The El Reno Democrat. (El Reno, Okla.), Vol. 19, No. 40, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 10, 1908 Page: 2 of 8
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w W f r It.i in *n hecnm* n cne ndent.
PRESIDENT
TO CONGRESS
Message Read to Both
Houses of National
Assembly
LEGISLATION CALLED FOR
I*r liln lMjr
ary
r #n
I avi
ft *
« humpi
of
■der.
IK
i 46ft*nil the rig
•4 iii fear from
wealth, and tlu
ling ( • 11 ;•
f properly
smngdoers
i who. are
Iim\# most
ar from th# demagoguei# who In th#
MHtr of (Nipiiur rich!* would do wrong
it and i | f i « s* t ohfhi busim in**n.
uufnt on ii of wraith for ti*# success of
it kit-r type of wrongdoer neowwirlly in-
IIh I *• • h " tiori tfaloa
ne wrongdoer mnuinallv uphold* . . .
Need of Centralization.
Tt#
prop*
fit;
Financial Standing of the N
clared Excellent—-Control
porations, the President
Should Be Left to the
Government—Labor Lr.ide
In for Criticism—-Respect
Vital to^ne WeM-Bi og of
I rri i « n v n'( oinii * n«lHtn !i made 1 f
a pt-i . . ti* >*-.tge that half holid -s
hi granted difinif >umm#r to oil wu|t* |
Morkt-r^ in ir«vrt iiinent •*m| b>y .
I itIwo r neu n y ret ••mm* nil.itlon that
th** prim ipi* of the eight hour «liy !
ihouM i" rapidis ini m Ui • pfa i -
• .t| l«- be extended to the entire work
being tarried on hv tl «* government;
ti • prvHfllt u W > ho.I III l i' amended to
i tohrtu i . niilr.i. In on ti «•««« p-blie
work* whuli tin present wording of
Would Double Salaries of Judges.
1 most c.i meet I>' urge upon the « s-
ihorl fixid pe-
• tinned after
pe..*
duty
it* in* t In
w Kiven
to III
no b •
iird is i
.•.ok i'.
•ur! t>
Igslt >
would oth*rwis# i..- ?It .in
<i hearing on ll * merits
• hot.1-1 h# had within i
ri« d. and. If not then <
hearing. It should forthwith lap*e. He-
. «ions should l e rend. red Immediately,
nod th# rliunrf of ddi.v minimised in
e\erv Moreover. I | -l|e%e t' it tie
procedure should Im* sharply defined. and
ti.# ludi:# nnolnil miuuielv to state the
particulars twitI* of 1 * a< (ion and of hip
r- a non# therefor «•. that the congress
<ao if It dcsir.s • \ .in'ua and investigate
lion wrsi< ?. o:
ail I op with a
ana to • ontinui
or it i night i-
< lent nunihi
work In ti
ided beta*-
v ili-
1 •
I;
ni*n«: n <• ♦-
• yc.p!e Of
th#
For ma i
th.
shorte
of
f war.
#n th# ret-
ami If:** « orp# of n-
l.m-i ra Funds should be provided ftoiu
urn ni revenues if It i* *b*m««l win*- -
itherwise from the Kali- of bonds Tin*
•saentiul thin* la that th# u..;k -diould
to forward until r ti.* In st |M ssibl. pin
and
time
st |i
•tbi-
TI
playing with our
ati
Th
Th« |ire#W<%nt that national
l^arks adjai enl to national foro.its la*
I land under !li« control of the fot« t
srrviro of ih<? u: i« uluiral ilt parf
iiii'iit; ho also polr.lH ort tho h p.t
dc riv«(l from i>u. • food iutlou.
Tho nio^sage continiio.^:
Needs of the Secret Service.
Cuba
In i* •!•.« our i« . up • * will cmm In
ikrnl i v\ • • ■wmiW ttant Uw Cubuns
hnv# in orderly mannrr t *d their
covi-run. nlal wutlioriti*-ii. nral the isDi vd
v, • ■ • rnf4 over t* «w our \i-
prr .on mi this < «-anion h. laHted a Ht-
ile o\<i two >.-mim. and Cuba has thr1'-
i a mat piorpered wnder It. Our earn-at
topi ami one il.-tUro Is that the peOl>la
..f tin inland .shall now govern them-
w'ms w.tl uiatlc*'. so ti.at p a; e and jr-
ut r n. to m nr#
Japanese Exposition.
