peculiarly revolting fea-
se has been the sending
ers aud dainties to the assassin
Pl 2k minded creatures who seemed
ink that the criminal should be
ded as an object of sympathy.
such things occur in the colony
e Blue Laws, what ctn be ex-
ted in communities less Spartan
pd severe in origin and nurture?
ot to have seen the splendid elec-
trical marvels of the Pan-American
Exposition must be deemed a mis-
fortune. The Hartford Courant, in
appreciative remembrance, well says:
“One can hardly be reconciled to the
vanishing of so much beauty from the
arth. There will be larger exposi
oxs in years to come—the St. Louis
bne will be much larger—and they
will have their special attractions and
triumphs, but not one of them will
have Niagara as a coadjutor. Buffalo
has paid a large price for her distinc
tion as hostess, but all America is
her debtor.”
EA
destructive parasite has attacked
yir-beet plants in Hungary, and
ng consequent alarm. It seems
inevitable that the develop-
bf any special agricultural in-
nust be followed by the allied
pment of a destructive insect
At first the luxuriant hop vines
regon and Washington were ex
fa and great and very profitable
were raised; but the vermin
ind out the hop fields and have
nined a prosperous industry.
lloxera has devastated Euro
eyards. The potato has its in-
ny. It was hardly to be ex
t the sugar beet should re
jume, and it will be well tc
Ivy eye on the progress of the
Hungary. There is no at-
mankind fin e dif-
©] Ng } L in-
conf
Natig
of ¥
Such 7
by law 1
to destr® PY .
laws. Tt
the hand of the Lord is heavy upon
any country, if flood or drouth comes, |
human wisdom is powerless to avert
the calamity. Moreover, no law can
guard us against the consequenses of
our own folly. The men who are idle
or credulous, the men who seek gains
not by genuine work with head or hand
but by gambling in any form, are al-
ways a source of menace not only to
themselves but to others.
ness world loses its head, it loses what |
lsgistation cannot supply. Fundamen-
ta
| unsatisfactory.
|
|
If the busi- |
|
y the welfare of each citizen, and |
therefore the welfare of the aggregate
of citizens which makes the
must rest upon individual thrift and
Nation, |
energy, resolution and intelligence. Noth-
ing can take the place of this individ-
ual capacity; but wise legislation and
honest and intelligent administration
can give it the fullest scope, the largest | :
{ but also all persons who are of a low
opportunity to work to good effect.
Trusts.
_ The tremendous and highly complex
industrial development which went on
with ever accelerated rapidity during |
the latter half of the nineteenth cen-
tury brings us face to face, at the be-
ginning of the twentieth, with very
serious social problems. The old laws,
and the old customs which had almost
the binding force of law, were once |
quite sufficient to regulate the accumu-
lation and distribution of wealth.
the industrial changes which
enormously increased the
have so
productive
Since |
power of mankind, they are no longer |
sufficient.
The growth of cities has gone on be-
yond comparison faster than the growth
of the country, and the upbuilding
of the great industrial centers has
meant a startling increase, not merely
{ what is also in point, that is, tend
| evitably
in the aggregate of wealth, but in the'
number of very large individual, and
especially of very large corporate, for- |
tunes. The creation of these great cor-
porate fortunes has not been due to
the tariff nor to any other governmental
action, but to natural causes in the
business world, oerating in other
countries as they operate in our own.
The first essential in determining how
to deal with the great industrial combi-
nations is knowledge of the facts—pub-
licity. In the interest of the public, the
Government should have the right to in-
ry "0
contract,
y, yet rep-
pring, so depressed
andersell our men in the
ariket Jpd drag them to a lower
evel. I regar@t as necessary, with
this end in vie'WAo re-enact immedi-
ately the law excluding Chinese labor-'
ers and to strengthen it wherever nec- |
enforce-~ |
| the
essary in order to make its
ment entirely effective.
