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THE CUMBY RUSTLER
CONGRESS HEARS
ILSOIfS MESSAGE
President^ Address to Both
Houses Is Quite Short.
RAIL TROUBLES COME FIRST
Further Legislation on That Line Is
Strongly Recommended—Bill Giv-
ing Foreign Commerce Promo-
ters Free Hand Necessary.
Washington, Deo. 5.—President Wil-
pon today delivered his message to
both houses of congress in joint ses-
sion. The address was as follows:
Gentlemen of the Congress:
In fulfilling at this time the duty laid
upon me by the Constitution of com-
municating to you from time to time
Information of the state of the Union
End recommending to your considera-
tion such legislative measures as may
be judged necessary and expedient I
shall continue the practice, which I
hope has been acceptable to you, of
“'leaving to the reports of the several
heads of the executive departments the
elaboration of the detailed needs of
the public service and confine myself
to those matters of more general pub-
lic policy with which it seems neces-
sary and feasible to deal at the pres-
ent session of the congress.
I realize the limitations of time un-
der which you will necessarily act at
this session and shall make my sug-‘
gestions as few as possible; but there
were some things left undone at the
last session which there will now be
time to complete and which it seems
necessary in the interest of the public
to do at once.
In the first place.dt seems to me im-
peratively necessary that the earliest
possible consideration and action
should be accorded the remaining
measures of the program of settle-
ment and regulation which I had occa-
sion to recommend to you at the close
of your last session in view of the pub-
lic dangers disclosed by the unaccom-
modated difficulties which then existed,
and which still unhappily continue to
exist* between the railroads of the
country and their locomotive engineers,
Conductors, and trainmen.
Railway Troubles First.
I then recommended:
First, immediate provision for the
enlargement and administrative reor-
ganization of the interstate commerce
, commission along the lines embodied
in the bill recently passed by the house
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 prompt-
ness and thoroughness which are, with
Its present constitution and means of
action, practically impossible.
, > Second, the establishment of an
eight-hour day as the legal basis alike
of work and of wages in the employ-
ment of all railway employees who are
actually engaged in the work of oper-
ating trains In interstate transporta-
tion.
Third, the authorization of the ap-
pointment by the president of a small
ibody of men to observe the actual re-
!*ults in experience of the adoption of
the eight-hour day In railway trans-
portation alike for the men and for
the railroads.
Fourth, explicit approval by the con-
gress of the consideration by the in-
terstate commerce commission of an
increase of freight rates to meet such
additional expenditures by the rail-
roads as may have been rendered nec-
essary by the adoption of the eight-
hour day and which have not been off-
set by administrative readjustments
and economies, should the facts dis-
closed justify the increase.
Fifth, an amendment of the existing
federal statute which provides for the
mediation, conciliation, and arbitration
of such controversies as the present
by adding to it a provision that, In case
the methods of accommodation now
provided for should fail, a full public
Investigation of the merits of every
sueh dispute shall be instituted and
completed before a strike or lockout
may lawfully be attempted.
And, sixth, the lodgment in the
'hands of the executive of the power,
iln case of military necessity, to take
icontrol of such portions and such roll-
ing stock of the railroads of the coun-
try as may be required for military
use and to operate them for military
purposes, with authority to draft Into
the military service of the United
States such train crews and adminis-
trative officials as the eircum.sthnces
require for their safe and efficient use.
Renews His Recommendations.
The second and third of these rec-
ommendations the congress immediate-
ly acted on: it established the eight-
hour day ds the legal basis of work
and wages in train service and it au-
thorized the appointment of a com-
mission ro observe and report upon the
practical results, deeming these the
measures most immediately needed;
but it postponed action upon the other
suggestions until an opportunity should
be offered for a more deliberate con-
sideration of them. The fourth rec-
ommendation I do not deem It neces-
sary to renew. The power of the in-
terstate commerce commission to grant
an iucrease of rates on the ground re-
ferred to is indisputably clear and a
recommendation by the congress with
regard to such a matter might seem to
draw* in question the scope of the com-
mission'll authority or its inclination to
do justice when there Is no reason to
doubt either. a -
The other suggestions—the Increase
in the interstate commerce commis-
sion’s membership and in its facilities
for performing its manifold duties, the
provision for full public investigation
and assessment of industrial disputes,
and the grant to the executive of the
power to control and operate the rail-
ways when necessary in time of war
or other like public necessity—I now
very earnestly renew.
