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Slayton Mail Supplement President’s Message (Coniinn«*<l I rum Kirai l ‘ag«.j fn riiu »<< luru>' Tiiul Tbuy 'Im -dini ih e p roperty o f ab sen tee lundlorda who fiirtii tlicin h.v «••limit« nor yet mnnll th a t tin* fa rm e r Iss-ome* Ilk« a Kur«»- |H>NI| |M-UHU n t T he d epositors In ou r saving* hanks now num ber o v rr one-tenth of ou r en- tlre iMipnlntlon. 'J'heae are all rnpltal- lata w ho thro u g h the soring* hnnka loan th e ir money to th e w o rkers th a t la. In m any enaea to theinaelve* to e a rry on th e ir varloua Imluatrlea. I'oatnl savings h an k s will m ake It euay fo r th e poorest to keep th e ir saving* In alMolute anfety. T he regulation o f th e nntlotial h ighw ays m u st I m * au rh th a t they shall a e rre all |M*ople w ith equal Justice. t ' o r p o r n t e ft nam es m ust l>e s u p e r v i s e d ao na to m ake It fa r s a f e r th a n a t p resen t for th e m an of amnll m eans to Invest his money In stoeka. T h ere m ust be prohibition of child latter, dim inution of w om an la bor. sh o rten in g of houra o f all me- rh a n lra l Inlmr. S tork w ate rin g should Is* prohibited, and sto rk gam bling, ao fa r aa la piwalble. discouraged. T h ere should I k * a p rogressive In heritance tax on large fortu n es. In d u strial e d u cation should I n * encouraged * P rotection For W agew orker*. T h ere la one m a tte r wHh w hk'h the congress should deni at th is session. T here should no longer l»e any p a lte r ing w ith th e ipicstlon o f ta k in g r a r e o f the w ag ew o rk ers who. u n d er our p resent In d u strial system , I mmxium k ill ed. crippled or w orn out ns p a rt o f the regular Incidents of n given business. T h e object sought for could I k * ac h ie v ed to a m ensurable degree, na f a r na thoae killed or crippled a re concerned, by projier em ployers' liability Inwa. Aa fa r na eoneerna th o se w ho have been w orn out, I cull your atte n tio n to th e fa rt th a t definite atepa to w ard pro viding old age penalons have t*cen taken In m any o f o u r p riv a te Indus tries. P ending a thoroughgoing In v estig a tion and action th e re Is c e rta in legla- latlon w hich should l*e enacted at once. T he law passed a t the Inst se s sion o f th e congress g ran tin g com pensation to c e rta in claaxes o f em- ployeea of th e g o v em in eu t should lie e.’.tended to Inrlnde nil em ployees o f th e governm ent and should he m ade more liberal In Its term s. In th is rc- siM-ct th e ro n rro n lty o f th e t'n lte d S tates tow ard lls em ployee* com pares most un fav o rab ly w ith th f o f every m ttn lry In E urope—even t! *• ism rest. T he term s of th e act a re also a hard sh ip In prohib itin g paym en t In rn cs w here th e accident 1* In any way title to tlie negligence *>f th e cm ployet*. It It Inev itab le th a t dally f a m iliarity w lih d a n g e r w ill lead men to ta k e chances th a t enn be construed Into negligence. I renew in.v recom m endation muile In a p re \ loll* m essage th a t h a lf holi days I m * g ran ted d u rin g th e su m m er to II w agew orkers In g o v ern m en t em ploy. 1 also renew my recom m endation * mt the principle o f th e eight hour lay should na rapidly and ns f a r na practicable I m * extended to th e en tire work Ix-lng ca rrie d on by th e govern merit. Th« Courts. ! moat earn estly urge upon the co n gress th e d u ly o f Increasing th e totally Inadequate sa la rie s now given to our Judges. O n th e whole, th e re Is no body o f public se rv a n ts w ho do as valuable work nor w hose m oneyed rew ard Is so Inadequate com pared to llw-lr work. B eginning w ith th e s u prem e collit. th e Judges should have I I k !r