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THE e AMD EN VOLUME XX. r, CAMDEN. 8. C.. FRIDAY. fpSj Gov. Ansel Wants Liberal Pen sions for These Grand Old Men. monument for the women I , Other Matters Recommended Aro Higher Salaries; New Executive Mansion ? Talks of Aasesment of Property Equalization For Tax ation. Columbia, Special.- ? Governor An sel's message was read before the Senate and House of the General As sembly Tuesday, and is in part us lolows : To the Honorable, the Members of tlio General Assembly of the Statu of Soulli Carolina: It becomes my duty, under the Constitution of the State, at this, the opening session of your honor able bodies for the year 1910, to give to you such information as 1 have as to the condition of the various de partments of the State and to sug gest and recommend such legislation u:> to me seems meet and proper. The year l'JOf) has been one of much prosperity in all lines. Your duty, therefore, as the makers of the law which is to govern this great people, is more grave and momen tous, and I beseech that you bring to the discharge of these duties your best thought and judgment. State's Financ23. During the present fiscal year, it } ><'uu'.e neccr-sary for the Governor, State Treasurer and the Comptroller General to borrow the sum of live hundred thousand dollars in antici pation of the collection of taxes, to pay olT the interstc on the State debt . pension for the Confederate veterans, tin- other appropriations made by you at the last session, and to pay the expenses of the State govern mint for the your. We were fortunate in being able to borrow this money at three per cent through the l'lametto National Hank of the city of Columbia. The notes given for this amount are now being paid out of the taxes collected for tho year. < In order to place the State on a cash basis without borrowing each year, I recommend that you levy an extra one-half mill for t lie next few years, placing the same in the hands of the Sinking Fund Com mission to be loaned to the State, until a sufficient amount has been thus raised, to do away with the necessity id' I orrowinir. ?inkicg Fund. 1 wish to call your attention to the report of the Sinking Fund Com mission which will he pi need on your desks during the session. The as sets. as shown by said report, are as follows : Cumulative Sinking Fund (for re demption and payment of South Car olina Brown 4 1-2 per cent bonds), $700,208.58. Ordinary Sinking Fund. $79,208.47. Sinking Fuhd for insurance of public buildings, $f)l, 028.90. Several losses have been paid dur ing the past year from this last nam ed fund. The largest be in g the in i. suranee on the donnitory and school building of the Colored Normal Col lege at Orangeburg, which was ?h> st roved by fire in December of last year, the amount paid on this loss being $1.(570. The Sinking Fund Commission, in accordance with the power granted il by the last at t of the General As sembly has contracted to lease the old , State dispensary building in the city of Columbia for a term of three years, and the automatic sprinkling apparatus is now being put in the building as authorized by said Act. The rental price is $1,200 por annum, and eight per cent upon the amount expended <u the im provements made. By making1 this lease we save to the State (lie five dollars per day and night that we now have to pay for watchmen *jnd will receive twelve hundred dollar.* per annum and eisrht per cent on the amount of expenditures for the im provements put on the building. In obedience to the, last Act of von honorable bodies, we ndvertised lite property for snle at the uj>sct price you placed upon it, but re reived no bids. ... We then tfiade Hit lease above mentioned. Education. , Marked progress has been made luring tlie present year in tho edu tatnraai institution# of the Stale. 