River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1900-12-06
q business at ali seasons and in all sec
nnr Enreirn rrnhe-

Of business at all seasons and in all sec
tons.
Our Foreign Trade.
Our foreign trade shows remarkable
record OF commercial and industrial prog
ress. The total of imports and exports
country exceed s'i 81 80. 90 zoe. The exports
are greater than they have ever been
before, the total for the fiscal year 1890
! being s. 1874. 4ss,oS2 an increase over 1899
OF sl6l. 459.7S0 an increase over 1928 of sl63,-
poO.152. over 1897 Of S34S. 1873 $40, and greater
than 1896 by S5l1. sI6,14i
United states is evidenced by the fact
that exports OF manufactured products
largely exceed those q any previos15so year
against sSss.5s2, i4s in 1899. an Increase OF
2s per cent
Agricultural products We're also export
ed during 1900 in greater volume than in
1888. the total for the year being ss35,s5s.-
l23. against l42 in 1893.
The imports for the year amounted to
SSt9, 81 1884, an increase over 1893 of sla2,-
| 1872 ,695. This increase Is largely in mate
rials Tor manufacture, anu IS IN response
TO the rapid development OF manufactur-
| ing in the United States While there
was imported for use in manufacture in
| 1900 material to the value OF T9,56sg72 in
excess of 1899, IL is reassuring TO observe
that there is a tendency toward decrease
in the importation OF articles manufae-
I 1890 formed 1917 per cent OF the total
4 import. against 1854 per cent. in 1893 and
i Zl.u9 per cent IN lssb
The Internal Revenue Tax.
I recommend that the congress at its
1 present session reduce the internal rev
/ enue taxes imposed TO meet the expenses
4 of the war with Spain in the sum of 500
/ O00, 600 This reduction should be secured
/ by the remission of those taxes which ex-
| perience has shown to be the most bur
densome TO the industries Of the people.
| specially urge that there be included In
I whatever reduction is made the legacy tan
/ requests for public uses Of literary ecu-
I cational or charitable character.
Recommends ship subsidy.
American vessels during the past three
4 years have carried about nine per cent
/ OF our exports and imports. Foreign ships
should carry the least. not the greatest
\ part of American trade. The remarkable
1 growth of our steel industries, the prog
ress OF shipbuilding for the domes tic trade,
and our steadily maintained expenditures
/ for the navy have created an opportuni-
| ~ to place the United States in the first
rank OF commercial maritime powers.
| Besides realizing a proper national as
/ piration this will mean the establishment
and healthy growth along all our coasts
| of a distinctive national industry, expand
ing the field for profitable employment
| of labor and capital. 1t Will increase the
| transportation facilities and reduce freight
charges on the vast volume of products
brought from the interior TO the seaboard
| for export and will strengthen an arm
of the national defense upon which the
! founders Of the government and their
successors have relied.
The Trust Question.
| The trust question receives the atten-
! ton of the president and he says:
1T is apparent that uniformity of legis-
| lation upon this subject in the several
| states is much to be desired. Ii is to be
hoped that such uniformity. founded in
wise and just discrimination between what
is injurious and what is useful and neces-
sary in business operations, may be OBJ
tanned, and that means may be found for
the congress, within the limitations of its
constitutional power, so to supplement an
4 Of of Ia m
make a complete system of laws through
out the United States adequate to compel
general observance of the salutary rules
to which / have referred.
THE whole question is so important and
| far-reaching that / am sure no part of il
will be lightly considered, but every phase
of it will have the studied elaboration of
congress, resulting in wise and judicious
action.
Restraint upon such combinations as are
injurious, and which are within federal
| jurisdiction, should be promptly applied
| by the congress"
The Philippines.
