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Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1902-12-13
His Annual Communication Upon Questions
of Importance to the Nation.
VIEWS ON THE TRUSTS AND TARIFF
A Lowering of Import Duties Would Not Remedy the
Evils of Observation-Disclosures in a Tariff Conn
nission-rfuch That Is Good in Labor
Unions and Corporations-Many
of the Nation.

To the Senate and House of Representa-
Gn6ounaed I This in IS IS
not the creature of law, but undoubtedly
instrumentai in creating the Conditions
which mace it possible, and by uBw1se leg
it. There will undoubtedly be periods OF
depression The wave will receoe; but the
a continent Ranked by two great oceans,
1t Is composed of men the descendants of
selves; of men winnowed out from among
the nations of the ole world by the energy,
their own eager hearts. Such nation, SO
placed, will surely wrest success from for
tune.
AS people we have played a large part
In the world. and we are bent upon making
particular. the events Of the last four years
the nations. We may either fail greatly
the enGeavoF from which either great fail
ure or great success must come. Even If
# we Should fs ait R tha Moue f6ow
would be that we should play large part
fgnobly and shamefully-
Causes of Prosperity.
No country has ever occupied a higher
plane of material well-being than ours
is due to no sudden or accidental causes.
but to the play of the economic forces
our laws. our sustained and continuous
policies: above all: to the high individ. .
have taken the lead in this phenomenal
Industrial development, and most of these
fortunes have been not by doing
evil. but incident to action which
Never before has material well-being
been widely diffused among peo-
pie. Great fortunes have been accum-
ulated. and yet in the aggregate these
fortunes are small indeed when COM
pared to the wealth of the people
whole. The plain people are better off
than they have ever been before. The
insurance companies. which prac-
tically mutual benefit societies-especial-
ly helpful to men of moderate means
represent accommodations of capital which
among the largest in this country
There are more deposits in the savings
banks, more owners of farms, more we'll
than ever before in our history. OF course,
when the conditions have favored the
growth of much that was good. they
have also favored somewhat the growth
of what was evil. 1t is eminently neces-
sary that should endeavor to cut out
this evil. but let us keep due sense of
proportion. let us not in fixing our gaze
upon the lesser evil forget the greater
good. The evils real and some of
them menacing. but they are the
outgrowth. not of misery decadence.
but of prosperity-of the progress of our
gigantic industrial development This
Industrial development must not be
checked. but side by side with it should
go such progressive regulation as will
diminish the evils. We should fail in
our duty if did not try to remedv the
evils, but shall succeed only if we
proceed patiently. with practical comm on
sense as we'll as resolution. separa ting
the former while endeavoring to get rid
of the latter.
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commercial freedom entailing restraint
upon national commerce fall within the
reguiative power of the congress, and that
a wise and reasonable law would be neces-
sary and proper exercise of congressional
authority to the end that such evils should
be eradicated.
1 believe that monopolies. unjust dis
ordinations, which prevent or cripple
competition, fraudulent overca pita lization,
and other evils in trust organizations and
practices which inJuriously affect inter
state trade can be prevented under the pow
er of the congress to regulate commerce
with foreign nations and among the sew
eral states" through regulations and re-
quirements operating directly upon such
commerce, the instrumen talities thereof,
and those engaged therein
L earnestly recommend this subject to the
consioera ton of the congress with view
to the passage of a law reasonable in its
provisions and effective in its operations,
upon which the questions can be finally
aCJudlcateG that now raise doubts to
the necessity of constitutional amendment
If it prove impossible to accomplish the
purposes above set forth by such a law.
then, assureGly, we should not shrink from
amending the constitution to secure
beyond peradverture the power sought.
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crises it might be of service to the peo-
pie


Needed Financial LeEislation.
Interest rates a potent factor in
business activity, and in order that these
rates may be equalized to meet the vary
ing needs of the seasons and OF widely
separated communities, and to prevent
the recurrence of financial stringencies
which injuriously affect legitimate BUSH
ness. 1t Is necessary that there should be
system Banks are the natural servants
OF commerce. and upon them should be
placed. far practicable. the burden
of furnishing and maintaining a cfrcu-
lation adequate to supply the needs of
our diversified industries and of do
nestle and foreign commerce.; and the
issue of this should be so regulated that
a sufficient supply should be always
available for the business interests of
the country.
1t would be both unwise and unneces-
sary at this time to attempt to recon-
struct our financial system. which has
been the growth of century. but some
additional legislation is. 1 think. desir-
able. The mere outline of any plan suffi-
GENTLY comprehensive to meet these re-
Quirements would transgress the appro-
pirate limits of this communication 1t
is suggested, however. that all future
legisla ton on the subject should be with
the view of encouraging the use of such
Observation-Disclosures as will automatically
supply every legitimate demand of pro-
ductive industries and of commerce, not
only in the amount, but in the chara cter
of circulation: and of making all kinds of
money interchangeable. and. at the will
of the holder. convertible into the estab-
nShed gold standard
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1902-12-13