1 1 1 e < increase in attendance in tho lOinmon schools, as well as in the iigli aehools and colleges, is fireater than in any year *? our P*sl hiatory. \ rcferopee to the admirable report jf the Htate Superintendent of fckhi . at ion will verify the above aaaer won. New and better sehocl houses ir* Uipg built, and many of the tehee I districts are taxing thena j wives, in addition to the ordinary Hire? mills tax, to run their schools from eight to nine months in the pur. We have now 131 high schools (n the State, and the good work they are doing will, in my judgment, fully compensate for the appropriations you have made for them. The re it riet ions you have made of an ex penditure of not more than live per cent of tlie appropriation to any one county, 1 reeommend be changed, no that the State Hoard of Education may use more than that amount in a county where it is needed, if some other county does pot oualify for t lie full amount it would otherwise be entitled to. The appropriation made for the rural schools last year has been of sfreat benefit to many in the State, and I respectfully recommend an other and larger appropriation for the next scholastie year. *' * * A hill will be introduced at this session of your honorable bodies (looking toward a change i.i Ihe pres ent law as to the examinations for | Scholarships in the various State in stitutions. After consultation with the representative of said State in itutions, the bill whiqfi will be intro luced accords with their views of the changes which should be made, and 1 respectfully recommend that the said bill be enacted into law. Dispensary Law. In obedience to the last Act of this General Assmebly, an election ivas held on the third Tuesday in August last in the twenty-one coun ics that had county dispensaries at he date of such election. ' The elections all passed oft very piietly and the people voted in ac cordance with their views upon the picstion presented. Fifteen out of the twenty-one counties refused to i'ote the sale of liquors into said counties. Six of the counties voting, to wit: Charleston, Georgetown, Beaufort, Aiken, Richland and Flor ence, voted in favor of the sale of liquor, and the county dispensaries in said six counties have been carry ing on their business as provided in the " Carey-Cot bran Act," and the Act /"To Prohibit the Manufacture, Sale, etc., of Alcoholic Liquors, etc., uid to Provide Penalties for Viola tion Thereof,'' approved 2nd of March, 10, 9. The fifteen counties refusing to rote in the sale of liquor have dis oosed, or are disposing of their <t ticks, as provided in the Act "to Provide for the Closing of the Sever ll Dispensaries in This State and tor the Sale of Ail Stock of Liquors, 1 leverages. Fixtures and Other l'rop ?riy Belonging to the Several Ihs tensnries. " approved March 2, 1001). ind the business of the dispensaries in ill soon be wound up under' the Hi per Vision of the Dispensary Audi or. As to the dispensaries in the six counties which voted in the sale of iquor, I desire to renew my recom jundation made in my annual mes sage to the General Assembly in 1 908, to wit, "That not more than >ne county dispensary be allowed in my county where liquor is allowed :o he sold, except in those counties .vhere there are cities with a popula :ion exceeding twenty-five thou sand." This is in the interest of einpe.rance. 1 firmly believe that if mother election is held in those six jounties in the corning year most of them will vote the sale of liquor )ut. I ask your earnest eonsidera ;ion of the question of providing for mother election in these six coun ties in the near future. Winding-Up Commission. Since the last session of your hon jrahle bodies, the litigation t hut was pending in the United States Court restraining the Commission from proceeding with their work and ap pointing receivers for the fund, has Seen decided" by the Fnited States supreme. Court in favor of the State. The Commission, sinco that decis ion, has been busy in the perfor mance of its duties and many of the .Maims against the State have been settled. A few of the. claimants have appealed to the Supreme Court of this State from the adjudications of the Commission, and these cases are now pending in said couit. The Winding-up Commission is ?nm posed of Dr. W. J. Murray, John McSween. Hsq . . Avery Patton, Esq., ?T. S. Price, Ksq., and Capt. A. N. Wood. I wish to recommend in the highest terms the fidelity to duty on the part of these gentlemen and to express my suteeer thanks to each of them for the work they have done as members of said commission. They have up to this time turned over to the State Treasurer for the use of the