The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1904-12-06
PRESIDENTS MESSAGE

poratiens is the act 90 confer ON the
Interstate commerce commission
tAe power 10 rcyiao rates aud regu.
latIuuH. the revised rate 10 60 al
once into effect and "a stay I'm et
foet unless and until the count OF
'rrylcW rexeravs it'
President Roosgyolta oft repeat
od ideas on race suicide crop Int,
his message In that part relating a.
the government of the District ol
Columbia In "a discussion at res
ulatious at tcnemgnta and Stun
districts. he Says:
IT a race does not have pleuty
of children. or if the children do NOT
grow up or 81 when they grow ul
they are unhealthy Ia body ant
stuutesi. ct vicious In mind. then
that race il decadcnt. and 10 heap.
Ing up af wealth. no aplendor ol
documentary material prosperity
can avail In any degree a. offsets Of
The proposed juvenile courts and
public play grounds receive his
hearty endorsement
WANTS WHIPPING POSTS
In this sociological discussion at
matters pertaining Ia the District
OF Columbia. wife beatura receive
notice as follows.
There are certain offenders
whose erimluality takes the shape
OF brutality and cruelty towards
the weak. who need a special type
OF punishment. The wife beater. FOR
example. Is inadoquatoly punished
by imprisonment; for imprisonment
may often mean nothing t. him.
while Il may cause hunger and
want "a the wife aud children who
have been victims of his brutality
Probably some form Of corporal
punishment would be the most ade-
Quate way Of meeting this kind OF
crime
Almost a sixth OF the message Is
taken up In a discussion OF the
work OF the department Of agri-
culture. Irrigation. forest aud for
est reserves are considered At great
length. In order 90 preserve the
great Wild animals which are rap
idly dying and being killed out. he
urges the setting aside tn the forest
reserves large tracts as game pre-
serves
In one short paragraph he com
mends the work OF the pension de
partmeut. and In discussing the In
dian affairs, he suggests higher
salaries for Indian agents In order
10 set a better class OF men to look
AFTER the needs aud wants % the
rcd men. and urges the appointment
OF field assistant 20 the eommia-
sioner uf Indian affairs.
A national quarantine law and an
all-salArind consular service L.
urged BY the president
The first real knock IN the mes
SAGE Is IN one short paragraph rsla-
tive to government printing lie
calls attention 10 tho extravaganco
and waste IN tho printing and bind
ing q government publications.
He cummends action encouraging
our merchant marine. bat offers no
suggestion as 20 the manner Of
action. as TO whether the encour-
agemsnt Be By granting subsidies
OF Otherwise.
TARIFF MESSAGE COMING
On tariff. he says he will com
munleate With congress later.
After urging assistance In eatAh-
fishing oriental markets. the prcai-
dent discusses naturalization and
immigration. lie bemoans the In
crease Of naturalization frauds
and suggests government action
looking % uniform regulations for
in the several states.
The delays In the trial Of tho
postal frauds case IL the basis OF
a discussion OF the courts Of tho
country. After mentioning these
cases. he says
We're these Isolated and special
cases. I should not call your atfsn-
ton 10 them. but the difficulties
encountered az regards these men
who have been indicted for criminal
practices are not exceptional. they
are precisely similar In kind to
what occurs again and again In the
case Of criminals Who have suffi-
cient means TO enable them 20 take
OF a system Of procedure
which has grown mp in the federal
courts and which amounts in effect