Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1901-12-11
streets, where the Inhabitants can live
under conditions favorable to health and

under conditions favorable to health and
1ne bor unions Of the nresen4 a .ea. {
much that vs. good. in which connection he
cry. great good has been. and will be;
accomplished by associations .sur$s unions
OF waGeWOEkers when managed with
forethought and when they combine In
sistence upon their own rights with law.
abiding respect for the rights Of others
bodies is a duty to the nation no less
than to the associations themselves.
Finally there must also in many cases be
safeguard the fights and Interests 81 all H.
Under our constitution there is much
more scope for such action by the state
and the municipality than by the nation.
above the national government can act.
when all is said and done, the rule Of
brotherhood remains as the Indispensable;
tional life for which we strive: Each
man must work for himself, and unless
he so works outside help can avail
that he is indeed his brothers keeper,
and that while no man who refuses to
walk can be carried with advantage to
himself or anyone ese eac
times needs to have the helping hand out
stretched to him. To be permanently ef:
feGtxs aid aT Sep Sm.e fs a a1e
can all best help ourselves by Joining TO-
sether in the work that is of common in
terest to ALL"
The Imnisration Laws.
He pronounces our present immigration
he says I'VE need every honest and CT
fcient immigrant fitted to become an
American citizen, every immigrant who
to STAY
purpose to dc his duty we'll In every way
and to bring up ais children as law-abidtng:
God-fearing members of the community"
"Thero should be a comprehensive. law
enacted with the object of working
threefcld Improvement over our present
absolutely not only all persons who are
known to be believers in anarchist1c prjn-
ciples or members of anarchists socle-
ties. but also all persons who are OF a
ta1ion This means that We should re-
Gujre more thorough system OF inspec.
t'cn abroad and more rigid system %
examination at our. immigration ports.
''The second OBJECT Of proper imm1-
grafton law ought to be to secure by 4
careful and not merely, perfunctory edu-
appreciate American institutions and act
sanely as American citizens. This would
not keep out all anarchists: for many r. OF
class, but it would do what is also in point
that is. tend to decrease the sum of ig-
norance so potent in producing the envy,
of order out Of which anarchistic senti-
ment inevitably springs. Finally all per-
sons should be excluded who are below
an{ eertair Of eG9nomc fitness to
with American labor. There should be-
proper proof Of personal capacity to earn
an American living and enough money to
ditions. This would step the influx Of cheap
labor and the resulting competition which
gives rise to SO much of bitterness in
up the Springs Of the pe a Io! soe a
conditions In our great. cities where an
archistic organizations have their great
est possibility of growth.
IN wise immigration law should be de-
signed to protect and elevate the general
body, political and social. A very close SUI
steamship companies which mainly bring
over the immigrants, and they should be
held to a strict accountability for any in
fraction of the Law"
The Tariff.
The president does not desire any change
IN the present tariff schedule except where
such may be made in reciprocity treaties,
and recommends the adoption of reciproc-
ity treaties and the general policy of reci-
procity as means of opening the doors of
connection he says:
Every application Of our tariff policy to
meet our shifting national needs must be
conditioned upon the cardinal fact that the
duties must never be reduced below the
point that will cover the difference between
the labor cost here and abroad. The well
Grafton of our entire policy Of economic
Subject to this proviso Of the proper
projection necessary to our industrial
procity must command our hearty sup
port The phenomenal growth of our
export trade emphasizes the urgency of
eral policy in dealing with foreign ma
tons. Whatever Is merely petty and vex-
atlous In the way of trade restrictions
should be avoided. The customers to
In the long run directly or Indirectly pur-
chase those surplus products by giving us
something in return. Their ability to pur-
sible be secured by SO arranging our tar
if as to enable us to take from them
those products which we can use without
se TO o our own us RI ana 5aoo1 or
10 us.
ut Is most important that we should
the high level of our present
point in the development of our interests
where we are not only able to supply our
own markets.. but to produce constantly
abr1a Ses mn martets
we can utilize existing duties In any case
where they are no longer needed for the
tho of arts 10 IN
and the duty is no longer necessary for
revenue, as giving us something to offer
IN exchange for what We ask. The cor
are so desirable will naturally be pro-
noted by the course thus required by our
own interests.
policy Of reciprocity will be in connection
with those of our productions which no
longer require all Of the support once
to % 3has. hbars
because Of natural or Of economic causes
we are beyond the reach of successful
a! ask the attention Of the senate to the
reciprocity treaties laid before it by my
predecessor"
The Merchant Marine.
The president pronounces our merchant
marine "discredltab BILE to US as a nation and
insignificant to that Of other nations which
we ovartop IN other forms Of business
and says We should not longer submit to
conditions under which only a triflinx por
our own ships. OF this he says:
ITO remedy this state of things would not
merely serve to build up our shipping in
to ali who are Interested IN the p Ssnna.
hent establishment If 2 wider market 70,
American products ard would provide an
asuxiliary force for the ravy: Ships work
work for their terminal points Shipping
lines, II established to the principal coun-
tries 5. With 1,+, which we have dealings, would
eft. From every standpoint 1t Is unwise
for the United State. to continue to rely
upon the ships Of competing nations for the
made advantageous t. carry American
go9ds IN American built ships"
His recommendation on this subject Is
only that ''our government should take
such action as will remedy these inequalt-
ties. The American merchant marine
should be restored to the ocean,"
..ss.5f FINANCES. ~ 81 @t
Under this heading the president recom-
mends such legislation as will better safe
guard against the de:snging. influences Of
commercial crises Aid financial panics and
country moro responsive to the demands
OF domestic trace and commerce. % 80 :
ne Points out the. tact that the receipts:
exceed the expenditures OF the govern