permanent school fund, as required by law, the sum of two hundred and seventv-fivc thousand dollars, and more will, in all proba bility, be turned over after the liti gation about the claims now in our State Sunrcme Court is eiwleil Supreme Court Building. I wish now to recor&mend that a Supreme Court* Building be erected on the State House grounds, on As sembly street side, but facing the Capitol, at a cost not to exceed thirty thousand dollars. This money could be borrowed by the State from theJ Sinking Fund Commission and paid back by an annual appropria tion of from live to six thousand dollars until t)ic same is repaid. I believe this to - bo feasible, and k rommision could bo appointed by your honorable bodies consisting of one of the justices of said court and two or three of tho State officers to arange the plans and superintend the construction of ?aid building. ? ? ? State Hospital .for the Insane. At the last session of your honor able hodiea, you appointed a com mittee to investigate and report to vou the conditions and nsods of this institutiou, and# ss said committee's I report will l>e on your debks very soon, I 1 1 . 1 1 1 content myself with giving the following data: There weer on the Hint day of January, 1010, 1528 patients within itii walla: White men, 375; colored men, 322; white women, f)ll; color ed women, 320. There were admitted during the year 605. Theer were 287 discharged und 250 died during the your. Penitentiary. j This institution, under the care and direction of the Superintendent and Directors, has kept up its good ] reputation and has hud a year of good results. There were on the first of Janu ary, 1910, 893 prisoners in the pen itentiary, as follows: White males, 170; colored males, 001; white fe males, J; colored females, 59. They are located us follows : On county ehain-gungs, (ill ; on Stute furms, 185; at Lexington County Keforma* tory, 90; at C'ietnson College, 33; Penitentiary yard und hospital, 510; total, 893. Railroads. The passenger rates on railroads in this State, that were put in opera tion by the railroads on the first of April, 1908, are still in existence and the charges for passenger transpor tation are the same. 1 am still of the opinion that more authority should he given to the Railroad Com ? mission of the Stute, to require the railroads to comply with all reason able rules and regulations made by said Commission. The Commission, in their report, make certain recommendations which 1 respectfully ask you to consider. State Board of Health. Our people are becoming more in teersted eaeh year in the health question and in the duty of the State lo prevent the spread of all epidem ics and contagious diseases. National Guard. I desire to reiterate here what I said in my last annual message* to wit, that: ''The citizen soldiery is a very important arm of the State Government and -should he sustained and encouraged by all lovers of peace and order.'' Whenever called up on to render any srevice for the State, they have responded with promptness and dieharged their du ties with fidelity. 1 recommend a liberal appropriation for its main tenance. Salaries. In my annual message lo the Gen eral Assembly in 1!)08, 1 used these words, "Some years ago. when the purchasing value of a dollar was more than it is at this time, the sal aries ol' our State ollieers and judges of the supreme court and circuit courts were reduced. 1 desire to ask it' the time has not come when these salaries should l:e raised attain and your ollieers paid a salary commen surate4 with the work they are re quired to do?" I desire to-again bring this matter to your attention and to ask its serious consideration. Our State is prosperous and the work of each of the officers is increasing. The increase in salary would not benfit any officer now serving his present term, but I feel it is due to those who come after us. Dopartment of Agriculture, Etc. Much good work has been done by this department in stimulating the farmers of the State to improve their methods of farming and by giving them information that will be help ful. At the last session of the Gen eral Assembly an Act was passed making it the duty of this depart ment to see that the provisions of the factory inspection law and the