CANNON Is held personally responsible for the failure to consider measures and to enact proposed and desired legislation. because he is all powerful In the House. then be should by the same reasoning be given credit for the great measures which have been enacted during his speakership. It is certain that more great measures. tending to ameliorate and better the condition of the people and to respond to the moral and industrial uplifting of mankind and to conform to the progress of the times have been passed into law while he has been Speaker than during any other equal period of time in our countrys history. Among many others may be noted the following: Purefood law. actual governmental control of railroad rates and railroad accounting. providing additional safety and safeguards for railroad employees. scientific study of means to prevent railway accidents. the employers liability law. providing compensation for employees injured in the government service. to restrict immigration and prevent improper immigration. irrigation and reclamation of arid lands. providing commissions to study river improvement and currency reform. enlarging the powers. duties. and effectiveness of the Forest Service. the testing of coal and other natural resources by the Geologic Survey. placing the Bureau of Standards on a solid footing. the regul4tion of dams constructed for water power and withholding by general act of Congress unlimited franchises for either dams or bridges in. across. or over navigable streams. a strict antirebate law. revising and codifying the penal statutes. the regulation of interstate shipments of intoxicating liquors. the pulp and paper investigation. These and many other measures of great and general importance have been carried through during the Speakership of
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