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About Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 8, 1905)
E President Rooaevelt'i annual mesHage bas been delivered to congTcaa. Open ing with a plea for the co-operation of all class oa In continuing tbe country'a prosperity and In correcting existing tvlls, for a "aquarc deal" for every body, tbe mesnage Unit takea up tbe question of corporatlona and railroad fate legislation. Tbe president aaya: Corporal laaa. I am In no aeniie hostile to corpora tion!. This la an age of combination, and any effort to prevent all combina tion will be not only useless, but In the end vicious, because of the coutempt for law which tbe fullure to enforce law Inevitably produced. Tbe corpora tion ba come to stay, Just an the trade union baa come to atay. Each can do and ban done great good. Each ahould be favored o long a It does good. ItejVeaoh ahould be aharply checked wwu It acta agalnat law and Justice. Experience bas shown conclusively that It la useless to try to get any ade quate regulation and aupervlslon of these great corporations by state ac tion. Huoh regulation and supervision rau only lie effectively exercised by a sovereign whose Jurisdiction Is coex tensive wltli the Held work of the cor-oratlons-that Is, by the national gov ernment. I believe that this regulation and supervision can be obtained by the enactment of law by tbe congress. It this proves Impossible, it will certainly be necessary ultimately to confer In fullest form such power upon the na tional government by affirmative ac nient of the constitution. 1 Hie lawa of the congress and of tbe several states hitherto, as passed upon by tbe courts, bave resulted more often In showing tbut the states have no power In the matter than that the na tional government bas power; so tbut there at present exists a very unfortu nutu condition of things, tinder which these greut corporations doing an In terstate business occupy the position ot subjects without a sovereign, neither any state government nor the national government having effective control over them. Our steady aim should bt by legislation, cautiously and carefully undertaken, but resolutely persevered tlonal government by alllrmatlve ac tion. Tills Is only In form an Innovation. In substance It Is merely a restorutlon, fur from llin i-nrllcst time such rciruln- Ilou or luiliisiriui activities mis iiecn recognized In the action of the law making bodies, and all tbut I propose i Is to meet the chunged conditions In such manner us will prevent the coin- monweuiiu aiHiiciiiing me power 11 nun always possessed, not only In this coun try, but also In Kngliiud before und aiuco this country became a separate nation. Ilallroad llata Lra-lalatlna. As I auld 111 my mesHiige of Dec. 0 last, the luimedluto und most pressing need so fur lis legislation Is concerned Is the enactment Into law of some scheme to secure to the agents of the government such supervision and regu lation of the rules chnrginl by the rail road of the country cngagi'd lu Inter state trntilc us shall siimiiiurlly and ef fectively prevent the Imposition of un just or unreasonable rates. It must Include putting u complete stop to re bates lu every shape und form. This power to regulate rates, like nil similar powers over tbe business world, should be excrclMcd with moderation, caution Olid aelf restraint, but It should exist, so that It can be effectively exercised when tho ueed arises. lu my Judgment, the most Important provision which such law should con tain Is that conferring upon some com petent administrative body the power to divide uhiu the cuso being brought before It whether a given rate pre acrllasl by a railroad Is reasonable and Just, and If It Is found to be unreason, able und unjust then, after full Investl- ' gallon of the complaint, to prescribe the limit of rate beyond which It shall 1 not be lawful to go- the minimum reasonable rule, us It Is commonly cull ed this division to go Into effect wllh bi a reasonable time and to obtain from thence onward, suhJiH't to review by the courts. It sometimes happens at present, not !.. Hi.. lA t.ui t.l.rl, I.t tl.ot ia tit. vorcd shipper Is given too low n rule. In such case the commission would have thu right to tlx this already estab lished minimum rule us the maximum, und It would need only one or two such divisions by the commission to cure railroad companies of the practice of giving Improper minimum rates. I cull your intention to the fact that my pro posal Is not to give the commission power to Initiate or originate rules geu erully, but to regulate n rate already fixed or originated by the roads Usn complaint and after Investigation. A heavy penalty should be exacted from any corporation which falls to reMeet mi order of the commission. I regard this power to establish u maximum rate as being essential to any scheme of real reform In the matter of railway regulation. I I- .......I. ...I.ll 1.1. .