Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1904-12-09

| eminent alone can deal adequately with
| these great corporations. To try to deal
i with them in an Incorporate, destruc-
| tive, or demagogic spirit would, In ali
probability, mean that nothing what
ever would be accomplished, and, with
absolute certainty, that II anything
were accomplished it would be of
harmful nature. The American people
need to continue to show the very quail.
tiles that they have shown-that is,
moderation, good sense, the earnest de-
sire to avoid doing any damage, and
| yet the quiet determination to proceed,
step by step, without halt and without
hurry, in eliminating or at least in min
imizing whatever of mischief or of evil
there Is to interstate commerce in the
conduct of great corporations. They
are acting in no spirit of hostility to
wealth, either individual or corporate.
Trey are not against the rich man any
more than against the poor man. On
the contrary, they are friendly alike to-
ward rich man and toward poor man,
provided only that each acts in spirit
OF justice and deeency toward his fell
lows. Great corporations are neces-
sary, and only men of great and singu-
lar mental power can manage such
corporations successfully, and such
men must have great rewards. But
these corporations should be managed
with due regard to the interest Of the
public as a whole. Where this can be
done under the present laws It must
be done. Where these laws come short
others should be enacted to supplement
| them.
AGRICULTURE.
The Department of Agriculture has
grown into an educational institution
with faculty of two thousand special
lists making research into ali the scien-
ces of production. The Congress appro-
| PIRATES, directly and indirectly, six
millions of dollars annually to carry ON
| this work. 1t reaches every State and
Territory in the Union and the islands
fthe sea lately come under our flag.
Cooperation is had with the State ex-
pertinent stations, and with many other
institutions and individuals. The world
is carefully searched for new varieties
of grains, fruits, grasses, vegetables,
trees, and shrubs, suitable to various
localities in our country; and marked
benefit to our producers has resulted.
PENSIONS.
The veterans of the Civil War have
claim upon the nation such as no
other body of our citizens possess.
The Pension bureau mas never In its
history been managed in a more sat-
isfactory manner than is now the
case.
JAMESTOWN TRI-cENTENNIAL,
In 1907 there will be held at Hamp.
ton Roads the tricentennial celebra.
ton of the settlement at Jamestown
Virginia, with which the history of
what has now become the United
States really begins. | commend this
to your favorable consideration. It is
an event of prime historic significance
in which all the people of the United
States should feel, and should show,
great and general interest.
POSTAL SERVICE.
In the Postofice Department the
service has increased in efficiency,
and conditions as to revenue and ex-
penditure continue satisfactory. The
increase of revenue during the year
was $9,358, 181. 10, or So per cent, the
total receipts amounting to $143, $780,
624.S4. The expenditures were $780,
1862, 116.70, an increase of about per
cent over the previous year, being
thus $8,979, 1926 in excess of the
current revenue. Included in these
expenditures was a total appropriation
of $12,956, 637.35 for the continuation
and extension Of the rural free-deliv-
cry service, which was an increase
of $4,902,237.35 over the amount ex.
pended for this purpose in the pre-
ced1ng fiscal year. Large as this ex-
penditure has been the beneficent re-
suits attained in extending the free
distribution of mails to the residents
of rural districts have justified the
wisdom of the outlay. Statistics
brought down to the LIST of October,
1904, show that on that date there
were 27,138 rural routes establis'
serving approximately 100000 Of
people in rural districts remote from
postoffices, and that there were pend
ing at that time 1859 petitions for the
establishment of new rural routes.
Unquestionably some part OF the gen.
eral increase in receipts is due to the
increased postal facilities which the
rural service has afforded. The reve-
nues have also been aided greatly by
amendments in the classification of
mail matter, and the curtailment of
abuses of the .second-class mailing
Pl1F11OSCs AO dfC1 age 4ACA COoO LA
the volume of mail matter for the
period beginning with 1902 and end
ing June, 1905 (that portion for 1905
being estimated), is 40.47 per cent,
as compared with 2546 per cent for
the period Immediately preceding,
and 1892 for the fQur-year period i'm
mediately preceding that.
CURRENCY.
The attention of Congress should be
especially given to the currency ques-
ton, and that the standing committees
on the matter in the two Houses
charged with the duty, take up the
matter Of our currency and see wheth-
er it is not possible to secure an
agreement in the business world for
lettering the system; the committees
should consider the question of the
retirement Of the greenbacks and the
problem of securing in our currency
such elasticity as is consistent with
safety. Every silver dollar should be
made by law redeemable in gold at
the option of the holder.
MERCHANT MARINE.
I especially commend to your at
tention the encouragement of our mer-
chant marine by appropriate legisla-
ton.
ORIENTAL MARKETS.
The growing Importance of the ORR
ent as a field for American exports
drew from my predecessor, President
Mckinley. an urgent request for it's
special consideration by the Con-
gress. In his message of 1898 he
stated:
in this relation, as showing the
peculiar volume and value of our trade
with China and the peculiarly favora-
Bile conditions which exist for their
expansion in the normal course of