Arizona republican., 1904-12-07

Washington, D. C.. Dec. 6.-President Roosevelt submitted the foll6wing message to congress today:
 To the Senate and House of Represen- tatives:
 The nation continues to enjoy note worthy prosperity. Such prosperity is Of course primaily due to high indi- vidUal average of our citizenship taken
 together with our great national re- sources; but an important factor there in is the working of our long-continued governmental policies. The people have empE3tically expressed their approval of the principles underlying these poli- cies, and their desire that these prin- ciples be kept substantially unchanged, although Of course applied to a pro gressive spirit to meet changing con %itions.
 CAUTION AGAINST EXTRAVA- CANOE.
 The enlargement of scope of the functions of the national government required by our development as na-
 ton involves, of course, increase of eX- pense; and the period of prosperity through which the country is passing justifies expenditures fer permanent
 Improvements for greater than would be wise in hard times. Battleships- and forts, public buildings. and improved waterways are investments which should be made when we have the mo- ney but abundant revenues and a large surplus always invite extravaganza, and constant care should be taken to guard against unnecessary increase Of
 the ordinary expenses of government. The cost of doing government business should be regulated with the same rigid scruting as the cost Of doing a private business.
 CAPITAL AND LABOR. In the vast and complicated mechsa- ism of our modern civilized life tias dominant note is the note of industrial ism; and the relations of capital and organized labor. to each other and tO the public at large come second in ina Dotence 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 or the whole far more advantageous 10 our develop
 nent than more strongly centralized government But it is undoubtedly responsible for much O. the difficulty of meeting with adequate legislation tlae new problems presented by tie tctaI 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 Jamong the various states on these Subjects. From the very nature of the case this is especially true of the laws affecting the employment of cap ital in huge masses
 With regard to labor the problem is mo less important. but it is simpler AS long as the states retain the pri- mary control of the police power the circumstances must be altogether ex- treme which require interference by the Federal authorities, whether in the way of safeguarding the rights of labor or in the way of seeing that wrong is not dcne by unruly persons who shield themselves behind the name of labor. If there is resistance to the Federal courts, interference wiht the mails. or interstate commerce, or molestation of Federal property, or if the state authorities in some crisis which they are unable to face call for help then the Federal government may interfere: but though such interference may be 
 out of trouble connected with some question of labor, the interference it. self simply takes the form of restoring order without regard to the questions which have caused the breach of order for to keep order is a primary duty and in a time of disorder and violence all other questions sink into abeyance until order has been restored. In the District of Columbia and in the terri tories the Federal law. covers the entire field of government: but the labor question is orly acute in populous cen ters. Nevertheless, both in the en- actment and in the enforcement or law the Federal government within its re- stricted sphere should set an example to the state governments, especially in a matter so vital as this affecting la bor. I believe that under modern in dustrial conditions 1t is often neceS- sary, and even where not necessary il is often wise, that there should be or ganiZation of labor in order better to secure the rights of the individual wage worker. All encouragement should be given to any such organiza- ton, so long as it is conducted with a due and decent regard for the rights of others. There are in this country some laSor unions which have habit ually, and other labor unions which have often, been among the most eifec- tive agents in working for good citi zenship and for uplifting the condition of those whose welfare should be closest to our hearts. But when any labor union seeks improper ends or seeks to achieve proper ends by inn proper means, all good citizens and nore especially all honorable public servants must oppose the wrong doing as resolutels as they would opose the wrondoing of any great corporation Of course any br,1taIffx- cnrr1rnfiao