The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1903-12-10
THE PRESIDENTS MESSAGE.
Mr. RooseyeIt Makes His Annual Reconne1.
dations to Congress.

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damental rules Of obedience to law, OF
Individual freedom, and Of justice and
fair dealing towards all. Whenever
either corporation, labor union or in
diyidual disregards the law or acts in
spirit of arbitrary and tyrannous inter
ference with the rights of others,
whether corporations or individuals,
then where the Federal Government
, has jurisdiction, it 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 whether or
not the conduct Of the individual or
aggregate of individuals is in accord
ance with the law of the land. Every
| man must be guaranteed his liberty
and his right to do as he likes with his
| property or his labor, so long as ne
does not infringe the rights Of Others
No man Is above the law and no man
is below it.; nor do we ask any man. S
permission when We require him to
obey it. Obedience to the law is de-
manded as right; not asked as fav-
or.
We have cause as nation 20 be
thankful for the steps that have been
so successfully taken to put these pri2-
ciples into effect The progress has
! been by evolution, not by revelation.
Nothing radical has been done; the ac-
tion has been both moderate and reso-
lutte. Therefore the work will stand.
There shall be no backward step.
Receipts and Expenditures.
From all sources, exclusive Of the
postal service, the receipts Of the Gov
ernment for the last fiscal year aggre-
I gated $3.50. 0.396,674. The expenditures
for the fiscal year being s54,297 ,667.
The indications are that the surplus
| for the present fiscal year will be vely
small, if indeed there be any surplus.
From July to November the receipts
! from customs were, approximately,
nine million dollars less than the re-
! ceipts from the same source for COL
responding portion Of last year. Should
this decrease continue at he 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 sur
| plus is certainly undesirable. Two
| years ago the war taxes were taken on
with the express intention OF equaliz-
! ing the government receipts and eX-
penditures, and though the first year
thereafter still showed a surplus, it
now seems likely that a substantial
! equality Of revenue and expenditure
| will be attained. Such being the case
! it IL of great moment both to exercise
care and economy in appropriations,
and to scan sharply any change in our
! fiscal revenue system which may re-
duce our income. The need OF strict
| economy in our expenditures is en-
phasized 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.
The integrity Of our currency is be-
! youd question, and under present con-
ditions it would be unwise and unne-
, cesSary to attempt reconstruction OF
i our entire monetary system. The same
liberty should be granted the Secretary
! of the Treasury to deposit customs re-
ceipts as is granted him in the deposit
of receipts from other sources. In my
Message of December 2, 1902, called
attention to certain needs Of the finan-
cial situation, and again ask the con-
sideration Of the Congress for these
questions.
Merchant Marine.
A majority Of our people desire that
steps be taken in the interest Of
American shipping, so that we may
once more resume our former position
in the ocean carrying trade But hith-
erto the differences Of opinion as 10 tie
proper methods Of reaching this end
have been so wide that it has proved
impossible to secure the adoption Of
any particular scheme. Having In
view these facts, l recommend that the
Congress direct the Secretary Of the
Navy, the Postmaster General, and the
! Secretary of Commerce and Labor, as
sociated with such representation
from the Senate and House Of Repre-
sentatlves as the Congress in its wis
dom may designate, to serve as a corl-
mission for the purpose Of investigat-
ing and reporting to the Congress at It's
next session what legislation is dejlr-
able or necessary for the development
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, 1t Is especial
ly desirable at this time, in view Of
the fact that our present governmental
contract for ocean mail with the
American Line will expire in 1905.
immigration.
We can not have too much immigra-
tion Of the right kind, and we should
have none at all Of the wrong kind.
The need is to devise some system by
which undesirable immigration shall
be kept out entirely, while desirable
immigrants are properly distributed
throughout the country.
Naturalization Frauds.
The special investigation of the sub
ject of naturalization under the direc-
t;o,, 30 tho attorooy-GaDera1 and tho