Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1903-12-11

I CARDS the law or acts In a spirit OF arbi-
| trary and tyrannous interference with
| the rights of Others whether corpora
tions or individuals, then where the
| Federal Government has jurisdiction, Ii
| will see to it that the misconduct Is
| stopped. paying 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 wheth-
| err or not the conduct of the individual
| or aggregate of individuals is in ac-
| cordance with the law of the land. Every
man must be guaranteed his liberty and
| his right to do as he likes with his prop
| erty 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;
nor do we ask any mans permission when
we require him to obey it, Obedience to
| the law is demanded as right; not asked
as a favor
Receipts and Expenditures.
From all sources, exclusive of the pos
tai service. the receipts of the govern
ment for the last fiscal year aggregated
| $500 1876. GA. The expenditures for the
| same period were s506, COZ. the surplus
| for the fiscal year being $54 297, G67. The
indications are that the surplus for the
present fiscal year will be very small. II
| indeed there be any surplus. From July
| 10 NONeInDtT tHt TtCtlplb NUN CUSHING
were, approximately. nine million dollars
less than the receipts from the same
source for n corresponding portion of last
| year Should this decrease continue at
| the same ratio throughout the fiscal
| year. the surplus would be reduced by,
approximately, thirty million dollars.
| Should the revenue from customs suffer
much further decrease during the fiscal
| year. the surplus would vanish. A large
/ &c ai,,ly np6aGira hIe Two
| years ago the war taxes were taken OF
with the express intention of equalizing
| the government receipts and expenditures.
| and though the first year thereafter still
| showed a surplus 1t now seems likely
that a substantial equality of revenue
and expenditure will be attained. Such
| being the case 1t is of great moment both
| to exercise care and economy in appro-
priations, and to scan sharply any change
| in our fiscal revenue system which may
| reduce our income. The need of strict
economy in our expenditures Is empha-
sized by the fact that We can not afford
| to be parsimonious in providing for what
| is essential to our national well-being.
| Careful economy wherever possible Will
alone prevent our income from falling
below the point required in order to meet
our genuine needs.
Needs of Financial Situation.
| Inc integrity OF our currency Is DcyOHu
question, and under present conditions it
would be unwise and unnecessary to at
tempt reconstruction of our entire mon
etary system. The same liberty should
| be granted the Secretary of the Treasury
| to deposit customs receipts as Is granted
| him in the deposit of receipts from other
| sources. In my message of Dec. 2. l9O2.
l called attention to certain needs of the
financial situation, and l again ask the
| liz, Of tla for thaGa
| questions.
Gold and Silver Standard.
During the last session of the Congress.
/ at the suggestion of joint note from
the Republic of Mexico and the Imperial
Government OF China. and in harmony
| with an act Of the Congress appropriat-
| ing $4,000 to pay the expenses thereon.
| commission was appointed to CONFER
with the principal European countries IN
the hope that some plan might be devised
whereby a fixed rate Of exchange could
be assured between the gold-standard
| countries and the silver standard coun-
tries. This commission has filed its pre-
liminary report. which has been made
| public. deem 1t important that the
| commission be continued and that sum
of money be appropriated sufficient TO
pay the expenses OF its further labors.
With regards to the Improvement OF
the American merchant marine the
President recommends that the Con-
gress direct the Secretary OF the
Navy, the Postmaster-Genera and the
Secretary of Commerce and Labor, as
ISOLATED with such representation
from the Senate and House of Repre-
sentatives as the Congress in its wis
dom may designate, to serve as COM
mission for the purpose of investigat-
ing and reporting to the Congress at
it's next session what legislation is de-
sirable or necessary for the develop
ment of the American merchant ma
rine and American commerce, and in
cidentally of national ocean mail
service of adequate auxiliary naval
cruisers and navel reserves.
On the subject of immigration the
message calls attention to the report
of a committee of New York citizens
OF high standing, Messrs. Arthur v.
Vriesen, Lee X. Frankel, Eugene A.
Philbin, Thomas w. Hynes, and Ralph
Trautman, which deals with the whole
situation at length, and concludes with
certain recommendations for admins
trative and legislative action. 1t is
now receiving the attention of the
Secretary of Commerce and Labor.
The message continues:
Antitrust Laws.
On the subject of the antitrust
measures which have been dealt with
by the Congress the President says:
In my last annual message, in connec-
ton with the subject of the due regula-
ton of combinations of capital which
are or may become injurious to the pub
lie. 1 recommended a special appropria'
ton for the better enforcement of the