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The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1909-03-04
In Inaugural Address Asks for Better Treatment
Of Corporations and a Square Deal for
Labor Tariff Revision Is Urged.
few RADICAL CHANGES ARE ADVISED;
IMMEDIATE NEED TO HELP BUSINESS
TO ALL" KEYNOTE
OF INAUGURAL. ADDRESS

The following suggestions and pledges are made by President Taft:
Rciisfo 4 TN railroad from certain restrictions of h antitrust Law
ugge.tions to Congress. o. amending antI-trust and Interstate com-
mcrce law.
Calling of special Congress session to discuss DingIey tariff let re-
yIsisa
Maintenance Of iron avy
CaaHRasnce az international policy II peace
Prsiertsan Of aliens n rrectio Of defective Federal Jurisdiction.
rents elasticity in h forMs Of currency available for rad
I.co,sssg esnsress shoul "ss proper. postal savings bank ill
Congress sbeuid he alive to Importance o foreign trade
Energetic acios an banana canal, greatest constructive enterpris
Of modern tMes
Only ignorant ~ irresponsible would withhold from intelligent ne
grOes right u seins
ovcrsm shauld mike itself responsible for employees injured in
it's employ.
Federal ceura injuncHons in industrial disputes upheld to prevent
Privileged class creation to afford protection against lawIess n
,asIon. Framing of statute to cmbedy best modern Practise recom-
mended.
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Revision of
Tariff
Pressing

the amendments to be proposed are just as
necessary in the protection of legitimate
business as in the clinching OF the re-
forms which properly bear the name OF
my predecessor.
A. matter of most pressing Importance
is the revision of the tariff. In accordance
with the promises of the platform upon
! which | was elected [ shall call Congress
into extra session, to meet on the 10th
day OF March, In order that consideration
may. be al once given to a bill revising
the Dingley act. This should secure an
adequate revenue and adjust the duties
In such a manner as to afford to labor
and to all industries in this country.
whether Of the farm, mine or factory, pro-
lection by tariff equal to the difference
between the cost Of production abroad and
the cost Of production here, and have a
pi cvision which shall put into force, upon
executive determination of certain facts,
a higher or maximum tariff against those
countries whose trade policy toward us
~equitably requires such discrimination. 1t
is thought that there has been such a
change In conditions since the enactment
Of the Dingley act, drafted on a similarly
protective principle, that the measure Of
the tariff above stated will permit the re-
6uction Of rates In certain schedules and
will require the advancement Of few, II
any
The proposal to revise the tariff made
in such an authoritative Way a. 10 lead
the business comappnity to count upOn
Il necessarily haItr all those breaches
OF business directly a6ected, and n
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1909-03-04
Roosevelt Greets His
Successor at Breakfast.

