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PfiESiraESSi President Roosevelt's message been delivered to congress. Its features are as follows : The enlargement of scope ol functions of the national govern required by our development as tion involves, of course, increase c pense, and the period of prosx through which the country i? pa justifies expenditures for penni improvements far greater than v be -wise ia ha:rd times, but abm revenues and a large surplus al: invite extravagance, and constant should be taken io guard against necessary increase of the ordin?r] penses of government Capital and Labor, Tbe relation}} of capital and li and especially of organized capital organized labor; to each other an the public at large come second in portance only lo the intimate quest of family life. Oar peculiar fora government 'with its sharp divisio authority between the nation and several states, has been on the w far more advantageous to our devc ment than a more strongly central government But it is undoubtedly sponsible for much of the difficult: meeting with adequate legislation new problems presented by the t "hange in industrial conditions on continent during the last half centi In actual practice it has proved ceedingly difficult and in many cs impossible, to get unanimity of v action among the various states these subjects. From the very nat 1 of the case this is especially true the laws affecting the .employment capital in huge masses. With regard to labor, the problem no less important out it is simpler, long as the states retail the primi control of the police power the circr. stances must be altogether extre which require interference by the f eral authorities, whether in the way safeguarding the rights of labor or the way of seeing that wrong is 3 done^ by ujiruly persons who shit themselves behind the name of lab If there is resistance to the fede: courts, interference with the mails interstate commerce or molestation federal property, or if the state autho tries in some crisis which they are i .-able to face call for help, then the fi reral government may interfere; bi though such interference may be cat .ed by a . condition of things arising o -of trouble connected with some qui tion of labor, the interference its* .-simply takes the form of restoring < ?1er without regard to the questio: which have caused the breach of c ?der. In the District of Columbia ai in the territories the federal law co ?rs the entire field of government. B tte labor question is only acute populous centers of commerce, man factures cr mining. Nevertheless boi in the enactment and in the enforc & ment of law the federal governmei within its restricted sphere should s ? ; > an example to the state government especially in a matter so vital as th affecting labor. : Labor Talons. I believe that under modern indui trial conditions it is often necessary an even where not necessary it is yet o: ten wise that there should be organizj tion of labor in order better to seem the rights of the individual wagewor? er. All encouragement should be give to any such organization so long as i is conducted with a due and decent r< gard for the rights of others. Ther are in this country some labor union which have habitually and otLer labu unions which have often been, arnon the most effective agents in work in; for good citizenship and for uplift?nj the condition of those whose welfar should be closest to our hearts. Bu when any labor union seeks imprope ends or seeks to achieve proper end by improper means all ?*ood citizens and more especially all honorable pub lie servants, must oppose the wrongdo lng as resolutely as they would opposs the wrongdoing of any great corpora tion. Violence, brutality or corruptioi should not for one moment be tolerat ed. Entire Rlffbt to Orsranl*e. Wageworkers have an entire r:ghi to organize and by all peaceful ?inc honorable means to endeavor to per sun de their fellows to Join with then in organizations. They have a legai right which, according to circum stances, may or may not be a moral right, to refuse to work in company with men who decline to join their or? ganizations. They have under no cir? cumstances the right to commit vio? lence upon those, whether capitalists or wageworkers, who refuse to support their organizations or who side with those with whom they are at odds, for mob rule i? intolerable in any form. The wageworkers are peculiarly enti? tled to the protection and the encour? agement of the law. Wherever the na? tional government has power there should be a stringent employer's liabil? ity law, which should apply to the gov? ernment itself where the government ls an employer of labor. Are ven Hon of Railroad Accidents. The ever increasing casualty list up? on our railroads is a matter of grave public concern and urgently calls for action by the congress. The passage of a law requiring the adoption of a block signal system has been proposed to the congress. I earnestly concur ill that recommendation and would also, point out to the congress the urgent m&?. sf legislation *ln the Interest of the^piibHc safety limiting the hours of labor for railroad employees in train service up? on railroads engaged in interstate com? merce and providing that only trained and experienced persons be emp in positions of responsibility conn with the operation of trains. The safety appliance law, as ai ed by the act of March 2, 1903 proved beneficial to railway empk and in order that its provisions m; properly carried out the force o specters provided for by appropri should be largely Increased. This Ice has passed the