•. . gtvi • nm nl Im p-*i t-
Im im| .nt I I'MT the dat* of the
• • , I egpogltion i • ictioa b«>
. j.iti •• .is to Insure nixiph- time
Id In made.
WashitMT
doni K
hOUSlH
sl;ui(-o
it \
To ti.i
K'
Tlu
a hie
de f*vts
vill do
1, 1**01. to
-illation
Within
anion* v
t*tl\
iiutit.ii at tlio •
anil tlu> flnainhil iii
tian'n Im < i- • >« i t
Ing th# la«*t HeVen v
innat satisfactory i.
rem v ayati iu 1> Unp-
ti#i*tly io ti# hop#.I
commission ^Hl l «
thorouKlil> k«m «I *->
Willi the i xiHtlli
T>urTr'^ the |Kiioil fin
fl#pt#mh* r ,ii . 190S. tin r.
In th# amount of nmm-j
§902 1.W The in. i - .
durinK this p*-r|od was
time there were Severn
It waa ueresnAry for tlu tr«i.«-ur\ «l*
pMrlment ro rom# \■* tin r#llef of the
•uoney market by pui.'ias.s it r#d#iup-
tions of l'nlt#d Stales homls hv linn •-
Ing depoHlta in national banks hv stim-
ulating sddiliooal isHui'f of national bank
not#s, and by fa. illtatlnK importations
from abroad of gold <> r linperf*« t nn
r#n#> syatem ha# mad# these prorfrdlni«
■t#«aessary. and tln*> weri effe« ti\e until
th# mon#tary dlsturbanr# in tin- fall of
J907 lmm#n eljF Im r *ai«ed ih# dlffli ulty of
ordinary methods of relief My th# mill
dl# of Nov#tnb#r th# jvalluhl# worklnr
Mlanr# In th# trra nry hud b##n r#dm*#d
to ■ppro\imat#ly ^..too.oni Clearing
lioua# aaaorlatlonii throughout the i-oun-
try had Waea obliged to r#sort to tho
•apedl#nt of isauiug !learing bona# eer-
tlfl«at#a. to lie u <*d aa money. In thl
•m#rg#m v It was d#t*>rmin**d to invit#
•ubsrilptinn* for Panama ranal
bdnds. and fiaft.fttiO.OflO three per e#nt.
eertlfli atea of iiid#bl#dne?s authorised by
the act of June 13. 1WA. It *as pr*>pos#d
to r#d#posit iu the national banks th#
pro* **#d# of th#se Iro u«s. and to permit
ih#ir nae ms a basia for additional circu-
lating notes of national Ivanks Th#
moral effect of this pro* edur# w as so
gnat that it was n#ee**ary to ls«ne only
H^.t'.!l1.9Ko of the l*annma bonds and Sir
tau.MHi of th# certificates of indebtedness.
luirlnu the p«'rloil from July 1. IWI. to
Bepteniber ,ja. litis, the balan. Ix-tu.- n
the net oruinary r#< cipts ;.nd th. net
ordinary cfcpensis of tl < govcruim nt
ehowed a surplus in the four y« ;• rs- lfK
I'.i- and 1' *• ." in.I . ih Hi it in the
years Ittfr and a fractionni pari
nf tf.p y/-ai 1KJ. Th. nit ri suit
was a surplus of $:iv -'v"..I;. 4 T: • lin.in-
i"ial operatihns of tin gov■> inimm during
this period, baaed upon these different * s
betwi**!! rocelpta and expenditure-., r.
• ultrd In a net reduction of the ini#r^>
bearing debt of th# I niie«i Sts
fM7.14l.tl40 to $^.1!.hi,990. nol wlthst .indii v
that there had l ##n two sales of I'aiiHinu
ranal liomlS amounting In tii# uyKMgai#
to SHftU.Mtfi. an*! an isau# of three f*>r
• ont certificates of lnd#bledne*s ui.d#r
th# a*t of-Jun# 13. 1K99. amounting to
9IB,4]W'.o<V) flefunding operations if th#
tr#asnry department und#r th* act of
llarch 14. 1900. resulted hi the conver-
sion Into two pfr eeut. ••onsols of l*Ht> *>f
* < :wt.40S Itouds hearing highfr rate# of
lrtter#st A d^vreaa^ of K9T *♦'.♦ In the
onhuel interest itharge resulted from
these operations.
