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Show TTw i l) a a goal the generwJ JJJ o' Ittltur day. trotfurtion of an eight-hou- r Uie tha un the lathmua of Panamawhat from o diffeient h .,rr llt re that the lntrodut tlon of an th art' anal would he U . .t Vt t ot lb mat about a ah i in t ti ie i. - Hi, au.iat aj the isthmus anmt wm-tlabor vsiu'e Hui .i! to whether the or alien men bhnk mK hIk'I " it, away with the power of iti j m it WM' S4. r shf a M J M i t tT) iw in i n u;. lib Ut and nvesiiguuon imti. . law il win h to hum" Me quote the i, than mii'dft adm nit one to tin whit- - Je ph j kwi trim New and Important of rat irv a Mn. i Dispute. mo Inn fit of a drastic loi the district of , ritoiie oi the th.o'itHHit TAX He Believes Such Would Curb Growth of Fortunes to DanLa-v- j the trim. of rap. should julgM.iit i'H l" In punNbed with iivvavs tit with muiihr assault with in t rr f niimiit rape should be mid gerous Proportions. Hi e.r M'lmtu in m j i on Negro Question Ask for Currency Reform, and Shipping Bill Would Make Citizen of Jap Views commit-Ppotun- ' KimaVeits mevsaga lu tin m mul session of til Kin h iN w th a inth tomc:.-'luimln i of iifv a. id impoitunl Mubjt", chief of whuh I" Hu go einment pros ! h tullon 0 The ah Uv of jnj'HH.- i egro tion" :n libn? th qm-ife tion ti hatred prea hlng of I iginf), ie I - r tal ami labor. additional foi the (orttiol of large oipna-- t ). a on? mu' lit. true and iiuonu tax law and current leiuun The message qfi with a stutemeut Of what the last congress left unfinished, grid of this he sas I again recommend u law prohibiting corporations from ontnhuting to the campaign exp?nss f'f auv partv Such a bill La ahead) punt one hnune of congress lat individuals contribute as they desire, but let us prohibit in effective fashion all corporations from making contributions for any political purpose, directly or indirectly Another bill which harust past one house of the congress and wlmh is ur- should be enacted into fjentlyi necessary that conferring upon the government he right of appeal hn criminal cases on uuestlnn of law' This right exists in many of the stipes, it exists in the lMstrlct of Columbia by act of the It is of course not proposed congress that in any case a verdict for the defendant on the merits should be set aside Recently in one district where the government had indicted certain persons for conspiracy in connec tion with rebates the court sustfied the defendant s demurrer, while in another Jurisdiction an indfetment for conspiracy to obtain rebates has been sustained by the courts convictions obtained under it. and two defendants sentenced to imprisonment The two cases referred to may not be in real conflict with each other, but it is unfortunate that there should even be an apparent conflict. At present there is no way by which the government can cause such a conflict. wlen It oecure, to be solved by an appeal to a higher court, and the wheels of justice are blocked without any real decision of the question. I can not too strongly ge the, passage of the bill in question, failure to pass will result In seriously effort mpering the government In Its Justice, especially . against yj obtainindividuals or who corporations Ml?lthy the wren; and max also prevent Justice for government from obtaining are themselves not who wageworkers able effectively to contest a case where the Judgment of an inferior court has 1 been against them have specifically In view a recent decision by a district withrailway leaving employees Judge out remedy for violation of a certain labor statute. It seems an absurdity to permit a single district judge, the Judgment of against what may be of his colleagues the immense majority on the ben n, io det tare a taw Solemnly enacted by the congress to be unconstitutional," and then toto deny to the have the sugovernment the right preme court definitely decide the I i a it yMNgMji.LbM.il , n Hi t f a t bn- ' - v j 1 Need for Negro Education. There is another ma'tter u hb it has a direct "hearing upon this matter of Iviuhingand f the brutal crime which sometimes (alls it forth and ut other times niertlv furnishes tile txruse for its existence It is out of the question for our people as a whole permanently to rise bv treading down any of theit Kven those who themown number selves for the moment profit by such maltreatment of their fellows will in No more the long run also suffet shortsighted poll vledcan he imagined than in the fain interest of one class to prevent the education of another lass The free publu school, the chance for each hoy or girl to get good elementary edu ation lies at the foundation of our whole political situation In errv community the poorest citizen those who need the schools most would he deprived of them if school facilities they onlv received to the taxes they paid proportionately This is as true of one portion of our It s as true country as of another. for the negro as for the white man The white man. If he is wise will decline to allow the negroes in a mass to and womanhood grow to manhood r ut man and the inf t and in .I. w n l h oriner to I he a iv om'" e tend" v w v i No uv s ouid la ordained n nd. i "late oinirn r e mmenluig upon ,1)111. r. jntni truft i ht .otute ('. He f tl.t IMon la - i T T tpl n a nl h ' P tl th m Joint tlie prtMpj rn w a i j H tl .ISSIM Hill,) V r 'T tiltl 1hr t H tt 8uim gen ,st . t.i all par h - w i i id a u Is ilirtn uit C U "4 oui l I? U , fit It I tl Ur, ,a W f ' it III. it i n lttsH ,1 a t . h s. )W,f Ht, H it in t iltli'll to ' t llt.ll! . t . u . cm i V'.IH IHtlll'l" a (itHll lied siti Ii iiat tit H alill'M be tl lie. itiiimt ml king it ti . atful and arh nnsulet111 th" siiini it him! if ou