Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1903-12-10
The President Makes His Annual
Recommendations to Con-
gress.
WORK OF NEW DEPARTMENT
VIII Aid in Supervision of Illcgitinat c
Combinations of Capital--Immigra-
tion and naturalization Should
be Well acknowledgements Of
Treaty with Panama.

Washington, Dec. 7.--The annual mes
sage of the President to Congress was
read in both Houses to-day It's princi-
pal features and recommendations fol-
low
N.r COUNT. g.; to- ic congratulated
on TIE amount Of substantial achieve
ment which has marked the past year
both as regards our foreign and as re-
CARDS our domestic policy
With nation as with a man the
most important things are those Of the
household, and therefore the country
Is especially to be congratulated on
what has been accomplished in tse di-
rectton of providing for the exercise of
supervision over the great corporations
and combinations of corpora tons en-
gagged In interstate commerce. The
congress has created the department
of commerce and labor. including the
bureau OF corporations, with for the
first time authority to secure proper
publicity Of such proceedings Of these
great corporations ms the public has
the right TO know. II has provided for
the expediting of suits for the enforce
ment of the federal antitrust law, and
by another law it has secured equal
treatment to all producers in the trans
porta ton of their goods, thus taking
a long stride forward in making effec-
tive the work of the interstate COM
MERGE commission.
The preliminary work of the bureau
OF corporations in the department of
labor has shown the wisdom of its Gre
alton. Publicity in corporate affairs
will tend to do away with ignorance
and will afford facts upon which intel
ngent action may be taken. Systemat-
&c, intelligent investigation is already
developing facts the knowledge Of
which is essential to right under
standing of the needs and duties Of
the business world. The corporation
which Is honestly and fairly organ
tied, whose managers in the conduct
of its business recognize their obliga-
ton to deal sQuarely with their stock
holders, their competitors and the pub
lie, las nothing 10 fear from such su-
pervision. The purpose of this bureau
is not to embarrass or assail legitimate
n better industrial conditional condi-
ton under which there shall be obedl-
ence to law and recognition of public
obligation by all corporations. great or
small. The depar tment of commerce
and labor will be not only the clearing
house for informal ton regarding the
business transa ctions of the nation but
the executive arm OF the government
TO aid In strengthening our domestic
and foreign markets. in perfectng our
transportation facilities. in building up
our merchant marine in preventing the
entrance # undesirable immigrants. in
improving commercial and industrial
conditions and in bringing together on
common ground those necessary part
ners "a Industrial progress capital and
labor
capital and Labor.
TIL nsistent policy of the national
govern mt so far as it has the power,
is t. I'D in check the INSCRIPTIONS
man " ncther employer or employee but
to refuse to weaken individual inltia-
tive or 10 hamper or cramp the indus
trial development of the country. We
recognize that this is an era Of fedora
ton and combination. in which great
capitalistic corporations and labor un-
ions have become factors of tremendous
Importance in all industrial ccnters
Hearty recognition is given the fan
reaching beneticent work which has
been accomplished through both cor
porattons and unions, and the line as
between different corporations, ms be
tween different unions, is drawn as i
Is between different individuals-tha
Is, Il Is drawn on conduct, the effor
oeIng to treat both organized capita
and organized labor alike, asking moth
ing save that the interest Of each shal
be brought into harmony with the In
terest of the general public and tina
the conduct of each shall conform Il
the fundamental rules OF obedience t.
law, of individual freedom and OF jus
tice and fair dealing toward ali. When
ever either corporation, labor union o
fndiviA al disrcgsrds the law or act
In spirit of arbitrary and tyrannou
Interference with the rights OF Others
whether corporations or individuals
then where the federal government ha
jurisdiction ii will see to 1t that tn
misconduct Is stopped, paying not tn
siixhtast heed to the position or powe
of the corporation, the union or the IL
diyiduaI, but only to one vital fact
that is, the question whether or no
the conduct of the individual or aggrC
Rate of individuals IL in accordanc
with the law OF the land. Every ma
must be guaranteed his liberty and hi
right to do as he likes with his PROF
erty or his labor SO long as he doe
not infringe the rights Of others.
Government Receipts and ESpend
lures.
From all sources, exclusive OF til
postal service, the receipts OF the go'
er,mant for the last fiscal year aggr'
gated $500, 386,674. The expenditure
for the same period were $5O6, 90
the surplus for the fiscal year bein
"a 2g7. os7. The indications are thu
She surplus for the present hscal yei
will be very small. If indeed there l
any surplus. From July to Noyembt
the receipts from customs were, al
mo.iu,ately, $0,OOO,0O0 less than ii
peceipts from the same source for
corresponding portion last year Shoul
thle decrease continue ut the same n
sto throughout the fiscal year the su
Mus would be reduced by. approx