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PRESIDENT ROOSEI/EUS JBU5L MESSAGE Legislation Which He Urges the Sixtieth Congress to Enact Washington. D. C.?The annual 1 Message of the President was read ' before the onenine: session of the new Sixtieth Congress. Its reading was j followed with intense interest by the j Kiernbers of the two houses and many passages were vigorously applauded. The Message is, in part, as follows: To the Senate and House of Representatives: No nation has greater resources j than ours, and I think it can be truthfully said that the citizens of no nation possess greater energy and industrial ability. In no nation are the fundamental business conditions sounder than in ours at this very moment; and it is foolish, when such is the case, for people to hoard money instead of keeping it in sound banks; for it is such hoarding that is the immediate occasion of moneystringencv. Moreover, as a rule, the business of our people is conducted with honesty and probity, and this applies alike to farms and factories, to railroads and banks, to all our legitimate commercial enterprises. In any large body of men,-however, there are certain to be some who are dishonest, and if the conditions are such that these men prosper or commit their misdeeds with impunity, iue:i CAaui|iic 10 a v ci j cui uuu^, for the community. Where these men are business men of great sagacity and of temperament both nnscru- | pulous and reckless, and where the i conditions are such that they act | without supervision or control and at j first without effective check from | public opinion, they delude many innocent people into making investments or embarking in kinds of business that are really unsound. When the misdeeds of these successfully dishonest men are discovered, suffering comes not only upon them, but upon the innocent men whom they have misled. It Is a painful awakening, whenever it occurs; and, naturally, when it docs occur those who suffer are apt to forget that the longer it was deferred the more painful it would be. In the effort to punish the guilty it is both wise and proper to ] endeavor so far as possible to minimize the distress of those who have been misled by the guilty. Yet it is not possible to refrain b?cause of such distress from striving to put an end to the misdeeds that are the ultimate causes of the suffering, and, as j a means to this end, where possible to punish those responsible for them. There may be honest differences of ! opinion as to many governmental policies; but surely there can be no such differences as to the need of unflinching perseverance in the war against successful dishonesty. j After making a lengthy extract j from his message to Congress on De-! cember 5, 1905, in which are con- j tained his well known views on the subject of corporation regulation the President says that he calls attention to these quotations because he is satisfied it is the duty of the National Government to embody in action the principles thus expressed. The Message then continues: No small part of the trouble that : we have comes from carrying to an i extreme the national virtue of selfrel'ance, of independence in initiative and action. It is wise to conserve this virtue and to provide for 1 its fullest exercise, compatible with ; seeing that liberty does not become j a liberty to wrong others. I/nfortu- | nately, this is the kind of liberty that the lack of all effective regulation inevitably breeds. The founders of the Constitution provided that the National Government should have complete and sole control of interstate commerce. There was then practically no interstate business save such as was conducted by water, and this the National Government at once proceeded to regulate in thoroughgoing and effective fashion. Conditions have now so wholly changed that the interstate commerce by water is insignificant compared with the amount that goes by land, and almost all big business concerns are now -engaged in interstate commerce. As a result, it can be but partially and imperfectly controlled or regulated by the action of any one of the several States; such action inevitably tending to be either too drastic or else too lax, and in either j case ineffective for purposes of jus- | tice. Only the National Government , can in thoroughgoing fashion cxer- , cise the needed control. This does ' not mean that there should be any | extension of Federal authority, for j such authority already exists under j the Constitution in amplest and most j rar-reacnmg lorm: out u aoes mean ; thac there should be an extension of : ? Federal activity. This is not advo- | eating centralization. It Is merely j lool.ing facts in the face, and realiz- | ing that centralization in business j has already ronio and can not be avoided or undone, and that the pub- j lice at large can only protect itself from certain evil effects of this busies* centralization by providing bet-, ter methods for the exercise of con- ' trol through the authority already centralized in the National Government by the Constitution itself. There must be no halt in the healthy constructive course of action which this Nation has elected to pursue, and j has steadily pursued, during the last : six years, as phov/n both in ths legis- ' lation of the Congress and the administration of the law by the Department of Justice. The most vital X-'cminlae Notes. ' At Sun Francisco Mrs. Whilelaw | Reid Is building a maternity hospital. I Creditors petition to have Mrs. Leslie Carter Tayne, the actress, declared a bankrupt. Professor Earl Barnes tells the Mothers' Congress that bachelorhood tends toward criminality. The presence of Queen Alexandra In London, toge-:her with the Qiieens of Norway and Spain, added &reat zci't to t'.io season. Three-fourths of liic articles ex- ' ported from Japan are produced by female labor. ( The home where* was supposed to have lived Marguerite Gautier. the heroine of "La Dame au.