tU!i om-i tl. murntalc ttmmM "t ih.it .n amend th f - c c ll til". b8Cl Inheritance and Income Tax. l 481.14111 ")M let That the It v voud imam as l in th r H . f "Kl 'I u ft. III 411't " Im Im Indio! h?s ui huig of cnor-l- done so h for both in gisl.it, n Me be nl. t itnm e tux u nil? nt should Impost u tax. and Jf o al iadu,tti it her He savs adiMted in 01m tax ble, 'I am rl aw art that su.li a subjtu t aa thi" tt4't long ami taiefnl study in tinier that Hit o;le mav l4 ome famll lar with w Iiat K pi oposod to be done, may darlv tc tlie necessity of pro ceding mill vkiH.1,ru Mini self lestrdmt, and mav make up their niindw just how far they aic willing to go in the matter, an work while onlv tiaintd legislation Rut out the piojiit in 11c esnarv detail I feel that in the near future tmr national legislators should ena. t a law providitax by ng for a graduated tnhentaiu whl h a steadily in teasing rate of duty or other should te put upon all money valtiabb s toining by gift, bequest, or devise t anv inriivulial or corporation It may he well to niHke the tax heavy In proportion as tlie individual benefited is reunite of kin In anv event, in my judgment the pro rata of the tax ahould verv increase heavily with tlie increase of the amount left to any one individual after a certain point has been reached lt i most desirable to encourage thrift and ambition, and a potent source of thrift and ambition is the desire on the part of the breadwinner to leave his children well off This object can be attained by making the tax very small on moderate amounts of property left; because the prime object should lie to put a constantly increasing burden on the inheritance of those swollen fortunes which k is certainly of no benefit to this country to perpetuate. There can be no question of, the etn-kthua depropriety of the governmentwhich anv upon recalved. termining the conditions ahould be gift or inheritance tax Inheritance ICmactiy how far the Incident, have the effect of souM,'Z an transmission or devise by .limiting the lit quesfton giftIs ofnotthe enormous rortunes discuss. to present necessary it It is wise that progress In this direction should be gradual. At first a permanent national inheritance tax, while it might be more substantial than any such tax approximate, has hitherto been, need not extent of the either In amount or in the increase by graduation, to what such a be tax should ultimately (tmitt ding mu , hI o Inn" Ii f 1 sv Inheritance Tax Constitutional. This species ot tax has attain and aaln bean imposed, altho only temporarily, by It was first the national fovernment July 4, 1747, when imposed by the act of Constitution were the makers of the It was alive and at the head of afTairs a graduated tax, tho small in amount, the rate was Increased with the amount left to any Individual, exceptions beingA made tn the case of certain ilose kin. similar tax was again imposed by the act of July 1, 1W2. a minimum sum of 41.000 In personar property being excepted from taxation, the tax then becoming remoteness progressive according to the act of June 13, of kin. The for an Inheritance tax on 1X48, provided of llO.OfK), any sum axcodlng th valu e the rate of tax increasing both in accord-anein a left and with the amounts cordance with the legatees remoteness of kin. The supreme court has held that the succession tax imposed at the time of the civil war was npt a dire t tax but an Impose of excise whUh was both conthe stitutional and valid More recently Mr court. In Xn opinion delivered hv exan contained which Justice White, ussion ceedingly able and elaborate disi to impose of the- powers of the congress death duties, sustained the constitutionality of the Inheritance1898. tax feature of the act of e la Income Tax Constitutional 7 In ita Incidents, and apart from the main purpose of raising revenue, an income tax stands on an entirely different footing from an inheritance tax, because it involves no question of the peran unpetuation of fortunes iswollen to The question Is in its healthy sixe. essence a question of the proper adjustAs the ment Of burdens to benefits law now stands it Is undoubtedly dim tax cult to devise a national iq'on,, Rm be constitutional which shall whether lt is absolutely impossible Is another question, and if possible It is most The first purely incertainly desirable come tax law was past by the congress tn 181. but the most Important law dealof l?:t ing with- the7 subje t wasbe that muonstltu-tlonal- . This the court held to - The question very Is undoubtedly h ii- I .1. ''i- - th t.tpa. tt liiKltrat in . in- tricate, delicate, and troublesome The decision of the court was by one majority. It Is the law of the land, and, of course, is exiepted as such and loyally obeyed by all good cltixens Nevertheless, the hesitation Inevidently felt by the court as a whole coming to a conclusion, when considered toon decisions the with previous gether the subject, may perhaps indbate the a constitutional of devising possibility income-ta- g law .which shall substanthe results aimed acccompllsh tially t. The difficulty of amending the constitution is BO great that onlv real neresort thereto cessity can justify abe made tn dealing Every effort should as with the sublet with this subject, of ths proper control b tlie national government over the use of corporate v ire weetb niwterstate Uuauicss. to dt m tion legislation which wlthit such shall attain the desired end, hut if this falls, there will ultimately h no alternative to a constitutional am He makes a strong pica for technical d education for the masses and while the federal government an do that but little in this line he schools of this chara ter lie established in the District of Columbia as an to the- - various states. Agricultural IntereiU. He appeals for every encouragement that the congress can give to the agriHe cultural Interests of the countrv points to the good that Is being done by lie various forma of grange organisai tions, and savs: Several factors must cooperate Ii) the Improvement of the farmer's eohditlon He must have the chanie to bq educated in the wiriest possible sense In th sense which keeps ever In v lew the intimate lull. i. lttal h.