MESSAGE TO CONGRESS
TAFT'S RECOMMENDATIONS IMPORTANT COURT OF COMMERCE PROPOSED. DELALING WITH RAILROADS. By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright. (Received January 9, 5 p.m.) WASHINGTON, January S. President Tuft, in his Message to Congress, recommends the creation, of a Court of Commerce, to try all railroad cases arising out of the- interstate Commerce Commission's orders, and analogous to the recently-author-ised United States Customs' Court, xhe Court of Commerce would be subject to review by the Supremo Court. The President proposes that the Inter-State Commerce Commission sha.ll have power to fix rates and readjust classification of merchandise. Mr Taft recommends extension of the* scope of tho Employers' Liability Act to facilitate lawsuits. While no changes arc proposed in tho anti-trust law, tho President recommends the Federal incorporation of large • business enterprises.
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New Zealand Times, Volume XXXII, Issue 7022, 10 January 1910, Page 5
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