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MESSAGE IN BRIEF Substance of the President's Recommendations TO THE PRESENT CONGRESS -The President Makes Many ftec ommendations to Congress Con corning the Country's Needs in the Way of Legislation. or from the exercise of the-necessary governmental power in a way which would , do injustice and wrong to the corporations, v Both th ' epreachers of anciinrestricted individualism,1 and the preachersh of an -' oppression, .whic would deny to able men of business the just reward of their initiative and ..business .sagacity, are advocating policies that ,would ; be". fraught with tho.' gravest harm to the., whole coun try. To permit every lawless capital- every law-defying corporation, to take any action, no matter how ini puitous, in the effort to secure an im proper progt and to build up privi lege, would be ruinous to. the Republic and would mark th abandonment of thtr, effort to secure in; the industrial The message of President Roose- world the spirit of democratic fair- veit to the second session of . the I dealing. On the other hand, to attack sixtieth Congress as read in both tnese prongs m that spirit of dema gogy wmcn can see wrong oniy wnen committed by the man of wealth, and houses was in substance as follows ; To the Senate and House of Repre sentatives: ." .." ' :. '" " The financial standing of the Na tion at the present time is excellent, and the financial management of the Nation 's interests by the Government is dumb and blind in the presence of wrong committed against men of property or by men of no property, is exactly as evil as corruptl yto de? ferid the wrongdoing of men of wealth. The war we wage mast be Murine- the Inst. sev vpnr hn wasred against misconduct, v against shown the most satifactorv results, wrongdoing wherever it is found; and 'But our currency system is imper- we must stand heartily for the rights feet, and it is earnestly to be, hoped ot every decent man, wnetner ne oe a that the Currennv Commission will man of great wealth , or a man who be able to propose a thoroughly good earns his livlibood as a wage-worker vstetr which will do awnv with the or a tiller 01 tne soil. existing defects. During the period from July 1, 1901. to September 30, 1908, there -was an increase in the amount of monney in circulation of $902,991, 399. The increase in the per capita junng this period was $7.06. Within this time there were several occa- The railwavs of the country should be put completely under the Inter state Commerce Commission and re- moved from the domain of the anti trust law. The power of the Com mission should be thoroughgoing, so that it-tjould exercise complete super vision and control over the issue of securities, as well as over the rais this power TrAaW n,nrfmpnt t nnmA tn th hnS and lowering of rates. As re- i;af fV,o rv, morVot gards rates, at least, a iic, p Ti;nA I should be summary. Stf .;ni.n. ;fJ He continue, byvpomtmg out that . Mnnni Urfto. v-c cf otic great harm may result to the general 111 JJ.llAWX.AC.l. AVU . "J OVAUJUlUVllJb I 'll 1 i 1 J. I i 1 n.i f ;nai Kov public by too stringent attempt to notes, and by facilitating importa- oppress all corporate aggregations tions from abroad of gold Our im- regardless of whether or not they perfect" currency system has made obey the law. In other words he tho nrhdinm nLrv. ma thev sets. UP th.e argument that under our r . ,., 7 " A 1 1 modern business conditions some were enecuve until tne monetary! . . ... . 11 ion7 i l eomDinanons 01 capital are neces tensely increased the difficulty of K'liLA ordinary methods of relief. By the V"" -.- . . . thfkco 'itilpr thp mnsr. nnfl over- middle ot November the available workino' halanp.fl in thA Trpflsurv lifld I ' On the question of labor the Pres 000,000. Clearing house associations .ldent says that s9 legislation loofc thorughout the- country had been lnS to th,e protection of employes, and obUged to resort to the expedient of the regulation of the" hours of labor, issuing clearing house certificates to as we" ,as, lne rompieie .uypxiyii aA oc Tr Tr, mrn of hild labor, is now imperative. it wac iatonl tn . imritft isnK. 1 He dePores the stand taken by some t;e fnr fnnnnonn Pflnflm labor leaders upon the legislation r-o.oi 0 innnnnnnn fo needed, saying that to attempt to en ,fWi w f,0 ot f .w is class leftislation of the rankest kind. 1898. It was