The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1903-12-11
HIS ANNUAL MESSAGE
President Roosevelt's Communities
ton to National Law Makers.
SUBJECTS OF IMPORTANCE
Control of the Trusts-FraIds of Va
riOus Kinds-The Isthminn Canal
and Panama RevOlution-The Mcr-
chant MarIne-Our Insulnr Posses
sicns-FOreign Relations.

and Panama ReVOlution-The Mcr-
chant Marine-Our Insulnr Posses
sicns-FOreign Relations.
President Roosevelt's annual message to
| congress deals largely with few impor-
| tant questions, leaving those of minor in
! terest to the annual reports of the execu-
| tive department heads.
The first subject to receive attention at
| the hands of the president is that of the
| trusts in connection with the operations
| of the department of commerce and labor
and the bureau OF corporations. OF the
results which this bureau will accomplish
he says:
THE preliminary work of the bureau of
| corporations in the department has shown
| the wisdom of its creation. Publicity in
| corporate affairs will tend to do away with
| Ignorance, and will afford facts upon which
| intelligent action may be taken. System
| attic, intelligent investigation is already de-
essential to a right understanding of the
needs and duties of the business world.
| The, corporation which is honestly. and
! fairly organized, whose managers in the
/ conduct of its business recognize their
obligation to deal squarely with their
Public. has nothing to fear atO' from D such
/ supervision. The purpose of this bureau
business, but to aid in bringing about a
| better Industrial conditional condition
under which there shall be obedience 10
by all corporations, great or small.
Capital and Labor.
On the subject of capital and labor the
| president says:
The consistent policy of the national
| government so far as il has the power,
is to hold in check the interruptions man,
whether employer or employe; but to re-
hamper or cramp the Industrial develop
ment of the country. We recognize that
/ this is an era of federation and combina-
ion h ffh colt To
, tions and labor unions have become fac
tors of tremendous Importance in all in
given the far-reaching, beneficent work
which has been accomplished through both
J corporations and unions. and the line as
oinerent unions, Is drawn as 1t is between
! different individuals; that is. it is drawn
on conduct, the effort being to treat both
organized capital ard organized labor
alike; asking nothing save that the inter-
est of each shall be brought into harmony
/ with the interest of the general public, and
! that the conduct of each shall conform to
the fundamental rules of obedience to
! law, of individual freedom, and of justice
! and fair dealing towards all. Whenever
! either corporation, labor union. or individ-
! of arbitrary or tyrannous interference with
| the rights of others, whether corporations
or individuals, then where the federal gov.
! that the misconduct is stopped, paying
F. not the slightest heed to the position or
! power of the corporation. the union or the
Individual, but only to one vital fact-that
! Is, the question whether or not the conduct
! of the Individual or aggregate of individ-
| uals is in accordance with the law of the
! land. Every man must be guaranteed his
| liberty and his right to do as he likes with
| his property or his labor so long as he does
| not infringe the rights of others. No man
| is above the law and no man is below it;
! We require him to obey it Obedience to
| the law is demanded as right; not asked
as a favor"
The Merchant Marine
The president does not believe that any
I financial legislation is needed or advisable
I at this time. On the subject of the mer-
| chant marine he asks that commission
, postmaster general and secretary of com
! merce and labor be appointed to investi-
| sirable legislation. He believes in stop
! ping undesirable immigration, but makes
/ no specific recommendations; He refers
! to the naturalization frauds being perpe-
: trated in the large cities especially. and
| asks that a way be found to stop them.
for the purpose of enabling the attorney
/ general to prosecute the violations of the
= antitrust laws be extended to include all
| violations of national laws, including nat
uralization frauds, the postal and public
land frauds.
| He refers to steps now being taken by
! the state department for making bribery
an eXtraditable offense, and in connection
with this the president says:
/ The exposures and prosecutions Of off,
! cial corruption in St. Louis. Mo, and other
| cities and states have resulted In a num-
! Der of givers and takers of brides becoming
/ fugitives in foreign lands. Bribery has
! not been included in extradition treaties
! heretofore. as the necessity for 1t has not
| arisen. While there may have been as
| much official corruption in former years.
! there has been more developed and brought
| to light in the immediate past than in the
| preceding century of our country S history.
1t should be the policy of the United States
! to leave no place on earth where a cor
rupt man fleeing from this country can
! rest in peace. There. is no reason why
! bribery should NOT be Included in all trea-
ties as extraditable."
The Alaskan Boundary.
In connection with the Alaskan boundary
! decision the president reviews the history
Of the case ais leading up to the appointment
tory, and says:
| The result is satisfactory in every way.
! 1t is of great material advantage to
| our people in the far northwest. 1t has re-
moved from the field of discussion and
| possible danger A question liable to be-
! come more acutely accentuated with each
passing year. Finally, it has FURNISHED
will with which two friendly nations can
approach and determine issues involving
national sovereignty and by their ma
ture inca pable of submission to a third
power for adjudication.
| The award is self-executing on the vital
! points To make II effective as regards
! the others. it only remains for the two
| governments to appoint, each on its own
| shall, with all convenient speed proceed
| together. to lay down the boundary line
|
| jority of the tribunal. / recommend that
! the congress make adequate provision for
| the appointment compensation and ex-
| psenses of the members. to serve on this
| Joint boundary commission the part of
| the United States
| A review of the Venezuelan case is given
| and its amicable adjustment through the
/ efforts of this country, and the statement
| made that the adjustment by arbitration
| of this dispute has materially helped the
| cause of international arbitration. He says
| our relations with Turkey are friendly,
| and claims against that government are in
| process of adjustment. He calls attention
| to the signing of new commercial trea ty
| with China on October which should give
| to our commerce an impetus in that en-
| pire. though he says the full measure of
| development cannot be looked for until the
| present abnormal conditions are settled.
| He strongly advocates the extension of
/ the rural free delivery system as rapidly
/ as possible. He recommends government
| Lewis and Clark expositions and such leg
! fslation as will tend TO the fuller develop
! ment of Alaska, especially in regard to the
! land laws.
! Insular Possessions.
| In connection with our insular posses
| sions he recommends an appropriation for
| the building of lighthouses in Hawaii and
| the payment for those already built by
| the island government. He asks that the
governor of Hawaii be empowered 10 dis
| charge officials appointed by him without
submitting the matter TO the legislature.
| He reports steady progress being made
| IN both Porto Rico and the Philippines. and