President Roosevelt who has always chosen stormy weather for his most
strenuous riding and walking expeditions, greeted his successor With rare
good humor as they met at breakfast and there vas much banteing be-
tween tho W friends who played today such important roles in the newly
written chapter of American history
With the break of day this morning the weather bureaus prophecy of
rfair an somewhat cooler found to be b t a empty dream The pa
rade planned FOR the AFTERNOON was so cutaned as to spoil What promised to
b. me of the nos splendid spectac1s of marching men w seen OF Pennsyl
vaniaa venu NW
Washington is filled Will a record breaking throng whose disappointment
today thew n bounds Owners of reviewing stand privileges and ticket
SPECTATORS lost thousands of dollars
Downtown Washington vas deserted this morning during he hours which
previous inaugural years ave witne ssed III struggling If thousands for
places Of vantage along the sidewalks of the route Of the big parade.
"Even Elements Protest."
Taft ~Laughingly Says.
Street car traffic vas so uncertain hat few people in the residential dis
trctsc cared to ventures forth. Hundreds who yesterday had paid fancy prices
for randsand seats remained at home, regardless Of heir pecuniary loss
When Mr.. Taft n President Roosevelt met this morning in III breakfast
room Mr. afts greeting to the man h e was SO soon tos succeed was:
"Mr.P President, even the dement's protstv "~
"Mr. Prsident-electr quickly reJohe Mr. Roosevelt, 81 knew there
wouId be n blizzard clear up to he minueI went ut of Office"
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that the use of the maximum and mini
mum feature. of our tariff law to be soon
passed will be effective to remove many
of those restrictions.
The Panama Canal
Will nave "a. most I'M
LOCK type portant bearing upon
for the the trade between the
Eastern and far West
Big Canal ern sections of our
country and will great
ly increase the facill-
ties for transportation between the East,
ern and the Western seaboard, and
may possibly revolutionize the trans
merchandise. 1t will also have a most
between the Eastern seaboard of the
South America, and, indeed, with some
of the important ports on the east coast
Of South America reached by rail from
is making most satisfactory progress.
The type of the canal as a lock canal
was fixed by Congress. after a full con.
the majority and minority of the consult
ing board, and after the recommendation
of the War Department and the executive
that something had occurred on the 18TH
mus to make the lock type of the canal
less feasible than it was supposed to be
policy determined on. led to a visit to the
isthmus of a board of competent engineers
to examine the Gatun dam. and locks,
III uIt liz MY VI III iOth SPt- it
report of that board shows that nothing
has occurred in the nature of newly re-
vealed evidence which should change the
views once formed In the original discus
sion. The construction will go on under
a most effective organization controlled
by Colonel Cocktails and his fellow army,
engineers associated with him, and will
certainly be completed early In the next
administration. If not before.
Some type of canal must be constructed.
The lock type has been selected. We are
all in favor of having it built as prompt
ly as possible. We must not now there
fore keep up a fire in the rear of the
agents whom we have authorized to do
our work on the isthmus.- We must hold
up their hands, and speaking for the in
coming administration, | wish to say that
I propose to devote all the energy pos
sible and under my control to he push
ing of this work on the plans which have
been adopted and to stand behind the
men who are doing faithful hard work
to. bring about the early completion of
this. the greatest constructive enterprise
of modern times
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u see you've come 1or tne
ton" remarked Ba-Ba, shaking the
snow off his collar.
Sure responded Whitley Snow.
"What for, anyhow" retorted Ba-Ba,
looking sore.
Me answered Whitley. 81 am the
symbol of the administration-white
clean through and clean right through"
Good replied Ba-Ba. but I got
some dope straight from Washington
today.
whats that?" queried Whitley.
"SNOW; FOLLOWED BY CLEAR
ING IN THE EVENING"
At noon. with the snow still falling.
the weather man amended his forecast
to read:
Snow and colder tonight. Friday
fair.
na.;.r uau,uarature
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Spanish War
ADDED
10 Prestige