permanent tribunal than to create spe-
cfal arbitrators for a given purpose
It is q matter Of sincere eongratuIa ton
to our country that the United States
and Mexico should have been the first to
use the good ofnces of The Hague court.
This was done last summer with most
satisfa Glory results in the case of a
claim at issue between US and our sister
republic 1t is earnestly to be hoped
that this first case will serve prece-
dent for others. in which not only the
take advantage of the machinery al
ready in existence at The Hague
commend to the favorable cor ssdera-
ton of the congress the Hawaiian fire
claims. which were the subject of care
full investigation during the last session
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1902-12-13

The Policy of Holding Them Has
Been Vfndicated.

On July 4 last. on the one hundred and
twenty-sixth anniversary of the declara-
nesty the ah Phiiip
pine islands Some trouble has. since
the Mohammedan Moros. s but with VII" the
late insurrectionary Fflipinos the war
has now been Introduced. NOT only does tas
each Filipino d 3n enjoy such rights to life;
he has never before known during the
peepe aahen or whele no% enjoy
measure of self-government greater than
any any foreign power and greater than that
enjoyed by any other orientals under
alone not IN
granting these rights of liberty and self
e ss Of
Philippine people themselves It was r., wise sc
faster than We are now going. would en-
tam No ggofey tns
the American people has vindicated It.
iey of hoI df e the Phiippines The tn
umph Of our arms. above all the tri.
eo OF than anf had amy light
expect, Too much praise cannot be
from an administrative standpoint in
and simfla 1ne credit belones to the civil
have panted DOR the the SEEDS Of
ment in the ground thus made ready 1or
d duran the high soidieriv efhciency;
and the general kind-heartedness and
humanity of troops have been strik-
ingly manifested There now remain only
some Il, COO troops in the islands. All told
over 100000 have been sent there, OF
course. there have been individual in
stances of wrongdoing among them
They warred under fearful difficulties OF
climate and surroundings: and under the
strain of the terrible provocations which
they continually receive from their foes.
occasional of G hs besn a1e
to prevent such cruelties- and finally
these efforts been completely sue
/ cessful.- Every effort has also been made
After making all allowance for these
misdeeds, it remains true that few in
| deed have been the instances in which
war has been waged by a civilized power
against semi-civilized and barbarous
| forces where there has been SO little
| wrongdoing by the victors as in the PHI,
1 fppine islands On the other hand, the
amount of difficult, important and be
! neficent work which has been done Is
Well-nizh inca1culable-
Taking the work of the army and the
civil authorities together, it may be cues
| toned whether anywhere else In modern
times the world has seen a better exam
pIe Of real constructive statesmanship
than our people have given in the Phil
fppine Islands High praise should also
Be given those Fflfpinos, in the aggre-
gate very numerous, who have accepted
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CUBAN RECIPROCITY.
President Insists the Island should
Have Conside ration.

hope soon to submit to the senate a
i last the Gndted States kept its promise to
the island by formally vacating Cuban soil
own people had chosen the first officials
Cuba lies at our doors. ana whatever af-
fects her for good or for III affects US also
the Piatt amendment we defniteiy TOOK okt the ne
ground that Cuba must hereafter have
sng osRer power Thus in sense cuba
has become part Of our interna ton al po-
that in return she should be given some of
the benefits of becoming part of our eco
POINT. a short-sishtea and m i pol
Icy to fail to recognize this need More
erous nation. Itself the greatest ara most
successful republic In history. to refuse to
weak sister 5spS6dde Just eterins o Tpen Its
ways feariessiy insist upon our rights in
the face of the strong, anc we should with
the the adoption Of proc
with Cuba not only because it is eminently
market and by every means to foster our
supremacy in the tropical lands and waters
giant republic of the north. should make
all our sister nations of the American con-
desire to show
ediy and effectively their friend
international Arbitration.
As civilization grows warfare becomes
| foreign relations. The last century has
tween civilized powers; wars with unciv,
| International police duty. essential fol-
i the welfare of the world Wherever pos
sible- arbitration some similar method
should be employed in lieu of war to settle
| difficulties between civilized nations. al.
| though as yet the world has not progressed
sufiiciently to render 1t possible. or neces-
| sarily desirable to invoke arbitration IL
every case The formation of the inter.
national tribunal which sits at The
Hague is an event of good omen from
which great consequences for the wei
fare OF all mankind may how- 1t Is TAI
better. where possible. to invoke such Z
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1902-12-13
THE TRUSTS.
They Can BE Controlled Only by Ma
tfOual Action.

