SPECIAL MESSAGE. j ROOSEVELT RECOMMENDS CERTAIN MEASURES THAT CONGRESS SHOULD GIVE THEIR ATTENTION. T<> the Senate and llouso of rtepresenta llvt's; I < all your attention to certain meas ures s to which I think then? should be a* lion by the congress befoiM cho close «>f th'* present session. Tiiere is ample time for their consideration. As regards ino>t it not all ol the matters, bills have j lieeii introduced int(» one or the other of the two houses, and it is not too much i t*► hope that action will be taken one j v.i\ or the otlier on these bills at the j l>r«*s»»nt session. <-Jiild labor should be prohibited thn-ughout the nation. At least a model j child-labor bill should be passed for tii«• | District of Columbia. It is unfortunate i that irt\ tlie one place solely dependent upon congress for its legislation there i should be no law whatever to protect j children by forbidding or regulating their i labor. 1 renew my recommendation for the irn- 1 mediate re-enactment of an employers' j liability law. drawn to conform to the j recent decision of the supreme court. ■ Wit! in the limits indieated by the court, the law should be made thorough and comprehensive, and the protection it at- ! lords should embrace every class of em- j I>l >ye to which the power ol* congress can j extend. In addition to a liability law protect- ; lr-ig tin employes of the common car riers, tiie no'.rninnnt should show its |food faith by enacting a further law giv ing compensation to its own employes for injury or death incurred in its serv ice. n is a reproach to use as a nation that in both federal and state legisla te n We have afforded less protection to public .mil private employes than any j other industrial country of the world. i also urge that action be taken along t ine of the recommendations I ha • e already made concerning injunctions in j labor disputes. No temporary restrain- ' ing order should be issued by any court . without notice; and the petition for a ' permanent injunction upon which such temporary restraining order has been is- ( sued should be heard by the court issu- , Ing the same within a reasonable time— j say. not to exceed a week or thereabouts from tiie date when the order was is- 1 sued. It is worth considering whether i it would not give greater popular con- j fidence in the impartiality of sentences for contempt if it was required that the i issue should be decided by another judge ; than the one issuing the injunction, e\- • < opt where the contempt is committed in \ the presence of the court, or in other case of urgency. I again call attention to the urgent; nee I . i amending the inter-state corn- ; merce law and especially the anti-trust : law along the lines indicated in my last message. The inter-state commerce law j should be amended so as t » give rail- 1 ro:*d.s the right to make traffic agree ments, subject to these agreements being ; approved by the inter-state commerce | commission and published in all of their ! details. The commission should .also be given the power to make public and to I jkss upon the Issuance of all securities hereafter issued by railroads doing an ' inter state commerce business. A law should be passed providing In ef feet that when a federal court determines to pla« e a common carrier or other pub- i lie utility concern tinder the control of a i i< i ivership, the attorney-general should have tiie right to nominate at least one j of ri;e receivers; or else in some other j way the Interests of tin 4 stockholders : should be consulted, so that the man- ' ugement may not be wholly redelivered to the man or men the failure of whose j policy may have necessitated the crea- j Hon of the receivership. Receiverships , should he used, not to operate roads, but ! « . speedily as possible to pay their debts j and return them to the proper owners. In addition to the rea.ions 1 have al- ' read* urged on your attention, it lias now | become important that there should be an i mend merit of the ant i-trust law, be- . cause of the uncertainty as to how tills | law affects combinations among labor men and farmers* if the combination has ! any tendency to restrict inter-state com merce. All of these combinations, if and while existing for and engaged in the promotion of innocent and proper pur noses. should be recognized as legal. As I have repeatedly pointed out. this anti trust law was a most unwisely drawn ; statute. It was perhaps inevitable that ! In feeling after the right remedy the ; first attempts to provide such should be crude; and it was absolutely imperative that some legislation should bo passed to control, in the interest of the public, the business use of the enormous aggre gations of corporate wealth that are so marked a feature of the modern indus trial world. But. the present anti-trust law, in its construction and working, has exemplified only too well the kind of leg islation which, under the guise of