Our present immigration
We need every
immigrant fitted
citizen, every
laws are
to be-
im-
and efficient
come an American
migrant who comes here to stay, who
stout |
heart, a good head, and a resolute pur- |
pose to do his duty well in every way, !
brings here a - strong body, a
and to bring up his children as law-
abiding and God-fearing members of
the community. But there should be
a comprehensive law enacted with the
object of working a threefold improve-
ment over our present system. First,
we should aim to exclude absolutely
not only all persons who are known to
be believers in anarchistic principles
or members of anarchistic societies.
moral tendency or of unsavory reputa-
tion. This means that we should re-
quire a more thorough system of in-
spection abroad and a more rigid system
of examination at our immigration
ports, the former being especially neces- |
sary.
The second object of a proper immi-
gration law ought to be to secure by a
careful and not merely perfunctory ed-
ucation test some intelligent capacity
to appreciate American institutions
and act sanely as American citizens.
This would not keep out all anarchists,
for many of them belong to the intel-
ligent criminal class. But it would do
to
decrease the sum of ignorance, so po-
tent in producing the envy, suspicion,
malignant passien and hatred of order
out of which anarchistic sentiment in-
springs. Finally, all persons
should be excluded who are below a
| certain standard of economic fitness to
enter our industrial field as competi-
tors with American labor. There should
be proper proof of personal capacity to
earn an American living and enough
money to insure a decent start under
American conditions. This woud stop
the influx of cheap labor, and the re-
sulting competition which gives rise
to so mueh of bitterness in American
industrial life.
Both the educational and eonomic
tests in a wise immigration law should
spect and examine the workings of the | be designed to protect and elevate the
great corporations engaged in interstate | general body politic and social. - A very
business. Publicity is the only sure rem- | close supervision should be exercised
‘edy which we can inyoke. What further | over the
steamship companies which
honest !
all forms of money |
medi} ise with us, has been shown |
to be timely and judicious. The price |
of our Government bonds in the world’s |
narket, when compared with the price
tla
otiet
part
of similar obligations issued by
nations, is a flattering tribute to «
public credit. This condition it is evi- |
dently desirable to maintain.
In many respects the National Ban!
ing Law furnishes sufficient liberty for |
proper exercise of the anking
but there seems to be need
safeguards against the derang-
function;
of better
ing influence of commercial crisis and fi- | c a
{ North
| ance to
I ited
nancial panics.
Internal Taxes.
im-
to |
of |
the
from duties on
taxes continue
expenditure
inly to
The collections
ports and internal
exceed the ordinary
the Government, thanks
reduced army expenditures. The ut-|
most care should be taken not to re-
duce the revenues so that there will be
any possibility of a deficit; but, after
providing against any such contingen-
cy, means should be adopted which
will bring the revenues more nearly
within the limit of our actual needs. In|
his report to the Congres the Secre- |
tary of the Treasury considers all these |
estions at length, and I ask your at- |
tention to the report and recommenda- |
tions. {
mae
Strict Economy.
I call strict attention to the need of |
strict economy in expenditures. The fact |
that our national needs forbid us to be |
niggardly in providing whatever is actu- |
ally necessary to our well-being, choad)
make us doubly careful to husband our |
national! resources, each of us hus-|
bands Is private resources by scrupulous |
avoidance of anything like reckl or |
wasteful axpenditure.
’ Agricuitural Department.
The Departme i
the past
of
broadened its work gn econon
and has accomplishe®gresults
value in upbuilding domgtic and
eign trade. It has gone into new fields,
until it is now in touch with 2% gections
of our country, and with two of The isl- |
and groups that have lately come under
our jurisdiction, whose people must loolg|
to agriculture as a livelihood. It is
searching the world for grains, grasses, |
|
as
ure dur- |
steadily |
lines,
real |
mg
gr:
fruits and vegetables specially fitted for
introduction into localities in the several |
States and Territories where they may |
add materially to our resources. B
scientific attention to soil suryes
possible new crops, to breedg
varieties of plants, to exg
ments, to animal ize
chemistry, very
given our je
tes sis
| Doctrine anyt
| regard it. Vy
ignominy to
isis more important than this
1anded
commercial, but for
and military considerations.
