The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-11-18
President Would Tax Unduly Larg
 Inheritanees.
curbing the Corporations win Recon mend Law Providing Federal Pre- ervision-sEay Suggest Amend msht to constitutiOn to Per-
 init Uniform Laws to
 curtaiI Divorce.
Mashldgton Herald.


 virtualy completed the message he will send to Congress next month. Dur ing the integval between his return to the Capital and the convening of Com gress, less than week, he will have an opportunity to mako some changes, but for the most part 1t Is now in the form in which 1t will go to the law makers.
 The message this year will rank in Importance with others which Mir. Roosevelt has transmitted during his incumbency, and 1t fs possible for The Post to give q forecast of its principal | features
 Without doubt the most vital recom- | mendation relates to the necessity nf formulating a method of regulating the growth of great fortunes in this cour- | try.
 The President will urge Congress to devise a scheme or progressive taxa I tion on ali fortunes beyond certain Eamounts either given In fife or devised Tor beaueathed upon death to anv tn- dividual He believes the common
 veal for swollen estates to pass from generation to generation. and he would
 like to see a tax so framed as to put
 1t out of the power Of the owner of one Of thaae fortunes to hand down
 more than certain portion to any one individual
 l H@M Had Judicial Advice. He is convinced that Congress pos-
 sesses the constitutional authority to
 impose such tax. and tis opinion Ia
 based upon the judgment Of some of
 the best lawyers and jurists in the
 country. He will suggest that such a
 method of taxation be made to eppls
 merely to the inheAitance or transmst-
 sion of fortunes which have reached
 an unhealthy limit
 | enNoua fin xS a rare ~sxfI1 hn raa- ommendation for an enactment giving the Federal government supervisory authority over corporations engaged in interstate commerce. It is not his purpose to furnish specifications as to tthe manner In whinh this power should be exercised. whether by Federal IT. Icense or otherwise. but he will insist that 1t is of paramount importance that the government be vested with such authority, in order to deal effec- lively with the far-reaching evils of Iovercapitalization
 | He will point out that such legisla- tion should be the first step in the d. lrection of a policy of superintendenee and control over corporate wealth en- gagged in interstate commerce. but will explain that such supervision is not to be exercised in spirit of malevol- ence toward the men who have created weolth, but with the purpose both to do justice to them and 10 see that they in turn do justice to the public at Large. The President is much in ear- nest in this matter as Congress and the country will realise when they read his message.
 Remedy for Divorce Evil.
 subject heretofore not mentioned in Executive messages, but which has been agitating the country for many years, wartellib te lu years, will be treated, and that is the question of divorce. It need not be stated. perhaps, that the President aas. sturdy views upon the necessity or preserving wholesome social conditions. In the United States as . means of safeguarding and perpetuating our na- tional institutions. He regards the ever-increasing number of divorces as a menace, and hopes to see a remedy devised which will reduce the vii to a minimum. 1t is undersGood that he will call the attention of Congress to the necessity of legislation which will, be corrective in it's character. and unless he changes his mind about 1t after fiis return from Panama. he will Suggest that1f 1t is necessary as a pre1itnfhAry, the Federal Consultation be amended so as to enable Congress to pass pp.- form laws on divorce. The matter has come up In Congress in this form be- fore. exRepresentative Robert W. Tayier, of Ohio. having offered a reso- iution In the House a few years ago pav.- g the way for such a constitutions al amendment.
 The attention of Congress will be called to the desirability of tho pass age of a law providing for the publi- e. of expenditures made by political committees during national and Con- gressional campaigns. The President made a strong recommendation for such legislation last year. and ais forthcoming message will deal with it again in a forceful way, He will state that the law should require the publi- cation not ohly-of the expend lures for nomination and elections of all candi- dates, but also of all contributions re- eeived He will a1qo renew his recom- mendation that contributions by corpo- ratious to any political committee or for any political purpose be forbid den, and that directors should not be allowed to use stockholders money for such purposes.
 He will also urge that an inhibition be placed upon the use of money in connection with any legislation save by the appointment of counsel in a pr manner for distinctly legal ser vices. The Senate at it's last session passed a bill reported by Senator For aker, of Ohio from the Committee on Privileges and Elections, prohibiting corporate contributions to political committees or candidates for Federal office, but both the Republican and Democratic parties saw to 1t that the measure was pigeon-holed when 1t reached the House, because a Congress sional campaign was about to begin. E Safety On Railroads.
 T.e message will contain recommen- datlons designed to benefit the multi tude of railroad employees in the United States and urOua0fe tha aofafv of passengers. The President will urge legislation requiring the use of block signals upon railroads engaged in in- terstate commerce. He wil also ad- wise an effective inspection service, so as Co reduce the number of collisions Accidents on the railroads are occur ring with greater frequency than ever before, while the number of killed and Injured is increasing constantly. Be- fore he left for the isthmus the Presi- dent was requested to recommend the passage of an eight-hour. law for all railroad employees, and 1t is believed he will do so. This, however, Is not known definitely at this time. The power of Congress to fix the hours of railroad employees is not doubted, as tho rate law enacted at the last ses- sion would indicate.
 Would CurtRu Immigration.
 Immigration will furnish the sub jeet of another strong recommenda- ton. The President has made a care ful study Of this question, and come to the conclusion that certain reg ions of Europe ar esending an unde- sirabIe class of immigrants to the Uni- ted States. He wants the existing laws made more strlngentySo as to exclude such foreigners It Twas his intention to sneclfy the particular elements of European population which he thinks