-- ,,uj..-r.itt- n.-l- . i - t v lt n.H uHrjulncKX in Hu gov m nm ntitl hijUiuu Iw wav that ihtu a" !joh! '(T.Htn vn utiutis of fann!" m l lu i than i or al".. sul ll Hu u indiv iduai tanuiuj it" work with tlu Mgn Ituit uTof ,it ..ordinal et rhe MrpartrfieTirs'wf tar a it ow n work I n and . duat!.mil o i d tit 4 ll with he b w..rk ot oth r elm all. mul aurhoi it te t" din atom in ssai v VgHi nil ut a ur lui".d upon gi ntvul du ation, but I M I. n ational mMlitutinn a ar ugti. ul'u rr4-"l- i to lh w lullzing MptM themselves ' i 4 I -- I'i f a-- making Hielt ourec relate to tit a tual toiclung (he uginuiltm il ami kimlrl jh ihicch r young itv to voting (ountiv p nple p4tipb who wish lo live in the (mjntrv f at pi ogics hus alialv laen in f mn. ri bv Hif tradon luirv us,., la furnui" institute-- . f bf4ebTs a".Mntions hoi ll ttoii" A .ultm.il Mesiada I loii" and the like xiuuph of how the govern Plilklhg ti Hnti th is larnier ment cooperate shown in fonin lion with th menace th lottoli growers of the ftVred ,U southern etate . Atlantic W Ju hop P11' 1 t nM,.ntly growing part in tit tiW of. great oc..n orint wlhto wah. for a great rnght mmrn t.il ti. rluptnrnt In our dal-Ins with Aala, and It la out of th duration that w should prrmanently such development unless we free- lv nt gladly eitend to other nations the same measure of Justice and good treatment which w expert to receive "t return It la only a very small bodv of our cltltena that act badly Where the federal government has power it -- til deal summarily with any such here the several states have power " earnt-sllask that thev also deal ami promptly with such con duct, or else this small body of wrong. doers nmv bring shame upon the great mass of their innocent and right dunking f Hows - that is upon our a as whole nation manners Quo! "hoqld be an international no les than an individual attribute fair uk (realm nt for the Japanese as I would ask fnr trtadTunt for Hermans or Russians 01 Krtuhnin righ"hmeii due to humamtv Italians I aak it Ptvilww44-f04 i ftAk.tfe end da ut her vise we mut toward air men i re ofimuTid ti the emigres that I g,V4- " u '' aril-nig- v trt"V71 Fran-t,- Fat tti. r,i,l rttla for "f ,hr and taromniandaitona 1 a- v r ' r,r.,.v , ant of Japa. rorM San lhf tt fronts on th deKr for work, thv U.n, t t r.Hte a right public nt t in allow maiiv ways aortal .CUM, .,,1,1 ..n tt ( trgantzatton ht.a anil m th buatimaa wort! ami It ti.tH a, cninpitali.l inti. It for gotd it ia no laa n, in tin acrid nt lttbttr aa .an f..r fumr Htnlt a movement Him mariK movement la good tn ltaeif furinfinite in,i ta ap.tltl oi ao long aa it ta tilt-evlen.i.m iur The kept t.i tis own legitimate htialttesa hei.'ilt-to l derived hv th asaorta'lon farmer- - for mutual advantAge ar ui , ,1,11, and partlv soclologt. at ,0,1 patilv M .reovei title tn t h long t un nl u it t ,rv eir.iit will prove mote ettl.-a- , ions III., It K,,V! t time, It assistant, while lit fat tilers must pilitiailli do most fir el I lie government ran also themselves lht depurtTmuit of agiuullure I fimnV d'ir-tioohrn iicvv gtouttd in as .? H find lnw it und vat 411 Lnprve it" motnoL and dvd.q m.i shif T'lr,w; c" Tt HUll Tcf if .i lf h rail w v llti i t ritl of t Hi kfs.l at it. ion s Naturalization frulutit R.mevlt ' u nth.-- - t.-- - t I - nt i X .1 lf r-- ri a.aint and toagain t i . ti t . or in r i i ' h i 111 - mat nat mn ni n t ,ti A c w haj i tor law Slid tti be t i . VI" 1.4 V man i m ultracsn-servatlv- J lif n b"4- - w dis-vu- I Inula w t v dem-oerae- To of Hie n u? n . th lai eat corporate and employers nor be left completely m.v, ot the stronger party to a the m r or it k irdless of the righteousness The proposed Hu ii claims uieaMii e would be in tlie line of securing re. ogmiion 'of the fait that in many 'urtk.'S the public ha ilseif an interest an' whuh annul wisely be disregarded, Intel el hot imielv of general oonven-iee fur tin question of a Just and uht y miin also he piej.ei publn In all legislation of this kind it is well to advance cautiously, testing the step t a h step by the actual results for piojMised can surely be safely taken,would the 'tensions of the tommission and in fashion, not bind the paiUe legal vet would give a Lance for public opinion tp exert its full force for the right -- but-who and 11 " lit i i to g I w " r . la t in i w. Control of Corporations. , rtton of the message considerable devoted to tlie subject of federal con-t-to of corporations in what he refers the passage at the last session of the and rate, meat ineie tion and food law's,Justisavs that ail of these have already recommends but fied their enactment, the amendment of the meat inspection law so as to put dates on the labels of meat products, and also to place the ost of insfwc tion on the packers rather Continuing on ttian on the government this subject of the control of corporations by tlie feieral government he says; exIt cannot too often, be repeated that Imthe perience ha conclusively shown of possibility of se uring by the actionsstate nearly half a hundred different ineffective but anything legislatures the wav of dealing with the haos operate great corporations which do not extlusively within the limits of any onea