the Congress
provide for the construction
yvernment cable, or clse an
should be
to those accruing f
may be securec
not
ar-
made by which
om
le
( JIC
great material work which
be lertaken on this con-
of consequence to the
as the building of a
connecting
11
such
ss the Isthmus
and South America.
the Nation is by no means lim-
; ?
merely to
be to the last degree important for us
immediately to begin i
I am glad to be able to announce to
you that our negotiations on this subject
with Great Britain, conducted on both
sides in a spirit of friendline
tual good will and respect, have resulted
in my being able to lay before the Sen-
|
ate a treaty which if ratified, wi
inai at a
this |
time, and which guarantees
ion every right that it has
d in co
1
the Senate, and if approved, the
| Congress can then proceed to give effect
| to. the
advantages it secures us by pro-
viding for the building of the canal.
The Monroe Doctrine.
Our
Monroe and to insist upon it
as the ire means of securing the
peace of the Western Hemisphere. The
Navy offers us the only means of mak-
our, i on the Monroe
subject of de-
hooses to dis-
¢ peace which
omes as of r to the just man arm-
ed; not the j granted on terms of
aven and the weak-
one
ng insist
sion to wi er nc
\\/ ¢
Army and Navy.
ding the Navy
ued No one
ign or domestic,
to the hogs
ye to
qttire.
must
inter-
in®nation-
were hauled
and Porto Rico,
b build the Isth-
eed a thorough-
uate size, or else
pd for all time to
our Nstian is
work
be
of our pc
stea
point
ain material welfare,
ace, of oy
s and mu- |
: 1
| 1811
{ sympathy no less sincere.
i
I enable; .
enable many also aroused the genuine sympathy
» begin preparations for an Isthmian |
1ection with the canal. | inated
ned treaty will at once be laid | S114
1 11d 1mme- |
siouid 1mme-
{ landmarks
1
1 to]
| the government by contract with a pri-
| vate cable company.
|
Its import- |
dredth Anniversary
Joutsiana purchase. This pur-
was the greatest instance of ex-
in our history. It definitely
chase
pansion
i decided that we were to become a great
continental republic, by far the fore-
power in the Western Hemis-
It is one of three or four great
in our history—the great
turning points in our development,
The Charleston Exposition.
most
phere.
The people of Charleston, with great
energy and civic spirit, are carrying
on an Exposition which will continue
throughout most of the present session
f Congress. I heartily recommend
this Exposition to the good will of the
people. It deserves all the encourage-
{ ment that can be given it.
» its material effects upon |
{our business prosperity; alone it would
At Peace With the Nations.
The death of Queen Victoria caused
the people of the United States deep and
heartfelt sorrow, to which the Govern-
ment gave full expression. When Pres-
ident McKinley died, our Nation in turn
received from every quarter of the Brit-
I'mpire expressions of grief and
The death of
the Empress Dowager Frederick of Ger-
of the American people; and this sym-
pathy was cordially reciprocated by
Germany when the President was assas-
In the midst of our affliction
we reverently thank the Almighty that
we are at peace with the nations of man-
kind ; and we firmly intend that our pol-
icy shall be such as to continue unbroken
these international relations of mutual
respect and good will
THEODORE ROOSEVELT.
Poisoned Their Children.
Ithaca, Mich., (Special).—Mrs. Elmer
Quimby was found guilty of murdering
her two children by administering poi-
son and sentenced to life imprisonment.
The woman and her husband planned
to rid thmselves of the children, and
poisoned them both. The husband was
last week convicted and sentenced to
life imprisonment.
Manchuria Decal Broken Off.
London, (By Cable).—The Foreign
Cffice here confirms the report that the
usso-Chinese negotiations about Man-
wria are broken off. The officials at-
ribute this more to the opposition of the
Chinese vice-roys and the death of Li
Hung Chang than to the objections of
Japan.
Governor Geer, of Oregon, says the
State has no laws-reguilatg
tion of capital and none
freight rates. He does a
iqetion to gh
combina-
a y a
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