being thorough-going, is drawn up in such sweeping form as to become either in effective or else mischievous. In the modern industrial world com binations are absolutely necessary; they «re necessary among business men; they I are necessary among laboring men; they ' are becoming more and more necessary among farmers. Some of these comblna- ! tions are among the most powerful of nil j instrume nts for wrongdoing. Others offer the only effective way of meeting actual ! business needs. It Is mischievous and j unwholesome to keep upon the statute' hooks unmodified, a law. like the anti trust law. which, while In practice only partially effective against vicious com binations, has nevertheless in theory been construed so as sweeplnglv to prohibit every combination for the transaction of modern business. Some real good lias resulted from this law. Rut the time ! has come when it is imperative to mod if v ! It. Such modification is urgently needed for the sake of tin* business men of the : country, for the sake of the wage-work- i ers. and for the sake of the farmers. ! The congress cannot afford to leave it on the statute hooks in its present shape. ; It has now become uncertain how far 1 this law may involve all labor organiza tions and farmers' organizations, as well as all business organizations, in con flict with the law; or. if we secure literal •compliance with the law, how far it may result in the destruction of the organiza tions necessary for the transaction of modern business, as well as of all labor organizations and farmers' organizations, complete!:, cheek the wise movement for securing business co-operation among farmers, and put back half h century tire progress of the movement for the* bet terment of labor. A bill has been pre sented In the congress to remedy this situation. Some such measure as this hill is needed in the interest of all en paged in the Industries which are essen tial to tlie country's well-being. Ido not pretend to say the exact shape that the bill should take, and the suggestions I have to offer are tentative; and my views ■would apply equally to any other meas ure which would achieve the desired end. Bearing this in mind, I would suggest, merely tentatively, the following changes in the law: The substantive part of the anti-trust law should remain as at present; that is, every contract in restraint of trade or commerce among the several states or •with foreign nations should continue to be declared illegal; provided, however, Joke Drives Man Insane. Wapakoneta, 0. —William Bernard Drees, 32 years of age, of Minster, was taken to the Toledo State hospital hopelessly insane. His insanity v;as brought on by an April fool joke of a year ago, when some friends gave him a ghost scare in his father's factory, •where he was employed as a night watchman. Horse's Kick May Be Fatal. Kenton, O. —Joseph Kearns, a prominent farmer of near Kidge way. lies at his home dying, as the result of being kicked in the head by a horse. 1 that some proper governmental authority I < such as the commissioner of corpora- I tions acting under the secretary of cam »ncr(" and labor) he allowed to pass on I any such contracts. Probably the best i method of providing for this would be to enact ihai any contract, subject to the i prohibition contained in the anti-trust ' law. into which it was desired t<> enter, ' might he filed with the bureau of cor | porations «»r other appropriate executive body. This • would provide publicity. | v\ iiiiin, say, sixty days of the tiling which period could be 'extended by order of the department whenever for any rea j son It did not give the department suf i tlclent time for a thorough examination • the executive department having power might forbid the contract, which would then become subject to the provisions of the anti-trust law, if at all In restraint of trade. If such prohibition was issued, the contract would then only be liable to at ' tack on the ground that it constituted an unreasonable restraint of trade Whenever the period of tiling had passed without any such prohibition, the con tracts or combinations could be disap proved or forbidden only after notice and hearing with a reasonable provision for summary review on appeal by the courts. ' Labor organizations, farmers' organlza ' tions. and other organizations not organ , ized f< r purposes of protlt. should be al j lowed to i egister under the law by giv ing the location of the head office, the | charter and by-laws, and the names and , addresses < 112 their principal officers. In j the Interest of all these organizations— • business, labor and farmers' organizations i a like the present provision permitting the recovery of threefold damages should 1 he abolished, and as a substitute there • for the right of recovery allowed for i should be «-nly the damages sustained by ; tiie plaintiff and the cost of the suit, in cluding a reasonable attorney's fee. The law