state In some method, whether by national license law or in other fashion, we must exercise, and that at an early date, a far more complete control than without education tTnquestionahly edat present over these great corporaucation such as is obtained in our pubtions a control that will among other lic schools does not do everything toprevent the evils of willexcessive wards making a man a good citisen, things and that compel hut it does much. The lowest and most overcapitalization, disclosures by each big corporation brutal criminals, those for instance the of its properties and of stockholders its who commit the crime of rape, are in and business, whether owned directly or the great majority men who have had thru subsidiary or affiliated corporations. either no education or very litie; Just This will tend to put a stop toto the securas they are almost invariable men who ing of favored tnordiwwu profits own no property; for the man who individuals the expenaa wftMtierk y iuta money by' out of - Jiia earning, tbs general atpublic stockholders.' the like the man who acquires education, the wageworkers. Our effort should as is usually lifted above mere brutal not so much to consolidation ss criminality. Of course the best type such, but so to prevent superv ise and control toIt of education for the colored man. tato see that it results In no harm e ken as a whole, is suck education as as ths people. The reactionary or bf is conferred in schools like Hampton apologists for the misuse atch and Tuskegee, where the boys and wealth assail the effort to secure, men woand young the young girls, as a step toward socialism. As men are trained Industrially as well control matter of fact it is these reactionaries as in the ordinary thwn public school and ultraconservatives who are social-tic branches. The giaduates of these selves most potent in increasing efficient schools turn out well in the great mamost of the One feeling cases and hardly anv of them the consequencejority of methods of become which is 80 per criminals, while what little a dangerous averting agitation, to remedy the 20 per cent criminality there is never takes the is cent, wrong, form of that brutal violence which inof evil as to which the agitation is sell vites lynch law Every graduate of founded. The best way to avert the vry these schools and for the matter of undesirable move for the governmertal that every oher colored man or woof railways Is to secure Evasion by Technicalities. man who leads a life so useful and ownership the government on behalf of the In connection with this matter, I would honorable ss to win the good will and as and a whole sucli adequate control comlike to call attention to the very uns&t-isfof the great interstate respect of those whites whose neighregulation our reof criminal state law, tory bor he or she is, thereby helps the mon carriers as will do away with die large part from the hab't of whole colored race as It ran be helped sulting in evils which give rise to the agltaUsn netting aside the Judgments of Inferior in no other way, for next to the negro against them. 80 the proper antidote courts on technn alities absolutely un man who can do most to to tlie dangerous and wicked agitation himself, the i onneeted with the merits of the case, the negro Is his white neighbor against the men of wealth as such Is to and where there is no attempt to show help who lives near him, and our steady secure by proper legislation and executhat there has been any failure of subeffort should be to better the relations tive action the abolition of the grave stantial justice. It would be weH to enthe two (ireat tho the beneabuses which actually do obtain in conact a law providing something to the between fit of these schools has been to their nection with the business use of wealth effect that colored pupils and to the colored peounder our present system or rather no No Judgment shall be set aside or new ple, it may well be questioned whether system of failure to exercise any adetrial granted In anv cause, ivil or crimnot been benefit has at the least as quate control at all. Some persons speak inal. on the ground of misdirection of the great to the white people among whom as if the exercise of such governmental reor admission the or improper jury these colored pupils live after they control would do away with the freedom jection of evidence, oror for error as to any graduate of Individual initiative and dwarf ind-It matter of pleading unless. procedure This is not a fact ividual effort. In the opinion of the court to which the and Labor. would be a veritable calamity to fail to Capital application ie made, after an examinaa upon individual initiative, of On put premium the and labor subject capital the tion of the entire cause, it shall affirmathe president takes tin agitators of class individual rapacity and effort; uponwhin tively appear that the error complained and foresight character to energy, to preach task and says hatred in a miscarriage of in the has resulted it is so important to encourage . hatred to the rich man. as such. Justice individual. Hut a a matter of fact the to seek to mislead and inflame to madeffec t of pure ness honest men whose lives are hard deadening aod degrading of Injunctions. its extreme socialism and especially and who have not the kind of mental of On the subject of the abolition of inthe and deairuunn form communism, will which them to aptraining permit in he labor eavs disputes, junctions individual character which they would danger in the doctrines preciate the In my last message I suggested the enthe bv achieved in ara Is to commit a crime against part bring about, actment of a law in connection with the preached