The necessity for such legislation is
manifest and pressing. Those who have
intrusted us with the responsibility
and duty of serving and safeguarding
them in such matters would find it
hard, I believe, to excuse a failure to
act upon these grave matters or any
unnecessary postponement of action
upon them.
Not only does the interstate com-
merce commission now find it practi-
cally impossible, with its present mem-
bership and organization, to perform
its great functions promptly and thor-
oughly, but it is not unlikely that it
may presently be found advisable to
add to its duties still others equally
heavy and exacting. It must first be
perfected as an administrative instru-
ment.
The country cannot and should not
consent to remain any longer exposed
to profound industrial disturbances for
lack of additional means of arbitra-
tion and conciliation which the con-
gress can easily and promptly supply.
And all will agree that there must be
no doubt as to the power of the execu-
tive to make Immediate and uninter-
rupted use of the railroads for the con-
centration of the military forces of the
nation wherever they are needed and
whenever they are needed.
This is a program of regulation, pre-
vention and administrative efficiency
which argues its own case in the mere
statement of it. With regard to one
of its items, the increase in the effi-
ciency of the interstate commerce com-
mission, the house of representatives
has already acted; Its action needs
only the concurrence of the senate.
For Control and Operation.
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 occupa-
tion should be obliged by law to con-
tinue in an employment which he de-
sired to leave. To pass a law which
forbade or prevented the individual
workman to leave his ■work before re-
ceiving the approval of society in do-
ing so would be to adopt a new prin-
ciple into our jurisprudence which I
take it for granted we are not prepared
to Introduce. But the proposal that
the operation of the railways of the
country shall not be stopped or inter-
rupted by the concerted action of or-
ganized bodies of men until a public
investigation shall have been 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 principle. It is based upon
the very different principle that the con-
certed action of powerful bodies of men
shall not be permitted to stop the in-
dustrial processes of the nation, at any
rate before the nation shall have had
an opportunity to acquaint itself with
the merits of the case as between em-
ployee and employer, time to form its
opinion upon an impartial statement
of the merits, and opportunity to con-
sider all practicable means of concilia-
tion or arbitration.
I can see nothing in that proposition
but the justifiable safeguarding by so-
ciety of the necessary processes of
its very life. There is nothing arbi-
trary or unjust in it unless it be arbi-
trarily and unjustly done. It can and
should be done with a full and scrupu-
lous regard for the interests and liber-
ties of all concerned as well as (for the
permanent interests of society itself.
Other Legislation Urged. '
Three matters of capital importance
await the action of the senate which
have already been acted upon by the
house of representatives: the bill
which seeks to extend greater freedom
of combination to those engaged in pro-
moting the foreign commerce of the
country than is now thought by some
to be legal under the terms of the laws
against monopoly; the bill amending
the present organic law of Porto Rico;
and the bill proposing a more thor-
ough and systematic regulation of the
expenditure of money in elections, com-
monly called the Corrupt Practices Act.
I need not labor my advice that these
measures be enacted into law. *ieir
urgency lies in the manifest circum-
stances which render their adoption at
this time not only opportune but neces-
sary. Even delay would seriously
jeopard the interests of the country
and of the government.
Immediate passage of the bill to reg-
ulate the expenditure of money in elec-
tions may seem to be less necessary
than the immediate enactment of the
other measures to which I refer; be-
cause at least two years will elapse
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 with
while the circumstances and the dan-
gers to the public morals of the pres-
ent method of obtaining and spending
campaign funds stand clear under re-
cent observation and the methods of
expenditure can be frankly studied in
the light of present experience; and a
delay would have the further very se-
rious disadvantage of postponing ac-
tion until another election was at hand
and some special object connected with
it might be thought to be in the mind
of those who urged it. Action can be
taken now with facts for guidance and
without suspicion of partisan purpose.
I shall not argue at length the desir-
ability of giving a freer hand in the
matter of combined and concerted ef-
fort to those who shall undertake the
essential enterprise of building up our
export trade. That enterprise will
presently, will immediately assume,
has indeed already assumed, a magni-
tude unprecedented in our experience.
We have not the necessary instrumen-
talities for its prosecution; it is
deemed to be doubtful whether they
could be created upon an adequate
scale under our present laws. We
should clear away all legal obstacles
and create a basis of undoubted law
for it which will give freedom without
permitting unregulated license. The
thing must be done now, because the
opportunity is here and may escape us
if we hesitate or delay.
Porto Rico's Needs.
