Long Valley advocate. (Lardo, Idaho) 1904-1907, 1904-12-15
ANNUAL MESSAGE OF THE PREsI-
DENT TO Law MAKERS.
Document Thoroughly Reviews the
Condition of the Nation, Deals VOL
unnously With Questions Of
State, But Leaves Tariff for
Future Consideration.

The nation continues to enjoy note
worthy prosperity. Such prosperity is
individual average Of our citIzenship.
taken together with our great natural
resources; but an important factor
tinued governmental policies The
people have emphaticallly expressed
their approval Of the principles under
these principles be kept substantially
unchanged, although Of course applied
IN progressive spirit to meet changing
Speaking OF labor unions. the president
says:
II believe that under modern industrial
where not necessary it is yet often wise,
that there should be organization, so
long as it is conducted with due and
decent regard for the rights of others.
Ihere are In this country some labor
Unions which have hapitually and other
labor unions which have often, been
among the most effective agents in work
Ing for good citzenehip and for uplifting
ne n condition of those whose welfare
when any labor union seeks improper
ends. or seeks to achieve proper ends by
Improper means. MI good citizens ano
more especially all honorable public SER
wants must oppose the wrongdoing as
resolutely as they would oppose the
wrnngdoing of any great corporation"
IN labor matters merely by giving pSb-
nclty TO certain conditions. The bus-Au
IT ,,i labor !, &c, has dnre excellent work OF this
kind In many different directions I shall
shortly lay before you in a special mes
sage the full report OF the Investigation
or the bureau Of labor into the Colorado
inning strike, as this is a strike in which
certain very evil forces, which are more
or less at work everywhere under the
conditions Of modern indrstrialism be-
came startlingly prominent"
THE TRUST QUESTION.
When we come to deal with great
corporations the need for the govern
ment to act directly is far greater thar
In the case OF labor, because great cor
norations can become such only by en-
gaging In interstate commerce. and inter-
t . commerce is peculiarly the field Of
the general government. 1t is an. absurd
ity to expect to eliminate the abuses
IN great corporations by state action 1t
Is difficult to be patient with an argu-
ment that such matters should be left
to the states because more than one
state pursues the policy of creating on
easy terms corporations which are never
onerated within that state at ALL but in
other states whose laws they igro The
national goNvernment alone can deal ade-
quately with these 81 ear curpUrarto
Publicity. and not secrecy. will win
hereafter. and laws be construed by their
intent ard not by their letter otherwise
/ puh'ic utilities Will be owned ard oper-
ated by the public which created them
even though the service be less efficient
financial standpoint
AGRICULTURE,
THE department. of agriculture has
grown into an educational institution
with a faculty Of 1000 specialists mal1'ne
research into all the sciences of produc-
tion. The congress appropria tes direc ly
and Indirectly $6.o00000 annually to carry
! on this work 1t reaches every state
| and territory in the Union ard the
flag, Cooperation is had with the state
| experiment stations, and with mann
| other institutions and Individuals. The
| world Is carefully searched for new va
tables, trees and shrubs. suitable to vari.
/ GUS localities in our country and marked
! benefit to our producers has resulted
over o.000 students are in attendance at
our state agricultural colleges. The feder.
al governments expends Sf0, ZOO 900 annual.
! ~ toward this education and for re-
senrcn IN Washington ard in the several
states and territories. The department
post graduate work to 500 younp ner
during the last seven wears n-enar;n q
+; them for advanced lires of work in the
TONS. iS'i'u-
IRRIGATION.
During the two and a half vears +h.t
have elapsed since the passage Of the
reclamation act rapid progress has been
mace In the surveys and examinations
or the opportunities for reciamat ion In
of the arid west CONSTRUCTION bas ais
ready been begun the largest and
most important Of the irr cation works
ard plans, are being completed for works
wien mi, NH utilize the funds now ava l.
able; The operations are being carried
on by the reclamation service. corns
OF engineers selected through ~
| i've CIVIL service examinations. This
corps includes experienced consulting
I and constructing engineers as wei, as
various experts In mechanical and legal
matters, and is composed largely Of men
VINO nave spent most Of their lives in