Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1901-12-05

under conditions favorable to health ant
morals"
IN the labor unions of the present he see,
much that is good. in which connection h
Very great good has been and win b,
accomplished by associations or union.
of wageworkers when managed with
forethought and when they combine in
sistence upon their own rights with Law
abiding respect for the rights of others
The display of these qualities in such
than to the associations themselves
Finally there must also in many cases be
action by the government in order t.
Safeguard the rights ard interests of ali
Under our constitution there is mucl
more scope for such action by the state
aid the municipality than by the nation
| But on points such as those touched or
above the national government can act.
when all is said and done, the rule OF
brotherhood remains as the indispensable
prerequisite to success in the kind of ma
tionaI life for which we strive. Each
he so works no outside help can avail
| him. But each man must remember also
that he is indeed his brothers keeper,
| and that While 10 man whe refuses &c
walk can be carried with advantage to
himself or anyone else, yet that each al
times needs to have the hs!p:ng hand out
| stretched to him.. To be permanently ef-
fective aid must always take the form OF
helping a man to help himself, and we
can all best help ourselves by joining TO-
gether in the work that IS of common m
terest to ALL
~
He pronounces our present immigration
laws unsatisfactory. In which connection
he SAYS I'VE need every honest and e1-
American citizen, every immigrant who
comes here to stay, who brings mare j
strong body. a good head and a resolute
purpose to dc his duty well III every way
and to bring up mis- children as law-abiolng
G~od-fearing members OF the community.
But he says:
There should be a comprehensive law
enacted with the object of working a
threefold Improvement over our present
system First, we should aim to exclude
absolutely not only all persons who are
known to be believers in anarchistic prin-
cipIes or members of anarchists socie-
ties, but also all persons who are of a
low moral tendency or of unsaVory, repu-
taIion. This means that we should re-
qujre a more thorough system o. inspec-
ten abroad and a more rigid system OF
eXam-nation at our lmmigritlon ports
s.The second object of a proper immi-
grafton law ought to be to SECURE by a
careful and not merely ~perfunctory edu-
cational test some Intelligent capacity 10
appreciate American institutions and act
sanely as American citizens. This would
not keep out all anarchists. for many Of
them belong to the intelligent criminal
class, but it would do what is also in point
that is, tend to decrease the sum of ig-
suspicion. malignant passion ard hatred
of order out of which anarchistic senti-
ment Inevitably springs, Finally all per
sons should be excluded who are below
a certain standard OF economic fitness to
enter our industrial field as competitors
proper proof of personaI capacitv to earn
an American living and enough money to
insure a Decent start under American con-
dltions. 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 pestilential social
conditions in our great cities where an
archistic. organizations. have their great
est possibility of growth.
BOtn the educational and economic tests
In a wise immigration law should be de-
body, political and Social. A very close sn-
pervision should be exercised over the
steamship. companies which mainly bring
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-
lty treaties and the general policy of reel.
foreign nations to our in which
connection he says:
Every application of our tariff policy to
meet our shifting national needs must be
conditioned upo 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
being OF the wageworker is a prime consid-
Grafton Of our entire policy of economic
Subject to this proviso of the proper
protection necessary to our industrial
well being at home the principle of reci-
procity must our hearty sup
port. The phenomenal growth of our
the need for wider markets and FOR a lib
eral policy in dealing with foreign ma
tions. Whatever is merely petty and vex-
should be avoided. The customers to
whom we dispose of our surplus products
in the long run directly or indirectly pur-
chase those surplus products by giving us
something in return Their ability to pur-
chase. our products should as far as pos
sible be secured by so arranging our tar
in as to enable US to take from them
those products which We can use without
harm to our own industries and labor or
to US ,.. ,u,or.a,+ .b.t ". s,o,,a
the high level of our present
point in the Development Of our interests
own markets, but to produce a constantly
growing surplus for which We must find
markets abroad. To secure these markets
We can utilize existing duties in any case
where they are no longer neeoed for the
purpose of protection, or in any case
revenue. as giving US something to offer
in exchange for what we ash; The COT,
are so desirable Will naturally be pro-
by the course thus required by our
1.-THE natural line of development for a
policy of reciprocity will be in connection
with those Of our productions which no
needed to establish them upon a sound
basis. and with those others where either
because of natural or of economic causes
we are beyond the reach OF successful
II 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 "discreditable to US as a nation and
insignificant to that of other nations which
we overtop IN other forms OF business
under which only a trifiing por-
ton of our great m is carried in
our own ships. OF this he says:
merely serve to build up our shipping in
terests, but 1t would also result in benefit
to all who are Interested in the perma-
products ard would provide an
force for the ravy. Ships work
for their own countries Just as railroads
work for their terminal points. Shipping
tries with which we have Cea lings, would
be Of political as well as commercial ben
eft. From every standpoint ii is unwise
for the United State: 10 continue to rely
the ships of competing ne lions for the
of on. goods 1t should be
made advantageous tc garry, American
goods in American built ships"
His recommendation on this subject is
that our government should take |
action as will remedy these ineQuali-
ties. Tine American merchant marine
be restored to the ocean"
Finances.
Under this hsading the president recon- |
mends such legislation as viii. better safe |
guard against the ~dc-anging influences of
commercial crises aid fnaHciii panics and
as Will make the currency of the |
country more responsive to the demands |
of domestic trade and commerce.
He points out the tact that the receipts /