The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1901-12-07


times needs to have the helping hand out
stretched to him. To be permanently eff
fective aid must always tax 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 in
terest to ALL"
The Immigration Lawr.
He p%ronounces our present immigration
laws unsatisfactory. In which connection
fcient immigrant ftted to become an
American citizen, every immigrant who
comes here to stay, who brings here Il
purpose to dc his duty well in every way
and to bring up ais children as law-abiding,
God-tearing members of the community"
But he says.
There should be a comprehensive law
enacted with the object of working a
threetcld Improvement over our present
system First, we should aim 10 exclude
know to be believers in anarchlstic prin-
ciples or members of anarchists socie-
ties, but also all persons who are of a
low moral tendency or of unsavor repu-
tation. This means that we should re-
Quire a more thorough system of inspec-
ten abroad and a more rigid system OF
examination at our immigration ports,
the fo.mer being especially necessary.
THE second object of a proper immi-
grafton law ought to be to secure by a
careful and not merely perfunctory edu-
c%ational test some intelligent capacity to
appreciate American institutions and act
faneiy 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-
norance SO potent in producing the envy.
suspicion. malignant passion and hatred
of order out of which anarchistic senti-
ment inevitably springs, Finally all per-
a certain standard OF economic fitness to
enter our Industrial field as competitors
with American labor. There should be
proper proof OF personal capacity to earn
an American living and enough money to
insure a Gecent start under American con-
ai.lons. ms would stop the influx OF cheap
linor ana the resulting competition which
gives rise to SO much of bitterness in
American industrial l!fe, and 1t would dry
up Ine springs OF the .pestilentlal social
conditions IN our great. cities where an
archistic. organizations have their great
est possibility of growth"
The Tariff.
The president does not desire any change
IN the present tarif schedule except where
such may be made in reciprocity treaties,
ana recommends the adoption of reciproc-
ity treaties and the general policy of reci-
procity as a means of opening the doors of
foreign nations to our commerce, in which
connection he says:
Every application Of our tariff policy to
meet our shifting national needs must be
condltloned 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
being of the wageworker is a prime consid-
Grafton of our entire policy of economic
legislation.
Subject to this proviso of the proper
protection necessary to our industrial
well being at home the principle of reci-
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 a lib
eral policy in dealing with foreign ma
tons. Whatever is merely petty and vex-
afinnE q tho TTnr &C fralA
should be avoided. The customers 10
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
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.
"The natural line of development for a
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
basis, and with those others where either
because of natural or of economic causes
we are beyond the reach of successful
81 ask the attention of the senate to the
reciprocity treaties laid before it by my
predecessor"
The Merchant Marine.
The president p"ronounceS our merchant
marine "discredttable TO us as a nation and
insignificant to that of other nations which
we overtop In other forms of business"
a 6rdf Hdi9s we nnds srI wbicb b1 nr t1Th : tri nninp'i nor ~
ton of our great commerce is carried In
our own ships, OF this he says;
"To remedy this state of things would not
merely serve to build up our shipping in
terests, but it would also result in benefit
to all who are Interested in the perma-
nent establishment Of 3 wider market for
Amprirau IrOlnCtS DTl would DrOVida an
auxiliary force for the ravy. Ships work
for their own countries just as railroads
work for their terminal points. Shipping
lines, II established to the principal coun-
tries with which we have dealings, would
be of political as well as commercial ben
for the United States to continue to rely
upon the ships of competing nations for the
distribution of oil; goods. 1t should be
goods in American built ships"
His recommendation on this subject is
only that our government, should take
such action as Will remedy these inequali-
ties. the American merchant marine
should be restored TO the ocean"
Finances.
Under this heading the president recon-
mends such legislation as will better safe
guard against the deranging influences OF
commercial crises and financial panics and
such as will make the currency of the
country moro responsive 10 the demands
OF domestic trace and commerce.
He points out the fact that the receipts
from duties On imports and internal taxes
exceed the expenditures of the govern
ment, but cotnsels against reduclng the
revenues so that there will be the posi-
tillty OF 4 deficit.
But after providing against any such
contingency means should be adopted
which Will bring the revenues more nearly
within the limit of our actual needs"
He urges the necessity for strict economy
In expenditures. but that ''our national
needs forbid us to be niggardly in the mat
ter of providing whatever is actually nee
essary to our well-being.'
Interstate Commerce,
He points to defects in the interstate
m law, and recommends amend,
ments to correct them, in which connection
he says:
Those who complain of the management
of the railways allege that established
rates are not maintained, that re-
bates and similar devices are habitually
resorted to, that these preferences arr
usually in favor Of the large shipper, that
they drive out of business the smallei
competitor, that while many rates are toe
low many others are excessive and tina
gross preferences are made affecting bott
localities and commodities. Upon the 9th.
err hand, the railways assert that the Law
by It's very terms tends to produce many
of these Illegal practices by depriving car,
riers of that right of concerted actor
which they claim is necessary to estab