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MESSAGE OF THE PRESIDENT Official Communication From The President is Read in Confress *V ^ ? 1 ttCOM MENDS V AIIOIJS MEASlltES The President Makes Strong Recom mendation* Concerning Capital and Labor, Foreign Affaire, Army and Navy, Commerce and Other Subjects That Will Come Before Congress. Following is the substance of the an nual message or President Roosevelt, readin both Houses of Congress: To the Senate and House of Repre sentatives: The Nation continues to enjoy note worthy prosperity. Such prosperity Is of course primarily due to the high in dividual average of our citizenship, token together with our great natural resources: but an important factor therein is the working of our long continued governmental policies. The people have emphatically expressed their approval of the principles under lying these policies, and their desire that these principles be kept substan tially unchanged, although or course applied in progressive spirit to meet changing conditions. CAUTION AGAINST EXTRAVA GANCE. The enlargement of scope of the functions of the National Government required by our develbpment as a na tion involves, of course, increase of expense; and the period of prosperity through which the country is passing Justifies expenditures for permanent Improvement ments far greater than would be wise in hard times. Bottle ships and forts, public buildings, and Improved waterways are investments which should be made when we have the money; but abundant revenues and a large surplus always invite extrava gance. and constant care should be taken to guard against unnecessary in crease of the ordinary' expenses of gov ernment. The cost of doing Government business should be regulated with the same rigid scrutiny as the cost of doing a private business. CAPITAL AND LABOR. In the vast and complicated mechan ism of our modern civilized life the dominant note is the note of industrial ism; and the relations of capital and labor, and especially of organized capi tal and organized labor, to each other and to the public nt large come second In importance only to the Intimate questions of family life. Our peculiar form of government, with Its sharp division of authority between the Na tion and the several States, has been on the whole far more advantageous to our development than a more strongly centralized government. But it is un doubtedly responsible for much of the difficulty of meeting with adequate legislation the new problems presented by th* total change in Industrial condi tions on this continent dining the last half century. In actua* practice it has proved exceedingly difficult, and in many cases impossble. to get unanimity of wise action among the various States cn these subjects. From the very nature of the case this is especially true of the laws affecting the employment of capi tal In huge masses. With regard fo labor the problem la no less important, but it is simpler. As long as the States retain the pri mary control of the police power the clrcumstanccs must be altogether ex treme which require interference by the Federal authorities, whether in the ?way of safeguarding the rights ot labor or in the way of seeing that wrong is not done by unruly persons who shield themselves behind the name o! labftr. if there is resistance to the Fedoral courts, interference with the mails, or interstate commerce, or raole Ktatlon of Federal properly, or If the State authoring in some crisis i'Mch *1hey ?ie unable iu face, call for help, then the Federal Government may in terfere; but though such interference may be caused by a condition of things arising out of trouble connected with some question of labor, the interfer tiice Itself simply takes the form of restoring order without regard to the questions which have caused the breach of order ? for to keep order Is a pri mary duty and in a time of disorder and violence nil other questions sink Into abeyance until order has been restored.- In the Distiict of Columbia and In the Territories the Federal law covers the entire field of government; bat the labor question Is only acute in poputar centers of commerce, manufac tures, or mining. Nevertheless, both in the enactment and In the enforcement of law the Federal Government within Its restricted sphere should set an ex ample to the State governments, es pecially in a matter so vital as this affecting labor. I believe that under modern industrial conditions it is often necessary, and even where not neces sary It is yet often wise, that there should be organization of labor in order better to secure the rights of the Individual wage-worker. All encourage ment should be given to any such or ganization, so ,long