PRESIDENT TAFT'S WALGURAL DORE Declares For a Continuation of the Policies of His Predecessor, Urges Immediate Revision of the Tariff, Suggests Postal Savings Banks, and an Inheritance Tax—— Says Progress of Negro Depends on His Thrift and Industry—— Panama Canal Must Be Bailt Ac. cording to Present Plans. Washington, D. C.-—After having been sworn in as President, Mr, Taft delivered his Inaugural Address which is, in part, as follows: My Fellow Citizens: Any one who takes the oath I have just taken must feel a heavy weight of responsibility. If not, he has no conception of the powers and duties of the office upon which he is about to enter, or he is lacking in a proper sense of the obligation which the oath imposes. The office of an Inaugural Address is to give a summary outline of the main policies of the new administra- tion, so far as they can be anticipated. I have had the honor to be one of the advisers of my distinguished pred- ecessor, 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 1 was elected to office, if I did not make the maintenance and enforcement of those reforms a most important fea- ture of my administration. They were directed to the suppression of the lawlessness and abuses of power interstate which my carrying on The steps enterprises commerce. much, have caused a in the accomplished general halt which created popular have brought about in affected a much higher existing law To render the reforms however, and to secure at time freedom from alarm on the part of those pursuing proper and progres- give business methods, further legis- lative and executive action are needed. Relief of the railroads from certain restrictions of the anti-trust law have been urged by my prede- cessor and will be urged by me. On the other hand, the administration is pledged to legislation looking to a proper federal supervision and re- striction to prevent excessive issues of bonds and stocks by companies owning and overating interstate com- merce railroads. Mr. Taft expresses the belief that a reorganization of the Department of Justice, of the Bureau of Corpora- tions in the Department of Commerce and Labor, and of the Interstate Com- merce Commission, is needed to se- cure a more rapid enforcement of the laws affecting interstate rallroads and industrial combinations. He says he hopes to submit, at the first regular session of the incoming Congress, in December next, definite suggestions in respect to the needed amendments to the anti-trust and the interstate commerce law . It is believed, the Address con- tinues, that with the changes to be recommended, American business can be assured of that measure of stability and certainty in respect to those things that mav be done and those that are prohibited, which is essential to the life and growth of all business. Such a plan must in- clude the right of the people to aval’ themselves of those methods of com- alarm, and regard for lasting, ferentiating between based upon legitimate economic raa- sons and tent of creating monopolies and, arti- ficially controlling prices. are in the just as necessary protee- clinching of the reforms which prop- erly bear the name of mv predecessor. On the subject of tariff revision Mr. Taft says: A:mattér of most press- ing importance is the revision of the tariff. In accordance with the prom- ises of the platform upon which 1 was of March, in order that consideration ing the Dingley Act. This should se- cure an adequate revenue and adjust the duties in such a manner as to afford to labor and to all industries in this country, whether of the farm, mine or factory, protection by tariff equal to the difference between the cost of production abroad and the cost of production here, and have a provision which shall put into force, upon oxecutive determination of cer- tain facts, a higher or maximum tariff against those countries whose trade policy toward us equitably requires such discrimination. The President believes there can safely be a reduction in certain sched. ules while advancement will be re- quired in few, If any. The proposed revision disturbs the whole busiress of the country; therefore, it is n sary that the bill be drawn in —h faith and as promptly as possible. Mr. Taft because of this urges that Ro other legislation be considered at the extra session. The President states that the re- vision of this tariff is for the purpose of raising sufficient revenue to wi out the year's $100,000,000 deficit, Should it be impossible to do so by import duties, new kinds of tazation must oe adopted, and among these Mr. Taft recommends a graduated in. bheritance tax, as correct in principle and as certain and easy of collection. Jottings About Sports. D. C. R. Stuart resumed his sition as stroke of the Cambriage (England) crew. “Tom” Longboat declined to meet Alfred Shrubb at Buffalo, N. Y,, In a fifteen mile race. Catcher Louis Ritter, for several ears with the Brooklyns, goes to nver this season. ing in evil to ill trained youths is the verdict of physicians nl. athletic au- . Mr. Taft says he stands for econ- omy in expenditures but not to an ex- tent tha: will stop effective govern- rent There must be liberal ex- penditures for the Department of Agrievniture, the supervision of rall- ways and industrial corporations, and the putting of laws in force that will Conserve our resources A permanent improvement, like the Panama Canal, should be treated ar a distinct enterprise, and should be paid for