proposed; to re-deposit AAls he deplores the apparent at in the national banks the proceeds of - - tack upon the courts of the land bv fi,o r,A for it tl,oir some leaders of labor. His message LUOV lOO UfjCt UUU UV 1,VAJJ.li.V wmw, issues, and to permit tise as a basis for .additional? circulat ing notes' of national 't banks. The moral effect of this procedure was so -great that it was necessary to issue only $24,631,980 of the Panama Canal bonds and $15,436,500 of the certificates of indebtedness. Continuing on thf1 subject of fi: nances, the hope is expressed that the "Currency Commission may report a measure that will meet fully the needs of the country. In the matter of corporations, the President uses this significant lan guage: .. "As regards the great corporations engaged in interstate business, and, -especially the railroads, I can only repeat what I have already again and again . said in my messages to the Congress. I believe that- under the interstate clause of the Consti tution theiUnite rotates hasf com pleteVand paramount aright to control all agencies of interstate commerce, and I beliegfithat the National Gov ernment alone ;ica exercise this , right with wisdom and effectiveness so as both to 'secure justice from, and to do justice to, the great corporations which arc the most important factors in modern business. I believe that it is worse than foN f- attempt to prohibit p 11 combinations as is dona bv the Sherman anti-trust, because such a lawvcan be enforced only im- perfectly and unequally, and its en forcement works almost as much hardship as good. I strongly advocate that instead of an unwise effort to prohibit all combinations there shall . be substituted a law whiph shall ex pressly permit combinations .which are in the " interest of 'the public, but shall at the same; time give to some aencv of the National Government full power of 'control and supervision over them; One ot tne cniei xeaiures , of this control . should -be . securing entire publicity in all. matters which the public has V right to fcgow, and furthermore, the power,1 not T)y judi cial but by executive action, to pre vent or ptit.a stop to every form oi improper favoritism or other wrong doing. ' 5- It is veiy earnestly to be . wjshed . that our perople through their rep resentatives: should act in this mat ter' It is hard to. say. whether most is particularly strong in v urging the enactment of laws looking to the pro tection from injury of all laborers employed m hazardous work. At the last election certain leaders of organized labor made a violent and weeping attack upon the entire judi ciary of the counry, an attack couch ed in such terms as to include the most upright, honest and broad-mind ed judges, no less than those of nar rower mind and more restricted out look.' It was the kind of attack ad mirably fitted to prevent any success ful attempt to reform abuses of the judiciary, because it .gave the cham pions of the unjust judge their eager ly desired opportunity to shift their ground into ar championship of just judger who were unjustly assailed. Last year, before the House Commit tee on the Judiciary, these same labor leaders formulated theid demands, specifying the bill that contained them, refusing all compromise, stat ing they wished the principle of that bill or nothing. They insited on a provision that in a labor dispute no injunction should issue except to pro tect a property right,. -and specificallv provided that the right o carry on business shculd not be eons'trued as a nronertv right: and in a second vpro- visiori their bills made leal in a labor- dispute any act or agreement by or between two or more persons that would not have been unlawful if done by a single person. In other words, this bill legalised blacklisting and bovcotting in every form, j legalized, for instance, those forms of the sec ondary boycott which the anthracite coal strike commission so unreserved ly condemned ; while the rjghtto car- ry on a Dusiuess wa,, camhuuj' a" out from under that protection which the law throws over property. The demand was made that there should be trial by jury in contempt cases, thereby, most seriously imparing the authority of the courts. Al of this represented a course of policy wich, if carried out. would mean the en thronement of class privilege in ! its crudest and most brutal form, and the destruction of , one of the most essen tial1 functions of the judiciary in all civilized lands.' . ; ..