Roosevelt Message on Railway Rates and Prosperity
The piece outlines President Roosevelt's message urging an administrative body to oversee railway rate issues, denounces rebates, and discusses trusts, insurance, revenue revision, and major issues like the Panama Canal. It argues prosperity rests on the character and efficiency of American workers and warns that harming the less fortunate ultimately harms all, urging broad policy to lift all industrious people.
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Senate
House of Representatives
Regulation of Trusts and the Need for Federal Oversight
The essay argues for strong federal regulation of interstate corporations, warning that state action cannot curb their power. It urges congressional enactment or a constitutional amendment to give national government comprehensive supervisory authority, while condemning overcapitalization and corporate abuses that harm workers, investors, and public morals.
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Egainet
Trades Union
Congress
Department of Justice
District of Columbia
Navy Yards
Railways Rates and Government Regulation Debate
A lengthy speech argues for federal regulation of interstate railroad rates to curb unjust charges and rebates. It supports an administrative body with power to set maximum rates after investigation and to enforce compliance, while preserving private ownership and avoiding full public control.
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Dee
Congress
Interstate Commerce Commission
Problems of Labor in the United States Policy Debate
The national government should push reforms in Washington to model city conditions, regulate child and women labor, and gather comprehensive data on labor issues. It argues against restricting court injunctions, emphasizes state duties, and calls for thorough investigations by the Commerce and Labor Department on child and women workers, with focus on fair treatment and national unity.
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Congress
Supreme Court of the United States
District of Columbia
City of
Washington
Department of Commerce and Labor
Therselves
Square Deal for All and the Risk of Class Cleavages
The text warns that a spirit favoring broad social dominance would endanger the republic. It argues for recognizing the individual worth of each person and maintaining government capability. It contrasts occupation with occupation, workers versus capitalists, and small versus large means, to highlight ethical lines between honest and dishonest behavior.
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Lowat
Roosevel
Messaul
Army and Navy
Panama Canal
Commonwealth
England
Merce
Pabic
American
Seaboard
Colorado
United States
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