should not affect pending suits: i a short statute of limitations should he | provided, so far as the past is concerned. ict t - exceed a year. .Moreover, and even ; more in the Interest of labor than of bus iness combinations, all such suits brought ; foi causes of action heretofore occurred should be brought only if the contract I or combination complained of was unfair '« r unreasonable. It may be well to re member that all of the suits hitherto br« light by the government under the j anti-trust law have been in cases where ihe combination or contract was in fact unfair, unreasonable, and against the public interest. it is. important that we should encour age trade agreements between employer ' and employe where they are just and 1 fair. A strike is a clumsy weapon for righting wrongs done to labor, and we j should extend, so far as possible, the ; process of conciliation and arbitration as a substitute for strikes. Moreover, | violence, disorder, and coercion, when committed in connection with strikes, : should be as promptly and as sternly re pressed as when committed in any other ] connection. Hut strikes, themselves are, and should be, recognized to be entirely , legal. Combinations of workingmen have a peculiar reason for their existence. The 1 very wealthy individual employer, and ! still more the very wealthy corporation, I stand at an enormous advantage when 1 compared to the individual workingman; | and while there are many cases where I it may not be necessary for laborers to form a union. In many otlier cases it is i indispensable, for otherwise the thousands • of small units, the thousands of indi : vidual workingmen, will be left helpless In their dealings with the one bin unit, 1 the big individual or corporate employer. Twenty-two years ago. by the act of j June -1», ISB6, trades unions were recog nizer! by law. and the right of laboring people to combine for all lawful pur j poses was formerly recognized, this right poses was formally recognized, this right including combination for mutual protec | tion and benefits, the regulation of wages, • hours and conditions of labor, and the 1 protection of the individual rights of the i workmen in the prosecution of their trade or trades; and in the act of June 1. JSflx. strikes Were'recognized as legal in the j same provision that forbade participation jin « r instigation of force or violence against persons or property, or tiie at tempt to prevent others from working. ;by violence, threat, or intimidation. The ! business man must be protected In per i son and property, and so must the farmer and the wage worker; and as regards all j alike, the right of peaceful combination ' for all lawful purposes should be expileit | ly recognized. ! The light of employers to combine and j contract with one another and with their i employes should be explicitly recognized; I end so should the right of the employes j r> combine and to contract with one an other 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 em ; pltyers satisfactory terms for their labor. Nothing should be done to legalize either a blacklist or a boycott that would be illegal at common law; this being the type of boycott defined and condemned by the anthracite strike commission. The question of financial legislation is now receiving such attention in both ' houses that we have a right to expect ! action before the close of the session. It Is urgently necessary that there should be such action. Moreover, action should be taken to establish postal savings banks. These postal savings banks are imperatively needed for the benefit of the wageworkers and men of small means, and will be a valuable adjunct to our whole financial system. The time has come when we should prepare for a revision of the tariff. This j should be, and indeed must be, preceded by careful investigation. It is peculiarly the province of tiie congress and not of the president, and indeed peculiarly the j province of the house of representatives, to originate a tariff bill and to determine i upon its terms; and this I fully realize, i Vet it seems to me that before the close i of this session provision should be made I for collecting full material which will ! enable the congress elected next fall to , act Immediately after it comes into ex ! istence. This would necessitate some ac tion by the congress at its present ses sion, perhaps in the shape of directing the proper c ommittee to gather the neces sary information, both through the com mittee itself and through government agents who should report to the commit tee and should lay before it the facts which would permit it to act with prompt and intelligent fairness. These govern ! ment agents, if it is not deemed wise to 1 appoint individuals from outside the pub ! lie service, might with advantage be : members of the executive departments, designated by the president, on his own I motion or on the request of the com- I