The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1914-01-01
Backward Glance Over Il
ord Indicates Irnportarlc
Of Legislation.
FIRST AMENDMENlll1sa
TO CONSTITJJ'TI''I6|
Adoption Of Income Tax Only Cl
Since ls7o-l'arcel Post ~
Other Gigantic Goverllnneuse III ~
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Washington, Jan. tAE
months Of 1918 wrought chafY
the American government--poiit5
economical, fnancial--proha6lv p
far reaching than any other yeal
the last quarter century-his
apparent today in a backward I'd
over the memorable events ofAhes3
year in all branches OF gDvatnUe7
activity. Ss.J:, alss
A democratic administratiou iiS
tional affairs came to power In
twelve months with democratte pi
ident and democratic congresse3t
back for the first time since Ord
Cleveland occupied the white hC1
The first constitutional amendmG
since 1870 were perfected, proYfd
two radical changes in the funiana
tails Of government-an income
and the direct election Of unitedk1ta
senator's.
The national bank and .curres
system. devised to float the debt
the civil war. and which has oper1
ever since. was reorganized into q IA
eral reserve system In which thee
trail Bank plan, the dominant syst
OF Europe was rejected and a I'M
cial reorganization perfected.
~ NCiiioSI0Ilc ldIIII law -UGCdln0tM
fective the first since the Wilsonss
of 1893, and one of the most "a
prehensive tariff measures ever
acted.
A parcel post system was broui
into successful operation and soms
its rates were later reduced while q
tain limitations were extended.
The Interstate commerce counn.I
aelcn sbeRtssa a physical valuation
railways project whir Shwifl a
'ii:frA-iaE.E IND take years to son.ple3
!! ln:t which is expected ,tsx Htti,ns NJ
Z provide basis If ~ t,sssB1a XII
Freight Rate Incis !
Meanwhile the fifty-two 3greaIsS
ern railway systems renewed wnpiiv
ton at once for five per cent Eene|
increase in freight rates and the cd
mission directed regulations IN
press rates which are expected 10 r.
the public approximately $30;0D0.0|
a year. sfs;.]
| Last steps in building the PNna Il
canal were taken with the probahSi
that the greatest engineering feat
the age will be in operation iii u
new year.
| Practical control of the Philippil
government was delivered to the ID
tives of the island by President w
sons appointment of a native maJC
| ity on the Philippine commission. I
What promised Il new era in reh
tiohs of the government with grea
corporations in the enforcement Of tA
Sherman antitrust law. was broug1
about by the "bloodless'' dissolutia
of the American Telephone and Tel,
graph conpany's relations with III
Western Union. President Wilso,i
open declaration that the administri
tion desired to cooperate was receive
in business and financial circles Wit
evidences of optimism.
Big Court Decisions.
The supreme court laid down seyes
al declarations of deep rooted impoS
tance. 1t decided that the owners I
copyrights and patehts may not eaS
troll the price at which. retail dealc,
resell their products TO the consume
1t sustained the validity of the She,
man law as a criminal measure I'd
the first time in the turpentine tru,
case. In the cotton corner case, il lai
down the principle tha, u "corne,,' /
any commodity was violation of iii
anti-trust law. In the state rate case
1t decided that states through the
railroad commissions have contr,
over inc rates nj lines within the
borders irrespective of the interstat
commerce commission.
Foreign Relations.
In foreign relations, affairs of ii,
wear We're hardly less cventful. Sci
retary Bryan's plan for information;
peace was accepted in principle
more than thirty nations and treatie
with the United States actually wer
signed by Netherlands and Nicaragu;
The most important pronounce
lnents of the administration foreig
policy were made by President Wi
son when he withdrew the support {
the United States, from the banker
in the so-called six power Chimes
loan; in his Latin-American statemei
in which he proclaimed the intentio
of the United States to recognize Q
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