competition widen the body politic ami to be false to every wholly unregulated individual isauance of injunctions, attention havor "rpor-atioIn a single results and Amertradition of principle worthy drawn to the matter all dhers ing been sharply rising at the expense of checks national life" Continuing on this ican the demand of all the that right by applyuntil his or Us rise effectually he savs competfornwr ing injunctions in labor cases should be subject reduces and competition who The think the people plain It at ana abolished is least doubtful wholly itors to a position of utter infeiiority farmer" merchants workwhether a law abolishing altogether the mechanics ers with head or hand the men to subordination. and use of injunctions In su h cases would In enacting enforcing such legis-its whom American traditions are dear, stand the test of the ouri, in whuh w'ho has lo this congress already love tloir countrv and trv to act lation ax case of course the legislation would he on a coherent we are working hv their neighbors owe it to credit, ure ineffective Moreover, behef q would d'cently' with tho steady endeavor to ihemselvcs to remembet ihat the most plan, be wiong altogether to prohibit the use needed reform by the Joint a tion of the blow an be that popdamaging given is tions who it mutual to permit of injum the moderate men, the plain men ular government i to elet t an to weeken sympathy with criminals hysterical or! on g do not wish anything agitator hand in upholding the law and if men do Intend to dangerowh and hvpoinsy seek to destroy life fr properfr by mob platform of vidiMHc fashion tfMn resolute commonsense Whenever mii Ii an ms ie is raised in in violen e there should be no impairment the real and great evils of the present an he countrv this of the to nothing courts ileal with gained byv svstem. The reactionaries and the vioof the power them in the most sunnnarv and effective flinching fmm it for in such case lent extremists show svmptoms of joinon is itself trial so far as possible the popular Both assert, for wy possible But should ing hands against us under republican forms is Instance, be providcal abuse of the power that if logical, we should go itself on trial Thof the to triumph against by some sue h law as I advocated mob ownership of railroad government evil a t li n is th tri ft) last year. th like, th roactionarie. her the plutm ra, v InH to have on ,uch In this matter of injunction there N umph B Usue thPy th(nk Uie people danger avails nothing lodged in the hands of the tndlciary a escaped one stand with them, while the exwhatever if we su numb to the' other 'would nevertheless unh nt necessary power which tremists care rather to pieach dis m grave abuse In the end the honest man whether rich and subject to the possibility than to achieve solid reagitation earns own Ms or who be should that poor, a and It is power exercised living As a piatter of fact, our pmutton tries to deal justlr bv his fellows, has sults. with extreme care and should be subIs as remote from that of the bourbon to the jealous scrutiny of all men. as much to fear from th; insincere ject as from that of the impracand condemnation should be meted out and unvvorthv e hold demagog promising reactionary or Blnlster visionary as much to the Judge who fails to use much and performing nothing, or else ticable should not ondu, t that the government evil but ft boldly when necessary as to the judge performing who nothing business of the nation, bot that It would set on the mob to plunder the the who uses it wantonlv or oppressively should exercise such supervision as wtH the as from a craftv be rich Of course, judge strong enough to corruptionist, its being conducted In the inter-as fit for his office will enjoin any resort who for hi" own end" would permit insure est Our aim Is, so fai the to violence or intimidation, especially hv the common people to be exploited by mavofbe, tonation. secure, for all decent. Hardno we matter his what If ever the let very this conspiracy, opinion 'men, equality of opportunity und may be of the rights of the oi iginal quargovernment fail into the bonds of men working burden. in of either of these two classes we shall equality of There must la no hesitation rel Hut there must Combinations Are Necessary. show ourselves false to America's past dealing with disorder - huee-eif the- ln- - Moreover - ih ikroiutox and- - corruptionist - "The aetuel likewise beTT" srrchworking cl our law? b as is implied in forbidding often work hand in hand There shown junclive powder that the effort to prohibit all Iaboring men to itrtvc for their own het- - are at this moment wealthy reactionor bad. Is noxious where ferment 1ft peaceful and lawful ways, aries of nuh obtuse morality that they It is not good Combination "I Ineffective a nor must the Injunetiun he ujied merely the public servant who prose-cute- s capital like combination of labor regard in aome to aid big corporation them when thev violate the law. carrying element of our present in u out schemes for its own aggrandizement or who seeks to make them hear their necessary system. It Is not possible compMeiy of the public burdens as to prevent It must he remembered that a prelimHe. proper share more It; and if it Were possdamlabor in if even ae, inary injunction than such being objectionable prevention would do we proof even the violent agitator who hounds on age tocomplete neu What granted without canadequate the politic be found to support when authority the mob to plunder the rich There is Is not valnlvbody all comblnat1 n, to the conclusions of law on which 4,1 Is nothing to choose between such a re- .but to secura sui prevent h rigorous and adequate founded), mayoften