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Show themselves anxious to live for it and willing to die for it Encountering the raco feeling apalnct them, subjected sub-jected at times to cruel injustice growing grow-ing out of it, they may well have our profound sympathy and aid In tho struggle they are making. We are charged with the sacred duty of making mak-ing their path as smooth and easy as we can. Any recognition of their distinguished men. any appointment to office from among their number, is properly taken as an encouragement, and an appreciation of their progress, and this Just policy shall bo pursued. Coming Era of Better Feeling ' J Between Whites and Negroes. But it may well admit of doubt whether, In the caso of any race, an appointment of one of their number to a local office In a community In which the race feeling is so widespread wide-spread and acute as to Interfere with the eaao and facility with which the local government business can be done by the appointee. Is of sufficient benefit by way of encouragement to the race to outweigh the recurrence and increase of rac feeling with such an appointment Is likely to engender. Therefore, the executive, in recognizing recogniz-ing the negro race by appointments, must c-xerclse a careful discretion not thereby to do It more harm than good. On tho other hand we must be careful not to encourage the mere pretense of race feeling manufactured In the Interest In-terest of individual political ambition. Personally I have not the slightest race prejudice or feeling, and recognition recogni-tion of Its existence only awakens In my heart a deeper sympathy for those who have to bear it or suffer from it, and I Question the wisdom of a policy which Is likely to increase it. Meantime, Mean-time, If nothing Is done to prevent, a better feeling between tho negroes and the whites in the Bouth will continue con-tinue to grow, and more and more of the white people will come to realize that the future of the south Is to be much benefited by the Industrial and intellectual progress of the negro. The exercise of political franchises by those of his race who are Intelligent and well-to-do will bo acquiesced In, and tho right to vote will be withheld only from the Ignorant and Irresponsible Irresponsi-ble of both races. Is Squarely In Favor of Proper Labor Legislation. Thero Is one other matter to which I shall refer. It was made the subject of great controversy during the election, elec-tion, and calls for at least a passing reference now. My distinguished predecessor prede-cessor has given much attention to tho cause of labor, with whose struggle for better things he has shown the sln-cerest sln-cerest sympathy. At his instance, con-'gross con-'gross has passed the bill fixing the 11a- ' blllty of intcrot?.te carriers to their employes for Injury pustalned In the course of employment, abolishing the rule of fellow -servant and the common law rule ns to contributory negllgenco. It has also passed a law fixing the compensation of government employes for Injuries sustained In the employ J of the government through the negll- gence of the superior. It also passed a model child labor law for the District Dis-trict of Columbia. In previous administrations admin-istrations an arbitrary law for interstate inter-state commerce railroads and their employes, and laws for the application of safety devices to save the lives and limbs of employes of Interstate railroads rail-roads had been passed. Additional legislation of this kind was passed by tho outgoing congress. I I wish to say that In so far as I ' can, I hope to promote the enactment of further legislation of this cbarao ter. Question of Injunctions In Industrial Disputes. Another labor question has arisen which has awakened the most excited I discussion. That is in respect to the : power of the federal courts to Issue Injunctions In-junctions In industrial disputes. Aa to that, my convictions are fixed. Take away from the courts, If It could bo taken away, the power, to Issue in-, junctions in labor, disputes, and it j would create a privileged class among tho laborers and save the lawless j among their number from a most need- V- - - ( platform upon which I was edectcd, I shall call congress into extra session, to meet oa tbe fifteenth day of March, In order that, consideration may be at once given to & bill revising the Ding-ley Ding-ley act This should secure an adequate ade-quate revenue and adjust the duties In such a manner as to afford to labor and to all industries in this country, whether of.thc farm, mine or factory, protection by tariff equal to the difference dif-ference between the cost of production produc-tion abroad and the cost of production here, and have a provision which shall put into force, upon executive determination of certain facts, a higher high-er or maximum tariff against those countries whose trade policy toward ua equitably requires such discrimination. discrimi-nation. It Is thought that there has been auch a change In conditions since the enactment of the Dlngley act, drafted on a similarly protective principle, prin-ciple, that the measure of tho tariff above Btated will permit the reduction of rate In certain schedules and will require the advancement of few, if any. ..... The ' proposal to revise the tariff made in soch an authoritative way as to lead the business community to count upon it, necessarily halts all thoBO branches of business directly affected, af-fected, and aB these are moat Important, Impor-tant, It disturbs the