banks, the only real
contingency under the present sys
tem which calls for use of the re
serves. The reserves should be mado
to subserve some useful purpose. I
suggest that the banks, for legiti
mate commercial uses, be permitted
by law to loan or reduce reserves
upon the payment of a tax. They
should be permitted to reduce tho
reserves 25 per cent upon the pay
ment of a tax of one-half per cent
per month and be permitted an ad
ditional reduction of 25 per cent up
on payment of a greater tax. Tho
remaining reserve would be ample to
meet ordinary commercial condi
tions. If, however, it should bo
deemed that present reserves are too
low to permit any reduction, then
increase the reserves to a point
where they may safely be reduced
as above suggested. The proceeds
of such tax should be used to pay
losses which may -arise from tho
guarantee of deposits.
"A. A. JONES."
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