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The president in his messags to collv
gum says:
So nation h . .ater resources. than
ours. and i think it can be truthfully
said that the cltisena of no nation pow

. seas greater energy and industrial shit.
.. fly. in no action are the fundamental”

hustnus conditions sounder than “in

learn at t is very moment. and it is

foolish on such is the base for pee
pie to board army instead of keeping
it in sound banks. for it is such hoard-

;Vitig that is the immediate occasion of

money i-strlngeul-y. Money", as g
ruin. the business of our people is con--
ducted with honesty and probity, and
this applies alike “to farms and fan-
tories, to railroads and banks. to all
our legitimate commercial enterprises.

in any large body of melt, however.
there are certain to be some who are
dishonest. and if the conditions are
such that these men prosper or commit
their misdeeds ' with impunity their
ex topic is a very evil thing for the
community. Where these lllt'ii are
business men oi great; sagaclty ando'
temperament both unscrupulous and
reckless. no! where the condillonxi, are
such that they act without supervision
or control and at first without effective
check from public opinion. they delude
many‘innocent pimple llilil making lil-
vestmenfs or etnltarldnc in lifnds of
business that are really unsound. When
the misdeeds of there Mlcccsst‘llliy d!»

-' honest men are discovered, suffering

comes not only upon them. but upon
the innocent whom they have misled.
it is a painful awakening, whenever it
occurs. aod'tnataraily when it does oc-
cur those who under are apt to forget
that 'theH-longer'rit‘ was deferred the
inor‘epniu‘ful it would be. In the effort
to punith the guilty it is both wise and
ltl'oper‘to‘endeavor so far as possible
to'mfnimire the distress of those who

'llnve been misled by the guilty. Yet it

is not pot-laihle in refrain because of

' such distress from striving to putan

end to the misdeeds that are the ulti»
mate causes ofthe suffering and, as a
means to this end, where possible to
punish those responsible for them.
There may be honest differences of
opinion flit to many governmental p‘oli
clcs, lull surely there can be no such

. differences as to the need of unflinch‘

lit}: pcrs-zcvei'auce iu the war against
sorrowful dishonesty. s
lnteretate Commerce.

.\'o small l;.“.l't of the trouble that we
latter-nines from carrying to an ex-
treme the national virtue of self rcli'
illl‘t‘. of independence in initiative

, and av 53ml. it is wise to conserve this

virtue and to provide for its fullest
exercise compatible with seeing that

‘lllli'l'ly does not lrct'ome'a liberty to

wrong others. i'nf'ortlmalcly this is
the kind of liberty that the lack of all
effective regulation inevitably breeds.
The founders or the coltniltilllbu pro-
videdrthat the national government
should have ("tillllltrit' and sole control
of interstate commerce. There was
then practically no interstate business
save such as was conducted by Water.
and this the national government at

4 once proceeded to regulate in thorough-

going effective fashion. Conditions
have so wholly changedlthat the
interstate commerce by water is insig-

nificn'n't compared with the amount
that goes by land. am! almost all big

business concerns are now engaged in
interstate commerce. As a result it can

lie but pilrtinlly and imperfectly com

trolled or regulated by the action of
any one of the several states. such ac-
tion inevitably tending to be. either
too drastic «else too lax and in either
case ineffective for purposes of justice.
Duly the national government can in

Ithorotlghgolng fashion exercise the

 

needed control. This does not mean
that there should be any extension'of
federal authority, for" such authority
already exists under the constitution
in nmplest and most farrresching form,
but it does mean that there should be
on extension of federal activity. This
is not ndvocaliug centralization. It is
merely looking lrt'l.-'- in the face and
realizing that centralization in business
has already mute and cannot he avoid-
ed or undone and that the public at
large can only protect itself from cer-
tnln evli effects of this business cen-
tralisation by providing better methods
for the exercise of control through the
authority already centralized in the
national government by the constitu-
tion itself. There must heme halt in
the healthy constructive course of ac.
tion which this nation has elected to
pursue and has steadily pursued dur—
ing the last six years. as shown both
in the legislation of the congress and
the administration of the law by the

department of. justice.