In my message to the present congress
the question Of the regulation of those
big corporations commonly doing an in
dency to monopoly. which are popularity
known as trusts. The experience of the
Ion. the. desirabiiity of the steps. I then
proposed A fundamental requisite OF
this is In no wise inconsistent with pow
cannot so well be achieved by the indi-
yiduai acting alone fTnda dame base
erty: but this is in no wise inconsistent
exercise of the artificial powers which it
eonfers upon the owners of property, I'M
der the name OF inc is se
of these powers Corporations. and espe-
shoad be- manager under p9Se reg1ia
ton. Experience has shown that under our
sSSperVision cannot be- Obtained ey state
action. 1t must therefore be achieved by
away with corporations: on the contrary.
these big aggregatons are an inevitably
the effort to destroy them would be futile
unless accomplished in ways that would
body polite We can do nothing of good
In the way of regulating and supervising
our minds that We are not attacking the
With any V evil in them We are not hostile
to them: we are merely determined that
they p sha DC sooS We draw sne line
against misconduct. not against wealth.
The capitalist who: alone or in conjunc-
great Industrial feat by which he wins
money is a welldoer. not wrongdoer.
legitimate lines. We wish to favor such
q man when he does we'll We wish to
supervise and control his actions only to
prevent him from doing i'll Publicity
ton: and we need not be overte nder
about sparing the dishonest corporation.
Must Exercise Care.
r., rurhiusr and regulating the cOmbiu a
lions of capital which are or may become
Injurious TO the public we must be careful
not to stop the great enterprises which
duction not to abanGon the place which
our country has won in the leadership of
the International industrial world not TO
strike down wealth with the result of clos
ing factories and mines. of turning the
wage-worker idle in the streets and leav-
ing the farmer without market for what
actiy as, or the other hand. the stubborn
bad in the existing system. the resolute eff
fort to obStruct any attempt a betterment
betrays blindness to the historic truth tina
No more important subject can come be-
ton of interstate business This co1ntr,
cannot afford to sit supine on the plea thai
under our peculiar system of government
conditions. and UNI BILE to grapple with then
or to cut out whatever of evil has arisen il
connection with them. The power Of tn
Is an absolute and unqualified grant. an<
without limitations other than those pre-
has constitutional authority to make al
laws necessary and proper for executini
this power. and l am satisnsd that tn
Islation now on the statute books 1t
evident. thereforep .he.S evils restrictive o
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| Ia under consideration. Another i'm
! portant change accomplished within recent
| years has been the restoration Of baptism
! and communion.
The Schwenkfelders nal kc no ATTEMPT TO
proselyte among their neighbors, but they
adop, ample provisions TO retain all who
arc born In their faith. In this, AZ we'll
as in their opposition TO warfare, oaths
and unnecessary personal adornments and
their partiality for plain meeting houses.
they resemble the Society Of Friends.
There is nothing stiff, formal or exclusive
about the SchwenktelderS. Hosptsli;y Y
and kindliness arr characteristics of all
these people.
llosensack. whore the meeting will be
held thi, year, L. the site of the earlies;
fchwenkfeldor settlements. Its peculiar
name being German for Trousers PJcket 3"
j. said 10 have been bestowed because
once q German teamster who drove into
the valley on A dark night met with an
accident and after vainly trying TO adus;
his wrecked wagon. exclaimed
"Hier il ~ 80 dunkci ais uie INN Hosrn-
sack t"lt's as dark here as in a trousers
pockct'b
A. the meeting in HnsanSach the Schwenk-
felders will bo particularly interested tu
learn of the progress made by pr Chester
ID. Hartranft in writing their history. DR.
Theological Seminary At hartford. Conn,
il now in Europe, collecting material for
comprehensive history Of Schwonkfeld
and his followers the work being CON
Quoted under the auspices Of the Penn@-l-
vania Schwenkfeldcrs
The sun., 1902-09-07
NEW YORk'S GROWING WEALTH.
Distribution OF the Increase Among the
Counties Of the state.

