Fair play., 1912-12-14

out unnecessary delay.
Recognising the administrative problem
in the management of the canal. con
gress In the act OF August a. 1912. has
made admirable provision for executive
responsibility In the control Of the canal
and the government Of the Canal Zone.
The problem OF most efficient organiza-
ton IL receiving careful consideration, SO
that scheme Of organization and con-
troll best adapted to tho conditions OF the
canal may be formulated and put In op-
GRAFTON as expedi uously as possible. Act
ing under the authority conferred on me
by congress. have, by executive procla
nation, promulgated the following sched-
uol OF tolls for ships passing through the
canal. based upon the thorough report
of Emory r. Johnson. special commits
sioner on traffic and tolls;
I. on merchant vessels carrying pas
sengers or cargo. sl.2O per net vessel
ton--each 100 cubic feet-of actual capac-
ity
2. on vessels In ballast without pas
sengers or cargo 20 per cent less than
the rate Of tollssfor vessels with passen-
| gers or cargo
3. Upon naval vessels. other than trans
| ports. colliers. hospital ships. and supply
| ships. 90 cents per displacement ton.
g. Upon army and navy transports. col
| liers hospital ships. and supply ships,
$l.20 per net ton the vessels to be meas
! used by the same rules as are employed
| In determining the net tonnage OF mer-
| chant vessels.
| mage upon which toll charges are based
| are now In course of preparation and
| will be promulgated in due season.
Panama Canal Treaty.
The proclamation which have issued
| In respect to the Panama Canal tolls Is
| in accord with the Panama Canal act
| passed by this congress August "a, 1919.
W. a. urift Qh
! government has prepared protest
| against the act and It's enforcement In so
| far as 1t relieves from the payment OF
! tolls American ships engaged In the Amer
| lean coastwise trade on the ground that
| It violates British rights under the Hay
| Pauncefote treaty concerning the Panama
| Canal When the protest is presented, IL
| will be promptly considered and an ef-
| fort made to reach satisfactory ADJUST
| ment of any differences there may be be-
tween the two governments.
| Promotion for Col. Goethals.
As the completion of the canal grows
i nearer. and as the wonderful executive
work of Col Goetha1s becomes more con-
| spicuous In the eyes OF the country ana
| of the world, II seems to me wise ana
| proper to make provision by law for such
| reward to him as may he commensurate
with the service that ne has rendered to
| his country. I suggest that this reward
take the form Of an appointment OF Col.
| Goethals as a major general In the army
| OF the United States, and that the Law
| authorizing such appointment be accom-
| panied with q provision permitting MS
| 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
| a greater state of efflciency and Is
| more powerful than IL has been be-
| fore but In the emulation which ex-
lists between different countries In re-
| spect to the increase OF naval ana
| military armaments this condition Is
| not a permanent one. In view of the
| many improvements and increases by
| foreign governments the slightest halt
| on our part in respect to new construc-
| tion throws us back and reduces us
| from a naval power of the first rank
| and places us among the nations OF the
| second rank.
year ago congress refused to ap-
propriate for more than one battleship.
| In this I think a great mistake OF
| policy was made. and ] urgently rec
ommend that this congress make up
| for the mistake of the last session by
appropriations authorizing theA con
| struction OF three battleships, In ad-
| dition to destroyers. fuel ships. and
the other auxiliary vessels as shown
| in tho building program or the general
board. We are confronted by condi-
tion In respect to tho nav,ss or the
world which requires us. IL we would
| maintain our navy an insurance OF
peace. to augment our naval force by
at least two battleships a year and by
battle cruisers. gunboats. torpedo de-
| stroyers. and submarine boats In
| proper prorotion. 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 re-
| sponsibilities in the Pacific and the At
lantic our defense of the Panama ca
| nal, together with our enormous world
| trade and our missionary 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 rea :
sonabie demands, and to give weight
to our influence in those directions of
progress that a powerful Christian ma
tion should advocate!
Department of Justice.
This department has been very active
in the enforcement of the law II has
been better organized and with a
larger force than ever before In the
history OF the government. The prose-
cutions which have been successfully
concluded and which are now pending
testify to the effectiveness OF the de-
partment 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 Tobacco cases have
been entered in other suits. like the
suits against the powder trust and the
bath tub trust. I am very strongly con-
vinced that a steady, consistent course
in this regard. with IA continuing OF
Supreme court decisions upon the new
phases of the trust question not already
nnally decided, Is going to ofrer a
solution of this much discussed and
| troublesome issue in a quiet, calm and
judicial way. without any radical leg
| islation changing the governmental
policy in regard to combinations now
| denounced by the Sherman antitrust
law I have already recommended as
an aid in this matter legislation which
would declare unlawful certain we'll
known phases of unfair competition In
| interstate trade. and have also advo-
| Gated voluntary national incorporation
for the larger Industrial enterprises
| with provision for closer supervision
| by the bureau OF corporations or q
| board appointed for the purpose, 40 as
| to make certain compliance with the
| anti law on the one hand and IA
| give greater security TO the stock
holders against possible prosecutions
| on the other. 1 believe however, that
the orderly course of litigation In the
courts and the regular prosecution OF
| trusts charged with the violation OF the
antitrust law Is producing among