Nationnleiunu For Railroads.
The most vital need is in connection
with the railroads. As to these. in my
Judgment. there should now be either
a national incorporation act or a law

licensing railway compo-lea to engage

in interstate commerce upon certain
conditions. The law should be .so
framed as to give to the interstate
commerce commission power to pass
upon the future issue ‘of securities.
while ample mtm Illoilld be provided
to enable the commission whenever in
Its Judgment It is necessary to make a
pityaieai valuation orally railroad. As
1 stated in my message to the congress
a year ago. salicmnis should be given
power to enter into agreements sub
fleet to these agreements being made

‘ public in minute detail and to the con-

aunt of the interstate commerce coni-
inisslmi being first obtained. tutti
the national government assumes prove
or control of'iutorstate commerce in
the undue-«f the authority it alresdr

it. will he infallible either

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.kecp on the statute books a law nomi-

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sl' gust corporations will do well is
recognise that this control must coats
The only question is as to whst gov-
ernmental body can most wisely eser-_
ciao it. The courts will determine t“
limits within which the federal author-
Iity can enemies it. and film will still
remain ample work within each stats
for the railway commission of that
state. and the national interstate com.
metre dominion will work in bar-
mony with the several stateyomaiis-
siona. each within its own province. to
achieve the desired end. ‘ ,
' The Antitrust Law.
flavour. is my judgment. there
Would be additional legislation looking
to the proper control of the great linol-
lsss concerns mo in interstate
hum. this control to be exercised
for their own benefit and prosperity
no less than for the protection of in.
vestors and of the general public. All
i have repeatedly said in messages to
congress and elsewhere. espevieace has
definitely shown not merely the unwitv
dobi..but the futility. of endeavoring to
put a stop to all businesscomhinatlena.
Modern industrial conditions are such
that combination is not only necessary.
but inevitable. it is so in the world of
business Justus it is so in. the world
of labor. and if is as idle to desire to put
ttu end to all corporations. to all big
combinatlonh of capital, as to desire to
put an end to combinations of labor.
f'orporntlon and labor union alike have
come to stay. Each if properly mono
aged is a source of good and not evil.
Whenever in either”thers is evil it
should be promptly held to account.
but it should receive hearty encotgage- .
merit so long till it is properly managed.
it is profoundly immoral to , pm or

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unlly in the interest of'pub‘ilc morality

that really puts a premium upon pub.

lic immorality by undertaking to for-

bid honest men from doing what must

be. done under. modern businessmcondi:
lions so that the law itself provides

that its own infraction must be the

condition precedent upon business suc- .
cells; To aim at the accomplishment

of too much usually fucnus the accom' -
plishment of too little and often the the g
tug of positive damage. ..

Not Rspsaiflwt Amendment.
The antitrust law should not be re-
pcalcd, but it should be made both
more efficient and more in harmony
with actual conditions. It yhould be
so amended as to forbid only the kind ;
of combination which does harm toitho .
general public, such amendment to hel
accompanied by or to be an incident of

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a grant of supervisory power~to the

engaged in interstate lmslness. This
should be accompaniml by provision.
for the compulsory publication of ac.
counts and the subjection of books and P
papers to the inspection of the gov-
ernment officials. A beginning has al-
ready been made for such nupervlslonl
by the establishment of the bureau or
corporations. ‘
The antitrust law should not prohibit .
combinations that do no injustice to
the public, still less those the existence
of which is on the whole of bell/cut
to the'pubilc. But even if this featurei
of the law were abolished there would,
remain as an equally objectionable fen. i
turn the difficulty and dcla y now lfit'l— '
dent to its enforcement.. The govern—l
m‘ent must now submit to irksome and ’
repeated delay before obtaining a final
decision oftthe courts upon proceedings
institutedfland even a favorable de~
cree may mean an empty victory.
Moreover, to attempt to control these
corporations by lawsuits means to im-
pose upon both the department «.of
justice and the courts an impossible
burden. it is not feasible to carry on
more than a limited number of such
suits. Such a law to be really effeco
tire must of course be administered
by an executive body and not merely
by means of lawsuits. The design
should he to prevent the abuses incl-

improper combinations instead of wilt—
ing until they are in existence ad
than attempting to destroy them by
civil or criminal proceedings
Law Should Be Explicit. ,
A combination slamid not be tolerat-
ed if it abuse the-power acquired by
combination to the public detriment.
No corporation or smiatiou of any
kind should be permitted to engage in
foreign or interstate commerce that is
formed for the purpose of or whose
operations create a mompoiy or gen-
eral control of the production. sale or
distribution of any one or more of the
prime necessities of life or articles of
general use and necessity. finch coali-
binstlons are against public policy:
They violate the common law. The
doors of the courts are closed to those
who are parties to them. and I believe
the congress can close the channels of
interstate ' tamerce against them for
its protect an. The law should make
its prohibitions and permissions as
clear and definite as possible, leaving
the least possible room for arbitrary
action or allegation of such action on
the part of the eaecutive or of diver.
gellt interpretations by the courts.
Among tltwpoints to be aimed at
should he the prohibition of umeplthy
competition. such as by rsnderlng serv-
ice at an actual lossforthemof
crushing out competition. the prevenv
tion of inflation of capital and the pro-
hibition of a corporation’s stating esv
elusive trade with itself a condition of
having any trade with itself. Reason.
able agreements between or combina-
lions 6f corporations should be per-
mitted provided they are first nub-tit-
tedto and approved by some appro-
priate government hotly.
Course! Power.
The Who fhepswsvtoshsr-
in corporations to usage is interstate
and foreign mm. and a users!
law can be enacted suds-r the provir
sinus of which existingmpsutinas
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law should he a. method of pvedetprv
mining by ssane federal band or oint-
uiuisuwbether the spoiler-st for s

