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Newspaper
Waterbury Evening Democrat
Location
Waterbury, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Dec 08, 1908
Page
4
The annual message to Congress calls for labor laws and a revised antitrust framework. It argues currency reform, stronger regulation of railroads and interstate commerce, and broader public oversight of corporate finance to secure fair rates, prevent favoritism, and protect investors, workers, and shippers.
A long excerpt argues the need to supervise great corporations without harming private enterprise. It warns against unrestricted capitalism and demagogues who punish wealth or property. The text stresses opposing misconduct by capitalists and protecting the rights of wage workers and productive leaders.
The piece argues for strong federal power to regulate interstate business and large corporations, criticizing states’ rights as a cover for untamed wealth. It calls for national supervision of railroads, finance, labor protections, and public welfare, insisting centralized authority best safeguards democracy and prevents abuses by concentrated power. It urges suitable compensation, labor rights, and reform of the courts to balance corporate power with workers’ protections.
An address on labor matters argues for reform of abuses and readjustment to modern industrial conditions. It emphasizes state and national action, condemns blind resistance to reforms, and calls for steady, right‑directed change guided by prudent radicalism and conservatism.
The piece condemns leaders of organized labor for a violent national assault on the judiciary. It argues such rhetoric undermines reform by portraying upright judges as targets, hindering efforts to curb judicial abuses and casting reform as a partisan clash.
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