In short, during i^i# se.v#n >ears and
three monllie ther# has b*#n a n#t stiv-
plus of nearly on# hundml millions of
reeelpis over #xp#ndlturi's. s ro<hictlon
•f tbe interest-bearing debt by nlnetv
millions. In spite of th# #xtnLordliiar\
pense of the Panama canal, and u *a\ in*
of n#arly hin# millions on th# annual
lalerest eharjpe.
Control of Corporations.
As regards tli# great cot porations ^n-
gused In interstate business, and e«;>*
rially the raili*eads I < mm only rep.* ,!
W^hai 1 have alrra<l> again and again sai.l
In my messages te the congress I i,
1fe\e ihai under the Intrrstat# elaus# of
th# constitution th I'm led States has
C4)iupl'*te and p.iruuiount ngl.i to con-
trol all agenclea of Interstate i.-miioree,
and I l.^lie\ e that ihe national
ment alon# can *\er« is# this right wit ti
wisdom and eff#ctiv#ness so : « both to
atcta'# .lustie# from, and to do ;«•
tn# sreai . orporations shlcli are the
most impoftaut factors in mod in bus' |
iiess I helleve that it i.* worse than
fol!y to attempt to prohibit all com
blii.itioo * la done by the Sherman
a ii ra trust law. because audi a Iwa can
be enforced only imperfectly and on
•Qiially, and its enforcement works a!
mi ob ' as much hartlship as good I
strangly advo«;ate that inst#ad of *n un-
Wi.se effort to prohibit all combinations
tfiere shall t>e subslltuled * l.-iw which
slifilt expressly permit eoinhinatlons
«>::ch are In tbe interest of th# public,
but sl all ai th# same tlnir giv# to some
agency in the national goxernmrnt full
IMjwe: mC control and supervision over
tlfem On# of the chief feature* of this
roatrol shopld l e sec u rig g entire pub-
licity In all matters which the pi.bli
has h l iuht" ta know, an.l fin t ln-riiiore,
the power, not l y judicial but by e\e« u-
tlve action, i< prevent or put a stop to
every form of Improper favoritism or
oth#r wrangdoinij
Th# railways of the country should he
put completely under the intersta'. . u
mere# commission and reinov d from
the domain of the , anti-trust law. Th*
power of the commission should be made
tnoroughgoing, so that it cOuld « \.-r> i e
complete- supervision and control over
the issue itf securith s as w« 11 as over
the raising and lowering < f rates As
regards rates, at least this powi r should
t e summary. . . . Kates must be made
as iovi .is is compatible with giving • r< j
er returns to all t mploy. s of th-- rail-
road. from the highest to the l«-\\
and proper rdurt.s to the sharely.lder--.
but the^ must not for instanc* L." t- -
-duced in such fashion as to iu ssltate
a cut in thf wagea of e i
the abolition of the proper and legitimate
profits of honest shareholder
Telegraph and telephone « otnpanies en-
gaged in interstate business shouiii he
put under the jurisdiction of the inter-
stale commerce commission
Jt Is ve.-y earnestly t«- be wished tl.at
our people, f rougli their repr. ^ -ntatives.
ph'M.ld ait in tills matter it is to
the interest of all of us that
there should be a premium put upon In-
dividual iufiiatjy& find indiiidial c*
TI
iunt keepihg. pnhlleii
issue Of secji rith
i pen
olniot
of
I prlvlh gi*s. Thrw I
should be short tin > fratirhls. s for all
< < r{a>niticns engaa.il in public businr**
including the corporations v\hich r.'1
power from water rights. There Khould |
l.i national as well us state Kuardianshii>
of mines and forests. Tile labor legisla-
tion hereinafter referred to should > n-
currcntly l«* enacted Into law.
To aci omptish this, means a «•< rt.iln in-
crease In the use of not the creation « ? ,
p<iw• r. by the central government. Th
power alrea«l.\ exists. Ii .li^*s not In.
to l e created. the only question is
whether it shall Im used * r l *ft idle
and meanwhile the corporations over
wld.*)i the power ought to he exercised
«lll not remain idle. The danger to Ann r
iran thMuocrai >" lieu not in tlietlfjist in the
concentration of adniiniatrati\. poa*er in
responsihle and accountable hands It
lira in having the power insufficiently
concentrated, ho that no one can b<> held
responsible to the people for Its us*
Labor Leaders Criticised.
