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Show PRESIDENT TAFTS STRONG ADDRESS DELIVERED BY NATION'S NEW CHIEF EXECUTIVE. INAUGURAL EXiRA SESSION IS PROMISED Congress Will Meet March IS to Take Up Tariff Revision Adequate Army and Navy Urged Panama Canal Heartily Approved Southern Race Problem and Labor Legislation Discussed. President Washington, Mar. Taft, having been sworn in as chief executive of the nation, delivered an inaugural address that waa listened to with great interest In part it wag as follows: Any one who My Fellow Citizens: takes the oath I have just taken must feel a havy weight of responsibility. If not, he has no conception of the powers and duties of the office upon which lie Is about to enter, or he la lacking In a proper sense of the obligation which the oath imposes. The office of an Inaugural address Is to give a summary outline of the main policies of the new administration, so far as they can be anticipated. I have had the honor to be one of the advisers of my distinguished predecessor, and as such, to hold up his hands In the reforms he bus Initiated. I should be untrue to myHtlf, to my promises and to the declaration of the party platform upon. which I am elecfel to off.ee, it I did not nu.ke the raointc nance and enforcement of (hose reforms a most Important feature of my admlnlsl ration. They were directed to the suppression of the lawlessness and abuses of power of the great combinations of capital Invested in rallroaus and in industrial enterprises carrying on interstate commerce. The steps which my preriec sor took and the legislation passed on Ms recommendation have uciom-plishe- d much, have paused a general halt in the vicious policies which created popular alarm, and have brought about in the business affected a much higher regard for existing law. Mora Legislation Needed. ; To render the reforms lasting, however, and to secure at the same time freedom from alarm on the part of those pursuing proper and progressive business methods, further legislative and executive action are needed. Relief of the railroads from certain restrictions of the anti trust law has been urged by my predecessor and will be urged by me. On the other hand, the administration is pledged to legislation looking to a proper federal supervision and restriction to prevent excessive Issues of bonds and stocks by companies owning and operating interstate commerce railroads. Then, too, a reorganization of the department of Justice, of the bureau of corporations in the department of commerce and labor, and of the Interstate commerce commission, looking to effective of these agencies, Is needed to secure a more rapid and certain enforcement of the laws affecting interstate railroads and Industrial combinations. I hope to be able to submit at the first regular session of the Incoming congress, in December next, definite suggestions In respect to the needed amendments to the anti-trus- t and the Interstate commerce laws, and the changes required in the executive departments concerned In their enforcement. Promises Extra Session. ' A matter of most pressing Importance Is the revision of the tariff. In accordance with the promises of the platform upon which I was elected, I shall call congress into extra session, to meet on the fifteenth day of March, In order that consideration may be at once given to a bill revising the Ding-le- y act. This should secure an adequate revenue and adjust the duties in such a manner as to afford to labor and to all industries in this country, whether of the farm, mine or factory, protection by tariff equal to the (Uf ftyence between the cost of production abroad and the cost of production here, and have a provision which shall put Into force, upon executive determination of certain facts, a higher or maximum tariff against those countries whose trade policy toward us equitably requires such discrimination. It is thought that there has been such a change In conditions since the enactment of the Dlngley act, drafted on a similarly protective principle, that the measure of the tariff above stnted will permit the reduction of rates In certain schedules and will require the advancement of few, if any. Money Needed for Big Projects. The putting Into force of laws which shall secure the conservation of our resources, so far as they may bo within the Jurisdiction of the federal government, Including the most Important work of saving and restoring our