The argument for the proposed
amendments of the organic law of Por-
to Rico is brief and conclusive. The
present laws governing the island and
regulating the rights and privileges of
its people are not just. We have cre-
ated expectations of extended privi- j
lege which we have not satisfied. !
There is uneasiness among the people
of the island and even a suspicious
doubt with regard to our intentions
concerning them which the adoption of I
the pending measure would happily re- j
move. We do not doubt what we wish
to do in any essential particular. We :
ought to do it at once.
There are other matters already ad-
vanced to the stage pf conference be-
tween the two houses of which it is
not necessary that I should speak.
Some practicable basis of agreement
concerning them will no doubt be found
and action taken upon them.
Inasmuch as this is, gentlemen, prob-
ably the last occasion I shall have to
address the Sixty-fourth congress, I j
hope that you will permit me to say
with what genuine pleasure and satis-
faction I have co-operated with you in
the many measures of constructive pol-
icy writh which you have enriched the
legislative annals of the country. It
has been a privilege to labor in such
company. I take the liberty of con-
gratulating you upon the completion of
a record of rare serviceableness and
distinction.
Bound to Make Good.
The well-dressed stranger stepped
Into the drug store and, passing by
the boy who usually attended to casual
customers, approached the proprietor,
who was arranging some goods in the
show case.
“Mr. C-, I presume?” he re-
marked, pleasantly, and the druggist
turned and bowed gravely. “I have
heard my friend, Mr. Quorn, speak of
you often,” said the brisk man. “He
told me if ever I needed anything in
this line to come to you. He spoke of
you as a man on whom one could rely
with perfect confidence, who had only
the best of evrything and with whom
it was always a pleasure to deal.”
“Mr. Quorn is very kind,” answered
the other, beaming with gratification.
“He is one of by best customers. What
can I do for you this morning?”
“Well—er—this morning, as it hap-
pens,” said the stranger, with just a
little briskness, “this morning I should
like, if you will allow me, to consult
your directory.”
“Certainly,” was the calm reply. “We
also have a good selection of one and
two-cent stamps as well as railway
time tables, if you need anything of
that kind.”
Franklin Objects Seriously.
She isn’t very large, that’s true, but
being a county seat, and boasting of
a college, several factories, flour mills,
railways, interurbans and her lately
acquired Masonic home, Franklin feels
that she is not a town to be passed
lightly by, in fact, she knows her im-
portance, and thought that everyone in
the state realized it until she was
taken down a bit lately. During the
big conference ' of the Methodist
churches held recently in the town a
meeting of the Indianapolis presbytery
was in session at the same time at
Hopewell, a country church in a pros-
perous farming community a few
miles out. One of the Presbyterian
delegates, on leaving the train joined
in the throng headed for the Method-
ist church. When it came to regis-
tering, some of his Inquiries caused
someone to suggest that probably he
was in the wrong place, and he asked
innocently: “Isn’t this Hopewell?”
“No, this is Franklin,” was the proud
reply.—Indianapolis News.
Rather Embarrassing.
Irvin Cobb, the war correspondent,
home from Europe long enough recent-
ly to get his breath and look over the
proof sheets of a new book, attended
an authors’ banquet in New York.
A deaf man sat next to Cobb. Far-
ther down the table another man told
a funny story, and when he finished,
the deaf man laughed and applauded
louder and longer .than any of the
rest.
“Good old boy!” shouted the deaf
man. “That reminds me of a story,” he
added to those near by.
“Get up and tell it, Charlie,” cried
several. The toastmaster sanctioned
the suggestion.
Then the deaf man got up and told
the same story the other man had told.
He Was on the Job.
The undertaker arose and said to
the mourners assembled:
“If anyone present wishes to say a
few words of tribute to the deceased,
now is the time, when the family wiU
be glad to hear such.”
A stillness prevailed, and after a
few moments of silence It was broken
by young man, who arose and
asked:
“Do I understand ithat no one wishes
to make any remarks?”
“It would appear so,” replied the
undertaker.
“Then,” asked the young man, as a
light came into his eyes, “may I be
permitted to make a few remarks
about southern California and its won-
derful climate?”
Some Things they Ask in Gotham Railway Stations
MEW” YORK.—Is it any wonder that the information clerks in the railroad
la stations talk in their sleep? The questions they are compelled to answer
at times would indicate that the public who travel go clear off their “burner.”
At the Grand Central station the other
ARE YOU
SURE THAT
TRAIN W!LL
ARR1KE ON
day a man approached the information
bureau and inquired, “Wliat time does
the train I came in go back?”