At the last election e« rtain lend"
of the mod*
ith its
sweeping atta.'K upon i •• eniir- j.Mil-
iary of the count rv an attack couched
in such terms as to include the most
upright. hont t and broad-minded
)udg« s. no lc-s than thus, of narrower
mind and more restricted outlook. \
laist year. Is f.ue the houro com-
mltt« e mi judiciary. them* same
labor 1« aders formulated their de-
mands specifying tin hill that
contain* *1 them, refusing: all con pro- '
m ***-. stat'ng thev wished the principle
if that hill or ii -t 11: • I I it \ i tv i. t • d | j ng for adinu
• ui a provision that im a labor dispute
no injur- tlou should issue ex -ept to
proteet a prt*p'*rt> right, and specitical-
Iv provided that the right to tarry on
buslne: s should not be construed as a
property right; and in a second provis-
ion tlnir bill made legal in a labor diS-
aecurltles. and its constant consolida-
tion with allied undertakings, finally
hi cotn« an Instrument so complex as
to contain a greater number of de-
ments that, under various Judicial de-
cisions. lend themselves to fraud and
oppression than any devh •• yet evolved
in the human brain. Corporations are
necessary instruments of modern busi-
ness. They have been permitted to
largel >
of
concentrated poster is palpable, vislblt. put# any ad or agreement by or he
renponslblr. easily reached, quickly held , t ween two or more person* that w
ernmental repn
pie have worked slowl> in provitl-
eontrol over them.
Our great clusters of corpora-
tions. huge trusts and fabulously
wealthy multimillionaires, employ the
very best lawyers they can obtain to
ph k flaws In statutes after their
passage; but they also employ a class
of secret agents who seek, undt r the
advice of experts. to render hostile
is
peril
of |* -
among
to a<«ouiii Democtac
wher#v#r the administration
Idle.• l power is acatt#r#d
a variety of men who work in
secret, whose very names are un-
known tn the eoiuiuon people It is not
in peril from any man who derives au
tliorlty from th# peopl#. who e\ *r. ls«-s
It in sight of the |ieople. and who Is
from time to time compelled to giv# an
ai - ount of its exercise to the people.
Legislation for Wageworker.
There are many matters affecting labor
sud th# status of the wageworker to
*hich I should Ilk. to draw your atten-
tion. hot an exhaustive dis« itssion of the
problem in all its aspects is not now net
uld . i eg i m I a . ion Innocuous by making it un-
not have be< n unlawful if done by a constitutional, often through the itiser-
single person In other words, this bill ; fioil 0f what appear on their face to be
legalized blacklisting and boycotting , drastic and sweeping provisions ngainst
ui every form, legalising, for Instance, j interests of the parties inspiring
those forms of the secondary boycott
which the anthracite coal strike com-
mission ao uureserx edly condemned; |
I be|ie
in
fort.
rliaps It
j rate
? '
to
tliff*
nndition ■
i stead
uiih I be
ef-
bile the right to cany on a business
was explicitly taken out from under
that protection which the law throws
over proper!v Th** demand was muds
that there should be trial by jury In
contempt cases thereby most seriously
impairing the authority of the courts.
All this ti presented a course of p ihry
which, if carried out. would mean the
enthronement of las.- privilcg« In its
crudest and most brutal form and the
destruction of one of ti . most e-si-n-
th 1 f mi tlo is •• • the i idllt ir■ In all dv-
idy
efforts
•nt
ctloi
to brtn
.1 land
lie \iol
i.f th«
nder Whlc i (
th. m*u who work with lis ml or with
I'rajp the labours, the superintendents,
the men Who produce the market ..rid th*
men who find a market for the articles
prod nl. sItaH own a it- greater shah
than at present of i)ie wealth they pro-
duce. and l e enabled to Invest it in the
tools and Instruments by whit h all work
is i .irried on. As far as -. sihle I hope
iti set a frank recognition c f the advan-
tages conferred by mac I nerv. organisa-
tion nnd division of lalior, at coui|>anieii
by an effort to bring hIhiiii .h larger shart
in the ownership by wage-worker of rail-
way. mill and factory.
Postal Savings bunks will make it j
easy for the poorest to keep their sav-
ings in absolute safety. The regulation t
of the national highways must b« such '
that they shall serve all peopl# with !
failure.
Sple
Afnvul'd
In
ought to teacl
laborer, the v
lenianding what i
■ sihle h*- plays int
s. Such a crude
ion the courts, ev
rily successful, v
the
the
g*-
im-
the
and
n if
i.uld
etiual justice. Corporate linanees must | b
be supervise*! so as to make it far safer
than at present for the man of small
means to invest his money in stoeks.