whole business of the country. It Is imperatively necessary, neces-sary, therefore, that a tariff bill be drawn In good . faith ' In ' accordance with p'romlses made before the election elec-tion hy the party. In power, and as promptly passed .as due consideration will porralt It Is not that the tariff Is more Important In the long run than the perfecting of the reforms In respect re-spect to anti-trust legislation and Interstate In-terstate commerce regulation, but the need for action when the revision of the tariff has been determined upon, is more immediate to avoid embarrassment embar-rassment of business. To secure the needed speed in the passage of the tariff bill, It would seem wise to attempt at-tempt no other legislation at the extra ex-tra session. I venture this as a suggestion sug-gestion only, for the course to be taken tak-en by congress, upon tho call of the executive, Is wholly within Its discretion. discre-tion. Graduated Inheritance Tax Is Recommended. In the making of a tariff bill, the prime motive is taxation, and the securing se-curing thereby of a revenue. Due largely to the business depression which followed the financial panic of 1907, the revenue from customs and other sources has decreased to such an extent that the expenditures for the current fiscal year will exceed the receipts re-ceipts by $100,000,000. .It is Imperative Impera-tive that such a deficit shall not continue, con-tinue, and the framers of the tariff bill must of course have In mind the total revenues likely to be produced by It, and so arrange the duties as to secure an adequate Income. Should it be Impossible to do so by Import duties, du-ties, new kinds of taxation must be adopted, and among these I recommend recom-mend a graduated Inheritance tax, as correct In principle and certain and easy of collection. The obligation on the part of those responsible for theexpendliures made to carry on the government, to be as economical eco-nomical as possible, and to make the burden of taxation as light as possible, Is plain and should be affirmed In 'every declaration of government policy. pol-icy. This Is especially true when we are face to face with a heavy deficit. But when the desire to win the popular popu-lar approval leads to the cutting off of expenditures really needed to make the government effective, and to enable en-able It to accomplish Its proper objects, ob-jects, the result is as much to be condemned con-demned as the waste of government funds In unnecessary expenditure. The scope of a modern government in what it can and ought to accomplish for Its people has been widened far beyond the principles laid down by the old lalssez falre school of political writers, and this Oldening has met popular approval. In the department of agriculture, the uso of scientific experiments on a large scale, and the spread of information informa-tion derived from them for the improvement im-provement of general agriculture, must go on. - The importance of supervising business busi-ness of great railways and Industrial Indus-trial combinations, and tho necessary Investigation and prosecution of unlawful un-lawful business methods, are another necessary tax upon government which did not exist half a century ago. Necessary Work Calling for Large Expenditure. The putting Into force of laws which shall secure the conservation of our resources, so far as thev mv h with. in the maintenance of traditional American policy against the colonization coloniza-tion 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: suit-able: fortifications upon the mainland of the United States and in Its dependencies. depend-encies. We should have an army so organized, organ-ized, and so officered, as to be capable in time of emergency, In co-operation with the national militia, and under the provisions pf a proper national volunteer law, rapidly to expand into a force sufficient to resist all probable Invasion from abroad and to furnish a respoctable expeditionary force, if necessary, In tho maintenance of our traditional American policy which bears the name of President Monroe. 8trong Plea Is ade for Adequate Army and Navy. Our fortifications are yet In a state of only partial completeness and the number of men to man them Is Insufficient. Insuffi-cient. , In a few years, however, the usual annual appropriations for our coast defenses both on tho mainland and In the dependencies, will make them sufficient to resist all direct attack, at-tack, and by that time we may hope that the men to roan them will be provided pro-vided as a necessary adjunct. The distance of our shores from Europe and Asia of course reduces the necessity neces-sity for maintaining under arms a great army, but It does not take away the requirement of mere prudence, that we 'should have an army sufficiently suffi-ciently large and so constituted as to form a nucleus out of which a suitable suit-able force can quickly grow. - What has been said of the army may be affirmed in even a more emphatic em-phatic way of the navy. A modern navy cannot be improvised. It must be built and in existence when the emergency arises which calls for its uso and operation. My distinguished predecessor has In many speeches and messages set out with, great force and striking language the necessity for maintaining a strong navy commensurate commensur-ate with the coast line, the governmental govern-mental resources and the foreign trade of our nation; and I wish to reiterate all the reasons which he has presented pre-sented In favor of the policy of