experimental : and should receive generous rec tion by the congress. Unionism In Government O file There is no objection to employe the government forming or belon to unions, but the government can ther discriminate for nor dlscrimi against nonunion men who are u employment or who seek to be ployed under it Moreover, it is a grave impropriety for government ployees to band themselves toge for the purpose of extorting improp high salaries from the governrr Especially is this true of those wi the classified service. The letter ! riers, both municipal and rural, ar? ! a whole an excellent body of pt servants. They should be amply ? But their payment must be obiai by arguing their claims fairly and 1 orably before the congress and not banding together for the defeat those congressmen who refuse to i promises which they cannot in < science give. The administration taken steps to prevent and pm abuses of this nature, but it will wise for the congress to supplem this action by legislation. Bureau of Labor. Much can be done by the governm in labor matters merely by giving p llcity to certain conditions. The bun of labor has done excellent work this kind in many different directic I shall shortly lay before you in a s dal message the full report of the vestigation of the bureau of labor i the Colorado mining strike, as this i strike in which eeirtain very evil fore which are more or less at work eve where under the conditions of mod? industrialism, beciime startlingly prc inent It is greatly to be wished tl the department of commerce and bor, through the labor bureau, shoi compile and arrange for the congr< a list of the labor laws of the1 varie states and -should be given the mea to investigate and report to the c< gress upon the labor conditions ?n t manufacturing and mining regio throughout the country, both as wages, as to hours of labor, as the labor of women and children a: as to the effect in the various lab centers of immigration from abroe In this investigation especial attenti should be paid. to the conditions child labor and child labor legislate in th? several states. Corporations. When we come to deal with gre corporations the need for the gover ment to act directly is far greater tn: in the case of labor, because great cc porations can become such only by e gaging in interstate commerce, and i terstate commerce is peculiarly tl field of the general government, it an absurdity to expect to eliminate tl abuses in irreat corporations by sta action. It is difficult to be patient wit an argument that such matters sbo-j] be left to the states, because more tha one state pursues the policy of crea ing on easy terms corporations wak are never >perated within that stat at all, but i other states whose law they ignore. The national governmei alone can deal adequately with thes great corporations. To try to dei with them in an intemperate, destru? tiv? or demagogic spirit would in a probability mean that nothing whn ever would be accomplished, and wit absolute certainty that if anythin were aecomplisheu it would be of harmful nature. The American pee pie need to continue to show the ver, qualities that they have shown-that is moderation, good sense, the eames desire to avoid doing any damage an< yet the quiet determination to proceed step by step, without halt and withou hurry, in eliminating or at lee st ii minimizing whatever of mischief or c evil there .. to interstate commerce in the conduct of great corporations They are acting in no spirit of hostility to wealth, either individual or cor porate. They are not against the rici man any more than against the poo: j man. On the contrary, they are friend ly alike toward rich man and towart poor man, provided only that each acts in a spirit of justice and decency to ward his fellows. Great corporations are necessary, and only men of greal and singular mental power can man age such corporations successfully and such men must have great re? wards. But these corporations should be managed with due regard to thc interest of the public as a whole Where this can be done under the pres? ent laws it must be done. Where these laws come short others should be enacted to supplement them. Bureau of Corporations. The bureau of corporations has made careful preliminary investigation of many important corporations. It will make a special report on the beef in? dustry. The policy of the bureau is to ac? complish the purposes of its creation by co-operation, not antagonism; by making constructive legislation, not destructive prosecution, thc immediate object of its inquiries; by conservative investigation of law and fact and by refusal to issue incomplete and hence necessarily inaccurate reports. Its pol? icy being thus one of open inquiry into and not attack upon business, the bu? reau has been able to gain not only the confidence, but, better still, the co-op? eration, 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. Of necessity the careful investigation of special corporations will afford the commissioner knowledge of certain business facts, the publication of which might be an improper infringement of private rights. The method of making public the results of these Invcsi tions affords, under the law, a m< for the protection of private ri? The congress will have all facts ex such as would give* to another poratlon information which would Jure the legitimate business of a c petit?r and destroy the incentive Individual superiority and thrift The bureau has also made exhaus examinations into the legal condi under which corporate business is ried on in the various states, into Judicial