The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1905-12-06
THE PRESIDENTS MESSAGE.
Sc Deals With a Variety Of Subjects
But Dodges the Tariff.

s Deals With Variety of Subjects
But Dodges the Tariff.
washington, December 5.-At 20
rninures before noon today Assistant
secretaryto the President Barnes, ac-
companied by Executive Clerk Young
and a messenger left the White HOUSE
10 carriages for the capitol, takins
ith them printed copies of the Pres
ident's message to congress to be reao
knom the rostrum in the senate ana
house and distributed among the
members
The reading of the Presidents mes
sage in the house began at 1928
eight minutes later than in the senate
# will consume three hours in read
ing.
The following extracts cover the
most salient points Of the message:
To the Senate and House Of Repre-
sentatiyes::
The people Of this country continue
TO enjoy great prosperity. UndouDt-
ediy there will be ebb and flow in such
prosperity and this ebb and flow Will
be felt more or less by all members
ST the community, both -by the deserv-
ing and the undeserving. Against the
wrath OF the Lord. the wisdom OF man
81 can not avail; in times of food or
drought human idgenuity can but
81 paxtialsy repair the disaster, = gen
eral failure of crops would hprt all OF
as. Again, if the folly of man mars
the general well-being, then those
who are innocent Of the folly viii
have to pay part of the penalty IN
Cured by those who are guilty Of the
&folfy. A panic brought on ny
the speculative folly Of part Of the
business community would hurt the
whole business community. But such
stoppage of welfare, though it might
he severe, would not be lasting. Ii
the long run the one vital factor I!
kthe permanent prosperity of the coun-
frv is the high individual character
Of the average American worker, the
average American citizen, no matter
whether his work be mental or man
ual, whether he, be farmer Or wage
s worker, business man or professional
( man.
In our industrial and social system
the interests of all men are so closely
intertwined that in the immense ma
iority of cases straight dealing mar
y who by his efficiency, by his ingenuity
and Industry, benefits himself mus
Eaalso benefit others. Normally th<
man OF great productive capacity WI
becomes rich by guiding the labor o
many other men does so by enabling
S. them to produce more than they coui>
produce without his guidance; an'
both he and they share in the benefit
which comes also to the bpblic a
Z large.
Yet, while not merely admitting
but insisting upon this. it IS also tru'
that where there is no governmental
~ restraint or supervision some OF tin
exceptional men use their enersie
not in ways that are for the com
S mon good, but in ways which tel
against this common good. The for
y. times amassed through corporate OF
sanitation are now so large. and YES
such power in those that Weld then
IS to make it q matter of necessity /
give to the sovereign-that is. to III
aeEgovernmer.s. which represents the peo
pie as Wholesome effective powS
Of supervision over their corporal
use. In order to insure a healthy SO
cial and industrial life, every big cor
poration should be held respon
sible by, and be accountable t.
&some sovereign strong enough to cor
troll it's conduct. / am not opposed t
corporations. The corporation ha
6 come to stay, just as the trade unio
has come to stay. Each can do an
has done great good. Each should
favored so long as it does good. Blu
~ each should be sharply checked wher
1t acts against law and justice.
SO long as the finances Of the natio
are kept upon an honest basis no 9th
er question Of internal economy Wit
- (which the congress has the power
s deal begins to approach in importanc
q the matter of endeavoring to secug
proper industrial conditions und-
which the individuals-and espet
q Tally the great corporations-doing q
interstate business are to act. Th
makers of our national constitutio
8 o.1oo;ol11- that the rep11!9