The herald and news. (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, December 08, 1916, Page TWO, Image 2
fflLSOX CALLS FOR STEPS i <
0> BIG Kill,WAY PROBLEM ]
Tocational Education, Puerto RIcaa j ?
Bill, C orrupt Practices, Legislation ;
and Laws to Help Promote Foreign !'
Trade Also Urged on Solons. 1 '
Washington, Dec. 5.?President
"Wilson's address at the opening of J
the sesison of congress today was:
wholly devoted to domestic subjects, j
principally the problem of railway
legislation.
In the hall of the house with
senators and representatives assem
bled in joint session, President iWil
son, in accordance with the custom
he began at the opening of his term,
read his address from the clerk's
desk.
The president not only renewed his
recommendation for legislation to
prevent a nation wide railway strike
r lockout before there has been op
portunity for investigation, but de
fended it against the attack of or
ganized labor as nothing aroitrary or
mniust and tho "iustifiable safeguard
ing by society of the necessary pro
cesses of its very life."
Aside from recommendations for
the passage of th.e Puerto Rico gov
ernment bill, the corrupt practices
bill and the Webb bill to legalize
Anfcrican collective selling agencies
abroad, the president's address was
cevoted wholly to the railroad situa
tion. The only feature whicli had
not been forecast was the elimina
tion of the proposal that congress
vivp PYnlioit annmval tn rr*n<?idpra
tion by the interstate commerce com
mission of an increase in freight
rates to meet additional expenditures
by the railroads- caused by the opera
tion of the Adam6on law.
No Doubt of Power.
Today the president took the posi
tion that "the power of the interstate
commerce commission to grant an in
crease of rates on the ground refer
n a! aa ft rl a
i cu lAj 10 iiiuid^/uuiui) ticai aim a
recommendation by the congress witk
Tegard to such a matter might seem
to draw in question the scope of the
commission's authority or its in-;
clination to do justice when there is
no reason to doubt either."
The other recommendations on the'
railroad situation made in a special
message during the last session, j
"which were not put into law, were re- i
newed today. They include:
"Immediate provision for the en
lorcomorit on/1 odminictrotirn i
ganization of the interstate commerce ;
commission along the lines embodied
3n the bill recently passed by the
heu* * of representatives and now
awaiting action by the senate; in
order that the commission may be
enabled to deal with the many great
and various duties now devolving
upon it with a -promptness and thor- -
cughness which are, with its present
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.onstituLion and means oi' aetiox*.
Livtcticaily impossible.
'Uii amendment of the existing fed
eral statute which provides tor tin:
meuiation, conciliation and arbitra
tion ot such controversies as the pres
ent by aduing to it a provision thai,
in case the methods of accommodation
HOW iJIU V iue<i IU1 SUUU1U iaii| ?
public investigation of the merits or
every &uch dispute shall be instituted
and completed before a strike or lock
out may lawfully be attempted.
"The lodgment in the bands ot
the executive of the power, in case
of military necessity, to take control
of such portions of such rolling stock
of the railways of the country as ma>
be required for military use and to
operate tliem lor military purposes,
with, authority to draft into militar>
service oi the United States such
train crews and administrative offi
cials as the circumstances may re
quire for their safe and efficient us$,*
The Biggest Problem.
The renewed recommendation for
compulsory investigation of labor dis
putes on railways before strikes or
lockouts are allowed, which has
tVin rvf tbp railroaff
ai</UOCU vyyuuivivu
brotherhoods, and of the (American
Federation of Labor, was defended
in the -president's message. He de
clared he would hesitate to recom
mend a law which woul(l force In
dividual workmen to continue in an
employment which they desired to
leave, but that no such principle wao
involved in the suggestion that the
operation of the railways of the coun
try should not be stopped by the con
centrated action of bodies of men un
til a public investigation for the bene
fit of the public has been instituted.