maintaining main-taining a strong navy as the best conservator con-servator of our peace with other nations' na-tions' and the best means of securing respect for the assertion of pur rights, the defense of our interests and the exercise of our Influence in international interna-tional matters. . Our international policy is always to promote peace. We shall enter Into any war with a full consciousness conscious-ness of the awful consequences that It always entails, whether successful or not, and we, of course, shall make every effort, consistent with national honor and the highest national interest, inter-est, to avoid a resort to arms. We favor evory Instrumentality, like that of The Hague tribunal and arbitration treaties made with a view to its use In all international controversies, in order to maintain peace and to avoid war. But we should be blind to existing ex-isting conditions, and should allow ourselves to become foolish idealists, if we did not realize that with all the nations qf the world armed and prepared pre-pared for war, we must be ourselves in a similar condition, In order to prevent pre-vent other nations from taking advantage ad-vantage of us and of our Inability to defend our Interests and assert our rights with a strong hand. In tho international controversies that aro likely to arise In the orient, growing out of the question of the open door and other Issues, the United States can maintain her Interests Intact and can secure respect for her Just demands. de-mands. She will not be able to do so, however, If It is understood that she never Intends to back up her assertion asser-tion of right and her defense of her Interest by anything but mere verbal protest and diplomatic note. For these reasons, the expenses of the army and navy and of coast defenses should always be considered as something some-thing which the government must pay for, and they should not be cut off through mere consideration of- economy. econ-omy. Our government Is able to afford af-ford a suitable army and a suitable navy. It may maintain them without the slightest danger to the republic or the cause of free Institutions, and fear of additional taxation ought not to change a proper policy In this regard. re-gard. The policy of the United States In the Spanish war, and since, has given It a position of Influence among the nations that It never had before, and should' be constantly exerted to securing se-curing to its bona fide citizens, wheth- ADDRESS MADE BY PRESIDENT TAFT AT INAUGURATION NEW CHIEF EXECUTIVE IS EMPHATIC IN HIS DECLARATIONS. DEC-LARATIONS. ANNOUNCES EXTRA SESSION CONGRESS TO BE CALLED MARCH 15 TO CONSIDER QUESTION OF , TARIFF REVISION. 1 - fmong Important . Recommendations Is One for the Creation of a Graduated Grad-uated Inheritance Tax Strong Plea for Adequate Army and Navy Need of Extending Federal Jurisdiction Juris-diction In. Connection with Making f Treaties For Poetal Savings ; Banks Panama Canal Declared to Be Progressing Satisfactorily Era 9f Better Feeling Between Whltee and Negroes Labor Legislation and Injunctions. Washington, March 4. Following the ceremonies that marked his elevation eleva-tion to tho office of chlGf executive of the United States, President Tart de- llvered bis Inaugural addrcsa, ao fol- lows: My Fellow Citizens: Any one who takes the oath I have iuH taken must feel a heavy weight of responsibility. If not, be has no conception of the powers and duties of the office upon ichich. he is about to enter, or he is lacking in a proper sense of the obll-'gatlon obll-'gatlon which the oath Imposes. The office of an inaugural address 'Is to give a summary outline of the ;maJn policies of the new admlnlstra-. admlnlstra-. tlon, so far as they can be anticipated. I have had the honor to be one of the . advisers of my distinguished , predecessor, prede-cessor, and as such, to hold, up his hands in the reforms he has Initiated. I should be untrue to myself, to my promises and to the declarations of the party platform. upon which I am elected to office, if I did not make the maintenance and enforcement of those reforms a most important feature of my administration. They were directed di-rected to the suppression of the lawlessness law-lessness and abuses t)f power of the gTeat combinations of capital Invested : In railroads aud In Industrial enter- j .prises carrying on -interstate com-. com-. merce. The steps which my predecessor predeces-sor took and the legislation passed on his recommendation have accomplished accom-plished much, have caused a general halt in the vicious policies which created cre-ated popular alarm, and have brought about In the business affected, a much higher regard for existing law. To render the reforms lasling, now-'ver, now-'ver, and to secure at the same time freedom from alarm on the part of those pursuing proper and progres-ilve progres-ilve business methods, further legislative legisla-tive and executive action are needed. ReMef of tho railroads from certain re-itrictions re-itrictions of the antl-trusLjlaw have been urged by my predecessor and will be urged by me. On the other hand, the administration Is pledged to legislation legis-lation looking to a proper federal supervision su-pervision and restriction to prevent excessive ex-cessive Issues of bonds and stocks by companies owning and operating interstate inter-state commerce railroads. Then, too, a reorganization of the department of justice, of the bureau of corporations In the department of rommerce and labor, and of the interstate inter-state