-: Camelias," has been razed. ! The Marquess of Ailsa is an enthusiastic f.oricukurlst, and at Culzeau castl-?, Ayrshire, has managed ' to grow flowcr3 which can be seen r; c.here else in Scotland. Mrs. Emma Reba Bailey, a lawyer i? Birmingham, Ala., eallcd on President Roosevelt to recommend her son for the position oi Federal District Judge. need is in connection with the rail- ? roads. As to these, in ray judgment I there should now be either a national c incorporation act or a law licensing t railway companies to engage in inter- t state commerce upon certain condi- c tions. The law should be so framed r as to give to the Interstate Com- \ merce Commission power to pass t upon the future issue of securities, r while, ample means should be pro- c vided to enable the Commission, r whenever in its judgment it. is neces- a sary, to make a physical valuation of C any railroad. As I stated in my Message to the Congress a year ago, rail- c roads should be given power to enter t into agreements, subject to these g agreements being made public in mi- t nute detail and to the consent of the a Interstate Commerce Commission be- t ing first obtained. Until the Nation- c al Government assumes proper con- a /->f iiitorctnfo rnmmprcs. in the i e.xercise of the authority it already a possesses, it will be impossible v either to give to or to get from i the railroads full justice. The s railroads and all other great corpor- r ations will do well to recognize that f this control must come; the only t) question is as to what governmental t body can most wisely exercise it. The e courts will determine the limits t within which the Federal authority fc can exercise it. and there will still re- s main ample work within each State r for the railway commission of that e State; and the National Interstate c Commerce Commission will work in c harmony with the several State com- t missions, each within its own prov- t ince, to achieve the desired end. n Moreover, in my judgment there should be additional legislation look- e ing to the proper control of the great a business concerns engaged in inter- t state business, this control to be ex- b ercised for their own benefit and t prosperity no less than for the pro- t tection of investors and of the gen- b eral public. As I have repeatedly ii said in Messages to the Congress and v elsewhere, experience has definitely v shown not merely the unwisdom but c the futility of endeavoring to put a 1 stop to all business combinations', c Mnriwn industrial conditions are such that combination is not only a necessary but inevitable. It is so in ? the world of business just as it is so t in the world of labor, and it is as n idle to desire to put an end to all t corporations, to all big combinations a of capital, as to desire to put an end a to combinations of labor. Corpora- p tion and labor union alike have come f to stay. Each if properly managed t is a source of good and not evil, f Whenever in either there is evil, it o should be promptly held to account; t but it should receive hearty encour- s agement so long as it is properly v managed. It is profoundly immoral e to put or keep on the statute oooks n a law, nominally in the interest of t public morality, that really puts a p premium upon public immorality by t undertaking to forbid honest men v from doing what must be done under c modern business conditions, so that c the law itself provides that its own s infraction must be the condition pre- n cedent upo<n business success. n Then the President, after making ii pertinent excerpts from his Message p of last year, says: The anti-trust law should not be t repealed; but it should be made both d more efficient and more in harmony o with actual conditions. It should be t so amended as to forbid only the e kind o? combination which does harm 1 to the general public, such amend- v ment to be accompanied by, or to be li an incident of. a grant of supervisory u power to the Government over these n big concerns engaged in interstate v business. This should be accompan- v ied by provision for the compulsory Is publication of accounts and the sub- o jection of books and papers to "the ii inspection of the Government officials, n The anti-trust law should not pro- v hibit combinations that do no injus- g tice to the public, still less those the b existence of which is on the whole of b benefit to the public. But even if t this feature of the law were abol- a Ished, there would remain as an t equally .objectionable feature the dif- T. Acuity and delay now incident to its li enforcement. The Government must b now submit to irksome and repeated a delay before obtaining a final decision ! li of the courts upon proceedings insti- i n tuted, and even a favorable decree may mean an empty victory. More- t over, to attempt to control these cor- t porations by lawsuits means to impose upon both the Department of c Justice and the courts an impossible r burden; it is not feasible to carry s on more than a limited number of a such suits. Such a lav/ to be really b effective must of course be admiuis- i< tered by an executive body, and not c merely by means of lawstiits. The s design should be to prevent the e abuses incident to the creation of t unhealthy and improper corubina- e tions, instead of waiting until they b are in existence, and then attempting