There must b' prohibition of child ls-
bor, ■ munition of women lalair short-
ening of hours of all mechanical labor
stock watering should t>e prohibited.
Mini stock iramhliiiff so far as is possi-
ble discouraged. There should be a
progressive inheritance tux on large
fortunes. Industrial edu stlon should
be encouraged As far a«* possible we
should lighten the burden of taxation
on the small man. We should put a
premium upon thrift hard work, and
business energy; hut these qualities
cease to be the main factors iu accu-
mulating ♦ fortune long before that
fortune reaches a point where it would
be seriously affected by any inheri-
faut « tax such as I propose It i* emi-
nently riKht that the nation should fix
the .terms upon which the great for-
tu..'*s~ate inherited. They rarcl.. tlo
tM.od and th'v often tio harm to thns*-
w111' nluuit tlietn in tlieii entirety.
Tln-re should no ltma«n- be any paper-
ing with t'.e tiuestion of taking .are >f
the wageworkers who. under our pres
* ut Industrial system, becona killed,
crippled or worn out as pari of the
t'Huiar Incidents
nes.- As far
who hii\e been i
attention to ti.t
steps toward providing
v11 our
first place, tin
workingman. ti
wovkct4. that by
proper anil imp
hands of his f«'
viMous attack 1
it were tempiu
in#vital ly in the end cause a violent j
reaction and would band the great
mass of cttisena together, forcing them |
to stand bv all the judges, competent I
and incompetent alike, rather than to j
see the wheels of justice stopped.
The wage workers, the w orkingmen, <
th* laboring men of the country by th# ,
is\ in which ej • p tdlstod : 11 ef-
fort to get them to cast their voles in
response to an appeal te class haired.
v# emphasised their sound patriotism
an attitude
cit is**uship to
and Americanism. Such
is an object lesson In good
the #ntlre nation.
Judicial System Sound.
Our judicial system is sound and
effective at tore. and it r#inalns,
and must #ver ba maintained. as
t he safeguard of those principles of lib-
erty sud justice which stand si the
foundation of American institutions: for.
as Burke finely said, when liberty sud
justice are separat#d. neither Is safe.
There are. however, some members of
the judicial body who have lagged be- j
hind in their understanding of these
great ami vital changes in the body
poilth whow minds have never been
opened to the new applications of the old
principles made necessary by the n#w
conditions. Judges of this stamp do last-
ing harm by their decisions because they
• in vim i poor men in need of protection
them: while the demagogues, the cor-
rupt creatures who introduce black-
mailing schemes to strike corpora-
tions, and all who demand extreme.1
and undesirably radical. measures
show themselves to be the worst ene-
mies of the very public whose loud-
mouthed champions they profess to be
Hen I damage has been done by the.
manifold and conflicting interpretations
oi the interstate commerce law Con-
trol over the great corporations doing
interstate business can b> effecti ve only
if it is vested with fuil pow* r in nn
administrative department. -\ branch of
the federal executive. . irrying out a
f. deral law it in -V er la ffi live if
a divided responsibility is left in both
U.I stall s and the natiwn it tn n-v«i-
be effective If left In the h.u Is of t
courts to bo decided b.v lawsuits.
Respect for Law Must Be Upheld.
The courts hold a place of peculiar and
deserved sanctity under our form of gov-
ernment. Kespeet for the law is chs< u-
tial to the permanent** of our institu-
tions and respect for the law is largely
conditioned upon respect for the courts.
It Is an offense against the republic to
say anything which can weaken this re-
spect, save for the gravest reason and in
the most carefully guarded manner. In no
other nation In the world tlo the courts
wield such vast and far-reaching power
as In th# United Stales. All thai Is nec-
#ssary is that Ih# courts as a whole
should #\ercise this power with the far-
sighted wisdom already shown by those
judges who scan th# future while they
act in the present. l*et them ex#rctse
lids great power not only honestly
bravely, but with wise insight into I lie
needs and fixed purposes of 111# people,
so that they may do justice, anil work
equity, so tiisl they may protect all per-
sons in I heir rights, and yet break down
the barriers of privilege, which is the fo«
of right.
Forest Preservation.