commerce commissionlooking to effective co-operation of these agencies, Is needed to Becuro a moro 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 antl-trust and the Interstate commerce law, and the changes required In the executive departments de-partments concerned in their enforcement. once. Having assured to other coun- tries by treaty the protection of our laws for such of their subjects or citizens aa 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 obliga-tions In this respect By proper legislation legis-lation 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 fed-eral government. It puts .pur government govern-ment In a pusillanimous position to make definite engagements to protect aliens and then to excuse the failure to perform those engagements by an explanation that the duty to keep them Is In states or cities, not within our control. If we would promise, we must put ourselves In a position to perform our promise. We cannot permit per-mit tbe possible failure of Justice due to local prejudice In any state or municipal mu-nicipal government to expose us to the risk of a war which might be avoided If federal Jurisdiction was asserted as-serted by suitable legislation by congress con-gress and carried .out by proper proceedings pro-ceedings instituted by the executive, in the courts of the national government govern-ment Reforms Called for In Monetary and Banking Laws. One of the reforms to be carried out during tho Incoming administration administra-tion 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 provent the limitations of law from operating to increase tbe embarrassments of a financial panic. The monetary commission com-mission 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 tho report will embody neither the narrow nar-row view of those who believe that the sole purpose of the new system should be to secure a large return on banking 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. se-curity. There Is no subject of economic eco-nomic discussion so intricate and so likely to evoke differing views and dogmatic statements as this one. The commission in studying the general Influence In-fluence of currency on business and of business on currency, havo wisely extended their Investigation In European Euro-pean banking and monetary methods. The information that they have derived de-rived from such experts as they have found abroad will undoubtedly be found helpful In the solution of the difficult problem they have In hand. Urges Prompt Passage of Postal Savings Bank BUI. 0 The' incoming congress should promptly fulfill the promise of the Republican Re-publican platform and pags a proper postal savings bank bill. It will not be unwise or excessive paternalism. The promise to repay by the government govern-ment will furnish an Inducement to savings deposits which pi hate enterprise enter-prise cannot supply, and at 6uch a low rate of interest as not to withdraw custom from, existing banks. It will substantially Increase the funds available avail-able for investment as capital In useful use-ful enterprises. It will furnish the absolute security which makes the proposed scheme of governmen Kuar anty of deposits so alluring without Us pernicious results. I sincerely hope that the Incoming congress will be alive, as it should be, to the Importance of our foreign trade and of encouraging It In every way feasible. The possibility of Increasing Increas-ing this trade in the orient. In tho Philippines and In South America are known to everyone who has given the matter attention. The importance which the department depart-ment of agriculture and of commerce and labor may play In ridding the markets of Europe of prohibitions and discriminations against the importation importa-tion of our products Is fully understood, under-stood, and It is hoped that the use of the maximum and minimum feature of our tariff law to bo soon passed will be effective to remove many of those restrictions. No Prospect of Failure In Building of Panama Canal. The Panama canal will have a most Important bearing upon the trade between be-tween the eastern and the far western sections of our country, and will greatly great-ly Increase the facilities for transportation transpor-tation between the eastern and western west-ern seaboard, and may possibly revolutionize revo-lutionize the transcontinental rates with respect to 'bulky merchandise. It will also have a most beneficial effect to increase the trade between the eastern east-ern seaboard of the United States and the western coast of South America, and. Indeed, with some of the Important Im-portant ports on the east coast of South America reached by rail from the west coast. The work on the canal Is making most satisfactory progress. Tho type of the canal as a lock canal was fixed by congress after a full consideration of tho conflicting reports of the majority and minority of the consulting board, and after tho recommendation of the war department depart-ment and the executive upon those reports. Recent suggestion that something some-thing had occurred on the Isthmus to make tho 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 lstnmus oi a uur& of competent engineers to examine the Gatun dam and locks which are the key of tho lock type. The report of that board shows that nothing has occurred In the nature of 'newly revealed evidence evi-dence 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. Some type of canal must bo constructed. con-structed. The lock type has been selected. se-lected. We are