-. The protection of 4our forests a the conservation r of our ; natural , rer source, as-well as the'i most .speedy blinded to . the future by : desire : to make money in every., way r out O oi the present, sometimes speak as if no . great damage would be done by the reckless destruction of our for ests.. It is difiScult to have patience with" the arguments of these persons. Thank's to oui own ; recklessness in' the s use 61 dr splendid ; forests , we have j already, crossed the verge of a timber famine in J this country, and to meas ures thatwe how take can, at Jeast for, many years? undo the mischief that has aires dv been .lone. But we can. prevent further mischief bei7g done ; and it would be in the highest degree reprehensible to let ny.jeoti- sideration of temporary conveniec z or temporary cost interefere with such action,; especially as regards thi? National Forests which 'the nation con now, at this very moment coa- trol. ' v.'... It is pointed out that our nation is doing practically nothing to foster education. This is deplored. The Indian agencies are N fast be ing abolished, and thus these wards of the; government are being taken from the realm of active politicians and . put under the management of competent administrators who come ' J il - i ; uuuer tne civil service. The President declares that "Action should be begun forth with, during the -present session of the Congress for the improvement of our inland waterways- action which will result in giving us not only nav igable but navigated rivers. We have -spent hundreds of millions of dollars upon these waterways, yet the traffic, on nearly alLvof them is steadily declining. This condition is the direct result of the absence oi any comprehensive and ar-seeing ;plan of waterway improvement. Ob viously we can not continue thus to expend the revenues of the Govern ment without return. It is poor bus iness to spend money fr inland navi gation unless we get it. ' ' He also advocates the setting apart of the Appalachian and While Moun tain National Parks, and the re-foresting of worn-out lands. . The establishment off both postal savings banks and the parcels post are" advocated. It is suggested thai these may be begun in a small way at hrst on trial, and their scope en larged as they prove successful, or abolished : if, after trial, they prove a failure. .The coming federal census should be under the management of civil service rules and should be taken by civil service employes. It is urged that the government printing office be placed, under,,-tne "departmejdFf t Eonfmerce tnd :$aWr. It: is highly advisable that there should be intelligent action- oh the part of the Nation oh the question of preserving the health of the' eountry. To this end every" encouragement and aid should be extended to the board of public health. j . The President strongly urges the immediate admission into statehood of both New Mexico and Arizbnar In relation to foreign . affairs the message , says ; , ; . based on the" theory that right must be .done between nations preciselv as between individuals, and in our actions for the last ten years we have in mis mawer proven our iann dv our deeds. We have behaved, and are behaving, towards other nations, as m private life an honorable man would behave towards his fellows. ' We have a good trade with the Latin-American republics, and should foster and enlarge i, Regarding the Philippines, the pro gress of the . natives under our gov ernment t has- been wonderful. In Porto Rico also our influence has been felt towards progress in every way. Regarding Hawaii the message says: ,. . ... il I call particular attention to the Territory of Hawaii. The importance of those islands is apparent, and the need of improving their condition and developing their resources is urgent." 