forcBts, and the general Improvement of waterways, are all proper government functions which must Involve large expenditure If properly performed. While some of them, like the reclamation of arid lands,, are made to pay for themselves, others are of such an Indirect benefit that this cannot bo expected of them. A permanent Improvement, like the Panama canal, should be treated as a distinct enterprise, and should be paid for by the proceeds of bonds, the Issue of which will distribute Its cost between 4. the present and future generations in accordance with the benefits derived. It may well be submitted to the serious consideration of congress whether the deepening and control of the channel of a great river system, like that of the Ohio or of the Mississippi, when definite and practical plans for the enterprise have been approved and determined upon, should not be provided for in the same way. For Army and Navy. Then, too, there are expenditures of government absolutely necessary If our country is to maintain its proper place among the nations of the world, and is to exercise Its proper Influence In defense of its own trade Interests, in the maintenance of traditional American policy against the colonization of European monarchies in this hemisphere, and In the promotion of peace and International morality. I refer to the cost of maintaining a proper army, a proper navy and suitable fortifications upon the mainland of the United Stales and in Us dependencies. We should have an army so organized, and so officered, as to be capable in time of emergency In with the national militia, and under the provisions of a proper national volunteer law, rapidly to expand Into a force sufficient to resist all probable invasion from abroad and to furnish a respectable expeditionary force, if necessary, in the maintenance of our traditional American policy which beats the name of President Monroe. Our fortifications are yet in a state of only partial completeness and the number of men toman them is insufficient. Wliat has been said of tho army may be affirmed in even a more em phatic way of the navy. A modern navy cani.ot be Improvlsesd. It must be built and In existence when the emergt ucy arises which calls for its use and operation. Asiatlo Immigration, The adftikslun of Asiatic immigrants who cannot be amalgamated with our imputation has been made the subjact either of prohibitory clauses in our treaties and statutes, or of strict administrative regulation secured by diplomatic negotiation. I sincerely hope that we may continue to minimize the evils liliciy to arise without unfrom such immigration necessary friction and by mutual between Ins governments. Meantime, we inu:.t take' every precaution to prevent, or, falling that, to punish outbursts of race (ceiing strong our pcoilo against foreigners of whatever nationality who have by our giant a. treaty right to pursue lawful business here and to be protected against lawless assault or pell-reare- d injury. This leads me to point out a serious defect in the present federal Jurisdiction which ought to be remedied at once. Having assured to other countries by treaty the protection of our laws for such of their subjects or citizens as we permit to come within our Jurisdiction, we now leave to a state or a city, not under the control of the federal government, a duty of performing our international obligations In this respect. By proper legislation we may, and ought to, place In the hands of the federal executive the means of enforcing the treaty rights of such aliens In the courts of the federal government It puts our government In a pusillanimous position to make definite engagements to protect aliens and then to excuse the failure to perform those engagemnts by an explanation that the duty to keep them Is in states or cities, not within our control. Monetary Laws Need Change. One of the reforms to be carried out during the incoming administration Is a change of our monetary and banking laws, so as to secure greater elasticity in the forms of currency available for trade, and to prevent the limitations of law from operating to Increase the embarrassments of a financial panic. The monetary commission lately appointed is giving full consideration to existing conditions and to all proposed remedies, and will doubtless suggest one that will meet the requirements of business and of public Interest. We may hope that the report will embody neither the