P to destroy them by civil or criminal b proceedings. A combination should not be tol- v erated if it abuse the power acquired ' t by combination to the public detri- j c raent. No corporation or association I of any kind -should be permitted to c engage in foreign or interstate com- i! merce that is formed for the purpose v of, or whose operations create, a s monopoly or general control of the 11 production, sale, or distribution of i any one or more of the prime neces- | a sities of life or articles of general use j o and necessity. Such combinations are ! P against public policy; they violate j e the common law; the doors of the courts are ciosea to tnose wno are i parties to them, and I believe the a Congress can close the channels of c interstate commerce against them for I its protection. The law should make P its prohibitions and permissions as d clear and definite as possible, leav- i b ing the least possible room for arbi- s trary action, or allegation of such ac- r tion, on the part of the Executive, or , t of divergent interpretations by the a courts. Among the points to be aimed ( v Brevities by Wire. ' ' American imports to China have ? declined. ^ The official records for 19 0G show | the lowest recorded birth rate in the 0 history of France. . The Druce case is an absorbing c topic in England, and at the hearings a in the police court great throngs are present. r Many famous novels are in danger t of being barred in the London schools 1 on the ground that they offsnd the t true moral sens?. t The French army has begun the training of a corps of ambulance dogs. Dolls made by royal personages ' will be the feature of the Novelists' Bazaar in London. I J The Anglo-American Arctic expedi- \ tion-failed to find land in Beaufort Sea, but another trip will be made. ? In London the suffragettes are 1 greatly injuring their light for the ballot for women by their violent '< methods. i The $50,000,000 issue of Panama Canal bonds was found to be largely 1 oversubscribed when bids were opened 1 at the Treasury Department. ^ "<v it should be the prohibition of unlealthy competition, such as by renlering service at an actual loss for he purpose of crushing out competiion, the prevention of inflation of apital, and the'prohibition of a cor)oration'6 making exclusive trade vith itself a condition of having any ,,A ^ ifrtAlP T? /\nortnftl\l A O O'f no. iauc WIUI UDCU. iicaouuauic nents between, or combinations of, orporations should be permitted, >rovided they are iir3t submitted to md approved by some appropriate Jovernment body. The Congress has the power to harter corporations to engage in inerstate and foreign commerce, and a ;eneral law can be enacted under the trovisions of which existing corporitions could take out Federal cliarers and new Federal corporations ould be created. Provision should .lso be made for complete publicity n all matters affecting the public ind complete protection to the inesting public and the shareholders n the matter of issuing corporate ecurities. If an incorporation law is lot deemed advisable, a license act or big interstate corporations might e enacted, or a combination of the wo might be tried. The supervision stablished might be analogous to hat now exercised over national ianks. At least, the anti-trust act hould be - supplemented by specific inhibitions of the methods which xperience has shown have been of nost service in enabling monopolistic ombinations to crush out competiion. The real owners of a corporaion should be compelled to do busiiess in their own name. To confer upon the National Govrnment. in connection with the mendment I advocate in the antirust law, power of supervision over ig business concerns engaged in inerstate commerce would benefit hem as it has benefited the national >anks. In the recent business crisis t is noteworthy that the institutions ^hich failed were institutions which rere not under the supervision and ontrol of the National Government, "hose which were under National ontrol stood the test. National control of the kind above dvocated would be to the benefit of very well managed railway. From he standpoint of the public there is ;?ed for additional tracks, additional erminals, and improvements in the ctual handling of the railroads, and ,11 this as rapidly as possible. AmIe. safe and spsedy transportation acilities are even more necessary han cheap transportation. Thereore there is need for the investment f money which will provide for all hese things while at the same time ecuring as far as is possible better fages and shorter hours for their mployes. Therefore while there nust be just and reasonable regulaion of rates we should be the first to rotest against any arbitrary and unhinking movement to cut them down without the fullest and most careful onsideration of all interests conerned and of the actual needs of the ituation. Only a special body of len acting for the National Government under authority conferred upon b by the Congress is competent to ass judgment on such a matter. Those who fear, from any reason, he extension of Federal activity will o well to study the history not only f the national banking act but of he pure-food law, and notably the neat inspection law recently enacted, 'he pure-food law was opposed so iolently that its passage was deayed for a decade; yet it has worked nmixed and immediate good. The neat inspection law was even more iolently assailed; and the same men .'ho now denounce the attitude of the National Government in seeking to versee and control the workings of aterstate common carriers and busitess concerns, then asserted that we rere "uitereuiting and ruining a reat American industry." Two years i.ave not elapsed, and already it has ecome evident that the great benefit he law confers upon the public is ccompanied by an equal benefit to he reputable packing estaolishments. 