The Wilmington daily Republican., 1901-12-04
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7 WEDNESDAY. DECEMBER 4. 1907.

1RESlDfNI NOpSENELr sent MS
message 10 Congress Yesterday aud
it was read in both llouses The
President spoke on trusts aud reel.
proeity and told how he would deal
with these problems. lie declared
publicity is at presen, the only sure
>rcmedy against evils OF combna.
lions. While opposing any general
tariff change he upholds the prlncl-
ple OF reciprocity. He advocates
reduction ot duty on Cuban imports
into this country. lie urges the
Importance OF building the lsthnian
canal aud the Pacific cable. In the
opening OF the message he spoke OF
the assassination OF President Nc
kinley. oil the seven elected uresi-
dents he 10 the third who has been
murdered. and the bare recital OF
this Tact is sufficient to Justify grave
alarm among ali loyal American
citizens. He denounced anarchy.
its doctrines and preachers.
He recommends that Congress
should take into cor slider atlsn the
coming to this country ol anarchists
Or persons processing principles
hostile 10 all government and jusil-
tying the murder OF those placed in
authority. They should be kept
out ol this country aud ii found
here they should be promptly de-
ported 10 The country whence they
came ami tar-reaching provisions
should be made for the punishment
OF those who stay. Anarchy is
crime against the whole human
race and all mankind should band
against the anarchist. His crime
should be made an otfcnse against
the law OF nations like plracv and
that form OF man stealing known
as the slave trade
Speaking OF business he saws:
"lhe growth Of cities has gone On
beyont comparison faster than the
growth Of the country and the up.
building oil the great industr,a!
centers has meant startling in.
crease not merely in the aggregate
VI wealth but in the number OF very
arge individual aud especially Of
very large corporate fortunes. be
creation OF these great corpora ate
fortunes has not been due to the
tariff nor to any other governmental
action but to natural causes ia tn {
bualness world.
This has aroused much antagc-
nlsm among The wage earners and
the President adds that there are
many reasons tor caution III deal.
ing with corporations.
One Of the growing evils is that
Of over.caplta!ilatlon. which can
only be harmful IN the end and be
would recommend that the consti-
tuition be so amended It found neces-
Sary, that would greatly help 10
correct these evils. That the con-
dltions IN the ni1eteenth century
are no. wholly different and wholly
different action is called for.
The President favors rc.cnact.
ment OF tie Chinese exclusion law.
In regard to iabor he saws that the
government thinks that all work
should be done under fair condl-
tons aud that all night work should
lie orbidden for women and chill
dren as well as excessive overtime
The message ls an able one and
should be read bv everv reader of
the RFprEIlCAN. A good synopsis
was Published in last nights is
sue.
FOLLOWING the example OF Il
good many othcr thrifty bank tel
!ers, Charles +. fitchau, OF Balls
town, y. V, stole the First Nation
al Bank !, eut!re surplus OF 500, ODo.
IL had been stealing from the
bank for number OF years and
on Tuesday was iouud out. when
the bank closed It's doors. The d.
rcctors are now congratuluting
themselves that Fitcham had not
htolen the bank building as wei as
wlplng oUt It's surplus. The teller
was d modest unass umlns man and
evidently a good bus mess man IN
regard 10 Looking out for No. J.
The bank examiners sent around
by the Government were never able
10 find the del laltution, which had
bccu gong on for year. The dc ath
Df the old bank president and the
election Of his successor, led to au
inventory OF the bank rcsuurtcs,
when the peculatlous were disaoy-
cred. 1t would be iu~. as well
TO dispense with bank examiners,
ss they rarely discover anything
wrong.
ACCoRplNG 10 tile decis on hand
ed down by President Judge Mar
lin in the phiiade! phla Common