settle the dispute actionary and such an agitator; funds the combinaof and control supervision if mentally they are alike in their aejfish between the parties, and therefore tions as to prevent their Injuring ' S of Improperly granted tnav- - do irreparable the of as Inevform in such public,-rights disregard others, and mere wrong Yet there are manv Judges who it Is natural that they should join in itably to existing threaten Injury for theSecur-course granting assume a matter-of-fad to movement has any of which fact that a cnrublnstioiy of a preliminary In Junction to be the opposition Is fearlessly to do exact and practically complete control of a necesthe aim and proper to disposition al! e ev circumjudinal en ordinary Jusllt sary of life would under any of such cases, and there have undoubtstances show that such combination was Railroad Employees Hours. edly been flagrant wrongs committed to be presumed to be adverse to the pubwith labor disHe asks for the passing of the bill limby judges in connection lic interest. It is unfortunate that ur, putes even within the last few years, iting number of the hours laws should forbid alhcombma-tionsof present altho I think much less often than un-in employment of railroad employes, and instead of sharplv otiscntnlnaung former years. Fuch Judges by their classes the measure as a very moderate between those combinations which do wise action Immensely strengthen the one He the aim of all should be evil Rebates, for instance, are aa often hards of those Wrho are striving entirely to steadilysays redm e the number of hours due to tlie pressure of big shippers tas Col. Mettage Plates and Sheets. A J tt k. put ui ui n own m.ui bemg without hiving i inwtal nature p rm.t tout u ntu- b Kveiv ivnhing nu.iiis Jut moral t! ter icrratum in nil l to hildte-o knoW'letlfcCi it who Ii.lv i so mix h adth ti th. r. r m xt fen tKoi m i n an I.et justice be both nine ami vft. lew but 11 it Ih nwn iindtr and not th wild and crooked savagerv of a mob t tioibl. Oetw e n . a pi rn to rs of pu? m w lif i) IS d t.f d I t. ond! f..i the lesuit Be- . Discussed VNhku bot fut ac-te- pi dtth - IP .1 zal povMtide e:rnStiie'-- - and Mich mfimoiis nffemler s ,11,'MMltHI tWvi he" l" it, mi" ble lo t .tiiiHSii.it ion ttnltl ! l" 4 p il i . i lu ti .1- - book" i law i f He. itvi met - tralm i that tlt tie .1 -- H o j hi bu"i fV f t . t lfl-- I uljt . a- Pi - ti- 1. by aii pass pra a pid np on to problems of "tudenta now rea un nin hv that e.i an. it must eek to train the of otng teople and thto iiieit..,,.-p.wisi H.Ktun.atwe .t upon of l,il.or ' ami tn pr- .Itist.t, to .11 that tn pa..- ln- tir i he th v l i . t e. b io and! r d ; gia. Mine sear" io. Jflk" of Alabama ie ago and t t iv and then sue man should realize Kveiv toloied i hat this the wofwt ei m of ht ra and above I1 the n. ner. th dread a? rim'n.il who eonunlt" f It Mil rime of rape and H should - fr thp hlvieM dvre an aati.-- t the vs hull tuunlry. and train'd the colored roe in pirtfculir for a Milinl min to fall to help the o fiber" f to- hw III hunting, down with all Subjects, INCOME - INHERITANCE ' a t for ti -- Recommends Legislation on m xl and a federal o child and tM country. jain.F XVWtill wolk Of the ( oniiiu!tfi H. labor appointed to investigate il fields ni I VniinyU anil In 1W. m tlu an.J ivfcii. I., Hie lli of tlie commission Unit 111. n,.te ami lefierxl governments for n1 , III. Mite the mat hlner lie mm .nieil the . oitquUaory Inveatigs-- I iloverii tion of iniiitnerMes U'l.w-Ar'.r ami eni.oeii alien tliet arise hua tefei i an; In Ute Hut tlial a bill sna n been mti ixliu ett lo tills Mam of these strikes and lockout aoalil nut hate occurred had the parties In the ill';, .le l.ten reqnlre.1 to l.eloie an nntiretudieed ttody representing to face, state the the nail. n amt. fate In most leasntis fi.r theH . uiilentlon doubtless te '.M t.nes lie itis'ile aould found lo he .1 ie to a misunderstanding hv eaeti of the others rights, sugravatefl ht an Iinwtllii. guess of either paity to as line the statement of the otheras to i lie justice or injustice of th smat- ju(I, Mills The exercise of body ilislnterested government, n lederal r.nitleil by a cointnt-,and arbitration te an atmosphere con--ofI Illation between the giving eaeh suTe jnnwmv4,iiifh m j of the othr would from iloveloutng or lockout, and In enable the partle lo I -- . int t of t y i k pri t Investigation c ttiul W .4- . - n at i the direction of granting a large ure of Httzenship should be conferred on the citizens of Porto Rico. The harbor of 8an Juan in Porto Ric should be dredged und improved The expenses of the federal court of Porto Rico should be met from the federal The administration of the tieanury fair- of Porto Kuo together with those of Hie Philippines Hawaii 'n d our other insular poj4."snns, should all be ed tinder one executive department, bv p? eferern e the d partment of state or the .i in i hv the advance of the The depaitment- Is doing boll weevil to can oTtcantzc the farmers in all it he threatened li8lri. Jqst us it has been doing all it cgn to iirganize them In ail nt Its w rk to eradicate the tick in the south Tlie depart ment can and will cooperate with all such assoclat Ions, and it must hav their hlp if it" own work Is to be done in the most effi lent style He urges the extension of the Irriga.