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The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-12-08

decrease Will he necessary: and the only
means OF economy Will be in reducing
the number OF employees and in obtain
ing a greater average of efficiency from
those retained In tie service.
Close investigation and study needed
10 make definite recommendations In this
regard will consume at least two years.
note with much satisfaction the or
eaniZaton in the senate OF a committee
on public expenditures, charged with
the duty OF conducting such an investi-
satlon. and I tender 10 that committee
all the assistance which the executive
branch OF the government can possibly
render
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-12-08
ANTITRUST LAWS.

The jurisdiction OF the general gov
ernment over Interstate commerce has
been left TO the passage OF the called
sherman antitrust law" and the I'm
terstatc commerce law" and its amend
nlents. The developments in the opera
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-12-08

= Following the course of my dis
: tinguished predecessor, I earnest
. ly recommend to congress the con-
: sideration and passage of ship
. subsidy bill, looking to the cstab-
: lishment of lines between our At
. lantic seaboard and the eastern
: coast Of South America as we'll as
: lines from the west coast of the
: United States to South America,
> China, Japan and the Philip
: pines.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-12-08

= I greatly regret to have to say .
= that the Investigations made II :
=. the bureau Of immigration and .
Z. other sources of information lead :
= to the view that there is urgent :
= necessity for additional legislation :
- and greater executive activity TO :.
= suppress the recruiting Of the :
= ranks of prostitutes from the !
:. streams Of immigration into this :
,. country-an evil which, for want :
=. of better name. has been called :
:. the white slave trade. be- !
:. lieve it to be constitutional to for :
:. bid, under penalty, the transpor. !
>. tation Of persons for purposes OF :
= prostitution across national and :,
>. state lines; and by obtaining :
!. fund of $4,000 to be used by the :,
!. secretary of commerce and labor :,
= for the employment of special in :.
!. spectors it will be possible to :,
i. bring those responsible for this :.
!. trade to indictment and convic- :.
= tion under a federal law. :.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-12-08

The second subject worthy Of
mention in the postoffice depart
. ment is the real necessity and en-
, tire practicability Of establishing
. postal savings banks. The sue
> cessful party at the last election
I. declared in favor Of postal saw
/. ings banks, and although the prop
y osition finds opponents in many
!. parts Of the country, I am con-
: vinced that the people desire such
: banks, and am sure that when the
!. banks are furnished they Will be
: productive of the utmost good.
!. The postal savings banks are not
!. constituted for the purpose Of
= creating competition with other
: banks.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-12-08
PoSToFFICE DEPARTMENT.
Second Glass Mail Matter.

The deficit every year In the postoffice
department is largely caused by the low
rate OF postage of | cent pound charged
on second-class mail matter which in
cludes not only newspapers. but maga-
zines and miscellaneous periodicals. The
actual loss growing out of the transmits
sion OF this second-class mail matter at
1 cent pound amounts TO about S63
900 400 year. The average cost OF the
transportation OF this matter Is more
than . cents q pound.
II appears that the average distance
over which newspapers are delivered 10
their customers is POI miles, while the
average haul OF magazines is 1919, and
OF miscellaneous periodicals. 1928 miles.
Thus, the average haul Of the 'maga-
zine is three and one half times that OF
the miscellaneous periodical. nearly four
times the haul of the daily newspaper.
yet all OF them pay the same postage
rate OF ! cent q pound. The statistics
OF 1907 show that second class mall mat
ter constituted 6S.9l per cent Of the
weight of all the mail and yielded only
80 per cent OF The revenue.
Radical Action Needed.
The figures given are startling. and
show the payment by the government OF
an enormous subsidy TO the newspapers.
magazines and periodicals. and congress
may well consider whether radical steps
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-12-08
DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

The deplorable delays in the admins
tration OF civil and criminal law have
received the attention OF committees OF
the American Bar association and of
many State Bar associations, we'll as
the considered thought OF judges and
jurists. In my judgment, a change in
judicial procedure with a view 10 reduc-
ing its expense TO private litlgants In
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-12-08
Must Cut Estimates.
Need for Great Care.