constantly exerted to
securing to It's bona fide citizens, whether
native or naturalized, respect for them as
such III foreign countries. We should make
every effort to prevent humiliating and de-
grading prohibition against any of our citi-
zens wishing temporarily to sojourn In for
eisn countries because of race or religion.
The admission of Asiatic Immigrants who
cannot be amalgamated with our popula-
ZION mas been. made the subject either OF
prohibitory clauses in our treaties and
statutes, or of strict administrative regnIa-
tion secured by diplomatic negotiation. L
sincerely hOpe that we may continue to
minimize the evils likely to arise from such
immigration without unnecessary friction
ana by mutual concessions between self
respecting governments. Meantime we must
take every precaution to prevent, or falling
that, TO punish outbursts of race feeling
among our people against foreigners OF
Whatever nationality who have by our
grant a treaty right to pursue lawful bust
ness here and to be protected against ;aW-
less assault or injury.
This leads me to point out a serious
defect in the present Federal Jurisdiction
which ought to be remedied at once. Hay-
ing assured to other countries by treaty
the protection of our laws for such Of
their subjects or citizens as we permit
TO come within our Jurisdiction, we now
control of the Federal government, The
duty of performing our International obli-
cations In this respect. By proper legis-
iatlon We may and ought to place in the
hands of the Federal executive the means
OF enforcing the treaty rights of such
aliens In the courts Of the Federal govern
ment.
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.I
objects, the result is as much to be con-
elnned as the waste of government funds
in unnecessary expenditure. The scope of a
modern government in what 1t can and
ought to accomplish for its people has been
Widened far beyond the principles laid down
by the old laissez faire school of political
writer's, and this widening has met with
popular approval.
In the Department Of Agriculture the use
OF scientific experiments on a large scale
and the spread of Information derived from
them for the improvement of general agri-
culture must go on,
The Importance Of supervising the bust.
ness OF great railways and industrial com-
binations and the necessary Investigation
and prosecution Of unlawful business meth
DDS are another necessary tax upon govern
ment which did not exist half a century
ago,
The putting into force of laws which
shall secure the conservation of our re-
sources, so far as they may be within the
Jurisdiction of the Federal government,
including the most important work OF
saving and restoring our forests and the
great Improvement of waterways, are al
proper government functions which must
involve large expenditure If properly per
formed. While some Of them, like the
reclamation of arid lands, are made to pay
for themselves, others are of such indirect
benefit that this cannot be expected Of
them.
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The work of formu-
lating into practical
shape such changes is
creative work or the
highest order and re-
quires all the delibera-
ton possible in the
interval. / believe that
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1909-03-04
ForPosfai
Bank
f0rsavings

"-1S - P6-
ternalism. The promise to repay by the
government will furnish an ihducement
to savings deposits which private enter
prise cannot supply, and at such a low
rate of interest as not to withdraw GUS
tom from existing banks. 1t will sub
stantially increase the funds available for
prises. It will furnish the absolute Sc
errity Which makes the proposed scheme
Of government guaranty of deposits so al
Turing. without its pernicious results.
l sincerely hope that the incoming Con-
gress will be alive, as it should be, to the
Importance of our foreign trade and of
encouraging 1t in every way feasible. The
possibilities of increasing this trade in the
Orient, in the Philippines and in South
America are known to everyone who has
given the matter attention. The direct
effect of free trade between this country
and the Philippines will be marked upon
our sale of %cottons, agricultural machinery
and other manufactures. The necessity OF
the establishment of direct lines of steam
ers between North and South America has
been brought to the attention of Congress
by my predecessor. and by Mr.. Root be-
fore and after his noteworthy visit to that
continent, and I sincerely hope that Con-
gress may be induced to see the wisdom
of a tentative effort to establish such lines
fby the use of mail subsidies.
The Importance which the Departments
of Agriculture and OF Commerce and
Labor may play In Kidding the markets
of Europe of prohibitions and discrimina-
tons against the importation of our prod
'rrts ID fnllv understood. ana 1t il h~cod
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A permanent improve
ment, like the Panama
canal, should be treated
as a distinct enterprise
and should be paid for
by the proceeds Of
bonds the issue of which
will distribute its cost
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these are most important IL disturbs
the whole business of the country. IL
In i~mperatively necessary. therefore,
that a tariff bill be drawn in good faith
In accordance with promises made be-
fore the election by the party In power,
and as promptly passed as due consid-
1t is not that the
tariff Is more important
{uln7e0fdfe Nee0 in the long run than the
Hail. perfecting of the re-
P forms in respect TO
business antitrust legislation II
Interstate commerce reg
ulation, but the need
for action when the revision of the tariff
has been determined upon is more immediate
to avoid embarrassment OF business. 10
secure the needed speed in the passage
OF tha tariff bill it would seem wise to at
tempt ne other legislation at the extra ses-
sion. | venture this as a suggestion only,
for the course to be taken by Congress upon
the call of the Executive Is wholly within
Its discretion.
In the making of a tariff bill the prime
motive Is taxation and the securing
business depression which followed the
financial panic of 1907, the revenue from
customs and other sources has decreased
to such an extent that the expenditures
for the current fiscal year will exceed the
receipts by $l00, 600, 600. 1t Is imperative
that such a deficit shall not continue, and
the trainers of the tariff bill must Of course
have in mind the total revenues likely TO
be produced by 1t and so arrange the
duties as to secure an adequate Income.
Should 1t be impossible to do so by import
duties new kinds of taxation must be adopt
ed, and among these l recommend a gradu-
ated Inheritance tax as correct IN principle
and as certain and easy of collection.
The obligation on the part of those re-
sponsible for the expenditures made to
carry on the government, to be as econom-
ical as possible and to make the burden
of taxation as light as possible, Is plain
and should be affirmed In every declaration
of government policy. This is Especially
true when VIZ are face to face with a heavy
deficit.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1909-03-04
Protection 10
Aliens
Necessary