narrow view of those who believe that the sole purpose of the new system should be to secure a large return on bank ing capital or of those who would have greater expansion of currency with little regard to provisions for Its Immediate redemption or ultimate security. There Is no subject of economic discussion so intricate and to likely to evoke different views and dogmatic statements as this one. The commission In studying the general in fluence of currency on business and of business on currency, have wisely extended their Investigation in Euro pean banking and monetary methods, The incoming congress should promptly fulfill the promise of the Republican platform and pass a proper Hstal savings bank bill. It will not be unwise or excessive paternalism, The promlso to repay by the govern ment will furnish an Inducement to savings deposits which private enterprise cannot supply, and at such a low rate of Interest as not to withdraw custom from existing batiks. It will substantially Increase the funds available for Investment as capital In useful enterprises. It will furnish th. absolute security which makes the proposed scheme of government guaranty of deposits so alluring without Its pernicious results, Panama Canal All Right. The Panama raual will have a most lmKrtant bearing upon the trade between tho eastern ami the far western sections of our country, and will greatly Increase the facilities for transport-tatlo-n between the eastern and western seaboard, and may possibly revolution the transcontinental rates with respect to bulky merchandise. It will also have a most beneficial effect to Increase the trade between the eastern seaboard of the United States and the western coast of South America, and, indeed, with some of the important ports on the east coast of South America reached by rail from the west coast. The work on ? canal is making moBt satisfactory progress. The type of the canal as a lock canal was fixed by congress after a full consideration of the conflicting reports of the majority and minority of the consulting board, and after the recommendation of the war department and the executive upon those reports. Recent suggestion that something had occurred on the isthmus to make the lock type of the canal less feasible than it was supposed to be when the reports were made and the policy determined on, led to a visit to the isthmus of a board of competent enginers to examine the Oatun dam and locks which are the key of the lock type. The report of that board shows that nothing has occurred in the nature of newly revealed evidence which should change the views once formed In the original discussion. The construction will go on under a most effective organization controlled by Col. Goethals and his fellow army engineers associated with him, and will certainly be completed early in the next administration. If not before. South and the Negroes. I look forward with hope to Increasing tho already good feeling between the south and the other sections of the country. My chief purpose Is not to effect a change in the electoral vote of the southern states. That is a see-o- n dnry consideration. What I look forward to Is an Increase In the tolerance of political vlewsof all kinds and their advocacy throughout the south, and the existence of a respectable political opposition in every state; even more than this, to an Increased feeling on the part of nil the people in the south that this government Is their government, and that Its ofilcers In their MADE HIM SIT UP. HOOSIER CIT'ZENS TED BY GHOST Cleanses SPECTER SPOOK," WHICH AS 6UMES VARIOUS FORMS, SEEN AT GOSHEN, INC. 1 System & EjJwlucxWy, co4s Dispels Wlfie I'll make you sorry you ever : Quarreled with roe! Hubby What will you do? Go homo to your mother. I suppose? Wlfie No; I'll bring mother here! v. Hsadaahcs em& , SPIRIT OF DEAD, SOME ASSERT as a Woman Generally Appears Dressed in Black Has Fondness for Slipping from One Window to Another. Goshen, Ind. "The Specter Spook" Is the tautological name by which states are their officers. The consideration of this question cannot, however, be complete and full without reference to the negro race, its progress and Its present condition. The 13th amendment secured them freedom; the 14th amendment due process of law, protection of property and the pursuit of happiness; and the 15th amendment attempted to secure the ticro against any deprivation of the privilege to vote, because he