J the present estimates the needs Of
departments and OF the government
e been cut To the quick, so 10 speak,
any assumption on the part OF the
gress so often made In times past,
I the estimates have been prepared
h the expectation that they may be
uccd. viii result in seriously hamper
the proper administration
he secretary OF the treasury points
what should he carefully noted in
pect to this reduction in governmental
enses for the next fiscal year. that
economics are OF two kinds. First,
re Is a saving in the permanent ad-
listration of the departments, bureaus
offices. of the government. and sec
! there is n present reduction in eX-
ses by postponcmcnt of projects
improvements that ultimately Will
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-12-08

! The jurisdiction Of the general .
government over interstate com. :
merco has been left 70 the passage .
of the so-called Sherman anti
trust law and the interstate
commerce law and its amend
ments. The developments in the
operation of those laws, as shown
by indictments, trials, judicial de-
cisions, and other, sources of in
formation, call for discussion
and some suggestions as to
amendments. These l prefer TO
emhody i'll a special message In
stead of including them in the
present communication and L shall
avail myself Of the first conven-
I1ent opportunity TO bring these .
subjects to the attention Of con
gress.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-12-08

: The deficit every year in the
!. postoffice department is largely
: caused by the low rate Of postage
: Of one cent a pound charged OH
= second class mail matter, which
: includes not only newspapers, but
: magazines and miscellaneous pc
!. riodicals. The actual loss growing
+ out Of the transmission Of this
: second class mail matter at one
!. cent q pound amounts to about
: S63,000,00o a year. The average
!. cost Of the transportation OF this
: matter is more than nine cents
: pound.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-12-08

1 recommend to your careful :
consideration the report Of the :
secretary of agriculture, as show :
ing the immense sphere Of useful :
ness which that department now :
; fills and the wonderful addition to
; the wealth Of the nation made by
the farmer of this country in the :
crop of the current year,
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-12-08

calling for readjustment of the rates
of duty.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-12-08

lie health or subjects akin thereto should
not he united in a bureau to os called
The Bureau OF Public Health" This
would ncccssitate the transfer Of the
marine hospital service 10 such a bureau.
| am aware that there Is wide field in
respect 10 the public health committed
10 the states in which the federal gov
ernmcnt cannot exercise jurisdiction.
out We have seen in the agricultural
department the expansion into wide use
fulness of a department giving attention
20 agriculture. when that subject is plain
~ one over which the states properly oN-
crcise direct jurisdiction The opPortun-
ities offered Tor useful research and the
spread Of useful information in regard 10
the cultivation Of the soil and the breed
ing OF stock and the solution OF many OF
the intricate problems In progressive
agriculture have demonstrated the wis
dom Of establishing that department
Similar reasons. OF equal force, can De
given for the establishment of a bureau
Of health that shall not only exercise
the police jurisdiction Of the federal gov
ernment respecting quarantine. but which
shall also afford an opportunity for IN
vestication and research by competent
experts into questions OF health affecting
tho whole country or important sections
thereof. questions which. in the absence
of federal governmental work, arc not
likely TO be promptly solved,
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-12-08

: 1t is well to note that the in
crease in the cost of living is not
: confined to this country, but pre-
: walls the world over, and that
!. those who would charge increases
!. In prices TO the existing protec-
: tive tariff must meet the fact
!. that the rise in prices has taken
. place almost wholly in those prod
!. ucts OF the factory and farm in
!. respect to which there has been
!. either no increase in the tariff or
: in many instances very consid
. cradle reduction.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-12-08

j. With respect to the territory .
= Of Alaska, recommend legislation
= which shall provide for the ap- :
J. pointment by the president Of a
]. governor and also OF an executive :
i. council, the members OF which :
= shall during their term of office
= reside in the territory and which
!. shall have legislative powers suf-
:. ficient TO enable it to give to the .
!. territory local laws adapted to it's .
= present growth. I strongly depre-
= cate legislation looking to the
= election of territorial legislature
:. in that vast district,
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-12-08