all in favor of having It built as promptly as possible. We must not now, therefore, keep up a flro in the rear of the agents whom we have authorized to do our work on the Isthmus. We must hold up their bands, and speaking for the incoming administration, I wish to say that I propose to devote all the energy possible pos-sible and under my control, to the pushing of this work on the plans which have been adopted, and to stand behind the men who are doing faithful hard work to bring about the early completion of this, the greatest constructive con-structive enterprlso of modern timos. Tho governments of our dependencies dependen-cies in Porto Rico and the Philippines are progressing as favorably as could bo desired. ( The prosperity of Porto Rico continues unabated. The business busi-ness conditions In the Philippines are not all that we could wish them to bo, but with the passage of the now tariff bill permitting free trade between the United States and the archipelago, with such limitations In sugar and tobacco to-bacco as shall prevent Injury to the domestic interests on those products, we can count on an Improvement In business. conditions In the Philippines and the development of a mutually profitable trade between this country and the islands. Meantime our government gov-ernment in each dependency Js upholding up-holding tho traditions of civil liberty and increasing popular control which might be expected under American auspices. au-spices. The work which we are doing there redounds to our credit as a nation. na-tion. Praise Accorded Progress Made by the Negro Race. I look forward with hope to Increasing Increas-ing the 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 secondary sec-ondary consideration. What I look forward for-ward to Is an Increase in the tolerance of political views of 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 all the people In the south that" this government is their government, govern-ment, and that Its officers in their states are their officers. The consideration of this question canuot, however, be complete and full without reference to the negro race. Its progress and Its present condition. Thel3th amendment secured them freedom; the 14th amendment due process of law, protection of property and the pursuit, of happiness; and the loth amendment attempted to secure tbe negro against any deprivation of the prlvlllego to vote, because he was a negro. The 13th and 14th amendments amend-ments have been generally enforced and have secured the objects for which they were Intended. While the 15th amendment has not been generally gener-ally observed In the past, it ought to be observed, and tbe tendency of southern legislation to-day Is toward the enactment of electoral qualifications qualifica-tions which shall square with that amendment. Of course, the mere adoption of a constitutional law Is only one step in tho right direction. It must be fairly and Justly enforced as well. In time both will come. Hence It Is clear to all that' the domination dom-ination of an Ignorant, irresponsible element can be prevented by constitutional consti-tutional laws which shall exclude from voting both negroes and whites not having education or other qualifications qualifica-tions thought to be necessary for a proper electorate. The danger of the control of an ignorant electorate has therefore passed. With this change, the interest which many of the southern south-ern white citizens take In the welfare of the negroes has Increased. The colored man must base their hope on the results of their own Industry, self-restraint, self-restraint, thrift and business success, as well as upon the aid and comfort and sympathy which they may receive from their white neighbors of the south. There was a time when northerners north-erners who sympathized with the ne-' gro In his necessary struggle for better bet-ter conditions sought to give to him the suffrage as a protection, and to enforce its exercise against the prevailing pre-vailing sentiment of the south. The movement proved to be a failure. What remains Is the 15th amendment to the constitution and tbe right to have statutes .of states specifying qualifications for electors subjected to the test of compliance with that amendment. This Is a great protection protec-tion to the negro. It will never be repealed, re-pealed, and It never ought to be repealed. re-pealed. If It had not been paassed, It might be difficult now to adopt It; but with It In our fundamental law, the policy of southern legislation must and will tend to obey It, and 60 long as the statutes of the states meet tbe test of th'ls amendment and are not otherwise In conflict with the constitution consti-tution and laws of the United States. It Is not the disposition or within the province of the federal government to Interfere with the regulation by southern south-ern states of their domestic affairs. There Is In the south a stronger feeling feel-ing than ever among the Intelligent, wellto-do and Influential element In favor of the Industrial education of the negro and the encouragement of the race to make themselves useful members of the community. The progress which the negro has made In the last B0 years from slavery, when its statistics are reviewed. Is marvelous, marvel-ous, and It furnishes every reason to hope that In the next 25 years a still greater Improvement In his condition as a productive member of society, on the farm, and In the shop and In other occupations, may come. The negroes are now Americans. Their ancestors canio