The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1904-12-06
PRESIDENT MESSAGE.

President Roosevelt's message has
been delivered to congress. Its main
features are dis follows:
The enlargement Of scope Of the
functions Of the national government
required BY our development as q ma
tIon involves, Of course, Increase Of ex-
pense, and the period Of prosperity
through which the country Is passing
justifies expenditures for permanent
improvements far greater than would
be wise lii hard times, but abundant
revenues and large surplus always
invite extravaganza and constant care
should be taken to guard against un-
necessary increase of the ordinary ex-
penses Of government.
Capital and Labor.
The relations Of capital and labor,
and especially Of organized capital and
organized labor, to each other and to
the public at large come second in i'm
portance only to the intimate questions
of family life. Our peculiar form Of
government, with its sharp division Of
authority between the nation and the
several states, has been on the whole
far more advantageous to our develop
ment than a more strongly centralized
government But 1t is undoubtedly re-
sponsible for much Of the difficulty of
meeting with adequate legislation the
new problems presented BY the total
change in Industrial conditions on this
continent during the last half century.
In actual practice it has proved ex-
ceedingly difficult, and in many cases
impossible, to get unanimity Of wise
action among the various states on
these subjects. From the very nature
OF the case this is especially true Of
the laws affecting the employment Of
capital in huge masses.
With regard to labor, the problem is
no less important, but it is simpler. AS
long as the states retain the primary
control Of the police power the circum-
stances must be altogether extreme
which require interference by the fed
eral authorities, whether in the way of
|. safeguarding the rights Of labor or in
the way OF seeing tnat wrong Is not
done by unruly persons who shield
themselves behind the name of labor.
If there is resistance to the federal
courts, interference with the mails OF
interstate commerce or molestation Of
federal nroperty. or II. the state authori-
ties II some crisis which they are nm
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nonulous centers of commerce, manu-
factnres or mining. Nevertheless both
in the enactment and in the enforce
ment of law the federal government
within Its restricted sphere should set
an example to the state governments
especially in matter SO vital as this
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