, 1902-12-02
PRESIDENTS MESSAGE.
the SENATE and House of Representa-


To tho Senat" and l!uus" Of Representa-
tives:
We stllI continue in a period of I'M
hound.I rr,-t.rir, This urue,,,rry Ia
not H., cr,', irt ~ Law I'm, rT,tt,it ,,lI'
'he laws UHdvi "n!'h We work nave been
instrumental in 'I'tliuS iht conditions
which ad' 1t poss.!'" and by unwisr log
~IsIlt!u4 B, Wou!I I,.t9sy ,T.uE-h ir,g s...r
Il, tn. ,y,u ,rd,,L,.tI, b., ,.rt,l. ~
4 rrn"sL,r N, n',,', Ill r'~D.," 49, ,Haa
otpi 'SS1"n' "e way, wa i'''uS' "u' me
uue VIII "uF"ht'- ms HLt'oh IS seated
on Il continent iiaukcd by Two great
oceans. II is CONFUSED OF mon the d.
scrudluIs OF riou,,rs or. In q sens. r,,l-
n..rs H. 80 ~ ,r.r wIrrov,., ' 49,,
-, 80
nv hr9' rh' "" 'n, - ',i ,iT.. "t i' I, ".' T" "'
Vcnturr IoU'.d IN lIv!r p"n 'i5'r hearts.
Such Il u,,3,u ao placed ,.uI surely wr,.-
Success, iran .ur.,u.
4 r,.I.. 49,. Inn. u.,,,I . Iar... u,rt
o., ,.,' i"'', ' e. f".'
" NV w. "'' ~ 90 a. -'V' -
IlS ""i t"'Ni' 'N'H '"'r.' '""" 'ht i'aI
In l',ri",t'' la" cN'..lr . l Ia" list tour
Years l.g.r " It.ls.y u''.t. / ,i-.t Tor woe
or ton M'A! u,. In.l,a mus, - t.,.t Amos
the nations "" may 'Itn,r It!i slc..tS
o. s",','i :: ''.I'A. tut We c''iho' "'"-I
me tI'd,"N"' from ""''" t''ivF s'val
i1I'UE' o' t'''t St''''" 't"S' COTE Len
!! "" wool ~ ,'''Hn' I''iS Il S''',I par.
ii We S',.'', " an t"t' !" u" '',,on
49,. ~ ''' '"'- '
''i'"''' 80 n" 49,. S,,s ,t ,n,. r,,u ot
81 'i' ',''r 1,,is mf tn,, fn,m who
-, ~" - ,l''tr l.,,l r., L,,.,. IN Inc.
a.. ,''I mai { .r.. I'M. litir,. H..l Oh heart
go ,,.-,I,.f.. .f wuI ours Is not tn.
,.r,,.l .f t.. w,4IhIIuE ana the coward.
,,,rs Is IN. l.,$;r.l OF hope and OF tn
uuuh.It ,nG,aSUr We dO not shriIn
| from mo struggle before Us. There are
| many problems for Is to face at the out
SCI of In. tw nUtIcth century grave prom
lens u.rua / md sun Erlv"r at holnc-nut
we know that W. can solve them, and
solve tuym y ell. provided only mat We
bring L" til" solution IN" Vuhiilts OF htAu
and heart wLIch Wrr" SHOWN ~ ,hc men
VII" In tn" days OF W 'siii'Etoh i"S'ICh
this g"E"'rjH,nt ana III 'ht u"Ss Vi Ia"
CON if's'tN'" II. ~ ,,nn.-
~ 'oi".,iS "a Xii r..f ~ NJ
rth", w =" -, 1rI,Hl Iii hrinr Is
H., T. ,, .,,I,.r nr ,r,rIrutaI ,3,usrs hui
To thr r,Iny OF IN, economic forces in this
country for over a century. to our laws,
our sustained uul continuous policies:
! above alt, to Tn" high individual average
OF our citiZ,uShlp. Great fortunes nave
been won 10y those VINO itF" taken the
l,lh II! ms lil'in''l'hHl ihuHE,tiat 49,,
pptlti.t' anu ne, "a, th,sT ~ ~
=, W az, uJ'irT, ms i,r,titru rho
-, - - as a ,yhnI, Nrv,r h..fnr, has
rr,f,riti w,il bciur been so widely diff
fused among our people. Great fortunes
hav, been acrumulutrl. and yet In the
aggregate tn r., fortunes are small In
deed when compared 10 the Ntaith OF lhe
| people aS Il ' lhlr. IN" pam itoi!t ai"
better on man lhsy I've yer "ecI %,
loFe' ln' i;"9ulhi,' 'uth' ~
u.n iihI'''n ha I'll i"' tm mon or moderate
uSi'vs"'r, " ,rn,,m,lI tINns rf cant
tnI which mr., among the largest in this
CoIntry, There arc more deposits in the
| savings bauks. more owners of farms.
more well paid waS"wurkcrS in his coun-
try now than ever before in our history.
OF course when TN" conditions nave Ia
vorcd me grown OF 50 nuch that Was
good my nav also ta'orHu "a
IN. EioNl" VI ""s am3 anI.omnr
hN''' -,
sens Of nrnrnr;tOn. let us not in fixing
| our razr Upnn the lesser evil forget the
grcater good. Tn. evils are real. and
some of them are menacing. but they are
| the outEr""th not OF misery or decauefce.
hut o! ptNSp'rlty' 81 w paoStes RI ~
EiSIh'l, ihuuatil"I I nc
uustrih utNeIoi,il''lIt u ~
put siue ny SUI VII ShUunru e. ist,
psoSlrIS' Sr o. I'll in M dmiv II
the nNiS W "iiouiu ~, III Wv -
W u'u ~. = ~ ~ 90. ntiart
S.'a.l su'..uu up S.nSa ~ q u,nII
~. VIII uin''',"' r'nmo 80 1nod trn,m
as rtso,utioi' achI,n,' nv - ,or,pnr
ny ~ p"n Nv ", -Lt 90 ~ in,t.r
WINK W rre " ~, nrasent COMPRESS
III II, iisnrssnt ,t isnrtb
AZ us hhs' S'aS'o, ! Nio.ns:' 49,
inc question OF inc rfsulh'Ion Vi .hose
big corporations commonly dolhs an III
%tcrstate business. often with some tenden-
known as trusts. The experience OF the
past year has emphasized. in my opinion.
/ the desirability OF the steps | then pro-
| posed A Fundamental requisite of social
at,irirnrv ia n hirh standard of Individual
$500 ,,J nxrnII.nrn hut this 10 in no
uHstei ,nt wjtb nn,var 70 ar, in
WIS., 49, .IL on,no. 60
coiiiot"'.iIu y " nhiaraI nn,,rD
well De achieEeh py INC ihuiriuuni nc.ils
alone a iEhhainehtn pise Oh t'H.''Zh.Io
is the invtolahtiity of property: but thls Is
in nowise Inconsistent with the right of
society t" regulate the exercise OF the
artificial powers which 1t ~confers upon the