as it is conducted with a due and decent regard for the lights of others. There are In this coun try some labor unions which have ha bitually. and other labor unions' which have often, been among thtf most effec tive agents In working for good clti venship and for uplifting the condition of those whose welfare should be clos est to our hearts. But when any labor union seeks improper ends, or seeks to achieve proper ends by Improper means, all good citizens and more es pecially all honorable public servants must oppose the wrondoing as resolute ly as they would oppoce the wrong doing of any great corporation. Of course any violence, brutality, or cor ruption. should not for one moment be tolerated. Wage-workers have an en tire right to organize and by all peace ful and honorable means to endeavor to persuado their fellows to Join with them In organizations. They have a le gal right, which, according to circum stances, may or may not bo a moral right, to refuse to work in company with men who decline to join their organlgatlons. They have under no cir cumstances the right to commit vio lence upon those, whether capitalists cr wage- workers, who refuse to support their organizations, or who side with thoso with whom they are at odds; for mob rule Is Intolerable In any form. The wage-workers are peculiarly en titled to the protection and the encour agement of the law. From the very na ture of their occupation railroad men. for Instance, aro liable to be maimed In doing the legitimate work of their pro fusion, unless the railroad companies are required by law to .make ample' j rovision for their safety. The Admin istration has been zealous In enforcing tho existing law for this purpose. That law should be amended and strength ened. Wherever the National Govern meat bas power there should be a btrlogent employer's liability law. which should apply to the Government itself where the Government Is an em ployer of lahor. PREVENTION OF RAILROAD ACCI DENT*.' The ever-lncres?lnft casualty list upon our railroads Is a matter of grave public concern, and urgently calls for action by the Congress. In the matter of speed snd comfort of railway travel our railroads give at least ss good ser vice as those of any other nation, and there is no reason why this service should not also be as safe as human in genuity can make it. Many of our lead ing roads have been foremost in the adoption of the most ttpproved safe guards for the protection of travelers and employees, yet the list of clearly avoidable accidents continues, unduly large. The passage ot a law requiring the adoption of a blocksignal system lias been proposed to the Congress. I earnestly concur In that recommenda tion, and would also point out to the Congress the urgent need of legislation in the interest of the public safety lim iting the hours of labor for railroad employees in train service upon rail roads engaged In interstate commerce, and providing that only trained and experienced persons bo employed in po sitions of responsibility connected with the operation of trains. Of course noth ing can ever prevent accidents caused by human weakness or misconduct; and there should be drastic punish ment for any raliroaod employee, whether officer or man. who by Issu ance of wrong orders or by disobedi ence of orders causes disaster. The law of 1901, requiring interstate rail loads to make monthly reports of all accidents to pasengers and employees on duty, should also be amended so as to empower the Government to make n personal investigation, through proper officers, of all accidents involving loss of life which seem to require investiga tion, with a reqpirement that the re sult of such investigation be made public. UNIONS OK GOVERNMENT EM PLOYEES. There Is no objection to employees of the Government forming or belong ing to unions; but the Government can neither discriminate for nor discrimi nate against nonunion men who are in its employment, or who seek to be em ployed under it. Moreover, it is a very r.tave Impropriety for Government em ployees to band themselves together for the purpose of extorting emproperly high salaries from the Government. Es pecially is this true of those within the classified service. The letter carriers, both municipal and rural, are as a whole an excellent body of public ser vants. They should be amply paid. But their payment must be obtained by arguing their claims fairly and hon orably before the Congress, and not by landing together for the defeat of those Congressmen who refuse to give promises which they can not in con science give. The Administration has already taken steps to prevent and l-unish abuses of this nature; but it will bo wise for the Congress to sup plement this action by legislation. BUREAU OF LABOR. Much can be done by the Government in labor matters merely by giving pub licity to certain conditions. The Bureau of l^abor has done excellent work of this kind in many different 'directions. I shall shortly lay before you in a spe cial mesagc the full report of the in vestigation of the Bureau of Labor into the Colorado mining strike, as this a a strike in which certain very evil forces, which are more or less at work everywhere under the conditions of niodern industrialism, became stnrt l'ngly prominent. It is greatly to be v/Jjjfced that the Department of Com merce and Lu!