sn!iirb*s doubled It Is earn estly to lie d esired th a t s o m e m ethod should b e devised for d o ing aw ay w ith th e long d elay s w hich cow obtain In th e ad m in istra tio n o f fustl< e and w hich o p era te w ith pecul ia r severity ag a in st persons o f rm all mentis and favor only th e very crim i nals whom it Is m ost d e sira b le to p u n ish At the la ,t election ce rtn ln lenders of organized labor m ade a violent and sw eeping a tta c k upon the e n tire Ju d iciary o f th e country, an a ttac k couched In such te rm s ns to Include g,,. most upright, honest and broad minded Judges no less th a n those of n arro w e r mind and m ore restric ted outlook. E ast y e a r before th e house com m ittee on th e Judiciary these sam e labor leaders form u lated th e ir d e m ands. specifying the hill th a t con talinsl them , refu sin g all com prom ise, sta tin g they w ished th e principle of th a t bill or nothing. T hey Insisted on n provision th a t In a latsir d isp u te no In-unction should issue except to pro tect n property right sn d s|ieelV a1lv provided th a t th e rig h t to c a rry on b u s i n e s s should not lie c o n stru e d na a pro p erty rig h t, anil In n second pro vision th e ir hill m ade legal In n labor d isp u te any a r t or a g re em e n t by or betw een tw o or m ore person* th a t would not have been u n law fu l If done by a single person. In o th e r w ords, t h i s hill legalized black listin g an d boy co ttin g In every form . T he dem and w as Touch- H uff th e re should be (rial by Jury In co n tem p t car-** thereby m ost seriously Im p airin g tin- au th o rity o f th e co u rts. All th is re nr* anted a | co u rse of policy w hich. If ■ scried out, would m ean th e e n th ro n e n i' oi of class privilege In Ita cru d est so d most b ru tal form an d th e d e s tru c tio n of ono o f th e most essen tial in a c tio n s of the Judiciary In all civilized Is nils T h e w agew orkers, the w orkingm en, th e III boring men of th e eo u e iry , by the wny In which they repm ll»i •<! th e e f fort to get them to enst tlc-ir votes In res|Miuse to an apjieal to *..... . hatred h at’s em phasized Vaelr sound patriotism and AmericanIsm. C ourts l-npsrilsd by Judge*. Hut th e ex trem e reactio n s l ies, th« liersons who blind thcmsci«*-- to th e w rongs now and th e n coinn.It tod by th e c o u rts on lutm rlug in»a. should also th in k seriously a s to m *i such a m ovem ent as th is por:* *<*. T he c o u rts tire Jeoparded prim rllv by the action o f th ese fed eral id sta le Judges w ho -show lu iib lllt' **• unwill- lugnesN t</ put a sto p to in» w ro n g doing of very rich men u m i » i m odern In d u strial conditions. T h ere a re c e rta in declam n- by v a rloua c o u rts w hich h av e b*** i exceed ingly d e trim e n ta l to the rig h t* of w agew orkers. T h is Is tru* <*r all the deelalous th a t decide t bit • men and women u re by th e c o u stlti l n “g u a r an teed th e ir lib e rty " to con rai l to en te r a d an g ero u s occupu n. o r to work nu u n d esirab le o r lm | i*>p»r Hum- I mw of hours, or to w ork In u n h ea lth y su rro u n d in g s, and th e re fo re • m ot re cover d am ag es when m alm -l lu th a t o c c u p a tio n and ca n n o t I k - i-*rblddeu to w ork w hat th e le g isla tu re decid es is an excessive n u m b er o f b • *. <*r to c a rry on th e w ork u u d er e d itio n s w hich th e leg islatu re deckle i •» |>c u n healthy. T h e re la also, I th in k , t ouod for th e belief th a t su b sta n tia l .n i u t l o e p, o ften suffered by employe* conse qu en ce of th e custom «if c o u rts l»xu lug tem|M*rary In ju n ctio n s v ..out n o tice to them an d pu n lsh ln c hem for co n tem p t o f