The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1910-12-08

ness, due to the announcement that a
new tarif 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.
It is not likely that the board will be
able to make a report during the pres.
ent session of congress on any of the
schedules, because a proper examina-
ton involves an enormous mount of
detail and a great deal Of care: but T
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 nv
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
quillity 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
1ppine markets to American manu-
features.
1.-THE year has been one Of prosper
ity and progress in Porto Rico.
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
n 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, $685. 900. 1000.
Among questions arising for pres
ent solution is the decision whether
the canal shall be fortified. I have
already stated to the congress thai
I strongly favor fertilization and
now reiterate this opinion and ask
your consideration of the subject in
the light of the report already be
fore you made by a competent board
Another question which arises fol
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.
I'm determining what the tolls
should be we certainly ought not tt
insist that for a good many years tt
come they should amount to enough
to pay the interest on the invest
ment of $500, 000, 900 which the United
States has made in the construction
of the canal. We ought not to d,
this, first, because the benefits to b.
derived by the United States from
this expenditure is not to be meas
ured solely by a return upon the in
vestment. If it were then the con
struction might well have been lef
to private enterprise.
my own impression is that tn
tolls ought not to exceed 81 per ne
ton, and I should recommend tina
within certain limits the president b
authorized to fix the tolls of the cana
and adjust them to what seems t.
be commercial necessity.
II cannot close this reference t
the canal without suggesting az
wise amendment to the interstat
commerce law a provision prohibiting
interstate. commerce railroads iron
owning or controlling ships engage,
in the trade through the Panam
canal. I believe such a %provisio,
may be needed to save to the peopl
of the United States the benefits Q
the competition in trade between tn
eastern and western seaboards whic
this canal was constructed to secure.
Department of Justice.
Discussing the affairs of the de
partment of justice, the presiden
says:
81 invite especial attention to tn
prosecutions under the federal Law
of the so-called bucket Shops an
of those schemes to defraud in .whicl
the use of the mail Is an essentia
part of the fraudulent conspiracy
prosecutions which have saved ig
norant and weak members Of the pub
lie and are saving them hundreds o
millions Of dollars. The violations o
the antitrust law present perhaps tn
most important litigation before tn
department, and the number of case'
filed shows the activity Of the govern
ment in enforcing that statute.
"In a special message last year
brought to the attention Of congress
the propriety and wisdom of enactint
a general law providing for the in
corporation Of industrial and othe.
companies engaged in interstate com
merce, and I renew my recommen
dation in that behalf"
The crying need in the United
States Of cheapening the cost of liti
cation by simplifying judicial proceed
ure and expediting final Judgment IL
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