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Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1901-12-05
BUSINESS AND INDUSTRY.
Caution Is Needed to Preserve the
Present Reign of Prosperity.

During the last five years business con-
fdence has been restored, and the nation
is to be congratulated because of it's pres
ent Astounding prosperity. Such prosper
ity can never be created by law alone,
although it is easy enough to destroy it
by mischievous laws. If the hand of the
Lord is heavy upon any country, if flood
erless to avert the calamity. Moreover
no law can guard us against the conse-
quences of our own folly. The men who
are idle or credulous, the men who seek
gains not by genuine work with head or
hand, but by gambling in any form, are
always a source of menace not only to
themselves, but to others. If the business
world loses it's head, it loses what. legis-
lation cannot supply. Fundamentally the
welfare of the aggregate of citizens
which makes the nation must rest upon
individual thrift and energy, resolution
and intelligence. Nothing can take the
place Of this Individual capacity. but
wise legislation and honest and inte1li-
gent administration can give It the full
est scope, the largest opportunity to
work to good effect.
The tremendous and highly complex in
dustrial development which went on with
ever accelerated rapidity during tho lat
us face to face at the beginning OF tho
lens. The old laws and the old customs
which had. almost the binding force Of
law were once quite SUFFICIENT to regulate
the accumulation and distribution Of
wealth. Since the industrial changes
which have so enormously increased the
productive power of mankind they are
no longer sufficient. s..# 49,. f..
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over our present system. First we should
aim to exclude absolutely not only all per
sons VINO are known to be believers in an
i atGnistic principles or members of anarch
are of low moral tendency or Of unsa-
worry reputation. y This means that we
should require more thorough system of
tenn of examination at our immigration
sary. ......r
ton law ought to be to secure by a care
fpl and not merely perfunctory education
al test some intelligent capacity to appre-
Siate American institutions and act sane
~ as American citizens. This would not
keep out all anarchists, for many of them
belong to the intelligent criminal class.
put 1t would do what is also in point-that
ID, tend to decrease the sum of ignorance
so potent in producing the envy, suspi-
ger out OF which anarchistic sentiment in
evitably springs. Finally all persons
s mo, be excluded who are below GER
o TAIN standard OF economic fitness to enter
american An labor. There should be proper
PROOF of personal capacity to earn an
american living and enough money to in
sure sure; Gecent start under American condi-
ia Ih1s would stop the influx Of cheap
labor and the resulting competition which
gives rise to so much of bitterness in
American er. Industrial life and 1t would dry
conditions in our great cities where an
archistic organizations have their great
est possibility of growth.
Both the educational and economic tests
signed to protect and elevate the general
body, political and social. A very close su-
pervision should be exercised over the
steamship companies which mainly bring
over the immigrants, and they should be
held to strict accountability for any in
traction Of the law.
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1901-12-05
INTERSTATE COMMERCE.
me Laws Regulating 1t Should Be
Amended in Several Waxs.

A"ehded In Several Ways.
In 1887 measure was enacted for the
regulation of interstate railways, com
monty known as the interstate commerce
act. The cardinal provisions of that act
were that railway rates should be lust
and reasonable and that all shippers, 10
c caa5aes ana commodities should be &C
was created and endowed with what were
supposed to be the necessary powers TO
EXECUTE TSat t, the ne, PROVISIONS Of this act.
Experience has shown the wisdom Of it's
purposes. but has also shown possit,iv
that some of its requirements are wrong.
certainiy that the means devised for the
enforcement OF Its provisions are defec-
tive. Those who complain Of the manage
ment of the railways allege that estah
il rates are not maintained, that re-
n nat ana similar devices are habituaIy
resorted to, that these preferences are
usually in favor of the large shipper, that
they drive out of business the Smaller
competitor, that while many rates are too
low many others are excessive and that
gross preferences are made affecting both
localities and commodities Upon the 9TH
er hand, the railways assert that the law
by its very terms tends to produce many
rlers of that right of concerted action
which they claim is necessary to estab-
hsh and maintain nondiscriminating rates.
the act should be amended. The rail-
way IS a public servant. Its rates should
be just to and open to all shippers alike.
The government should see to it that
within it's jurisdiction this is so and
should provide speedy inexpensive and
efective remedy to that end. At the same
time it must not be forgotten that our
railways are the arteries through which
the commercial lifebood Of this nation
flows. Nothing could be more foolish than
the enactment of legislation which would
interfere with the develop
ment and operation Of these commercial
agencies. The subject is one of great inn
portance and calls for the earnest atten-
ton of the CONGRESS-
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safeguards against the deranging infu-
ence OF commercial crises and financial
panlcs Moreover, the currency of the
country should be made responsive to the
demands OF our domestic trade and com.
The collections from duties on imports
ana internal taxes continue to exceed
the ordinary expenditures of the govern
ment, thanks mainly to the reduced army
expenditures. The utmost care should be
taken not to reduce the revenues so that
mere will be any possibility of q deficit.
put after providing against any such con-
urgency means should be adopted which
VIII bring the revenues more nearly
within the limit of our actual needs. In
ms report to the congress the secretary
OF the treasury considers all these uues-
tlons at length, and 1 ask your attention
10 the report and recommendations
l call special attention to the need Of
strict economy in expenditures The fact
Inissardly in providing whatever is actual
ly necessary to our well being should
make us doubly careful to husband our
national resources as each of us hus-
bands his private resources by scrupulous
avoidance of anything like wasteful or
reckless expenditure. Only by avoidance
OF spending money on what is needless
or unlustifiable can we legtimately keen
our income to the point required to meet
our needs that are genuine.
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1901-12-05
THE MERCHANT MARINE.
Asks Legislation That Will Restore
Our Prestige on the Seas.

