-
ding
assin
eemed
inal saould be
of sympathy.
ur in the colony
what cen be ex-
hities less Spartan
and nurture?
the splendid elec-
lhe Pan-American
deemed a mis.
ford Courant, in
prance, well says:
reconciled to the
- beauty froin the
be larger exposi-
come—the St. Louis
nuch larger—and they
fheir special attractions and
but not one of them will
ra as a coadjutor. Buffalo
large price for her distinc
hostess, but all Awericm ig
rr"
tive parasite has attacke.
geet plants in Hungary, and
sequent alarm. It seems
le that the develop:
pecial agricultural in-
e followed by the allied
of a destructive insect
uzuriant hop vines
ashiagton were ex:
and very profitable
but the vermin
hop fields and have
prosperous industry.
as devastated Euro
he potato has its in
a;
vas hardly to be ex:
gar beet should re | ? 3 ;
. to deal with the great industrial combi-
t will be well tc
progress of the
here iano at-
ls dif.
V
last five-
onfidence Yhas been restord®
Nation is fo be congratulate
of its present abounding pro
Such prospgaes can never be c
by law alone gough it is easy enone
to destroy it by mischievous laws.
the calamity. Moreover, no law can
guard us against the consequenses of | [
| unsatisfactory.
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- | ]
! brings
If the busi- |
ways a source of menace not only to
themselves but to others.
ness world loses its head, it loses what
isgisladon cannot supply.
tally the welfare of each citizen, and
therefore the welfare of the aggregate
of citizens which makes
must rest upon individual thrift and
energy, resolution and intelligence. Noth-
ing can take the place of this individ- |
! not only all persons who are known to
ual capacity; but wise legislation and
honest and intelligent administration
can give it the fullest scope, the largest
opportunity to work to good effect,
Trusts,
If
the hand of the Lord is heavy upon
any country, if flood or drouth comes, |
human wisdom is powerless to avert |
Fundamen- |
the Nation, |
|
| tion.
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. Since
the industrial changes which have so
enormously increased the
productive |
power of mankind, they are no longer |
sufficient.
The growth of cities has gone on be- |
yond comparison faster than the growth |
of
of
the country,
the great industrial centers
and the upbuilding |
has |
meant a startling increase, not merely |
in the aggregate of wealth, but in the
number of very large individual, and
especially of very large corporate, for-
pressed
ur men in tle
and drag them to a lowar
eV I regard it as necessary, witlh
this end in view, to re-enact immedis
ately the law excluding Chinese labor-'
ers and to strengthen it wherever nec- |
essary in order to make its enforce-
ment entirely effective.
Our present immigration
We need every
and efficient immigrant fitted to be-
come an American citizen, every im-
migrant who comes here to stay, who |
here a strong body, a stout]
heart, a good head, and a resolute pur-
pose to do his duty well in every way,
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
laws are
honest
principles
societies.
anarchistic
anarchistic
be believers in
or members of
| but also all persons who are of a low
moral tendency or of unsavory reputa-
This means that we should re-
quire 2a 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
what is also in point, that is, tend to
decrease the sum of ignorance, So po-!
tent in producing the envy, suspicion,
malignant passion and hatred of order
out of which anarchistic sentiment in-
evitably springs. Finally, all persons
should be excluded who are below a
| certain standard of economic fitness to
tunes. The creation of these great cor- |
porate fortunes has not been due
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
nations is knowledge of the facts—pub-
licity. In the interest of the public, the
Government should have the right to in-
spect and examine the workings of the
great corporations engaged in interstate
business. Publicity is the only sure rem-
edy which we can invoke. What further
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
be designed to protect and elevate the
general body politic and social. A very
close supervision should be exercised
over the steamship companies which
| ic
i ports
nere .
edium in usé as been shown |
to be timely and judicious. The price |
of our Government bonds in the world’s |
market, when compared with the price |
of similar obligations issued by other
nations, is a flattering tribute to our
public credit. This condition it is evi-
dently desirable to maintain.
In many respects the National Bank- |
ing Law furnishes sufficient liberty for |
the proper exercise of the
function; but there seems to be need |
of better safeguards against the derang- |
ing influence of commercial crisis and fi- |
nancial panics.
Internal Taxes.
on im- |
to
of
the |
The collections from duties
and internal taxes continue
exceed the ordinary expenditure
the Government, thanks mainly to
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 Congress the Secre- |
tary of the Treasury considers all these
questions at length, and I ask your at- |
tention to the report and recommenda- |
tions.
