HIS ANNUAL MESSAGE
Synopsis of the President’s Rec
ommendations to Congress.
H* Touches Upon Manx Important
Questions Anions Them Trusts,
Irrigation Works, Isthmian
Canal and Other Things,
The following Is a brief synopsis of
President Roosevelt's message to con
gress, giving a resume of his comments
and recommendations upon the topics of
greatest Interest to the American people:
The message opens with an official no
tice of the death of the late President
McKinley, and a eulogy of him in which
the president says:
“It is not too much to say that at the
time of President McKinley’s death he
was the most -widely-loved man in all the
United States, while we have never had
any public man of his position who has
been so wholly free from the bitter ani
mosities incident to public life. His po
litical opponents were the first to bear
the heartiest and most generous tribute
to the broad kindliness of nature, the
sweetness and gentleness of character
which so endeared him to his close asso
ciates. To a standard of lofty integrity
in public life he united the tender affec
tions and home virtues which are all
important in the makeup of national
character. A gallant soldier in the great
war for the union, he also shone as an
example to all our people because of his
conduct in the most sacred and intimate
of home relations. There could be no
personal hatred of him, for he never set
tled with aught but consideration for the
welfare of others. No one could fail to
respect him who knew him in public or
private life. The defenders of those mur
derous criminals who seek to excuse their
criminality by asserting that it is exer
cised for political ends inveigh against
wealth and irresponsible power. But for
this assassination even this base apology
cannot be urged.”
In the same connection he recommends
legislation for dealing with anarchy,
recommending a law that will permit the
federal courts to handle any man guilty of
taking or attempting to take the life of the
chief magistrate or any person in the line
of succession to the presidency. Another
is for a law that will prevent the preaching
or teaching of anarchistic doctrines within
our boundaries, and another is for one that
will prevent the landing upon our shores
of any person with anarchistic tenden
cies.
The Trust*.
He deals with the trust problem! at con
siderable length, citing both the advan
tages and disadvantages of these great
corporations to the nation. He does not
attribute their rise to the existence of a
protective tariff, but to natural causes
that operate in other countries as well as
our own.
He claims that to them the nation owes
much of its present degree of prosperity
and commercial and industrial advance
ment; that it is the great corporations
who have driven the railroads across the
continent, and made us a world power in
the markets of the world.
He asks for legislation that will control
and regulate them, but at the same time
counsels congress to act with caution in
enacting such legislation, and' assigns a
number of reasons for the necessity for
caution, and of this problem he says:
"The process has aroused much antago
nism, a great part of which is wholly
without warrant. It is not true that as
the rich have grown richer the poor have
grown poorer. On the contrary, never be
fore has the average man, the wage
worker, the farmer, the small trader,
been so well off as In this country anu
at the present time. There have been
abuses connected with the accumulation
of wealth, yet it remains true that a for
tune accumulated in legitimate business
can be accumulated by the person spe
cially benefited only on condition of con
ferring immense Incidental benefits upon
others. Successful enterprise of the type
which benefits all mankind can only ex
ist if the conditions are such as to offer
great prizes as the rewards of success."
"Artificial bodies, such as corporations
and joint stock or other associations de
pending upon any statutory law for their
existence or privileges, should be subject
to proper governmental supervision, and
full and accurate Information as to their
operations should be made public regu
larly at reasonable Intervals.”
Among his reasons for caution he em
fihasizes the fact that In whatever legis
atlon Is enacted it should not, any fur
ther than can be avoided, hamper the
strong and forceful men upon whom the
success of business operations inevltably
rests.
Another of his reasons for caution Is
to be found In the international commercial
conditions of to-day as the same business
conditions which have produced the great
aggregations of corporate and individual
■wealth have made them very potent fac
tors in international commercial compe
tition. As we have only Just begytn to as
sume that commanding position m the in
ternational business world which we be
lieve will be more and more ours, it is of
the utmost Importance that this position
be not jeopardized at the present time.
