The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1910-12-17

enough on tie statute books to last for
sometime aud that there is no crying
need for the introduction of such nov.
elites as Oregon is experimenting with
and rs Arizona is writing into its con.
%stitution.
No reference is made in the message
TO New MEXICO and Arizona. 1t is very
likely that . special message will cover
the subject OF statehood for those two
commonwealth when the constitutions
are submitted with the approval of the
people.
The first part of the message is de.
voted to affairs of tha department of
state, the progress of international ar.
bItratIou, the negotiation of important
treaties, the situation in Portugal, Iii.
IBERIA, Turkey, Montenegro, the Far
East, the Latin American Republics, Re.
ciprocity, the Diplomatic and Consular
]selyice.
Onc.hfth of the entire message is Civ.
en- 10 this department and then follows
equally lengthy discussions of the sub
jccts properly grouped under tn" treas.
ury department, the keynote being an
! existence ON economy aud the introduc.
ton OF modern methods in department
business. The finai estimates for the
fiscal year ending June 30, 1912, are
$63O,494,Ol3.l2, almost 500, 100000 less
than the appropriations for the present
fiscal year. This total does not include
the Panama estimate of Sj6,OOO.OOO The
estimated revenues are $780, OO, 900,
which would leave a probable deficit of
= 100000, unless congress does not an.
thorize the fortifylng OF the Panama
canal, an expenditure that would invul.
We $l9, 100000. The president advocates
the abandonment of the haphazard
methods of authorizing public build.
ings. As TO the Payne tariff act, the
president says:
"The schedules of the rates of duty
in the Payne tariff act have been sub.
jected to a great deal of criticism, some
of it just, more of it ~unfounded, and
too much Misrepresentation. The act
was adopted in pursuance of a declara.
tion by the party which is responsible
for IL that a customs bill should be "a
tariff for the protection of home indus.
tries, the measure of the protection TO be
the difference between the cost of pro.
ducing the imported article abroad and
the cost of producing il at nome, togeth.
er with such addition to that difference
as might give a reasonable profit to the
home producer. The basis for the crit.
icism of this tariff is that in respect 10
a number of the schedules the declared
measure was not followed, but a higher
difference retained or inserted by way
of undue industries and manufactures.
Little, if any, of the criticism of the tar.
i'll has been directed against the pro.
~tective principle above stated; but the
main body Of the criticism has been bas.
ed on the charge that the attempt to
conform to the measure Of protection
was not honestly and sincerely adhered
to
After discussing the work Of the tar.
if board, the president takes up the
war department. The arm now mum.
bcrs 10000 men, of ssh ON $4,000 are
engaged in the coast nr' llcry. lie ad.
v]ocatcs the passing 1T I e pending vol.
untecr bill and ,h" Establishment Of a
commission 10 dc'"rmiu. a comprehen.
sive policy for the organ i%zation, mobili
2atiou aud administrator of the regular
army, the organized mil tia and vOlun.
teer forces, The need of more officers is
dwelt upon ~ well a. tie speedy forti
f%cation Of eastern possessions, including
the Philippine Islands, TO which as well
as Porto Rico, the Panama Canal, rivers
and harbors, the rest of that part of the
message is devoted, advocating a toll for
the Panama Canal not a. exceed 81 per
ton.
Under the heading OF the department
Of justice, the president advocates n fed.
eral Incorporation law, urges the pay.
ment Of claims found 10 be valid, reform
and cheapening of judicial procedure,
relief % the supreme court from unnec.
essary appeals, regulation of the mat.
ter of injunctions and the increase in
judicial salaries.
Under the postonicc department, he
announces that postal savings banks
will begin business on January !, 1911,
in several towns and cities. The pres