was a negro. The 13th and 14th amendments have been generally enforced and have secured the objects for which they were intended. While the 15th amendment has not been generally observed In the past it ought to be observed, and the tendency of southern legislation today is toward the enactment of electoral qualifications which shall square with that amendment mm. the ghost that is annoying the honest citizens of the peaceful city of Goshen Is designated. Hundreds have seen it. The ghost first made Its appearance some three weeks ago. Since then It has kept that part of the city lying near South Ninth and South Tenth streets In a turmoil. According to stories told,' the ghost assumes various forms. When first seen it was described as a tall woman dressed in white. Several resi dents addressed It and assert they were answered In a subdued and quiet manner by the ghost. One woman saw It standing by the clothesline early In the evening shortly after dusk. A week later, clad in black with a white fascinator about its head, the ghost walked the streets. Many say they saw It and some give It credit for marvelous speed and the ability to dis appear, for they pursued t in vain. It became known as the "woman in black," and many citizens would darken their homes and watch for the specter. They allep they were not disappointed, for the ghost would aphouse to pear and, slipping-fro- m house, would peek Into the windows,, and peer about The wraith appeared' to have a fondness tor slipping from one shadow to another. Prank Gowker accosted the spirit when he met It In the street, and It turned sharply on him and Informed him It was not peering In hi window. He has lost two cows and a horse since. Mrs. George Simmons and Mrs. New ton both say they have seen the ghost Best Jot NertVomexv aud.CVir BABY HORRIBLY BURNED By Boiling Grease Skin All Came Off One Side of Face and Head-Tho- ught Her Disfigured for Life. To 6qX VVs beneJVcWX ejjccs. W Getiuvcve, always buy manufactured by trt CALIFORNIA Used Cuticura: No Scar Left. Syrup Co. Fig "My baby was sitting beside the fender and we were preparing the SOLO BY ALL LEADING DRUGGISTS full of breakfast when the frying-pa- n SO4 per bottle. boiling grease was upset and it went all one size only, regular price over one side of her face and head. Some ono wiped the scald with a towel, pulling the entire skin off. We took her to a doctor. He tended her Positively cured by a week and gave me some stuff to put CARTERS these Little Pills. on. But it all festered and I thought Tney also relieve Diff I life. was for the baby flsfigured tretuifruui PyttpepHia, used about three boxes of Cuticura an J Too Hearty Ointment and it was wonderful how Luting. A frfect remedy fur Dizziness, Nun-eit healed. In about five weeks it was ProwHluewt, Bad tetter and there wasn't a mark to tell Taste in tiie Mouth, Coated Tongue, Pain in the where the scald had been. Her skin Side, TORPID LIVER. Mrs. Hare, 1, Is Just like velvet. They regulate lue Bowels. Purely Vegetable. South Durham, St.. Shields, Henry SMALL PILL. SMALL DOSE. SMALL FIuCE. England, March 22, 1908." Pottor Dim 4 Cuom. Corp Sola Propsn Boston. Genuine Must Bear CARTERS Lese MaJeste. Signature OlTTtE A teacher In one of the schools of Berlin has given to the papers of that IflVER city a composition written by one of REFUSE SUBSTITUTES. tho pupils in his school on the sub ject, "The Kaiser," in the course of which the young author says: "Prince Wllhelm was born on the 'kaiser's birthday. From the dome of the cas tle 101 salute shots were fired. The CAMPEELL SU 3 -- SURFACE old Wrangel old grandfather and PACKERS hopped Into a cab and went to the schlosB, and old Wrangel said: The We are the tote This it manufacturer tlie one boy is all right.' and the father made vou famous this n( that was and it a bow from the balcony, hae beard Packer, And when the boy was the only one awful cold everyone talk-Umade. about, baptized his father held his watch in he and front of the lltle fellow's nose, grabbed it and never let go again, because he Is a Hohenzollern." , SICkTEADftOHE fflVER a, Fac-Simi- !e 2 e a- M . No of your daughters married an artist, did she net?" "Yes, and he beats her dreadfully." "The artistic temperament Who did her sister marry?" 