'he latter are better off under the aw than they were without it. The onnfit *<-? {ntopvrol.A rnmmoii carriers ud business concerns from the legisation I advocate would be equally narked. The President urges on Congress he need of immed'te attention to he currency. He says: We need a greater elasticity in our urrency; provided, of course, that we ecognize the even greater need of a afe and secure currency. There must lways be the most rigid examination y the National authorities. Provisan should be made foj- an emergency urrency. The emergency issue hould, of course, be made with an ffective guaranty, and upon condiions carefully prescribed by the Govrnment. Such emergency issue must e based on adequate securities aproved by the Government, and must e issued under a heavy tax. After deploring the folly of those fho indulge in reckless speculation, hereby exposing the whole business ommunity to panic and distress, the 'resident states that the income acount of the Nation is in a most satsfactory condition. The satisfactory forking of the present tariff law. he ays, hPo been chiefly responsible for his excellent showing. Nevertheless, there is an evident nd constantlygrowing feeling among ur people that the time is rapidly apiroaching when our system of revnue legislation must be revised. This country is definitely comnitted to the protective system and ,ny effort to uprcot it could not but ause widespread industrial disaster, a other words, the principle of the iresent tariff lav; could not with wisom be changed. The question should ie approached purely from a business tandpoint; both the time and the nanner of the change being such as o arouse the minimum of agitation .nd disturbance in the business vorld, and to give the least play for LIIA13S CAPTURE FRENCHMEN. rake Guns, Too, in Rnids Near Oudjda?30 Hours' Hard Fighting. London.?Messages from Tangier ind other points in Northern Africa eport that the Beni Snassen and itlier tribes attacked the French all Jong the Algerian border At several places overwhelming lumbers compelled the French to rereat, with the loss of several gun^. Pwpntv soldiers were cantured by lie enemy and there wore a considerable number of other casualties. Abnut Noted People. John Burroughs terms Roosevelt 'the most vital man on the planet." Mr. Richard Croker will leave Ireand for Cairo, Egypt, to spend the vinter. Moncure D. Conway, the American luthor. minister and lecturer, died u Paris. Count Okuma, leader of the Japanese Progressives, is the enfant terible of the Mikado's household. The story is current that William ^linn, of Pittsburg, has said he'll be Jnited States Senator from Pennsylvania if it costs him $2,000,000. selfish and factional motives. The- I sole consideration should be to see 1 that the sum total of changes repre- ? sents the public good. This means ? that the subject can not with wisdom 1 lie dealt with in the year preceding a f Presidential election, because as a c matter of fact experience has cod- 1 clusively shown that at such a time it c is impossible to get men to treat it s from the standpoint of the public ? good. In my judgment the wise time 1 to deal with the matter is immediate- * ly after such election. c There should be no tariff on any 1 forest product grown in this country; 1 and, in especial, there should be no 1 tariff on wood pulp; due notice of the * change being of course given to those \ engaged in the business so as to en- 1 able them to adjust themselves to the 1 new conditions. The repeal of the ' duty on wood pulp should if possible ? 1>/n v* o w T*r 11- v> t i;c actuiupamcu uj aii a.f^ i cctucui unn Canada that there shall be no export ( duty on Canadian pulp wood. Reference is then made to the in- ' come tax and the inheritance tat. In my judgment, writes the Presi- 5 dent, both of these taxes should be J part of our system of Federal taxation. I speak diffidently about the * income tax because one scheme for 1 an income tax was declared unconsti- 1 tutional by the Supreme Court; while ' in addition it is a difficut tax to ad- I minister in its practical working, and ' great care would have to be exer- ' cised to see that it was not evaded by ' the very men whom it was most de- ' sirable to have taxed, for if so evad- ' ed it would, of course, be worse-than ' no tax at all; as the least desirable ' of all taxes is the tax which bears 1 heavily upon the honest as compared with the dishonest man. Neverthe- 1 less, a graduated income tax of the ' proper type would be a desirable fea- < ture of Federal taxation, and it is to 1 be hoped that one may be devised 1 which the Supreme Court will de- < clare constitutional. The inheritance ( tax, however, is both a far better ' method of taxation, and far more 1 important for the purpose of having < the fortunes of the country bear in j proportion to their increase in size a i corresponding increase and burden 1 of taxation. The Government has * the absolute right to decide as to the < terms upon which a man shall receive a bequest or devise from an- i other, and this point in the devolu- i tion of property is especially appro- i priate for the imposition of a tax. i Laws imposing such taxes have re- i peatedly been placed upon the Na- i tional statute books and as repeatedly declared constitutional by the ! courts, and these laws contained the progressive principle, that is, after a J ? ? J- 4-U*. certain amoum