decisions on the subject into the various systems of corpoi taxation in use. I call special atten to the report of the chief of the bun and I earnestly ask that the cong: carefully consider the report and ommendations of the commissioner this subject The business of Insurance vitally feo ts the great mass of the people the United States and is national ; not local in its application. It Invol a multitude of transactions among people of the different states and tween American companies and 1 eign governments. I urge that the c gress carefully consider whether power of the bureau of corporate cannot constitutionally be extended cover interstate transactions in ins j ance. j Rebates. Above all else we1 must strive to k< .the highways of commerce open to on equal terms, and to do this it is n essa ry to put a complete stop to all bates. Whether the shipper or the rs road is to blame makes no difieren The rebate must be stopped, the abu: of the private car and private termi] track and side track systems must stopped, and the legislation of the I ty-eighth congress which declares it be unlawful for any person or corpo tion to offer, grant, give, solicit ace< or receive any rebate, concession discrimination in respect of the tra] porta tion of any property in intersti or foreign commerce whereby su property shall by any device whate\ be transported at a less rate than ti named in the tariffs published by t carrier must be enforced. While I ? of the opinion that at present it wor be undesirable if it were not imprac cable finally to clothe the intersta commerce commission with general a thority to fix railroad rates, I do I lieve that as a fair security to sh] pers the commission should be vest with the power where a given rate h been challenged and after full heari] found to be unreasonable to decide, sn ject to Judicial review, what shall be reasonable rate to take its place, tl ruling of the commission to take effe immediately and to obtain unless ai until i? is reversed by the court of i view. k Steamship companies engaged in i terstate commerce and protected in 01 coastwise trade should be held to strict observance of the interstate coi merce act. [The president here discusses tl city of Washington, making numeroi recommendations looking to its betti government. He asks that laws. 1 passed preventing Overcrowding in tl tenement districts, for the abolition i blind alleys and the proper housing < the poor. He also recommends chang? in the criminal code, and would ha"\ wife beaters corporally punished.] r Irrigation. During the two and a half years thi have elapsed since the passage of tl reclamation act rapid progress ha been made in the surveys and exam nations of the opportunities for rech marion in the thirteen states and thre territories of the arid west Constru? tion has already been begun on the iai gest and most important of the irrigi tion works, and plans are being corr pleted for works which will utilize th funds now available. The forest policy of the governmer is Just now a subject of vivid publi interest throughout the -west and to th people of the United States in genera The forest reserves themselves are o extreme value to the present as wei as to the future welfare of all th western public land states. They povf erfully affect the use and disposal o the public lands. They are of spe cial importance because they pre serve the water supply and the suppl; j of timber for domestic purposes and s promote settlement under the reclama tion act Indeed they are essential t I the welfare of every one of the grea interests of the west I have repeatedly called attention ti the confusion which exists in govern ment forest matters because the worl is scattered among three independen organizations. As I have recommend ed, all the forest work of the govern ment should be concentrated in the de partment of agriculture, where th< larger part of that work is airead: done. The Canyon of the Coloradc should be made a national park, anc the national park system should in elude the Yosemite and as many at possible of the groves of giant trees ii California. Pensiona. The veterans of the civil war hav< a claim upon the nation such as nc other body of our citizens possess. Thc pension bureau has never in its historj been managed in a more satisfactory manner than is now the case. Consular Service. Our consular system needs improve ment Salaries should be substituted for fees, and the proper classification grading and transfer of consular or fleers should be provided. I am not prepared to say that a competitive sys? tem of examinations for appointment would work well, but by law it should be provided that consuls should he familiar, according to places for which they apply, with the French, German or Spanish language and should pos? sess acquaintance with the resources of the United States. It Is desirable to enact a proper na? tional quarantine law. I call your attention to the great extravagance in printing and binding government publications and especially to the fact that altogether too many of these publications are printed. Currency. The attention of the congress si be especially given to the cun question and that the standing cou tees on the matter in the two bc charged with the duty take np the ter of our currency and see whetfc ls not possible to secure an agreei In the business world for bettering system. The committees should sider the question of the retirerncr ! the greenbacks and the problem o I curings in our currency such elast as Is consistent with safety. E silver dollar should be made by lav 1 deemable in gold at the