President Prods Congress Again to Limit Injunctions
President urges Congress to strengthen national control over corporations and labor law reform. He calls for federal measures on taxation, tariffs, postal savings banks, and funding for the interstate commerce commission to enforce the Hepburn act and inspect railway books. He warns against class consciousness and demagogues while emphasizing orderly reform and national unity.
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Interstate Commerce Commission
Commission
Appalachian Mountains
Control of Corporations and federal regulation stance
A historical argument advocates stronger national control over interstate business to curb abuses by large wealth. It supports enlarging the Interstate Commerce Commission and creating an empowered executive body to approve or condemn corporate combinations, replacing ineffective mere negative regulation with proactive oversight.
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Interstate Commerce Commission
Department of Commerce and Labor
Intersta
Bureau of Corporations
Tee
Executive Service
Injunction powers and contempt in labor disputes
The speaker warns that injunctive power has burned worker rights and calls for limits. Contempt proceedings should largely occur before different judges, except where immediate action is required. He urges legislation to curb abuses and prevent future tribal unrest, stressing the risk of permanent democracy damage.
Dual National Control Urged Over Interstate Commerce
The text argues that state control over interstate rail commerce is ineffective and that only national legislation can prevent ongoing and future commercial abuses. It criticizes reliance on the federal judiciary and urges a strong centralized governing body with power over both business and the agents involved.
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Supreme Court
Minnesota
North Carolina
Congress
Labor immunity and antitrust law debate in unions
A strong push argues against total labor exemption from antitrust rules, noting constitutional risk and equal checks on power. It says unions should be free to strike and bargain peaceably but must avoid boycotts or blacklists and favor regulation to protect the public interest.
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Law views on corporate abuse and federal action
Theodore Roosevelt cites a Boston finance commission report detailing collusive bids by major steel firms including American Bridge and US Steel members. He urges new federal legislation to curb corrupt practices, prosecuting misrepresentation and price fixing, and to elevate moral conduct in business.
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Nathan Matthews
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United States
New England
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American Bridge Company
United States Steel Corporation
Commission
Cove Street
Brookline Street
Department of Justice
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