In mentS Dy all eXplana-
ton that the duty to keep them is in
states or cities not within our control. If we
would promise We must put ourselves in
u position TO perform our promise. We
cannot permit the possible failure Of JUS
ice due to local prejudice in any State
or municipal government to expose us to
the risk Of a war which might be avoided
II Federal jurisdiction was asserted by
suitable legislation by Congress and car
rled out by proper proceedings instituted
py the executive in the courts of the ma
tional government. P
One of the reforms to be carried ont
during the incoming administration is a
chanSe or our monetary and banking laws
so as 70 secure greater elasticity in the
forms or currency available for trade and
TO prevent the limitations of law from
operating to increase the embarrassments
Of a financial panic. The Monetary Com
mission lately appointed is giving full con-
sideration to existing conditions and to
all proposed remedies. and will doubtless
suggest ona that will meet the require
We may hope that The report will embody
neither the narrow view of those who
believe that the sole purpose of the new
system should be to secure a large return
on banking capital nor of those who would
have greater expansion of currency with
little regard to provisions for its i'm
mediate redemption or ultimate security.
There is no subject of economic discussion
so intricate and so likely to evoke differ
ing views and dogmatic atatements as this
eral influence of currency on business and
OF business. on currency AVE wisely ex-
tended their Investigations in European
banking and monetary methods. The in
formation that they hav derived from
such experts as they have found abroad
will undoubtedly be found helpful in the
solution OF the difficult problem they have
in hand.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1909-03-04
Negroes Are
Good
Americans

and the Encouragement
OF the race to make themselves useful
which the negro has made in the last fifty
years from slavery, when it's statistics are
reviewed, Is marvellous, and it furnishes
every reason to hope that in the next
twenty-five years a still .~-reater improve
ment In his condition as a productive mem
per OF society, on the farm and in the
shop and in other occupations, may come.
negroes are now Americans. Their
ancestors came here years ago against
their Will. and this Us their only country
and their only flag. They have shown
themselves anxious to live Cor il and die
for Ii.
-Encountering the race feeling against
them. subjected at times to cruel Injustice
growing out of II, they may well have our
profound sympathy and aid in the struggle
they are making. We are charged with
the sacred duty of making their path as
smooth and easy as we can. Any recogni-
ton of their distin guished men, any APP
Der, is properly taken as an encourage
ment and an appreciation of their prog
reSS, and this just policy shall be nursued.
But 1t may well admit of doubt whether
In the case OF any race an appointment
of one of their number to a local office
in a community in which the race feeling
is so widespread and SO acute as to inter-
fere with the ease and facility with which
the local government business can be done
by the appointee is of sufficient benefit
by way of encoura cement to the race to
outweigh the recurrence and increase of
race feeling which such an appointment
Is likely to %engender. Therefore, the execu-
pointments, must exercise a careful dis
erection not thereby to- do it more harm
than good. On the other hand, we must
b farefnl not to encourage the mere pre-
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1909-03-04

