Mr. Roosevelt sent a brief special Message to Congress on
Wednesday. He repeats his request that Congress shall pass the Child Labour Law, at least for the district of Columbia, an Employers' Liability Law, and a law regulating the use of the injunction in Labour disputes. The greater part of the Message is occupied by an appeal for amendments to the Inter-State Commerce and Anti-Trust Laws, so as to allow
traffic agreements and other reasonable combinations, subject to Government supervision. According to the letter of the law, Labour Unions are now illegal. Mr. Roosevelt suggests a statute of limitations for past offences of corporations, not exceeding one year. After proposing the establishment of a Post Office Savings Bank, be turns to revision of the Tariff and asks Congress to appoint a Committee during the present Session. One change, he thinks, might be made immediately. The forests need protection and imported wood-pulp might be put on the free list. The New York correspondent of the Standard quotes a New England Senator as saying of this temperate and careful document : "It will quiet frizzled nerves."
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