-tmand forest preservation system, and asks fur un appropriation for building a memoiil theater at Arlington Marriage and Divorce. As a means of bringing about national regulation of marriage and divorce he suggests a constitutional amendment, and nays it Is not safe lo leave theae questions to lie dealt witli by the various be states Continuing on tills subject - t. cat-fev- n . an a t lie tutasetl speciflcallv provding for the natural m lion of Japanese who come liete intending lo become Amerhan clt iens One of tlie great embarrassments sttsnding the performance of our International obligations Is tlie fact that the statutes of the Inlted Stales government are entirely inadequate. They fail lo give lo the national government s'lftii lentiv ample power, through Inlted Suites ioiiHs ami bv tlie use of the urtirv ami navv, to protm t aliens In the solemn rights se tired to them undet tieailes will h are lha law or the land therefore earnestlv recommend that the criminal and civil statutes of tha I'nlted Hlales he so amended and added to as to enable the preatdsnt, acting for the I'nlted Slates government, which la relaresponsible In nor International tions, to enforce the rights of aliens unaa now la K.ven law the der treaties something ran be done by the federal In and tha government toward this end, matter now before me affecting the Japanese, everything that It Is in my power (o do will be done, and all of the forces,, military and civil, of the I'nitad States which I may lawfully employ will bs so employed Thera should, howevsr, ba no particle of doubt aa to the POWgr, of the national government comBletehr t perform and enforce ita own obligation to other nations. The mob of a single-citmay at any time perforin acta of some class of lawless violence against foreigners which would plunga ua Into war. The city by Itself would be powerless to make defense agaigit tha foreign power thud assaulted, and IT tt would' of this government never venture to perform or permit thoi performance of the acta complained to entire power and tho whola duty protect the avffendlng city or tha offend- -i lug, community ilea in the hands nf States government. It la unthinkable that we should continue a pel-l- ey a under which given locality may ba allowed to commit a crime against at friendly nation, and the I'nlted Mates not to preventing government limited, the crime, but. In the the cominlaalon-- of to last resort, defending tha people who have committed it-- against tho conse, quences of their own wrongdoing. tnde-liende- nt sa s When home ties are loosened, when men and women cease to regard a worthy family life with all its duties fully performed, and all Its responsibilities lived up to. ss ths life best worth living, then evil days for the commonwealth are at hand atThere are regions In our land and classes of our of.-Th- e population, where the birth rate has sunk below the death rale Hurelv It should need no demonstration to show la. from the that wilful aterlllty n standpoint of ths nation, from one the standpoint of the human race, sin for which the penalty is national death, race death, a aln atnfor which which la there is no atonement; a tha mora dreadful exactly in proportion aa tbs men and women guilty thereof ar tn otbar respect, tn character. and bodily and menial powers, the state those whom for the sake of tlie-fl- it 8w It would fcf w?U ' and mothers of many healthy children, well brought up In homes made happy by their presence. No man. no woman, can shirk the primary duties of life, whether for love of eaaa aod pleasure, or for any other cause, and retain his t. or her The president asks for the enactment a of into law shipping bill that will place American Interests on the seas on a par with those of other countries, and urges especially that somslhing he done that tr r establish direct steamship communication with South American ports Currency Reform. Amendments to the present currency laws are asked for, and after showing that present laws are Inadequate beeatiee wide fluctuation of interest of the charges, he mere statement of theee facts shows that our present system Is seriThere Is need I of a ously defective many change i'nfortunately however, of the proposeil changes must be ruled from consideration because they are complicated, are not easy of comprehension. and lend to disturb existing We must also rightsoutandanvInterests which rule plan value of would mathe fritted the Impair cent bonds now terially two States per pledged the Issue of to secure circulation, which was made under conditions peI culiarly creditable to the treasury. do not press any special plan Various been have recently by proposed plans of bankers. Among expert committees the plans which are possibly feasible receive and which certainly should vour consideration is that repeatedly attention the to presby your brought ent secretary of the treasury, the eshave of which been features sential approved by manv prominent bankers to men this According and business should be perplan national banks mitted to Issue a specified proportion of their capital In notes of a given kind the issue to be taxed at so high a rate as to drive the notes hack when Thfs not wanted In legitimate trade the Inane of plan wouldto not permit banks additional give currency the emergency preprofits hut to meet sented hv tunes of stringency will says-"Th- -- Need of Automatic System. not say that tills Is the right It to emphaI only advance belief that there Is need for mV sise some system whleh the adoption of and open to all shall be automatl Hound banks so as to avoid all posand favoritisibility ofIi discrifiufiiitton sm tu a plan ofwould tend to prehigh money and vent the spasms which now obtain in'dbe speculation al present SVw York market, for much currency at certain there Is too the year 'and its accumuseasons of lation at New York tempts bankers to lend it- at low rates for spei illative times when, purposes- whereas at other there Is the crops are hing moved hut a for temporary need large urgent It Increase In the currency supply. that