mittee, to act with it. I am of the opinion, however, that one I change In the tariff could with advantage Ibe made forthwith. Our forests need ! every protection, and one method of pro- I tec ting them would be to put upon the | free list wood pulp, with a corresponding j reduction upon paper made from wood ! pulp, when they come from any country i that does not put an export duty upon them. I Ample provision should be made for a I permanent waterways commission, with whatever power is required to make it effective. The reasonable expectation of the people will not be met unless the congress provides at this session for the beginning and prosecution of the actual work of waterway Improvement and con trol. The congress should recognize in fullest fashion the fact that the subject of the conservation of our natural re sources, with which this commission deals, 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 gov ernment the right to make a reasonable charge for the valuable privileges so granted, In spite of the fact that these water-power privileges are equivalent tc. many thousands of acres of the best coal lands for their production of power. . THEODORE ROOSEVELT. The White Mouse, March 2ii, 1908. Bullet Wound In Head. I ! Youngstown, O. —Chauncey DeWitt, , j cashier of the Wells-Fargo & Co. I office in this city, was found i dead in bod Tuesday in his room, with l a bullet wound in his head. DeWitt i came to this city four years ago from . New York, where his mother resides, t Ho was a nephew of Thomas H. Do Witt. Shock Kills Woman. i Bucyrus, O.—Mrs. J. B. Givens - a former Bucyrus girl, died a* • South Milwaukee, Wis., as the direct 1 result of a nervous shock four month*; ago. CAMERON COUNTV PRESS, THURSDAY, APRIL 2, 1908 THE HARVEST TIME REWARDS WE REAP FOR THE EFFORTS WE MAKE CROPS ARE OF MANY KINDS Some Remarks of a Homely Charac ter for Application to Everyday Affairs—Few Have Real Cause for Complaint. There is a harvest time for all. Some reap their rewards late in life, others in early manhood; but none need expect to sow tares and garner any valuable orop. "As ye sow, so shall ye reap." Often wo do the sow ing and some one else gathers the crop, and we only get the stubbles. But this is our harvest. Sometimes we plant, and find our growing fleld3 devastated by the elements. Our harvest is barely worth the reaping Still, i 3 there any cause why we should complain that nature is un kind to us? Are we not to blame more often than we think? Have we not the warning that we shall reap as we sow? The planting implies that intelligence be used in selecting the soil, in choosing the place least likely to be within the storm belt, and where the lightning will not strike nor the hail fall. Then the quality of the soil and its preparation. It can not be expected that among the rocks and stones in the barren places the seed planted will grow. Nor is it wise to not carefully select the seed, somo that may not germinate. And don't forget that when your choice is made to see that the winnowing id properly done, and that no obnoxious weeds have a chance to spring up with the golden grain. Too many of us—and pome one has said, an honest confession is good for the soul —neglect to plant the proper kind of crop. Instead of honor, good health, riches of mind and material wealth, we reap instead the severest criticisms of public opinion, shattered nerves and poverty. A happy mind and disposition, and a feeling of kind ness toward all fellowmen is a crop worth reaping. To have the respect of the masses that we come daily in contact with, Is another thing desir able and an honorable name, good health and a conscience at peace is a harvest that is greater than many men of millions can ever hope to garner. Yes, we may make mistakes in our sowing, and be disappointed with the results of the harvest time, but still there is contentment in store for the husbandman who after exercising care finds in spite of all disappointment comes, and drought and pests destroy. Still despair not of the future, for harvest time for all will come, and diligence and perseverance will eventually bring the reward sought. In ail affairs of life the elements of chance play an eminent part. Life is not a mathematical problem that Is positive. Neither is it theoretical. Still all there is bends to natural laws, unchangeable, unalterable, and even the calamities that befall, are con trolled by these same laws; but the mind of the mortal fails to under stand them. Life is a conflict. The little spear of wheat seeks its exist ence with no certainty. The tares, the thistles battle with it and threaten annihilation. The careful gardener knows the danger of weeds rendering his work a loss. He removes the rank and useless growth, that his plants may get their share of nitrogen and oxygen and may thrive. But how ever great his care, still chance must be struggled with. The heat of the sun, those