'A coal heaver, and he loves her de votedly and never gives her a cross word." "How uneventful life must seem with an unthinking clod like thaf Houston Post. 1 Law for Labor's Benefit. There Is one other matter to which I shall refer. It was made the subject of great controversy during the election and calls for at least a passing reference now. My distinguished predecessor has given much attention to the cause of labor, with whose struggle for better things be has shown the sympathy. At his Instance, congress has passed the bill fixing the liability of Interstate carriers to their employes for injury sustained In the course of employment, abolishing the t and the common rule of law rule as to contributory negligence. It has also passed a law fixing the compensation of government employes for Injuries sustained In the employ of the government through the negligence of the superior. It also passed a model child labor law for the Dis trict of Columbia. In previous admin Istratlons an arbitrary law for inter-slat- e commerce railroads and their employes, and laws for the application of safety devices to save the lives and limbs of employes of Interstate rail roads had been passed. Additional legislation of this kind was passed by the outgoing congress. I wish to say that In so far as can, I hope to promote the enactment of further legislation of this charac ter. I am strongly convinced that the government should make Itself as responsible to employes Injured In its employ as an Interstate railway cor poration is made responsible by fed' era! law to Its employes. Injunctions In Labor Disputes. Another labor question has arisen which has awakened the most excited discussion. That Is In respect to the power of the federal courts to Issue In junctions In Industrial disputes. As to that rny convictions are fixed. Take away from the courts, if It could be taken away; the power to issue in junctions In labor disputes, and It would create a privileged class among the laborers and save the lawless among their number from a most need fol remedy available to all men for the protection of their business against lawless Invasion. The proposition that business is not a property or pe cuniary right which can be protected by equitable injunction Is utterly witnout rounaation in precedent or reason. Tho proposition Is usually linked with one to make the second' ary boycott lawful. Such a proposl tlon U at variance with the American Instinct and will find no support In my judgment when submitted to the American people. The secondary boy cott Is an Instrument of tyranny, and ought not lo be made legitimate. The Issuing of a temporary order without notice has In sev eral Instances been abused by Its In considerate exercise, and to remedy this, the platform upon which I was elected recommends the formulation In a statute of the conditions under which such a temporary restraining order ouKht to Issue. A statute can and ought to be framed to embody the best modern practice, and can bring the subject so closely to the alien-- 1 tlon of the court as to make abuses of the process unlikely la the future. Acs vaVwa, acsvvty as aLaxaXxve. Send for our Special Pamphlet on Packing, the best known system for "dry farming," a method of absolutely minimum insuring bumix--r crops with U nl all the salvation of srmt-ar- ij regions. This packer is made in two sizes, with to nd 16 wheels, is heavy and strong, and ttie frame is made to carry all the weight needed. Ask for Catalog No. 7 era Parlln ft Orendortf Co., PerUsa. Ore. - CANTON, ILL. Sfekase, Wash. laplesKat-Vefclcle C., SsN lake CKj. I'tak. BirtM IsisleaKal U.. Ofika. Utah. HkblkU lapteaeat C. KicbfitM, Utss. auk. givar InikaKst U., Barter, laatw. Vtsk Only One of Many. "That's a queerly cut dinner jacket you have on." 'This is not a dinner jacket It's a meal sack." sin-cere- st RHEUTISM That la LAXA'IV M HIlilMll UCIMNK. Ixmk fol tlx- - .in nut lira of r. Vt . tiltoVki. L'aed tha Viand fat tu Cure a Cold In one Day. Ibo. fellow-servan- Opportunities fall In the way of every man who Is resolved to take advantage of them. Samuel Smiles. The Ghost Led the Crowd of Five Blocks. a Chase near their homes. They describe it as a short woman, heavy set, of dark complexion, with clothing, neat-fittin- I want every chronic rheumatic to throw way all medicines, all liniments, all planters, and give ilt'NiON tt 1UIKUMA-TISUEMKb? a trial. No mntter whot your doctor may any, no matter what your friends mar y, no matter how prejudiced too may be against all adrer titled remedies, go t oni to ynr drug. t and get a bottl of the iUIKUMA-TIS.I ItEMnnr. If It fnll to Rive will refund your tiiony. Munyoa Kemember this remedy contains no sold, no opinio cocaine, morphine or ether harmful drne. It Is put tip under the guarantee f the Pore Food and Drug Act. For sate by all druggists. Price. 