co u rt In luatat« • • w here, os a m a tte r o f fact, th e ' h av e no know ledge of any pro ceed ! l . . P ro vision should be m ade th a t n*- in ju n c tion o r te m p o rary re s tra h h.g o rd er Issue* o th e rw ise th a n ou no1' ex cep t w h ere Irrep a ra b le In ju ry w i other- w lse resu lt, an d lu su ch ct a h ea r ing <*n th e m erits o f th e <>t* r should b<* had w ithin u sh o rt lls • <1 jicrlod. nn I If not th en conllnuetl r hear* leg it shoiii i fo rth w ith la D eci sio n s should I k * ren d ered It* * ¿late ly an d th e ch an ce o f delay mb *• *z* *l In every w ay. T h e c o u rts are to tie h i. iy com m ended and stnn'-hly npl *1 w hen they set th e ir faces ngnln * wnm g- «lolng o r ty ra n n y by a nin city, h u t they Hr«* to b t hlnrn«*d w hen they fail to recognize u n d er a r e m in e n t like o u rs tin* d elllicrn te J u d 'i i e n t o f the m a jo rity ns to a m a tte -f legltl- m ale jM.llcy w hen duly ext w il by th e leg islatu re. T h e prop!** should not be p erm itted to pardon II an d slipshod legislation on th«* tl* ry th a t th e «*01101 w ill net It rig h t. T ' * should I m * ta u g h t th a t th e rig h t w ay to got rid o f a bad law Is to h av e th e !e sla tttre rc|>eal It nn«l not to h av e th e . ..iirts by Ingenious h air sp littin g nullify It. People T h sm selves to h'«ir m any of the shorte«.. ¡ngs of Justice In o u r co u n try o u r pe-.pic as a w hole a re them selves to lilai. • ind the Judge* en d Juries merely l~-*r th e ir sh a re to g eth er w ith the public as a whole. It la <IH«or«*dltablc to us ns u p«*op!e th a t th ere should Is* difficulty In convicting m u rd erers o r In bringing to Justice men w ho as publl -erv an ts have been guilty «if corruptl«oi <»r w ho have profited by th e corruption *»f p u b lic aervnnta. T h e huge w ealth th a t has lu e n a c cu m u lated by a few indlvldo»!* of re cent year«. In w hat has am o u n ted to ft social anil Industrial revolution. Im* been na re g a rd s som e of the*** Individ uals m ade possible only by th* im prop e r ns<* of th e m odern corpora «»a. C or porations ar«* n ecessary Instrn cu ts of modern business. T hey have I m - oii per- m ltted to heroine a m enace largely lie- enuae tho g o v ern m en tal rep resen tativ e* of th e |H*ople have work«Ml slow ly In providing for nde«]nnte oonu*<*l over them. Real d am ag e has been done by th e m anifold nnd conflicting In te rp re ta tions o f (he In te rsta te com m erce law*. C ontrol o v er th e g rea t co rp o ratio n s do ing In te rsta te b u sin ess enn lie effective only If It Is re s te d w ith full pow er In nn a d m in istra tiv e d e p a rtm e n t.s b ran ch o f th e fe«l«*rnl ox«*eutlve. c a rry in g o ut a fe«1ernl law. It enn n ev er tie e f fectiv e If a div id ed resp o n sib ility Is left In both th e sta te s and th e nation. It enn nev er lie effective If le ft In th e h an d s o f th e c o u rts to tie d*** tde«l by law suits. T he c o u rts hold a place of peculiar nnd d eserv ed sa n c tity u n d er **ur form of g o vernm ent. Ho*p«*ct fo r th e law Is esscntlnl to th e pcrmanen<*e o f *uir In stitution*. and resp ect f*«r th e law Is largely con«1ltl**ne«l upon re? pect fo r th e co u rts. B ut w e m u st fnce ihc fa c t th a t th e re a re w ise nnd unw ise .