is reaiucu t,uc request or gift, in life or death, is in- < creasingly burdened and the rate of i taxation is increased in proportion : to the remoteness of the man receiving the bequest. These principles are recognized already in the leading civ- i ilized nations on the world. i The tax should, if possible, be made to bear more heavily upon those residing without the country i than within it. A heavy progressive tat upon a very large fortune is in no way such a tax upon thrift or industry as a like tax would be on a small fortune. No advantage comes either to the country as a whole or to the individuals inheriting the money by permitting the transmission in their entirety of the enormous fortunes which would be affected by such a tax. We have not the slightest sympathy with that socialistic idea which would try to put laziness, thriftlessness and inefficiency on a par with industry, thrift and efficiency; which would strive to break up not merely private property, but what is far more important, the home, the chief prop upon which our whole civilization stands. Such a theory, if ever adopted, would mean the ruin of the entire country?a ruin which would bear heaviest upon the weakest, upon those least able to shift for themselves. But proposals for legislation such as this herein advocated are directly opposed to this class of socialistic theories. There should be conditions under which each man obtains the chance to show the stuff that is in him when compared with his fellows. Referring to the past loud complaints that the law could not be inI voked against wealthy offenders, the I Message boasts that no such comj plaint is heard now. The course of the Department of Justice during the last fev/ years has been such as to make it evident that no man stands . above the law, that no corporation is so wealthy that it can not be held to account. The Department of Justica has been as prompt to proceed against the wealthiest malefactor whose crime was one of greed and cunning as to proceed against the agitator who incites to brutal violence. Both the present condition of the law and the present temper of juries render it a task of extreme difficulty to get at the real wrongdoer in any such case, especially by imprisonment. Yet it is from every standpoint far preferable to punish the prime offender by imprisonment rather than to fine the corporation, with the attendant damage to stockholders. The two great evils in the execution of our criminal laws to-day are sentimentality and technicality. For the latter the remedy must come from the hands of the legislatures, the courts and the lawyers. The other must depend for its cure upon the gradual growth of a sound pub lie opinion. On the subject of injunctions, Mr. Roosevelt writes: I earnestly commend to the attention of Congress this matter, so that some way may be devised which will limit the abuse of injunctions and to protect those rights which from time to time it unwarrantably invades. He further says that the number of accidents to wage-workers in the mechanical, manufacturing and transportation operations of the day has Telegraphic Ticks. I t n Rnckfifeller. Jr.. addressing I his Sunday-school class, in New York City, praised the pleasure of getting money. J "The Stolypin necktie," a phrase I used by an orator of the Constitu| tional Democrats, precipitated a riot ! in the Russian Duma. Baron Ishii said it will be uecessary for Japan to prevent the emigration of laborers to America altogether to keep absolute faith with the United States. The Citizens' Gas Company, organized to give Indianapolis sixty-ceut. gas, bought a plant and made the cheaper service assured. Much criticism of the training of the British forces has been aroused by the exhibition of clumsy methods 1 in the late maneuvres. t? tJovic- rlonlnrs n rim it that tile , financial crisis in the United States ' has hurt the sale of objects of art. San Francisco safety deposit companies refused to rent boxes to prevent hoarding money. Prizes of $150,000 have been offered for an aeroplane which will ' carry a man. jecorae appalling. Congress Is urged ;o provide definite compensation for iccidents to all workmen within the icope of the Federal power. Worknen should receive certain and lefinite compensation for all acclients in industry irrespective of negigence. The employer is the agent )f the public and on his own respon;ibility and for his own profit he ;erves the public. When he starts in notion agencies which create risks 'or others, he should take all the orlinary and extraordinary risks involved: and the risk he thus at the noment assumes will ultimately be issumed, as it ought to be, by the general public. Only in this way can he shock of the accident be diffused, nstead of falling upon the man or voman least able to bear it, as is now he case. The community, at large should share the burdens as well as he benefits of industry. The Presllent believes that "the general introluction of the eight-hour day should 3e the goal toward which we should steadily tend, and the Government should set the example in this respect. " The previous recommendation ol :he President for the compulsory investigation of industrial disputes is renewed. The President urges the enactment of laws relating to the employment of women and children. II !s idle to hold that without good laws evils such as child labor, as the 5ver-working of women, as the failjre to protect employes from loss ol ife or limb, can be effectively reached my more than the evils of rebates ind stock-watering can be reached svithout good laws. The Message devotes much spacf to the farming industry