The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1910-12-09
PRESIDENT TAFT SENDS
MESSAGE TO CONGRESS
VOLUMINOUS DOCUMENT AND TREATS MANY
VARIED MATTERS
PARCELS POST AND EXTENSION OF POSTAL SAVINGS BANKS
OF
Reform judiciary Pro cectlure Among
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many changes in the antiQuated
methods Of routine work Of the
treasury department which Will e.
suit in large savings and sleater Of
ficiency.
He criticises the present pork
barrel" method of locating public
buildings and advises that a com
mission be appointed which shall in
vestigate and report on the necessity
for such buildings.
Revenues and Payne Tariff Act.
The Payne tariff bill is commend
ed as the best income producing
measure ever enacted. The corpora
tiCn tax has worked well and the tax
has been easily collected. OF cliti-
cism Of the bill he says:
The schedules of the rates OF
duty in the Payne tariff act have
been subjected to great deal OF
criticism, some of it Just, more of
it unfounded, and too much misrep-
resentation. The act was adopted in
pursuance of a declaration by Tie
party for the protection Of home in
dustries, the measure of the protec-
ton to be the difference between the
cost OF producing 1t at home, togeth-
er with such addition to that differ,
ence as might give a reasonable pro-
fit to the home producer. The basis
for the criticism of this tariff is that
in respect to number Of the sched-
ules the declared measure was not
followed, but higher difference re-
tanned or inserted by way of undue
discrimination in facor of certain
industries and manufactures. Little,
IL any, of the criticism of the tariff
has been directed against the pro-
tective principle above stated; but
the main body of the, criticism has
been based on the charge that the at
tempt to conform to the measure of
protection was not honestly and sim
cerely adhered to-
In discussing the feature of a
Tariff Board" provided by the law.
he says: Il cannot too much en-
phasize the Importance and benet,
of the plan above proposed for t. eat
ment of the tariff 1t facilitates the
removal of noteworthy defects il, an
important law, without a disturb
ance Of business prosperity"
No recommendations are made
as to any further tariff legislation
in the near future.
Banking and Currency Reform.
He approves of the non-partisan
Monetary Commission appointed by
Congress to make a scientific study
of the banking systems of various
nations, but makes no specific ref
erence to the proposed Aldricn Cen
trail Bank Bill" or other legislation
War Department..
lie considers our standing army
OF $4,000 men small, and commends
the development Of the national mi
l1tia system and urges passage OF
the proposed new Volunteer Act
He recommends chat congress es-
tablish a commission as early as
practicable to determine compre-
tensive policy for organization, mo-
bilization and administration Of the
Regular Army, the organized mill
tia, and the volunteer forces in the
event of war
He advocates minimum coast de.
lenses for the United States proper
and more extensive for foreign is
land possessions.
Rivers and Harbors.
He reaffrms previous utterance.
relative to appropriations for rivers
and harbors. These were to the eff
feet that there is much waste anC
useless expenditure, and that expen
diture should be made only on rec
ommendation Of the board Of engl
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