|udg«*s. Just ns th e re nre w ise nnd u n w ise **x- eenttvoa nnd legislators. W hen n p resid en t o r governor behave* Im prop erly or unw isely th e rem edy Is easy, for Ills te rm Is sh o rt. T he sam e Is tru e w ith th e legislator, alth o u g h not tc . thy. *y*me. d e-ree . W ith ¿*nt~e ceptlng to crim inals, nnd It seriously hniii|iera the g o v ern m en t In the «letec- tlon «»f crim e am i th<* secu rin g of Jus tice. It p rev en ts lb«* prom otion of etn- nloyeea hi th«* s«vret servl«-e. au«l th is furth«w (lls*SXJrages gtssl effort. lo It* present form tlie restrlctbm op erates •mly to th e m lvantngc of the crim inal, ••f tin* wrongdoer. T he ch ief arg u m e n t lo fav o r of th e provision w as th a t the congressm en •llil not them selves wish to la* Invratl- Fere eta. I f th e re Is any one d u ty will* li more gated by secret service men. Very lit th a n an o th e r we ow e It to o u r «-blldreti tle of such Investigation has b«*en done and o u r ch ild ren 's ch ild ren lo tM*rf«riii In the past, but It Is tru e th a t th e w ork a t once It Is to sa v e the for***!« of of the s«*«*ret serv lee ag en ts w as p artly th is co u n try , for they c o n stitu te tin* responsible for th e Indictm ent nnd con first an d m ost Im p o rtan t elem ent in viction of a sen ato r nnd tt congressm an th e eo nservntbin o f th e n a tu ra l re- for In nil frau d s In Oreg«m. I do not believe th a t It Is In the politic Interest sou rces o f th e co u n try . who. being hiiiriiiu. Is n|s<> lll.i-iy III «•rr. b ut w h « w le n u re Is f**r life, th ere Is no sim ila r w ay o f holding him to responsibility, r u d e r o rd in ary condi tions the «»lily form * of p ressu re to t.*til«'b he la In an y w ay a m ens tile a te f»«iI»11<- opinion an d th«» action of his fellow Judge*. II 1« th e last w hich Is in«isl I lutinsl lately effective an d to w hich we alioiild l«M»k for th e reform of abuses. S liortslglibsl |M-rsons. or persona bllmb-d to the fu tu re liy d e sire to m ake money I ii «*very w ay o u t o f th e p resen t. sniuetlmMi sjicak ns If no g reat damag«* would I m * don«* l»y the r«*cklcss «lestrucihju o f <>ur for**st*. It Is «lltheult to have pnlleiiee w ith th e arg u m e n ts of these |M*rsnu». T h an k s lo o u r ow n n s'k lessn ess In th e use of o u r splendid fo rests, w e have alread y crossed the verge of a tim b er fam ine In th is co u n try , and no m ensuri's th a t in* now ta k e cun, at least for m any y ears, undo I lie* m ischief th a t h is a l ready I m -«* ii done. But we « an prevent fu rth e r m ischief being done, and it would be In Ihe highest d eg ree repiv- lienslble to let any co n sld cr.ilIon of tem p o rary convenience or tem p o rary «•««st In terfere w ith such action. «**| k *- elnll.v as regard* th e n atio n al forests, w hich th«* n atio n ca n now ui th is very m om ent control. I T h e p rasld en t ln*re c ite s In su[»f»ort o f Ills contention* th e gran t «lestrue- tlnli w ro u g h t In 4'hlmi by tlie denuda- tl«»u o f tin* fo re st area«.) W hitt h as »bus hap|M-ti<-«l .n n o rtb e n i C hina. w!int has happened In c e n tra l Asia. In l'iil<*Htlni>. In n o rth A frlcn. In p a rts of th e M ed iterran ean co u n tries of E urope. will surely happen lu «»ur co u n try If w e do -not exercise th a t w ise fo reth o u g h t w hich should be o ne of lb«* ebl«*f m ark s of an y |M*opl<* c a ll ing liscir civilized. N othing slioukl be |H‘rinltt«*d to sta n d In th e w ay of th e p rese rv a tio n o f th e f<>r«*sts. and It Is crlm lu al to perm it In d iv id u als to p u r chase a little gain fo r them selves th ro u g h th e d e s tn ie tlo n o f fo re sts w hen th is d estru c tio n I* fata l to th e well Is-ltig o f th e w hole c o u n try In th e fu tu re. i Inland W aterw ay*. Action should be Ix-g.in fo rth w ith , d u rin g th e pr«*s«*nt session o f congress, for tin* Im provem ent o f o u r Inland w a terw ay * action w hich will resu lt lu giving us not only n av ig ab le hut navigate«! rivers. W e h av e s|»eui hum !reds o f m illions o f d o lla rs upon th ese w ate rw a y s, yet th e traffic «>n n early all o f th em Is ste ad ily «leellu- Ing. T h is condition Is th e dir«*c*t re su it o f th e tibsonce of a n y corapre- h eiv lv e an d faraeeln g |d a n o f w a te r w ay Im provem ent. O bviously w e can- net «’o n jln u e th u s to exp«*n«l tlie rev em ies o f th e governm ent w ithout re- tu ru . It Is poor b u sin ess to spend money fo r Inland n av ig atio n unless w e get It. Such sh o rtsig h ted , v ac illatin g ond fu tile m etliotls a re accor.ipanhsl by *!