If there is any one duty which more
than another we owe it to our chlklren
to perform at once, if is to save the for-
ests of this country, for they constitute
the first and most important element in
the conservation of tfie natural re-
sources of the country. . . . Just as
a farmer, after all his life making his
living from his farm. will, if he is an ex-
pert farmer, leave It as an asset of in-
creased value to his son. so we should
lease our national domain to our chil-
dren, increased in value and not worn
There art .-ai^iil section* of our own
my belief
should be k
them if fo
(hit if i
members of the congress
Postal Savings Banks.
I aga
for postal sivings banks, for deposit-
ing savings with the security ot the
government behind them. The object
is to encourage thrift and > conoiuy in
the wage-earner and person of mod
'rate means. *t Is believed that In tlx
aggregate vast sums of money would he
brought into circulation through tin- in-
strumentality of the postal savings
banks.
Parcel Post.
In my last annual message I com-
mended the postmaster-generals
recommendation foi an extension of the
pare#I post on ih# rural routes. The
establishment of a local parcel post « n
rural routes would be to the mutual
benefit of the farmer and the country
storekeeper, ami ii is desirable tiist t .#
routes, serving more than l^.oan nun
people, should be utilised to the fullest
practicable extern.
Education.
With the limited means hitherto pro-
vided, th** bureau of e duration has
rendered efficient service, but the coil-
pre-s has neglected to adequately sup
ply the bur. an wiih im ;.ns to meet the
t iona I
Ki-
ttle
•ountiy.
Ml
this
it iona
a ppr.
.is
that th# courts of the land are pro
foumlly iKnorunt of 11ml out ..r synu.uihy j "l" ri'"* uri J*111 !"lt'oll'or ''"r ° "
«„l, their ,,.•.«! ..ml im.rn.m.lly lK„or nt ' "" *"'•
iioMi!«■ n, ... |.r«,H.«. re.„«ly. T I « ". Adirumla.-k*. Ihe —
such men it seems a cruel mockery to
have any court th-c.de against them on .
the ground thai II desires to preserve ,
lilierty" in a purely technical form
«r a given bust-
is concerns tip is#
irn out. I call vour
tact that definite
«".hi agf pen-
sions hsve been tuken in manv of our
private industries These may be in*
iti finitely **t#nd#d through Voluntary
association Slid contributory schemes
or through Ihe sger.oy of savings
banks, as under th# Massachusetts
pla ii
Urpent Need of Reform.
r rat her no sys.
rong. ami of
Our present system,
m. works dreadful
benefit to only one class of people the
lawyers. When n workman is injured
what lie needs im not an expensive and
doubtful lawsuit, but the certainty . f
r IU f through Immediate adtninistra
tlve action. No acudemic theory
about •freedom of contract" or "consti-
tullonsl liberty t« contract" should be
permitted to Interfere with tins and
withholtling liberty
siruetlve senae
There arc certain deeisit
courts which have been f
rimental to the i-lglits of
This is true of «ll deoislr
that men ar# by th# cons,
anleetl their liberty" tt> ee
a tiaug* rous occupation. <
undesiiable or improp* n ;
er to work In unhealthy
nnd therefore cannot ret
when maimed in that o.
cannot be forbidden to v
legislature dei bb« Is an ex .
ber of hours, or to carry o
under conditions which the
decides to be unt eallhv
such as l host nullify the
effort to protect ti.. wage
most net
*• i>x real and con-
ms by various
x i dingly det-
wage-workers.
his that decide
; It ution. 'guar-
>ntrad to enter
r r to work an I
imbcr cf hours.
surroundings;
•om r damages
>t u pat ion and
vork what the
the
ork
VV ill
take
It >: need. Th*
mt nt foi -a <
tabic condlth
legislature |
l e. sions
leKislailv #
rki rs who
from those employ-
e of their grind-
..-np- r tl.« move-
r and more cqut-
Whlt# mountain?
and the Appalachiass, ami in the Rocky
mountains, where we can already sector
ourselves the damage in the shape of
I permanent Injury to the soil and th#
I river systems which comes from reckless
1 deforestation. It matters not whether
I ihis deforestation is due fo the actual
: reckless cutting of timber, to the fires
| that inevitably follow such reckless cut-
1 ling of timber, or fo reekl#ss and uneon-
I trolled grazing, especially by the great
| migratory bands of sheep. the un-
hecked wandering of which over the
ountry m#aus destruc .* to forests and
j disaster to the small home-makers, the
aettlers of limited means
! Thanks to our own recklessness
In the use of our splendid forests.