this forgotten men must never t genbusiness concerns question as much us bankers; eserally quite his true of stockmen. pecially Is busmens men In the west; farmers and for at present at certain seasons or the year the differenceand inthe tnterest west Is rates between the eat from six to ten Pr tent, whereas In difference Is Canada the corresponding but two per ccpJ, Am- plan must, of 'I do svstem. course guard Ho interests Or vest ern and southern bankers nsearefullv as it guards the interests of New York and must be or Chicago itanktre. of the drawn from them standpoints no less than farmer and the of the city from the standpoints hanker banker and the eountrv so as to The law should ie- amended funds speclflially to provide that the trattiuiy' from miniums f th treasury Inbv the mm reury i the under obtained fund treat he There ahould h ternal revenue law nt amall a considerable thcreape in hill - - rmiion underhouKl b denomination Mttil given banks, if necessary their circulation to to retire restriction, month. a larger amount tiian He again aks for free trade with thia and in the country for the Philippine" done same connection review" the work bv this country in the jaiand. ana says It "if we have erred in the Philippine hai been In preding too rapidly io Cuban Intarvantlon. Tho rebellion In Cub nd thSIX Inci- of dents leading up to tlx establishment the provisional government ta review'd.-antha president says: "When tha election has been held dnd, tha . new . government inaugurated In peaceful and orderly fashion of tha provisional government will come to an and. I take "this opportunity of expressing, upon behalf of tha American people, with all possible solemnity, our meet earnest Dope that the people of Cuh wilt realise th Imperative need of justice and keeping order n tha island. The I'nlted Stales wishes' nothCuba of except that It shall prosper ing morally and materially, and wishes nothing of the Cubans save that they ahall lie able to preserve order among them selves and therefore to preserve their Independence. If the elections become a habl farce, and If tha Ineurrectlonary becomes confirmed In the island. It Is abtha the of that out question solutely Island ahould continue Independent; and assumed has which United the fltetes, the eporeorshlp before the civilised world for Cuba's career as a nation, would that again have to Intervene and to sea the government was managed In ancli secure as the fashion safety orderly tp The path to ba of life and property, trodden by those wlio exercise Is always hard, and w should have every charity and patience with tha Cubans as they tread this difficult partb. I have the utmost sympathy with, sad regard for. thqm; but I most earnestly adjure them solemnlyseeto weigh their rethat when their, sponsibilities and to new government is started lt shall run ng smoothly, and with freedom from flagrant denial of right on th one hand, and from Insurrectionary disturbances on f? the other Considerable space Is devoted to tha International conference of American reRoot publics and the visit of Secretory to South America, and points to the fact of the nations In behalf that our efforts of that country hr appreciated by them. On the subject of the Panama canal ha promises a special message In the near future . Tht Army and Navy. lose with d plea for The message th maintenance of the navy at it present tandard, to do which he say would mean the building of one battleship each year. Of the present efficiency of th armv and nay he say. The readiness and efficiency of both the with the rearmy and navy in dealing cent sudden crisis In Cuba Illustrates Thi afresh their value to the nation. readiness and efficiency would have been very much less had it not been for- - the existence of the general staff in the army and the general board in the navy; both! are essential to the proper development and use of our military force afloat and The troops that were sent to ashore. It Cuba were handled flawlessly. the swiftest mobilisation and dispatch of ever accompifshed by troop over ea The expedition landed our government. for hn completely equipped and ready Its orgmnisa mediatMservie, aeveral inof Havana ovef tions hardtv remaining night before splitting up Into detach ment and going lo their several post. It was a fine demontrafdh xf the valor and efficiency of th general staff. Simthe ilarly. it was owing in large-par- i- w to able general hard that th navy at the outset to meet th Cuban crti with such instant efficiency; ship after notiewat ship appearing on th shortest any threatened point, while the marine ular tn performed indispen, corps parth The armv and navy wif able service. th college are of Incalculable value to with nd they cooperate two services. im constantly increasing efficiency and c 'TheTofi grew hair most provided.- -. for a national board for the promotion KxcHlenl icsuite hat of rifle practise fie already come from this ias. but it ara Our not go far enough. war is so small that In any great should have to trust mainly to anfi in such event these volunteers should already know how to shoot. Tor if a soldier has the fighting edge, to and ability to take care of himself the open, his effletemy on the Hue of to battle la almost directly proportionate We should excellence in marksmanship. establish shooting gallerias In aU tha ahould schools, large public and military maintain national target ranges la differ-n-Int atould part of the country, end ot every way encourage the formation rifle club lhruout all Prte of ri land. offera of ewltxr!and Th little republic n excellent example tn all matter u connected with building up an .efficient Citisen ROOSEVELT." te !DCmp . v vj f |