“Under such conditions it would be most
unwise to cramp or fetter the youthful
atrength of th.e nation.”
But while he recognizes these conditions
as reasons for caution in enacting trust
legislation, he believes there are evils
which need be remedied, and believes, also,
that remedies may be applied which will
not hamper our present position.
Of the evils he considers overcapital
ization the worst, and of the remedy for
these evils he says:
"The first essential in determining how
to deal with the great industrial com
binations Is knowledge of the facts—
publicity. In the interest of the public
the government should have the right to
Inspect and examine the workings of
the great corporations engaged in inter
state business. Publicity is the only sure
remedy which we can now invoke. What
further remedies are needed in the way
of governmental regulation or taxation
can only be determined after publicity
has been obtained by process of law and
In the course of administration. The first
requisite is knowledge, full and complete
—knowledge which may be made public
to the world.
"The large corporations, commonly
called trusts, though organized in one
state, always do business in many states,
often doing very little business in the
state where they are incorporates. There
is utter lack of uniformity in the state
laws about them, and as no state has
any exclusive interest in or power over
their acts it has in practice proved im
possible to get adequate regulation
through state action. Therefore in the
interest of the whole people the ration
should, without interfering with the pow
er of the states in the matter itself, also
assume power of supervision and regula
tion over all corporations doing an inter
state business. This is especially true
where the corporation derives a portion
ef its wealth from the existence of some
monopolistic element or tendency in its
business. There would be no hardship in
such supervision. Banks are subject to
it and in their case it is now accepted
as a simple matter of course. Indeed it
is probable that supervision of corpora
tions by the national government need
nor go so far as Is now the case with the
supervision exercised over them by so
conservative a state as Massachusetts in
order to produce excellent results.”
The president believes that it will be
possible to secure the needed remedies
for the trust evil under the constitution
as it now exists, but it congress thinks
otherwise he recommends that a cons tit u
ttonal amendment be subm tted that wl!l
<:o'fer the poic necessary.
In connection «|l: the trusts he rec
ommends legislation creating a cabinet of
ficer, to he known as sec!etary of :eni
ai'.ct, whose ill t;es would be to deal
with all qu scions concern', g commerce,
ltbcr and the merchant manne.
Chinese Kxelnslon Necessary,
He recommends the immediate reen
actment of the Chinese exclusion act as a
necessary protection for American work
men, and In the same connection recom
mends such amendments to the interstate
commerce law as will enable the various
states to protect their laborers from the
competition of prison labor of another
state, and also that the government aid
the movement for the bettering of the
workingmen's condition by not permitting
women or children to work excessive
hours or at night upon goods made for
government use.
He asks for amendments to the immi
gration laws that will prevent the land
ing of undesirable immigrants, and such
as will enable the immigrant officials to
apply severer tests both mentally, moral
ly and physically to those who seek a
landing upon our shores.
The Tariff.
He counsels against any change in the
present tariff laws, but urges the adop
tion of the reciprocity idea as a means
of opening the doors of the world to our
commerce. In this connection he says:
“Kvery application of our tariff policy to
meet our shifting national needs must be
conditioned upon the cardinal fact that the
duties must never be reduced below the
point that will cover the difference between
the labor cost here and abroad. The well
being of the wageworker is a prime consid
eration of our entire policy of economio
legislation.
"Subject to this proviso of the proper
protection necessary to our industrial
well being at home the principle of reci
procity must command our hearty sup
port. The phenomenal growth of our
export trade emphasizes the urgency of
the need for wider markets and for a lib
eral policy in dealing with foreign na
tions. Whatever is merely petty and vex
atious in the way of trade restrictions
should be avoided. The customers to
whom we dispose of our surplus products
in the long run directly or indirectly pur
chase those surplus products by giving us
something in return. Their ability to pur
chase our products should as far as pos
sible be secured by so arranging our tar
iff as to enable us to take from them
those products which we can use without
harm to our own industries and labor or
the use of which wilt be of marked benefit
to us.