rhere has been material gain in wealth
and a sweeping reduction in State taxes
in New York since 1907 Tho ircro,s. !,
,aatI,, ,.t.h ~ ~. vi. ,,,-. ~
'aNap,e "t"''" VI We" iorh uurlhe 'ne
past fve years OF industrial and economic
expansion has not, however, been equally
distributed. the more prosperous counties
poving a larger pcrcentoue of State tox
L.,, ,hio i,,.a -, r.
'Hai ''"s' "i''" nav E"n.''' ''NS.
mus 'le proportion oi ire State tax
paid in s.. Lawrence has declined from
.8i 10 81, in Yates county from 20 to 1s.
IN Wostcbestar sr,r > W n . 10 In .I.T.r,or
',,,.,s % ,, :. n,', =. = = ''o'' WI
,o""'! l'"'n 'of to 90 anu I'll Os"'Bo from
.52 TO rs,
On tho other hand, some counties have
gained corresponding. in the PROPORTION
~ tho State ,ax r,id by thor, ord IL o.o
The sun., 1902-09-07

went so far "a 10 formulate a list Of ten
grievances which they submitted to the
firm in accordance with the terms OF the
arbitration agreement. BY the terms OF
the agreement, also, the firm took ten
days in which TO consider the mems pro-
posals. At the end of that time a reply
was made 10 the men and given to the
public a. well. The firm granted certain
of the miners demands unreserv, dy.
others they granted with amendments,
others were refused.
In the regular cou-s' II events, under
the agreement the terms that were
refused and thcsc that wpro amended
would in the event of failure Of future
efforts to come 10 an agreement, have beel
referred 10 a committee " arbitration, and
the MlrkleS oppressed their williA~-ees
70 have Archbishop RYAN named as the
third arbitrator, notwi'he' anding the fact
that it was then ra'ter of current opinion,
however well or III founded, hat tho Arch
bishops leaninEs We're toward he strikers.
But by this time Mr.. Mitchell and his
pgitntors had succeeded so we'll in inducing
the NarGle men To rcuudiate their pledges
that the mat er never got any farther.
The sun., 1902-09-07
NoiiOnaiitIes In Hawaii.

There iS no place In the world where such
various nationaltics. and such widely dif-
frrcnt races can he found In 81 smsil an
area. IL Ia true that on the mainland such
races are TO be found bur not all in one spot,
Few people realize how many different ma
tion alitieS are to bo found I'm our schools and
that few schools arc confined 20 one nation
ality The statistics of school children give
Ms llawaiians, part liawaians, American, Brit.
ish, German, Portuguese, scandinavian Jap
ansse, Chinese. Porto Rcans ard scattering,
classed ~ other foreigners, The tabulation
of teachers gives Hawaiian, part Hawaiian,
American, British. German. French, Belgian
Scandinavian. Portngusse, japanese. Chinese
and others ! ~ JdpHneso and hincse tea ch-
ers ar" not "uprr"d N tho uUb,ic schools of
the Territory, hut ar. engaged In private
schools. IN" main body Of the tea hers In
the public SCHOOLS is American, llawaiians hart
Hawaiian aud British.
The sun., 1902-09-07
WHY M WAS DISCHARGED.
Proof OF Ills BAD Memory Supplied TO q
Trolley Car Conductor.

"Wben a trolley conductor is discharged
there's a mighty poor chance Of his getting
a reasonable answer II no asks the where
fore Of his dismissal" remarked starter
last night. "One reason OF this is that
there are gangs and teams Of grafters
going from city to city who don't do a thing
b,i, beat the street railroad companies
They have got il down to a science.
Most Of them are good actors and can play
green so as to fool an old-tmer. 1t requires
n cunning fellow to do this or he will give
himself away TIE moment he reaches for
the bell cord or clock strap, or even by the
way he digs up and gives ont change.
II got fooled by one few weeks ago.
He appeared to be az raw as II he had Just
passed the Barge Office Before starting
on his first trip with the breaker-in he
asked mo
DO be expected to pay my fare when
I'm breaking inf'
"Ho lasted a month and he'd have had
money enough 10 buy car for himself II
n BROOKLYN inspector hadn't recognized
him as being one OF the slickest professional
conductors TINT over struck the town.
"What | was saying about not getting
reasons when your badge u called in, does
not always apply however Last week
our super called gay man up and asked
for his badge and punch, The conductor
asked why he was discharged and John
X. nst told him that IT was because his
men,cry was defective and he had failed
to ring up,
ANY specific case asked the conductor,
A man may miSs fare or two by acci-
dent on crowded car.
"It il unusual to ge, any reply in such
cases. but he was such n nice conductor
that Uncle John Obliged him.
Specific? yes. quite 80. II was little
matter of failing to ring up 81 fares upon a
round trip Yesterday afternoon.
"Ohr said the conductor, and departed,
The sun., 1902-09-07
LIFE ~ IICiT4N.
ffFE ~ ~ VI ~
Five Years Residence Enough to Make an
American Look Like q Mexican.

