The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1912-12-12

to me wise and proper to make pro
vision by law for such reward to him
as may be commensurate with the
service that he has rendered to his
country. l suggest that this reward
take the form of an appointment OF
Col Goethals as a major general III
the army Of the United States, and
that the law authorizing such appoint
ment be~accompanied with provision
permitting his designation as chief OF
engineers upon the retirement OF the
present incumbent of that office.
Navy Department,
The navy of the United States Is in
q greater state of efficiency and is
more powerful than it has been be
| fore, but in the emulation which ex
| lists between different countries in re
| spect to the increase Of naval and
| military ornaments this condition is
| not Of a permanent one. In view OF
| the many improvements and increases
by foreign governments the slightest
halt on our part In respect to new
construction throws us back and re-
duces us from a naval power of the
first rank and places us among the ma
| tions of the second rank.
A year ago congress refused to ap-
propriate for more than one battle
ship. In this | think a great mistake
of policy was made. and I urgently
recommend that this congress make
up for the mistake of the last ses.sion
by appropriations authorizing the con-
structlon of three battleshps, in ad-
dition to destroyers, fuel ships, and
the other auxiliary vessels as shown
in the building program OF the gem
eral board. We are confronted by
condition in respect to the navles OF
the world which requires us, IT we
would maintain our navy as an insur-
ance of peace, to augment our naval
force by at least two battleships
year and by battle cruisers, gunboats,
torpedo destroyers, and submarine
boats In a proper proportion. we
have no desire for war. We go as
far as any nation in the world to avoid
war, but we are world power. Our
population. our wealth, our definite
policies. our responsibilities in the Pa
cihc and the Atlantic, our defense of
the Panama canal, together with our
enormous world trade and our mis-
sionary outposts on the frontiers OF
civilization, require us to recognize
our position as one of the foremost
in the family Of nations, and to clothe
ourselves with sufficient naval power
to give force to our reasonable de-
mands, and to give weight to our
influence in those directions Of prog
ress that powerful Christian nation
should advocate.
Department Of Justice.
This department has been very
active in the enforcement OF the law.
1t has been better organized and with
a larger force than ever before III
the history of the government The
, prosecutions which have been success
, fully concluded and which are now
pending testify to the effectiveness OF
the department work.
The prosecution of trusts under the
, Sherman antitrust law has gone on
without restraint or diminution, and
, DEGREES similar to those entered in
the Standard Oil and the Tobacco
cases have been entered in other suits,
+ like the suits against the powder
trust and the bath tub trust. | am
very strongly convinced that steady,
: consistent course In his regard, with
q continuing of Supreme court de-
cisions upon new phases Of the trust
question not already finally decided Is
y going to offer solution Of this much
:, discussed and troublesome issue in a
! quiet, calm and judicial way, without
eli chor crip
: governmental policy in regard to COM
= binations now denounced by the Sher'
. man antitrust law. ! have already
= recommended as an aid in this matter
- legislation which would declare unlaW'
full certain well-known phases Of un
:, fair competition in interstate trade
:, and have also advocated voluntary
national incorporation for the larger
!, industrial enterprises, with provision
!, for closer supervision by the bu
:, reau of corporations, or board ap
y pointed for the purpose, SO as to make
certain compliance with the anti
trust law on the one hand and tt
5 give greater security to the stock
5. holders against possible prosecutions
IL on the other believe, however, tina
the orderly course OF litigation IN I'M
1T courts and the regular prosecution o
50 trusts charged with the violation
IN the antitrust law is producing amon
business men clearer and cleare
N perception of the line Of distinction be
I'd tween business that Is to be encou1
e. aged and business that Is to be cor
demned, and that in this quiet wa
s, the question of trusts can be settle
ly and competition retained as an ece
Is nomic force to secure reasonablenes
rs in prices and freedom and lndepene
ct ence in trade
Workman's Compensation Act.
le The workman's compensation &C
re reported by the special commission al
a. pointed by congress and The exec,
lie tive. which passed the senate and