“The natural line of development for a
policy of reciprocity will be in connection
with" those of our productions which no
longer require all of the support once
needed to establish them upon a sound
basis, and with those others where either
because of natural or of economic causes
we are beyond the reach of successful
competition.
“I ask the attention of the senate to the
reciprocity treaties laid before it by my
predecessor.”
The president pronounces our merchant
marine “discreditable to us as a nation and
insignificant to that of other nations which
we overtop in other forms of business,
and says we “should not longer submit to
conditions under which only a trifling por
tion of our great commerce is carried in
our own ships. Of this he says:
“To remedy this state of things would not
merely serve to build up our shipping in
terests, but it would also result in benefit
to all who are interested in the perma
nent establishment of a wider market for
American products ar.d would provide an
auxiliary force for the ravy. Ships work
for their own countries just as railroads
v/ork for their terminal points. Shipping
linos, if established to the principal coun
tries with which we have utalings, would
be of political as well as commercial ben
efit. From every standpoint it is unwise
for the United States to continue to rely
upon the ships of competing nations for the
distribution of oil. goods. It should be
made advantageous to carry American
goods in American built ships.”
He also urgee the enactment of such
financial legislation as will better safe
guard against the deranging influences of
commercial crises and financial panics^ and
such as will make the currency of the
country more responsive to the demands
of domestic trade and commerce. He
points out the fact that the receipts from
duties on exports and internal taxes far
exceed the government's expenditures, but
counsels against a reduction that will cause
a deficit, and in the same connection urges
a strict economy in expenditures so far
as our national needs will permit.
Interstate Commerce.
He comments upon the complaints en
tered against the management of the rail
ways for their alleged discrimination in
the matter of freight rates against the
Email shippers and certain localities, and
says:
"The act should be amended. The rail
way is a public servant. Its rates should
be just to and open to all shippers alike.
The government should see to it that
within its jurisdiction this is so and
should provide a speedy, inexpensive and
effective remedy to that end. At the same
time it must not be forgotten that our
railways are the arteries through which
the commercial lifeblood of this nation
flows. Nothing could be more foolish than
the enactment of legislation which would
unnecessarily interfere with the develop
ment and operation of these commercial
agencies.”
He points to the fact that in the paat
“the ignorant or reckless agitator has
been the really effective friend of the
evils which he has been nominally oppos
ing In dealing with business interests
for the government to undertake by
crude and iil-considered legislation to do
what may turn out to be bad would be
to incur the risk of such far-reaching na
tional disaster that it would be prefer
able to undertake nothing at all. The
men who demand the impossible or the
undesirable serve as the allies of the
forces with which they are nominally' at
war, for they hamper those who would
endeavor to find out in rational fashion
what the wrongs really are and to what
extent and in what manner it is prac
ticable to apply remedies.”
A considerable portion of the message Is
given to the subject of Irrigation for the
arid lands of the west, and he urges govern
ment assistance in perfecting a system of
irrigation that will reclaim these waste
lands and make them habitable for set
tlers. He believes the government should
virtually control the water rights of the
streams affording the water for irrigation
purposes, and should construct reservoirs
for this purpose. Of this he says:
' The government should construct and
maintain these reservoirs as it does other
public works. Where their purpose is to
regulate the flow of streams the water
should be turned freely into the channels
in the dry season to take the same course
under the same laws as the natural flow.
He counsels against attempting too much
at the beginning, but advises that we let
experience on a small plan teach the pos
sibilities of greater undertakings. He also
cites the conditions under which the set
tlers of the west are attempting to build
homes on these arid lands, and says:
"The security and value of the homes
created depend largely on the stability of
titles to water, but the majority of these
rest on the uncertain foundation of court
decisions rendered in ordinary suits at
law. With a few creditable exceptions,
the arid states have failed to provide for
the' certain and just division of streams in
times of scarcity. I-ax and uncertain laws
have made it possible to establish rights
to water in ;xcess of actual uses or ne
cessities, and many streams have already
passod into private ownership or a control
equivalent to ownership.