option of holder. Mere bant Marine. J I especially commend to your Imn ate attention the encouragement of merchant marine by appropriate 1< latlon. The growing importance of the or as a field for American exports d from my predecessor, President i Kinley, an urgent request for its dal consideration by the congress. The importance of securing prc information and data with a viev the enlargement of our trade with 1 1 ls undiminished. Our consular re; sentajtives in China have stroi: urged a place for permanent display j American products In some promit i trade center of that empire, under ? j eminent control and management, ; an effective means of advancing , export trade therein. I call the atl . tion of the congress to the deslrabi of carrying out these suggestions. Immigration and Natural izati or In dealing with the questions of migration and naturalization it is dispensable to keep certain facts e before the minds of those who sh j in enacting the laws. First and fe most, let us remember that the qr j tion of being a good American 1 ! nothing whatever to do with a ma birthplace any more than it has to j with his creed. In every generat j from the^ time this government TI i founded men of foreign birth hi stood in the very foremost rank good citizenship, and that not mer in one but in every field of Americ activity. j There is no danger of having 1 many immigrants of the right kii but the citizenship of this count should not be debased. It is vital tl we should keep high the standard well being among our wageworke and therefore we should not adrj ! masses of men whose standards of 1 ing and whose personal customs a habits are such that thev tend to low j the-level of the American wageworki j and above all we should not admit a] ' man of an unworthy type. Similar i we should take the greatest care abo j naturalization. Fraudulent natural^ j tion, the naturalization of improp persons, is a curse to our governmei \ and It is the affair of every hone j voter, wherever born, to see that ] ? fraudulent voting is allowed, that i ! fraud in connection with naturaliz j tion is permitted. J Revision of Naturalization Laws. I There should be a comprehensive r i vision of the naturalization laws. Tl courts having power to naturalh j should be definitely named by nation, j authority, the testimony upon whi< naturalization may be conferred shou; be definitely prescribed, publication < impending naturalization applicatioi should be required in advance of the hearing in court, the form and won j lng of all certificates issued should t uniform throughout the country, an 1 the courts should be required to mas j returns to the secretary of state ? . stated periods of all naturalization : conferred. i Not only are the laws relating t naturalization now defective, but thos relating to citizenship of the Unite States ought also to be made the sui ject of scientific inquiry with a view t .probable further legislation. The pow er of the government to protect the IE tegrity of the elections of its own offi dals is inherent and has been recog nized and affirmed by repeated dec larations of the supremo court. Ther is no enemy of free government mor j dangerous and none so insidious a: j the corruption of the electorate. I rec ommend the enactment of a law direct ed against bribery and corruption ii federal elections. Delays In Criminal Prosecutions. No subject is better worthy the at tention of the congress than that por tion of the report of the attorney gen eral dealing with the long delays anc the great obstruction to justice experi enced in the cases of Beavers, Greer and Gaynor and Benson. Were thes< Isolated and special cases I should no1 call your attention to them, but the dif? ficulties encountered as regards these men who have been indicted for crimi I nal practices are not exceptional. They are precisely similar in kind to what occurs again and again in the case of criminals who have sufficient means to enable them to. take advantage of a system of procedure which has grown up in the federal courts and which amounts in effect to making the law easy of enforcement against the man who has no money and difficult of en? forcement, even to the point of some times securing immunity, as regards .the man who has money. At present the interests of the innocent man are 1 amply safeguarded, but the interests of ' the government-that is, the Interests of honest administration; that is, the interests of the people-are not recog? nized as they should be. [The president discusses the progress ; of the territories of Alaska, Hawaii and Porto Rico, with recommendations 1 for changes in the present system of ! government of the first named. He de sires to see a delegate from Alaska in j congress. 1 Foreign Policy. I The steady aim of this nation, as of all enlightened nations, should be to strive to bring ever nearer the day when there shall prevail throughout j tlie world the peace of justice, but i there aro kinds of peace which are highly undesirable, which aro in the loug run as destructive as ::ny war. ; Tho jo::l ti sot before us as a nation, the goal which should be set before mankind, is the attainment of peace of justice, of the peace wi comes when each nation is not mei safeguarded in its own rights, scrupulously recognizes and perfoi its duty toward others. . Genen peace tells for righteousness, but there is conflict between the two t our fealty is due first to the cause righteousness. Unrighteous wars common and unrighteous peace is ri but both should be shunned. right of freedom and the responsible for the exercise of that right cannot