here years ago asalnst their will, and this is their only country and their only flag. They have shown ful remedy available to all men for the protection of their business against lawless invasion. The proposition that business is not a property or pecuniary pe-cuniary right which can be protected by equitable Injunction is utterly without foundation In precedent or reason. The proposition Is usually linked with one to make the secondary second-ary boycott lawful. Such a proposition proposi-tion is at variance with the American Instinct and will find no support In my Judgment when submitted to the American people. The secondary boycott boy-cott is an Instrument of tyranny, and ought not to be made legitimate. The Issuing of a temporary restraining restrain-ing order without notice has In several sev-eral Instances been abused by Its In-1 considerate exercise, and to remedy this, the platform upon which I w-as elected recommends the formulation in a statuto of the conditions under which such a temporary restraining order ought to Issue. A statute can and ought to be framed to embody tho best modern practice, aud can bring the subject so closely to the attention atten-tion of tho court aa to make abuses of tho process unlikely In the future. American people. If I understand them. Insist that the authority of the courts shall be sustained and are opposed to any change In the procedure by which the powers of a court may be weakened weak-ened and the fearless and effective ad ministration of Justice be interfered with. Having thus revlowed the questions likely to recur during my administration, administra-tion, and having expressed In a summary sum-mary way the position which I expect to take In recommendations to congress con-gress and In my conduct aa an executive, ex-ecutive, I Invoke the considerate sympathy sym-pathy aud support of my fellow citizens, citi-zens, and tho aid of Almighty God In the discbarge of my responsible duties. du-ties. - in the Jurisdiction of the federal government,' gov-ernment,' Including the most Important Impor-tant work of saving and restoring our forests, and the general Improvement of waterways, aro all proper government govern-ment functions which must Involve large expenditure If properly performed. per-formed. While some of them, like the reclamation of arid lands, are made to pay for themselves, others are of euch an Indirect benefit that this cannot can-not be expected of them. A permanent perma-nent Improvement, like the Panama canal, should be treated as a distinct enterprise, and should be paid for by the proceeds of bonds, ihe Issue of which will dlstrlbutc-lts cost botween the present and future generations in accordance with the benefits derived. It may well be-submitted to the serious seri-ous consideration of congress whether the deepening and control of the channel chan-nel 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 bo provided pro-vided for In the same way. 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, vr native or naturalized, respect for them as such In foreign countries. We Bhould make every effort to prevent pre-vent humiliating and degrading prohibition pro-hibition against any of our citizens wishing temporarily to sojourn in foreign for-eign countries, because of race or religion. re-ligion. Sees Serious Defect in Present Federal Jurisdiction. Tbe admission of Asiatic immigrants immi-grants who can not bo amalgamated with our population has been made the subject either of prohibitory clauses In our treaties aud statutes", or of strict administrative regulation secured by diplomatic negotiation. I sincerely hope that we may continue to minimize-tho evils likely to arise trom such Immigration without unnecessary un-necessary friction and by mutual concessions con-cessions between self respecting governments. gov-ernments. Meantime, we must take every precaution to prevent, or, falling fall-ing that, to punish outbursts of race feeling among our people against foreigners for-eigners of whatever nationality who have by our grant a treaty right to pursue lawful business here and to be protected against lawless assault or Injury. This leads me to point out a serious defect in the present federal Jurisdiction Jurisdic-tion which ought to be remedied at It is believed that with the changes to bo recommended, American business busi-ness can be assured of that measure Df stability and certainty In respect to those things that may be done and those that are prohibited, which Is es-sentl es-sentl t the life and growth of all buslar)4r. Such a plan must Include tho rU4t of the people to avail themselves them-selves ci those methods of combining caplta'. and effort deemed necessary to reaJi highest degree of economic econom-ic cfflclefcy, at the same time dlf. ferentlatlng between combinations based upon legitimate economic rea-bods rea-bods and those formed with the Intent of creating monopolies and artificially controlling prices. The work of formulating into practical prac-tical shape such changes is creative work of the highest order, and requires re-quires all the deliberation possible in the interval. I believe that the amendments amend-ments to be proposed are Just as necessary nec-essary in the protection of legitimate business as in the clinching of the reforms re-forms which properly bear the name of my predecessor. I Extra Session March 15 to ' Consider Revision of Tariff. A matter of most press'ng Importance Impor-tance Is the revision of the. tariff. In coordance "th the promi-ies of the |