“In the arid states the only right to water
whith should be recognized is that of use.
In irrigation this right should attach to
the land reclaimed and be inseparable
therefrom- Granting perpalual water
rights to other than user* without
compensation to the public Is open to all
the objections which apply to giving away
perpetual franchises to the public utili
ties of the cities. A few of the western
states have already recognized this and
have Incorporated In their constitutions
the doctrine of p.erpetual state ownership
of water.”
The Colonies.
He vlvscates reciprocal trade relations
for Cuba that will afford that island a
market for her products, and urges this
on the grounds of morality and national
Interest.
For the Philippines ie recommends
much In the way of legislation, but again
counsels caution In the enactment ot It.
He says we cannot leave the islands at
the present time, but that it is our duty to
give to the Filipinos such an administra
tion as will fit them for self-government
In the future. He desires such legisla
tion as will permit of the granting of
franchises in the islands and so develop
the natural resources of the group, and
says of this necessity for development:
"Nothing better can be done for the Is
lands than to Introduce Industrial enter
prises. Nothing would benelit them so
much as throwing them open to Industrial
development. The connection between
idleness and mischief Is proverbial, and the
opportunity to do remunerative work is
one of the surest preventives of war. Of
course np business man will go into the
Philippines unless It is to his interest to
do so, and it is immensely to the interest
of the Islands that he should go in. It is
therefore necessary that the congress
should pass laws by which the resources
of the islands can be developed, so that
franchises (for limited terms of years) can
be granted to companies doing business in
them and every encouragement be given
to the incoming of business men of every
kind.
"Not to permit this Is to do a wrong to
the Philippines. The franchises must be
granted and the business permitted only
under regulations which will guarantee the
islands against any kind of impropet ex
ploitation. But the vast natural wealth
of the islands must be developed, and the
capital willing to develop it must be given
the opportunity. The field must be thrown
open to individual enterprise, which has
been the real factor in the development of
every region over wrhich our flag has flown.
It is urgently necessary to enact suitable
lawrs dealing with general transportation,
mining, banking, currency, homesteads and
the use and ownership of the lands and
timber.. These laws will give free play to
industrial enterprise, and1 the commercial
development which will surely follow' will
afford to the people of the Islands the
best proofs of the sincerity of our desire
to aid them.”
He also urges the Immediate construc
tion of a Pacific cable to connect Hawaii
and the Philippines with this country as
a commercial, political and military ne
cessity.
The Isthmian Caunl.
He comments upon the necessity for
the immediate construction of an Isth
mian waterway, and says the way has
been prepared for its construction by the
conclusion of a new treaty with England
on the subject. , ,
Of the new treaty recently concluded
with England he says: “I am glad to be
able to announce to you that our negotia
tions on this subject with Great Britain,
conducted on both sides in a spirit of
friendliness and mutual good will and re
spect, have resulted in my being abie to
lay before the senate a treaty which if
ratified will enable us to begin preparations
for an isthmian canal at any time and
which guarantees to this nation every right
that It has ever asked in connection with
the canal. In this treaty the old Clayton
Bulwer treaty, so long recognized as in
adequate to supply the base for the con
struction and maintenance of a necessarily
American ship canal, is abrogated. It spe
cially provides that the United States
alone shall do the work of building and
assume the responsibility of safeguarding
the canal and shall regulate Its neutral use
bv all nations on terms of equality
w-lthout the guarantee or interference
of any outside nation from any quar
ter. The signed treaty will at once
be laid before the senate, and if ap
proved the congress can then proceed to
give effect to the advantages It secures
us by providing for the building of the
canal.”
The Monroe Doctrine.