23c. and prominent nose, with sharp, black eyes. Mrs. Simmons refuses to believe It was a ghost Dart Emerlck saw the ghost on a walk, and It disappeared as he approached, springing behind a fence. He searched for It there, but r failed to find It Downing, a boy, stepped out of a grocery store and ran Into the ghost He clutched at It In fright, and says that In an Instant it was 20 feet away in the center of the road. While he locked at It It disap peared. Other boys have seen It late IFYOUVE ly. A strange feature of the case is NEVER WORN been have since the looking that boys for the spirit the last week those who have seen it described It as a woman, tall and broad enough to be a man. SUCKER Wednesday night was moonlight and you've vet for men and boys organized the young to learn the bodily IB"! X Bll a ahost hunt They surrounded the VfcV VIA I. I comfort it dives in WW the wettest weather district and closed Into a common cen ter. a pair traveling through every MAPcron HARD SHC alley and street Two saw the ghost. AMP Josh Caton and Lemuel Poyser. Both GUARANTEED WATCRPfrOOT fired point blank at It Others drawn by the shots and shouts Joined In the pursuit In vain. The ghost led the MU1GO0OSTOM crowd a chase of five blocks, making CATAUMmC and no sound, disappeared. j tsars ea temm . OMNIuta.CM CO CMMAM Some sny the ghost Is the spirit of Niyi.e a man who recently passed away, re gretting to die. Old citizens recall TEXAS STAYE LAND MtllmniMif x IhhiI Urd to be Mild hf tha that 25 years ago the ghost of an tin Siwte, SI vault ti VI nr acres only three known man ran over by a train ram and aiycar litliuemi balnnrei pent Inter.no per tu rn, ; nnl? HIM) kIi tor HU arm si est bled about the neighborhood for weeks tirmtent oiiimrtunitT: if4 Mrlcnitiiral land; tend lnMnirllunan4 New mate ai. M)crntafrHiki( In search of his head. K h bu, i. i. enr.l.'f, pcImioI laml liana. mtls-tactlon- lc . For 1000 kernels Fin Onion Seed. lOoO ,IUOO , IIMIA IS00 1500 1500 100 120 1 KVslr mm THE JOHN A. loon territory, M A Vw J ity wis. fj CO. w I 5 ft. DYSPEPSIA "Having token your wonderful 'Cases.. rets' for three month ami twiner cured of stomach catarrh and dyspepsia, 1 uiidk a worn cm praue u due tu tpaacareta' for their wonderful compooi. tion. I have) token numernne mh called remedies but without avail, and Z nnu mai uucareu relieve more in a day than all the others I have taken would in Jnmes McGnne, year." 108 Mercer St, Jersey City, N. J. Stop Coughing! Pleasant, Palatahle. Potent, Taste Hood. poUood. Never hlclten, Weaken or Urine. lOe.Se. Mo. Never sold la bulk. The genuine tablet Stamped C C J, Ouaraoteed lo our or yuur tuouu back. Us Wih n okhraadpcsimdssapaisialeal eoagh. If tot bsvss eough tint ll Iknttoa sow. Yea can eetiS nso'3 CUKE. w.th r'anwus f at half eaatary as the taaabls raamly lot OouaU, caUs, tWww , braarhltia, ahatt and aiadmisilamta. Fitwlaf chjUpas. arassW, SAUEI SCO LaCHOi.E, Aualln,lea. llclcrcoce.aa.tia tiallooal At all Mrtlan. lne 1 nmiin huaaalfWirertaiaaaaals Toe. sea .M. estate tu intetkluig buyera. t r Plant, Write tuf Dig Up Ball of Snakes, fcwklr 1 ? weetRutnbagaS'd.rif or anrniao-- money (ineiiHimg lo)aU HualpauHur but ! VToB Ami antd taV we add a sack- of KarlleM I K.NnPt-rn.lB- p.-- r Nethmi bnwk. sows tha Rich Carrot Seed. Celery, 100 Parsley. v Jiilr.D B.rll.h Buttery Lettuce Seed. under Turnip Seed. !L lllf UU Cass county Illoomlngton, 111. comes forward with the first snake atorv of the season. Sam Scharder and a gang of section men employed by a railroad unearthed a huge ball of reptiles while excavating for a new building. Two feet under the surface the snakes were found, and they were so closely entwined that they could not be untangled. When they became warmed by the sun they started to crawl away, and were then dispatched with shovels. More than 100 snakes I were counted. Cass county Is anil su " " " In all 10.000 kernel of warrant northern gmwn mm, well wort a 322 iMM c3l rrK1 lorea mrlltet wtetabtea uriinaninoWM-aTherefore. I i7"vea.cuionMrwemeri fcux,4 1h,Vutu,V;lS ELECTROTYPES In great enrlety for tale at the time a. nrleea a ki.Miwiwri!'ato.,ia,4rki 23 eta. 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