The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-08
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oe justice and fair deal ..e.as Whenever either corpora aa4 4., 9r individual disreRards tr 4.
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 texferance vita the fiKh -t, wnelner corporations orlir. ls,s.
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 est heed to the position ortr
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 his property or hts labor, so ' does mot infringe she rights eo No man is above the law and 2
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 Dbedienee 10 the law is fieman . right. not asked asa favor.
 We have cause as a natioi snankful for the steps that ha,N'::
 ctplss Into effect Ths progress shi
 by a6Rulntion, not by resolution. A.
 radical has been, done: the aotio
 been both moderate and resolute.
 no backward step. IT n the workh
 the laws 1t proves desirable that
 shan at any point be expanded aof pifaed. the amannment can be mad
 
 are being aaministared with judssAs but with insistGnce upon obedience -l them; ana their need has been emphasia m signal fashion by the events Of t Govsfnmsnt a-eceipts and -Expenda
 lures.
 From all sources. exclusive of the post. al service. the receipts of the Government for the last flscaa Esar aggregated $50. Bse14.. The exRenqitures for the sanfe period @ were s5gss.p or, the surplus for the tons are that the surplus for the present nscal year VIII be very small, If infiead unefe Dc any surplus. From July to Mo- vember the recelpts from customs were, approximatsiy. nine million dollars less xor corresponding portion of last BHar. Should this decrease continue at the BaznA rHtto throughout the fiscal year, the Bitr- t p5sz wo,iG is,, De rs lnced by ap,2roSnatsls e nue From ctlzt oms suffer much fufthFr eecrez1se during the flscal year, the sur plus would vanish. A large surplus ls oerlaaniy undesirable. Two years .aee ' press intention of eQnaIizing the RaEeaza- mental receipts and expenditures, an1 heugh the first wear thereafter stiii show sr q surplus. it now seems likely that substantial equality of revenue and 'ex ; nenditure will be attained. Such being the cas0 1t .As of great moment both to exercise care and economy in appropria- h0ns. and to scan sharply any change AA dace our income. The need of Strict ocono1ny n pgr expenditures is ernphn- zizea 5y the fact that szs can not afford 70 be paxstn0nions in providing for -~hat lg essential to our national well=being. CareIm economy wherever possible will alone prevent our Income from failing be- low the point required in order to meet our kenuane needs.
 Needs of Financial Situation.
 The integrity of our curreney Is beyond ouesuon, and under present conditions 1t wodild be nnwise and unnecessary to ate tempt a reconstruction of our entire zaon- etary system. The same liberty should ne granted the Secretary of the Treasury Elim in the deposit of receipts from other sources. In my Message of December g. ls02. called attention to certain needs of the dnancial situation. and r again ask the consideration of the Congress for these questions.
 Between Gold Standard
 and Silver, Standard Countries.
 During the last session of Congress, at the suggestion of 5eint note from the KeDubhe. of Mexico. and sthe Impe,1a 1al Government of China, and in harmony Mlth an act Of the Congress appropriating szDo0 to pay fhe expepses thereof. 3 commission was appointed to confer with the principal European countries in the la nope that some plan might be devised bs assured between. the gold-standard countries and the silver-standard col1l- tries. This commission has filed its pre- llminary report. which has been made ouhlIc deem 1t important that the conn mission be continued. and that a sum of money be appropriated sufficient to pay the expenses Of It's further labors.
 Merchant Marine. A majority of our people desire that steps pc taken In the interests of Amer can shipping. so that we may once more resume our former position in the ocean sarFyfng trade. But hitherto the differ snces of opinion as to the proper method I ,f reaching this end have been so wide hat 1t has proved impossible to secure \ ne adoption Of any particular scheLue. l Having In view these facts, recommend I hat the Congress direct the Secretary of 1 he Secretary of Commerce end Labor, l associated with such representation from I he Senate and House of Representativts ! Is the Congress in its wisdom may deslg- I purpose Of investigating and reporting t9 | he Congress at its next session what leg station 4S desirable Or necessary for the I development of the American merchant I marine and American coEnEnerce. and incl l entally of a national ocean mail service l f adequate auxiliary naval cruisers and | Iavat reserves. While such a measure is I esiEabae. in any event. it is especially 4 t this time. in view of the fact that our | resent governmental contract for ocean l nal with the American Line will expire l n 1eo5. Our ocean mail act was passed I a f8al. In 1895 our 20-knot trans-Atlantie | aau line was eqnal to any foreign line ince then the Germans have put on B- not steamers. and the British have con racted for N-knot steamers. Our service | hould equal the best. If 1t does not, the l public win abandon 1t. If we | re to stay tn the business it ought to be | 7ith a full understanding of the advant- Reg to the country on one hand, and .sn he other with exact knowledge of the I ost and proper methods of carrying 1t l n. Moreover. lines of cargo ships are I f even more importance than fast mail I mes; save so far as the latter can be ependsd upon to furnish swift auxiliary fuisefs In time of war. The establish nent of new lines of cargo ships to South l Ameriea, to Asia, and elsewhere would be I much in the Interest of our commercial | expansion.
 1mmigrs ion. We can not have too much immigration | f the right kind. and we should have l lone at all of the wrong kind. Thg need | 3 to devise some syStern by which Hn- lesirable immigrants shall be kept out l ntifgly, while desirable immigrants are 'ropeFfy distributed throughout the e0ufi- ". At present some districts which need ' have none: and in others. 1 5here the population is already coHgested, \ come in such numbers as to lepress the conditions of life for those | .lfeady there. During the hast two years i he amlrigration service at New York has i ,een greatly improved, and the corruption I md inefiicieney which formerly obtained here have been eradicated. This service 1 las just been investigated by a commit ee of New York citizens of high stand l nR, Messrs. Arthur V. BrfeSen. Lee <. 1