4 "The work on the Panama Canal is being done with a speed, efficiency and entire devotion to duty, which 'make1 it a model, for all work of the kind. No task of such magnitude has ever before been undertaken by any nation; and no task of the kind has ever . been better performed. -The men on the Isthmus, from Colonel Goethals and his fellow commissioners through the entire list of employees who are faithfully doing their1 duty, have won their right to the ungrudg ing respect, and gratitude1 of. the Am erican people.",. - , " The army, and the national - guard should have the best of attention at the hands of Congress. Some changes are advised, in the light of. recent ex perienced. , The highest efficiency pos sible is the aim to be sought. . . . The navy shouldi;be r strengthened by the immediate construction of fftflir battleships. of the largest- and most T powerful . type. ' liie- crniso of the North Atlantic tte(jC- around tne ntirU baa been hierhlv successful and has demonstrated ,tc; the; wfcote.wortf THE WORK; OF CONGRESS - f SECOND SESSION OP, 60TH 4 congress. v. ; Opens. . . ; : . .December 7, noon : Closes; ; -.;V; IV' .'.March ,4; noon -ii se2ate; v Republicans. . Democrats.; Total.. ' :. HOUSE. Republicans, . Democrats. "Vacancies'; ......31. k . . . :.22i- ...168 .. .2 Total. . . . ......391 t Congressional Summary. ; ' The business of both houses ! -of Congress was confined largely to list ening to the reading of the "Presi dent 's annual- message ' but in addi tion a few bills Were introduced' both in the 1 Senate and the House and in the House a number of bills was sent to conference, among them being one providing for a new immigration sta tion in Boston. ' ' " In addition, the Speaker announced the apointment of , Mr. .Higgins, of Connecticut,! to a place on " the com mittee on the judiciary, in place . of Mr. tittlefield an of Mr. Martin - to a place on the committee son Indian affairs in place of, Mr." Parker,; de- ceased. - 'v ' ; ':"'- . . : ' ; For the first time during the present Congress there was a call of the com mittees of the House but no measure was - reported by any of them. ' ? v - The miscellaneous w,Qrk of the ben- ate consisted inc the main" of the ref fORESf RESERVES One 'of the Most Urgent Needs ; - of the Nation THE DEMAND FULLY GONE OVER Governors andProminent Men Prbn- , Every! Section of : the Country "A-s - pear Before theouse' Committee . : Vand -Urie -"the. ' Establishment of Forest Reserves. Washington. Special.A, distin guished assenibly of 'witnesses -,tes-; tined' betore the' House committee on agriculture ,to the .need of 'the Fed-1 ; eral v government establishing 'forest reseryes in the' White : mountains and ?, in the Southern" Appalachians.'- It t marked the opening of theVfighin' . this session of Congress for the crea- . tion of these reserves to protect the navigability 6f navigable ' streams, -a ;"' purpose which the ' committee "conced-, 'ik ;?d: is constitutional. ; ; V ; cnusetts, wno i was-. tne -; spokesman , until he was , compelled to leave the . city and turn his' duties over to Col." - William S. Harvey, of Philadelphia,' Governors Chamberlain,- of Oregon; - Aiisei, pi ooutn uarouna; KKe mitn- v or ueorgia, and jonnson, ot Mmne- J3ftf.fl . "f ft"TTYl JT rjn-QT-n mra . . Honrffn T3? 1,-7 Pardee, of California, "and Blanchard, r . of Louisiana,' and Dr. Edward Ever- 1 ett Hale, chaplain of the Senate, were erence in executive session of about among thspe who appeared. -Chair-1.500 recess nominations, which' were man Scott, of the. committee, said the , fViA Rcnfltp W thft President. I committee appreciated the ' Dublic and the adoption of resolutions of re-j sentiment in favor of the project but. bers of the House who have passed! desiredend; was difiictilt. ' ; away since the adjournment last May. -Representative bcott explained that The Senate adjourned for the day at tne House committee on the. judiciary;; 2 o'clock'and the House.at 2:35. had questioned the constitutionality C ' Tm -ol i vx auwuu uu tue ua.it 01,, VUiiKresss ?, ( euau& " ; ' H looking, toward the purchase of land' : For nearly five hours. the House of for the, conservation of forests, whab- ' rCopresentatives, consiaereu me. ever it miD-ht: dn tnword nrMontin providing for the taking of the thir- the navigability of the streams of the ,l teehth and subsequent decennial cen- country. . ;V suses, and passed it without material Governor Guild, in responding, laid' change. From the very outset of the emphasis udou the abilitv of the e-en- debate . it became evident tnat tne erai rnTT1pnt f ft , 11T,dprf a Vp rrnJ progress of the measure toward pas- jects for the" general welfare of the i : country, saying me - appeal coma from all quarters of the' nation. "' l, - It is probably the first time in his tory that dhe Governor of South Carr olina and the Governor of Massachu- sage would be impeded. Pensions in Senate. The session of the Senate was chiefly devoted to the formal presen tation of departmental reports and the, introduction of bills.