The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1905-12-08

that he is not hostile to them. He
gives the railroads credit for what
they have done.
The theory Of Chancellor Andrews,
that we should admire those who make
n success of life and who, by honest
methods, accumulate wealth which
will do good to society at large, is
upheld by the president, who speaks
well against any hatred OF the rich, or
hatred of any other class.
Enormous death lists in railway ac
cidents in the past year, due to lack
of safety appliances and to overworli
of railway employees, cause the presi.
dent to speak a timely word in favor
of more government inspection of the
block systems and of shorter hours of
railway employees as an obligation to
the public whose lives are imperiled
when these men are overworked into
stupidity, as was the case down in
Missouri last spring when twenty-one
were killed.
The president advses-and his ad
vice is good-that laborers and EN-
ployers should get together and talk
over their problems rather than as.
| sumo an attitude of hatred He EN-.
phasi2es the fact that the public has
an interest in the labor question be-
cause the public is affected and that
the rights of the public must be pre-
served. He says the labor problem is
intricate and difficult, but that there
shall be square deal for all and that
all must obey the laws. He discourag-
es the spirit which prompts workmen
to hate their employers because the
employers make money, for, he says,
the benefit is far reaching, and ex-
tends to the workmen as well as EN-.
ployers. And labor disturbances but
serve to set back the whole procession
that much.
Tariff revision on all articles from
the Philippines to this country except
ing sugar and tobacco, is urged by the
message, and even on these articles,
the president would cut down the
tariff to one-fourth it's present size in
1909.
Regarding the Panama canal pro.
ject, the president assures the people
that the work will be pushed rapidly.
He hopes to soon lay before congress
the findings of the advisory board
whom he has chosen to investigate the
advisability of making the canal one
with single sealevel lock or with many
locks. The assurance that the canal
will speedily go through is satisfying.
While Chinese coolies-cheap labor.
ers who do not help the country
should be kept out rigidly, Mr.. Roose-
welt would favor admitting decent Chi.
nese, such as doctors, professional
men and students, just the same as
those from other nations, and this
perhaps is theoretically right, though
no doubt there will arise a puzzle as
to just where to draw the line. And
while he is on that subject, it might
be suggested that those immigrants
| from other nations who tend to cheap.
en- labor and whose ways of living are
not good, ought as well to be excluded
The cattle grazing land in Nebraska,
and particularly in the neighborhool
of O'Neill and Holt county, comes in
for some of the presidents attention.
He speaks of the 640-acre homesteads
and of the plans to spread them into
other states. He thinks that even GAO
acres of some of the arid land are not
enough to support family and that
inasmuch as fraud is likely to deyelop
through such large tracts, the govern.
ment should keep an eye on the lands
and the plan should not be hastily
spread.
Insurance scandals are mentioned
and it is urged that the government be
given supervision over interstate in.
surance.
On the whole, the message is one
of the most exhaustive, complete and
clear cut that has been presented to
congress in an ordinary year.
ATcHIsoN GLOBE SIGHTS.