The policy of the Uni
ted States In the Span
ish war and since has
given it a position of
influence among the ma
lions that it never had
before, and should be
constantly exerted to
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1909-03-04
Colonies
and the
South

~ tRtO
una bated. The business conditions in the
Philippines are not all that We could wish
them to be, bur with the passage of the
tween the United States and the Archi-
pelago. with such limitations in sugar and
tobacco as shall prevent injury to the
domestic interests on those products we
can count or an Improvement in business
conditions in the Philippines and the
development of a mutually profitable trade
Meantime our government in each Deepen.
dency is UNFOLDING the traditions of civil
liberty and increasing popular control,
auspices, The work which we are doing
there rebounds TO our credit as a nation.
look forward with hope to increas-
ing In already good feeling
the 3outh and the other sections of the
country. My chief purpose IL not TO
effect n change in the electoral vote of
the Southern states. That Is a Sec
Ondary consideration. What ! look for
ward to is an Increase In the tolerance
of political views of all kinds and their
advocacy throughout the South. and the
existence of a respectable political OPP
position in every state, EVEN more than
this, to an Increased feeling on the part
of all the people In the South that this
government Is their government. ana
that its officers In their States are their
officers.
The consideration of this question can
not, however, be complete and full with
out reference to the negro race. its prog
ress and its present condition. The Thir-
tenth Amendment secured them freedom;
the Fourteenth Amendment due process OF
law. protection Of property and the pursuit
of happiness, and the Fifteenth Amendment
deprivation of the privilege to vote because
he was a negro. The Thirteenth and Four
teenth Amendments have been generally
enforced and have secured the objects for
which they were intended.
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that the use of the maximum and mini
mum feature of our tariff law to be soon
passed will be effective to remove many
of those restrictions.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1909-03-04

The governments of
our dependencies in
Porto Rico and the
Philippines are pro-
crossing as favorably
as could be desired.
The prosperity of
Porto Rico continues
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To Enforce
Fifteenth
Amendment

NalN lit vi
electoral qualifications which shall square
with that amendment. OF course the mere
adoption of a constitutional law is only one
step in the right direction. 1t must be
both will come. Hence it is clear to all
that the domination Of an ignorant, ire
SponS1ble element can be prevented by con-
Titutional laws which shall exclude from
Voting both negroes and whites not having
education or other qualifications thought to
be necessary for a proper electorate. The
LANCER of the control of an ignorant cleo
torate has therefore passed. With this
change the interest which many uf the
Southern white citizens take In the welfare
of the negroes has increased. The colored
men must base their hope on the results of
their own industry, self-restraint, thrift and
business success, as well as upon the aid
and comfort and sympathy which they may
receive from their white %neighbors of the
South. There was a time when Northerners
who sympathized with the negro in his
necessary struggle for better conditions
sought to give to him the suffrage as a
protection, and to enforce its exercise
against the prevailing sentiment of the
South. The movement proved to be a
failure. What remains is the Fifteenth
Amendment to the constitution and the right
to have statutes Of States specifying quail
ications for electors subjected to the test
of compliance with that amendment. This
is a great protection to the negro. 1t never
Will be repealed and it never ought to be
repealed. If it had not been passed 1t might
be difiicult now TO adopt it; but with 1t in
our fundamental law, the policy of Southern
Legislation must and will tend to obey it
and so long as the statutes Of the States
meet the test OF this amendment and are
not otherwise in conflict with the consti-
tuition and laws of the Unlimited States, it Is
not the disposition or within the province
Of the federal government to interfere with
the regulation by Southern States Of their
domestic affairs.
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But when the desire
to win the popular ap-
prevail leads to the cut
ting off of expenditures
really needed to make
the government effec-
tive and to enable 1t TO
accomplish it's proper
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The incoming Con-
gress should promptly
fulfil the promise OF
the Republican plat
form and pass a proper
postal savings bank
bill. 1t will not be IN
wise or excessive pa