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want
it ll.il

.federal charter was an association or

blastin- wittita the restrictions of
tits federal law. Provision should also
he made for complete publicity in all
in on swing the public and ruin

e Meetlouuto the inn-«ti it public
snd the shareholders in the matter of
issuing commie sectirlllna it an in.
corporation law is not do "u -' H: We”.
his. a license not for big l‘llt'n-ib'.’ vul’
[>010an might be viimfinl Ul‘ ll i'ttllt
bloatlon of the two int-div be "Hut
The supervision efltfliillrluui till...l s.
analwous to that now .1 wt «l m:
national habits. , M burl .1. ts . l
trust art should be rillv‘itjl'flitit'ft't'l by
uterine prohibitions: ul‘ i'w l;w;':tibt
which .l'Sllfll'lifllf‘t' bus shutvlt bau- bet-ll
of m’att service in enabling inollupoliiz.
.tic couthlnalimls to crush out t-utllpeli
lion. ' L
‘ The real owners of u citrmlratiop
allotild be compelled to do business in
their own name. The right to hold
stock in other corporations should here.
after he: denied to interstate corpora
lions. unless on approval by the propct
government officials, and a prerequlsil
to suclr approval simultl he the listing
With the governinenfofmll owner» and
stockholders. both by lin- .corlmraiion
owning such struts and by the corpora’
lion in which such stock is owned.

Lessons of Recent Crisis.

To confer upon the national govern
meat in connection with the amend
men! i advocate in the antitrust law
power of lilipPi'i‘lrilnii otcr big business
concerto: engaged in, interstate coin
metre would benefit limit as it has
itouettteri‘ tlli‘ optional bunks. ‘iu the.

recent business crisis it is noteworthy .

that the institutions which failed weyn
institutions which vvcrc not nutter lit;-
supervision and mntrol of the national
government, 'i'ltm-aI which were under
'ilationat control stood ‘lltt teat. -- _
National control of ‘liie kind above
advocated would he to the fault-tit of
every wall managed railway. From
the standpoint of the p‘ul‘tllt- tin-ri- is
Jlfl'li for additional tracks. additional
terminals and improvements in the ac
‘illlllf lift‘l‘fll‘l‘lfiEW’W" the railroads. and all
this as rapidly as ‘pmviitle. Ample.
safe and speedy tl'zllltiiltil'iflilull facili
ties are even more ucchgary than
cheap transportation. Therefore there
is need for the investment of motley
avhiclt will provide for all thew-tillage
while at the nami- t‘ttne securing an in r
In in possible holler Wage! and shorter
hour» for tin-iv rnipltgwm.
whitt- tilt-re ulttrt be jut-l :tnl l'cztitonr.»
hie regulation of rule-t. ivu aliullitl in-
the first to protest against any nrhifrn
ry and unthinking‘il‘itm-nu-tlt to t-u:
them down without the folio-«l and
most careful consolidation of u'i inter-
esats concerned and of ”renewal ltf’f‘tl‘v
of the situation. Only a special bildy
of own acting for the null-tn ‘ ;:r‘\'t':‘tl
"Wit" ulnlcrnulhwlty underral lzpolt it
by the congress is competent to pot t
judgment on such a lllztllri‘. '
'i‘imse who four from any remson the
extension of mm: activity”Wit-"iii" do
well to study. the history not only of
the national [banking act. but of the
pure food law, and notably the meat
inspection law recently enacted. The
pure food law was opposed so violent-
ly that its passage was delayed fora
(let-ado. yet it has worked unmixed and
immediate good. The meat inspection
law was even more violently" assailed,
and the some men who now denounce
the altitude of the national govern-
ment in seeking to oversee and control
the workings of interstate common cat'-
ricrs and business concerns then me
sevted that we were "dlscredltlng and
mining a great American industry."
Two years have not elapsed. and al-
ready it has become evident that the
great benefit the law confers upon the
public is accompanied by an equal ben-
efit to the reputable packing establish-
ments. The latter are better off under
the law than they were without It.
The benefit to interstate common ear-
riers and business concerns from the
legislation l advocate would be equal-
ly marked. .
Pure Food Law.
incidentally in the passage of, the
pure food law the «flop of the 7.”?
ans state food and dairy commission-
ers showed in striking fashion how
much good for the whole people results
from the hearty cooperation of the
federal and stub officials in securing
a given reform. it Is prima‘vilyfl‘to the
moon of these stats columlsstoners
that we owe the enactment of has
law. for they aroused the people. tirst
to demand the «utmost and enforce.
of state laws on the subject and
t on the enactment“ the fedeni law.
without which the state laws were
largely melt-ye. There must he the
closest tion between the as.
tionsl and state governments in ad
ministering these laws. '
currency Legislation Needed;
1 again urge on the congre- the
need of immediate attention to this
matter. 'We assays gleam elasticity
in our . . prole of can!”
that we the even glam
seedofaa‘afeaadsscnrecarreney.
I’mvislon should be made for an
warm currency. The 0le
issue should of some bounds with
an efiectlvs guarantee and upon soatib
lions carefully Wild by the gov-
ernment. such emergency issue must
be based on adequatejseeorttiss ap-
proved hy the government and airtime
honed under a heavy tan. , is would
mt! «mm lit-ins In. ”to the
mad for it was must. while «our
ing its retirement as the demand fail
«I. it is wait: tavsstigstisg to de-
termine whether officers a aim
of national balms should ever be pic
towed to loss to Was. Ilira-it
companies should In W to,“
same supervision as banks. " '
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its» the wisest-infliction on taunts-
M can only ”Milli a certain

