Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-08-21
PRESIDENTS POLICY
Roosevelt Writes Letter For
 Congressional Campaign.
PRAISES THE PROTECTIVE TARIFF.
Wants Laws Passed Prohibiting Po- litical Gifts From Corporations and Lowering Duties on
 Goods From Philippines.


 NEW YORK, Aug. 21.-Ale letter written by President Roosevelt to Congressman James E. Watson of Nashville. Ind, reviewing and approving of the work of the present congress and declaring ito change the leadership and organi- xation of the house at this time means to bring confusion upon those who have successfully engaged In the steady working out of a great and compre- hensive scheme for the betterment of our social and civic conditions" was made public.
 The president also declared that such a change would result in hurt full oscillation between the extreme radical and the extreme reactionary. The president said also that he hopes the present congress will enact laws prohibiting political contributions by corporations. lowering the duties on imports from the Philippines and limit Ing the number of hours for railway employees.
 Of the tariff MT. Roosevelt says: "We stand unequivocally for protec- tive tariff, and we feel that the phe- nomenal industrial prosperity which we are now enjoying is not lightly to be jeopardised, for it would be to the last degree foolish to secure here and there a small benefit at the cost of gen. eral business depression.
 But whenever a given rate or sched- ule becomes evidently disadvantageous to the nation, because of the changes Shich go on from year to year in our condition. and where it is feasible to chans, this rate or schedule without too much dislocation of the system, it will be done: while general revision of the rates and schedules will be undertaken whenever it shall appear to the sober business sense of our people that on the whole the benefits to be derived from making such changes will outweigh the disadvantages; that is. when the re- vision will do more good than harm.
 Let me add one word of caution. however. The question of revising the tariff stands wholly apart from the question of dealing with the SO called trusts-that is. with the control of mo- nopolies and with the supervision of great wealth in business. especially in corporate form. The only way in which it is possible tc deal with those trusts and monopolies and this great corporate wealth Is by action along the line of the laws enacted by the present congress and is immediate predecessors. The cry that the problem can be met by any changes in the tariff represents. wheth- CT consciously or unconsciOusiy. an ef- fort to divert the public attention from the only method of taking effective ac- ton
 Tn speaking of the Panama canal Mir. Roosevelt says:
 Tn affairs outside of our own coun- try our great work has been begin ming to dig the Panama canal The acquisition of the canal strip was due to the initiative of congress. and the fact that the work thereon is now be ing done in the most thorough and satisfactory fashion Is due to the ae- fiOn of the present congress at the session just closed Only this action rradered the work possible and the hearrie<t acknowledgements are due to the fzrseeing patriotism of those who thus made 1t possible
 The digging of the Panama canal n the coIos,sl engineering feat of an