Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1901-12-14

ence in the past has shown that sweeping
rerss9ns Of , the tariff are apt to produ:e
business world Yet it is not only possible.
stability of our economic system a supple.
mentary system of reciprocal benefit and obli-
is an incident and result of the firm estab-
lishment and preservation of our present
for in the present tariff law.
Our first duty is to that the protection
IS needed is maintained. and that reciprocity
be sought for SO far as it can safely be done
how far this is must be determined accord
ways that every Application of our tsrin pol
Icy to meet our shifting national needs must
duties must never be reduced below the point
that viii cover the difference between the
of the wase-worker is prime consideration
of our entire policy of economic legislation.
lection necessary to our Industrial weii-beins
at home; the principle Of reciprocity must
penaI growth Of our export trade emphasizes
eign nations. Whatever is merely petty and
should be AVOIDED The customers to @hom
We, we dispose , Of our surplus products in the
those surplus products by giving giving US u somss
thing in return Their ability to purchase
BY d 5a as a: o be
able US to take from them those products
industries and labor or the use of which VIII
be of marked benefit to US.
development of interests where are
not only able to supply our own markets
but to produce constantly growing surplus
for which must find markets abroad. To
secure these markets we can utilize existing
needed for the purpose of protection. in any
case where the article is not produced hero
and the duty is longer Necessary for
revenue. as giving US something to offer in
latIons with other nations which are so de-
sirable viii naturally be promoted by the
natural ne Of for
policy of reciprocity will be in connection
er require all of the support once needed
to establish them upon a sound basis, and
natural of economic causes we are beyond
the reach of successful competition.
II ask the attention of the Senate to the
reciprocity treaties laid before it by my pre-
decessor.
Our Merchant Marine.
THE condition of the American merchant
remedial action by the Congress 1t is dis
creditable to US as a Nation that our mer-
chant marine should be utterly insignificant
in comparison to that of other nations which
american sbinpine Is nn ID certain erea+
disadvantages when put in competition with
the fast foreign steamships. at a speed Of
fourteen knots or above, are subsidized; and
alike. cargo carriers of slow speed and mail
carriers of high speed. have to meet the
can ships is greater than is the abroad;
that the wages paid American officers and
seamen are very much higher than those paid
the officers and seamen of foreign competing
countries; and that the standard of living
on our ships is far superior to the standard of
living the ships of commercial rivals.
Our government should take such action
as will remedy these inequalities The Amer
lean merchant marine should be restored to
The Act of March IA, 1900 intended un-
equivocally to establish gold the standard
money and to maintain at parity Herewith
has been shown to be timely and judicious.
worlds market. When eompare Sno With h the the
price of similar obligations issued by other
naIlons, is fattering tribute to public
credit. This condition it is emnently 'desir-
able to maintain.
Law furnishes sufficient liberty for the proper
exercise of the banking function but there
the deranging influence of commercial crises
and financial panics. Moreover. the currency
to the demands of domestic trade and
commerce.
Reduction of Revenues
THE collections from duties imports and
internal taxes continue to exceed the ordi-
nary expenditures The utmost should
tire will be any possibility of deficit; but.
after providing against any such contingency.
revenues more nearly within the limit of our
actual needs.
81 call special attention to the need of strict
economy in expenditures. The fact that our
national needs forbid US to be niggardly in
providing whatever is actually necessary to
our well-being, should make us doubly care
full to husband our national resources, as
scrupulous avoidance of anything like waste
full or reckless expenditure.
Regulation of Railroads.
In 1887 measure was enacted for the reg
ulation of interstate railways. commonly
known the Interstate Commerce Act. The
cardinal provisions of that act were that
railway rates should be just and reasonable
and that all shippers, localities, and commo-
dities should be accorded equal treatment A
commission was created and endowed with
what were supposed to be the necessary pow
THAT law was largely experiment Ex-
perience has shown the wisdom of its pur-
poses, but has also shown. possibly that some
the means devised for the enforcement of its
provisions are defective
THE act should be amended The railway
is a public servant. Its rates should be just
to and open to all shippers alike. The gov
eminent should see to 1t that within its Jurls-
diction this is so and should provide a speedy,
inexpensive, and effective remedy to that end
At the same time it must not be forgotten that
the commercial lifeblood of this nation flows
Nothing could be more foolish than the en-
actment of legislation which would unneces-
operation of these commercial agencies The
subject is one of great Importance and calls
for the earnest attention of the Congress
The message points out the value of the
American forests and the necessity for their
conservation, and urges the construction and
systems for the reclamation of the arid lands
of the West OF the water rights it says.
'In the arid states the only right to water
which should be recognized Is that of use- In
irrigation this right should attach to the
land reclaimed and be inseparable therefrom.
than users, without compensation to the
public, is open to all the objections which
apply to giving away perpetual franchises to
Western states have already recognized this
and have Incorporated in their constitutions
the doctrine of perpetual state ownership of