Ladysmith news. [volume] (Ladysmith, Wis.) 1906-1907, 1906-12-08

roads. There Will ultimately pe Hecu ~
charging the powers of the mterState
commerce commission so as to give IL
larger and more efficient control over the
railroads. In some m ethod, whether by
national license. law or IN other Iasnlo Oh,
we must exercise, and that at an early
date, a far more complete control tnah
at present over these great corporations
"a control that will tend to put stop
to the securing of inordinate profits by
favored individuals at the expense Wnetn-
err 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 Whole:
such adequate control and regulation OF
the great interstate common carriers as
will do away with the evils which give
rise to the agitation against them.
coordination of capital, like comblna-
ton of labor. is a necessary element OF
our present industrial system. 1t Is noI
possible completely to prevent 1t, ana, IL
it were possible. such complete preventilon
would do damage to the body pnlltlc"
What we need is not Vainly to try To pre-
vent all combinations, but to secure such
rigorous and adequate control and super
vision of the combinatlo as to preVehs
their inuring the public"
TIE president urgently recommends thS
enactment of a graduated inheritance TAX
and, if possible, a graduated income tax.
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 lne
farmers. There is no longer any faIlure
to realize that farming, at least in GER
tain branches, must become tecnnlcaI
and scientific profession. This means
that there must be, open to farmers i me
chance for technical and sclentlhc tra!n-
ing not theoretical merely, but o. the
most mos 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 have.
while in the long run voluntary Ell
fort will prove more efficacious than gov
eminent assistance while the farmers
must prOmarilv do most for themselves
vet the government can also do ntllch.
The department of agriculture has hroKeLl
new ground in many directions and year
by year it finds how 1t can improve It's
methods and develop fresh usefulness
It's constant effort is to give the govern evefino
way: that is, through association OF
farmers rather than to, or through mol
vidual farmers. 1t is also striving TO CO.
ordinate it's work with the agricultural
departments of the several states, and,
so far as it's own work is educational TO
coordinate it with the work OF other ed
vocational authorities.
No government policy for the better
ment Of our internal conditions has been
more fruitful Qf good than the policy OK
II the iudgment Of the president the
whole subject Of marriage and divorce
should be relegated to the authority of
congress.
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 law. NO harm VIII come
land, while there will be some small but
real material benefit to the Fflipinos, 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 or
Porto Rico is recommended.
The president declares that there must
be a complete reorganization of the gov
ernmental system of Alaska 49,,
The attitude of hostility here and there
assumed toward the japanese IN TINS
country comes in for a large share OF the
presidents attention. He says: "Ihls
hostility is sporadic and is limited 10 a
very few places. Nevertheless, 1t IS most
discreditable to us as people and 1t may
be fraught with graVest consequences tO
us as nation.
"The Japanese have won in a single
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 basis OF
full and frank equality. The oYerWnelm-
ing mass of our people cherish 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 of civilized
Europe is and deserves to be treated.
nypf hNyf
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-
ings against them in one or two places
because of their efficiency as workers.
To shut them out from the public schools
is wicked absurdity. We have as much
to learn from Japan as Japan has to learn
from US, and no nation is fit to teach I'M
less it 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
rights OF aliens under treaties.
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 ana the new government IlduS uIdl-
d in peaceful and orderly fashion the pro-
yisional government will come to an end.
The work of the international confer
ence of American republics, held at Rio
de Janeiro. is dwelt 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 bet
ter knowledge and good understanding
between the countries represented We're
discussed and the conclusions formulated
in a series of resolutions which will be-
presented to congress. He points to the
cordially 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.
1--WE should as a. nation do everything
in our power for the cause Of honorable
peace. It is morally as indefensible for
a nation to commit wrong upon another
nation, strong or weak, as for an lndi-
yidual thus to wrong his fellows. We.
should do all in our power to hasten the
day when there shall be peace among the
nations-a peace based upon justice and
not upon cowardly submission to wrong.
'"The United States navy is the surest
guarantee OF peace which this country
possesses. do not ask that we continue"
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