>6r, tiitfugh tto^ I.-^bor bureau, should compile and arrange for the Congress a- list of the labor laws of the various States, and should be given ? he means to investigate and report to Ihe Congress upon the labor conditions i i the manufacturing and mining re gions throughout the country, both as to wages, as to hours of labor, as to the labor of women and children, and osr to the effect In the various labor (enters of immigration from abroad. In this investigation especial nttention thould be paid to *he conditions of child labor and child-labor legislation in the several States. CORPORATIONS. Wh<>n we come to denl with groat corporations the need for the Govern ment to act directly la far gi eater than in tho case of labor, because great cor porations can become such only by en gaging in interatate commerce, and interstete commerce is peculiarly the field of the General Government. It is an absurdity to expect to eliminate the abuses In great corporations by State action. It is difficult to be patient with an argument that such matters should be left to the States, because more than one State pursues the policy of creating 011 easy terms corporations iwhich are never operated within that State at all, but In other States whose laws they Ignore. The National Gov ernment alone can deal adequately with :hese great corporations. To try to deal with them in an lnteni|K?rate, destruc tive. or demagogic spirit would. In all probability, mean 'hat nothing what ever would be accomplished, und. with absolute certainty, that If anything were accomplished it would be of a harmful nature. The American people need to continue to show the very qual ities that they have shown? that is, moderation, good sense. the earnest <le slie to avoid doing any damage, and yet th" qUiet determination to proceed, step by step, without halt and without hurry, in olimunting or at least In min imizing whatever of mischief or of evil there U to interstate commerce in the conduct of great corporations. They are acting in no spirit of hostility to wealth, either individual or corporate. They are not against the rich man anv more than against tho poor man. On the contrary, they are friendly alike to ward rich man and toward poor man, provided only that each acts in a spirit of Justico and dcceney toward his fel lows. Great corporations are neces sary, and only men of great and aingu lar mental power can manage such corporations successfully, and such rr.en must have great rewards. But the*e corporations should bo managed with \lue regard to the Interest of the public as a whole. Where this can be done under the present laws it must he done. Where tlicso laws come short others should bo enac ted to supplement them. Yet we must never forget tho deter mining factor In every kind of work, of head or hand, must bo tho man's own good sense, courage, and kindli ness. More important than nny legis lation is tho gradual growth of a feel ing of responsibility and forbearance among capitalist* and wage-workers Mm otMUct oitto vvt * ma? for the rights of olkm; * Wl"f oC broai. coMnity t? teraajL not amly of eaplUllsts mh?i each Baa for the rights of others; a feeling of broad community of laftersat. < not merely of capitalists among them selves. and of wage- workers among themselves, hot of capitalists and wsge- workers la their relations to each other, and of both la' their relations to their fellows who with them make np the body politic. There are msny eap? tains of tndoatry, many labor leaders, who realise this. ?UftKAU OF CORPORATION*. The policy of the Bureau Is to. ac complish the purposes of Its creation by cooperation, not antagonism? by making constructive legislation, not de structive proeecution. the Immediate object of Its Inquiries; by conservative investigation of Isw and fact, and by refusal to Issue Incomplete and hence roressartty Inaccurate reports. Its policy being thus one of open Inquiry into, and not attack upon, business, the Burean has been able to gsln not only tho confldcnce, but, better still, the co operation of men engaged In legitimate business. ^ The Bureau offers to the Congress the means of getting at the cost of pro duction of our various great staples of commerce. I Of necessity the careful investiga tion of special corporations will afford the Commissioner knowledge of certain Justness facts. the publication of which might be an Improper Infringement of private rights. The method of making public the results of these investiga tions affords, under the law, a means for the protection of private rights. The Congress will have all facts ex cept such as would give to another cor poration Information which would in jure tho .legitimate business of a com petitor and destroy th?j incentive for Individual superiority and thrift. The Bureau has also made texhaus t've examinations Into the legal con dition under which coiporate' business is carried on In the various States; into all judicial decisions on the sub ject; and Into the various systems of corporate taxation in use. 1 call special attention to the report of the chief of the Bureau; and 1 earnestly ask that Congress carefully consider the report and recommendations of the Commls s.oner on this subject. AGRICULTURE. The Department of Agriculture has grown Into an educational institution with a faculty of two thousand special ists making research into all the scien ces of production. The Congress appro priates, directly and indirectly, six millions of dollars annually to carry on this work. It reaches every State and Territory in the Union and the islands r ? ftlie sea lately come under our flag. Cooperation is had with tho Stato ex periment stations, and with many other institutions and individuals. The world ia carefully searched for new varieties of grains, fruits, grasses, vegetables, trees, and shrubs, suitable to various localities in our country; and marked benefit to our producers has resulted. The activities of our nge In lines of research have reached the tillers of the soil an<f inspired them with ambition to know more of the' principles that govern the forces of nature with which they have to deal. Nearly half of the people of this country devote their en ergies to g: owing things from the soil. Until a recent date little has been done to prepare these millions for .'their life work. In most lines of human activity college-trained men are the leaders. The farmer had no opportunity " for special tniining until the Congress made provision for It forty years ago. During these years progress has been made and teachers have been prepared. Over five thousand students arc in at tendance at our State agricultural col leges. The Federal Government expends ten millions of dollars annually toward this education and for research In Washington and in th*) several States and Territories. The Department of Ag riculture has given facilities for post graduate work to five hundred young men during the last seven years, pr*? paring them for advanced lines of work iu the Department and in the State ?institutions. PENSIONS. The veterans of the Civil War have a claim upon the nation such as no other hody of our citizens possess. The Pension Bureau has never in its history been managed in a more sat isfactory manner than is now the cose. JAMESTOWN TRI CENTENNIAL. In 1907 thero will bo held at Hamp ton Roads the trlcentennial celebra tion of the settlement at Jamestown, Virginia, with which the history of what has now become tlio United States really begins. I commend this to your favorable consideration. It is an event of prime historic significance in which all the people of tho United State? should feel, and should show, great and general interest. POSTAL SERVICE. In the Postofflce Department the service has Increased In efficiency, and conditions as to revenue and ex penditure continue satisfactory. Tho increase of revenue during tho year was $9,358,181.10, or 6.9 per cent, the total receipts amounting to $143, 382, 624.34. Tho expenditures were $152, 362,116.70, an incrcaso of about 9 per cent over tho previous year, being thus $8,979, 492.36 In excess of the current revenue. Included In these expenditures was a total appropriation of $12,956,637.35 for the continuation and extension of the rural freo-dellv cry service, which was an increase of $1,902,237.35 over tho amount ex pended for this purpose in the pre ceding fiscal year. Large as this ex penditure lias hern the beneficent re sults attained in extending the free distribution of ninlls to the residents of rural districts hove justified the v. ir.dom of tho outlay. Statistics brought down to the 1st. of October, 1904. show t hti t. on thnt dato there were 27,138 rural routes established, serving approximately 12.000,000 of people In rural districts remote from postofflce?, and that there were pend ing at that time 3.K'?9 petitions for the establishment of new rural routes. Unquestionably some part of the gen er:;l increase In receipts is due to the incr??