amount. No legislation can by. all! i

pouibility gut‘t‘raave‘e‘ the basins» coin-
tttltuity against the results of almana-
tive fully-any more than it can gunnin-
too an individual amtlust the results of.
lllll extravagance. When all individual
tnorigugea his house to buy all stilts;
mobile tu- luviitts. disaster. and when
stealthy inch or men who pose as ouch
or are littstfrllltlltonsly' or foolishly either
its lvttcmml l.’t’h twill“! in l'i'i’lt’m
rivet-indium, emerald”, If.” It «wom-
pnub-d i y t'ivllonesty. they jeopardize
ml only: their own future. hilt the fit-
l'l’r of all their innocent fellow citi-
.t' ~ lul' they expose the whole bush
Ili'h’fi I nliiilldliilty to panic and distress.

Can't Revise Tariff Now.

’i‘lllw «wintry is definitely committed
to the protective system. and unl' 0(-
forl to uprtxtt It could not but cause
it'itltm‘lii'f'dd industrial disaster. in
ofbt-r words. the principle of the pres-
ent furi‘h‘ law could not with wisdom
beJ'bnnged. flat in a country of such.
phenomenal growth as cars it is probti
ably well that every dozen years or so
the tariff laws sh ouid be carefully scru-

tinlzed so as to see that no excessive "

or improper benefits are conferred
thereby. that proper revenue is provid-
ed and that our foreign trade. is cur
cotlragetl; There utuvt always be as a
minimum a tariff which will not only
allow for the coilectlntl‘ of nummpie
revenueEbut which will at least milks
good the difference in cost of produc-
tjon here and abroad—that Is. the tilt-
fercucc lit the labor cost here find
abroad. for the well being of the wage-
worker illilili ever he a cardinal point
of American, policy, The question
should he approached purely from~ a
1 business standpoint. both the dots and
the manner of the change being such
as to arouse the minimum of agitation
and disturbance in the business world

landto-glve the least play for, selfish

'ontl (fictional motives. The sole eon
Iniderutlou should beta see that the
sum total of changes represents the
‘ public good. This means that the sub—
Jeri cannot with wisdom be dealt with
’in the year preceding a presidential
‘electiou. because its a matter of fact
experience has conclusively shown that
at such a time it is impossible to get
men to treat it from tlic standpoint of
the public good. in my Judgment the
\visellme to deal with the matter is
immediately after such election.

Income Tax and inheritance Tax.

When our in: laws are revised the
question of an incomc'tnx and an in-
heritance tax should receive the care.
fu‘l attention of our legislators. in
my Judgment, both of these taxes
should be part of otlr system of fod-
'crai taxation l speak tlllfidently about
the lilcmlw tax because one scheme for
on income tax was declared unconsti-
tuiloo‘al by the supreme court. while in
addition it is a difficult tax to admin-
ister in its practical ivuridnmnud great
care would llnvo.',to be exercised to see
that it was not evaded by the very

.. . men... . .il'lldill. .i.t....was most, . desirable. . to.

