The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-05-03

dustrial interests of Canada are so
bound up with those of the United
States by direct investment of Ameri-
can capital and heavy loans Of Ameri-
can credit there that the Dominion can
not escape dependence upon our mar
kets. Almost all the Industrial ms
chinery there comes from the United
States. So long as Canada continues
to establish new Industries our trade
with her must necessarily increase
without regard to tariffs.
There Is not much encouragement In
this for the reciprocity agitators.-
Minneapolis Tribune.
Who Are the sMuck Rakersf"
Many newspapers of the country are
now busy lodging the presidential de-
nunciation of the muck rakers." These
papers have posed as conservative re-
formers" and for months have been
publishing untruthful drivel of sensa-
tional writer's who have made money
by r%evlling public officials and attack
ing the integrity Of the United States
Senate. No other motive inspired the
authors of these ISLANDERS han that of
inviting publicity and receiving checks
in return. The newspapers themselves
abetted this .~scandalous enterprise by
printing journalistic rubbish sent out
from Washington and elsewhere.
The criticism of the muck rakers"
was couched in unequiyocal terms.
President Roosevelt Struck straight
from the shoulder and the blows hit
some of the very editors who have been
fawning at his feet and lauding him as
a man who could make no mistake.
Now these same papers are vowing that
they are not "muckers' but are publ
cations of spotless purity. They have
beer catering to a vicious and a danger
Gus class prejudice in order to make
money profit, utterly regardless of the
fact that what they printed was, for
the most part, a tissue of falsehood
which ruthlessly blackened regulations
and stimulated the spirit of anarchy.
Who are the "muckers" referred to
by the President? They are not the
legitimate correspondents at Washing
ton who day after day follow the pro-
ceedlngs of government and who should
know. IL anybody does. what wrongs
are being perpetrated. The ''muckers"
are notorious commercial journalists
whose writings have been published by
the so-called respectable newspapers
and magazines which are equally re-
sponsible for the deluge of stuff that
has swept over the country. These
and their writer's have at
tackled the United States Senate as
an organization of legislative bandits
bent upon public plumber aud in league
with mythical corporate interests Of
various kinds, whose tools they are.
The wholesale Indictment of the Sen
ate Is its own refutation. There are
wrongs to be righted. as pointed out by
the President. but they can be righted
without besmirching our entire system
of government. The "muckersg also
find a fertile field for their magma
lions In our financial and business sys-
TEN. Because some dishonesty was
found and made public, the ''nluckers'
spent their days and nights in con-
demning by wholesale the men who d.
rect banks and other financial organi-
cations. They disregarded the fact
that our financial system Is the best on
the globe and our financiers are the
highest types of men Of principle. hon
or. integrity and experience. 1t is not
hard to tell whom the President re-
ferred to when he raked the 'muckers,"
for as the hit dog bowls sc are the
muck" newspapers making frantic eff
forts to clear their own skirts.-Kan-
sas City Journal.
Legislative Usurpation.
Because President Roosevelt, rather
than exercise bis power of veto. chose
| to send a message to Congress lndi-
| eating how a bill could be amended to
meet his approval, he is being crit
icized for attempting to ''usurp legisla-
tive functions" His critics, who would
be sticklers for form, claim that he has
no right to thus appear to direct legis-
,ation, that he must either approve or
veto and throw the entire responsible
ity on Congress.
That position is absurd. The veto
power Is designed to be a check on
legislation. not a destroyer OF 1t. 1t Is
supposed to operate In two ways-one
by imposing extra caution on legIsla-
tors who will not deliberately invite a
veto, and will, therefore, frame their
bills to meet legal and public require
ments, the other, by lodging In the
President a final supervi sion, whereby
legislation will be subjected TO close
scrutiny as to its language and its In
tent In a way the President possess
ing the veto power becomes a co-or-
dinate branch of Congress as to all
matters Of legislation that require his
sanction. So President Roosevelt,
rather than defeat q meritorious meas
ure, merely because it contains objec-
tionable features, confers with Con-
gressmen with a view to having these
Objectionable features eliminated. IL
this be ~usurpation, 1t Is Of a kind the
people want.
A great California industry Is the
manufacture of salt from sea water. In
Alameda County 100000 tons were pro-
duced last year. Only a few years ago
the State imported all its salt. Now 1t
produces enough for its own use
which is enormous, owing to the fish
cries and packing houses-and exports
large quantities as well.
Care of the hands Is almost as i'm
p0rtant as care of the face. Nothing Is
more unsightly than hands which show
neglect; and in this respect they are a
very fair indication Of character. With
n hour a week and five minutes care
daily, any woman can have hands that
look as well as though a professional
manicure had treated them.