and boasts }f the usefulness of the Department )f Agriculture. No growth of cities no growth of wealth, says Mr. Roosevelt, can make up for any loss it 3ither the number or the charactei af the farming population. Aftei urging that the farmers co-operat( tvith one another and with the Gov jrnment he suggests to Congress the advisability of a national system o! inspection and grading oi-grain en tering into interstate and foreigr commerce as a remedy for the pres snt evils. Next the Message discusses the conservation of our natural resource: and their proper use. Our grea1 river systems should be developed su National water highways; the Mis sissippi, with its tributaries, stand ing first in importance, and the Col umbia secdnd, although there are many others of importance on th< Pacific, the Atlantic and the Gul 3lopes. From the great lakes to the moutl 3f the Mississippi there should be i Jeep waterway, with deep waterway! leading from it to the East and th< West. Such a waterway would prac tically mean the extension of oui coast line into the very heart of oui country. It would be of incalculabli benefit to our people. As an incident to creating tin deep waterway down the Mississippi the Government should build alonj its whole lower length levees whicl taken together with the control o the head waters, will at once and for ever put a complete stop to all threa of floods in the immensely fertil Delta region. Irrigation should bi far more extensively developed thai at present. It should go hand ii hand with the reclamation of swam] land. Congress is urged to act upon th recommandations of the Publi Lands Commission designed to pre vent the passage of great areas o public lands into the hands of a fev men. The Government should par with its title only to the actua home-maker, not to the profit-make who does not care to make a home The preservation of our forests is ad vocated at great length, and th country is congratulated on the fac that ?o great progress has been made We should acquire in the Appala chian and White Mountain region all the forest lands that it is possibl to acquire for the use of the Nation In my judgment, says the Pres ident, the Government should hav the right to keep the fee of the coal oil and gas fields in its own posses sion and to lease the rights to de velop them under proper regulations or else, if the Congress will not adop this method, the coal deposits shouli be sold under limitations, to conserve them as public utilities, the right t< mine coal being separated from thi title to the soil. The regulation should permit coal lands to b worked in sufficient quantity by thi several corporations. The Mess ago continues with s statement that work on the Panami Canal is proceeding in a highly sat isfaetory manner, with a recommen datior. of a postal savings bank sys tern and an extension of the parce post, especially on the rural routes in the interest of the farmer and tlv country storekeeper, the small tow] ?- Ti A? ana tne country district. it ia uc sirable that the country merchan shou'd not be crushed out, adds th President. The duty of the National Govern ment to guard the personal an< property rights of the Indians with in the borders of Oklahoma remain of course unchanged. I reiterate my recommendations o last year as regards Alaska. Som* form of local self-government shoul* be provided. The President recommends th fortifying of Hawaii and the deepen ing of Pearl Harbor; he asks that th< rights of citizenship be conferrei upon the people cf Porto Rico; h< strongly urges that Congress providi funds for keeping up The .Hermitage the home of Andrew Jackson; In recommends that a naval monumen be established in the Vicksburg Na tional Park, that legislation shouli i-.q at flip nresent session o Congress for the Thirteenth Census and a National Gallery of Art be <?s tablished at Washington. The Message Aunt Snlome Sellers Becomes a D. A. R. at 107 Bangor. Me.?Aunt Salome Sellers of Deer Isle, now in her 108th year has just been ad milieu to member ship in Deborah Sampson Chapter D. A. R., at Campello, Mass., am through the efforts of the chapter ii bringing her case to the attentioi of the proper officials she has beei presented by the Government with i gold spoon, valued at $50. Her nam will be carved on one of thp marbl columns of the Continental Hail Washington. At 30, Blind From iJirtli, Hoskiiis is Mnile io Sec Colorado Springs, Col.?Gale t I-Toskins, aged fifty, who was bon blind, has been blessed with sigh'. :t an infirmary at Cleveland. Ohio. Twenty years ago he married Mis Lottie Hall, and he and his brid came to Colorado. lie gained hi sight somewhat suddenly, though i was cxpected, otherwise Mrs. Hoskin would have been at bis side when i occurred, as he wanted first to se I he face of his faithiul and belove! couiDaoion, asserts that the need for collecting large campaign funds would vanish if Congress provided an appropriation for the proper and legitimate expenses of each of the great national parties, an appropriation ample enough to meet the necessity for thorough organization and machin ery, wmcn requires a large expenditure of money. Then the stipulation should be made that no party receiving campaign funds from the Treasury should accept more than a fixed amount from any individual subscriber or donor, and the necessary publicity for receipts and expenditures ! could without difficulty be provided. The time has come, in ray judgment, to set to work seriously to make our ocean mail service correspond more closcly with our recent , commercial and political developi ment. As the first step in that di. rection, and