Show CONGRESS CON GRESS now IN SESSION ANNUAL MESSAGE OF THE PRESIDENT PRE sa s1 TO LAW MAKER makert document thoroughly review reviews the condition of the nation deals vol luminously with question questions of state but leave leaves tariff for future consideration the senate was in session for more than thin two houra hours tuesday and in ad to listening to the reading ot of the presidents mea naco received a preliminary report arc a the mor chant marine commission witnessed the induction of senators knox and crane into and in executive session referred the presidential nomina alons alons to the proper after listening to tho the reading of the preal dents annual message to congress the bouse house adjourned until bedno wednesday day during tho the first ten minutes of the session two minor routine matters were ore disposed of but no other business ness was transacted TIM MESSAGE the p resident Pes ident in hia his message to con can gess says the nation continues to enjoy noteworthy prosperity pros perit suni prosperity la is of a f course primarily due to the h high rh individual averbec of ct our citizenship taken together with our great natural 1 resources but an important actor factor therein Is the working of 0 our long con can untied governmental me he I 1 people have ily expressed their approval of the principle principles poll cUe and their desire that thee th ee se principles be bo kept substantially unchanged although although of counse JW applied 11 in a it progressive spirit to meet changing chu neing conditions speaking ass e of labor unions tho the prudent pr aident says 1 I believe that under tinder modern industrial condition conditions it iri to often necessary necess ury and even where not casary it te Is yet often wise that there should dyb be organization eo so ion long aa as it ie to conducted vh a due and decent regard for tho the ri rl ts of others there pro tn in this coun same labor unions which have hnit uly ily and other labor unions union which bae tn been adiong the mot effective effect he ie agents la n work ing for rood and for uplifting 1 the condition a ot thosa whose e welfare 0 should be clo cloat ent Bt to our hearts heart but ut when any labor union ceka seeka improper end endt t or seeks to acalee proper ProP ends by improper meana means good citizens cit liena ana anu more especially all noro public uc servants must t the wrongdoing 1811 01 ns resolutely na as they would oppose tho the wrongdoing or of any preat great corporation can ue be dono done by the ROV eminent labor matters merely by riving giving pl ain city to certain condition 4 the bruzau of labor has dope done excellent work of thil kind in n many different terent dif d directions I 1 hall shall P hartly lay before sou in a special aae I 1 full report of the investigation I 1 of f the bureau of tabor labor ahto the foo linings binl as this la Is it strike tn fit which cert certain very evil forca which arc are mor more op or I 1 les le e s at work everywhere tind r the conditions of 0 modern industrialism indu became startlingly prominent THE TRUST QUESTION QUEST 10 11 when we come to deal with creat great corporations corp oratio m the nd ried ri ed for mhd government to act directly la in far reater greater than in the case of labor because becat ff cat cw cor can become kouch only by eit il gagin in n interstate Inter commerce and inter state L li J 9 peculiarly tho the adof of the eer ger nl al government it la Is an abura ab ura urd in ity ty to expect to eliminate the abuses n preat groat corporations by state action it I 1 IS difficult to be patient patt ent with an ar argument that buch such matters should bo be left 1 to the states more than one state the policy of creating creat lne on pary tern corporation corporations which are never operated within with enthat that state all but in other tates whose law lawn they snore the national liati onal government atone alone can deal adequately with these cicat corporations cor ratIons ons and nt nit Fe will win wl hereafter and laws be construed by 1 1 intent and not by their letter otherwise nubile utilities will I 1 iw owned and operated bv by the pub which created hem them even though tb the be lesa less efficient and the le lea a satisfactory from a financial standpoint I 1 1 the department of agriculture has krown grown into an educational with a faculty of 2 CO 11 ma irlIng research ree earch into nil all the extence s of produs the congre mn appropriates tea directly direct lv and iv manually to carry on this work it reach s every state and territory in the union and the I lands of the rem lately ome under our flag operation cooperation co la is had with the tale state experiment station tat lons S and d w th ith many other insel t unions and