The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1906-12-06

| BNi " HttIC thhihk
has produced an unprecedented. q hither-
TO unheard of Dumber-of voluntary re-
ductions in freights and fares by the ran.
roads. There will ultimately be need OF
| charging the powers of the interstate
commerce commission SO as to give ~
larger and more efficient control over the
railroads. In some ethod. whether 10y a
national license law or IN other fashion.
we must exercise, and that at an early
date a far more complete control IMAM
at present over these great corporations
IA control that will tend to put a stop
10 the securing of inordinate profts by
favored individuals at the expense wheth
er of the general public, the stockholders
or the wageworkers,
"The best way to avert the very unde-
sirable move for government ownership
of railways is TO secure by the govern
ment. on behalf Of the people as a whole;
such adequate control and regulation OF
the great interstate common carriers ds
will do away with the evils which give
rise TO the agitation against them.
ton of capital, Ike comDlna-
ton of labor. is a necessary element OF
our present industrial system. 1t Is NOT
possible completely TO prevent II. and, III
1t were possible. such complete prevention
What we need liz not vainly to try TO pre-
vent all combinations but to secure such
rigorous and adequate control and super.
vision OF the combinations as TO prevent
their inuring the public"
TIE president urgently recommends ths
enactment of a graduated inheritance TAX
ana, III DOSSlDle, II kTduudltu -.
The man of great wealth owes a peculiar
obligation to the state and should assume
his proper share OF the burden OF TAXA
ton.
THE only other persons whose welfare
Is as vital to the welfare of the whole
country as is the welfare of the wage
workers are the tillers of the SOIL, me
farmers, There is no longer any Iallure
to realize that farming. at least IN Ger,
tain branches, must become a technlcal
and scientific profession. This means
that there must be open to farmers tne
chance for technical and scientltlc tram
ing. not theoretical merely, but OF tne
most severely practical type. The farmer
represents a peculiarly .high type OF
American citizenship. and he must nave
the same chance to rise and develop as
other American citizens nave.
While in the long run voluntary Ell
fort will prove more efficacious than gov
mt assistance, while the farmers
must promarilv do most for themselves
vet the government can also do micn.
The department OF agriculture mas broken
new ground in many directions, and year
by year ii finds how it can improve ITS
methods and develop fresh usefulness.
Its constant effort is to give the govern
mental assistance i'm the most effective
way: that is, through association or
farmers rather than to or through mol
vidual farmers. II is also striving TO co.
ordinate its work with the agricultural
departments of the several states, and.
so far as its own work is educational. 10
coordinate il with the work of other ed
vocational authorities
No government policy for the better
ment OF our internal conditions has been
more fruitful OF good than the policy OK
irrigation and forest preservation.
In the Judgment of the president the
whole subject of marriage and divorce
should be relegated to the authority OF
congress-.
The passage Of a law to encourage the
development OF American shipping Is
again urged.
The president declares that our cur
rency system Is seriously defective and
that there is need of a change. No es-
pecial plan is pressed, but the president
emphasizes the necessity for careful con-
sideration of the subject by congress.
The president expressed the hope thar
the bill to provide a lower tariff for or
absolute free trade in Philippine products
will become a law. No harm VIII come
to any American industry he says,
land. while there will be some small but
real material benefit to the Ftlipinos. the
main benefit will come by the showing
made as to our purpose TO do all In our
power for their welfare
American citizenship for the citizens OF
Porto Rico is recommended.
The president declares that there must
be a complete reorganization OF the gov
ernmental system of Alaska.
The attitude Of hostility here and there
assume toward the Japanese In this
country comes in for a large share OF the
presidents attention. He SAYS: This
hostility is sporadic and is limited to a
very few places. Nevertheless. it is most
discreditable to us as a people and II may
be fraught with graVest consequences TO
us as a nation.
'The japanese have won in a single
generation the right TO stand abreast OF
the foremost and enlightened people OF
Europe and America: they have won on
their own merits and by their own exer-
tions the right TO treatment on a basis or
full and frank equality. The oyerwhelm-
ing mass OF our people cherish a lively
regard and respect for the people OF
Japan. and in almost every quarter OF the
Union the stranger from Japan is treated
as he deserves: that Is. he is treated as
the stranger from any part or civilized
Europe is and deserves to be treated.
But here aud there a most unworthy feel
ing has manifested itself toward the jap
anese-the feeling that has been shown in
shutting them out from the common
schools in San Francisco and In mutter-
iags against them in one or two places
because Of their efficiency as workers.
To shut them out from the public schools
is a wicked absurdity. We have as much
to learn from japan as Japan has to learn
from us. and no nation is hit to teach I'M
less il is also willing to learn"
The president recommends the passage
of an act providing for the naturaliZa-
ton of Japanese who come here intending
TO become American citizens. He also
recommends that the civil and criminal
statutes be so amended as TO enable the
president, acting for the United States
government. which is responsible in our
International relations, to enforce \ the
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The president enters into an extended
EXPLANATION of the causes which com
PEELED American Intervention in Cuba. He
declares that when the election has been
held and the new government inaugural
q in peaceful and orderly feshion the pro-
visional government will come to an end.
The work Of the International %corfer-
ence of American republics, held at Rio
de Janeiro. Is dwell upon at length The
president says that many matters of i'm
%portance relating to the extension of
trade. the Increase of communications,
the smoothing away of barriers to free
intercourse and the promotion of a hst-
ter knowledge and good understanding
between the countries REPRESENTED were
discussed and the conclusions formulated
in a series of resolutions which will be
presented to congress. He points to the
cordiality with which Secretary Root was
received in the different countries which
he visited as evidence OF the strong
friendship existing between the United
States and it's ~neighbors to the south.
The president promises to report later
at length on the whole subject of the
Panama canal.
I'VE should as n nation 10 everything
in our power for tte cause Of honorable
peace. 1t Is morally as indefensihle for
a nation TO commit a wrong upon another
nation. strong or weak. as for an indi-
vidaal thus To wrong his fellows. We
should do all In our power to hasten the
day when there shall be peace among the
nations5a peace based upon justice and
not upon cowardly submission to wrong.
THE United States navy is the surest