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Newspaper
Fort Wayne Weekly Sentinel
Location
Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 04, 1907
Page
13
The annual message to Congress urges tighter, clearer statutes to punish the real wrongdoer and insists that public opinion back the laws. It argues against fining corporations and stresses imprisonment for prime offenders, noting sentimentality and technicality undermine enforcement.
The speech urges curb on injunctive abuse, expands federal labor protections, worker compensation for accidents, eight hour extension, and compulsory labor dispute investigations. It also calls for inland waterways, grain grading reform, irrigation and reclamation, and strict public land management to protect homemakers and small farmers.
The passage argues that federal action on women and child labor is essential, urging comprehensive district and territorial laws, renewed investigations, and model laws for territories, with emphasis on honesty and robust government oversight.
A call for conserving natural resources and developing national water highways led by the Mississippi and Columbia. The speaker urges federal leadership to create a deep waterway from the Great Lakes to the Mississippi, easing rail congestion and expanding the coast line inland.
An editorial warns that mineral wealth is finite and stresses preventing soil loss via forest preservation. It argues current lumber use outpaces growth, foresees rising prices and a looming timber famine, and calls for drastic action to manage forests without harming public use.
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