The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1910-12-08

ness. due to the announcement that 8
new tariff bill Is to be prepared and
put in operation will be avoided by
treating the schedules one by one as
occasion shall arise for a change in
the rates of each, and only after a re-
port upon the schedule by the tariff
board competent to make such report
1t is not likely that the board will be
able to make report during the pres
ent session of congress on any of the
schedules, because proper eXamina-
ton involves an enormous amount of
| detail and a great deal Of care; but I
hope to be able at the opening of the
new congress, or at least during the
session of that congress, to bring to
it's attention the facts in regard to
those schedules in the present tariff
| that may prove to need amendment"
. Our Island Possessions.
During the last summer, at my
request, the secretary of war visited
the Philippine islands and has de-
scribed his trip In the report. He
| found the islands in a state of tran
| guilty and growing prosperity. due
| largely to the change in the tariff
| laws, which has opened the markets
| of America to the products of the
| Philippines, and has opened the Phil
| ippine markets to American manu-
| features.
THE year has been one Of prosper
al T.. n
Panama Canal.
AT the instance of Colonel Goeth-
ais. the army engineer officer in
charge of the work on the Panama
canal, l have just made a visit to
the Isthmus to inspect the work done
and to consult with him on the
ground as to certain problems which
are likely to arise in the near fu-
ture. The progress of the work is
most satisfactory. If no unexpected
obstacle presents itself. the canal
Will be completed we'll within the
time fixed by Colonel Cocktails, to-
wit, January l, 1915, and within the
estimate of cost. 1876, 100000.
Among questions arising for pres
ent solution is the decision whether
the canal shall be fortified | have
already stated to the congress that
strongly favor fertilization and l
now reterate this opinion and ask
your consideration of the subject in
the light of the report already be-
fore you made by competent board.
Another question which arises for
consideration and possible legislation
Is the question Of tolls in the canal.
This question Is necessarily affected
by the probable tonnage which will
go through the canal.
In determining what the tolls
should be we certainly ought not to
insist that for a good many years to
come they should amount to enough
to pay the interest on the invest
ment Of si00,000,000 which the United
States has made in the construction
of the canal We ought not to do
this, first, because the benefits to be
derived by the United States from
this expenditure is not to be meas
ured solely by return upon the in
vestment. If 1t were then the con-
struction might well have been left
TO private enterprise.
MY own impression is that the
tolls ought not to exceed 81 per net
ton, and | should recommend that
within certain limits the president be
to fix the tolls of the canal
and adjust them to what seems to
be commercial necessity.
Il cannot close this reference to
the canal without suggesting as a
wise amendment TO the interstate
commerce law q provision prohibiting |
interstate commerce railroads from !
owning or controlling ships engaged |
In the trade through the Panama |
canal | believe such provision |
may be needed to save to the people |
of the United States the benefits of
the competition in trade between the |
eastern and western seaboards which |
this canal was constructed to secure"
Department Of Justice.
Discussing the affairs of the de-
partment of justice. the president
says:
Il invite especial attention to the |
under the federal law
of the so called bucket shops and |
of those schemes to defraud in which |
the use of the mail Is an essential |
part of the fraudulent conspiracy, |
prosecutions which have saved ig
norant and weak members of the pub |
lie and are saving them hundreds Of |
of dollars. The violations of |
the antitrust law present perhaps the |
most important litigation before the |
and the number of cases |
filed shows the activity of the govern
ment in enforcing that statute.
I'm a special message last year |
brought to the attention of congress |
the propriety and wisdom of enacting |
a general law providing for the in
of industrial and other
companies engaged in interstate com
merce, and ! renew my recommen-
dation in that behalf"
The crying need in the United
States of cheapcning the cost of It'll
cation by simplifying judicial proceed
ure and expediting final judgment Is
pointed out and action looking to cor
rection of these evils is urged.
The president recommends an In
crease in the salaries OF federal
judges.
Postal Savings Banks.
AT It's last session congress made
q revision for the establishment Of
savings banks by the postoff1Ce de-