Mexico Missouri message., 1907-12-12
REFORMS NEEDED nv THE MA
TON ARE OUTLINED IN PREsl.
DENTS RECOMMENDATIONS.
STRONGER ARMY AND NAVY
Would Strengthen Trust Laws-Reo.
ommends Postal Savings Bank
Asks for Campaign Fund for
Great Political Parties.

Roosevelt's purpose in again insisting
upon the consideration OF what has
been denominated Roosevelt poli-
cies," that doubt has been dIspelled.
The Presidents message. read to the
members OF the Senate and House at
noon Tuesday. makes II apparent to
the most obtuse that the fight to the
end is to be along the lines OF legis-
iation previously marked out by the
President.
Considered concisely, the subject.
matter In its most important partlcu-
lars is message of reiteratlon. Much
OF the legislation urged upon Congress
is along lines previously advanced.
either in former messages OF in the
Presidents public addresses.
The message in brief says:
Nations Great Resources.
No nation has greater resources
than ours, and think Il can be truth
fully said that the citizens OF no ma
ton possess greater energy and indus
trial ability. In no nation are the fun.
damental business conditions sounder
than in ours at this very moment.
Moreover. as n rule. the business of
our people is conducted with honesty
and probity. and this applies alike to
farms and factories. to railroads and
banks, to all our legitimate CONNER.
cial enterprises.
There is constantly growing feel
Ing among our people that our sys-
tenn OF revenue legislation must be re.
yised.
The country Is definitely committed
to the protective system. and any eff
fort to uproot II could not but cause
widespread Industrial disaster.
The two great evils In the execu-
ton of our criminal laws today are
sentimentallty and technically.
Federal inspection Of Railroads.
The loss OF life and limb from rails
road accidents In this country has be.
come appalling. Il is a subject OF
which the national government should
take supervision. It might be well to
begin by providing for a federal In
spection OF interstate railroads.
The general introduction OF the
eight-hour day should be the goal to-
ward which we should steadily tend.
renew my previous recommenda-
ton that the Congress favorably con.
slider the matter OF creating the ma
chinery for compulsory investigation
of such industrial controversies as are
OF sufficient magnitude TO warrant fed.
eral action.
There should now be either q ma
tIonal incorporation act or a law II.
censing railway companies to engage
in interstate commerce under certain
conditions.
The Sherman antitrust law should
be SO amended as to forbid enly the
kind OF combination which does harm
70 the general public.
No legislation can by any possibii-
Ity guarantee the business community
against the results Of speculative folly
any more than Il can guarantee an in.
dIviduaI against the results Of his ex.
travagance.
Woman and Child Labor
No question growing out Of our rap
i'd and complex industrial develop
ment is more important than that Of
the employment OF women and chill
dren. The presence Of women in In
dustry reacts upon the character of
the home. The conditions surround
ing the employment OF children bear
a vital relation to our future citizen.
ship.
The repeal Of the duty on wood pulp
should II possible be accompanied by
an agreement with Canada that shero
shall be no export duty on Canadian
pulp wood.
The chief engineer and all his pro-
fessloHal associates are firmly con-
WINGED that the s5-foot level Pannma
canal which they are constructing Is
the best that could be devised.
Postal Savings Bank.
I recommend postal savings bank
system. further commend az eKten.
sion OF the parcels post, especially on
the ruras rontae.
Oklahoma's future Is assured by her
great natural resources The duty OF
the national government 10 guard the
rights OF the Indians within her Dor
ders romans, OF course, unchanged
Provide Campaign Funds.
The need for collecting large cam
paign funds would vanish u Congress
provided an appropriation Tor the prop.
or and legitimate expenses 81 each Of /