The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1909-03-11
IAfT'S INAUGURAL ADDRESS
Delivered by The New President Upon
The Occasion of His Inauguration.
Outline of His Policies Clearly
and Forcibly Set Forth.

Wy II, ana so arrange the
autles as to secure an adequate in
come. Should it be impossible to do
so oy import dlties, new kinds of
taxation must be adopted, and among
,hese recommend n graduated in
Eeritancc tax, as correct in principle
ana as certain and easy of collec
ton.
The obligation on the part of those
responsible for the expenditures
made to carry on the government. to
De as economical as possible, and to
oake the burden of taxation as light
as possible, is plain and should be
afnrmed In every declaration of gov
ernment policy. This is especially
true when we are face to face with a
heavy deficit. But when the desire
TO win the popular approval leads to
the cutting off of expenditures
really needed to make the govern
ment effective, and to enable it to
accomplish its proper objects, the re-
suit is as much to be condemned as
the waste of government funds in un-
necessary expenditure. The scope of
modern government in what it can
and ought to accomplish for its peo-
pie has widencd far beyond the prin-
clples laid down bv the old laissez
faire school of political writer's, and
TINS widening has met popular
approval.
In the Department of Agriculture.
the nsa Of e";ent:G" c~~.-:~-o-.-, .,
on large scale, and the spread of
Information derived uom ,ueu. 10,
INC Improvement of general agricul-
ture. must go on.
Inc Importance of supervising
business of great railways and in6us-
trlal combinations. and the necessary
InvestlSation and prosecution of
unlawful business methods. are an
other necessary tax upon government
which did not exist half a century
ago.
Conservation Of Our Resources.
The putting into force os laws
which shall secure the conservation
or our resources. so far as they NAV
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 all
proper government functions which
must involve large e1pen6i.1res II
properly performed While some Of
taem. Ike the reclamation Of and
lands, are made TO pay for them
selves. others are o. suen sn indiree.
benefit that ihis cannot Be e1pecr-
ed Of them 4 permanent inp-ore-
nent. Ike the Panama Canal. .bouli
be treated az q distinct ea;erprise
and should be paid for BY the pro-
ceeds Of bonds. the issue of which
will distribute its COS, between the
present and future generations in
accordance with the benefits derived.
1t may we'll be submitted to tie
serious consideration of Congress
whether the deepening and control of
the channel of a great river system.
like that of the Ohio or Of the Mis-
slssippi. when definite and practical
plans for the enterprise have been
approved and determined upop.
should not be provided for in the
same way.
The Army and the Navy.
Then, too, there are expenditures
CT government absolutely necessary
II our country is to maintain its
proper place among the nations of
The world. and is TO exercise its pro-
per influence in defense of its own
trade interests. in the maintenance
OF traditional American policy
against the colonization of Europea, Il
monarchies in this hemisphere, and
IN the promotion of peace and inter
national morality. I refer to the cost
OF maintaining a proper Army,
proper Navy and suitable fortifica-
tons upon the mainland of the Unit
ed States and in its dependencies.
we should have an Army so or
ganlzcd, and so officered as to be can
able IN time of emergency, in CO.
operation with the National Militia.
and under the provisions of a proper
national volunteer law. rapidly to ex-
pand INTO force sufficient to resist
all probable invasion from abroad
and to furnish a respectable exped;-
tlonary force. if necessary, in the
maintenance Of our traditional Amer
lcan policy which bears the name of
President Monroe.
Our Notifications are yet in a state
or only partial completeness. and the
number of men to man them is in
sufficient. In a few years, however.
the usual appropriations for our
coast defenses both on the mainland
and IN the dependencies, will make
them sufficient to resist all direct
attack. and by that time we may
nope that the men to man them will