The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1908-12-11
WEEK IN THE WORLD
utea, Events and Movements Which
Are Making History.

eausai ~ the vital changes that have
taken Ilaee ~ our body poliilei advocates
4, nrg Lass IN ih. Interests at labor. apr
: Irals for legislation % conserve the ioir.sr
? and the soil. points the nay 10 a -rttle'
: ns.ni IL tbs inland waterway problem.
anI asks foF the strengthening 81 our war
. forccs Tho message, which contains ~
! 900 words, begins hy stating that the
financial situation al the country y en-
nellrni, The nei surplus July !, 1901, to
sept. 30, l9ls. i SO ?Siii1, Hut the cur.
r.ncy system u imperfect and should b.
strengthened, Relieving that diversified
state lavs furnish no adequate solution
IL IA. problem Of dealing With the rail
sAys aud trusts, the president strongly
urscs that the federal government alone
h. empowered 10 take action. Tie sus'
sasts the mobilization IL the sherman
antitrust lAx "a that distinction can b.
drawn hetween good and bad trusts, and
be also would give the government au'
,horiiy 60 stop improper ia.oiIiism or
,cutiye action" TIE railways, he says.
should be put completely under the con.
troll Of the interstate commcrre commits
sion. including supervision oi the issuing
II securities and tbc making II rates. lie
groups the anarchist. rarilonary and
"wpngiocr of great wealth" as equally
undesirable persons. Corporations them,
selves arr turning 90 the federal control
idea, the president aitrfns. In advocating
legislation in the interests Of labor, the |
president says there must b. prohibition |
Of child labor. diminution Of woman ia
Dor. shorter hours for all mechanical Ia. /
Dor, di-couTagement Of stock watering and /
stock gambling. progressive inheritance
tax ON large fortunes and more liberal liza
hllity laws. Five thousand woris OF the
message are devoted 10 the courts. lie
says OF judges that there Is no body Of
men whose work IL 20 valuable and who
are 50 inaiequately rewarded. lie sug
gcsts that their salaries be doubled. At
ieniion is called to decisions by courts Diet.
rimcntal 10 the rights of wage workers,
the "sacredncss Of contract Is questioned
and modification 81 the law Of inJunc-
ton is urged. President Roosevelt says
that except IN cases OF a clear violation Of
the constitution the courts should give ef'
crate judgment OF the legislature and not !
seek to defeat the will OF the people by
technicali,ies or strained constructions.
The chief breakdown OF the courts. he
says. Is ineffciency in dealing with the ,
trusts President Roosevelt again urges ,
the conservation Of the forests and the I
soils and 20 give point TO his appeal cites i
the case OF great districts Of China and ,
Central Asia TO show how by deforesta.
victim OF floods This easily might be our !.
fate. The matter of solving the inland a
waterway problem should be placed in \
the hands OF permanent commission au- !,
thorized TO coordinate the work OF all !,
government departments. The futility, !,
uselessness and cost OF the present vacil. /,
lating method is pointed out. The act OF =,
in restricting the use of the Sc w
rret service is held To be of no benefit i
except 10 criminals. The argument that
congressman do not themselves wish TO be :,
investigated by secret service men the M
president evidently does not think a good L
me, but it could be met by specific .,
amendment prohibiting the investigating NJ
II members Of the national legislature. ro
The progress in the Philippines is out So
ined and the statement is made that il h,
would be folly to grant independence TO nj
he islands until the people develop self. as
mastery. For the strengthening of our h,
var forces the president urges that pro III
notion in the army should come because al
II fitness TO command, not by reason of br
mere seniority Both infantry and arti ge
cry should be enlarged and general SER Il,
ice corps established, Every possible aid "
hould be given to the organized militia. Sa
Rife practice among schoolboys should be mo
ncouraged. For the navy four new bat m,
leships and additional destroyers and col I'm,
ers are asked. A general staff is pro- ~
osed and system of promotion by merit IN
ivored. nv
Some profits OF the business OF the hir
tandard Oil company in various parts OF phi
he country became part OF the court cit
acord in the federal suit to dissolve the or
tandard company, when John ID. Arch ser
old at New York Monday resumed the lat
and for a brief examination and Henry ho
ilford, president of the Standard Oil the
)mpany of California, testified at some JOY
myth as witness for the defense. The sur
,vernment's attorney, on figures sub INT
tilted, showed that the Continental Oil mo
,mpany, Standard Oil subsidiary con- the
I'm in the middle west, made profits of he
8 per cent on its capitalization of $780, his
70. and that the Standard Oil company IN
Indiana. on a capitalization of $1,000 dist
0. earned about $55,0O0,0OO between
90 and 1906 Counsel for the company II
cleared that the actual assets of the t,r
mpany were greater than the capitalize. cIe
on because the companies had turned sno
lck into the property large sums from II
rnings. III,
gre;
Elections took place in q Massachu- are
It's cities Tuesday, Is voting against IL befc
nse and eight for it. Although the to- plur
number of cities voting for license is acti
t changed by this result there were add
me radical changes in alignment. Those has
ting for license are Chicopee, Holyoke, will
wrence, Lowell Springfield and Taun- ure
I, while in the nolicense list are Bev- and
y, Brockton, Everett, Lynn, Maiden, will
,dford, Melrose, Newton, Somervile, ing
oburn and Worcester Springfeld's wet wish
jorty was larger than last year in ton
tie Of the activity of the antisaloon a. p
que. Mayor Sanderson was reelected Con
er Carroll although the latter had the circl
oport of the reform element of both oper
rites that
succ
resident Roosevelt named two new ol y
mbers to the Ananias club recently caus
ey are Editor Delavan Smith of the In oee eI
napolis News and Editor Laffan of the pi s.
W York Sun. Their initiation into the l 1a'n:
ks of the Knights of the Shorter and aEnTl'
Tier Word came about as the result of IL =
tain charges of corruption in the ac- u u.
rement of the Panama canal property as
, News and the Sun intimated that the 10 II
paid certain individuals $40,- nav nave
900 for property which cost them only one
100000. The president said in a let coinl
made public this week that the init
lions were absurdly false. A
trem
Aro+bor p,o5oo pro,.r The
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(St. Adams Messenger.) tor
n demand of tho touns voting 1icepea ment