Had the clerk replied as he felt,
TIME . icanT he might have said as soon as the wa-
HAYE ANY
GUESSlti'
ABOUT li-
ter coolers were refilled or the engi-
neer had rested. But instead he re-
marked that more than 200 trains ar-
rive daily, and asked, “Where did you
come from?” “Springfield, Mass.,”
said the man, and then he was in-
formed when the next train would
leave for that city. A woman asked if she could rely on a certain train reach-
ing Chicago on time. Upon being informed that it usually kept to schedule,
she said: “I can’t have any guesswork about this. I want a definite answer.
I can’t afford to miss connections in Chicago.” Asked if it were customary
for the expresses to make up lost time, the clerk said that they tried to do
so, but sometimes failed. “Well, it’s a mighty queer way to run a railroad,”
was the caller’s parting shot.
*Tm going up to Vermont,” said a woman; “what is the best train to
take?” There are three roads into Vermont, and the clerk inquired, “What
place in Vermont, madam?” “Say, have they got you here to ask questions
or to answer them?” was her retort. Yet it is claimed there are no informa-
tion clerks in any of the sanatoriums.
Father Knickerbocker’s Spending Money for 1917
STEW YORK.—Manhattan island was bought from the Indians for $24 worth
11 of trinkets. It will cost $211,115,015 for the city’s upkeep In 1917. Father
Knickerbocker was granted this spending money the other day. Never in New
York’s history, nor in that of any other
municipality, has such a tremendous
outlay been required. Yet the total
represents economy, bespeaks effici-
ency, as city experts know it nowa-
days. The budget makers say it rep-
resents cost paring to a degree almost
unsafe.
Not a cent less would be sufficient
for the health, safety, comfort and
happiness of Pa Knickerbocker's five
and a half million children, they as-
sert. And only 314 square miles are
comprised within the city limits. It is a wonderful document, the city budget.
It is a sailing chart for Father Knickerbocker. It is a curb on his naturally
luxurious habits. Within it is set forth what he is to pay to his policemen, to
his firemen and to his army of civil servants.
To the cent it is designated how the entire $211,000,000 is to be expended.
So much for protection, the budget says, so much for sanitation, so much for
recreation, so much for physical comforts, so much for the enjoyments that
come to the mind. It would be less, the budget makers tell, were it not for
the wild oats that Pa Knickerbocker sowed in his youth.
This condemnation is contained in the debt service item, the largest in
the budget. It is stipulated that $69,744,568.95 shall be paid on account of
the debt that the old Dutch daddy rolled up. This total debt is $1,475,572,-
596.38.
Hiawatha Still the King in Minnehaha Falls Park
a*INNEAPOLIS.—Long live the king! Hiawatha, patriarch bull elk of Minne-
lli halia Falls, still is czar of his herd. The annual autumnal battle for
supremacy in the park elk herd has been fought between Hiawatha and the
pretender, strongest of the younger
bulls in the herd, and Hiawatha pro-
claimed victor.
Such is the rule of elkdom. To
the strongest goes the scepter. For a
year the biggest and most powerful
bull rules the herd. During the sum-
mer the other bulls foregather alone.
With the first frosty days of fall comes
the annual battle for the throne.
When the parkkeeper turned the
two herds together—the king and hi*
does on one side and the assemblage
of bachelor bulls on the other—Hiawatha looked up and braced himself to
take his part. Out in advance of his brethren charged a powerful bull, pre-
tender to the throne, younger and more agile, but several pounds lighter than
the patriarch.
Straight toward Hiawatha came the challenger. Straight at the chal-
lenger charged the king, with lowered head.
Halfway between the two groups the warriors met with a clang of antlers
that echoed through the gorge. For 30 minutes, with horns locked, they bat-
tled back and forth. Each was trying for the energetic twist of head and
neck that would throw his rival to the ground. Had either been successful in
this it would have tried to gore its adversary to death.
Then the skill born of many previous battles came to the old master’s aid.
With a sudden lunge he pushed the challenger back 50 feet. Three times ho
nearly succeeded in felling him with clever twists of horns and head. Three
times the challenger saved himself in the nick of time. After the last escape
the youngster, aware that he was beaten, scampered headlong down the gorge.
Bugling defiance and scorn at the worsted rival, Hiawatha returned to
the herd. The other bulls, true to elk nature, timidly joined him, deserting
their late champion. Hiawatha Is secure upon his throne at least until the
fall of 1917.