!. The successful party in the last
+ election in its national platform
: declared in favor of the admission
= as separate states Of New Mex
: leo and Arizona, and recon-
: mend that legislation appropriate
: to this end be adopted.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-12-08

10 be carried out. but which arc
delayed with the hope that sddi-
II revenue in the future will permit
|. execution without procuring Il
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-12-08

III this deficit is added the sum to be
t,,rscd for the Panama canal. amount
y 10 s3S, 900. 600. and $1,000. 900 to be
n on the public debt, the. deficit oi i
'snary receipts and expenditures VIII
Increased to a total dencit OF SI3,-
500. This deficit tho secretary pro-
I'd 10 meet by the proceeds OF bonds
'>ed 10 nav the cost of constructing
!, panamu canal. l approve this pro-
RE RE policy Of paying for the construc-
= OF the Panama canal, not out or cur
II revenue, but by bond Issue. was
opted in the Spoorer act OF l9u.. ana
"a seems TO be no good reason Tor de-
a al least OF the burden Of the cost
the canal shall fall upon our pos
ify who are TO enjoy it; and there is
fhe more reason Tor this view be
1sc the actual cost TO date OF the
naI, which is now half done and which
4 be completed January i, 1919. shows
Nd the cost OF engineering and con-
netting will be S291 766. 900. instead OF
q. 505. 300, as originally estimated. in
dltIon TO engineering and construction,
l other expenses, including sanitation
i government and the amount paid for
Properties. the franchise and the
riieee Of building the canal, increases
[. cost b. S15.335, 900, TO more tnan
<. .201. .0C0 The increase in the cost
Engineering and construction is due
a SuDSt0lsldI ellisl! S'HgenN VI NllC pan
by widening the canal
feet In the Culebra cut and by in
'asIng the Dimensions OF the locks. TO
4 underestimate of the quantity of
work to be done and the original
'n. and TO an underestimate OF the
ID OF labor and materials, both of
ich have greatly enhanced in price
re the original estimate was made.
Must Cut Estimates.
n order 10 avoid a deficit for the ensu-
flscal year, directed the heads OF de-
-fments in the prcpa ration of their csti-
les 10 make them as low as possible
)sistent with imperative governmental
.cssiy The result has been. as / am
rjscd by the secretary OF the treasury,
I'd the estimates for the expenses of
government for the next fiscal year
ling June so, 1911. arc less than the
for this current fiscal year
'<4o.S SIS, 900. So far as the secretary OF
4 treasury is able TO form n judgment
10 future income and compare il with
Expenditures for the next fiscal year
1ing June 80. 1911. and excluding pay
nfs OH account OF the Panama canal.
He'll doubtless will be taken up by
Ids. there VIII be a surplus OF $780,
|nnO
The Grangeville globe. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho) 1907-1922, 1909-01-06

Harry Baker, of Clearwater, was
county seat visitor the last of the
week.
The Curtiss Comedy company left
the first of the week for outside
points. The company staged some
excellent plays while here.
p. B. Bailor, who has been busy
at the Bailor s. Mcdonald undertake
ing establishment at Cottonwood for
some time, came over the last of the
week
G. M. Reed made sale of the
Amile Haener 120-acre farm, north
of Cottonwood, this week to Banker
Swift, of Nez Perez. Consideration
$4,000.
Mrs. Wilson, wife of F. B. Viii
son, connected with the Kerr Clifford
Grain Co. of this place, arrived here
from Moscow last Friday and will
make Grangeville her future home.
G. T. Mcdonald is now drilling
the juniors of the Christian Sunday
School every Friday night at the
church and expects to form star
choir from the most promising sing
ers in the course of a few weeks.
Judge F. L. Taylor, for many
wears II 6. commissioner of the
Whitebrd district, recently resigned
that responsible office, and NJ. NJ
Moore, cashier of the Salmon Rive
State Bank, of Whitebird, has beer
appointed his successor.
Mrs. E. NJ. Griffith, who was il
very critical condition last week
took sudden change sor the bette
after her life was almost despaired of
and is now rapidly recovering. Mr.
Griffith was in his office Monday 70
the first time since his wife's sick
ness.
The continued snowfall of the pas
day or two on the good foundation
laid by the preceding cold nights, ha
put the roads in excellent con
dition for the wood haulers, beside
making good coasting for the youngs
J tiers of the town; and some fin
Sleighing is in prospect should tn
J present atmospheric conditions con
tinue.
The Grangeville globe. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho) 1907-1922, 1909-01-06
There and Elsewhere

