Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1909-12-10
Miseellaneous 8eadina.
THE PRESIDENTS MESSAGE.
Long Document Full of Important
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Recommendation.
Washington, Dec. Having assem-
bled and received the presidents annual
message, congress today found itself
literally "out Of work" and in conse-
quence botn houses adjourned until
Friday, when If some of the various
committees fail to provide something
to do, adjournment will be taken until
Monday next.
The formality Of reading the mes
sage aloud consumed about an hour
and a half of the time of each house
today When the conclusion was reach
ed the house Immediately adjourned,
but the senate remained in session for
some time afterwards, an executive
session being held before that body ad-
journed.
Summary Of Message.
Opposition to the proposed immedi-
ate congressional investigation Of the
sugar import scandals in the New York
custom house, and likewise to any fur
ther revision of the tariff at present;
absence Of any specific recommended
tion regarding the crisis in Nicaragua,
and actual recommendations of legisla-
ton to forbid the issuance Of judicial
injunctions in labor without notice In
labor controversies and for the estab-
lishment of system of postal savings
banks, may be considered the most
striking features of the first annual
message of President Taft to congress.
The Nicaraguan question, conserva-
ton of the nations natural resources,
needed amendments to the antitrust
and Interstate commerce acts, and the
contemplated revision Of the Federal
statutes governing the organization Of
the armed forces of the nation in time
of war are all reserved for possible
treatment later in special messages.
in his message, which bulks some
1900 words, Mr.. Taft reports the
country to be "in a high state Of
prosperity" and he adds that there Is
every reason to believe that we are on
the eve of a substantial business ex-
pansion, and we have just garnered a
harvest unexampled in the market val
ue OF our agricultural products"
The president expresses entire con-
fidence that the duty imposed upon the
executive, of enforcing the maximum
rates of the new tariff law against ma
tions unduly discriminating against the
United States will not provoke any tar
iff war, and he favors no further tariff
at least until the new tariff
commission shall have completed its
work Of gathering information as to
the relative cost of producing dutiable
articles in this country and abroad.
This task he expects will occupy two
or three years.
Projects Recommended.
Projects recommended by the presi-
dent, in addition to those mentioned
above, include:
A ship subsidy to encourage Amer
ican shipping.
in elections Of members of congress.
Civil pensions.
A higher rate Of postage on period
icals and magazines.
A fund Of s5O,OOO to aid in sup
pressing the white slave" trade.
A commission to evolve a plan to
expedite legal procedure and mitigate
the laws delays"
Construction Of an artificial island
and fortifcation in the entrance to
bay, two battleships and
one repair ship for the navy and the
establishment of an extensive naval
base at Pear Island, Hawaii.
A national bureau of health.
Statehood for New Mexico and Ari-
zona, and an appointive governor and
council for Alaska.
Civil control of the light house board
and separation Of the national astro-
nomical observatory from naval con-
troll.
Celebration in 1913 of the semi-cen-
tennial of negro emancipation, and re-
Of the depositors of the
defunct Freedman's Trust and Savings
Company.
Consolidation of the bureaus Of man.
ufactures and statistics in the depart
ment of commerce and labor.
Appropriation for the remodeling Of
the District of Columbia Jail.
Central American Affairs.
Calling attention to the crisis in Cen
tral American affairs brought about by
the summary execution in Nicaragua
of two Americans, the president an
nounces that this government has ter
minated diplomatic relations with the
Zelayan administration in Nicaragua
and intends to take such further steps
as may be found most consistent with
its dignity, its duty to American inter-
ests and it's moral obligations to Cen
tral America and to civilization"
In opposing any immediate investi-
CATION of the New York custom house
scandal the president takes the ground
that such investigation might, by CIV
ing immunity and otherwise, prove an
in securing conviction
Of the guilty parties"
A proposal submitted by the secre-
tary of the treasury that the executive
deficit for the current fis-
cal year-estimated at $73,075,620-be
met by the issuance of Panama bonds
authorized by congress, is approved by
the president He explains that in or
der to avoid a deficit for the ensuing
fiscal year ending June 30, 1911, esti-
mates have been cut to the bone and
instead of a deficit there will be a sur
plus of s35,931, 900, excluding payments
on the Panama canal which are expect
ed to be taken care of by bonds.
The president records with pleasure
the satisfactory arrangement made for
the arbitration Of the important North
American fisheries issue with Canada
and the successful prosecution of the
work of the commissions adjusting 9TH
er boundary issues and the lake fish
cries. He urges an international con-
ference to devise measures for the pro-
lection of fur seals. He is hopeful Of