by the proceeds of bonds, the issue of which will distribute its ccst between the present and future generations in accordance with the bh-nefits derived, It may well be sub- mitted to the serious consideration of Congress whether the deepening and control of the channel of a great river system, like that of the Ohlo or of the Mississippl, when definite and practical plans for the enterprise have been approved and determined upon, should not be provided for in the same Way. Other expenditures which Mr. Taft believes are absolutely necessary are those to enable our country to main-| tain its proper place among the na- tions of the world, and is to exercise its proper influence in defense of its own trade interests. I refer, he says, to the cost of maintaining a proper Army, a proper Navy and suitable fortifications upon the mainland of the United States and in its dependen. | cles, At the same time the Presi- dent declares he favors every (nstru- mentality, like that of The Hague Tir- bunal and arbitration treaties made with a view to its use in all interna-} tional controversies, in order to main- tain peace and to avoid war On the subject of Asiatic Immi- | grants the Address expresses the hope | that “we may continue to minimize | the evils likely to arise from such immigration without UNNeCessary | friction and by mutual concessions between self-respecting governments *« & + By proper legislation we may, and ought to, place in the hands of the Federal Government the means | rights of such of the Federal the " alius in courts Government, One of the reforms to out during the incoming ton, declares Mr, Taft, is our monetary and banking be carried | Administra- a change of | laws, 20 wilable for trade | the ineoming should promutly fulfill promise of the Republican platform and pass a | proper Postal Savings Bank bill The President then discusses Panama Canal as follows The Panama Canal will have a most important bearing upon the; trade between the eastern and the far! western sections of our country, and | will greatly increase the facilities for transportation between the eastern and the western seaboard. and may | possibly revolutionize the transcontl. nental rates with respect to bulky merchandise. It will also have a most beneficial effect to increase the trade between the eastern seaboard | of the United States and the western | coast of South America, and, indeed, with some of the important ports on | the east coast of South America] reached by rail from the west coast. | The work on the canal is making most | satisfactory progress The type of | the canal as a lock canal was fixed | by Congress after a full consideration | of the conflicting reports of the ma-| jority and minority of the consnlting | board, and after the recommendation | of the War Department and the Ex- | ecutive upon those reports Recent | suggestion that something had oc- | curred on the Isthmus to make the | lock type of the canal less feasible | than it was supposed to be when the | reports were made and the policy de- | termined on, led to a visit to the Isth. | mus of a board of competent engl | neers to etamine the Gatun dam and | locks which are the key of the lock | type, The report of that board | i | i Congress the the shows that nothing has occurred In the nature of newly revealed evidence | which should change the views once formed in the original discussion The construction will go on under a | most effective organization controlled by Colonel Goethals and his fellow | army engineers associated with him, | and will certainly be completed early | in the next Administration, if not be- | Some type o. canal must be con- structed. The ock type has been se. lected. We ar» all in favor of hav- ing it built as promptly as possible. We must not now, therefore, keep up a fire in the rear of the agents whom we have authorized to do our work on the Isthmus. We must hold up their hands, and speaking for the in. coming Administration, I wish to say that 1 propose to devote all the ener. gy possible 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 enterprise of modern times. The governments of our depéenden- cles in Porto Rico and the Philippines are progressing as favorably as could be desired. The prosperity of Porto Rico continues unabated. The President's addreas then de- votes considerable space to the South and the negro race question. Mr. Taft says: I look forward with hope to In- creasing the already good feeling be- tween the South and the other sec- tions of the country. My chief pur. pose is not to effect a change in the electoral vote of the Southern States, That is a secondary consideration, What I look forward to Is an in. crease in the tolerance of political views of all kinds and their advocacy throughout the South, and theexistence of a respectable political position 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, | and that its officers in thelr States are their officers. ' The Field of Labor, Italy claims a trade union member- ship of 150,000, A union of ladies’ garment cutters was established in Boston, Mass., re- cently, Stationary firemen at San Francis. co, Cal, have decided to establish a death benefit fund. ; The Federation of British Trades benefits during the cotton trade dis- pute, The federation t the new year with about $350,000 in hand. Tho consideration of this ouestior cannot, however, be complete and full without reference to the negro race, its progress and its