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Needed Cooperation.
President Roosevelt in his annual mes
sage to Congress on the state OF the
Union strongly urged greater "co-opera-
ton" on the part of the judicial branch
of the Government with the legislative
in order to bring about social and eco
nomic improvements. In his budget
message to the Congress, transmitted
yesterday. the President urged upon in
dustrial employers the need of Coop
Grating with the Government in the
matter of balancing the Federal budget.
Their cooperation is to come through
the employment of more and more men
and women who are now on the relief
rolls. Only through such employment
will it be possible to reduce the huge
expenditures for the relief of the unem-
ployed which have been necessary.
In his annual message on the state OF
the Union the President said that
"means must be found to adapt our legal
forms and our judicial interpretations to
the actual present national needs of the
largest progressive democracy in the
world" He did not specify what
"means" would be found to bring this
about. Already there are many specu-
lations as to what he may have had in
mind to obtain an increasingly enlight-
ened view of the Constitution" by the ju-
dietary.
The President in his budget message
did not suggest that means must be
found to bring greater cooperation on
the part of industry in the matter of
balancing the budget. The thought
arises, however, that If the relief rolls
are not reduced and along with them the
large expenditures for the relief of I'M
employment, there must be eventually
O. heavy increase in taxation. Without
such cooperation on the part of the
employers, the question of balanced
budget for 1885," said the President,
''must Of necessity remain an open one,
for the very good reason that this Gov
ernment does not propose next year, any
more than during the past four years.
to allow American families to starve."
1t is reasonable to suppose that what
1888 applies also to the budget for 1889
and the years succeeding it.
The alternative put up to industry
seems to be an increase of employment or
greater taxes.
For the sake Of the entire country and
all the people hope may be expressed
that industry will find it both advisable
and possible to provide the necessary CO.
operation in the matter of reducing the
relief rolls. The great majority of those
unemployed employables now receiving
relief, as the President points out, belong
to the unskilled group of workers. This
may make it difficult in some respects
for industry to take them off the relief
rolls. But surely there must be field
for the unskilled worker.
The Presidents budget message shows
conclusively great upswing in business
and industry in this country, reflected
In the greatly augmented estimated reve-
nues of the Government for the fiscal
years 1887 and 1938 The estimates for
the fiscal year 1888 are a total of S7,293,-
100000. This represents an increase of
S1,465, ,456000 over the estimated reve-
nues for the present fiscal year ending
June 80, and an increase of S3,177, $50 900
over the actual receipts for the fiscal
year ending last June. Only people
that is doing business can pay such large
amounts of revenue-through taxes
into the Federal Treasury.
So hopeful is the situation that the
President declares in his budget mes
sage that the budget for the fiscal
year 1888 lis in balance, and ex-
cept for debt reduction of $4o1,-
$4,000, it will remain in balance even
If later on there are included additional
expenditures of as much as $1,537123. 900
for relief" The budget already carries
S316,03O,9l3 for relief. If the additional
sum needed can be kept to the figure given
by the President, the total for relief will
be $1853,154,00O, reduction of 1868 0O3,-
600 from the estimates for relief for the
present fiscal year. 1t is to industry that
the President looks to take up that diff
ference of 1868, ,oO3, 900 which the Govern