"It is based upon the Very differ
ent principle," he continued, "tha;
tne concentrated acuon ul puweu-uj
bodies of men shall not be permitted
to stop the industrial processes of trie
nation, at any rate before the nation
shall have had an opportunity to ac
quaint itself with the merits of tUl
case between employe and employer
time to form its opinion upon an im
partial statement of the merits, and
opportunity to consider all practicable
means of conciliation or arbitration
I can see nothing in that proijosition
but the justifiable safeguarding D?
society of the necessary processes cl
its very life. There is notnmg arDi
tra. y or unjust in it unless it be arbi
trarily and unjustly done. It carj
and should be done with a full and
scrupulous regard for the interest
and liberties of ail conceruca as well
as for the permanent interests of
society itself."
The president's address follows:
On ^General Policy.''
"Gentlemen of the Congress:
"In fullfilling at this time the duty
laid upon me by the constitution of
communicating to you from time to
time information of the state of the
>f That CI
wife is your i
Iren your orph<
vide for a che<
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teer Stat
meg Com
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IDMARSH, Specu
Newberry, S. C.
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Ui/iN/lA, Oiaic
Columbia, S. C.
J L'uioji and recommending to your con
) sideration such legislative measure
i as may be judged necessary and ex
pedient 1 shall continue the practice,
which 1 hope has been acceptable to
you, oi' leaving to the reports of the
! several heads of the executive de
I
1 partments the elaboration of the de
! tailed needs oi the public service a^<
j confine myself to those matters or
more general public policy with whicn
: it sejms necessary and feasible it
I deal at the present sesison of the
congress.
i "1 realize the limitations of time
' under which you will necessarily aei
! at this session and shall make my
l suggestions as few as possible; b\it
there were some things left undone
at the last session which there will
1 mow be time to complete and whicu
it seems necessary in the interest oi
J
' the public to do so at once,
i "In the first place, it seems to mt
j imperatively necessary that the earli
I est possible consideration and action
' should be accorded the remaining
measures of the programme of s&i
| tlement and regulation which I hac
' occasion to ^recommend to you ai
the close of your last session in view
! of the public dangers disclosed b>
! the unaccommodated difficulties
' ? i 3 J I. .1
' "wnicii men e.\it>tcu, aini ?uuu
unhappily continue to exist, between
the railroads of the country and theii
1 locomotive engineers, conductors ant'
j trainmen.
| "I then recommended:
j The First Steps.
; "First, immediate provision for tht
' enlargement and administrative re
organization of the interstate com
I merce o^i.-mission along the Ikie!
embodiea i.* the bill recently passei
by the house of representatives ant
i ?- hv the senate;
j ilt/VV an ?v?.vu - _
in order that the commission ma:
| be enabled to deal with the manj
j great and various duties naw devolv
ing upon it with a promptness anc
thoroughness which are, with it:
; present constitution and means of ac
! tion, practically impossible.
| "Second, the establishment of ai
; eight hour day as the legal basi?
alike of work and of wages in th?
employment of all railroad employe:
who ?.re actually engaged in the won
j of operating trains in interstate trans
I portation.
"Third, the authorization of the ap
pointment by the president of a smal
body of men to observe the actna
; results in oxperience of the adoDtioT
J of eioV>t l-^nr -day in r?i!'^i\
, i transportation alike for the Lien an.
| for the railroad
J "Fourth, explicit approval by th;
[ congress of the consideration bv tht
interstate commerce cuoiuiisaivu ui
increase of freight rates to meet sue!
additional (xpenditures by the rail
roads as may have been renderei
necessary by the adoption of th<
eight hour day and whi(*h have ntf
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[ been offset by adminstrative read
' justments and economies, should the
i iacts disclosed justify tne increase.
! "Fifth, an amendment of the exisi
! ing federal statute which provides
; ror the mediation, conciliation ana
i arbitration of such controversies as
; the present by adding to it a pi o
; vision tliat, i.i case tne methods of
! accommodation now provided for
! ahnnl/j tail j. full liilhlio in VPssf isrfltioii
or the merits of every such dispute
snail be instituted and completed De
lore a strike or lockout may lawfully
be attempted.