have taxed. Nevertheless a graduated,
income tax of the proper type would
he a desirable feature of federal tan-
llou, and it is to be hoped that one
may be devised which the supreme
court will iiwlul‘e constitutional. '
The i lumen tux. however, is
a for hot method of taxation. The
government has the absolute right)?
decide as to th'cjterlnsllpon which ‘a
man shall rcrclve'a ilcuueat from an-
otller. and this point in the devolution
of property is especially appropriate
for the imposition of a tax. fan's lma
posting such taxes it re repeatedly been
placed upon the na oliaistntute boobs
and as repeatedly declared-constitu-
tional by the courts. and these. laws
contained the progressive principle—-
that is.aftcr a certain amottht in reach.
ed the bequest or gift in life or death
is increasingly hardened and the rule
of taxation is increased in proportion
to the remoteness of blood of the man
receiving the bequest. These principles
are recognized already in the leading
civilized nations of the world. '

Germany's inheritance Tax.

The German law is especially inter:
eating to us because it makes the in-
heritance tax an imperial measure
while alloting to the individual states
of the empire a portion of the pro
needs and permitting them to impose
taxes in addition tothose imposed by
the imperial government. Small inher-
itance» are exempt. but the tax is so
sharply progressive that when the in-
heritance is still not very large. pro
vided it is not an agricultural or it for-
est land, it is taxed at the rate of 2.1
per cent if it goes to distant relatives.

States the national government should
not impose inheritance taxes in addi-
tion to those imposed by the states.
and when we last had an inheritance
tax about one-half of the states levied

ttonal government. making a combined
maximum rate in some cases as high
as 26 per cent. . m
To To: Nearuhients Higher.

'11» tax should if possible be made
to hear more heavily upon those resid-
Iug without the country thandwithin it.
A heavy progressive is: upon a very
lam fortune is in no way such a ins
‘dab thrift or‘ industry as a like tax
would be on a small tonnes. No ad-
vantage comes either to the country
as a whole or to the individuals inher-
fling the may, by unwitting, the
humbsion is ithdr entirety of the
muons fortunes ‘tvhleli week! he at
fasted by such a tax, and as an incl,
debt to its function of rsvoaugrsislug
,sl‘sbataa wouldhstpioprsservsa
msasatabis equality of opportunity for
the ppopls of the generations groping

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strive tomresli up not merely pri‘
prop‘erty. but. what id farmers int ~~
rush. the home. inventor prop a
which our whole civilisation staudfi.‘
Such a theory if ever adopted would
mean the ruin of the entire country.
but proposals for legislation such as
this herein advocated are directly op-
po‘ssdto this class ofsociallstlc the
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Enforcement of the Law.

A few years ago there was loud conic
,plalnt that the law could not be in-
voked against wealthy oflsndsrs. There
is no such complaint ad‘w. The course
of the department of Justice during the
last few years has been such as to
make if evident that no man stands
above the law. that no corporation ll
so wealthy that it cannot be held to ac-
count, Everything that can be dons.
undcl"tilc‘elflsllng law and with the
existing state of public opinion. which
so profoundly infiue‘ares both the courts
and Juries. has been done, but the laws'
themselves need strengthening. They
should he made more definite. so that.
an honest man can be led nawlttlnglyl
to break them and so that the real
wrongdoer can be readily punished.

Moreover. there must be the public
opinion back of the laws or the laws
themselves will be of no avail. Tho
two great evils in the execution of our
criminal laws today are sentimentality
and technicality. [lot-the latter the
remedyjialiet come from the hands of
tile logislatures. the courts andtbetlaw-
.yers. 'l‘he‘oiher must depend for its
cure upon: the grsdiiai growth of a
sound public opinion which shall insist
that regard for the law and the do
mands of reason shall control all other
Influences and emotions in ,tlle"’Jury
box. Both of these evils must be few
moved or public lsrontent with the
criminal law will ontlnue. '

In etions.

,lnatanccs of abuse in the granting
of injunctions in labor disputes coa-
tinus to occur, and the resentment in
the minds of those who feel that their
rights are being invaded and their lib-
erty of action and or speech unwar-.
rantabiy restrained continues likewise
to grow.‘ Mitch of tiie'uttttck on the
use of the process of injunction is
wholly without warrant. but i am can
strained to express the belief that for
some of It there is warrant. 'rll’llt‘qllw
lion in becomingloue of prime impol-
tance,.and unless the courts will «tool
with it in effective manner it is oer.
,ta'in ultimately to'demaud some form
of legislative action. it vvould he most
unfortunate for our social welfare if
we 'slioftid permit many hunest and
law abiding citizens to feel that they
bad Just cause for regarding our courts
with hostility. l earnestly commend
to the attention of the congress this
matter. so thataome way may be de-
vised which will limit the abuse of in-
junctions and protect those rights

which from time to time it unwarrant-
ahiy invades. Moreover. discontent is
often” expressed with the use, of the
process ‘of injunction by the courts.
,.liiit..i).il.l.x..l.ll. labor disputes. outpost-e,
state laws are concerned. i refrain
from discussion of this question as i
am informed that it trill soon receive
the consideration of the supreme caurt.