V. Knapp, lof Lewiston, was in
the city the first of the week.
Miss Olive Coram returned the
last Of the last of the week to the
university at Moscow
A. S. Stacy, of the Lewiston Mer-
camille Co. at Lewiston, was in the
city on business Monday.
DR.. Riggs has been confined to his
home several days this week with a
severe attack of rheumatism.
S. l.. Cowan arrived last night for
brief visit. He and Mrs. Cowan
are residing at Charleston this winter.
Fred Mckinney came over from
Cottonwood the last of the week and
has taken up his duties as bookkeeper
at the Bargain store here.
Fred Suren left Saturday for Spo-
kane to take up his studies at Gonzaga
college. Mr.. Suren will graduate
from that institution in June.
Mark Howe went over to Vollmer
and back Monday to enjoy ride
over the new railroad and see the
country and different towns along the
line.
Miss Sadie Stockton left Sunday fol
Moscow where she will resume hel
duties as an instructor in music at the
state university. She has been enjoy.
ing the holidays at her home in thi'
city.
F. f. Wyatt, the Salmon rive
Stockman, is in town this week. H,
reports that the present winter is al
excellent one for the stockraiser, thu
range stock having come through il
exceptionally good condition thus far
Geo. d. Mccain, who came dowI
from Spokane last week in connec
ton with the transfer of proprietor
ship of the Grangeville Hotel from
|. King to Fen Baty, still linger
with US, apparently reluctant to rudel
tear himself away; howbeit he speak
in most excellent terms of Spokane.
The Grangeville globe. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho) 1907-1922, 1909-01-06

A. Mcdonald was over from Cot
tonwood the last of the week on bust
ness.
]. Frank Sims, of the Crosby COM
pany, is at Spokane this week on
business.
Frank Wood returned to Moscow
Monday to resume his work at the
university.
Miss Villa Wilkinson returned to
Juliaetta Monday after a holiday visit
with relatives and friends.
R. B. Bell, the N. P. station
agent, returned the last of the week
from a trip to Culdesac on business.
Allen Mclean left yesterday morn
ing for a visit of several weeks with
relatives in Indiana and other eastern
states.
Chas. G. Nail has moved his fam
lily from the halfway house to this
city to give his children the benefit of
our schools
Mrs. R n. Walker, who has
been very i'll for some weeks, is
greatly improved now and is able to
be up and around her home.
Edwin Nelson, of Denver, was in
town Tuesday closing up the deal for
the old Wann ranch near that place,
which he recently purchased of ]. Z.
Horton through the Parker s. Melvin
real estate firm.
G. M. Reed returned to Grange
vile last "Wednesday from a trip to
Portland, where he renewed acquaint-
anceship with the other contingent of
the Reed family during the holiday
period. During his two weeks alb
sence he also visited the thriving vii
lagos of Spokane and Seattle, but no
attractions afforded elsewhere had
power to longer detain him from his
first love, so he gravitated back to
the Camas Prairie queen.
The Grangeville globe. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho) 1907-1922, 1909-01-06
Local Adlets

f. S. Sweet s. Company carry the
celebrated Upton afternoon tea in
half-pound tins. off
For sale-Milch COW. Will be
fresh about the first of January.
Enquire at this Office. Aft
For Sale-Economy Electric Signs
state rights; big money. Call at
Aluminium Stand and see the signs. 8
The Grangeville globe. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho) 1907-1922, 1909-01-06

Lost--A SO bill at the Peoples
meat market, the city bakery or the
post Office last Saturday afternoon
Finder kindly leave same at this
Office
The Grangeville globe. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho) 1907-1922, 1909-01-06