*sed postal facilities which tho rural service hns afforded. The reve nues have also been aided greatly by amendment* in tho classification of mail matter, and the curtailment of ahtinefl of the second-class mailing privilege. The average Increase in tho volume of mail matter for the period beginning with 1902 and end ing June. 1905 (that portion for 1905 being estimated). Is 40.47 per cent, as compared with 25.16 per cent for tho period Immediately preceding, and 15.92 for the four-year period im mediately preceding that. EXTRAVAGANCE IN PRINTING. I call your attention to the great extravagance In printing and binding Government publications, and especi ally to tho fact that altogether too many of theso publications are print MpSCT 'hanT *wouid "be wSm benefit r2sr*iLHJs??i Ir^ .P00^1^ i Probably the great ????niment reports lik? ?pw printed are never '??d it all. aMtarthermore the print J?C of mucb of the material contained n many of IP remaining ones serves no useful parpose whatever. i' * cuhiicncv 8bOUld h* STOidnSKttSftKS on the matter In the two Houses charged with the duty, take up the matter or our currency and see wheth er It Is not possible to secure an agreement la the business world for Bettering the system ; the committees ?hould consider the question of the retirement of the greenbacks and the problem of securing In* our currency ?uch elasticity as Is consistent with ??ety. Every silver dollar should be made by law redeemable In gold at the option of tho holder. * MERCHANT MARINE. I especially commend to your at tentlon the encouragement of our mer tionDt martne by appropriate legisla ORIENTAL MARKETS. The growing Importance of the Ori ent as a field for American exports xt? ?? f,rom 01,7 Predecessor. President MCKinley. an urgent request for its special consideration by the Con "stated- Ia h<S mcEsa5? of 1S3S lif "fa this relation, as showing the ^u ^,YOlumK an<1 va,"e of our trade *ith China and the peculiarly favora ble conditions which exist for their expansion In tho normal course of trade. I refe rto the communication addressed to the Speaker of the House of Representatives by rhe Sec retary of the Treasury on tho 14th of last June, with Its accompanying letter of the Secretary of State, recommend ng an appropriation for a commission iVai lntduslrlal and commer cial conditions In the Chinese Empire and to report as to the opportunities ror and the obstacles to the enlarge ?! mai*ets ln China for the raw products and manufactures of the IJnitod States. Action was not taken thereon during the last session. | cordially urge that tho recommenda tlon receive at your hands tho con wh,fh Its importance und timeliness merit." PROTECTION OF ELECTIONS. The paftrer of tho government to protect the Integrity ?f tho "oT, ions of its own officials is inherent and has been rccbgnlaeti and affirmed by re peated declarations of the Supreme Court. There is no enemy of free government more dangerous and none electorate08 K* tne/?'Tuption Hie electorate. No one defends or excuses Wrifhfl?Dnnfnd ,t.f'OU,d Seem lo fol -ow that none would oppose vigorous measures to eradicate it. I fecom mend the enactment o? a law directed against oribery and corruption in Fed eral elections. The details of such a law may be safely left to the wise discretion of the Congress, but it should go as far as under the Con stltujlon It is possible to go. an;l against 6fVere Penalties ? k ? ? , ho Kives or receives a bribe intended to influence his act or opinion as an elector; and provis ions lor the publication not only of ?tSn(lllTS for nominations and i r infii M candidates, but also of all contributions received and expen ditures made by. political comniiuccs. ALASKA. JSH *,askan natives are kindly. In telligent. anxious to learn, and willing o work. Those who have come und" r a llmii!??,,e of civilization, even for canaMlltv ?ave Pr?vcd their capability t.f becoming self-supporting tf-SW ?r,t,zens' and ask only m ? st enforcement of law and Sf ill, ?;,!'UC,bn "ni1 supervision! i f/S' m,n? more remote reslon<? Limp,? hl,ntcrs and fisher |^'k' *ho know only the life of the woods and the waters, are dally bcinc oonfrontcMl with twentieth-century civ TlSir Wl/h a?11 ?f ,ts complexities. Jtrd! ? CO,M ?fy be'ng orerrun by I strangers, the game slaughtered and fi en?nSV,Mfh f str(;am3 depicted of and hitherto unknown and fatal diseases brought to them, all of which Son in?"'