The procesn of injunction is an eit-
sentiai adjunct of the court's doing its
wort; well. anti as preventive measures
are always better than remedial the
wise use of this processls from every
standpoint commendable. But where
it is recklessly or unnecessarily us'Etl
the abuse should be censured. above
all by the very men who are properly
anxious to prevent any effort to shear
the courts of this necessary power.
The court's decision must be What.- The
protest is only against the conduct of
individual judges in needlessly antici-
pa g such final decidion or in the
tyr, nical use of what is nominally. a

temporary injunction to accomplish
what is in fact a permanent decision.

The president urges the passage of a
model employers'llablllty act for the
District of Columbia and the territories
in encourage corporations to treat in-
jured wageworlrers better. He em-
phatically lndorses the eight hour day.

The president urges the states to
fight .the child and woman labor evil.
lie says: '

The national government has as an
ultimate resort for control of child’ is-
hot the use of the interstate commercs
clause to prevent the products of child
Iabur from entering into interstate cout-
mcrce. But before using this it ought
certainly to enact modal laws 0n the
subject for thcvferrltories under its
own immediate control.

Presidential Campaign Expenses.

Under our form of government. vot-
ing is not merely a right. but a duty,
and; moreover. a fundamental and ne’e-
essltry duty if a'man is to be a good
citizen. it is well to provide that cot-
notations shall not contribute to prison
dsntlsl or national campaigns and. fur-
. ermore. to provide for the publica-

I

tion of both contributions and expendi-
tures. There is, however. always dan-
ger in lain of this ltliid. which from
their very nature are dlillcalt of en.
forcetnent. the danger being lest they
be obeyed only by the honest and die
obeyed by the unscrupulous. so as to
act only.“ a penalty upon honest men.
Moreover. no such la‘w would hamper
an unscrupulous man of unlimited
means from buying his own way Into
ones. There is a very radical meas-
ure which would. I believe. ‘work a
substantial improvement lti our sysv
tent of conducting a cantpaign. ni-
ihbugh i am well aware that it will
talte some little for: lietfjllt' so to fatall-
larise themselves with such a ptittluliill
as to be willing to consider its adop-
tion. The need for (reflecting large
campaign funds would vanish if can

provided an appropriation for till

it and legitimate «mum of each
of the great national "1'3""- tin a?"
pristine smote enough to tom t, trit-
vsflity for thorough «contention sad
machinery. which "quires a large a}

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sit aloud: see-vi than «an
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tion tottn . thy ..
inth'sa y.” 4 - “lung 7 .
corps. The lithe? vii " u.
should to chatty W5 its no
cloves. There W in s volaiivoiy
evengreater hens-pd; the rats of
pay of enliatdd‘l’neu if we hri'to hoop
the army in shape tiit’s’ elective In
time of nW'The president recom-
niengh severe muting“ o‘f'ofiicers
for [mutation up to the k of mayor.
From that point p, , on will,“
purely by selection. spent“ of the
recent physical test of army once"
with emphatic approbation and recoup
mcnds a hill equalizing the pay of
officers and then of the army. navy,
marine cornmeal! revenue cutter serv-
ice.

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The Navy. , ,
Concerning tits. my the president
says:

in, my ‘iudsiaeat. we phould this ‘

year monogamous battldfiliipa. But
it it late to solid mat insulted. in
addition to provldih'g” the m on the
nuns for thorough ”sitting. "we pro-
vide, the mxihsrtes for imam
we provideldodis. the cooling, stations,
the coliiers and supply ships-that they
need. _ We are extremely deficient in
cooling alanine and 'd'ock’s on on Ps-
citic. and this dentist it” should not
longer be permitted t3 exist; 'Plenty

““of lambda hosts and deitro on should

lie billit. Both ill file A". tic find I".
ciilc coasts iortiflmtio‘ns’ot the best
type 'slionld be omitted for all our
greateu harbors. , '

Until our battle first is much larger
than at present “should never be split
into detachments so for split that they .

could not in event gt mastic, he
speedily armed. Our'cosst line is on»

the" Pacific just as amen as on the At-
lantic. Tile-”battle fieet [bailiff-10W
and then hemmed m the Pacific. just
as at other times it should be bent iii
the Atlantic. when the incipient: "hat
damn the mm: prismatic i
from one ocvtnn'to thepther ,wiiiiii's
[comparatively easy. ,Untilit is‘hsilt.
I earnestly all»; that the battle seat
will be than shifted bouillon titfwu
oceans every year orytvwo. The battle
fleet. is nhout starting to the strait

command of Rear incantation”.

eight. armored cruiseiiltnd twoothor» ‘

battleships will one: hits: inja'n Fran»
cisco. whither certain mfpsdc destroyo
era are also gems. Nolfieet of such
size has ever made ends a voyage.._and
it will be of very gmbeducutionai use
to all engaged in it. The only way by

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IADLY cult-stat a IALDWiNO-
,‘ Vittsyanms.