Nothing Doing at Chicago’s Municipal Woodpile
CHICAGO.—There has been no grand fall opening at the municipal lodging
V* house on North Union avenue this year. The city’s pile of uncut railroad
ties is daily growing higher. For the first time since the municipal "flop waf
opened the building wa* empty at the
first real touch of- winter weather.
The lodging house owners are the
hardest hit by the good times. Many
of them complain that, while usually
at this time of the year their places
aro filled to capacity and thej- have to
turn men away, at present, despite the
cold snap, less than half of their beds
are occupied.
W. J. Anderson, assistant superin-
tendent at the municipal lodging house,
who had made an investigation of
lodging-house conditions at the instigation of Dr. \\. K. Murray of the health
department, reported that prosperity is the reason why hundreds of men were
not knocking at the doors of the hpilding for admittance.
In the municipal lodging house there are 500 beds, but the structure i!
darkened and there is no sign of life about the place. Usually at this time ol
the year the place is filled. As many as 3.500 men have been cared for in twe
additional houses, which in other years the city had to rent.
At the municipal woodpile no wood has been cut In many weeks.
TAKE EVERY
PRECAUTION—
AGAINST A SPELL OF
INDIGESTION
BILIOUSNESS
CONSTIPATION
COLDS, GRIPPE
OR MALARIA
RESORT TO
HOSTETTER’S
Stomach Bitters
AT THE FIRST SIGN OF TROUBLE
India rubber, it is believed, was used
for the first time as an eraser in 1770.
Spartan Women Suffered Untold Tortures
but who wants to be a Spartan? Take
“Femenina” for all female disorder!.
Price 50c and $1.00.—Adv.
An easy-going man is sometimes dif*
ficult to get rid of.
Whenever You Need a General Tonic
Take Grove’s
The Old Standard Grove’s Tasteleat
chill Tonic is equally valuable as a Gen-
eral Tonic because it contains the well
known tonic properties of QUININE ans
IRON. It acts on the Liver, Drives oul
Malaria, Enriches the Blood and Build!
up the Whole System. SO cents.
The cultivated brain and corrup!
heart are rarely found in the sam<
body.
YOU MAY LOOK YOUNG
By Keeping Your Complexion Yourv
With Cuticura. Trial Free.
The Soap to cleanse and purify, thi
Ointment to soothe and heal. Thest
super-creamy emollients do much t<
keep the skin clear, fresh and youthful
as well as to keep the hair in a live
healthy condition and*' the hands soft
and white.
Free sample each by mail with Book
Address postcard, Cuticura, Dept. L
Boston. Sold everywhere.—Adv.
INDIAN NAMES FOR WARSHIPS
Suggestion Made That Vessels of thi
United States Navy Be Called
After Famous Red Men.
A correspondent of the New Yorl
Times advocates Indian names foj
United States warships. “How t«
name the ships of our vastly extended
navy is an interesting question. A
glance down the list of the names o1
our naval ships does undoubtedly giv«
the impression that ‘they had been ao
cepted by a weary man as a choice ol
evils.’
“It seems to me that from the men
of the race longest Identified wfith oui
history—the noble red men—and from
their tribes, most befitting titles could
be found for applying to our.warships.
From early childhood the lives of the
foremost Indian chieftains have in-
spired intense admiration in Ameri-
cans. They are the Ideal embodiment
of the greatest naval battle prowess
of their time.
“What names could imply the idea
of Indomitable fighting force In the
American mind equally with Powha-
tan. the powerful sachem of Virginia;
or Pontiac, “the Red Napoleon,” chief
of the Ottawas; or Tecumseh, chief
of the Shawnees, or (Shawanoes) and
celebrated fighter, diplomat, and ora-
tor ; or Black Hawk, noted warrior
chieftain of the Sacs and Foxes?”
Preparedness.
“Mamma, I wish I had a crutch,”
complained Johnnie.
“What in the world does a boy with
two good straight legs ■want with a
crutch ?”
“Well, mamma, it!s a good thing to
practice on iq case you get hurt and
have to use it some time.”
The cheerful feeling you
possess after a drink of
something hot and flavory
should be only the beginning
of your satisfaction.
For this very reason more
and more people are turning
from coffee to
Instant Postum
A lessened tendency to such
annoyances as nervousness
and sleeplessness repays
them
A ten-day trial of this de-
lightful, flavory hot drink has
assisted so many to health
and comfort that your friend,
the Postum drinker, will tell
you its well worth while.
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