!' ,ln/he,r extinction. Ac tion in ttielr interest is demanded bv maenV?n atl0n ?f Ju,,lco oud hu Thn n.?e.ilS? of t,l<>So People are Tho abolition of the present fee rvr torn, whereby the natlVo is degraded imposed up, and taught the injustice THE INDIANS. PoJUbte'Se i?eUwythem0i'rSrr,t moro l?d?.,r,o,? .M CONSULAR SERVICE.' It Is recommended that tho consular service be raised to the highest degree of efflcien by selecting men who are familiar vitb trade conditions nnd who know something of the language of the country to which they are ac credited. CITY OF WASHINGTON. The provident recommends that the rlty be thoroughly cleaned up. eo that it be n ule in fact a perfect Amer ican cit*-. free from contagious and Ada * THE ARMY. Wlthlti the last threo yearn the United States has set an example In disarmament where disarmament wa>' proper. By law our Army is lixed at a ma: iintim of one hundred thousand and n minimum of sixty thousand men. When there was Insurrection In the Philippines we kept tho army at tho maximum. Peace came In the Philip pines. and now our Army has been re ducer' to tho minimum at which it is posst: e to keep it with due regard to Its <?' iency. The guns now mounted rerp. ? twenty-eight thousand men. If the . . t ;t fortifications are to be ade quately manned. Relatively to the Nation, it Is not now so large as the poltco force of New York or Chicago relatively to the population of either cley. We need more officers ; there are not enough to perform the reeular army work. It Is very Important thnt tho ofllicrs of the Army should bo ao customed to handle their men In masses, as It In also Important that the i National Guard of the several States should be accustomed to actual field maneuvering, especially In conncrtlon with th'' regulars. For this reason w?.? are to bo congratulated upon tho suc cess of the field maneuvers at Manas sas last fall, maneuvers in which a larger number of Regulars and Na tional Guard took part than was over beforo assembled together in timo of pence. No other civtli/ed nation has, relatively to Its population, such a diminutive Army as ours; and while THE NAVY. I The strong arm of the Government tn enforcing respect for Its just rights In International matters Is the Navy of the United States. 1 most earnest ly recommend that there be no halt in the work of upbuilding the American Navy. There Is no more patriotic duty before us as a people than to keep the Navy adequate to the needs of this country's position. We have undertak en to build the isthmian Canal. We havo undertaken to secure for our selves our just share In the trade of tho Orient. We have undertaken to protect our citizens from Improper, treatment in foreign lands. We con tinue steadily to Insist on the applica tion of the Monroe Doctrine to tho Western Hemisphere. Unless our atti tude In these and all similar matters is to he a mere boastful sham we can not afford to abandon our naval pro ?gramme. OuV voice is now potent for peace, and it Is so potent because, we are not afraid of war. But our protes tations upon behalf of peace would neither receive nor deserve the glignt est attention if we were impotent to make them good. HOWAII ANO PORTO RICO. The Alaskan natives should bo given the right to ncquire. hold, and dis pose of property upon the same condi tions as given other Inhabitants: and the privilege of citizenship should be given to such as may be able to meet certain definite requirements. In Hawaii Congress should give the gov ernor power to remove all the officials appointed under him. The harbor of Honolulu should be dredged. Tho Ma rine Hospital Service should be em powered to study leprosy in the islands. I ask special consideration for the re port and recommendations of the gov ernor of Porto Rico. IMMIGRATION AND NATURALIZA TION. In dealing with the questions of im migration and naturalization It is in dispensable to keep certain facts ever before the minds of those who share in enacting the laws. First and fore most, let us remember that the ques tion of being a good American has nothing to do with & man's birth place any more than It has to do with his creed. In every generation from the time this Government was founded men of foreign birth have stood In the, very foremost rank of good citizen ship. and that not merely in one but in every field of American activity: while to try to draw a distinction be tween the man whose parents came to this country and the man whose an cestors came to it several generations back is a mere absurdity. Good Americanism is a matter of heart, of conscience, of lofty aspiration, of souud comipon sense, but not of birth place or of creed. The medal of hon or, the highest prize to bo won by thoso who serve in the army and the navy of the United States decorates men born here, and It also decorates nien bom in Brcat. Britain and