Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1912-12-13

sengers or cargo. $40 per net vessel
ton-each 100 cubic feet-of actual capaO-
| ity.
q On vessels in ballast without pas
sengers or cargo. 40 per cent. less than
| the rate of tolls for vessels with passen-
| gers or cargo.
3. Upon naval vessels, other than trans
| ports. GOLFERS hospital ships, and supply
ships. so cents per displacement ton.
| A. Upon army and navy transports, coli
| Hers hospital ships, and supply ships.
| $40 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.
Rules for the determination of the tom
mage upon which toll charges are based
| are now in course OF preparation ana
viii be promulgated In due season.
Panama Canal Treaty.
| The proclamation which I have issued
| in respect to the Panama Canal tolls Is
| in accord with the Panama Canal &C.
| passed by this congress August "a. 1872.
| We have been advised that the British
| government has prepared a protest
| against the act and it's enforcement in so
| far as it relieves from the payment OF
| tolls American ships engaged in the Amer
| lean coastwise trade on the ground that
| 1t violates British rights under the Hay
Pauncefote treaty concerning the Panama
i
| will be promptly considered and an eff
| fort made to reach satisfactory adjust
ment Of any differences there may be be-
| tween the two governments
| Workmen's Compensation Act
| The PRONUNCIATION of an efficient work.
| mems compensation act, adapted to the
| particular conditions of the zone, IS
awaiting adequate appropriation by con-
| gress for the payment Of claims arising
A. fci
| be made in order that we may install up
| on the zone system of settling claims
| for injuries in best accord with modern
humane. social. and industrial theories.
Promotion for Col. Goethais.
AS the completion Of the canal grows
| nearer and as the wonderful executive!
| work Of Col Goethals becomes more con-
| spicuous in the eyes of the country ana
| OF the world 1t seems to me wise ana
| proper to make provision by law for such
| reward to him as may be commensurate
| with the service that he 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-
uanied with a provision permitting MS
| DESIGNATION as chief of engineers upon
| the retiremer& of the present incumbent
| of that Office
Navy Department..
The navy of the United States IS IN
| a greater state Of efficiency and IL
| more powerful than 1t has been be-
| fore hut IN the emulation which ex-
| lists between different countries IN re-
spect to the increase of naval ana
| military ornaments this condition Is
| not permanent one. In view OF the
many improvements and increases py
| foreign governments the slightest halt
l or& 1o~ n
| ton throws us back and reduces us
| from naval power of the first rank
| and places us among the nations OF the
second rank.
A year ago congress refused to ap-
propriate for more than one battleshtp
| In this I think q great mistake OF
| policy was made, and I urgently rec
| ommend that this congress make up
| for the mistake of the last session by
appropriations authorizing the con-
| struction of three battleships, In ad-
| dition to destroyers. fuel ships and
! tbe other auxiliary vessels as shown
! in the building program of the general
| board We are confronted by a condi-
| ton In respect to the navies OF the
| world which requires us. II we would
| maintain our navy as an insurance OF
| peace. to augment our naval force by
! at least two batt1eships year and by
attic cruisers, gunboeSs, 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
| a world power Our population our
| wealth our definite policies. our re-
| sponsibiIities 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
! rs tn recognize our position as one OF
| a. Po w Of no
| and to clothe ourselves with sufhclent
| naval power to give force to our rea-
| sonable demands and to give weight
| to our influence in those directions or
| progress that a powerful Christian ma
| ton should advocate.
Department of Justice.
This department has been very active
| in the enforcement of the law. It has
| been better organized and with q
| larger force than ever before in the
history of the government. The prose-
| c,,tions which have been successfully
| concluded md 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. am very strongly con-
WINGED that steady. consistent course
in this regard with q continuing OF
Supreme court decisions upon the new
phases of the trust question not already
finally decided. Is going to offer
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
Naw 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 I have also advo-
Gated voluntary national Incorporation
for the larger Industrial enterprises.
with provision for a closer supervision
by the bureau of corporations. or
board appointed for the purpose. so as
to make certain compliance with the
antitrust law on the one hand and to
give greater security to the stock
holders against possible prosecutions
on the other. believe, however, that
the orderly course of litigation in the
courts and The regular prosecution of
trusts charged with the violation of the