The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1906-12-07

period the mere taking effect of the law
! las produced unprecedented, q h!tliel-
1 to unheard OF numbered voluntary re-
! auctions in frciehts and fares by the RAJ.
roads. 'fnere will ultimately he heca u
| enlarging the powers OF the interstate
| cofaftcrec commission so as to give 1T
/ larger and more efficient control over me
railroads In some II ethod whether ny d
] national license law or in other 1ashioiii,
! we must exercise, and that at an carry
| date a far more complete control than
| at present over these great corporations
| "a control that will tend to put STOP
to the securing of nordinate profits by
favored individuals at the expense wheth-
| er ot the general public, the stockholders
| or the WageWorkerS.
1.-The best way to avert the very unde-
srabe 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
tn great interstate common carriers as
! will DO away with the evils when give
| rise to the agitation against them.
Combination of capital. like comblna.
| ton of labor is a necessary element OF
our present industrial system. 1t is not
possible completely to prevent it. and II
/ it were possible such complete preNenilon
would do damage to the body pailtlc'
| What need is not vainly to try to pre-
Vent all combinations, but to secure such
rigorous and adequate control and super.
vision of the combinations as to prevent
their inuring the public"
TIE president urgently recommends the
enactment of a graduated inheritance lax
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, the
farmers. There is no longer any failure
to realize that farming. at least In Ger,
tain branches, must become technical
ov, cot Csin
that there must be open to farmers me
chance for technical and scientific train
ing. not theoretical merely, but OF tho
most severely practical type. The farmer
represents a peculiarly high type OF
American citizenship, and he must have
the same chance to rise, and develop as
other American citizens have.
While in the long run voluntary Ell
fort will prove more efticacious than gov
eminent assistance, while the farmers
must promarilv do most for themselves.
vet the government can also do much.
The department of agriculture has broken
new ground in many directions. and year
methods and develop fresh usefulness.
Its constant effort is to give the govern
mental assistance in the most effective
farmers rather than to through indi-
vdual farmers. Ii is also striving to CO.
ordinate it's work with the agricultural
departments of the several states. and,
so far as its own work is educational to
coordinate it with the work of other ed
ucational authorities"
No government policy for the better
ment of our internal onditionS has been
more fruitful of good than the policy OF
irrigation and forest preservation:
In the Judgment of the president the
whole subject of marriage and divorce
should be relegated TO the authority OF
congress-
The passage of law to encourage the
development OF American shipping is
again urged.
The president declares that our cur
rency system is seriously defective and
that there is need of change. No es-
pecial plan is pressed, but the president
emphasizes the necessity for careful con-
sidoraton of the subject by congress
The president expressed the hope that
tho bill to provide a lower tariff for or
absolute free trade in Philippine products
will become a law No harm will come
and, 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 OF
Porto Rico is recommended
The president declares that there must
be complete reorganiza ton of the gov
ernmental system of Alaska.
The attitude of hostility here and there
country comes in for large share of the
presidents attention. He SAYS: This
hostility is sporadic and is limited to a
very few places. Nevertheless, it is most
discreditable to us as people and it may
be fraught with gravest consequences to
us as nation.
The Japanese have won in single
generation the right to stand abreast OF
the foremost and enlightened people of
Europe and america; they have won on
their own merits and by their own exer-
full and frank equality. The overwhelu-
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
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.
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 UNI
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
recommends that the civil and criminal
statutes be so amended as to enable the
president acting ting for the United States
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 and the new government inaugurat-
d In peaceful and orderly fashion the pro-
visonai government will come to an end
The work of the international confer
ence of American republics, held at Rio
de Janero, 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 were
discussed and the conclusions formulated
in Il 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 its neighbors to the south.
The president promises to report later
at length on the whole subject of the
Panama canal.
I'VE should as a nation do everything
ill our power for the cause of honorable
peace. 1t is morally as ndefensihle for
"a nation to commit a wrong upon another
nation. strong or weak as for an indi-
vidual 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. I do not ask that we continue