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, should |
make us doubly careful to husband our |
national resources, as each of us hus-
bands his private resources by scrupulous |
avoidance of anything like reckless or |
wasteful expenditure.
Agricuitural Department.
The Department of Agriculture dur-
ing the past fifteen years has steadily |
broadened its work on economic lines,
and has accomplished results of
value in upbuilding domestis and for- |
eign trade. It has gone into new fields,
until it is now in touch with all sections
of our country, and with two of th¥ isl- |
and groups that have lately come under
our jurisdiction, whose people must look
to agriculture as a livelihood. It is
searching the world for grains, grasses,
fruits and vegetables specially fitted for |
introduction into localities in the severa
States and Territories where they may |
add materially to our resources. By |
scientific attention to soil survey and
possible new crops, to breeding of new
varieties of plants, to, experimental ship-
ments, to animal industry and applied |
chemistry, very practical aid has been |
given our farming and stockgrowing in- !
tes ssts.
anking | r
| Congress can tl
| vid
real | .
ations.
political and military consider
: Id imme-
Eit the Con
diately provide for
er
the
a
by
rangement should be made
like advant:
a government cabl
the government by contract
e company.
No single great
to be undertaken on
of consequence to the
American people the building of a
canal across the sthmus connecting
North and South America. Its import-
ance to the Nation is by no means lim-
mains
tinent stich
as
1
1
{ited merely to its material effects upon
our business prosperity; alone it would
{be to the last degree important for us
immediately to begin it.
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 friendliness and mu-
tual good will and respect, have resulted
in my being able to lay before the Sen-
ate a treaty which if ratified, will enable
us to begin preparations for an Isthmian
7 time, and which guarantees
| to this Nation every right that it has
ever asked in connection with the canal.
Fhe signed treaty will at once be laid
i before the Senate, and if approved, the |
to the advantag it secures us by pro-
zy for the building of the canal.
The Monroe Doctrine.
Our people intends to abide by the
Monroe Doctrine and
as the one sure means of securing the
peace of the Western Hemisphere. The
Navy offers us the only means of mak- |
Monroe |
our upon the
a subject of de-
ition chooses to dis-
he peace which
just man arm-
ice granted on terms of
craven and the weak-
ing
= .
Doctrine
rision to whe
Army and Navy.
ujbuilding the Navy
continued No one
point of our policy, foreign or domestic,
iore important than this to the honor
aterial welfare, and above all to
ce, of our Nation in the future.
ewe desire it or not, we :
henceforth recognizes
national duties no less 8
al rights. Even if our flay
down in the Philippines andy >,
even if we decided not to build the Isth-
mian Canal, we should need a’ thorough-
ly trained Navy of adequate(size, or else
be perpared definitely and fgr all time to
absndon the idea that efir Natiam is
The work c
must be steadi
construction |
of a government cable, or else an ar-|
which
es to those accruing from |
e may be secured to |
with a pri- |
material work which |
this con- |
n proceed to give effect {
to insist upon it |
nstance of ex-
pansion inp our history. It definitely
| decided that we were to become a great
| continéntal republic, by far the fore-
power in the Western Hemis-
It is one of three or four great
s in our history—the great
points in our development.
The Charleston Exposition.
most
urning
The people of Charleston, with great
energy and civic spirit, are carrying
on an Exposition which will continue
throughout most of the present session
of the Congress. 1 heartily recommend
this Exposition to the good will of the
people. It deserves all the encourage-
ment that can be given it.
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-
ish Empire expressions of grief and
sympathy no less sincere. The death of
the Empress Dowager Frederick of Ger-
many also aroused the genuine sympathy
of the American people; and this sym-
pathy was cordially reciprocated by
Germany when the President was assas-
sinated. In the midst of our affliction
we reverently thank the Almighty that
| we are at peace with the nations of man-
l 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
was found guilty of murdering
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.
Quimby
her two
Manchuria Deal Broken Off.
London, (By Cable).—The Foreign
Office here confirms the report that the
Russo-Chinese negotiations about Man-
ria are broken off. The officials at-
ibute this more to the opposition of the
Chinese vice-roys and the death of Li
Hung Chang than to the objectioms of
Japan.
cl
Governor Geer, of Oregon, says the
State has no laws regulating combina-
tion of capital and none regulating
freight rates. He does not ANY gine
jection to the congg
72avs wink
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