child labor laws be obsreved and en forced. Insurance Department. The work of this department has been carried on with great zeal ami fidelity. When we consider the (treat volume of business done in both life and fire insurance in this State, the wisdom of establishing this department is demonstrated. Confederate Veterans. It is hardly necessary ' that I bring to your attention our duty, in a substantial way, to help the poor and needy Confederate vetcransv This duty I am sure is appreciated and felt hv every one of you. South Carolinians will never for get the valor and heroism of these true and tried old soldiers. I recom mend a liberal appropriation for pensions for these grand old men. 1 The Soldiers' Home, established^ by you in Columbia, has been in) operation for the past year, and there, iro r.ow sevnty-deven inmates there in. It Is well managed and I hope that each of you will visit the home and see what is being done for these 'helpless and otherwise homeless old soldiers. Monument to the Women of South Carolina. In obedience to the provisions of the Act passed at the last session of the General Assembly, entitled "An Act to Provide for a Monument to the Heroism, Fidelity and Fortitude of the Women of South Carolina during: the War Between the Con federate States ami the United States," approved March \\/ 11)09, I appointed as the commission there in provided- for Ocn. C. Irvine Walker, of Charleston; Col. Thomas J. Moore, of Spartanburg county; Copt. C. A. lteed, of Anderson; Capt. W. E. Gonzales, of Columbia, and Major John G. Richards, of Kershaw county. These gentlemen went im mediately to work and in a compar atively sl:ort time received contribu tions in cash amounting to about eleven thousand - dollars, thereby j complying with the terms of the Act, and a contract haa been entered in to between them and Mr. F. W. Ruckstuhl for the sculpturing and erection of the monument aforesaid. He ?- now engaged in making this monument and ths hope of the eom . mission is that it mav Ik? completed during the present yeur. lu tin Art providing for the ap pointment of the commission, there was 110 provision made for the pay ment of - the actual expenses of the commission while in' diHchaige of their duties. J, therefore, reeoin mend that some provision lie mode to pay the actual expenses incurred hy these gentleman while attending to the duties of the roiivmission. Reports of State Officers, Etc. The reports of all the State ollicers und departments will he given to you during the early days of the early days of the session, show in# the work of each during the past (is cal year. I commend these reports to your careful consideration. I ask that you study them and make yourselves familiar with uil the business of the State. These gentle men have all been faithful to the trusts committed to their charge. Income Tax Amendment to the Con stitution of the Unitd Setates. The Congress of the United States ut its session begun and held at Washington on the fifteenth of March, A. 1). 1909, passed a Joint Resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States, commonly known as the '' In come Tax Amendment," and has sent the same to tho Governors of the several States of the Union to be presented and submitted to the legislatures of the several States for such action as to them seem meet. I request you give the matter at tention at this session and say by your action whether the State of South Carolina is iu favor of the -said amendment or opposed to the same. Gentlemen, the people of South Carolina look to you as the law makers of the State, and the guar dians of her welfare and future pros perity, to enact such laws as shall redound to the best inteersts of all the people. May the (Jod of all nations and of States guide you in all your delibera tions. M. F. A N S E I >, January 11, 1910. Governor. ROLL SOUTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY The roll of the senate and house are ?^i \-?m? below, the stars showing tiios(j who have two years yet to ser\ e : ? Lieutenant governor and president of the' senate? I Ion. T. (!. MeLeod of Lee eountv; postotliee is Bishopville. Abbeville ? \V. N. Graydon, Abbe ville. Aiken- ? 