The Irish standard., 1908-12-12

pied, or worn out as part Of the regu-
lar incidents of given business, is
gone into at length, and system Of
industrial old-age pensions indorsed.
The president recommends that, be.
ginning with the supreme court, the
salaries of Judges be doubled.
Demands for legislation made by
certain labor leaders on the last con-
gress come in for sharp criticism, be-
ing described as unjust and impracti-
cal, and opposed to the real interests
Of the workers.
The much.discussed power Of injunc-
tion the president considers q great
equitable remedy, which must on no
account he destroyed, though he con-
siders that safeguards should be erect
ed against its abuse. Immediate hear.
tngs Of cases, following the issuance
of an Injunction, he thinks. would do
much toward disarming criticism Of
the courts.
Discussing measures necessary for
the proper control of giant corpora
tions operating in defiance Of law, the
president says:
Real damage has been done by the
manifold and conflicting interpreta-
tions Of the interstate commerce law.
Control over the great corporations do.
ing interstate business can be effec.
tive only II 1t IL vested with full power
In an administrative department, a
branch Of the federal executive, carry
Ing out federal law; it can
never be effective If a divided respon-
sibility Is left In both the states and
the nation: 1t can never be effective
II left in the hands Of the courts to be
decided by lawsuits"
Immediate action toward the preser-
walton Of the existing forests is put
forward a 4 national duty.
! In the opinion of the president, &C.
tion by the present session Of con-
gress for the improvement of our in.
land waterways is imperative. He
recommends the creation of a perma.
nent commission authorized to CO.
ordinate the work of all the govern.
i,ment departments relating to water
ways, and to frame and supervise the
execution Of comprehensive plan.
M The immediate institution of postal
savings banks. recommended in previ-
ols messages. is again urged, together
with the establishment of a parcel
post service for the mutual benefit Of
the farmer and the country store
keeper.
Larger grants to the bureau Of edu-
cation 10 one of the recommendation
Contained in the message.
VI OF our foreign policy the message
says: "This nations foreign policy is
based on the theory that right must
tbe done between nations, precisely az
between individuals, and in our ac-
ttons for the last ten years we have
10 this matter proven our faith by our
deeds. We have behaved, and are be-
having. towards other nations, as in
i private life an honorable man would
behave towards his fellows"
\ Hixh praise is accorded all those
responsible for the expeditions work
being done on the Panama canal, and
the extension of the ocean mail act
pf 1891 urged, to the end that Amer
fcan ocean Iuail lines to the east may
b. established. .
+ Real progress. the president de.
eeflarss.. fs being made in the Philip
piues, and the outlook is declared
wight.
kSteps to maintain and. increase the
Y d9sssnt eft1cfehcy Of the National
Guard Il snUtber Recommendation of
thS message. The services OF we'll
traipea or,ny officers with the militia
ksrs shown to have had excellent re-
bults.
I ! "a The system OF promotion by merit
~ thu army, dlsplacinE ths hitherto
preyatiIpe system Of seniority, is de-
Tended as vital to the good of the
1sTvfcs.
The message concludes with the
Recommendation of large increase in
the navy IT IL desirable, the presf.
dent says. to complete as soon as pos
etbie a s1uadron OF eight battleships
q bAsy existing UD&