life-giving rays, may even destroy; the hurricane may level, and the hall cut down. Much in similitude is man's harvest to the harvest of the poor gardener. Yet, there are other seasons, and other harvests coming. No use to despair. The brave man in battle has the fewest fears. Let us strive to have our harvest time come with its plenty, and let us work that it will be a harvest of good. Success some times comes only after long waiting. But let us be careful in our springtime sowing, and it is hardly possible that we will not reap a just harvest. D. M. CAUR. Tricks in the Soap Business. Soap is one of the staples for which there is a heavy demand. There are numerous standard brands in the' market, all of which are time-tested and not found lacking in good quali ties. These are the kind that the people are never disappointed in. But some who are looking for bargains are willing to try anything new that comes up, if it be only recommended by some friend or widely advertised. One of the latest soap deals, which, by the way Is an old game in a new dress, is to offer bargains in soap "just as good" as the old standard brands and at one-third the cost. A flattering offer is made to the house wife to lay in a supply. The state ment is made that instead of using money for advertising in the papers the company intends to give the peo ple the benefit, and the price named Is about one-third that standard brands are sold for. Not alone this, but some cheap clock, a rug, a set of chiuaware or some other article is of fered as a premium, and sometimes au extra box is given with every two cases offered. The soap comes. It looks g<jod, but after a few weeks* more than one-third of its weight is evaporated. The soap is filled with water, and when that dries out the 12- ounce cake if placed on the scales will be found to weigh about seven or eight ounces. IMPOVERISHING THE COMMUNITY Constant Drain of Money Certain to Have Depressing Effects. It is surprising how little the peo ple of towns consider the way that communities are impoverished by the money which is sent away to other cities for goods that might as well be bought at home. In one of the live western towns, a county seat, and having a population of more than 1,500, a banker who is in position to know said that in a single day he knew of more than SOOO in money or ders having been sent from the town to retail order houses. Just think of this! There are about 20 business places in the town, and this amount going away daily keeps the place from advancing. It is hardly that the merchants cannot meet catalogue competition, but the farmers and oth ers who send away for supplies never give the storekeepers in their home town an opportunity to give prices on the articles wanted. They get their money order at the express or post office or their draft at the bank and send off without a word to any mer chant as to the goods they need. Such people are not good citizens in every sense of the word. They lack love of home and good will toward their town. The total store bill of the average farmer does not amount to more than S4OO. Say that he could even save 10 per cent, on the goods he orders —and he does not save a cent, in fact —it would only be S4O a year. But the money sent away from many communities aggregates mil lions of dollars to the wealth of the big houses and injure their own town to just that extent. A western banker met by the writ er, in conversation as to the extent of the business done by catalogue houses, said that the exchange paid his bank for drafts was nearly enough to pay all the ordinary expense of the institution. Just think of this! Are the people losing their senses? Are there conditions in any town that justify that the ones who are making their living from the country, who have a share of the taxes to pay, who should have pride in seeing their home town and the country around advance, shall send their dollars to far-off cities for supplies? It is a sorry condition. There is nothing to justify it only the Ignorance of the ones who think that they may save a few dollars In the course of a year by sending away for their goods. One of the misleading things in the advertis ing of the big catalogue houses is the claim that goods are sold just as low as the merchant buys them. This is not so. The merchant must have a legitimate profit in his business. It is just that he should. The farmer •.vould consider a man unreasonable who would ask him to sell the prod ucts of his farm for just the cost to produce them. The good farmer makes on all his crops, after good wages are allowed for himself, a percentage for Interest on his investment, a greater amount by many per cent, than does the grocer, the dry goods or the cloth ing man or the implement man. Still, how many begrudgingly patronize home stores, and only when they wish accommodation, and their ready cash goes to the out-of-town concerns that handle