- The Te- ""T- Jr? . ports: have Teiri: made publie Jrm aV 10 r Iork e. enactment , setts have' joined hand in hand to ap- UUX to JJ.O.VC UCCll tIJ.tV 1 - , . 1 . . i r ., i I rT 9W tni- tVia, era noro I nrolfoi-a . tV : ' time to time and the bills numbering 1 ;r ."t v j sot i 8 ,7 i w ,.,..-. ,1 r I the United States :.airt ( Unvpmnr 352 were chiefly .for-the granting 01 - -r . pensions. Asks American Railway Company For a Charter. - Hawkinsville, Ga., Special. Char- sel. of the Southern State. r " President Van Hise . took the posi tion that the peculiar rapidity , of erosion in the Southern Appalachian mountains necessitated the establish- fn. w nr,liAd 'forv ;a Jocal attor- ,rerve mere,ior me pres- lvl Hfi T-" ' Prvntinn nf, fho nnvitrahihfv tho ney on behalf of interested parties streams and the protection f the S for a charter" for ' ' The American harbors. He gave it" as his opinion, ' Railway Company, 1 1 which proposes that the .crucial area to be purchased 'ft building a line from Abbeville, "Ga., was the lower, slopes of the mountains : u w.u in MPon eountv; Ga.. where the inclmes-are so; steep and; v , , , - - - erosion so rapid tnat tbeir use tor , via Hawkinsville and V; j I ' .. .-- 1 - proposea roau wm uaciDC preservation of tne streams. trie" ricnest iarmmg seuuuus -uj. me State. It will tap the Seaboard at Abbeville and the Gulf line at Haw kinsville Work will begin' at once, it is stated. Nine Injured by Bomb. XT TT 1J, nL the roof ,to & n airsb aft in the five-: story - tenement at 330 Sixty-rthird ; street, a, Black Hand agent' dropped a ' bomb to the grounds The explosion 4 that resulted was terrific.: The walls Pope Pins Blesses Mr. Taft and, His ' r v Family. . .Rome. Bv Cable. Pope Pius bless-, I of the building reeled and. tottered, ? ed President-elect Taft and his fam- almost fallings and every ;, window Xiy. ' ine messing was uctiatcu ;. wumu a uiucii. ui mure was sxiiuiereu. the presence of Archbishop Glennin, I Nine people in the building and'in oi ot. LiOUis,, who xoiu iuts rupc ma. i cue street were injurea oy me . ex- he had received a dettcr, irom xaxi. i.piosion.oi tne Dome, some oi tnejn. ed cordial friendship for the Catho- I that any of them' will die. It was a lies. ;The Pope received the news I miracle that no one was. killed-out-: mi r nnTDi rmof i nui itrrri. hmii . hi ijiuiuhu- i riuni. m i m ihiii . za rf . mv hki.i vm i.i hit d the blessing upon Taft and family. I be case" and they have , come to . the Taoc T.nYnt.ivA Couffh x SvrUD' ? al I ' r.nw. Dlnlx 1 ways brings quick relief to coughs. Hand agent who three years ago kid-; colds, hoarseness, whooping -dough nanr)ethA small son of an Italian ' 'and C; bronchial) and throat ; trouble. bankerj wno owns and, occupies a part Mothers: especially recomended. it tor of the building, and: that the motive children, as it is pleasant to take, , It was yo-Q the . banker having " re- fused to ransom his son.. The 'bomb- uu 5-5; -T J;w hmd Untellisent. improvement of our .Lf.H fnilftJon'the part (riversand-tobors; meets, with; tbJ-the efficiehcy-of w'pml2praen oflhe'Riiblic to supervise axJohtToI fngest -ftwL of ; and , the qualities omtt navafc- ia ?entlv laxative. Should be m ev- o " - n i -l 1 ery home, (xuaranteed. ooia yy Momsl Brug Slore. v r The Evacuation of Cuba.. Washington, Spe'cial, Afrthe War Hand gang. thrower made good his escape, but . the .police believe that they have-clues: wbicli may lead to his capture, or pos sibly, to the breaking up of a Black A. 7 A . ' v p- Wood's Ltiver Aieaicine, in iis uiu mg the withdrawal from uba of j . fpr mftlaria; chins, and .fever, x . A ! ' . J. w v. a'P ,. nn nifi aa linn ' I , i . i:3. Vla tne - Aiuturicaii aiiuy ux uavmv-anvti rami afpa :r.hA liver. Eiuaev nrli'oii line hppn on dnt.v there since I Jh7nnra miick' relief-V tO' bilious- -. JJULV,JLX wM : . W 1 , ' ; 1 ' . ' m the, fall : Of lyub, were maae The movements of the troops will m-1 c 'ts tonic rif.v are a stifferer froto that A MomsVPrpg.gtore. ; most distressinsr affliction, pWes,; and f - : : " ' have tried many remedies wUhout ba- ; j. ar, Bass03tipD 'sjuara;sakui . uj ;a;sxiAi" ubo noi vXvw ,ing benefitted we can.sately spy tnat M'ann PilRemedvr-willbring re-
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