WlGMY cunao HIM.

Two ‘Veers With a, High.
Physician With No luccsss.

It. Frank Howe, a prominent farm-
at in the town of Van Buren. says: ”i
visited the ‘W" physician in this condo
in, who treated me for about two
years for rheumatism. i s at in“
that tints several hundred Adolars and
stained to new worse stead of bet.-
ter each day. Betas crutches and
forced to drive to the train and holy
tiling to the doctorjooihce’ became very
diacphrpglnrl? , nah the sleepless
nights and ear ul hours of pain. Bell)
advised by a friend l purchase
smith's Urlc-O prescription, tools‘ it
home and used it that day as directed.

""l‘hose fearfulvsciatic pains left me.
my blood seemed to let loose and flow
freely, i felt different and knew the
next. morning i had found a cure, all i
slept and rested well all that night,
something i had not done before 'in
two years. i used in all six bottles of
Uric-O and have never felt a return of
the disease. had no use. for crutches or
cans since the first day's treatment.

"1 have since recommended Ill-lot)
to hundreds of friends and acquain-
tance! and inocverr intimate it save
remarkable relief. 'l‘o every person
who suffers from Rheumatism i say.
take Uric-o at once and your slider-
ing will soon end, .4.

‘ “FRANK HOWE,
. “Baldwinsvilic. N. Y."

Anyone who doubts Mr. Howe’s ex-
perience is invited to write film for
further details; . ' ~

The manufacturers have so much
confidence in the remedy that they will
gladly give a large The bottle of Uric-O
free to all Rheumatics who have never
used it and are looking for u pcrtnftr
neat, lasting cure for this most. dbl-
tressing disease. Address for free
trial, Smith Drug (lo. 208 Smith Bldg,
Syracuse, N. Y. ‘ ,

liric-O is sold'and personally recom-
mended in South Norwsllt by Edward
W. Kelley, .lr. . .

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- lUlfibARS .lN QANEURY.
DANBURY. 'Dt’t‘..'. 3.4mclrsmeu
blew open the safe in the ofllce of tho
drygoods store of E. smile 1 Ban, on
Main street. in this out. between 8st-
imtey night tout Sunday morning. and
mired spoon in money and. too in
iamonds and other jewelry. he buttr-
lary was dlpco‘vcred yesterday, ' it
there is nothing to indicate how lfio
cracksnten entered the building. 1' a
money represented 'a portion.’ of the
firm‘tlareceipts on saturtlfly, several
hundred dollars in certified checks was
not taken. ‘ .

-im tin .25 s from moire blood.

an't in e, pure blood with any til.
cation, lazy lug, jand slit lab lio-
wels. Burdock {ood’llltt streugg
titans stohiacit, boileis
purities the blood.

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and liver, and

to handle the {fleet so as to meet every against the msnageWoI thtr‘tiii'éélb'

possible strain and cmérgency in time
otwaruto harem-n Practicalities
similar conditions in tithe otpssee. .

{The president recommends the in-
creased pay for both Mrs and enlist.
ed men and advises palliation by w

lectlon above the gmdewf llsutenaa't'

commander.
_ Foreign Affafvs.
in foreign affairs. the resident says.

"were required,» ' -

Lcai theatr'ss for violating the sunny
jiaw bygiving moving pictures h‘
been postmeii Tn casein? .J.
Lynch. of the Ritsswin Lyceum, will
be tried next Thursday. ma hearts.
dy and George Hailshy, managers re
spectivciyitif Keeney's and 4 the' Bijou.
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There» isnothing better ofiei'fed ls-
all...

this country's steady llcy is to pgpuhlic ltoday for stomach troll

have toward other anti ‘ 's'a’s s strand
and self respecting msnt‘shoald hehsts‘
toward the out" m with what It.
isbroughtfntoonfitact. is afterwards.
our aim is disinterrgstedly to help My
nations where such help can be wisely
given without the’appeiv'lm of ‘
tiling with/what does'i'totcohcern us.
to be careful to me I, to“ MW
and at the same time, 1 5053 until?“
fashibu to make it or ht that we do
not intend to be imposed upon. ‘

The president refers at length to The
Hague peaceemfemee. as believes
it accomplished mn'éttrgood work.