-I...a It would not be wise to confer on the government the nclit of civil action against the beiiotlclnry of u rebate for at least twice the value of the rebate. Tills would help stop what Is really blackmail. Klevator allowances should lie stopped, for they have now grown 1 1 such an extent that they are demor alising and are usisl us rebates, I'llvst Tar l.lnrs. All private car lines. Industrial roads, refrigerator charges und the like ahould be expressly put under the su pervision of the Interstate commerce commission or some similar Is sly so fnr as rates and agreements practical 1y afftctlng rates are concerned. A re bate In Icing chnrges or lu mileage or lo Doctora Could Not tlilp Her "I bad kidney trouble for Jests," t writes Mn Kaymoud Conner of Shel :tou, Wasli , "and tbe doctors could 'not help ma 1 tried Foley's Kidney Core, aud tbe very lirst dose gave me reief and I am uow cured. 1 caunol say too moch for Foley's Kidney Cure.'' It makes tbe d incused kidm-ia sound so they will eliminate tie poisons fiom the blood. I'ulers they do this, good health is im isit. Fi r ale by H. A. Koteriuuud. IE a division of tbe rate for refrigerating charges Is Just as peruMoiiH as a' re bate In any other way. There should be publicity of the ac counts of common carriers. Only in this way can violations or evasions of the law be surely detected. A system of examination of railroad accounts ihould be provided similar to that now conducted into the national banks by the bunk examiners. A few first class railroad accountants, If they bad prop r direction and proper authority to In ipcct hooks and papers, could accom plish much lu preventing willful viola tions of the law. Employers' Liability Law. In my uunuul messuge to the Fifty eighth congress at Its second session I recommended the passage of un em ployers' llublllty law for the District of Columbia and In our navy yards. I re newed tbut recommendation In my uieswigc to the Kifty-elglitb congress at Its second session mid further suggest ed the appointment of a commission to make a comprehensive study of em ployers' liability with a view to the en uctmeut of a wise and constitutional law covering the subject, applicable to nil Industries within the scope of the federal power I hope that' such a law will be prepared and enacted as speed ily us possible. There has been demand for depriving I Jiirts of the power to Issue Injunctions lu labor disputes. Such special limita tion of the equity powers of our courts would be most unwise. It is true Unit somo JudgiM have misused this power, but this docs not Justify a denlul of the power any more than an Improper ex ercise of the power to cull a strike by a labor lender would Justify the denial of the rigid to strike. The remedy is to regulate the procislure by requiring the Judge to give due notice to the adverse parties before granting the writ, the beiirlng to bo ex pnrte If the adverse party docs not appear at the time und place ordered. What Is due notice must depend Uhii the fuels of the ense. It should not be usisl us a pretext to per mit violation of law or the Jeopardiz ing; of life or property. Of course this would not authorize the Issuing of a restraining order or Injunction lu any case In which It Is not already author ized by existing law. I renew the recommendation I made In my lust annual message for un In vestigation by the department of com merce and labor of general labor condi tions, especial attention to be pa 111 to the conditions of child labor und child labor legislation In the several states. Huch un Investigation should take Into uccount the various problems with which tho question of child labor Is connected. In such a republic as ours the ouo thing that we cannot afford to neglect Is the problem of turning out decent citizens. The future of the na tion depends upon the citizenship of the generations to come. The children of tisluy arc those who tomorrow will shape the destiny of our laud, and we cannot afford to neglect them. The leg islature of Colorado has recommended that tho national government provide some general measure for the protec tion from abuse of children and dumb unlmnls throughout the I'nlted States. I lay the mutter before you for what I trust will be your favorable consider II t loll. As to Women Who Work. The department of commerce and la bor should also make a thorough inves tigation of the conditions of women In Industry. Over o.imhi.isio American wo men lire now engagisl In gainful occu pations, yet there Is un almost complete dearth of diitu upon w hich to base any trustworthy conclusions us regards u subject us Important us It Is vast und complicated. The liitrisluctlnu of