0. W. Croft*, Aiken. Anderson ? G. W. Sullivan, Wil liamston. Bamberg ? J. B. Black, Bamberg. Beaufort. ? Niels Christetisen, Jr., Beaufort. Barnwell. ? G. II. Bates. Berkley ? J. A. Harvey, Pinopolis. Calhoun ? hk J. Summers*, Cam eron. Charleston ? lluger Sinkler, Char leston. Cherokee ? W. C. Hainriek, GafT ney. Chester ? P. L. Hardin, . Baseom vllle. Chesterfield ? Ci. Iv. Laney, Clies terfield. Colleton? J. S. Oritftn, Walter-' boro. Clarendon ? Louis Appelt, Man ning. Colleton ? J. S. Griffin, Walter bo ro. Darlington ? I). T. McKeithan, Lu ruber. Dorchester ? St. Clair Mucken fuss*, St. George. Edgefield ? Thus. S:; Ruinsford*, Edgefield. Fairfield ? W. J. Johnson, Ridge way. Florence? J. V/. MeCown, Flor ence. Georgetown ? LeGrand G. Walker, Georgetown. Greenville ? W. L. Mauldin, Greeu ville. Greenwood ? C. A. C. Waller*, Greenwood. ? Hampton ? uVft. Smith, Hampton. Horry ? I). A. Spivey*, Conway. Kershaw ? W. 1?. Ifough, Camden. Lancaster ? T. V. Williams, 'Lan caster. Laurens ? J. II. Wharton*, Water loo. Lee- ? B. F. Kelly, Bishopville. Lexington ? P. M. Crossom, M. P.", Letsville. Marlboro ? T. I. Rogers, Bennotts ville. Marion ? W. J. Montgomery, Marion. Newberry ? Alan Johnstone*, New berry. Oconee- ? J. K. Earle*. Walhalla. Orangeburg ? Robt. Lide*, Orange burg. Pickens ? C. 'IL Carpenter, Easlev. Richland ? F. H. Weston, Colum bia. Saluda ? J. M. Forest*, Saluda. Spartanburg ? H. B. Carlisle, Sprtr t an burg. Sumter ? J. II. Clifton, Sumter. Union ? H. P. Townsend, Union. Williamsburg ? W. L. Bass, Lake City. ? York ? W. II, Stewart*, Rock Hill. Konse of Representatives. Following are members of the house of representatives. Abbeville ? P. B. Carwile, Abbe ville; M. J. Ashley, lfonca Path; J. Moore Mars. Abbeville. Anderson ? K. P. Smith, Anderson; E. M. Rneker, Anderson; II. F. Celey,^ Anderson; J. W. -Ashley, Honea Path; J. L. Jackson, Ander-1 ?on, R. F. P. Aiken ? R. J. Wade, Afontmorenei; 1 Dr. W. D. Wright, I-angley ; A. R. 1 Bush,. Bush: John 8. injtian^i Springfield, R. F. D. ^wi? C. Fult*, Mortcka ? - ' ? . ? | Corner; Jeff D. Wiggin*, Kutawville; 1 C. T. Shulcr, Si. Stephens. MkihIhtk ('. W . Garris, Denmark; W. I,. Riley, Den murk. Hum-writ- |)r. A. H. Patteruon, Barnwell ; J. C. Griffin, Robbina; (). !>. A. Wilson, I Miner. li Hwwuforl .J. Berg, Hjcfcrtand ; .J, M. U'ltgnick, Beaufort ; W. II. Nivor, Port Royal. Calhoun ,11. (', Hauling, St. Mat thews. Charleston ? A, C. Tobias, Jr., CharlCHton ; R. .S, Whatoy, Charles tou ; A. \V. Todd, Charleston; James Cosgrove, Charleston; F. M. Hrvart, Cliar If at on ; A. Ynndcr Uorst, Char leston ; I., C. A. Roctislor, Charleston ; H. G. Leland, McClellan ville. Cherokee ? W. S. Hall, GatTney; K. J. Clary,' Gaffney. Chest ex-? A. (J. Hrice, Chester; 8. T. Melveown, Cornwell;.J. C. Nun nary, Fdgenioor. Chesterfield- (J. Wells Vaughn, Jefferaon ; K. W. Duvall, Clio raw. Clarendon 0. C. Scarborough, Summertoii ; .J. R. Dingle, Summer ton; I), L. Green, Turbevillo. t'ollrton ? J. I.. Robertson, Round j (}. W. Way, Stokes ; D. L. Smith, WalterbOro. Darlington ? 1>. M. Lawhon. Dar lington; L. F,. Carrigan, Soeiety Hill; M. J. Spears, Lamar. Dorchester ? Walker S. L'tsey, St. 1 George. Folrenee ? Chas. A. Smith, Tiin monsville; II. M. Aver, Florence; T. y. Hrown, Frieiulfleld. Fairfield ? F. II. MeKachern, Wnl laeeville; ( W. Moblev, Woodwarda; W. W. Dixon, Winnsboro. Georgetown ? J. Walter Doar, Georgetown; Olio Sawyer, M. 11., Georgetown. Greenville? J. O. Wii)go, Campo bello; John R. Harrison, Fountain Inn; T. 1'. Cothran, Greenville; T. R. League, John G. Greer, Greer. Greenwood:? W. II. -Nicholson, Greenwood; W. 11. Harrison. Green wood; L. M. Bowers. Kpworth. Kdgefield ? S. Met}. Simkins, Kdgo fleld ; M. H. Wells, F.dgelield. llampton ? T. B. What ley, M. 1)., Gillisonville ; G. Miles Riley, Brigh ton. Ilorry ? I.. B. Singleton, Conway; M. 31. Stanley, Loris. Kershaw? ,j. G. Richards, Jr., Liberty Dili; M. L. Smith. Camden. 1/re ? ( W. Harris, M. 1)., Bishop ville; .J. B. Lane, M. D., Bishopville. Lancaster? J. Harry Foster. Lan caster; Harry liincs, Lancaster. Laurens ? dared I). Sullivan, Lau rens; Win. ( , 1 rby, .Jr.. Laurens; I{. 