River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1901-12-05

times needs to have the helping 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 in
terest to ali"
The immigration Laws.
He pronOunces our present immigration
laws unsatisfactory In which connection
he says we need every honest and Ell
tcient INN grant fitted TO become an
American citizen, every Immigrant who
comes here to stay, who brings here Il
strong body a good head and TesOlute
purpose to dc his duty well in every way
and 10 bring up mis- 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
threefcld Improvement over our present
system First. we should aim to exclude
absolutely not only all persons VINO are
known to be believers in anarchlstic prin-
ciples or members OF anarchists socie-
ties, but also all persons who are of
low moral tendency or of unsayOry repu-
ta1ion. This means that we should re-
cure more thorough system OF inspec-
tcn abroad and a more rigid system OF
examination at our immigr ton ports
the tofmer 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-
cational test some intelligent capacity TO
appreciate american Institutions and act
s2neiy as American citizens. This would
not keep out all anarchists for many Of
them belong to the intelligent criminal
class, but ii would do what IS also in point
that is, tend to decrease the sum OF ig-
noranee so potent in producing the envy
s9spicioEi malignant passion and hatred
OF orGer out Of which anarchistic senti-
ment inevitably springs. Finally all per-
sons should he EXCLUDED who are below
certain standard OF economic fitness to
enter our indGstrial field a competitors
Ia hpr st.r
proper proof Of personal capacity to earn
an American NNiER and enough money To
insure Geeent start under American con-
dltion3. THIS would step the influx Of cheap
Iahor and the resulting competition which
gives rise 10 so mitch of bitterness in
American INDUSTRIAL life. and it would dry
coIutti9hS IN our great cities where an
archiStic examinations have their great
est possibility of growth"
The Tariff.
The president does not desire any cbanea
IA Ihe present tarif schedule except where
such may be made in reciprocity treaties
ana recommends the adoption of reciDroe,
lty treaties and the general policy Of reei-
procity as means of opening the doors of
connection he says:
Every application OF our tariff policy to
meet our shifting national needs must he
conditioned upon the cardinal fact that the
duties must never be reduced below the
point that VIII cover the difference bet Ween
the labor cost here and abroad The well
being OF the wageworker is prime consid-
legislation
Subject to this prosiso of the proper
projection necessary TO our industrial
well being at home the principle of reci-
procity must command our hearty sun
port. The phenomenal growth of our
export trade emphasizes the urgency OF
the need for wider markets and for lib
efal policy in dealing with foreign ma
tons Whatever is merely petty and vex-
attous in the way of trade restrictions
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
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
THE natural line of development for
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
II ask the attention of the senate to the
reciprocity treaties laid before it by my
predecessor"
Inc Merchant Marine.
The president pronounces our merchant
marine ''discreditable to us as nation and
insignificant to that of other nations which
we OYFrtOp in other forms of business"
and SAYS We should not longer submit to
conditions under which only trifliug por-
ton of our great commerce is carried in
our own ships. OF this he says;
ITO 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-
rent establishment Of q wider market for
American products ard would provide n
auxiliary force for the ravy. Ships work
for their own ccEr tries Just as railroads
work for their terminal points. Shipping
hnes II established TO the principal coun-
tries with which we have dealings, would
be of political as we'll as commercial BEN
eft. From every standpoint it is unwise
for the United States TO continue to rely
upon the ships of competing nations for the
distribution of oil goods. 1t should be
made advantageous to carry American
goods IN American bu!lt 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 dcranging influences of
commercial crises aid financial panics and
such as will make the currency of the
country mD3o responsive TO the demands
OF domestic trace and commerce.
lie points out the fact that the receipts
from duties on imports ard internal taxes
exceed the eXptnG lures of the govern
ment, but counsels against reducing the
revenues SO that there viii be the posi-
bility of 4 deficit.
'But after providing against any such
contingency means should be adopted
which viii 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 or providing whatever is actually nee
essary to our well-being."
Interstate Commerce.
He points to defects in the interstate
commerce 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 are
usually in favor OF the large shipper, that
they drive out Of business tho 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
OF these Illegal practices by depriving car
rers of that right of concerted action
which they claim is necessary TO estab-
IfSb and maintain r4Opdi cprirDfu1f O 10 ne