The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1909-12-10

mum duties, are to be in force. Fear
has been expressed that this power con
ferred and duly imposed on the exec:
utive is likely to a tariff war. l beg
to express the hope and belief that
no such result need be anticipated.
''The discretion granted to the ex-
ecutive by the terms 'unduly discrim-
inatory'' is wide. In order that the
maximum duty shall be charged
against the imports from a country,
it is necessary that he shall find on
the part of that country not only dis
elimination in its laws or the practice
under them against the trade of the
United States, but that the discrimi-
nations found shall be undue: that is.
without good and fair reason. l con
ceive that this power was reposed in
the president with the hope that the
maximum duties might never be ap-
Piled in any case, but the power to
apply them would enable the presi-
dent and the state department
through friendly negotiations to Sc
cure the elimination from the laws and
the practice under them of any for
eign country of that which is unduly
discriminatory. No one is seeking a
tariff war or condition in which the
spirit of retaliation shall be aroused.
POSTAL cAvTNnc DAnuc
"a subject worthy of mention in
the postotfice department is the real
necessity and entire practicability of
establishing postal savings banks
The successful party at the last cleo
tion declared in favor of the postal
savings banks, and although the prop
osition finds oponents in many parts
OF the country. l am convinced that
the people desire such banks and am
sure that when the banks are fur
nished they will be productive of the
utmost good. The postal savings
banks are not constituted for the pur-
pose of creating competition with
other banks. l believe them to be
necessary in order to offer proper
inducement to thrift and saving to a
great many people of small means
who do not now have banking facili-
ties, and to whom such system
would offer an opportunity for the
accumulation of capital.
SHIP SUBIDY BILL.
Following the course of my dis
tinguished predecessor, I earnestly
recommend to congress the considera-
tion and passage of ship subsidy
bill, looking to the establishment of
lines between our Atlantic seaboard
and the eastern coast of South Amer
lea, as well as lines ffom the west
coast of the United States to South
America, China, Japan and the Phil
ippines.
CONSERVATION OF RESOURCES
's1n the several departments there
is presented the necessity of legisla-
tion looking to the further conserva-
ton of our national resources, and the
subject is one of such Importance as
to require more detailed and ex-
tended discussion than can be entered
upon in this communication. For
that reason shall take an early op-
portunity to send special message
to congress on the subject Of the i'm
provement of our waterways, upon
the reclamation and irrigation of
arid, semiarid and swamp lands; upon
the preservation of our forests and
the reforesting of suitable areas; up
on the Redistribution of our public
domain with a view of separating
from the agricultural settlement,
mineral, coal and phosphate lands and
sites belonging to the government
bordering on the streams suitable for
the utilization of water power.
WHITE SLAVE TRADE.
81 greatly regret to have to say
that the Investigations made in the
bureau of immigration and other
sources of information lead to the
view that there is an urgent necessity
for additional legislation and greater
executive activity to suppress the
recruiting of the ranks of prostitutes
from the streams of immigration in
to this country-an evil which, for
want ola better name, has been call
ed "The White Slave Trade" | be-
lieve it to be constitutional to forbid
under penalty, the transportation of
persons for purposes of prostitution
across national and state lines; and by
appropriating fund of $4,000, to be
used blythe secretary of commerce and
labor for the employment of special
inspectors, it being possible to bring
those responsible for this trade to in
dictment and conviction under fed.
eral law.
Nearly Buried in Pile of Gold.
The Deadwood Telegram of the 9th
inst says: Henry Atkinson, who is
employed at the Golden Reward mill
! in the First ward. had an accidon+