1). Boyd, I .aureus, R. F. D. Lexington ? Jos. L. Amiek, Clmpin, Hi F. 1 ; F. ('. Ridgcll, M. I)., Bates burg; Isaac P.dwnrds, Batesburg. Marlboro? J. C. Gibson, Beiiiietts ville; D. D. McCoil, Jr., Bennetts ville; J. I'. Bunch, McCoil. Marion ? H. C. ICd wards, Mullins; R. P. Hauler, .Jr., llamer; L. M. Gasquc, Marion. Newberry ? C. T. Wvche, M. D., Prosperity; Arthur Kibler, New berry; Godfrey Haraoon, Prosperity. Orangeburg; J no,. [ S. Bowman, Orangeburg ? A. ' J. Ilydrick, Orangeburg; f i. A. Shuler, Klloree; T. P. Horgrr. Jamison. Oconee ? C. I). Mann, West Union; P. P. Sullivan, Madison. Saluda ? W. K. Bodie, Batesburg; W. L. Daniel, Silu<la. Spartanburg? "W. J. Gibson, Cam I>obello ; L. M. Cantrell, Spartan i)urg; Ben Hill. Spartanburg; M. A. Moseley, Cowpens, S. N. Nesbitt, Moore, R. F. 1). No. 2; J. W. Lee, Whitney. Sumter? T. B. Frnser, Sumter;. G. W. Dick, Sumter; C. li. Stubbs, Sumter. Pickens- ? J. P. Carey, Pickens; W. G. Mauldin, Cateechre. Rtehl""'' --M. \V. ( "oker. CoIumb\: J. J. Me.Mahan, Columbia; O. Seibels, Columbia; T. II. Suydarn, Congaree. Union ? L. J. Browning, Saluda; J. Gordon Hughes, Union. Williamsburg ? W. 1). Bryant, Taft ; J. Davis Carter, Ix?o; ,J. S. Graham, Morrisville. York ? J. A. Glasscock, I^esslie; O. L. Sanders. MeConnellsville ; W. B. Wilson, Jr., Rock Hill; J. Porter Uollis, Rock Hill. , NA WOMAN IKJCTOH Wm Quick to* See That foffce Wu Dolnn (ho Mlwlik'f. A lady tells of n had case of eofT?*e poisoning, and t el 1 n Jt In n way *o simple and stralRhtforwHrd that lit erary skill could not Improve It "I had netirnlRlo headaches for 12 year?." gho unyj. "and suffered untold RKony. When I first hnqan to have them I weighed HO pounds, but they brought m*? down to 110, I went to many doctors and they pave me only temporarv rHI?-f. So I sufT<*rfd on. 1111 one dav n woman doctor told me to uae Po?tnni 8he said I looked llk?" 1 wan coffee poisoned. "Ro I be^an to drink Poatum nnd I gained 1 F. pound* In the first few weeks ?nd continued to ealn. hut not so fast Ht flrat Mv hopdacbes h?? pan to l??ave mp aft?>r KTfiM used Pos tutn about two weeks ? lonar ennujrh to fcet the coffc?* poison out of my sys tem "flnce I N-Tnn to use Postnm I ran Rladlv sh v ts??t i n^vpr know what a neuralcle bead^ohp u |tk? ?nr morn, and It wa? mith'nf hut Po?tum that made me w?|| ft<?fnre 1 used Postnm 1 nerer went ont elon*: I would *et bewildered and would not know which way to tnrn. Now I *n alone and my head la as rl*ar as a hell. My brain ard nprrmi are stronger than ther ha?e h?on for vesr* " Read the llttl* hook. "The Road to WallTlllV' In pXk*. "Thtra'a a Re*-* bob." Rvft read ? be nhore letter? A new one fcppoa ra from tips to *tme. They ore irennlne, (ne, mmd fall of htaai TAFT REMEDIES TO CURE TRUSTS AND ABATE RAILROAD ABUSES r'OR INTERSTATE COMMERCE. I Favor* a "Unllo<1 Slate* Court of t'oniiiirrct*," IJiiiKimI Muflwny , Incfi'iiKiHl Protection co Hlii|?|>orH, Power to Coin mission Over llntrs, IJiniU'tl Ituilroail A r<] ii i ni (ion of 1 ??l *?rvK< in <'oiit|)t*l ii>}{ t dr|iora(ioiiM, a lit I I'orhliWJiiiK I'iuiuI liori/?'<l l**u ttiico oT Knilwuy ttecuritieii. FOR COKPOKATIPNSL Urcc* Federal Iurorporotion of duxtrial*," With I'roiilblllon of, Holding Companle* ? lulurprets A iii i-'l'rtiMi Law mm r?rmltting Combination* Not Oppressive? ? JHm-Imvu l'urpoat* lo I'iikIi I'ro?o? 4'uIIom of All Hulls (o Dissolve Monopolistic Concerns ? - No 4,C?ood" and "Had" Trusts* ? THREE COURSFS OPEN TO CORPORATIONS UNDER LAW AS OUTLINED BY PRESIDENT TAFT. The decrees of Injunction recently adopted In prosecutions und^r tho ant t-t iviHt law itre ho thorough a ncJ sweeping 1 1) ut th?* corporations afTecled by them have but throe courses before them: First They must resolve themselves into their component parti In different States, with 11 consequent 1oj?b to themsel vei of capital and effective organization and to the country of concentrated energy and enterprise; or Hecoml ? In defiance of law and under somesecrot trust they mast attempt to continue their business in violation of the Federal statute and thus Incur the penalties of contempt and bring on an inevitable criminal prosecution of Die Individuals named in the decree and their associates; or Third? They must reorganise and aecepFIn good faith the Fed eral charter. Washington, 1). C. ? President Taft sent to Congress IiIh long delayed mesBsgo ou interstate commerce and anti-trust legislation. 