A residence of five years In Yucatan
will make an American look like Mexican
and dress like one That is the impression
one gets in looking at many of the passen-
gers who troop down the gangway from
the steamers arriving from Mexico.
This is true to a greater extent In the
case OF women than Of men The climate
Of Yucatan seems TO take the color from
their cheeks and to replace It with very
light shade Of copper They chatter Span
ish a. If /, we're their mother tongue but
il is their dress, or, rather, the manner in
which they wear II. that has the real look
Of the middle-class Mexican.
A Mexican woman, If young, has an at
tractive air from the top of her head TO her
waist Below the waist she looks sloppy.
The skirt is too wide and too long and is
'--~-...%s -ls- III .arlY -lcnG IN
style. 1t ia Of the street. rleaning variety,
aud the wearer does not seem to know
how to pick il up in a way 10 show il or
herself To advantage.
The American woman who lives long
in the country falls into this habit with
facility tha, is painful TO the American
man who lives at home. But Americans
who live in Yucatan are, generally speaking,
making money, particularly II they are
Interested in hemp, and they find consola-
tion in this fact
Since the outbreak of the Spanish war
the manufacture Of hemp from sisal has
become a principal business of Yucatan
and haciendados who devote themselves
TO .the growing Of the plant and turning
IL into hemp are making ropes of money.
Merida, the capital Of Yucatan, il, il IL said
the richest city in Mexico in proportion
10 it's population. which * placed anywhere
from 10000 to 5000.
II is also the dirtest city in Mexico which
Ia saying something very unpleasant, for
there are few clean cities in the sister re-
public. Merida has neither water nor
sewerage system and that 1t ia not de-
populated every wear speaks well for the
constitutions OF the inhabitants. and NAV,
also, say something for the beer which is
drunk there and is made on the spot by
Apnrin1n.
The sun., 1902-09-07
Wonderful Old Men.


Men of thought have always beer di'tn-
guished for their age. Scion. Sorhoclcs.
Pindar, Anacr'on, and Ncrophon were oc-
toecnarans Kant, Bufou, Goethe, Fontc-
nellie and Newton were over 50. Michclangelo
and Titan we're S9and 90 respectively, Harvey,
the disc oVcrer OF the circulation OF the blood.
lived to be 80 Many men have done excel
lent work after they have passed 20 years,
landor wrote his Imaginary ConNersnti ions"
when So Izaak Walton vie elded ready pen
nj 30 i'ahnomann married at ~ and was
working NJ ~ Mchcangelo was still paint
ing his giant canviscS ~ 50, and Titan ~
gO worked with the viRor Of his early years
Fontpnelle was rs light -heaTted a. 8s as az 80,
and Newton At 81 worked a. hard n he d id
in middle life. Cornaro was in far better
health Ut rs than ht 30 md ~ Happy as o
snndboy. Al Hanover Or, Du Rolsy was still
practising ~ u physician in 1897 going his
daily round, at the agc OF l03. william
Ecynold salmon, ". II G, $, Of ConbrdGr
GlHmorgan-hirc, died on March H. 1891. at
the age of ioo. At the time Of his death he
was the oldest known individual OF indiS-
putably. authenticated age, tho Oldest ply
~icmn, the oldest member oI the Royal college
OF Surgeons, England, aud the Oldest Free
Mason In the world
The sun., 1902-09-07
Hundreds Of Clever AdNcrfiscrs

like other intelligent and discerning citizens.
male and female have learned that TIE SrN
and THF EVENING SuS are ~ the top OF the
heap. That's why THE suns advertising
grows so rapidly ADJ
The sun., 1902-09-07
Are YOu Depressed:

Do llfes worries sit heavy upon YOU? Read
Tng Sun. Hundreds OF thousands find 1t the
est Of tonics. Ado,