present condition, The Thirteenth Amendment secured them freedom; the Amendment due process of law, pro- tection of property and the pursuit of happiness; and the Fifteenth Amendment attempted to secure the negro against any deprivation of the privilege to vote, because he was a negro. The Thirteenth and Four teenth Amendments have been gener- ally enforced and have secnred the obieects for which they were intended. While the Fifteenth Amendment has not been generally observed In the past, it ought to be observed, and the tendency of Southern legislation to- day is toward the enactment of elec- toral qualifications which shall square with that amendment, On the race question Mr. thinks “Of course, the mere adoption of a constitutional law is only one step in the right direction. It must be falrly and justly enforced as well, In time both will come. Hence it is clear to all that the domination of an Ig- norant, irresponsible element can be prevented by constitutional laws which shall exclude from voting both negroes and whites not having edu- cation or other qualifications thought to be necessary for a proper elec- torate. The danger of the control of an ignorant electorate has therefore passed. * * * There was a time when Northerners who sympathized with the negro in his necessary strug- for better conditions sought to Taft South be a sentiment of the proved prevailing The movement to “There is in the South a stronger and influential ele- ment in favor of the industrial edu- the negro and the encour- of the race to make them- members of com well-to-do agement selves useful munity.” “Personally,” “I have not the sligh the Mr face Taft, preju- ohserved eat awakens in my heart sympat for those who and policy " * * existence only I question the wisdom of which {8 likely to increase it * “The of political fran- chises by those of the negro race who are intelligent and Ao-do0 will be acquiesced in, and the right to vote be withheld only from the ig- norant and irresponsible of both races.” On noted : exercise well the topic of labor Mr. Taft that Congress had passed the fixing the lability erstate carriers to their employes for injury sustained in the course of emnloy- abolishing the rule of fellow. servant and the common law rule as and sub- stituting therefor the so-called rule of comparative negligence, and a model child labor law I wish 0 say, he continued, tuat in so far as I can, I hope to promote the enactment of further legisiation of this character I am strongly con. vineed that the Government should make itself as responsible to em- ployes injured in its employ as an interstate railway corporation is mads« responsible by Federal law to its em ployes: and I shall be glad, whenever any additional reasonable safety de. vice can be invented to reduce the fn? * OF ia employes, to urge Congress to re rail wavs In conclusion dress says Another labor question has arisen which has awakened the most excited discussion That is in respect to the power of the Federal courts to issue injunctions in industrial dis. putes As to that, my convictions are fixed Take away from courls the Inaugural! Ad and it would create a privileged class among the laborers and save the law. less among their number from a most needful remedy avaliable to all men for the protection of their business against lawless invasion, The propo or pecuniary right which can be pro tected by equitable injunction is ut. terly without foundation in precedent or reason. . The proposition is usually linked with one to make the sec ondary boycott lawful. Such a propo- sition is at variance with the Amer. fean instinct and will find no support in my judgment when submitied to the American people. The secondary boycott is an instrument of tyranny, and ought not to be made legitimate, The issuing of a temporary re straining order without notice has in several instances been abused by ite elected recommends the formulation in a statute of the conditions under order ought to issue. A statute can the best modern practice, and can bring the subject so closely to the attention of the court as to make abuses of the process unlikely in the future. American people, if I under. stand 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 and the fear. less and efféctivev administration of | justice be interfered with, Having thus reviewed the questions likely to recur during my Adminis. tration, and having expressed In a summary way the position which 1 expect to take In recommendations | to Congress and in my conduct as an | Executive, 1 invoke thg considerate sympathy and support of my fellow citizens, and the ald of Almighty God | in the discharge of my responsible duties, | WILLIAM HOWARD TAFT. Women in the Day's News. i Miss Flora Wilson, daughter of Secretary of Agriculture Wilson, has | ust made her debut in concert in , and will make her first appear. | ra Wilke a ter of Mrs, Hetty Green, and, it under. | stood, will inherit a large ant v2 het ! the approximate | s income, Green been described heiress,” that being amount of Mrs, Hetty She is described as over PTasTanTassesTeaten en entastestusls \/ \/ Sastatasta rast a % Household Notes & WAS GAvIs avr viamisvienl npn Ee Scent] PHILADELPHIA ICE CREAM. Put a quart of cream and a half pint of milk in a double boiler and bring to a scald. Do not boil. Melt a cup of sugar in the hot cream, then cool. Flavor with one tablespoonful of vanilla and freeze.