The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1906-12-12
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Summary of President Roose'
velt's Message to Congress.
FLAYS THE TRUST.

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Pleads for Army ard Navy
as Best Agency for Peace.
O.her Suggestions.
The nessags Of President Roose'
vslt read before the second ssssion Of
the Fifsy.ninthsscongress, consists OF
nearly 1000 words.
Only twenty h7s words are devoted
70 the Panama canal. a special mes.
ssge will be sent congress later deal,
ing witn this most absorbing ques.
ton.
For che first time In many years
slle message desls more with the past
than the future. 4 feature Of the
message is the s;mpl:dsd form OF spell
ing and is one OF the first ofdsial 6oc.
unents given to the public since shis
abbreviated method Was adopted.
His first recommendation is that
in furure inexorsble laws be enected
prohibiting corporations from contrib
uttng to political campaigns.
The sscsrd paragraph Of the mes.
sage deals With the governments right
OF appeal in criminal cases and embod.
ies an earnest plea for such laws as will
give the government this privilege.
The practice Of setting aside judg.
nen5s and granting new titles Is Wig
orouslv CONDEMNED by the presldsns.
The president contends that the
Sjghs OF Injunction In labor cases
should be ahoi;sed and he declares 1t
and instrument which is ssVsgely
abused In many instances.
The duties, as well as the good
opportunities, Of judges are discussed
in detail and the president makes an
especial plea for a higher and more
effective jadicsry throughout the
country.
L7nching is condemned in the
most emphatic language and the race
riot In Atlanta is pointed to as one OF
the evil results of race passion.
AS a remedy for race hatred and
preventive for lynohing the president
points to esrlyschool training and
manual education OF both races.
Capital and labor are discussed at
great length, with renedlss suggest
ed and moral lessons pointed out
The message declaIes that much OF
the friction between the employer
ind the enploye is the result Of tbs
work Of the demagogue and urges
shat the two classes get on batter
terms OF acqaaintaneship.
The eight hour Law is approved In
the United States, but shown to be
very undesirable in Panama, where
the conditions and men are totally
different.
The labor OF women and children
IN sweatshogs and factories is scored
and bstter and more stringent laws
against it urged.
The liability of the employer is
given especial attention by the presi-
dent and pertinent suggestions made
IN reference to who shall shsre the
responsibility for accident to the en-
ploye.
The president believes prompt and
searching inquiries should always be
nads in disputes between capital and
!a5or, and arbitration employed
wherever possible.
Taa president insists that coal
lands, still owned by the government,
should be held snd leased to miners
on q royalty basis.
Several pages Of the message are
devoted to q review Of the term COZ.
poration, the general sfects OF trusts
an6 the legislation already inaugural
ed to permit the possibility OF COM
pstition.
The messages endorse the inheri-
aancs taz and approves the tax on in
comes. The president states that
the rich man is under a peculiar obi.
Cation to tae government for pro-
5ection which the poor man does not
owe.
Technical aud industrial training
srs urged as the best foundation for
the young man and the young woman
to build for the future. The ttller
Of the soil, the mechanic and all
oshsrs who earn their bread by the
sssst Of their brow are given earnest
advice.
Irrigation and forest preserVations
are briefly mentioned.
The president cordially endorses the
movement to build memorial am
paitheatre at Arlington tor use OF
5oe Grand Army Of the Republic on
memorial days.
Tee president calls especial atten.
,io1 20 need Of national laws relating
20 marriage and divorces. Race sui,
oids, from 3 Rcosevelttan point OF
view is given particular attention III
the message.
The president urges that more en-
cOuragemsnt be given American ship
ping tnat better wafer mail routes be
established and faster and larger shtrs
be put into service for the conntry's
commerce.
Currency reform is urged and she
past Quotations IN loan money review
cd, with several suggestions for nat
| :onal bank issues.
a lower tariff OF else free trade In
Philippine products is strongly urg.
ed, With tbs declaration that all is
veil in the orientsl possessions and
peace almost secured.
Tba message !nsists that American
citizenship shoule be conferred upon
the citizens Of Porte Rico and the ex
peases OF the federal SQUIRT Of Porto
Rico should be borne by the United
Ststea government.
It is stated that tho administIa.
tion OF tbs affairs Of the Philippines,
Hawaii, Porto Rico and othef insulal
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