The Taney County republican., 1901-12-12

| or OF tho st..cs In the mnttcr Itself. also
/ assume power Of supervision and regua-
I tion over all corporations doing an inter-
| state business Thh Is especially true
where tho corporation derives u portion
| OF i,s wealth from the existence OF some
I monopolistir element or tendency In It's
| business There would he no hardship In
| such supervision. Banks are subject 10
| H. and In their case u IL now accepted
1 as u simple matter Of course. Indeed IL
! H. probable TINT supervision of corpora
ton' by the national government need
! not go 50 far as H. now tho case with tho
/ supervision exercised over them by so
conservative n state as Massachusetts In
| order 10 produce excellent results
| TNo president believes that II Will bs
| possible TO secure the needed remedies
/ for the trust ovl under tho constitution
! as Il now cAists. hut II congress thinks
| otherwise he recommends icat cJnf,liu:
| tlonal amendment he Subm tied tnai VIII
co, fer the ppNt' necessary.
In connection VIII 'hc i-usts hs rec
| on,mcnds legislation creating cnbIne, Of
| ilt'I, TO u" kvowd lH S"ri"inry ~ rm:
n",c,, whu.G di lee wouil be 70 deal
! with all ~ .ilnns couccrn'tr commerce.
! lEftr and th' me-, liant maine
Would Exclude the Chinese.
ruudHilpu .pr 80 rccnactmcnt II hncc
! pf tho present chinese exclusion act, in
/ na.,l rpnu' '.Du hr SAYS.
| Wage ate rEh"r To-day In the United
lnd Tar higher th'n In any other rpun-
/ iry I'll STANDARD ~ living .s EiaO higher
] than ever btiur. Every effort ~ "sl-.
/ iliDr and administrator should Ice hor' 10
I secure the %. rWnu"ncy ~ this condition
/ ni thagt md iis Improvement wherever
pu.s.ni" Not only mEst Our labor be
protected by the ,lrlI. but it should also
. be- protected 50 far 49, Il is possible from
/ the pros"u " In this country ut Iuv Ia.
/ npr,rs brought over hy contract or NJ
I those who. coming freely, vet frprcs' nj
. standard u' living 80 depressed that
. tho Diu Ind's-rii our men IN the labor
4 marirt and drIg them To- lower level
/ | REGARD II ns necessary. with this cnd
I in y.'w. 10 r"'uJrt Immediately tho law
. rxcluIus cH.u'H" lahoTcrs and TO
. strengthen u wherever necessary In or
l,f 10 make It's enforcement entirely ci-
/ 'cctiy".'
lie also recommends such legislation. by
/ nm Amendment 20 the interstate commerce
law ~ will protect the labor Of one state
from competing with th' prison labor Of
. another state. and also that the govern
mcnt cease being party 30 this comp'ti-
. tI0u by not purchasing goods mad" either
I by convict labor or that IN which women
. and children ar" caused to work excessive
. hours or al NIGHT.
Iir prOnnuuccs our present Imm grat ton
Laws unsatisfactory. In which connection
h, SAYS ~" need every honest and ci-
| Lcrnt imru grant fitted to become an
! American citizen. every IMMIGRANT who
| comes here to stay. who brings here \
| strong body. u good head and rcSOlrts
. purpose 10 d. his Gu'v well In every way
ard 10 hr'rr; up III, children as law.abld!ng,
God-it lf'ng members of the community"
The TariU.
The prcsiion, does not desire any change
! In tn" present tariN schedule except where
| such may hc made In reciprocity treaties,
| and recommends the adoption Of rociprOr-
~ treaties and the general policy of rect
pfUclty as a means OF opening the doors OF
! foreign nations 20 our commerce. In which
| connection he says:
Subject To this proviso OF the proper
protection necessary to our Industrial
| we'll bcing At home the principle Of rect
pros!ty 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 ma.
| atiOus In the way uf trade restrictions
! should be avoided The customers TO
whom We dispose of our surplus products
| IN the l0rg run directly or indirectly pur-
chase those surplus products by glvlng us
something In return. Th"ir ability to pur.
chase our products should az far as pos.
sihlc BE- secured 10y so arranging our tar
~ nK 10 enable us To take from them
those products which We can use without
harm to our own industries and labor o'
the use OF which will be- Of marked benefit
10 us.
"rhe natural line Of development, for a
|
with those of our productions which nc
Longer require all of th" support ono,
needed to establish them upon a sound
basis. and with those others where either
because Of natural or Of economic cause,
we are beyond the reach OF successiu
competition.
II ask the attention Of the senate to the
reciprocity treaties laid before It by III!
! predecessor"
The Merchant Marine.
~ D. a nj
marine "G.sCrcJliuhic to US ns nation ant
insignificant iu that OF other nations whici
We ov'rtop ~ other forms oil bu, mes,
cone I,i0us under which orly a trlil.nE por
tiOa OF our great commerce is carried II
our own ships Of this he says:
"To remedy ihlg state Of things wovlt rot
merely serve to build up our shipping In
/ tercsts, but II Wuu'G glsp result ~ bCuei
10 all who are Interested ~ the pOrma
rent establishment ot : WIDER market io
American products ard would provide ~
! auxiliary fore. fpr TIE tgNy. Ships wOrl
Tor their own ccGrlrl,s Just as railroads
work for their terminal points. Shppinl
lln,s, II established 20 the principal coun
tries with which we have dcalngs, woul'
be OF J"li,!cai as wen as commercial ben
ent From every sianGpo!nt II is unwls
for the United stntey 10 continue TO rel!
upon the ships OF compel ~ nations for tn
distribution Of or r,oas; 1t 'h0nlG b
goods II American built ships"
Finances.
Under this heading the president, recon-
mends such ltRislauGn as will better safe
guard against the drrsrging influences o
commercial criscs aud financial IanicS an
such rs VIII make H., currency OF tn
country more responsive TO the demand
Of domestic trace and coinmtrce.
He points out the tact that the receipt
from duties m imports ard internal take
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