Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1902-12-10

cated that now raise doubts as to the necessity of constitutional amend ment. If it prove impossible to ac- complish the purposes above set forth by such law, then, assuredly, we should not shrink from amending the constitution so as to secure beyond peradventure the power sought"
 He also recommends special ap- propriation for the better enforce ment of the antitrust law as it now stands.
 He does not favor the reduction of the tariff a. a means of reaching the evils of the trusts, and very tritely says:
 "The only relation of the tariff to big corporations as a whole is that the tariff makes manufactures profit able, and the tariff remedy proposed would be in effect simply to make manufactures unproftable. To re- move the tariff as a punitive meas ure directed against trusts would in- evitably result in ruin to the weaker competitors who are struggling against them. Our aim should be not by unwise tariff changes to give foreign products the advantage over domestic products. but by proper regulation to give domestic competi- ton fair chance; and this end can not be reached by any tariff changes which would affect unfavorably ail domestic competitors, good and bad alike. The question of regulation of the trusts stands apart from the question of tariff revision"
 Continuing on the lines of a pro tective tariff he says tour nast ex- perience shows that great prosperity in this country has always come under a protective tariff and that the country can not prosper under fitful tariff changes at short intervals"
 He strongly favors reciprocity as the proper means for the readjust ment of the tariff question and says that changes in the tariff should be made only after the fullest consider ation by practical experts, who should approach the subject from business standpoint"
 He recommends that the tariff on anthracite coal should be removed and put on the free list actually as it is nominally now, as a service to people in crises.
 Recommendation is made for addi- tional financial legislation with the view of supplying every legitimate demand of productive industries and commerce and of making all kinds of money interchangeable.
 The relation of capital and labor is exhaustively treated in a business and statesmanlike manner.
 A new cabinet officer is recom- mended, to be known as the secre- tary of commerce.
 He strongly urges a reciprocal treaty with Cuba mot only because it is eminently for our own interests to control the Cuban market and by every means to foster our supremacy in the tropical lands and waters south of us, but also because we, of the giant republic of the north, should make all our sister nations of the American continent feel that whenever they will permit it we de- sire to show ourselves disinterestedly and effectively their friend"
 Favorable comment is made on the Hague peace tribunal, and the build ing of the Panama canal is en- dorsed.
 Speaking of the acquisition of the Philippines, he gives cold comfort to the Filipino stripe of American citi- zens, by saying that mo policy ever entered into by the American people has vindicated itself in a more signal manner than the policy of holding the Philippines. The triumph of our arms, above all the triumph of laws and principles, has come sooner than we had any right to expect"
 The army having been reduced to the minimum, he recommends that it be maintained at the highest point of efficiency.
 One of the strongest appeals made in the entire message is for the con- tinued improvement in the navy, both in regard to the increase of warships as well as liberal appropri- ations for keeping it up to the maxi mum of efficiency, as the surest guarantee of peace.
 National irrigation for the arid | west is given prominent mention as one of the most important subjects that has been taken up by congress in recent years.
 Protection of game on forest re- serves is recommended; also legisla- tion providing for the use of the. vast areas of grazing lands in the west. Alaska, he thinks, should be allowed a delegate. Other matters of minor also receive considera- tion from him, but not word about statehood for the territories is found in it.
 English papers seem surprised that President Roosevelt's message is not more revolutionary in its Ian guage in reference to trusts. They were evidently looking for something warm from the presidents pen. The