The president sets forth the objects of
the Monroe doctrine, and the spirit In
which it has been received by other
countries, and in connection with It says
this nation has not the slightest desire to
acquire any territory at the expense of
anv of our neighbors, and cites our atti
tude toward Cuba as a guarantee of our
good faith. He says also that "this
doctrine has nothing to do with the com
mercial relations of any American power
save that it in truth allows each of them
to form such as it desires.” That "we
do not ask for any exclusive commercial
treaty with any other American state.”
He says of this:
The Army nna navy.
For the navy he recommends a con
tinued increase In ships as in keeping
with our place as a first class power
among the nations of the world. He also
recommends an increase in the officers
and men of the navy, that the ships now
building may be placed in commission as
soon as completed, without retiring any
of the old ones. He urges this as a
means of performing our international
duties as well as a safeguard for our in
ternational rights. He believes that all of
our ships should be kept In commission as
a means of training officers and men for
times of emergency.
Of the army he says there is no need
of an increase, but recommends the es
tablishment of a staff department and a
system bv which there may be an elim
ination. grade by grade, of those who seem
unfit to render efficient service in the next
grade. He also recommends the reduction
of the "paper work" of the army, known
commonly as army "red tape.” and espe
cially for the army in the field. In the
same connection he recommends the adop
tion of new militia laws which will rec
ognize the national guard of the several
states and place them upon an equal foot
ing with the army when called into the
government service, by which the obliga
tions and duties of both shall be the same,
as well as the equipment and discipline.
Civil Service.
He asks for such legislation as will place
the employes of the District of Columbia in
the classified service, and also the em
ployes in the Insular service.
Among other recommendations is one
asking for legislation that will improve the
consular service; one that will cease to
recognize the Indian as a member of a
tribe but ns an Individual, and a distribu
tion of the tribal funds. For the Indians
he also asks for the establishment of in
dustrial schools and the stopping of the
issue of rations. He asks a liberal appro
priation for the Louisiana Purchase expo
sition and an appropriation to cover the
expense of transferring the government
exhibits at Buffalo to the exposition at
Charleston, which the Charleston exposi
tion has paid.
Another recommendation is for a per
manent census bureau, which, he says,
would Insure better, cheaper and more
satisfactory work in that department.
The Postal Service.
He calls attention to the growth of th*
postal service, and points to the fact that
the deficit of the service has been re
duced to the comparatively small sum of
511,923,727. This he says could be still fur
ther reduced, and possibly a surplus
shown, but for the fact that many pub
lications are now securing the pound rate
as second-class matter which are not law
fully entitled to the same, but that the
department has. now undertaken to re
move the abuses so far as possible by a
stricter application of the law, and asks
that it be lustained in its effort.
He calls attention to the settlement of
the Chinese difficulties, and our part In
the work, and says that China has prom
ised reforms that will in the future guai
antee protection to foreign represa»Wr
;;ve» within her boundaries.
Two Passenger Trains on the Iron
Mountain Come Together
Near Malvern.
THREE PASSENGERS KILLED OUTRIGHT,
Thirty-Eight Injured, Several Fatally.—
Most of the Unfortunate Ones Negroes
Eu Route to Texas.—Rotli Engines De
molish tid but Engineers and Firemen
Escaped.
At 6:30 on the evening of the 5th
inst. two Iron Mountain passenger
trains, one the fast mail from St.
Louis, collided at a point one mile and
a half south of Malvern. Three pas
sengers were killed outright and a
large number injured. Five of the
injured died in a few hours after the
accident. They were Maggie Steven
son and two unknown colored chil
dren, and two unknown white men,
supposed to have been stealing a ride
on the front platform of the baggage
coach.
Train No. 3 was to meet No. 14 at
Malvern, but the latter train was late,
and No. 3 moved ahead, apparently ex
pecting to meet the other train at the
next station. A mile and a half south
of Malvern the two trains met and a
terrific collision ensued. Engineer
Heriot and the fireman of No. 14
jumped in time to save their lives,
while Engineer M. Campbell of No.