«*• cre asin g w ate r h o m e com m erce am i In creasin g traffic congestion on land, bv lu eran aln g i U mk I s nnd by th e w aste of public money. T h e rem edy lies In ab a n d o n in g tli«* m etluxls w hich have s«i sig n ally faileil ntul a d o p tin g new n*ies In k«*opltig w ith th e ik h k I s and denial!«)* o f o u r people. I ii a r«*is>rt oil a m easu re Introduced a t tlie first session o f th e p rese n t co n g ress th e s e c re ta ry o f w ar said. "T h e ch ief d efect In th e m eth o d s h ith erto p n rsu ed ll**s In th e ab sen ee o f ex«vu- tlv e a u th o rity for o rig in a tin g eom pre- h en slv e plana co v erin g th e co u n try or n a tu ra l div isio n s th e re o f.” In th is (•pinion I h eartily concur. I ’ntll th e w ork o f riv er Im provem ent •a u n d erta k en lu a m odern w ay It enu- n«»t have re su lts th a t will im*«*t th e needs o f th is m odem n atio n . T hese needs should he met w ith o u t fu rth e r dllly-dullylug o r delay. T h e plan w hich prom ise* th e ls*st and q u ick est resu lts Is th a t o f a p erm a n en t com m ission au thorized t«> co-ordinate th e w ork o f nil th e g o v ern m en t d e p a rtm e n ts relatin g to w a te rw a y s a ml to fraui«* an d super- vis«* th e ex ecu tio n o f a co m p reh o tislre plan. T h e lim e fo r playing w ith our w a te rw a y s Is past. T h e co u n try de m aud* m antis. N ational Parka. I u rge th a t all o u r n ational p a rk s a d ja ce n t to n atio n al fo rests he plaixal com pletely u n d er th e control o f the fom st service «>f th e a g ric u ltu ra l d«*- p a rtin e n t. Instead o f leaving them , as th ey are now. u n d er th e In terio r «le- p n rtm e n t nnd |s>llco<l by th e arm y. P ure Food. T he p ure food legislation has already vv<> k«sl a h«>iiet1t illineult to o v eresti m ate 8 ecret Service. I.tist y enr an ani«*n<lui«*nt w as Ineor pornte«l lu tin* m easu re providing for the secret service w hich provided th a t th e re should be no «lornII from th e sc- r m t service am i no tra n sfe r therefrom . It Is not too much to say th a t this am en d m en t has la*en of Is'neflt only, and could he of lienefit only, to the crim inal classes T he am en d m en t In q u est loo w as of lienertt to no one i*x- p u rtu re w hen com pared w ith a n y th in g w hich has happened am ong A siatic pow ers w hich ure tb«-lr ow n m asters. We have given th e Flllniu«« c o n stitu tional governm ent, a governm ent b a s e d upon Justice, am i we have show n th a t we have governed thorn for th eir g o o d and not for our u g g rau d lzem en t At th e p resen t tim e, us d u rin g th e p ast te n je n r* . Ihe Inexorable logic of fac ts sh o w s th a t th is g o v ern m en t m ust lie supplied by us and uot by them . W e m ust I k - w is e an d g en er ous. W e m ust help th e F ilipinos to m aster »lie dltllcult a rt of self con trol, w hich Is sim ply u n o tb e r nam e fo r self g o verum eut. Hut we can n o t give them self g overnm ent sav e lu th e sens«- o f g o verning th em so th a t g ra d ually th«*y may. If th ey ure able. I earn to g o v ern them selves. No oue can prophesy th e ex a c t d a te when It will I m * w ise to co n sid er Independence as a fixed an d definite policy. P orto Rico. 1 again recom m end th