"And sixth, the lodgment in the
hands of the executive of the power,
in case of military necessity, to take
control of such portions and such roil
ing stock of the railways of the cou:i
U J US ma\ U c Itijuncu hjj UHiii 01;
use and to operate them for military
purposes, with authority to draft into
the military service of the United
States such train crews anil adminis
trative officials as the circumstances
require for their safe and efficient
use.
What Has Been Done.
"The second and third of these rec
ommendations tlie congress imme
diately acted on: It established toe
eight hour day as the legal basis 01
L | -work and wages in tram service ana
. I it authorized the appointment oi a.
I cominibsion to ou&erve anu i eyui t
upon the practical results, deeming
| these the measures most immediately
| needed; but it postponed action upon
I the other suggestions until an oppor
tunity should be offered I'ot a moie
deliberate consideration of them. The
fourth recommendation I do not deem
it necessary to renew. The power
the interstate commerce commission
to grant an increase of rates on the
I ornii..,^ rpfprrpd tn illdiSDUtablv
r i clear and a recommendation by the
' j congress with regard to such a matter
" i might seem to draw in question the
1 scope of the commission's authority
s; or its inclination to do justice wheii
"j there is no reason to odubt either.
J "The other suggestions?the in
! crease in the interstate commerce
* commission's membership and in itt>
* j facilities for performing its manifola
3! duties, the provision for full public
i investigation and assessment of indus
- trial disputes, and the grant to the
executive of the power to control ana
operate me railways wnea uetcaoaij
j in time of war or other Tike public
, necessity?I now very earnestly re
t j new.
j "The neccesity for such legislation
j is manifest and pressing. Those who
have entrusted us with the responsi
bility and duty of serving and safe*
guarding them in such matters would
: find it hard, I believe, to excuse m
ilfoiinra +/\ -apt nnon these eravp mat
g wv/ mvv ?- _ ? _
ters or any unnecessary postponement
of action upon them.
"Xot only does the interstate com
merce commission now firtd it prac
tically impossible, "with its present
membership and organization, to per
form its great functions promptly ana
thoroughly but it is not unlikely that
it may presently be found advisable
to add to its duties still others equal?*
heavy and exacting. It must first be
perfected as an administrative instru
ment.
"The country can not and should
not consent to remain any longer ex
posed to profound industrial disturb
ances for lack of additional means of
arbitration and conciliation which the
congress can easily and promptly
supply. And all will agree that there
must be no doubt as to the power ot
ihe executive to make immediate and
uninterrupted use of the railroads for
the concentration of the militarj
forces of the nation wherever thev
are needed and whenever they are
livcuu.
Argues Its Own Case.
'This is a programme of regulation,
prevention and administrative effi
ciency which argues its own case In
the mere statement of it. With re
gard to one of its items, the increase
in the efficiency of the interstate com
merce commission, the house of rep
resentatives has already acted; its ac
tion needs only the concurrence of
tile senate.
"I would hesitate to recommend,
and I dare say the congress would
hesitate to act upon the suggestion
should I make it, that any man in
any occupation should be obliged by
law to continue in an employment
which he desired to leave. To pass
a law which forbade or prevented the
individual'^workmen to leave his work
b. fore receiving the approval of so
cictv in doing so would be to adopt
2 new principle into our jurisprudence
which. I take it for granted we ar^
not prepared to introduce. But the
proposal that the operation of thb
railways of the country shall not 5c
' stopped or interrupted by the con
certed action of organized bodies or
men until a public investigation shall
have be. n instituted which shall make
the whole question at issue plain for
the judgment of the opinion of the
nation is not to propose any such prin
If is based upon the very dii
ferret principle that the concerted at;
tivn or powerful bodies of men shah
noi be permitted to stop the indus
trial processes of the nation, at any
: ate- before the nation shall have had
i opportunity to acquaint itself with
ihe merits of ihe case as between em
ploye and employer, time to form its
oninion upon an impartial statement
of the merits, and opportunity to con
sider all practicable means of con
ciliation or arbitration. I can see
nothing in that proposition hut the
iustifiable safeguarding by society of
the necessary processes of its very
life. There is -nothing arbitrary or
unjust in it unless it bp arbitrarily
and unjustly done. It can and should
be done with a full and scrupulous
regard tot* the Interests &o4 liberties
of all concerned as well as for the
permanent i-ntprests of society itself.
