The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1903-12-11

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II e. ~ eFcha sy1Gar1ne.f IS
I IA majority sof our people de.irs ~ 81
lean shipping 81 IS 5, az NV once more
resume our former posi ton IN ma ocsaI1.
carrying trade But iii herto the dffs se.
OF reaching this end have heen. M a.
that il has proved imposaihle "a secs,rs Is 8
adoption of any part cular scheme NV AZ,
ing In view these facts, Irecommend,t that
navy, the postmaster general and the Sec
retary Of commerce. anu labor. associated
- ond nome ~ ranrsss,,ta tue sen
$500. IT, W~dct,, !.
serve AZ acommiasion fnr henn 81 ~
a. =. nsrt sasafnn ~ e 81
si,ahi. - sce.sa ~ ~. !s 9e
~ the Xmericsn no
American commerce. and incid dem 81 s. q
an1iiiarv naval crmisersa ana nayaI ressrvas
While s,eh mea snre n dasiyahIe ';n 1s snvs
event. Il is esnecially desirahie a. this ttme
in View 81 the TACT that our'presen i gov.
ernmental contract for ocean man WITH ~ !.
Hmerican lina vii arnjre N 1aas nMr nne eae
mail act was passed in isl. In s1ssS o,, i.
to amy foreign iine Since then na the e Gee
the British have contracted for M.knot
steamers Our service should equal the
OeSI.- II III QOeS not. commercial Du0..
lie will abandon it. II we are to stay in the
business 1t ought to be: with q fun under-:
standing OF the advantages to the country
On one hand. and on the other with exact
knowledge Of the cost and proper methoda
Of carrying It on. Moreover; lines Of cargo
f sn.ps , are s'n.e more importance than
Ias. ua1t anes, save ~ tar az tne iatter
es,n,,ier,, e1,si.asa Upon urnsn M sWi1e
tablishment Of new lines Of cargo ships hip to to
Would he much in The infereat - e n'r cnz
merciai, eTnana,n IN lag ia'efest VI QUE com-
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We cannot have too much fmm,era tfon
of the right kind, and we should have
none tall Of the wrong kind. The need
is to devise some system by which unde-
properly int coan
try try Al present some district; which
ers, where the population is already con-
gested, immigrants come in such n,;n,bers
as to depress the conditions Of life for
two years the immigration service at New
York has been greatly improved, and the
corruption and inef1ciency which former
ly obtained there have been eradicated.
by a committee of New York citizens Of
nigh standing. Messrs. Arthur y. Briesen
Lee X. Frankel :. Eugene "A. Philhin
Thomas W. IIynes and Ralph Trautman'
alton at length, and concluded with Ger
tain recommendations for administrative
Ing the attention Of the secretary 81
commerce and labor. -
Nntur.It..t,o, rr.ua.
Tho s,so;e, ,a.,a.9,..1a rfa e ~
OF NATURALIZATION under the direction OF
,.no ae.viimey kenelal' ana tne c0nsequent
fairs caiiinr for the ;nowaIiato e+tart;n-,
of congress. Foreeries and nerinries If
shameless and fiasrant Character have
been perpetrated. not only in the dense
centers Of nnnuiatinn hut tbrouvhont the
country: and il 10 estahiiahed hevorJ
doubt that very many so.cailed citizens
ever to thatr,eht s,d da os no s..tG wn a!5
eniovinp the hena1ta nf re ss thsos anh
the grossest frauds tnH :. S never TO Sa
Wo9ds racan ai c ,,zea L. TO Quote me
court If the 1rnited St. ne supreme asr
tfmah,e hertta % wbst%e' - az ans e.
tainad ~ nv r ~.h tnG country OF rs Cd
~ so,, ~ Aia a. a.A1atun. anu we Poison
s 80. sousces ~ ouI natlona! character ana
IS Claimed anS e~erc;sa i the privilege
10 Sla..ieu anu e1erclseo without r1ght,
~ ~ neanS VI lrauo ana corruption:
haai+b Ivy pon.ac cannot De SOUND and
hers c,.iro 1na any,, OF us constituent mem
Us Caain t1er Stanoln4 through the
pfostitutlon OF the hlgn right and calling
~ ~ Slxensnlp. ,.i II snould mean something
and IN tha rrnnasa n OF me Snited states;
"ASSSv~A
sn M. Dc leit open 70 fraud -
~ NJ 1Sa4t klan1SuIy lately In session
and N n,"da ao1H ci.S tea,t VIII tnis subject
,;tu.tta ue Wnlcn states the
;,erat oaieny ano lorciDiy ana contains
tom of The consSess TSr the eonsidera-
incI,,Sad I nc ~ a; ms PIesentment Is
nttnre as an appendix 10 the report OF the
government Department Frauds.
In my last annual message, in connection
with the subject of the due regulation of
combinations of capital which are or NAV
become injurious to the public. I recom s
mended a special appropriation for the
better enforcement Of the antitrust law
as 1t now stands, to be expended under
the direction Of the attorney general! Ac-
c0rdlngly 10y the legislative, executive and
judicial appropriation act of February Is,
1903 81 Stat, S54, 9O4, the congress appro-
priated, for the purpose of enforcing the
various federal trust and interstate com
merce laws, the sum Of 100000, to be ex-
pended under the direction of the attorney
general in the employment of special coun-
sci and agents in the department of justice
to conduct proceedings and prosecutions
under SAID laws In the courts of the United
states. now recommend, as a matter of
the utmost Importance and urgency, the
extension OF the purposes of this appro-
prlation, 50 that 1t may be available, under
the direction Of the attorney general, and
until used. for the due nnfnrcarn nj oft ho