the step most feasible at . the present time, I reoommend the extension of the ocean mail act of 1891. I believe it is the duty of a ' first-class Power so far as practica' ble to carry its ocean mails under its own flag; that the fast ocean steam. ships, and their crews, required for \ such mail service, are valuable auxiliaries to the sea power of a nation. ' Referring to the army, the Message [ says it has always been too small and ' underpaid. It has never been an ap[ preciable tax on the people. The , cry against ' militarism" is con| demned. There are not enough i officers and it is impossible to secur.e " enough enlisted men". The Message J recommends that we should mainI tain In peace a complete skeleton of an army and a full msdical corps. k Concerning the navy, the Message ; says it is not enough to build one batl tleship a year. Four new battleships ?- Tvith rnnlinsr sta cu e ICV/Uiumuuucu, it ???* 0 | tions and torpedo boats a-plenty. The [ coast line on the Pacific demands as , much attention as its interests re. quire, and the battle fleet should now ; and then be moved to the Pacific. . Then the Message continues: When ; the Isthmian Canal is built the transit I of the battle fleet from one ocean . to the other will be comparatively j easy. Until it is built I earnestly . hope that the battle fleet will be thus shifted between the two oceans every , year or two. The marksmanship on I 3 all our ships has improved phenoment ally during the last five years. Until 3 within the last two or three years it . was not possible to train a battle fleet . in squadron maneuvers under service . conditions, and it is only during these , last two or three years that the train1 ing under these conditions has bef come really effective. Another and most necessary stride in advance is j now being taken. The battle fleet t is about startiag by the Straits of 3 Magellan to visit the Pacific coast. > Sixteen battleships are going under I the command of Rear-Admiral Evans, r while eight armored cruisers and two r other battleships will meet him at 3 San Francisco, whither certain torpedo destroyers are also going. No a fleet of such size has ever made such * a voyage, and it will be of very great r educational use to all engaged in it I The only way by which to teach offif cers and men how to handle the fleet . so as to meet every possible strain t and emergency in time of war is to s have them practice under similar con3 ditions in time of peace. Moreover, i the only way to find out our actual i needs i3 to perform in time of peace p whatever maneuvers might be necessary in time of war. After war is de oinrpri if. is too late to find out the c needs; that means to invite disaster, j . This trip to the Pacific will show what f some of our needs are and will enable ! v us to provide for them. The proper t place for an officer to learn his duty 1 is at sea, and the only way in which r a navy can ever be made efficient is by !. practice at sea, under .all the condi. tions that would have to be met if e war existed. t In foreign affairs this country'3 i. steady policy is to behave toward . other nations as a self-respecting man s behaves toward other men. The work e of The Hague Peace Conference iq l. commended and arbitration approved. "Cuba is at our doors," says tha e Message. It is not possible to permit I, Cuba to sink to her former condition, i- The Message recommcnds accept ance of the invitation of Japan to the ; exposition to be held at Tokio in t April, 1912. i A commission has been sent to Gers many and the Message recommends 3 that the information it obtains should e be used to prevent a tariff war with : s Germany. e The Message asks that the Presie dent shall have authority to re-form 1 the agreement with China and to a cancel the indemnity in excess of a $11,655,492, nccessary for the actual - indemnity to the United States and - ; its citizens. The Message recommends that this j 1 Nation should assist in the education j i, of the Chinese people and receive 1 e Chinese students in the universities, a The Message recommends that the i - .cordial reception of the Secretary of t State by the President of Mexico e should be reciprocated and no pains spared to manifest a friendly feeling - toward the people of our southern j i neighbors. After commanding the Internas tional Bureau of American Republics, the Message concludes as follows: f That institution, which includes all e tho American Republics in its mem1 bership and brings all their representatives together, is doing a really s valuable work in informing the peo- j - pie of the United States about the 3 other Republics and in making the 1 United States known to them. Rs e action is now limited by appropria5 tions determined when it was doing >, a work on a much smaller scale and a?t ? ~v. 1 "olnohlo corvipo c renaermg mutu ic^o ycnum/.v, t I recommend that the contribution - of this Government to the expenses 1 of the Bureru be made commensurate" f with its increased work. v THEODORE ROOSEVELT. The White House.,~~~* e December Z-, 1907. People in the Spot Light. ' j William J. Bryan said lie believed | the Government, not the'' banks, I should issue emergency currency. John B. .Taclcson, American Minis; ter to Persia, arrived at Tiflis. 1 Bernard Hantzsch.a Dresden teach1 er, will spend four years with the x heathen jiscjuimaus and explore a Baflin Land. e ITerr Bebel, tlie Socialist leader, ij declared during fhe budget ciir.cussion in the Reichstag I hat a crisis was at hand in Germany. A movement was started in Chicago to l>oom Governor Denecn, of Illinois, as a Vice-Presidential candidate, with Governor Hughes aa candidate for * * ?