Our Prestige on the Seas.
The condition of the American mer-
chant marine is, such as. to call for i'm
1t is discreditable to us as nation that
our merchant marine should be utterly
insignificant in comparison with that of
forms of business. We should not longer
submit to conditions under which only
tri11 Hing portion Of our great commerce is
this state of things would not merely
serve to build up our shipping interests.
but 1t would also result in benefit to ali
who are interested in the permanent es-
tablishment of wider market for Amer
auxiliary force for the navy. Ships work
for fort their cir own countries just as railroads
lines, il established to the principal
countries with which we have dealings,
would be of political as we'll as CONNER
cal benefit. From every standpoint it is
to rely upon the ships of competing na-
tons for the distribution of our goods.
II should be made advantageous to carry
At present American shipping is under
certain great disadvantages when put in
competition With the shipping of foreign
steamships, at a speed of Il knots or r
above, are subsidized, and all our ships.
sailing vessels and steamers alike, cargo
carriers of SLOW speed and mail carriers
OF high speed have to meet the fact that
the original cost of building American
ships is greater than is the case abroad,
that the wages paid American Off ,ers
and seamen are very much higher than
those paid the officers and seamen of for
eign connecting countries and that the
standard of living on our ships is far
ships of our commercial rivals.
Our government should take such &C.
ton as will remedy these inequalities.
The American merchant marine should
be restored to the ocean.
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full and accurate information as to their
operations should be made public regular
~ at reasonable intervals. -
Inc large corporations, commonly called
trusts, though organized in one state, al
Ways 90 business sine in many states, often
where they are Incorporated. There is
utter lack Of uniformity in the state laws
about them, and as no state has any ex-
acts II has in practive proved impossible
to get adequate regulation through state
action. Therefore In the interest Of the
interfering with the power of the states
IN the matter itself. also assume power Of
SUPERVISION and regulation over all corpo-
Is especially true where the corporation
derives portion of it's wealth from the
existence or some monopolistic element or
tendency In its business There would be
no hardship in such supervision. Banks
are subject to 1t. and in their case it is
now accepted as simple matter of
course Indeed it is probable that super
vision of corporations by the national gov
eminent need not go so far as Is now the
case with the supervision exercised over
them by so conservative a state as Mas
results.
May Take stitutional Am en- DIM emit
When the constitution was adopted, at
the end OF the eighteenth century. no hui
man wisdom could foretell the Sweeping
conditions. which were to take place by
the beginning of the twentieth century.
At that time it was accepted as a matter
OF course that the several states were the
proper authorities to regulate SO far as
was then necessary the comparatively in
significant and strictly localized corporate
bodies of the day. The conditions are now
wholly different, and wholly different &C
ton is called for. I believe that law
can be framed which will enable the ma
tional government to exercise control
along the lines above Indicated profiting
by the experience gained through the pas
sage and administration of the interstate
commerce act. If, however, the judgment
OF the congress Is that it lacks the consti-
tutlonal power to pass such an act, then
a cons tftutional amendment should be
submitted to confer the power.
There should be created a cabinet off,
Ger, to be known as secretary of COM
merce and industries, as provided in the
Dill introduced at the last session of the
congress-: 1t should be his province to
deal With commerce in its broadest sense
lnsludlng, among many other things,
aft cting the great business corporations
and our merchant marine
Inc course, proposed is one phase of
reaching scheme Of constructive states
manship for the purpose of broadening
our markets., securing our business inter-
ests on safe basis and making firm our
new position in the intern tionaI indus
trial world, while scrupulously safeguard
ing the rights Of wageworker and cap
italist, of investor and private citizen, so
as to secure equity as between man and
man in this republic
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1901-12-05
TO the Senate and House of Representa-

