Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1902-01-02

communicated TO Congress and the
country much Information about pub
lie business, butt he mas done 1t with
directness and vigor oil expression
that make the reading OF his message
not a labor, but n pleasure. No other
President has ever had hr. Roosevelt's
experience with the pen, and none. We
think, has surpassed MIN In respect tC
skill In the use of II. Mr.. Roosevelt
had won recognition as man of lei
ers before he became President. hls
collected writings already fill numeT
Gus volumes. ThGy are most agree
able in form and instructive In mat
ter. Certainly no Presidents mes
sage ever contained better wiring
han some passages IN the State pa
per sent TO Congress recently, He
writes with the luciduy and the power
OF a man who commands MS subjects
and has matured ideas to express and
positive beliefs and opiniC MS to pre-
sent Moreover, he does not misuse
the English language, fault from
which some very great nen among
our Presidents have not been free
The whole range of AFFAIRS to which
the President may or should invite
the attention Of Congress appears to
have been swept by the conscientious
and comprehensive executive Den.
In our judgment he somewhat
overestimates the reasons for conser
vatism In dealing with The tariff and
reciprocity, and approaches some
phases Of the problem frC.n the wrong
side. When he says hat there Ia a
general acquiescence in our present
tariff system AZ a na,iona. policy" and
that "the first requis.,e to our pros
perity IL the continuity and stability
of this economic policy" we Ink that
he misinterprets the evidence as to
public opinion, and errs as to the real
requisite to prosperity. That we are
convinced, IL, not to continue protec.
ton as II exists. but gradually and pr,i.
IDENTIFY, but surely, to check and mod.
crate II. Business men will
rot be In any way alarmed by the safe
and conservative utteraRces of Presi.
dent Roosevelt In respect to corpora
tons. nor can the advocates OF the
rights Of the public and OF consumers
dcnv that he has pointed out the prop.
er safeguards.--New York Times.
The President has departed from
ar almost unbroken usage In not max.
ing the greater part Of his message a
summary Of the reports Of the mem.
bers OF the Cabinet. opening with n de-
| tailed statement Of our foreign rela
tons supplied by the Secretary OF
State, who does not submit annual re
ports. He has not abbreviated his
communication by this departure, Tor
| he has discussed at considerable
length every subject that IL likely Ia
come before Congress. He has evi
IDENTIFY studiously avoided dlsturbinE
suggestions. AZ the expenses OF the
Government are increasing too rapid
ly we regret TO SEQ that he IL In favOl
OF everv proposition that has beer
made for taking money ont OF th'
Treasury--stcamsh subsidies. tn,
Isthmian Canal, the f'aclhc cable. irri
cation and q substantial increase o
the Navy. Reference TO Mas
sachusettH and the analogy Of the na
ticnal banks are the only indication
OF the extent TO which the Fresiden
would carry governmental supervision
The relations OF the Government I
the industrial corporations are yer
different from its relations 20 tn
banks Of Issue. ANY super ision of tn
multitude OF minor stool, companio
Ia, Of course, superfiuous and lmpra'
ticable. The decision OF the Suprem
Court In the Philadelphia sugar case
practically estops Congress from o.
tending It's authority over Inter.Sta'
commerce to manufacturing article
which become the subjects Of in'o
State commerce. The Go
eminent cannot yet go far beyond III
acquisition Of Information and the a.
plication Of existing remedies TO sp
1 cific wrongs.-Ncw FORK Journal {
? Commerce.