The Montgomery tribune., 1909-12-10

order TO oner proper fnducemept TO
thrift and saving 20 a great many
people OF small meana who do nos
now have banking facilities, and to
whom such q system would offer an
opportunity for the accumulation Of
capital They will furnish satisfac<
tory substitute. based on sound prin-
ciple and actual successful trial in
nearly all the countries of the world,
for the system OF government guar
anty of deposits now being adopted in =
several western states. which with
Difference to those who advocate IL
seems to me to have in IL the seeds of
decentralization 10 conservative banking
and certain financial disaster.
Ship Subsidy.
Following the course OF my distin-
gushed predecessor. I earnestly recon-
mend TO congress the consideration
and passage OF ship subsidy bill.
looking to the establishment of lines
between our Atlantic seaboard and the
eastern coast OF South America. as
well as lines from the west coast OF
the United States to South America,
China, Japan and the Philippines. The
profits on foreign malls are perhaps a
sufficient measure of the expenditures
which might first be tentatively ap-
piled to this method of inducing
American capital to undertake the es-
tablishment of American lines OF
steamships in those directions in which
we now Itel IL InOSL IndI we
should have means of transportation
controlled in the Interest OF the expan-
sion OF our trade.
The president recommends the ad-
mission of New Mexico and Arizona
as separate states, and strongly op-
poses legislation looking to the cleo
ton OF territorial legislature for
Alaska
Conservation Of National Resources.
In several departments there is present.
ed the necessity for legislation looking to
the further conservation OF our national
resources. and the subject is one of such
Importance as to require more detailed
and extended discussion than can be en-
tered upon in this communication. For
| that reason I shall take an early oppor-
| tunlty to send a special message to con-
gress on the subject OF the Improvement
| of our waterways, upon the reclamation
| and irrigation of arid, semi arid and
swamp lands; upon the preservation OF
| our forests and the reforesting of suit
| able areas; upon the reclassihcation OF
| the public domain with view of sep
| arating from agricultural settlement min
eral COAL ard phosphate lands and sites
belonging to the government bordering ON
| streams suitable for the utilization Of
| water power
The White Slave Trade.
| greatly regret 10 nave 10 say that tno
| Investigations made in the bureau Of i'm
| migration and other sources of informa-
| tion 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 bet
| ter name, has been called THE White
Slave Trade" 1 believe 1t to be constitu-
| tional to forbid. under penalty. the trans
titution across national and state lines:
and by appropriating fund of $4,000 to
| be used by the secretary of commerce
and labor for the employment OF special
inspectors 1t will be possible to bring
| those responsible for this trade to indict-
ment and conviction under a federal law.
Bureau of Health.
F6r a very considerable period a move
ment has been gathering strength. espe-
cially among the members of the medi-
cal profession. in favor of a concentra-
ton of the instruments of the national
government which have to do with the
promotion of public health. In the nature
of things. the medical department of the
army and the medical department. of the
navy must be kept separate. But there
seems to be no reason why all the other
bureaus and offices in the general gov
ernment which have to do with the pub
lie health or subjects akin thereto should
not be united in bureau to be called the
bureau OF public health" This would
necessitate the transfer of the marine
hospital service to such bureau. am
aware that there Is a wide field in re-
spect to the public health committed to
the states in which the federal govern
ment cannot exercise jurisdiction, but we
have seen in the agricultural department
the expansion into widest usefulness OF
a department giving attention to agricul-
ture when that subject is plainly one
| which
direct Jurisdiction. The opportunities Of
fered for useful research and the spread
of useful information in regard to the
cultivation OF the soil and the breeding
| of stock and the solution of many of the
intricate problems in progressive agricul-
ture have demonstrated the wisdom of
establishing that department Similar
reasons. OF equal force. can be given for
the establishment of a bureau OF health
that shall not only exercise the police
Jurisdiction of the federal government re-
specting quarantine, but which shall also
afford an opportunity for investigation
and research by competent experts into
questions of health affecting the whole
country, or important sections thereof.
questions which. In the absence of fed
eral governmental work. are not likely
to be promptly solved.
Political Contribution.
I urgently recommend to congress that
| q law be passed requiring that candi-
dates in elections OF members of the
house of representatives and committees
in charge of their candidacy and cam
, paign file in proper office of the United
States government a statement of the
, contributions received and OF the expen-
ditures incurred In the campaign for such
, elections and that similar legislation be
enacted in respect to all other elections
which are constitutionaliy within the
control of congress.
Conclusion.
t I have thus. in a message compressed
) as much as the subjects will permit. re-
) ferred to many of the legislative needs
, of the country. with the exceptions al
) ready noted. Speaking generally. the
, | country is In high state of prosperity.
; There Is every reason to believe that we
) are on the eve OF substantial business
l expansion and we have Just garnered a
/ harvest unexampled In the market value
l | of our agricultural products. The high
I | prices which such products bring mean
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