TO the Senate and House Of Representa-
tives:
The congress assemblies this year under
the shadow of a great calamity. On the
9Th of September President Mckinley was
shot by an anarchist while attending the
Pan-American exposition at Buffalo and
died in that city on the 14th of that
month.
or the last seven elected presidents he is
the third who has been murdered, and the
bare recital Of this fact is sufficient to
justify grave alarm among all loyal
American citizens. Moreover, the circum-
stances of this, the third assassina ton of
an American president, have peculiarly
sinister significance. Both President Lin
coin and President Garfield were killed by
assasslns of types unfortunately not un-
common in history, President Lincoln
falling victim TO the terrible passions
HreSid nnt Garfield TO the revengeful van
ity OF a disappointe otticeseeker. Presi-
GENT Mckinley was killed by an utterly
oepr RAY , erlmlnal belonging to that body
nents, good and bad alike, who are
against any form of popular liberty if it is
guaranteed by even the most just and lib
eral laws and who, are. as hostile to the
upright exponent Of a free peoples sober
Gespot.
time of President Mckinley's death he
was the most widely loved man in all the
United States, while we have never had
any pubic man of his position who has
been so wholly free from the bitter ami
moSltles incident TO public life. His polit-
1cal opponents were the first to bear the
htearuest ana most generous tribute to the
olUau klnOllnesS OF nature, the sweetness
anu SeHt!eness of character which so en-
ceared him to his close associates. To
standard of lofty integrity in public life
ne united the tender affections and home
virtues which are all important in the
makeup OF national character. A gallant
s oldier in the great war for the union he
also shone as an example to all our people
because Of his conduct in the most sacred
and intimate Of home relations. There
could be no personal hatred of him, for he
never acted with aught but consideration
for the welfare of others. No one could
fail to respect him who knew him in pub
lie or private life. The defenders of those
murlerous criminals who seek to excuse
their crimnality by asserting that it
is exercised for political ends inveigh
against wealth and irresponsible power.
But for this assassinati oa even this base
apology cannot be urged
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1901-12-05
OUR FINANCES.
Revenues Should BE More Nearly in
Equality with Our Expenditures.

The act of March IA, 1900, intended un-
standard money and to maintain at a
parity Herewith all forms of money
medium in use with us. has been shown
our government bonds in the worlds
market when compared with the price of
similar OBLIGATIONS issued by other ma
tons Is flattering tribute to our public
sirable to maintain. r
In many respects the national banking
law furnishes sufficient liberty for the
proper exercise Of the banking function,
but there seems to be need Of better
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1901-12-05
THE TRUST EVIL.
recommendation as to How 1t
Should BE Remedied


-, Al this is true And yet 1t is also true
that there are real and grave evils, one of
the chief being overca POLARIZATION because
OF its many baleful consequences, and
resolute and practical effort must be made
TO correct these evils.
!here is widespread conviction in the
minds of the American people that the
great corporations known as trusts are in
certain OF their features and tendencies
hurtful to the, general welfare This
springs from no spirit of envy or unchari-
tableness nor lack of pride in the great in
this country at the head of the nations
struggling for commercial supremacy. It
does not rest upon lack of intelligent
appreciation of the necessity Of meeting
changing and changed conditions of trade
with new methods nor upon ignorance of
the fact that combination of capital in the
effort to accomplish, great things is neces-
that great things be done. 1t is based
upon sincere conviction that combination
and concentration should be not prohibit
ed, but supervised and within reasonable
limits controlled, and in my judgment this
conviction is right.
1t is no limitation upon property rights
or freedom of contract to require that
when men receive from government the
privilege of doing business under corpo-
rate form which frees them from individ-
ual responsibility and enables them to call
into their enterprises the capital of the
public they shall do SO upon absolutely
truthful representations to the value of
the property in which the capital is to be
invested. Corporations engaged in inter-
state commerce should be regulated if
they are found to exercise a license work.
ing to the public injury. 1t should be as
much the aim of those who seek for social
betterment to rid the business world Of
crimes of cunning as to rid the entire
body polite of crimes of violence Great
corporations exist only because they are
created and safeguarded by our institu-
tons, and 1t is therefore our right and
our duty to see that they work in harmo-
ny with these institutions.
Governmental Supervision,
The first essential in determining how to
deal with the great industrial conibina-
lions is knowledge of the facts-publicity
In the interest of the public the govern
ment should have the right to inspect and
examine the workings of the great corpo-
rations engaged In interstat6 business
Publicity IS the only sure remedy which
dies are needed in the way of govern
mental regulation or taxation can only be
determined after publicity has been OBJ
tained by process Of law and in the course
Of administration. The first requisite is
knowledge, full and complete-knowledge
which may be made public to the world. 4,
Artificial bodies, such as corporations
and joint stock or other associations de-
pending upon any statutory law for their
existence or privileges, should be subject
to proper governmental supervision, and
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1901-12-05
THE IMMIGRATION QUESTION.
Some Radical Changes Are Needed in
Our Present Laws.