Considerable attention is given the sub
! ject of the Philippines. and in this con-
nection the scope and work of the Phil
! ippine commission outlined to the COM
missioners is fully outlined for the bene-
| fit of congress. OF the present condi-
tons in the islands the president says:
In my last annual message | dweit at
length b HP9n the eo9a ha se 81 af
TO impress upon you that the grave re-
sponsibility of the future government of
those islands rests with the congress of
the United States, l abstained from rec
ommending at that time a specific and
final form of government for the terri
tory actually held by the United States
forces and in which, as long as insur-
rectiOn continues, the military arm must
necessarily be supreme ! stated my puT-
known the formal expression of Its Will,
to use the authority vested in me by the
constitution and the statutes to uphold
Z 10
those distant islands as in all other places
where our flag rightfully floats, placing,
to that end, at the disposal of the army
and navy all the means which the lib
crafty of the congress and the people
have provided. No contrary expression
of the will of the congress having been
made, 1 have steadfastly pursued the pur-
pose so declared, employing the civil arm
as well toward the accomplishment Of
| governments within the lines of author
| ity and law.
We Are Making Progress.
Progress in the hoped-for direction has
cessfuny controlled the greater part of
the Islands, overcoming the organized
forces of the insurgents and carrying
order and administrative regularity to all
| quarters What opposition remains is for
! the most part scattered, obeying no con-
| certed plan of strategic action, operating
| only by the methods common to the ira
ditions of guerrilla warfare, which. while
ineffective to alter the general control
I a.,
beget insecurity among the populations
that have felt the good results of our
/ control. and thus delay the conferment
/ upon them of the fullest measures OF
! local self-government of education, and
| of industrial and agricultural develop
ment which we stand ready to give TO
BY the spring of this year the effective
| opposition of the dissatisfied Tagals to
the authority, of the United States was
! virtually ended. thus opening the door
/ q stable admlnlS-
! tration over much of the territory of
the archipelago Desiring to bring this
/ commission composed of Hon. William
H. Taft, of Ohio: Prof. Dean c. Worcester
| of Michigan; Hon. Luke e. Wright. of Ten
nessee; Hon. Henry c. Ide of Vermont,
| and Prof. Bernard Moses, of California.
| The aims of their mission and the scope
of their authority are clearly set forth
| in my instructions of April 7. 1900, adj
/ dressed to the secretary of war TO be
| transmitted to them.
Principles Are Appreciated.
Referring TO the manner in which the
I laid down in his instructions to them
has been received by the people of the
Philippines. the president says:
| II is evident that the most enlightened
thought of the Philippine Islands fully APP
/ preciates the Importance of these princi-
| Piles and rules. and they will inevitably
| within a short time command universal
assent Upon every division and branch
of the government of the Philippines
| therefore, must be imposed three inviol-
able rules:
That no person shall be deprived of life
liberty, or property without due process of
law: that private property shall not be
taken for public use without just com
pensation: that in all criminal prosecutions
the accused shall enjoy the right to
speedy and public trial. to be informed
of the nature and cause of the accusation,
to be confronted with the witnesses against
him, to have compulsory process for OBJ
tanning witnesses in his favor. and to have
the assistance of counsel for his defense;
that excessive bail shall not be required,
nor excessive fines imposed nor cruel and
unusual punishment inflicted: that no per-
son shall be put twice in jeopardy for the
same offense, or be compelled in any Grim
NAL case to be a witness against himself;
that the right to be secure against unreal
sonable searches and seizures shall not be
violated that neither slavery nor involun-
tary seryitude shall exist except as pun
ishment for crime: that no bill of attain
der or ex post facto law shall be passed;
that no law shall be passed abridging the
freedom of speech or of the press. or the
rights of the people to peaceably assemble
and petition the government for redress
respecting an establishment of religion or
prohibiting the free exercise thereof, and
that the free exercise and enjoyment of
religious profession and worship without
discrimination or preference shall forever
be allowed.
To Investigate Land Titles.
It will be the duty Of the commission
to make a thorough investigation into the
titles to the large tracts of land held or
ders; into the justice of the claims and
compisints made against such iand-hold-
ers by the people Of the island or any
part of the people, and to seek by wise