I v\e have already crossed th# verge of a
1 timber famine in this country, and no
that we now take can. at least
• for many years, undo the mischief that
' has already been done. But we can pre-
i vent further mischief being done; and it
\ would be in the highest d* gree reprehen-
; sible to let any consideration of tem-
I porary convenience or temporary cost
interfere with such action, especially as
' rrgartls the national forests which the
nonts.
t horougl
sti
■ the
often
at
moment,
trol.
Id h:
pro
1 'enuda -
gullying
I mc .n-
bottom-
nit. men
Piea for Inland Waterways.
ion should be begun forthwith, dur-
lie pres. nt session of the congress,
nd water-
In giving
t>ur lula
will
eleven moiftlui
family would •
•utica the cqu
•K'curri ng.
i t'ter the
Injunction Must Remain.
of river
modern
■ provement is
ay It can not
nicut, ti.s
' ns com pen-
one or twa
ku1. .1 L«
emcdy, w 1 I* l si
dciiiioji.tL Lu-
s>*
nation,
the b-t
ui gr.
\ni<
Ocean Mail Lines.
ait
or Sou ti
The Army.
nl vc
u
prt
i d in
m
did !
syste
suits in bringing into ti
cs .many inen of mcdiocr
o have but a sh.-rt time I
should regard It as I
I > 0 to the highest V*
t I
loll.
• It Ts a
(table fai
urious a-
that tilt
sin
part
III be
of tin
• fti
I :«
Mil i-
great
public and
mlcrstund t
from ti> standpoint of the service a^d
the v ition. of refusing to promote rs-
spectabh • derli incompetents. T'.#
h'gher places should b<* given to 1 e
most tit si rv ing men without regard o
seniority at least seniority should he
treated as only one consideration. lr\
the sfeess of modern industrial <*r>m-
petltion no business t'rm eonld succeed
if those responsible for its management
were chosen simply tin the around th 11
they were the oiliest people in its em-
ployment: yet this is the course adv -
cat* ti as regards th# army and re-
quired by law for all grades except
thosi of general officer. As a matter
of fact all of the best officers in the
hi ah «i.st ranks of ihe army are tho^s
who have attained their, prevent pe*
tion wholly or in part by a process < f
slcct i
The
retiring bo
i that they
nfitness to .
•der t< si-ctir<
i'ds should
could con-
i ma nd f r
r. ei.ninicnda't - n is uryvd by th. r* pre-
scntal ves of our commo'i schools and
ti-- .it si He u ifv.-rsities antl tlo leading
f, vorabl consideration and action by
the congress upon this subject.
The president points out the neces-
sity of better organization of the vnri
ous bureaus responsible for ilit* public
health, and urges the placing of all
soldiers' homes under tbe furisdiction
of ilie war deportment.
Statehood.
On the question of statehood the
president says:
I advocate the imin«diaie admission of
New Mexico and Arizona as states. This
should be done at the present session of
ihe congress. Tbe people of Ih# two ter-
ritories have made ii evident by their
votes that hey will not tome In as one
state. The only alternative is to admit
them as two. and 1 trust that I his * II tie
done without delav.
Interstate Fisheries.
! i all the attention of Ihe congress to
the importance of the problem of ihe
fisheries in the Interstate waters. On ihe
ijreat Lakes we are now. Under .he very
wise treaty of April 11 of this year, en-
deavoring ia come to an international
agreement for the preservation and sat-
isfactory use of the fisheries of these wa-
ters whidi can not otherwise be achieved,
l.ake Erie, for example, has tlie richest
fresh water fisheries in ihe world; but it
is now controlled by the statutes of two
nations, four states, and one province,
and this province by two different ordi-
nances in different counties. All these
political divisions work at cross pur-
poses, antl hi no case can rhey achieve
protection to the fisheries, mi the ont
hand, sud justice I ti tin- localities and in-
dividuals on the other.
Foreign Affairs.
This nations foreign !"•: v « based
#i tiie theory that right must he done
between nations precisely as between
individuals, and in our lions for the
last fen years we hav# in this mailer
proven our faith by our deeds. We
have behaved, and are behaving to-
wards other nations t« in private life
nn honorable man would behava to-
wards his fellows.
Latin-American Republics.
The commercial and material prog
ress of the 20 Latin-American republic#
Is worthy of the careful attention of
the congress. The Internationa] Bureau
of the American Itepublics is doing a
useful work In makinsL the*# nations
antl their resources better known to
us. and in acquainting them not only
with us as a p.ople and with our pur-
poses towards them, but'w ith what vv*
have i# exchange ft,r their go*ids.