Remarks: 8 cloudy; I clear day.
John Norwood, Voluntary Observer
The Grangeville globe. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho) 1907-1922, 1909-01-06

Weekly Weather Report.
For the week ending Tuesday,
January, s. 1909
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-03-15

jority. The minority or drys being IN
Richmond. II merchants vote wet to
Increase their business Is 1t the spirit
OF night riders to try to remove the
cause, tor conscience sake!
When a minister In his Sunday SER
mon defends voters for saloons, pois-
ons the minds Of our dear young peO-
pie By nowery language. and absurd
comparisons, men Of high education
and responsible positions do like wise,
BY whom shall the workers OF iniquity
hope to be helped? Do they forget
saloons are an Invitation to hell! Walk
in. you can soon get there. The I'm
portant question II to close them. not
to please mems whims how. See be-
fore you the Judgment day pitiable
drnnkards. stand broken hearted, par
ents, sisters. brothers, wives and chill
dren suffering unto death lost souls.
This is the persecution to consider.
The fagot to undo pity and love the
fallen past redemption. Strive to re-
mcve the cause of such sorrow.
One who desires only the good Of all.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-03-15

Have not Friends a right to obey
their conscience and remove Professor
Trueblood, as he obeyed his in voting
Tor licensed saloons. Most people
with but little knowledge, are aware
of the persecution of Friends for
righteousness sake. presidents, etc, for
virtue. that Dudley Foulke and Rev.
Lyons referred to. What connection
could this have with the removal of
Professor Trueblood. If men are call
ed prosecuted who lose their positions
we should offer our sympathy to the
prosecuted of our city--'.And now let
him that is without sin among sou.
cast the first stone" This and char
ity might suggest that Earlham board
employ the prosecuted ex-saloon keep
.ers OF our sister counties. II the re-
moyal OF Professor Truehlood would
be persecution. such an unreasonable.
inconsistent act why should Dudley
Foulke and Rev. Lyons fear men like
the Earlham board would be guilty OF
such consideration
II Dudley Foulke forgets it is not
customary to sign ones name to pieces
printed under Forum of the People, he
should excuse q man for forgetting to
sign his name The man with more
than virgin modesty does not stand
alone in his accusation of anonymity.
Boycotting is among the county ma
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-03-15
TAFT ON MCKINLEY.

II is interesting to see what Taft
may say OF Mckinley. They both
have many characteristics In common.
Many Of the problems which come up
Will be similar in Taft's administra-
ton to those which occupied Mckin-
lcy's thoughts. The tariff question
was near to the heart of the late
president and almost his last utter
ance was on the subject of reciproci-
ty-a thing which il Senator Rever-
idge is to be believed will be in some
measure an assured fact inside of
Four months.
Taft's comparison OF Mckinley with
Napoleon is. in q way. a commentary
on the difference between the type Of
the tactful man and the diplomat.
which marks the boundaries between
the forceful Roosevelt and the quiet
Taft He says:
NAPOLEON was man most mar
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-03-15
Items Gathered in
From Far and Near
STICKING TO 4 Habit.

From the New York Evening Post.
The temper of administrations may
change and popular habits Of thought
and phraseology may change with 1t.
but the writer of newspaper head
lines. who, supposedly, should be the
most variable of creatures, finds it
hard to cast off the habit OF long
years. He still writes. Wants Canal
Rushed or Taft in the Midst of a
Congress Fight" His first impulse.
when Washington dispatch comes in,
is to reach for head expressive of a
rush, or smash. or clinch. or a
general shindy. Time, of course, will
tell, but time it does take to get once
more into the habit OF writing
SPEAKS" after seven years almost
exclusive training in Calls "Rakes, .
"Grills," Brands" and "Lashes." Am
erican adaptability can surely be
counted on. but it will be some
months before American newspaper
adaptability has completely given up
writing fight for message" 'ene-
my" for Opponent sinister" for
opposed criminal for "opposi-
tion." club" for argument" and lie
for difference"