lro li:nd, in Germany, in Scandinnvla. In France, and doubtless in other coun tries also. In the field of statesman ship. in the field of business, in the I field of philanthropic eudeavor. it Is equally true. that among the men of whom we are most proud as Ameri cans no distinction whatever can be drawn between those who themselves or wMce parents canto over in sail ing ship or steamer from across the water and those whose ancestors step ped ashore into the wooded wilderness at Plymouth or at the mouth of the Hudson, the Delaware, or the James nearly three centuries ago. No fellow citizen of ours is entitled to any pe culiar regard because of tho way In which he worships his Maker, or be causo of the blrshplace of himself or his. parents, nor should he be in any way discriminated against therefor. Each must stand on his own worth as a man and each is entitled to bo I judged solely thereby. naturalization laws. There should be a comprehonslvo revision of the naturalization laws. The courts having power to naturalize should be definitely named by nationul authority: the testimony upon which naturalization may ho conferred should be definitely prescribed; publi cation of impending naturalization ap plications should bo required in ad vance of their hearing in court; the form and wording of all certificates is sued should be uniform throughout the country, and tho courts should be required to make returns to the Sec retary of State at stated periods of all r.aturalizationu conferred. LAWS CONCERNING CITIZENSHIP. Not only aro the laws relating *o naturalization now defective, but thoso relating to citizenship of the United States ought also to bo made tho subject of scientific inquiry with a view to probnble further legislation. By what acts expatriation may be as sumed to have heen accomplished, how long an American citizen may re side abroad and receive the proicction I of our passport, whether the degree of i protection should be extended to one who has made the declaration of In tention to become a citizen of the Vnlted States but has not secured nat unitization, aro questions of serious import. Involving personal rights and often producing friction between this government and foreign govern men ts. Yet, upon thetfi questions our law? are silent. I recommend that an examin atlon b? made Into the subjects of citizenship, expatriation, and protec tion of Americans abroad, with a view to approprlato legislation. THE PHILIPPINES. Tho Philippine Islands have been brought by tho fortunes of war tirdet our control, nnd we must discharge our obligations to the Inhabitants In a becoming manner. In concluding this subject the message says: Every measure taken concerning the I Islands should be taken primarily with I a view to their advantage. We should cretnlnly give th*m lower tariff rates on their exports to the 1'nlted States; if this is not. dene It will be a wrong to extend our shipping laws to them. 1 earnestly hope for the Immedlato en actment into law of the legislation now pending to encourage American capital t<> seel: Investment. In Iho is lands In railroad*. In factories. In plan- I tatlons, and in lumbering nnd mining. THEODORE ROOSEVELT. Tho White House. Dec. 5, 1904. [ tbo mm j la m pMl w tn not to b? ?xeaM4 K ?? fill to kMp it at a mj high gnk or groieleney. It moat V Incao? Hr praatlcat; the standard toi tba mMM on abooid bo kept wr; high, llile at the aame tlmo tba fer tIco abooM ba made aa attractive at poaalble; and tba ataodard for tba offl cara aboold ba bapt own higher? wblcb. aa regarda tba upper ranks, can baat ba dona by introducing some syatem of aelectlon and rejection into tba proaaotloan Wa shall ba able, in tba erent of some sudden emergency, to pot Into tba Held one first -class army corps, wblcb abould be. as a whole, at least tba equal or any body of troopa of like number belonging to any other nation. New Ycrk City.? Ralu coats always have been essential to '.*01x1 fort, but never so attractive and comfortable as at the present time wben really MISSES* RAIN coat. handsome clot lis are made wn tor proof. This very dcsimble model is <le si^ned for youiiiT girls and completely covers tl?e dress." As illustrated it is { sldered sensible Is thirty Inches for a long ?llp. m>? Harper's Bazar. A dainty ?iem and sometimes. for an elab orate dreRS, a sheer nainsook ruffle with a lace edge wli.ppcd on. is the finish around the foot of the slips. Ki<r*m? rMhlom. All woiuen of good taRte. no matter" whether they l?o heiresses or work to support themselves, never u<l?