1m it he strlkuB at the existence of holding corpora tions and oppressive truBtB. lie rec ommends the formation of a Court of Commerce to review railway caBeB and a Federal corporation hill to reg ulate trusts. The President does not advocate the repeal of the Sherman Antitrust law or of the Intestate Commerce law; on the contrary, ho believes in strengthening and amplifying both tlifHo laws, The President lomrs out flatly for complete Government control and supervision of railroad corporations and trusts. He announces that, it 1b his purpose at an early date to in struct tlie Department of Justice to investigate nil trusts with respect to which there is a reasonable suspicion that they were Illegally formed or are being Illegally eond uctedr The President, however, enjoins caution on Congress lest it disturb the confidence of the business com munity and produce a halt in pros perity. The President deal* In this com munication with the two great iBsues omitted from his annual message, the Interstate Commerce and Anti-Trust laws. In a message of some ten thou sand words he deals exhaustively with both subjects. "Leading recommenda tions as to the forme:* Include: A "TTnlted States Court of Com I pierce." to have original Jurisdiction over classes of* cases which are speci fied. thus relieving tho Interstate | Commerce Commission of certain , labor and an Incongruous combination of functions. Permitting limited railway pools, subject to nil the provisions of the Interstate Commerce act. Protection of the shipper In the matter of rate quoted for proposed shipments, by financial penalties for refusal or omission by carrier to quote proper rale. Authority to commission to act. on its own initiative, in Investigating fairness of rates or practices, and to . |)ass on classifications of commodities. Power to the commission to hold up for a limit of sixty days proposed increases of rates until it shall have pass?d upon their reasonableness; and If found unreasonable, to forbid the Increase or 11 x :i maximum. 'living shippers the right to deslg raie through routes over which their sh'pments shall pass. ? For bidding railrortN to acquire In terest in any competing railroad or ot>ier competing corporation: but with certain piovlros affecting owner ship olren dv acquired. Forbid (ting ' issuance of railway flock or bor '!?? unless par value has b"cn received for them? or, if at. less than par value, the reasonable market value as ascertained by the commis sion : the same to K'tply where the consideration reclwd Is services or anything other than - money. Also preventing Improvident or improper lss'i" of notes. (living t he Ir.t?rs"?te Commerce Commission power to determine upon uniform cons'rucMon of snfetv appli ances on railroad?*, and facilitating the serving of proven j.i suits under the Kmployei 's f. lability act. As to the Anti-Trust law. the Pres Klfitt recommends: Volurtarv Fi-d?r?l incorporation of In'erstafe Indu 'rial concern", with ' prohibition ??>.' the "holding company" e\ il. I indorsement of ronbinat lona of In dustrial capital wlirre these are de cided not to constitute harmful trusts; thus relieving certain clashes subj M t in uniuvt condemnation under the existing lav/. Several pages of (be message are devoted to an elucidation of the I Sherman ac* with a view to showing ! that Its inh'hillon dors rot lie against combinations oi which the pnr j pose Is economy of administration | and Increased efficiency, destruction ' of eomnetillon being merely Incl 1 dtM.ial; hut o* 1v against those that I are formed to obtain the advantages i of monopo1" In whole or In part Uy linnroper means. Mr. Taft is careful to point out that his Federal fncorvoratlon plan doe* not repeal the Sherman An?l-Tniit law or permit, wrongs which that statute prohibits. He defend* tho const itui lonalllv of such a measure* Ho declare* cmphaticajly that th* Kentucky's Fiwt IMstlllcr l?Cjul. J. C. Mattlngly, who operated tho first registered dlatillery in Keotuefcy, died at St. Mary's, Ky., ag*4 ?Ighty ?Ix years. 1U amMs?d a fortune In the liquor business and retired ten years ago. -'IiHBp* , C?n*4A> Popnlstien r.Jno.cno. ?lh* Canadian Dn.csu o' c--.su-. *t~ tile "jpornlatlon ?f n ? lh* at !,SM,100. The PrnfIt.M of <jn Url? leads ?Uk 2,6 13.031. "i mull 1 la- in 1 ' .