The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1909-03-10

duties. new kinds of taxation must he
adopted. and among these I recon-
mend graduated inheritance tax. as
correct In principle and as certain and
easy of collection.
In the department of agriculture,
the use of scientific experiments on a
large scale and the spread of inform
alton derived from them for the i'm
provement of general agriculture,
must go on.
The importance Of supervising bns-
mess of great railways and industrial
combinations. and the necessary in
vestigation and prosecution of unlaw-
ful business methods. are another nee
essary tax upon government which
did not exist half a century ago.
The putting into force OF laws
which shall secure the conservation of
our resources so far as they may be
within the Jurisdiction of the federal
government, including the most i'm
portant work Of saving and restoring
our forests. and the great improve
ment of waterways. are all proper
government functions which must in
volve large expenditure If properly
performed.
Then. too there are expenditures of
our country Is to maintain its proper
government absolutely necessary If
place among the nations Of the world,
and 10 to exercise It's proper influence
In defense OF Its own trade interests.
In the maintenance Of traditional
American policy against the coloni-
zation OF European monarchies in
this hemisphere. and in the promo
tion of peace and International NOR
ality. ! refer to the cost of main
taining proper army. q proper navy
and suitable fortihcations upon the
mainland of the United States and in
Its dependencies.
We should have an army so organ
lied. and so officered, as to be cap
able In time of emergency. in cooper
alton with the national militia, and
under the provisions of proper ma
tional volunteer law, rapidly to ex-
pand into a force sufficient to resist
all probable invasion from abroad
and to furnish respectable expendi-
tionary force, II necessary. in the
maintenance OF our traditional Amer
lean policy which bears the name of
President Monroe.
A modern navy can not be i'm
provised. 1t must be built and in ex-
istence when the emergency arises
which Gals for Its use and operation.
Our international policy is always
to promote peace. We shall enter into
any war with a full consciousness of
the awful consequences that 1t al
ways entails. whether successful or
not. We. Of course, shall make every
effort, consistent with national honor
and the highest national interest, to
avoid a resort to arms. We favor ey-
cry instrumentality. like that of The
Hague tribunal and arbitration trea-
ties made with q view to It's use In
all international controversies, in or
der to maintain peace and to avoid
war. But we should not be blind to
existing conditions. and should not
allow ourselves to become foolish
idealists. IL we did not realize that
with all the nations Of the world arm
ed and prepared for war. we must be
order to prevent other nations from
taking advantage of us and of our
inability to defend our interests and
assert our rights with strong hand.
| The admission Of Asiatic immi-
grants who can not be amalgamated
with our population has been made
the subject either Of prohibitory
clauses In our treaties and statutes,
or of strict administrative regulation
securedby diplomatic negotiation. I
sincerely hope that we may continue
to minimize the evils likely to arise
from such immigration without un-
necessary friction and by mutual con-
cessiops between self-respecting gov
ernments. Meantime. we must take
every precaution to prevent. or fail
ing that. to punish outbursts Of race
feeling among our people against for
eigners Of whatever nationality who
have by our grant treaty right to
pursue lawful business here and TO
be protected against lawless assault
or injury.
This leads me to point out a seri-
Gus defect In the present federal jur-