divorced. One of our great poets 1 well and finely said that freedom is st gift that tarries long- in the hands cowards. Neither does it tarry long the hands of those too slothful, too < honest or too unintelligent to exert it The eternal vigilance which is price of liberty must be exert* sometimes to guard: against outs foes, although,, of coarse; far more ten to guard against our own selfish thoughtless shortcomings. It Is our duty to remember that a 3 tion has no more right to do injust to another nation, strong or weak, th an Ind?vf?uaf has to do injustice to 1 other individual; that the same mo law applies in one case as in the oth But we must also remember that it as much the duty of the nation guard its own rights and its own int ests as it is the duty of the indlvidi so to- doi Until some method is devis by which there shaE be a degree of ternational control over offending 1 tion s it would be a wicked thing i the most civilized powers, for thc with most sense- of international ol g?tions and with keenest and most ge emus appreciation of the difference t tween right and wrong, to disarm, the great civilized nations/of the pr? j ent day should completely- disarm; t i result would mean an immediate i j cradesconce of barbarism in one for ! or another. Under any'circumstances ! sufficient armament would have to-1 kept up to serve the purposes of int? i national police, and until internation j cohesion and the sense of internation i duties and rights are far more a ' vanced than at present a nation desi ? ous both of securing, respect for itse and of doing good to others must ha1 a force adequate for the work which feels is allotted to it as its part of tl general world duty. Therefore it fe lows that a self respecting, just ar farseeing nation should on the ot hand endeavor by every means to ai in the development of the varioi movements which tend to provide sui stitutes for war, which tend to rend? nations in their actions toward one ai other and indeed toward their ow peoples more responsive to the generi sentiment of humane and civilize mankind, and, on the other hand, thc it should keep prepared, while scrupi lously avoiding wrongdoing itself, t repel any wrong and in exception* casos to take action which in a mor j advanced stage of international rek ! tions would come under the head c the exercise of the international police Arbitration Treaties. : ' We are in every way endeavoring t help on, with cordial good will, ever movement which will tend to bring u into more friendly relations with th rest of mankind. In pursuance of thi policy I shall shortly lay before the set ate treaties of arbitration with all pow 1 ers which are willing to enter into thes treaties with us. lt is not possible a this period of th?? world's develop men tc* agree to arbitrate all matters, bu there are many matters of possibl difference between us and other na I tions which can be thus arbitrated Furthermore, at the request of the in terparliamentary. union, an eminen body composed of practical statesmen ! from all countries, ? have asked th< , powers to join with this government in a second Hague conference, at whicl it is hoped that the work already s< happily begun at The Hague may b< ! carried some steps further towarc i completion. This carries out the de sire expressed by the first Hague con ference itself. > Policy Toward Other Cations oi Western Hemisphere. It is not true that the United States feels any land hunger or entertains any projects as regards the other na tions of the western hemisphere savi such as are for their welfare. All thal this country desires is to see the neigh? boring countries stable, orderly and prosperous. Any country whose people conduct themselves well can count upoc our hearty friendship. If a nation shows that it knows how to act with reasonable efficiency and decency in so? cial and political matters, if it keeps order and pays its obligations, it need fear no interference from the United States. Chronic wrongdoing or an im? potence which results in a general loos? ening of the ties of civilized society may in America, as elsewhere, ulti? mately require intervention by some civilized nation, and in the western hemisphere the adherence of the Unit? ed States to the Monroe doctrine may force the United States, however re I luctantly, in flagrant cases of such wrongdoing or impotence, to tho exer? cise of an international police power. Right* of American Citizens Abroad. It is necessary forusfirmlj* to insist up? on the rights of our own citizens abroad : without regard to their creed or race: ! without regard to whether they were born here or born abroad, lt has proved very difficult to secure fror., j Russia the right for our Jewish fellow ! citizen to receive passports and travo. ' through Russian territory. Ii is a j wrong against which we are entitled to protest to refuse him his passport j without regard to his conduct and char ! actor, merely on racial and religious grounds. ! The Navy. Tho strong arm of the government j in enforcing respect for its just rights in international matters is the navy of I the United States. I most earnestly i recommend that there be no halt in the ' work of upbuilding tho American navy, i We have undertaken to build the isth? mian canal. We have undertaken to ? secure for ourselves our just share In ! the trade of the orient We have un? dertaken to protect our citizens from [ Improper treatment in foreign lands. We continue steadily to insist on the application of the Monroe doctrine- to the western hemisphere. Unless our attitude in these and all similar mat? ters is