The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1903-12-11

sage Of December Z. 1907 called atten-
uaiion. and I again ask the considera-
ton of the congress for these questions.
The Merchant Marine.
majority of our people desire that
steps be taken IN the interests O OF amer mel
resume our former position in the OCEAN
carrying trade. But hitherto the differ,
of reaching this end have been SO wide
that 1t has proved impossible to secure tie
adoption of any particular scheme. Hav-
ing in view these facts recommend that
the congress direct the secretary OF the
navy, tue postmaster general and the sec
rotary Of commerce and labor. ASSOCIATED
ate and house OF representatives. as the
congress in its wisdom may designate. to
investigating and reporting to the congress
at its next session what legislation is ce-
sirabie or necessary for the deve4oL .nent
of the American merchant marine and
American commerce. and incidentally of
national ocean mail service of adequate
auxiliary naval cruisers and naval reserves.
While such a measure Is desirable in any
event, il is especially desirable at this time,
in visw of the fact that our present gov
ornamental contract for ocean mail with the
American line will expire In 1906. Our ocean
mail act was passed In 1891. In 1925 our
2O-knot transatlantic man line was equal
mans have put on 23-knot steamers, and
the British have contracted for A,knot
S 4ar Se1v fse snona eaa the
lie will abandon 1t. If we are to stay in the
business it ought to be with a full under
standing of the advantages to the country
on one hand, and on the other with exact
knowledge of the cost and proper methods
of carrying 1t on. Moreover, lines of cargo
last mail lines; save so far as the latter
can be depended upon to furnish swift
auxiliary cruisers In time Of war The es.
South America. to Asia. and elsewhere
would be much In the interest Of our COM
mercial expansion.
Immigration.
We cannot have too much immigration
of the right kind. and we should have
none al all of the wrong kind. The need
is to devise some system by which unde-
tirely, while desirable immigrants are
properly distributed throughout the coun-
try. At present some districts which
ers. where the population Is already con-
gested, immigrants come in such numbers
as to depress the conditions Of life for
two years the irlmigratio service at New
York has been greatly improved. and the
This service has just been investigated
by a committee of New York citizens of
nigh stand:Ig. Messrs: Arthur V. Br ,
Thomas w. Hynes and Ralph Trautman.
Their report deals with the whole stu
alton at length, ana COnCluQ6S with GER
tain recommendations for administrative
and legislative action. It Is now receiv-
ing the attention of the secretary of
commerce and labor.
Naturalization Frauds.
The special Investigation of the subject
Of naturalization under the direction of
the attorney general. and the consequent
fairs calling for the Immediate attention
of congress. Forgeries and perjuries of
shameless and fragrant character have
centers of population. but throughout the
country; and 1t Is established beyond
doubt that very many so-called citizens
ever to that right. and are asserting and
enjoying the benefits of the same through
the grossest frauds. 1t Is never to be
court of the United States. an ines
Unable heritage" whether IT proceeds
tanned by naturalization: and we poison
the sources of our national character and
strength at the fountain, If the privilege
and by means of fraud and corruption.
The body polite cannot be sound and
healthy If many of it's constituent mem.
bers claim their standing through the
prostitution of the high right and calling
of citizenship. 1t should mean something
to become citizen of the United States;
and in the process no loophole whatever
should be left open to fraud.
r The federal grand jury lately In session
III new 1Ork city dealt with this subject
and made presentment which states the
situation briefly and forcibly and contains
Important suggestions for the considera-
ton of the congress. This presentment is
included as an appendix to the report of the
attorney general.
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 recon-
mended a special appropriation for the
rs EY11G nf of thn
as II now stands. to be expended under
the direction of the attorney general! Ac-
coTdingly (by the legislative. executive and
judicIaI appropriation act OF February 25,
1909, 81 Stat, 854, 904), the congress appro-
priated, for the purpose of enforcing the
various federal trust and interstate com
merce laws, the sum of $500, coo, 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. L now recommend, as a matter of
the utmost Importance and urgency, the
extension CT the purposes of It's appro-
priation, 50 that 1t may be available under
the direction of the attorney general, and
until used, for the due enforcement of the
laws of the United States in general and
especially of the civil and criminal laws
re.ating to public lands and the laws relat-
ing to postal crimes and offenses and the
subject of naturalization. Recent investi-
cations have shown a deplorable state of
affairs in these three matters of vital con-
Germ. BY various frauds and by forgeries
and pcrjuries, thousands of acres of the
public domain, embracing lands of differ
ent character and extending through vari-
GUS sections of the country, have been dis
honestly acquired. 1t Is hardly necessary
10 urge the importance of recovering these
dishonest acquisitions. stolen from the peo-
pie, and of promptly and duly Furnishing
the offenders. l speak in another part of
which the sacred right Of citizenship is
falsely asserted and that "inestimaoie
liar means-that is. through frauds. forger-
les and perjuries, and by shameless briter-
ies-the laws relating to the proper con-
duct of the pubic service in general and
to the due administration of the post office
department have been VIGOROUSLY violated
and many indictments have been found
and the consequent prosecutions are in
course of hearing or on the eve thereof
For the reasons thus indicated, and so that
the government may be prepared to en-
force promptly and with the greatest effect