Panama Canal.
The work on the Panama canal is be-
ing done with a speed, efficiency antl
entire devotion to duty whidi make it
a model for all work of the kind. The
no n on tin* Isthmus, from foi. Goethals
aqd his fellow coramissioners through
the entire list oi employes who are
faithfully doing their duty, have won
fail to attain i c - t in *. • i. by a cer-
tain age. Should be retired for in-
m.iii . if a man should not atts*.n
field r.ii k by the time lo is 4T> ho
should of course b. placed on the r -
tired list Ccneral officers should be
selected as at present and one-thi-A
of the other promotions should ba
made by selection, the selei tion to h«
made by the president or secretary -1
war from a list «>f at least two eand -
dates proposed for each vacancy by a
board of officers from the arm of the
service from which the promotion
to be made. A bill is now before the
congress having for its objeet. to se-
cure Ihe promotion of officers to var -
ous grades at reasonable *ges throng*
a process of selection, by boards of of-
ficers. of the least efficient for relit *-
m#nt with a percentage of th#ir jj t
depending upon length of service. Tha
bill, all hough a*H accomplishing all
lhat should be done, is a long step n
the rig lit direction; and I earnest r
recommend its passage, or that of s
more completely effective measure.
National Guard.
Now that tlje organized militia tka
National Guard, has been incorporated
with the army as u part of ih* nations;
forces t b* hooves lie gpverument t*
tlo every reasonable thing in its po«r*r
perfect fta effh lencj it ahould I e
assisted in its instruction and other-
wise aided more liberally than hereto-
fore
w ell-tr
essenl i.
bill is
congrc"
offlt ers
Hie'continuous'services of many
ained regular oflb'ers will - ba
nl in this connection. A
"now pending before tht
ss creating m • number*, of eXtTS
i u whitjh p^gped
as it ought 'to be will enable more
officers to-be ti'ained «s fo^tTuifoi'S of
National Guard ,«*iid assigned ty that
duly In ease of war it will be of th*
utmost importance- lf> fitiw • a. large
number of trametl offt. #,rs use ,for
turning raw levies «nto good troops.
The Navy.
1 approve tbe recommendations nt
tbe general board - for • • t W« In-
crease of ,^ie nav y, .-ailing: especial
attention to the 'need of a<fel-
ti<inal tlesii-oyers and eoliter* and aOOx#
all. of the foui battleship#., It is desir-
able to complete as roon as possible a
squadron of elgfli baftleahips of the best
existing type.
1 most earnestly recommend thai the
general laiard be hv !mt turned Ime a
K#neral • staff. There, is liieially no #s
ruse whatever foi eontimiing the pre*
cnt bureau ornahiZa'tfoiV offh# navy Tie
navy should Ue treats us a tpurely * mili-
tary organization and evfrylj.ing .should
be subordinated to'the one oh e, t of s#-
• -uring1 milita-rv* efBCivnev a system
.if promotion by i. .cither (by se!e< -
tion or by e\i*fodBon, ot ' by botli
pro«-csse.s should be introduced, ft is out
of the question, if the present principle
of promotion b;. i ef# Seniority is kept,
to expect to get the best results from the
higher ofti- cv:j. {)+.r men < uioe loo old.
and stay for too short a time, in the high.
ind fiofcfl
ing hett*
ons.
lot 11 I
from everv
•I ♦) UU the
■ round ti.e
tlie ships in
South America. \sia. Ihe p, pin. r
ind Australasia may be estaLdislu-d.
Hawaii.
all particular attention to the Ter-
f Ha
id tli
eloping ti
id
of th
shov.
imprt
The
nt.
Heal pre
IP opines.
i trust that within a generation
the time win arrive win n the Philippine*
cai. de ide for themselves whether it is
1 f • gained far more experience
ti> tufti. s t han they would hgve
J If they had -jay..Lin the Atlantic
The Arti'-rh an people have cause
rofound pi tUfieanon, both in view!
* excellent condition of the fleet as
1 hv this rrnisei and in view of the
■ ■ ment the cruise has worked In
alr< udy ! .^h c-oodition. I do not
•• t1 .f l eie - any otlur service.in
d Id IVr I "h ti e ,.| ., CV of dliir-
und efi* .iej|t y i , [ho enlisted men
1 o • s now th* case in our owti
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