Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-12-04


OF labor, the message says, is a neces-
sary element of our present Industrial
system. II cannot be prevented. but
Il should be controlled 80 that II can
do no injury to the public.
A graduated Inheritance tax and, II
possible, n graduated Income tax are
recommended, on the ground that the
man of great wealth owes peculiar
obligation TO the state
Commercial and Industrial training
In the schools is recommended as nee
essary to national development. Sew
eral paragraphs are devoted to the In
terests OF agriculture, and forestry,
and an appropriation is asked for the
erection OF a memorial amphitheater at
Arlington, as a fitting monument 10 the
soldier and sailor dead buried there.
Then the President takes up the ques-
ton OF marriage and divorce, and rec.
ommends that IL be releRated to the
authority OK Congress This, he says,
would confer on Congress the power 10
dea! radically and efficiently also with
polysamy. A Constitutional amend
nent Is recommended, to transfer the
authority to deal with all questions
relating to marriage and divorce, In
Guiding polygamy, from state govern
ments to the Federal government. In
this connection the tuesident CON
dennis In strong terms the sin OF race
suicide"
ing the development Of American
shipping, currency reform, and Ameri-
can outlying possessions. National
banks, 1t Is suggested, may be author
lied TO issue a specified proportion OF
their capital IN notes. The trouble
seems TO be now that money aceumu.
lates too rapidly some times and then
there Is a lack OF II at other times. and
a temporary Increase would remedy
this As for the Fiipinos, their
capacity for self-goyerhment VIII
be tested soon by summonlng
the first Filipino legislative assembly,
and IL they stand the test. their privi-
leges Will be increased The Porto Rice
ans the President says should be Civ
en- American citizenship, and the affairs
OF all the islands should be under the
direction Of one department, The needs
of the Hawaiian Islands and Alaska,
he adds, should be met.
The japanese question is discussed at
some length. The President emphasizes
the necessity OF being fair to all ma
lions and treating all immigrants with
justice and good Will He crlticizes the
hostile attitude assumed In some locali'
ties toward the japanese. This, he says,
Is dlscreditable TO US as a people The
wonderful progress Of Japan Is pointed
out, and our traditional friendship for
the Japanese Is illustrated. Fair treat
ment for them and all aliens Is asked
for In the name OF humanity and civil
ization. The recommendation Is fur
Their made that an act be passed pro-
ylding for the naturalization OF Japa-
nese. 1t II also recommended That the
President be empowered to protect
aliens who have rights under treaties
although 1t is believed that even IN
the absence OF special legislation, there
Is no doubt Of the power OF the Federal
government to enforce its own obliga-
tons to other nations,
AS for Cuba. a brief review OF the IN
surrection there Is offered and the as
surance In given that when govern
ment with power to keep order Is estab-
llshed, the provisional government VIII
be at an end. The United States the
President adds, wishes nothing OF cuba
except that 1t shall prosper morally and
materially, and wishes nothing OF the
Cubans save that they shall be able to
preserve order among themselves and
therefore to preserve their indepen-
dence.
After having paid due attention TO
the American congress and Secre-
tary Roots visit to the South American
republics, the Monroe doctrine, as de-
clarod by Secretary Root In an address
to the pan-American congress Is reit-
Grated.
we wish for no victories but those
Of peace; for no territory except our
own; for no sovereignty except the SOW
ereignty over ourselves We deem the
Independence and equal rights OF the
smallest and weakest member Of the
family OF nations entitled TO as much
respect as those OF the greatest en-
pire and we deem the observance of
that respect the chief guaranty OF the
strong. We neither claim nor desire
any rights or privileges or powers that
we do not freely concede to every Amer
lean republic"
This" the message says will be
the worlds formal and Anal acceptance
Of the declaration that no part of the
American continents is to be deemed
subject to colonization" The Drago
doctrine finally receives attention. This
relates to the collection of debts from
small nations, by the aid Of armed
forces.
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