The St. Lucie County tribune. (Fort Pierce, St. Lucie County, Fla.) 1905-1920, 1905-12-08

early and exhaustive consideration OF
this question, to see whether II Is nov
possible to furnish better safeguards
than the several states have been ablc
10 furnish against corruption or the
Migrant kind which has been exposed
II has been only too clearly shown
that certain Of the men at the heau oi
these large corporations take but slhall
note Of the ethical distinction between
honesty and dishonesty, They draw
the line only this side Of what may be
called law honesty, the kind or honesty
necessary In order to avoid railing INT"
thp clutches Of the law. or course the
only complete remedy for this cohdl
ton must I've found In an aroused pun
llc conscience, II higher SENSE or etlical
conduct IN the community ut large ana
especially among business men ana ~
the great profession of the law, ana ID
the growth VI II spirit which cohdehihs
all dishonesty, whether In rich man OF
IN poor man. whether 1t takes the shape
of bribery or Of blackmail But lhucll
can be- done By legislation which II no.
only drastic, but practical, There Is
nrr, Of far strcter and more UNI
form regulation of the vast insurance
interests Of this country. The United
states should In this respect follow III"
poicy Of other nations 10y providing
adequate national supervision OF com
mcrtul interests which are clearly IN
tonal in character.
repeat my previous reco'nm"hda
ton that the congress should consider
whether the federal government has
any power or owes any duty win re-
Spect 10 domestic transactions In III
surnnce OF an interstate character,
That state supervision has proved In
adequate is generally conceded.
The Revenues.
There IL more need or stability than
OF the attempt To attain all Ideal per
lection In the methods OF raising rev
pnue, and the shock and strain 10 the
business world certain to attend any
serious change In these methods rem
der such change lnadvisable unless for
grave reason. 1t IL not possible To lay
down any general rule 10y which to de
termine the moment when the reasons
for will outweigh the reasons against
such change. No change can be
made on lines beneficial to or desired
10y one section or one state only. There
must be- something like general agree
mcnt among the citizens Of the several
states that the change Is needed and
desired IN the Interest Of the people as II
whole, and there should then he Il sin
ctrr, Intelligent and disinterested ef
fort to make II In such shape as will
combine, 50 far rs possible the maxi
mum OF good to the people at large
with the minimum OF necessary disrc
gard for the special interests Of local.
ties or CLASSES, but In time Of peace
the revenue must ON the average,
taking Il series Of years together, equal
the expenditures or else the revenues
must be Increased. Last year there
was Il deicit. Unless our expenditures
can he kept within the revenues then
our revenue laws must be readj usted
II is impossible u outline what shape
such a REIMBURSEMENT should take, for
II Is as yet too y" ~ '"07
there will be need fol- I,
considered whether II Is not desiraUlc
applying as against or IN favor Of any
other nation maximum and minimum
tariff rates established by the congress,
So as to secure a certain reciprocity OF
treatment between other nations and
ourselves.
Economy In Expenditures.
! earnestly recommend to the con.
gress the need Of economy and, t. thi>
end, Of IL rigid scrutiny Of appropria.
lions. All unnecessary Offices should
be- abolished. In the public printing
also Il large saving OF money can be
made. There Is n constantly growing
tendency To publish masses Of unim,
pOrtant information at which no human
being ever looks.
Yet. in speaking Of economy must
in nowise be understood as advocating
the false economy which Is In the end
the worst extravaganza. To cut down
IN the navy would be crime against
the nation, TO fail to push forward all
work on the Panama canal would be
as great folly.
Currency.
Every consideration Of prudence de.
mands the addition Of the element OF