*]>t the extreme of any fashion. Tin* loug front of the liodlee, so becoming to stout women, would still be in favor If it had not been overdone by Women of poor taste. The line* of the figure sire improved by the eutty.'g ot' tin* bodice a trlttc long and lifting tin* skirl ha ml a tritte in thohack. The extreme style.' however, is lu decidedly had t:?*w*. String* ?? llat Trimming*. . Strings of tliiu satin are by ti - mc.-in<9 exceptional. and make an effect i\ .? tin-> isli to ph-furc liats. s;.ys the Millinery Trade Iteview. Ithn ?. liberty -tiin^H are attaehed under tin- brim of : black velvet hat, and knotted toucHs.:1 once, so that the knots rests <>!i the v. carer'B right shoulder. This hat h:ts the brim somewhat raised on the rig i side, while eurving down it: rlie bri:.*. The trimming consists of loops of :!n* rib bon. each pleated into the sluip<- of a dahlia petal, arranged in I wo halve*#, embracing two-thirds of the crown, joined by a handsome cut steel buckle of shield shape, and i* plume if." ..Mii. h tips placed rather far *:*.ck. Tlie Mmlvrn I'inuforr. The old-fashioned pinafore . f . hild hood has been adapted t"??r modern grown-up use in a vc*y smart ..ml .?>n venieiit fashion. The modern piimfora is of Japanese silk c..t in oi.e piece. A LATH DESIGN BY MAY MANTON. made of tn 11 colored cravenette doth and it stitched Willi corticeili silk ni edges and trimmed with tiny woolen braid, hut all rainproof cloths tin* ap propriate and. when liked. tln> nipr fan be omitted ami i li?* coat left plain. The wide sleeves are a particularly advantageous feature as they allow of wearing over those of the w?ist withonl inconvenience or danger or rumpling. 'J'lie eoat is made with fronts and back, titled by means of shoulder and tinder-arm seams. The hnek i< fnll and partially confined nt the waist line by means of a strap held hy hut tons. The sleeves arc made in one plere each ami tlnished with roll over cuffs mid the cape is circular. The little flat collar is joined to the neck and rolled over with the fronts to form lapels. The quantity of material required for the medium size (fourteen years) is four and one half yards forty-one Inches wide, or three yards fifty-eight inches wide. Very many coats slant away in the skirts. Some pretty little examples are cut away en punier. This is quaintly coquettish. Much more extreme and very greatly liked for dressy toilettes are the long tails, at the hack only, which distinguish a number of smart costumes. In most instances the coats of which these streamer-like tails are a part are of velvet over skirts of cloth or silk. More truly in the spirit of la MervcMlctise of the time of the direc tory Is the cont with lace tails. Such a garment is a part of a creation des tined to appear at a reception. The dress is In the exquisite ivolre Iiiicm, with some shadings of Persian color* Iuks. At the front of this much-cut away cont there's any amount of lace richness to balance the streaming sec tions which float out the full lenuth of the skirt. These talis are edired with mink. Till" tlilhv'* l?rr??. The baby's dresses are made much shorter than they were a generation or less nj<o. Nowadays it is remembered that If a child is to have K?s>d strong leg4* he must begin early to exorcise them, and so the extreme length con Willi a larjje >oke and ><>11U' _ ;i 1 1 i?tx. It is j I M ? 'I I ? I ?>t I In proteil ;i iii.-.' .liib ornte ^'owii, ;iinl run be drawi in with >1 sash if desired. It perfeeliy mtvm |Im? purpose of a pinafore wHImiii ii$i> pjn tinjc :i ti appearance of dov .? >. i j ih*<?j?. " l.vc O'.M nlloit " mill I'iiII ('out Tin' new rout sleeves are I' full nt I lie shoulders. tint. never! hele .-?? <?ffi,t* variety i ii ji s 1 1 1 ii< ? 1 1 ns I m >t 1 1 the ' l< mutton" hi ?rl. which are pliiu .il lli?? wrists, iiml t li i ism that air jjalheivd i>r pleated into riilTx arc cipiully correct. Tin* two modi-Is shown :.re admirable in every way anil will In- found i ??>??!# iitariy well adapted In rcni??ilellnK. Tin* sleeve to l hi' left is nliow it in brown broadi'loili st 1 1 <-li?*? I wiVb eortU. cell! silk and finished willi piping of velvet. The olio (?? tie* Htflii is in hot* tie green chc\ iol si tn ply Ktltchcd In lailor stjleniid linislu'd wills !? i';d?i>me but Ion v. J| The full sleeve i?? plrab- l m ? >> >i 1 1 up per and lower eilg.'*. tin- pleats m the eulT being eolleeted ill :i narrow optica at Hie outer portion. The eulT i< shaped and the wider eed i < l.ipped over the narrower. The slee% to the right is ent i i iwo pin es mi l iw true "leg o'inutton" style i- larac :ii:d Villi* above the elbows, plain and ?> ;uw lit ting below. The quantity of nia*eri:d quired " I.Kd O'MITTON " AM? Will OAT SI EKW.fU for Hlrovc4* "I ? itli'-r xlylo In tli ? nw-d!. lini xl/.o i-* 'wo ynnl* twcr.fy ?<?von Inches whir, or "Tir yiiril forly-iYnir or llfty-two liwlii's wide. j