—New York Tele gram, VINEGAR PUDDING SAUCE. Mix a rounding tablespoonful corn. starch with one cupful sugar and stir into a cup and a half boiling water Cook five minutes, Add a rounding tablespoonful butter, a tablespoonful vinegar, a pinch of salt and either lemon extract or nutmeg to flavor. Wazhington Star. CURRIED SWEETBREADS. Cut the into dice simmer white stock, either veal or chicken Seeson with a little onion in the cooking. When nearly done, add a tablespoon ful vinegar and powder, with a tablespoonful each and rubbed the Simmer sweethreads and untdl tender in juice each curry butter thicken a little longer York Telegram flour together to Eravy and serve New PRUNE PIE. tender the the Soak crust and line out enough of Work ocover a pound of pruncs with four table ind a half fruit Juices BUR Ar cupful other Press Arougn Pp COlAanaer add two tabie spoonfuls chocolate two or threa and Cov * JUICE, and ALMOND SOUP When breast hard-boiled to them a quarter pound beaten 10 4 Daste, a small with nut into shreds together Beal an mixture, then balls of the broth. Add a tablespoonful and at once This is a favorite Christmas with Mexicans. — Washington siread soaked MICO meg and KE beat black and a little Pick the well Pee r chicken beats and add to the again Make small and drop the 3 4 inte paste into butter BOTY sSOUD the Star CHOCOLATE ICE CREAM together one cup of sugar, level teaapoonfuls of flour and a of salt Add two and all together. Add one pint of bot, scalded milk, turn into a dou ble holier and cook, stirring constant ly until smooth; then occasionally for twenty minutes. Cool, then add 2a pint and a half of cream, one cup of sugar, half a tablespoonful of vanilla and two bars of sweetened chocalate, meited with a tablespoonful of bot water and mixed with a little of the Cream Add half a teaspoonful of Ceavion cinnamon with the chocolate of a teaspoonful of cinnamon extract, which gives the cream a rich, spicy flavor. —New York Telegram LEMON MILK SHERBET one quart of fresh milk, two cups of sugar and the thin yellow rind from two lemons in the double boiler and let it come to a scald Remove the peel and let the liquid cool. When cold freeze until almost solid enough to remove the beater, then add the juice of four large Jom ons, or five medium sized ones mix ed with three tablespoonfuls of su gar and the whites of three oggs beaten stiff. Mix thoroughly with the frozen mixture, then cover the freezer, and stir until frozen quite hard. Re move the beater, scrape off the ice beat and pack closely in the can. Put a cork into the opening in the cover, lay the crossplece on top to keep the can down in the ice, and cover with an old plece of carpeting wet in salt water, Let It stand an hour and garve, If it is to be kept longer, draw off the water and pack with more fice and salt.—New York Tele gram, two halt exes Sift saltspoonfal beat Put HOUSEHOLD HINTS. To clean glass use one-half kero gene and ‘water; wipe with a linen cloth, To remove grease from eilk, hold it over the stove, as heat burns It out. Try a kicking exercise for con stipation, as kicking football. To remove iron rust, use strong salt and lemon juice and hold It over | the steam of the teakettle nose; It will disappear in an Instant. To wash white feathers and pom. | pons wash in soft water with ivory | soap and rinse. Hang them on the fine by tying a tape on them where | the wind blows hard. : To warm the feet waltz five times | For canker of the stomach gather winter. Chew a few before retiring. 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Strawberry | porarily disabled New York and he season for the luscious Os has citizens fem- of the oning geveral reabout, for berries to a close cumulative effects use are being There very few, observed me persons, although who get cold shivers when abproaching a strawberry festival and flee from the face of danger There are others equally susceptible who will consume strawberries wild or domestic to capacity and then be af- filcted by urticaria until they can not sfe straight It might be considered small boys as worth the trouble of being strawberry poisoned just for the fun of surrounding the delightful frait, but the effects are not pleasant. The skin is covered by a rash, the temperature rises 16 fever heat and the patient is uncomfortable for days. If the afflicted one has gouty or rheu. patic tendencies, he {8 racked by twinges in the joints of the arms and legs. Physicians and experts in dietetics differ in accounting for the pains, The strawberry contains one per cent, of free acid, which, by increasing the acidity of the blood, is supposed to produce the discomfort On the other hand, so eminent an authority as the London Lancet has declared that this action seems hard. ly probable, for the reason that strawberries also contain various chemical salts which should soothe persons of rheumatic tendencies. Covering the eruption with baking soda Is recommended, and the pa- tient, if he can bring himself to such self-denial, is advised to stop eating strawberries. “Strawberry poisoning.” said Dr. W. H. Gullifoy, Registrar of the Board of Health, “does not result fatally, It is due to a personal idiosyncrasy. Certain persons, although there are very few of them, take a kind of fever from eating the berries. The usual explanation is that the une pleasant effect is due to the increases in the acidity of the blood. "New are so by some a RIDDLES. 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