a t A m erican citizen sh ip be co n ferred upon th e peo ple o f P o rto Rico. Cuba. In C uba o u r occupancy w ill cease lu about tw o m o n th s’ tim e. T h e C u b an s have in o rd erly m an n er elected th e ir ow n g o v ern m en tal au th o rities, an d th e island will be tu rn ed o ver to them . O u r occupation ou th is occasion bus tasted u little o ver tw o y ears, an d C uba bus th riv e n nnd prosiiered u u d er ll. O ur enni«*st hope an d oue d e sire Is th a t th e p«*ople o f th e Islam! sh all now govern th em selv es w ith Justice, so tli it peace a n d o rd e r m ay he se cure. T he F leet's Reception. I ta k e th is o p p o rtu n ity publicly to s ta le tuy u p p reciatio u of th e w ay In w hich in J a p a n , in A u stralia, in New Z ealand an d in all th e s ta te s of S o u th A m erica th e b a ttle fleet has beeu re ceived ou Its p rac tice voyage aro u n d th e w orld. T h e A m erican g o v ern m en t ca n n o t loo stro n g ly ex p re ss its ap p re ciatio n of th e n lsiu u d ln g and generous Hospitality show n o u r sh ip s in ev ery port tb«*y visited. T he Arm y. As reg a rd s th e arm y , I call a tte n tio n to th e fac t th a t, w hile o u r Ju u io r offi ce rs an d en listed uieu sta n d very high, th e present sy stem of prom otion by sen io rity resu lts I ii b ringing into th e h igher g rad es m any men of m ediocre cap acity w ho have but a sh o rt tim e to serve. No m an should reg ard it as his vested rig h t lo rise to th e highest rank In th e arm y any m ore th a n !n an y o th e r profession. T h e scoiie of re tirin g b o ard s should be ex ten d ed so th a t th ey could con sid e r g eneral unfltness to com m and fo r an y cau se lu o rd er to secure a f a r m ore rigid en fo rcem en t th a n a t p re s en t In th e elim in atio n of officers fo r m ental, physical or te m p eram en ta l d isab ilities. R u t th is plan is recom m ended only if th e congress do“s not see fit to p ro v id e w h a t In my Judg m ent Is f a r b e tte r—th a t Is. fo r selec tion lu prom otion an d fo r elim ination fo r age. Now th a t th e organized m ilitia, th e n ational g u ard , has been inco rp o rated w ith tlie arm y ns n p a rt o f th e uationnl forces It behooves th e govern m en t to do every reaso n ab le th in g In its p o w e r to |x*rf«s*t Its efficiency. A bill Is now pending before th e congress c re a tin g a n u m b e r of e x tra officers In th e arm y , w hich. If passed, ns It o u g h t to he. will en ab le m ore o f ficers to I k * traln«»«l ns In stru cto rs o f n atio n al g u ard nnd assig n ed to th a t d u ty . T h ere should be legislation to pro vide n com plete plan fo r org an iz ing th e g re a t body of v o lu n teers be hind the reg u la r arm y an d n ational g u ard w hen w ar has come. W hile tennis rep resen tin g th e U nited S tates won the rifle an d revolver ch am p io n sh ip s o f th e w orld a g a in st all coiners In E n gland th is year. It is u n fo rtu n a te ly tru e th a t the g re a t body o f o u r c iti zens shoot less an d less ns tim e goes on. T o meet th is w e should enco u rag e rltb* p ractice am ong schoolboys nnd Indeed am ong all classes, ns w ell »s In th e m ilitary services, by every m oans In our |>owor. T he Navy. I approve tho reco m m en d atio n s o f th e gencrr.l board fo r th e In crease of th e navy, calling especial atte n tio n to th e nee«i o f ad d itio n al d estro y e rs nnd cm .iers nn«l. abo v e all. o f th e fo u r b a t tleships. It [* d esira b le to com plete as soon ns pos.UN« a sq u ad ro n o f eight b a ttle sh ip s o f t . ^ best ex istin g tyi»e. T h e North D akofii, D elaw are, F lo rid a an d U tah will form th e first division of_thls s<;undrort.