Our present immigration laws are un-
satisfactory. We need every honest and
efficient immigrant fitted to become an
comes here to stay. who brings here W." a
strong body. q stout heart, q good head
and resolute purpose to dc his duty well
In every way and to bring up his children
Of the community. But there should be q
comprehensive law enacted with the OBJ
3ect Of working 4 threefold Improvement
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1901-12-05
ROOSEVELT TO CONGRESS.
Sends His First Annual Message to the Senate
and House Of Representatives.
MAKES recommendations ON IMPORTANT QUESTIONS

Euogzc the Late President Mckinley Advocates Measures
for Acknowledgements Trust Legislation Along Pub
lty-Favors Government Construction of rieaon Works.
Urges Construction of thmian Canal and Laying of Pa
cifc Cable-Asks Legislation for the Colonies and
Reciprocity for Cuba-Woud Exclude Chinese.
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1901-12-05
THE TARIFF.
Any General Change i'm 1t Not to BE
Desired ut This Time

to avoid in the interest of our commercial
and material we'll being. Our experience
sions of the tariff are apt to produce con-
ditions closely approach panic in the
business world. Yet it is not only posi-
BILE, but eminently desirable, to combine
tenn supplementary system of reciprocal
benefit and obligation with other nations.
Such reciprocity is an incident and result
of the firm establishment and preservation
of our present economic policy. 1t was
specially provided for in the present tariff
law.
RecOmm ends Reciprocity.
Reciprocity must be treated as the hand
maiden Of protection. Our first duty is to
see that the protection granted by the tar
If in every case where it is needed is
maintained and that reciprocity be sought
for SO far as it can safely be done without
injury to our home industries. Just how
far this is must be determined according
to the individual case, remembering al
ways that 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 re-
duced below the point that will cover the
difference between the labor cost here and
abroad. The we'll being Of the wagework-
err is a prime consid era ton of our entire
policy. of economic legislation.
Subject to this proviso of the proper
well being at home the principle of reci-
procity must command our hearty sup
port. The phenom email growth of our
f5Xport trade f6 emphasi5ss the urgency Of
eral policy in dealing with foreign ma
tions. Whatever is merely petty and vex-
sbod IN be the av0s of 5e trade
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
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 benefit
to US.
Line of Reciprocal Development.
1t is most important that we should
maintain the high level of our present
prosperity; We have now reached the
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
purpose Of protection, or in any case
where the article is not produced here
and the duty, IS no longer necessary for
revenue, as giving us something to offer
dial relations with other nations which
are so desirable will naturally be pro-
NOTED by the course thus required by our
The natural line Of development for a
policy of reciprocity will be in connection
with those of our productions which no
Longer, require al of the support once
basis, and with those others where either
because Of natural or of economic causes
we are beyond the reach of successful
compe tition.
ask the attention Of the senate to the
reciprocity treaties laid before it by my
predecessor.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1901-12-26

Wedding rings are not always plain
gold cirelets. During the last few
years a large number of couples have
adopted a ring made in two parts.
When worn, it looks like an ordinary
gold ring, with an almost impercepti-
BILE Joint. The idea which originated
in Germany. was that, in the event of
the wife becoming widow, one part
of the ring would be taken off and
the remaining narrow band of gold
would be a constant reminder of her
loss. The Germans used to make the
manner in which the ring was worn of
significance. Teus, if young man
wished to marry, he wore ring on
the first finger of his left hand; if en-
gagged, he put it on the second finger;
If married. on his third; if he pre-
ferred TO remain single he wore it on
his little finger. The woman an
nounced her intention in the same
manner on her right hand.-Cincinnati
Enquirer.