"Three makers of capital impor
tant await the action of the senate
which have already betii acted upon 1
by tlie house of representatives: the
i bill which seeks to extend greater
! freedom of combination to those en
gaged in promoting the foreign eom
morce of the country tha-n is now
thought by csome to be legal under the
'terms of the laws against monopoly,
! tbe hill amending the present organic
' law of Puerto Rico; and the bill pro
posing a more thorough and systemat
. ic regulation of the expenditure ot
j money ill elections, conmiomy cauM
j the corrupt practices act. I need nor
j labor my advice that these measures
j be enacted into law. Their urgency
! lies )ii the manifest circumstances
j which render their adoption at this
time not only opportune but neces
j s.irv. Even delay would seriously
j jeopardize the interests of the country
j and of the government.
! "Immediate passage of the bill to
J regulate the expenditure of money iu
j elections may seem to be less necea
; sary than the immediate enactment of
! the other measures to which I refer:
of lpnst- fuw vpflr? will elaDse
before another election in which fed
eral offices are to be filled; but it
would greatly relieve the public mind
if this important matter were dealt
i with while the circumstance and the
j dangers to the public morals of the
1 present campaign funds stand clear
j under recent observation, and tne
i methods of expenditure can be frail*-'
! lv studied in the light of present ex
perience; and a delay would have the
further very serious disadvantage ot
postponing artion until another elec
tion was at hand and some special od
jeot connected with It might he
thought to be in the mind of those
who urged it. Action can be tak^n
now with facts for guidance and with
! out, suspicion of partisan purpose.
For Foreign Trade.
"I shall <not argue at length the
i desirability of giving a freer hand ii:
I the matter of combined and concerted
i effort to those who shall undertake
the essential emerprise of building up
onr export trade. That enterprise
J will presently, will immediately as
sume. has indeed already assumed, a
magnitude unprecedented in our ex
perience. We have not the necessary
I instrumentalities for its nrosecution:
it is deem-d to bo doubtful whether
they could be created upon an ade
quate scale under pur present lawn,
j We should clear away all le^al oo
r'nr-Jos and create a basis oi undoubt
i ed law for it which will give freedom
without permitting unregulated li
cense. The thing must be done now,
because the opportunity is here and
may escape us if we hesitate or delay.
"The argument for the proposed
amendments of the organic law of
Puerto "Rir>n is hripf and rnnrTnfiirp..
The present !aws governing the island
and regulating the rights and priv
ileges of its people are not just. We
have created expectations of extended
privilege whic'i we have not satisfied.
There is uneasiness among the people
of the island and even a suspicious
doubt with regard to oar intentions
concerning them which the adoption
of the pending measure would hap
pily remove Wa do not doubt what
we wish to '*d in any essential par
ticular. W-? ought to do it at once.
"At the last session of the congress
a bill was passed by the senate which
provides for the promotion of educa
! tional and industrial education wnich
is of vital importance to the whole
country because it concerns a matter
too Ion? neglected upon which the
thorough industrial preparation of the
country for the critical" years of eco
nomic development immediately
ahead of us in very large measure de
pends. May I not urge its early and
favorable consideration by the Vouse
of representaeives and its early enact
"v' * - 1 O T 4- nl.OnQ
IllfcJIlL muu law ; i t, vuuicwuo fjwiiu
which affect all interests and all parts
of the country and I am sure that
i there is no legislation now pending
before the congress whose passage the
country awaits with more thoughtful
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SOUTHERN BELL
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approval or greater impatience to iee
a great and admirable tni.ig set in -.be
way of Iking done. ^
"There are otaer matters already
advanced to the sta^e oi contereace
between the two houses of which it
not necessary that 1 should speak.
