The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-12-08
Financial Legislation.

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Financial Legislation.
."The integrity OF our currency IS beyond
question, ana under present conditions II
would be unwlsc and unnecessary TO at
tempt Il reconstruction ofaour entire mon
s,ar yIie e 1s hes 20
deposit customs receipts as Is granted
him in the deposit Of. receipts from other
n X meskage or pfeHmpe head:
Of the financial situation, and again
ask the consideration of the Congress for
these questions. a:gEala &
An appropriation Is recommended to
continue the commission to confer With
European countries to fix medium OF
exchange k,tween gold standard and sill
yer standard countries.
Merchant Marine.
The following is said upon the merchant
marine:
steps DO taken in the interests Of Amer
lean shipping. so that we may once
more our 19rme Rn Pos1ti9 IN fhe
dlrerenccs Of opinion as to the proper,
method Of reaching this end have been 50
vide nat it has proved impossible to Se
scheme. Having IN View these facts:,
recommend that The Congress- direct the
Secrntary q the Sayy ne - 9s.ster
and Labor. associated with such 4 repre-.
scntation from the Senate and House or
Representative as the Congress IN !, ::
commission for. the purpose. of invest sat
Ing and reporting to the Congress at Its
next session what 81 ~.
American merchant marine and American!
commerce; and intellectually OF national alton u!
nGe vn cn ni and 9ayai Wls
stlclr measure is desirable IN any event.,
1t is especially desirable at this 1dnc In
mental mon l. contract for ocean mall with The.
ocean. mall act was PASSED in 1891 In 1896
geauai TO any foreign line. Since Then TIE
Germans have put on .3-knot steamers.
and the British have contracted ~ a., Tor y;
the best. II It does not. the commercial
public will abandon It.
Immigration Naturalization
Frauds.
The subject OF immigration and the
naturalization frauds are tho subjects
Of the next paragraphs of the message,
which continues:
On my last annual message, in connec-
ton with the subject Of the due regula
ton of combinations OF capital. which
are or may become Injurious to the puD-
lie. 1 recommended special appropr:i;u-
tion for the better enforcement .. OF t nc
expended under the direction OF tho
Attorney General, Accordingly ,(by the
legislative, executive and judicial appro-
act Of February %. 1909. 81
Stat. s5i, 800. the Congress appropriated
for the, purpose Of enforcing the various
laws the sum of five hundred thousand
dollars. to be expended under the d.rec-i
ton of the Acknowledgement In the en-
ployment of special counsel and agents
In the Department Of Justice to conduct
laws in the courts of the United states.
i now recommend, las, matter OF the
utmost Importance ana urgency, the en-
tension Of the purposes or this npnro-
nrlalon SCI that may Pay pe avallae!ne
eral. and until used. for the due enforce
general, and especially of the civil and
criminal laws relating to public lands
and tho laws relating to postal crimes
izatlon. urge upon tho Congress the ne
cessity OF making tho said approximation
available for immediate use for all such
purposes. to be expended under the drec-
ton Of tho Attorncy-Genernl'' ts
Alaskan Boundary Dispute.
4 Steps looking to treaties making bribery
an cxtraditnbe offense are told Of and
then IL page or two Is devoted to Il his
tory of the Alaskan boundary dispute and
Its settlement. The President says:
"The award is safeguarding on the
vital points. TO make 1t effective as re-
CARDS tho others. II only remains. for the
two governments to appoint, each on It's
own behalf, one or more scientific on
perts. who shall with &nll convenient
speed. proceed together to lay down tho