wo men Into Industry Is working change and disturbance In the domestic und social life of the natlou. The decrease in uiurrluge, and especially In the birth rule, bus been coincident with It. We must fixe uccnuipllshcd facts, und the adjustment to factory conditions must be made, but surely It can be made with less friction mill less harmful ef fects on family life than Is now the case. Tills whole matter III reality forms one of the greatest soclologicul phenomena of our time. It Is a social question of the flint Importune, of far greater importance than any merely po litical or economic quest Ion can be. lu liny greut labor disturbance not only lire employer and employee lutcr- cstisl, hut also ll third party the gen erul public. Every considerable labor dllllculty In which Interstate commerce Is Involved should be Investigated by the government and the facts otllclully rcportisl to the public. I ii aura nee. The great Insurance companies afford striking examples of corporations whose business has extended so far beyond the Jurisdiction of the states which created them us to preclude strict enforcement of supervision und regulation by the parent stales. In my lust annual message I recommended I "that the congress carefully consider whether the power of the bureau of i corpopitlous cannot constitutionally be I extcittico. to cover unersiine iriiusac ', tlons In Insurance." lteccnt events bnve cinphusl.tst the Importune of an early und exhaustive consideration of this question, to see whether It Is not I possible to furnish better safeguards than the several states have been uble to furnish against corruption of the llagraiit kind which has Im-cii exposed. It has been only bsi clearly shown that certain of the men at the head of these large corporations lake but small note of the ethical distinction between kouesty and dishonesty. They draw the line only this side of what may be culbsl law hoinsty, the kind of h mosty mi-essnry III order to avoid falling Into the clutches of the law. Of course the only complete ivimsly for this condi tion tnu. t be found In nil aroused pub lic conscience, u higher sense of ethical conduct lu the community at large and especially among business men and In the great profession of the law, und In Wholesale nnd Retail Feed ana Flour Store J. K. KF.UI.KY, Proprietor. Kerley'i Utd Stable!. South Sixth Street, ltest Hi ami of Flour, llnv of all kinds. Hulled llurlcv, U heat and Outs. Clean (li-sy Oats for Seed. lied rock prices. fcOGUE RIVER COUfelfeH. GRANTS PASS.' OREGON. the growth of a spirit which condemns all dishonesty, whether In rich man or in poor man, whether It takes the shape of bribery or of blackmail. But much can be done by legislation which Is not only drastic, but practical. There Is need of a fur stricter und more uni form regulation of the vast insurance Interests of this country. 'Wie United (state should In this respect follow tbe policy of other nations by providing adequate nutlonul supervision of com mercial Interests which are cleurly na tlonul lu character. I repeat my previous recommenda tion tbut the congress should consldiT whether the federal government has any power or owes any duty with re spect to domestic transactions in In surance of un interstute character. Tbut state supervision bus proved In adequute is generally conceded. The llrvvnnes. There Is more need of stability tlmn of the attempt to attain an Ideal per fection in the methods of raising rev enue, und the shock ami strain to the business world certain to attend any serious change 111 these methods ren der such change Inadvisable unless for grave reason. It Is not possible to luy down liny general rule by which to de termine the moment when the reasons for will outweigh the reasons against such a change. No change can be made on lines lienellclnl to or desired by one section or one state only. There must be something like a general agree ment among the citizens of the several states thut the change Is needed and desired In the Interest of the people as a whole, and thera should then lie a sin cere, Intelligent und disinterested ef fort to make It In such shape us will combine, so fur us possible, the maxi mum of good to the people at large with the ii i i ni mi mil of necessary disre gard for the special Interests of locali ties or cIiishi-s, but In time of pence the revenue must, on the average, taking a series of years together, equal the expenditures or else the revenues must be Increased. Lust year there was a dellclt. 