Milford chronicle., 1906-09-28
ASKS CONGRESS
BE SUPPORTED
President Says Change in House
Would Bring Confusion.
GIVES HIS VIEW ON TARIFF

New York. Aug. 21.-A letter writer
bv President Roosevelt to Congressman
lanes f. Watson, of Rushville, Ind.
was made public through the Republl
/ ran congressional campaign committee
In it the president reviews and ap
proves the work OF the present con
gress and declares;
"To change the leadership and or
aanization OF the house at this time
means TO bring confusion upon thos'
who have successfully engaged in th'
steady working out of a great and com
prehensive scheme for the bettermen
of our social and civic conditions.
The president also declared that suci
q change would result in hurtfGl os'
cillation between the extreme radlca
and the extreme reactionary. Tht
Dresident said also he hopes the pres
emf congress will enact laws prohibit
ing political contributions by corpora
tions. lowering the duties on imporu
from the Philippines and limiting tm
number of hours for railway employees
OF the tarin Mr. Roosevelt Tys: I'VE
stand nm aquivocaly for a protective
tariff. and we feel that the phenomena
industrial prosperity which we are nov
eniovine t. net Iiehuy 10 be joopar
died. for IL w, 90 to the last degree
foolish TO se.ua h, and there a small
benefit al the cost OF general business
1onrsssion But whenever a given rate
Dr. schedule becomes evidently disad.
,9riaea6is TO the nation. because o.
.to changes which go on from year Il
.sa~ I'm agr conditions. and where 1t
feasible 10 Change this rate or zehedu'
vtto1t too much dis.0.ation OF the
..,r ID will ba done, while a gen
r.f revision OF the rates and scheu
,,u be undertaken whenever
! ... N srnr.r TO the sober business sen7'
oYr naoule that on the whole im
q. motifs TO be- derived from maNihs
-.b .bauqas will outweigh the di5
.9,artaaes. that is, when the Revision
m d, more good than harm Lel ms
add ore word Of caution, however. NJ
-..g.tioo nf revising the tariff stanu'
,,bor1v apart from the question o
Ioali,o with the so-callod trusts -
not is with the control of monopohe'
.n1 with the supervision OF srea
w,alth in business. especially IN cor
rorate form. The only way in WhlcI
r. is nossibla TO deal with those trust
and monopolies and this great corpoI
o+e wealth is by action along the I'm
of the laws enacted by the presen
congress- and its immediate predece'
SONS The cry that the problem can
met nv any changes in the tarin repre-
' s.rts an effort TO divert the public al
tentiou from the only method OIL Tar
ing effective action.
Mr. Roo Welt then enters on r.
view of the work Of the congress an
" tho important measures passed by
= measures which he declares are impo
tant not in a partisan sense. but a
D. ir,nortant because they subserVe u
welfare of the people as a whole
'I The interests banded together to o
" nose the Panama canal says tAe l'
fer are numerous and bitter, and mo
-H of Them with peculiarly sinister ba
DC is for their opposition. Had congre
boen either timid or corrupt and II
e." NOT the leaders of congress shown I
~ most far-sighted resolution in the mi
-, ~ ter. the work of building the car
W would never have been begun or II
eun would not have halted.
.'n President Roosevelt reviews and
,.o proves the measures taken to sect
ta certain rights to wage workers, ine!'
"S ing fhe employers liability law and
eight-hour law. He announces that
additional legislation is needed to mf
the eight-hour law effective he will
T., for it and also that next year he v
ask congress to put in permanent 70
., his regulations for securing SaulrC
H. half holidays for wage earners un
~ the government during the sum-
a., months. I'VE will do everything,
49, saws. that can be done to further
,-5 interests of the farmer and the W
Wv worker and this declaration is sub.
w. to only one reservation, which is
,no for no man and no body of men
'll we do anything that is wrong
-er Killed BY Jump From Carriage
ion Reading. Pa, Aug 21.-While Stu
OF Garrett. aged II. was out driving "
two friends near Kleinfeltersville I
ian collided with another buggy. n
der Garrett jumped and was Killed.