to be a mere boastful sham we cannot afford to abandon our naval programme. Our voice is now potent for peace and is so potent because we are not afraid of war. But eur prot? estations upon behalf of peace would neither receive nor deserve the slight? est attention rf we were impotent to make them good. The Army. Within the last three years the Unit? ed States has set an example in dis? armament where disarmament was proper. By law our army is fixed at a maximum of 100,000 and a minimum of 60,00o1 men. When there was insur reefton in the Philippines we kept the army at the- maximum. Peace came in the Philippines, and now our army has been reduced to the lainfmum at which it is possible to keep it with due regard to its efficiency. We should be aMe, rn the event of some sadden emergency, to put into the field one first class army corps, which- should be, as a whole, at least the equal -of any body of troops of like number belong? ing- to any other nation. Great progress has been made in pro? tecting our coasts by adequate fortifi? cations with sufficient guns. We should,, however, pay much more heed than at present to the development of an extensive system of floating mines for use irx all our more Important har? bors. These mmes have been proved to be a most formidable safeguard against hostile fleets. Tfie Pfe&fpf>fires. In the Philippine Islands there has been during the past year a continua? tion of the steady progress which has obtained ever since our troops definite? ly got the upper hand of the insur? gents. The Philippine people, or, to speak more accurately, the marry tribes and even races sundered from one another more or less sharply who go to make up the people of the Philip? pine Islands, contain many elements of good, and .some elements which we have a right to hope stand for prog? ress. At present they are utterly in? capable of existing in independence at all or of building up a civilization of their own. I firmly believe that we can help them to rise higher and high? er in the scale of civilization and of capacity for self government, and I most earnestly hope that- in the end they will be able to stand, if not en? tirely alone, yet in some such relation io the United States as Cuba now stands. This end is not yet in sight, and ft may be indefinitely postponed if our people are foolish enough to turn the attention of the Filipinos away from the problems of achieving moral and material prosperity, of working for a stable, orderly and just govern? ment, and toward foolish and danger? ous intrigues for a complete independ? ence for which they are as yet totally unfit On the other hand, our people must keep steadily before their minds the fact that the justification for our stay ia the Philippines most ultimately rest chiefly upon the good we are able to do in the islands. I do not overlook the fact that in the development of our interests in the Pacific ocean and along its coasts the Philippines have played and will play an important part and that our interests have been serv? ed in more than one way by the pos? session of the islands. But our chief reason for continuing to hold them must be that we ought in good faith to try to do ocr share of the world's work, and this particular piece of work has been imposed upon us by the re? sults of the war with Spain. We are endeavoring to develop the natives themselves so that they shall take an ever increasing share in their own gov? ernment, and, as far as is prudent, we. are already admitting their representa? tives to a- governmental equality with our own. There are commissioners, judges and governors in the islands who are Filipinos and who have exact? ly the same share in the government of the islands as have their colleagues who are Americans, while in the lower ranks, of course, the great majority of the public servants are Filipinos. W*thln two years we shall be trying the experiment of an elective lower house in the Philippine legislature. If the Filipinos act with wisdom and self restraint, if they show that they are capable of electing a legislature which in its turn is capable of taking a sane and efficient part in the actual work of government they can rest assured that a full and increasing measure of rec? ognition will be given them. Every measure taken concerning tho Islands should be taken primarily with a view to their advantage. We shouhl certainly give them lower tariff rate* on their exports to the United States. If this is not done it will .be a wron-: to extend our shipping laws to thorn. I earnestly hope for the immediate* enactment into law .of the legislation now pending to encourage American capital to seek investment in the is? lands in railroads, in factories, in plan? tations ?nd in lumbering and mining. St. Matthew's, Dec. S.-The hand? some home of Mr. R. D. Zimmerman, six miles from St. Matthews, was destoyed by fire this afternoon, with its contents. A defective stove flue is thought to be the cause. It was a beautiful home and handsomely fur? nished. Only about $1,000 insurance. Fight Will Be Bitter. Those who will persist m closing their ears against the continual recommenda? tion of Dr. King's New Discovery for Consumption, will have a long and bitter fight with their troubles, if not ended earlier by fatal termination. Read what T. R. Beall of Beall, Mi*?, has to pay: ''Last fall my wife had every symptom of Consumption. She took D'-. Kirg's New Discovery after everything else had failed. Ioaprovement came at once and four hnt*le* enti'ely cnr*-d he ; Guaranteed by J. F. W. DeLorme, druckt. Price 50, r nd $1.00. Trial bottle free.