3 did likewise. The two engines were
wrecked, and the colored coach next
to the baggage car on the southbound
train was badly smashed. It was
crowded with colored emigrants en
route from North Carolina, Georgia
and Alabama to Texas. The smoking
car of the northbound train was badly
damaged and most of its occupants
were injured, but the rear coaches or
this train did not suffer.
Killed: Jerry Dickson (col.), Sag
inaw, Ark.; unknown colored man;
unknown colored woman.
Injured: White—Frank M. Henry,
Malvern, internal injuries; serious;
Judge J. B. Moore, Arkadelphia, Ark.,
head cut. badly injured in back and
hip; S. T. Roberts. Little Rock, right
arm broken, head cut, leg sprained,
serious; Charles Kaufman, Little
Rock, cut about face, not serious; W.
T. York, Oklahoma City, face cut, in
jured in back; A. L. Herrick. Little
Rock, slighly injured; Wm. Fried, St.
Louis, face and breast cut, not serious.
Colored—L. A. Moore. Sandersville,
lla., back and hip injured; Elmer
Stevenson, Sandersville, Ala., both
legs crushed, arm lacerated; Mack
Stevenson, Sandersville, Ala., both legs
crushed; Melvin Stevenson. Sanders
ville, Ala., back strained; Maggie Ste
venson, Sandersville, Ala., right leg
broken, internal injuries, will proba
bly die; Thad Stevenson, Sandersville.
Ala., hip dislocated; Julia Stevenson,
Sandersville, Ala., badly bruised; Jas
per Warren, both legs crushed; John
Dinsmore, head cut and shoulder dis
located; Chas. Dinsmore, left leg
broken, injured in back, will probably
die; Two Dinsmore children, injured,
not seriously; Chas. Shepard, Shreve
port, La., both legs badly crushed; Will
Walters, Mansfield, La., foot and arm
crushed; John McNeal, Fort Smith,
shoulder dislocated; Neal McAuley,
Arkadelphia scalp injured; Henry
Smith, Mt. Homer. S. C., hip dislo
cated; Jennie Ware. Mt. Homer, S. C..
leg broken, injured internally; will
probably die; George Young, La
Grange, Ga., leg and arm broken;
Wallace Partee, Fort Smith, both legs
cut; James Ingrain, Fort Smith, head
and face cut; Dick Hudgins, Sagi
naw, leg broken; Joe Hall, Little
Rock, both legs and arms injured;
Harvey Knox, Arkadelphia, cut in
neck and body; J. R. Browm, Arkadel
phia, foot mashed and leg lacerated;
Sam Barnes, train porter, hurt in hip
and knees; Edward Williams. Mem
phis, leg and face cut; Henry Weather
ford. Danville, hip dislocated and leg
crushed; Four children injured, names
not given.
It is said the collision was the result
of a misunderstanding. The St. Louis
fast mail was to meet the north-bound
local passenger train at Malvern at
6:22 p. m. At 6:29 p. m. Engineer
M. W. Campbell of the fast mail saw
a train take a sidetrack about a half
a mile south of Malvern. He and
Conductor Arondale supposed it was
the passenger train and at once pulled
out. The train on the sidetrack was
a local freight, however, and before
the mistake could be realized the local
passenger train was approaching and
the collision occurred.
The wreck was one of the worst
that ever occurred on the Iron Moun
tain.
The occupants of the colored coach
were mostly emigrants en route to
Texas.
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half a cup of sugar, one pint of to
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three cups of milk. Bake in cups
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top of the range or in the oven.—N.
V. Post.
PEACE AGAIN AT THE PALACE.
go Says a Dispatch From the Hague, But
It Would Seem to Be a Forced
Article.