Sf>:ne practicaole basis ot' agreement
concerning tliem will no doubt be
found and action taken upon thjin.
"Inasmuch as tnis is, gentlemen,
probably tne last occasion I shall havt
to addiess the Sixty-fourth congress,
I hope that you will permit me to saj
with what a genuine pleasure and sai
isfaction 1 have cooperated with you
in the many measures of constructive
policy with which you have enriched
! the legislative annals of the country.
J It has been a privilege to labor m
j such company. 1 take tile liberty or
' congratulating you upon the comple
: tion of a record of rare serviceable
; ness and distinction."
; BACKACHE IS DfSCOlRAGISG
j
| Nothing more discouraging than a
constant backache. Lame whea you
; awaken, pains pierce you when you
- ' - t- ?J i- ?^
i tend or lire. ira nara 10 wwk ur lu
i rest. Backache often indicates bad
Kidney a. Newberry people recommend
j Doan's Kidney Pills. Read this case:
F. W. Higgins, surveyor & civil en
gineer. 1130 Hunt St., Newberry,
. says: "My kidneys were so weak that
j I couldn't control the kidney 6ecre
; tions. I also had pains in the small
I of my back and right side. The trou
| ble seemed to be in my right kidney
a:ul I had pains there all the time.
| My feet were tender and sore and I
! could hardly walk. I suffered in that
! way for about two years, when I got
: Doan's Kidney Pills at Gilder &
i Weeks' Drug Store. The first box
I helDed me and several boxes did me
a world of good."
| 50c, at all dealers. Foster-MiHwirn
Co., Props., Buffalo, X. Y.
j ^
| "THE MAX WHO STOOD STILL"
Stand on any corner in New York
, City or any other large city in the
i United States and you would never
i think that anything stood still, es
pecially-the men. Therefore when
i vnn hear ahout "The Man Who Sto'ort
Still" you are inclined to think, at
J this wonderful age of progress, thai
! he must be something picked up in.
1 the old curiosity shop. "The man
who stood still" was Louis Mann's
i triumphant stage success. We Tiave
i produced it with that wonderful ar
tist, Lew Fields, who has demonstrat
j ed his ability to make people Iaugn,
! the world over. "The man who stood
! still' is one of the most interesting
i stories ever screened. In one scene
you laugh until it becomes painful,
only to find your laughter blending
into tears, when behold, there is an
other laugh coming. This is a clean
drama, highly entertaining, instruc
tive and chuck-full of .wholesome
: amusement.
! 0*era House Tuesday.
j MRS. SUCK'S LETTER
i To Mothers of Delicate Children
Palmyra, Pa.?"My little girl had a
chronic cough and was so thin you could
i count her ribs, and she had no appetite.
; Nothing we gave her seemed to help her
until one day Mrs. Neibert asked me to
try Vinol, and now she is hungry all th ?
! time, her cough is gone, she is stouter
I and has a more healthy color. 1 wisk
every mother who has a delicate child
I would try Vinol."?Mrs. Alfbed Slack
I We guarantee Vinol, our non-secret; >
u - ,
tonic, to make delicate children
healthy and strong.
Gilder & Weeks, Druggists, New
berry, S. C.
Make
ephone Calls
]
r
"Because 2,000 idle curfositr seekers lo "'ogham
o asked 'Central' where the fire was, an emergency
II for an ambulance was be'Jd up (or nearly 15 mln
es and this delar rwolttd in tr.e aeaxn o i .
lysicians say that had the ambr.Ianee keen secared
once '? lite might h*>v? been saved."
- Luiura Adzertucr^
is beyond the bounds
)f possibility to answer >
>romptly the mass of cu~
ty telephone calls that
- "* A ~ "trrrtmn nnf py.
SICI1 IU b ? aui p VUA
lges every time there is a
3 fire.
i
ills for physicians, the am
nce or the police, held up
uch times might result in
Loss of human life.
>r your protection, as well
jr the protection of your
hbors, we ask you not to
the telephone operator
ely out of curiosity. After,
the has no more informs*
than you hare.
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