Woodruff County news., 1901-12-14

tlonal amendment be subm tied that will COT fer the DO xe' necessary.
 In connection WHE the trusts he rec ommends legislation creating cabinet of- fiCeT, to he krown Ss seci etary Of :nn- il e.ce, whose di t:es would be to deal with all qu '.Stions concern'ig commerce, lGECr and the me hant marine
 Chinese Exclusion Necessary.
 He recommends the immediate reen- actment of the Chinese exclusion act as necessary protection for American work men, and in the same connection recom- mends such amendments to the interstate commerce law as will enable the various states to protect their laborers from the competition of prison labor of another state, and also that the. government aid the movement for the bettering of the workingmen's condition by not permitting women or children to work excessive hours or at night upon goods made for government use
 He asks for amendments to the mmi- grafton laws that will prevent the land ing of undesirable immigrants, and such as will enable the immigrant officials to apply severer tests both mentally, moral ly and physically to those who seek a landing upon our shores
 The Tariff.
 He counsels against any change in the present tariff laws, but urges the adop- ton of the reciprocity idea as a means of opening the doors of the world to our commerce. In this 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 we'll being of the wageworker is a prime consid- eration 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 reef procity must command our hearty sup port. The phenomenal growth of our export trade emphasizes the urgency of the need for wider markets and for lib- eral policy in dealing with foreign na- tions. Whatever is merely petty and vex- atious 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 10 pur- chase our products should as far as pos sible be secured by so arranging our tar if as to enable us to take from them those products which we can use without harm to our own industries and labor or the use of which will be of marked beneht to us ,o,o,+ to policy of reciprocity will be in connection with those of our productions which no longer require all of the support once needed to establish them upon a sound sound basis, and with those others where either because of natural or of economic causes we are beyond the reach of successful
 q 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 nation ana we overtop in other forms of business, and says we "should not longer submit to conditions under which only a trif1ing DOT tion of our great commerce is carried III our own ships Of this he says
 "To remedy this state of things would rot merely serve to build up our shipping in hut E leo to all who are interested in the perma- rent establishment of wider market for American products ard would provide an an for their own ccIr tries just as railroads work for their terminal points. Shipping lines, If established to the principal coun- be of political as well as commercial ben eft. F'rem every standpoint 1t is unWise upon the ships of competing nations for the distribution of ou: goods It should be made advantageous to carry, American goods in American built ships"
 He also urges the enactment of such financial legislation as will better safe guard against the deranging influences of such as will make the currency of the country more responsive to the demands of domestic trade and commerce. He points out the fact that the receipts from duties on exports and internal taxes far exceed the governments expenditures, but counsels against reduction that will cause d IL, strict economy in expenditures so far as our national needs will permit
 Interstate Commerce..
 He comments upon the complaints en- tered against the management of the rail- ways for their alleged discrimination in the matter of freight rates against the small shippers and certain localities, and says:
 "The act should be amended. The rail- way is public servant. Its rates should be just to and open to all shippers alike The government should see to it that within its Jurisdiction this is so and effective remedy to that end. At the same time it must not be forgotten that our railways are the arteries through which the commercial lifeblood of this nation flows Nothing could be more foolish than the enactment of legislation which would unnecessarily interfere with the develop, ment and operation of these commerclaI agencies
 He points to the fact that in the past "the ignorant or reckless agltator mas mas been the really effective friend Of the evils which he has been nominally oppos- ing In dealing with business interests for the government to undertake py crude and ill-considered legislation to do what may turn out to be bad would be to incur the risk of such far-reaching ma tional disaster that it would be preder- able to undertake nothing aihIa at all or ihe the undesirable serve as the allies or the forces with which they are nominally al war, for they hamper those Wno Wouiu endeavor to find out in rational 1ashlon what the wrongs really are and to what extent and in what manner 1t Is prac- ticable to apply remedies.
 Irrigation.
 A considerable portion of the messag Is given to the subject of irrigation for the arid lands of the west and he urges govern ment assistance in perfecting system or irrigation that will reclaim these waste lands and make them habitable for set, tiers. He believes the government snoulo streams affording the water for irrigation purposes and should construct reservoirs
 The government should construct and maintain these reservoirs as it does other public works. Where their purpose is to