Postal saying; Banks.

The president says on postil affairs:

l command to the favorable consid-
eration of the eongnss a postaiuasvg-
tugs bank sysntbsss moral-ended by
the post-saucer users). . Timiddepnst
tors have withdrawn their “villi for
the time being from national banks.
trust conmnnies and savlapih'snhs. iii--
dlvldunls. have boarded, their chill
and the worklngmeu their «am all
of which money has been withheld
and kept in hiding or in the safe Ger
posit box tattle detriment of prosper;
it]. Through the agency of‘tbe postal
flirted ll; tori-cam new Ni
restored to t helium of W . 9
the mutual benefit of initial and labor. '

”I further commend to the congress
the email.” of the postman .
geml's‘ recommendation for‘an's’x'
tension of ths‘paroei post. especially
oaths rural mm. it would fps.
most desirable shingle pat on fourth .
class, postmasts'rs in the classified serv-
ice. ' .

.Other "connotations arena

of the inland. annoys,

especially of the lhiui river sys-

tem, to male than: greet-ambigu-
Wflflv * ‘ . .,

rite rspsai or tbs nukes forest

products. Wally the duty in m

Wlbl ‘ .- , v.

The amendment of the public land
laws to mass the. more elective
against land mailers and more favor-
able to boss Ids settle». ,

Retention of the-povsrntns'at's title
to public cost and other mineral lands.

Extension of the aatiaal forest re:
serves. .

causally far the people of Porto
lino. ‘
freer fecal self pun-sat fer Alas-
”: . {

Encouragement of the merchant iss-
rtno. pummel a. coma mail line
so . ,

miss" oi the Dover mm
sad 1hr softy 'fov. Chinese
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dyspepsia. indigestion. etc. ,tlliin KO-
DOi.. This is a scientific fine allot:
of natukai digeststus cam, filth
vegetah acids find it can is
same itiicca found in every" lirait Y
stomach. KODG‘LVis guarshteetl‘ to
it P. pleasant to “tulle; 'lt
,villl mill}? you leer site ovum: in;
what yliu eat. .Slol " by Tilt Cit, ord
Pharmacy and '1' e Bridio‘ PW-
m’ac’, . ' ~ ,. . . #20!
snout, ensues sis» tit mt:
NAUGd’ifUCK, Doc. :l.—~i'xlwsrd ll-
son. who attempted .to short vita a
several merchants am last week; was

give relief.

" yesterday sentenced to’ the‘ Borough
,Oourt to‘titirty days on each of three

counts. Wilso'p operated with sonui
success in Seymour also.

A Dlflllllotit DIADILOCK
that sometimes terminates «fatally is
the stoppage of liver and bowel func-
tions. To quickly end this condition
without: disagreeable sensations, Dr.
King's New Life Pillti should always
be your remedy. Guaranteed abso-
lutely satisfactory in every case or
money it, at P. H. Baxter’s drill:
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To the scars of County Cdm'fnissigt-W
ers of Pairfield County. .1 s '
all ill?” ”twill." ’5'“? ""
ricotta an n scat all. floors.
Ale. be ',r fleet/ll eWine'and.t2l«
donut 89 Washih _. "not {rownof
transit. My place-p basin is iipl:
located within zoo feet in a leer. lifts
of a Church White, flaroclii l Behold
or i’ublie’hchool-hottse. act it pretti-
lites mrttiltllilg Iintimate. or any Mt
Office. Public, awniry'or leetrry.
fluted a Norwallt, this fluidity of

October.t 7.
(SOPHIE!) fin Tiiillt.‘
’ , - _ l jpplicant.

We. the undersigned. claim and
uspsyers, as defined by info! the
Town of Norwailt.‘ hereby endorsi- lilo
application of the shove-named (tort
fved bartiibl for anal: flees-castles
so severally unity‘sa'eh fat himself
that we are taxpayers" owl-ts; resi'ss:
fate situated ls‘ said.fl'own' of {for-
'filky'iM that we hove ”haunts“
the animation of any other person
for a license to sell spirituous and tin
toaieatisg liquors during the ensuing
license year.» '

Dated at. .Vovwalk, thin its! day of
October. i907.

Stephen it. Wilcox. “airman i'lutr-
nook, Mayer .iosepi. Thomas Richard-
son. liavry Oatdwln.

l hereby certify that the shovenatnr
ed endorsers are e rs and taxpayv
era, as defined gin . of the Town of
Norwsllt. and ”t they have also"!
no other soothe-tum.

Dated at Normans. ""‘i Lilli! Ila; tr!-

Ut'lobrr I”? ,
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