- 1 l\ A O i'resiaens. iu uvo. The Kirn and Queen o? Spain have r* been the quests of t.l\o Duke of Portt land at Yv'elbeck Abbey. J. T). Rockefeller heard his phi' " * p thropy praised ??y Dr. Akcd in the ; pulpit 01 the Fifth Avenue Baptist ^ Church, Nov/ York City. s Ambassador Reiil, Field Marshal t While, I.ord Justice MouUm and Sir 0 George Coldic sp^ke nt (be Thanksj giving dinuer o? the. Amc icrai Society in London. M 4 SyrupsffTgs ^Llixirrf'Senna Cleanses the System Effectually. Dispels Colas and rleadr A r??A\nnt:nn. UCII^d UlAV IU *.JUIWliPunui?i Acts naturally, acts Truly as aLaxafive. Best forMenW)mon and Childrea -youn gand Old. To getjtfsTBeneficia I Ejects* Atwavs buy the ( jenulne which has ihe jull name ojthe Com^CALIFORNIA Fig Syrup Co. by worn it is manufactured. printed on the front ofeve?> packrfge. SOLD STALL LEADING .DRUGGISTS, one size only, regular price 50*pv boHle., The Haitian Railway. . j The acting British Consul-General at Haiti reports that the Government j of Haiti has ceded to the Compagnie ~ Nationale des Chemins de Fer d'Haitf. the railway already existing from Cape Haiti to Grande Riviere. This line is to be extended to Hinche, and thcnce to Port-an-Prince with a branch to Arcahie. It will be connected with the line which the same company is about to construct from Gonaives to Hinche.?Engineer. In Japan the men outnumber the women. The ratio there is 9S0 in 1000. fc'ITS, St: Vitus' Danc<^ Nervous Diseases permanently cured by Dr. Kline's Great Nerve Restorer. 82 trial bottie and treatise free. Dr. H. II. Ivline, Ld.,931 Arch St.,Phila.,Pa. The folding envelope was first used in . 1839. ?| Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup forCbildren teething, softens the gums, reduces inflammation,allays pain, cures wind colic, 25c a bottle The wings of a fly in flight move 350 times a second. I Itch cured in 30 minutes by Woolford'e /$' Sanitary Lotion. Never fails. At druggists. Billiards were invented in France in 1471. SORES AS BIG AS PENNIES. v-C * Whole Head and Neck Covered?Hair? All Came Out?Suffered 6 Months ?Cured in 3 Weeks by Cuticura. "After having the measles my whole head and neck were covered with scaly ^ sores about as large as a penny. They were just as thick as they could be. My haiiy all came out. 1 let the trouble ran along, taking the doctor's blood remedies and rubbing on salve, but it did not seem to get any better. It stayed that way for about six months; then I got a set of the Cuticura Remedies, and in about a week I noticed a big difference, and in three weeks , it was well entirely and I have not had the trouble any more, and as this was seven years ago, I consider myself cured. Mrs. " Henry Porter, Albion, Neb., Aug. 25, '06." , In Danger. "Off for a two weeks' prowl in the woods, eh?" said the first guide. "Well, the boys in camp will miB8 you, Petey." "Thanks," replied the second guide, grimly. "I hope this amateur hunter from the city will do the same."?Chicago News. State of Ohio, City or Toledo, i __ Lucas County, J Frank J. Cheney makes oath that be is & senior partner of the tirra of F.J.Cheney & . ^ Co., doing business in the City of Toledo. County and State aforesaid, and that said __ firm will pay thesum of one hundred doi> LAns for each and every case of catarrh that cannot be cured by the use of Uall'0 Catarrh Cure. 1?rank J. Cheney. Sworn to before me and subscribed in my presence, this 6th day of December, A. D., 1S86. A. W. CiLEASON. I seal.) .Notary Public., iall'g Ca tarrh Cure is taken internally, and acts directly on the blood and mucous sur< faces of the system. Send for teatimonial8| free. F. J. Cheney & Co., Toledo, O. Sold bv all Druggists, 75c. Take Hall's Family Pills for constipation. Economy. \ ^ Economy Is the science of buying a $2 hat for $3.75 when a .good nnp be had for $4. It is a-harmless and fascinating pursuit for those who can afford it, but a poor man has no business to fritter away his time and Bubstance on such extra vagances.'v A Women are particularly addicted to it. and often become so skilful that ^ they are able to get through January 'M without encroaching on their April ai- J lowance. I Men who have such wives are na- K turally very proud of them, and are j willing to redouble their efforts, if | necessary, in ordeui. to provide them I with the means to develop the habit. /M PROOF As TWO CENTS. ! M If You Sid^r With rourKidn^WM!^"^B Write to Tiiis Man. M G. y. Winney, Medina, N. Y., invites^idney sufferers to write to him. I To all who enclose I postage he will re- 1 - f. /-ft ply, telling how I 'rl Doan's Kidney Pills { t cured him after he had doctored and had been in two different hospitals for eighteen months. Buffering intense pain to- the back, lameness, twinges yhen stooping or lifting, languor, dizzy spells and rheumatism. "Before I used Doan's Kid- v ney Pills," says Mr. Winney, "I weighed 143. After taking 10 or 12 boxes I weighed 162 and was completely cured." Sold by all dealers. 50 cents a box. Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y. . The Queerest of Trades. The glass eye comes from Thurin- i gia. As Newfoundlanders are fisher-,jB men, or as Cubans are tobacco grow^*" I ers, so the typical Thuringlan is a I maker of glass eyes. Almost every I Thuringian house is a little eye fac- I tory. Four men sit at a table, eacb fl with a gas jet beforo him. and tha M eyes are blown from plates and molch flj ed into shape by hand. The colort are traced in with small needles Ar.d, B as na set rule Is observed to the^fl coloring, no two eyes are exc\ctly^H i alike.?Good Literature. B J