tid I 1 duals world Is car fu fully 1 tor for new va of grains fults f ulta grantes traces vee vege babl treland tapes and mul table to aart 1 oua ous in our countr and marked benefit tc te our tour producers hns resulted reul tea ger I 1 students etu denis are in attendance at our fatato agricultural colleges the hefele feder nl RI governments expends 11 OM OM annual ly toward ihli education and for re rc march pearch in washington and in tha the several a tates and territories the department depart ment of if al alcutt cult hm hns elven given es for noat graduate work to young 0 tamn dutloff the lat seven year years preparing henr them for advanced dv arced lines of work in n th the department and in tho the elate state JOM dons 11 inn MATION i E during luring tha th 5 two and ft a half rear rears that have elapsed fince rince the passage of the mitlon act rapid progress pro eresa has awen 1 made in the surveys sur veya and examination atlon of nt the for or rc lamat in the le n states and three territories of ady the ad 1 west construction ams al ready been began on the largest and mort mo rt important of the d lans are completed for works 1111 the fund now adall able the operations are being os on by bye the reclamation service a corp corps of engineers 3 reelected relec ted through compoli com poti tive civil pervice examinations this corps include beep consulting and constructing erSt ns well various experts in mechanical and legal matters and to composed largely of men who have event most of their lives in forge affair connected with irrigation 11 he larger problems have been holved and it dow remains to execute with erro economy ard a the work alch has been laid out all im po tant details are being mr fully con t l by boards of consulting enga y ers 1 a estr 4 lecter for their thorough krowl 49 0 and ill ex prience fach project fig taken un on tae aund br competent men and viewed from the standpoint tand point of the ebion creation et ion nf of prosperous homes and of promptly ref to tho r the cost of construction the act has been found to be ram kably and effective and rnear broad ad tn in iti J that a wide rang ran of ha ih boen bo en possible under linder it at the same ni eUine time is guaranteed by the fact that the fund must ultimately be refund 0 b be U ul over aale the fc fe wt t policy agi 11 of 1 the lh 1 Is juet just now A subject of va I 1 1 punie to n terest throughout the wit west and nad to the people of 0 the I 1 satee ti in general the forett forent reserves themia them Iv are ot of extreme value to the thet arsent a well as a to the autre welfare ot or all the western public land states the powerfully affect the ue ose und and 1 of the public lands tiey they are of special importance because the preserve the water supply and the supply at 0 timber for or domestic domeet ic purposes and to ho promote ment under the re net 1 floco f loco they aie ate essential e to th welfare ot of every one of the great wit interests Int erMita of the west every adminis administrate orar ronce nud 14 cot convinced vinced of the necessity for the proposed ra of e forest work in t the he department of ah and I 1 myself have hae urged it more than once in n former ino ae ag un I 1 end it to the arty early and consideration wn ot of it cot C cress 1 tho th interest interests of ane nation at barev and of at the th nest in particular have uttered greatly lucause of t the delay postoffice POST OFFICE DI in n the the me vice hae has 11 in and conditions as to and expert liture continue factory the increase 0 of revenue during the year or O 0 G 3 per cent the total r amount ing to ms ar 62 M the thos expenditures were an In crettie of about 9 per cent rent over the previous lou bear ear b ing thue thus K W in excess ot the current current revenue tue rie attention of the contreas conr reas should be especially itan to th thi currency guem lion tion and that al the standing committees on the facter in the two tuo houses charged with the duty take up the matter of 0 our currency and P fee whether it la is not tj possible to cure an agreement in the bust nesa world for the e tern the committe a should consider me question of tho the at 0 the and I 1 haq q problem n ct of securing in our currency 1 r puch uch elasticity n nt t la in consistent conale tent with safety every silver nollar be by law redee mabb in gold at the option of the holder VISE naturalization I 1 there hould should bo a revision 0 of the naturalization laws awl ahe e courts having power to natu naturally ralle should IA e definitely haried b national nu th or ity the testimony upon which 1111 naturalization 1 may be conferred cont erred should be definitely prescribed publication of ot 1111 nd ing naturalization applications ippa iPP 0 8 be