}? -*VTY" ' ^ ^ *-'*5 V- V i; Government does not intend to lessen In the leaBt degreo I Ik prosocutlon ot suits to dissolve combinations which Rre to-day monopolizing the com merce of tho country, and seoks only to foster and cncourago "reasonable'* concentration of cnpital ? necessary to tho economic development of man ufacture, trade and commerce. Ho also points out that tho worst of fenders in monopoly must accept Fed eral incorporation, faco criminal prosecution, or dissolve themselves Into their component parts in the dif ferent States. In industrial combinations called trusts, tho President says, tho inter state and foreign business far exceeds tho business done in any one State, This fact, ho says, will Justify grant ing of Federal charters to such com binations under such limitations as will eecuro compliance with tho Anti Trust law. To t his end he recommends a grant ing of Federal law for the charters to corporations engaged in Interstate Commerce, protecting them from un due interference by the State and re lying on National supervision to pre vent nbiiKe.H which havo arisen under State control. Such a law would subject the real and personal property only to the same taxation as lu imposqd by the States and would require complete renorts to be filed at regular inter vnlp. Holding companies will be for bidden. The P?csldent declares the Sher man Anti-Trust, law does not need amendment, and that the series of de cisions by tho Supreme Court renders a strong renson for leaving the fcet as It is. . - ________ The public, the President says, must disabuse Itself of the Idea that nny distinction between "gooll trusfii*^ ?'nd "bad trusts" can be Introduced into the statute. The President declares thst mon opolies must be restrained nnd pun ished until ended. T A FT REMOVES PINOJIOT. 1 C hief of Forestry lltircnn Dismissed For Insubordination. . Washington. D. C.? President Taft dismissed Gifford Plnchot, Chief of tho Forestry Bureau, and tho light between the Roosevelt radicals and the conservative wing of the Repub lican party is on In earnest. The President's action came after a Cab inet session that lasted practically all day. When It broke up, Just before dinner tiro > in the evening, there was' f is&uod nt the white House a copy of* i a letter sei.t by the President to Mr. Plnchot. In this letter, after sum ming up the acts of tho forester that I led him to take such action, Mr. Taft ; said: "By your conduct you have de | stroyed your usefulness as a helpful : subordinate of the Govorfamenf, and It therefore becomes my duty to dl I roct the Secretary of Agriculture to remove you from your office as For ester." :v. Secretary Wilson was swift In car rying out the decision of the Presi dent. He addressed to Mr. Plnchot, to Overton W. Price, Associate For rester, and A'bert C. Shaw, assistant law officer of the Forestery Bureau. ! letters substantially lndentlcaL . | INSURGENTS DEFEAT CANNON". r I hey Combine AVItli Democrats ami Regular Republican* ? J 40 to litt; , Warhlngton, D. C. ? For the V- st time Spe-xkor Cannon and his >*van I l/atlon wore defeated In tho House. Tho voti wrs 149 to 146. T*enty thre? insurgent "Republicans, three regulars and 123 Democrats turned tho trick againnt 1<5 regular Repub licans and one Democrat. ' The Speaker and his organization Admitted defeat and made no further attempt to frustrate the will of the majority. The Insurgents won on tho iBsue for which they hare contended consistently since their movement was organized; they toolc out of the hands of the Speaker the power to appoint, a committee. Tho committee which the Speaker lost was the Impoftarit House end ot t??*1 ot tn vostlga t Ion. The three rc^ula. Republicans wb? Joined the insurgents were: Herbert Parsons, of New York; Butler Ames, of MaaaachnsotU. and Hamilton Fish, ot New York. , How Price of t1ToW tho rs1a".UK prtee ol . milk from eight to nil brought hbout end '?t New:. York City Just missed a fnrtbe* Increase to l en cents Veto rfvesied at the Milt Trust Inquiry in that eify. - v\V Iisrrewe In Kl?*^p. : The Xfcttoaal Association. In Itssn- ? nual esllu*t*..jri?lKt-'-Mfc sheep fit for shearln? In 8tstes et l,dSI,?6T or*r the j