prison-made goods and "sec onds" and shoddy stuif. It 1b too bad; the people need more pride in home, more ideas of equity, and need much more education in economic matters. FOR HOME IMPROVEMENT. Necessity of Harmonious Co-Opera tion on Part of All Citizens. Towns In agricultural districts ap parently are awakening to the impor tance of organizing clubs and associa tions for the purpose of public im provements and the protection of home industries. The field for work is broad. It is the business of the town that makes the place of impor tance. Any institution that will give employment to labor, that will bring more people and more capital to any town is a thing to be desired. Many towns in which commercial clubs have been lately organized, have a wide field in the simple matter of keeping the people of the town and surround ing country from sending money to other cities for supplies of various kinds that can as well be purchased at home. Kvery dollar sent to a mail order house or department store in another city impoverishes the town just so much. It Is the business men of the small towns who pay the taxes, support the churches and schools, not the far-off mail-order house, and they are deserving of all the trade of their home place. Don't try to bring new business establishments to your town unUl local evils are remedied. Personality In Business. Personality in business la an Im portant thing. There are the John Wanamaker stores, Marshall Field, the Tiffanys—and you can go down the line from the time of A. T. Stew art and Taylor and you will find that there is a great deal inn name in the mercantile line. In every town the successful stores can be picked out at a glance. In some towns there seems to be an inclination to avoid the use of signs, and there are stores with nothing to indicate the stocks of goods carried or the names of the owners. Generally the interiors of these stores are in harmony with the outside —an indication of lax business methods and a kind of catch-as-catch can affair, as far as gathering in trade is concerned. Such methods have never been known to pay well. In fact, it is the hustler who wins out, and the merchant who hides his proverbial light under the bushel will sooner or later get out of business with the balance on the wrong sida of the ledger. Yeu Bead tfoa Other Fallow's M 'I j You are reading thiß one. H That should, convince you jj I that advertising in these E] 3 columns is a profitable prop yl 3 osition; that it will bring <j 0 business to your store, 112 | The fact that the other b 8 fellow advertises is prob -3 I ably the reason he is get- I B ting more business than is r S falling to you. Would it Ifl not be well to give the I other fellow a chance To Read Your Ad In These Columns Your Stationery Is your 3ilent representative. If you sell fine goods that are up to-date in style and of superior quality it ought to be reflected in your printing. We produce the kind that you need and will not feel ashamed to have represent you. That is the only kind it pays to send out. Send your or ders to this office. The Buyers' Guide The firm 3 whose names are repre seated in our advertising columns are worthy of the confidence of every person in the commuaity who has money to spend. The fact that they advertise stamps them as enterpris ing, progressive men of business, a credit to our town, and deserving of support. Our advertising columns comprise a Buyers' Guide to fair dealing, good goods, honest prices. v_ J G.SCHMIDT'S, 1 — —HEADQUARTERS POR ||p> Vr fRESH BREADf g| popular | # CONFECTIONERY Dally Delivery. AH orders given prompt and skillful attention. Don't Use a Scarecrow To Drive Away ths Mail Order Wolf You can drive him out thousands of dollars every week in order to get trade from the home merchants. Do you think for a minute they would keep it up if they didn't get the busi ness? Don't take it for granted that every one within a radius of 25 miles knows what you have to sell, and what your prices are. Nine times out of ten your prices are lower, but the customer is influenced by the up-to-date adver tising of the mail order house. Every article you advertise should be described and priced. You must tell your story in an inter esting way, and when you want to reach the buyers of this com munity use the columns of this paper. fA MOST TOUCHING APPEAL falls short of its desired effect if ad- W' % dressed to a small crowd of interested IjL \ .! listeners. Mr. Business Man, are TI "yJj you wasting your ammunition on the 1 small crowd tliat would trade with \ \ I you anyway, or do you want to reach those who arc not particularly inter- ested in your business? If you do, —" make your appeal for trade to the & largest and most intelligent audience in your commun ity, the readers of this r paper. Thiy have count- Jou M I wants. Your ads will will become your custom- I tfj ers. 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