required in advance ot of their hearing na in court the form orm and wordin wording of 0 nil all e cr r till cates Is aed should be 1100 uv form throughout the country and the court courts should be reni ired red to biake returns to he the secretary ecra ryo of state at abate perio dx of nil all conferrer national NATIO NAb QUA QUAn ANTINIS AMANTINI LAW LAWs it la in desirable deal rahle to enact brojer aror 7 national luon quarantine regulations regula tiona which are in n effect act a restriction upon sa interstate and international ter commery the question should property be assumed by the tv gov ern nent alone HAVE alaska should have a to it cartho Tho congre cor where the congress should alj in the bruf construction of needed wagon roads light housed should be in 0 my W judgment it is especially to o aid in such manner as seems just and feasible in the construction af a trunk line I 1 to s connect taft ra gulf of adaska with 3 the yukon chor american Ame torri tory AND borto HICO in hawaii congress neresa co hould should elve give the governor power to remove t ill 1 the 01 lala appointed under him the harbor of honolulu lono lulu should be dredged the marine hospital service should bei be tm powered to seldy leprosy in the islands L ask special consideration tor for the report an and recommendations ot al the governor ot at fort porto rico TIE philippines in the philippine lelanda islands there haa has been during tho past arar ar a continuation continue ot at the steady progress pro grews which haa has obtained ev r ane our troops definitely got n the he e r hand of 0 the insurgent insurgents th the e phi luan pp e people or to speak nore more accurately the many tribes and even rac a sundered cd from on u another morau or 00 less sharply ho go to 1 make up the people OO of the ph islands contain m ny elements of good and some elen ea ts which we bave a right to hope stand for or s at present they are utterly utterly incapable t f existing in af in depend pf en S e a all or al up a emiliza refu tion of their own I 1 firmly believe that we can help them to rise higher and hirle hirl kasa e in the scale sr U of civilization U and nf at capacity for or sell iel government and i most sa S earenst lY hope iu that in the end they will b a able to stand 14 not entirely alone yet in pome such reatter re atten atton to the al cuba now stands every ka leisure talen concerning p HS the island 9 vernild bv taken 1 amaril alth a view to their advantage we a give them lower tariff on their exports to the united states if this Is not done it hlll hf wrong to extend our shipping taus to them I 1 earnestly holl ile for the immediate enactment into f the legislation now pending to encourage american nn capital to meek investment in the I arnd in railroads in factor els in plan a and in lumbering and in ing OF ABROAD AMERICAN S CITIZENS CIT IZENa even where it Is not possible to recurs in other nations the observance of the principles which we accept as axiomatic it is for us firgir to insist upon the rights of our own c with out g a r d I 1 0 their arted or race with out e d t 0 w hether they were born here or born abroad 0 second O SS S we are F tn in every way ta to help on with cordial good will VIM every movement which will tend to bring us into more friendly relations the rest of mankind in p of this policy I 1 shall shortly lay before the senate treaties of arbitration with all powers which are willing to enter into these treaties with us t iq I q not po sible at this period of the world 0 development to agree to arbitrate all matters but there sissa pro many battem of possible poa sible ce between us and other nations which can be bl thus arbitrated at the ue u ext t of the union un on an eminent body composed compo eed of practical ita aten from all 11 countr coun trie c I 1 have asked the powers conJe to join with this gov eenon erni vent in a second hague at abich it Is hoped that the 1 work al ready so happily begun at the hague be some steps further tomay com comeion vIon W th ts carrien out the 79 cesire exp berred by the bagu con can ferance itself TUE 1 AND NAVY within the last three years the t united abates has ret rt r t an examae in ain ment where was wits pro ver per D 0 ir r law our army is fixed at a maximum of IM and a minimum of CO anen wn when there was insurrection in the phil we kept the army at isas MUM KS aleace W earn in the PhIlIp 1 a nd now our army baa tx n deuced to 5 aa the at it too cobl ta keep it with inith due to its efficiency the suns tuns nour now require 23 a w OW men abe tha iron jig 0 the in nir nor respect for 11 ta J just rights n mattew matters Is 1 the tl navy of the anted stat I 1 most realm ni mend that th rt tw the bo be no hak halt in n the work ri of the american naw |