London, Dec. 7.—A dispatch to the
Evening- News from The Hague, pub
lished yesterday, says:
“Peace reigns again at the palace,
and the happiest man in Holland is
Maj. Van Tets, who was Wounded in
defense of Queen Wilhelmina, by
Prince Henry, or, as all Dutchmen
now contemptuously call him, ‘The
German.’ Van Tets is one of the ten
noble youths who formed the body
guard of the smiling young queen
when she was married in February,
and who have since been at their
royal mistress’beck and call on every
occasion. They pride themselves
on their servitude, and in this
matter-of-fact twentienth century
their chivalrous devotion to Queen
Wilhelmina is a pretty thing to see.
It is whispered that, every man of the
ten handsome youths who surround
her majesty’s aarriage when she
drives abroad, skate with her when
she skates, ride with her when she
rides, and dance attendance on her
generally, has been at one time or
another over head and ears in love
with the dainty little lady in whom
Holland’s hopes are centered. Offi
cial contradictions notwithstanding,
nobody at The Hague doubts for a
moment that the queen and her con
sort, have been at loggerheads prac
tically ever since the wedding. Prince
Henry is an unpleasant person. He
eats too much, drinks too freely,
and hunting occupies him far more
than his wife; and Wilhelmina on
her side is not a woman to allow
herself to be neglected with impuni
ty. It is said that she stanched Van
Tets’ wound with her own hands and
insisted on her husband begging par
don of the jonkherr as well as of her
self before she would forgive him.
All the romance of the marriage of
Wilhelmina and the man she herself
chose has disappeared.”
A dispatch to the Central News
from Amsterdam says that Maj. Van
Tets died last Thursday evening.
THE LONDON WEEKLIES
Not Generally So Friendly In Their
Comment** on the President**
31et*8aK’eH oh the Dailies.
London. Dec. 7.—The comment of
the weeklies on President Roosevelt's
message to congress is not generally
so friendly as that of the dailies. The
Speaker devotes the entire space to
acrid comment on the trust refer
ences. The paper declares the pres
ident’s treatment of a grave, econom
ic situation is trivial in form and
unsatisfactory in substance, adding:
“Did we not entertain a genuine
belief in the goodness of the presi
dent's intentions, we should regard
his diagnosis of the industrial situ
ation as insinc ~4|e.”
The Speaker's word picture of the
widespread ruin, corruption, econom
ic tyranny and domestic affliction
brewing ovev in America’, as the re
sult of trust domination, would be
a revelation to the most ardent anti
trust advocate in the United States.
The article concludes as follows:
“For such a student of industrial
politics, as Mr. Roosevelt professes to
be, to ignore these conditions, is an
act of intellectual daring that does
him little credit. The upshot of the
message is to minimize and misrep
resent the dangers of trusts and to
postpone any serious attempt to
grapple with them.”
The Saturday Review, on the other
hand, remarks:
“All industrial undertakings in the
United States are more scientifically
organized than in any other country,
as we have learned to our cost. The
trust is the last word of this sys
tem of scientific organization, and the
president is right when he declines
to hamper the captains of industry.
Turning to the canal treaty, how
ever, the Saturday Review declares
Great Britain has sacrificed every
thing to gain the problematical
friend ship of the United States,
“which will last just so long as it
takes America to build a fleet, Aid
not a day beyond.”
The Outlook is mildly commenda
tory of the message. It says:
“The anarchist programme is
splendid in theory, but in practice it
is impossible.”
As regards reciprocity the Outlook
remarks:
“Frankly, selfish America will ac
cept freely whatever benefits herself,
but will be careful that no infant in
dustry is squeezed out of the per
ambulator.”
COL. R. L. MEADE ACCQUITTED.
He Wax Chu raced, Before u Court
Martini. With Brnnkenneaa
While on Duty.
Washington, Dee. 7.—It is an
nounced at the navy department that
the court-martial, in the ease of Col.
Robert L. Meade, of the marine corps,
tvho was tried on the charge of drunk
enness, has resulted in his acquittal,
and he has been restored to duty at
the Brooklyn navy lard.