1'nless our expenditures can be kept within the revenues then our revenue laws must lie readjusted. It Is Impossible to outline what shape Biich a readjustment should take, for It Is us yet too early to say whether there will be need for It. It should bo considered whether It Is not desirable that the tariff laws should provide for applying us against or In favor of any other nation maximum and minimum tariff rates established by the congress, so as to secure a certain reciprocity of treatment bet wren other nations and ourselves. Economy In Eipeadllnrra. I camiMtly recommend to the con gress the neisl of economy und, to this end. of u rigid scrutiny of appropria tions. All unnecessary olllces should be abolished. In the public printing nlso n large saving of money can be inade. There Is n constantly growing tendency to publish musses of unim portant Information at which no human being ever I mks. Vet, In speaking of economy, I must In nowise be unlerstnod us ndvocntlng the false economy which Is III the end the worst extravagance. To cut down In the uayy would be n crime ngalust the nation. To fall to push forward nil xvork on the Panama canal would bo us great n folly. Cnrrenrr. Every consideration of prudence de luunils the addilioti of the element of elasticity to our currency system. The evil does not consist in an Inadequate volume of money, but 111 the rigidity of this volume, w hich does not respond us It should to the varying needs of communities and of seasons. Inflation must be avoided, but some provision should be made that will Insure n larger volume of money during the full and whiter months than In the h-ss ac tive seasons of the year, so that the currency will contract against specula tion und will expand for the needs of legitimate business. At present the treasury department Is at Irregularly recurring Intervals obliged In the Inter est of the business world -that Is, In the Interest of the American public to try to avert financial crises by pro viding u remedy which should be pro vided by congressional action. Itaslnraa Methods In Ilt'liartmrnla. At various times I have Instituted In vestigations Into the organization und conduct of the business of the execti live ilepiirtinetits. While none of these Inquiries have yet progressed far enough to warrant Html conclusions, they have already continued und cm phnslzod the general Impression that the organization of the departments Is often faulty In principle und wnsteful lu results, while many of their business methods are antiquated und Inefficient. I recommend that the congress consider this subject. Federal Klecllona. Ill my lust annual message I said: "The power of the government to protect the Integrity of the elections of its own otllchils is Inherent and bus been recognized and utllrnicd by re pcuted declarations of the supreme court. There Is no enemy of free gov ernment more dnimcrntis and none so Insidious us the corruption of the elect orate. No one defends or excuses cor ruption, and It would seem to follow that none would oppose vigorous meas ure to eradicate It. I rivoininend the enactment of u law dirivtcd against bribery and corrupt ion In I'cilcnil el tlous. The details of such u law may be safely left to the wise discretion of the congress, but It should go us far as under the constitution It Is possible to go und should Include severe peiiablcs against him who gives or nveivos a I bribe Intended to liiiiucuce his act or opinion as an elector und provlsio is for the publication not only of tbe expend ltuns for nominations and elections of all candidates, but nlso of all contribu tlons received and expenditure miid by polltlcnl committee." I destre to repent this reeommciidii tlon. Curtd Pvilyiu W. S. Haily, 1'. O. Trne, Teis, writes: "My wife had been suffering live years with paralysis in her arm, when I was persuaded to use Italian!' Suow Liniment, wihch cured hei all right. 1 bnve alto used it for old sores, frostbites and sklu eruptions. It does the work." S.ic, AOc, fl 00 at Model Ilrag Store and at liotcruiund's. If too want to keep posted in conimeiival way, tl!" fail to read oat classified ad column. All contributions by corporations te any political committee or for any po litical purpose sbould be roroiuuen uy luw, directors should not be permitted to use stockholders' money for such purposm, and, moreover, a prohibition of this kind would be, as far as It went, an effective method of stopping the evils aimed at In corrupt practices acts. Tiie Hasoc Conference. The first conference of nations held at Tho Hague ui lsim, being unable to dispose of ull the business before It, recommended the consideration and settlement of a number of Important questions by another conference to be called subsequently and ut an early date. These questions were the follow ing: (1) Tbe rights and duties of neu trals; (2) the limitation of the armed forces on laud and sea and of military budgets; CI) the use of new types and calibers of military and naval guns; (4j tho inviolability of private property at sea lu times of war; (5) the bombard ment of ports, cities and villages by na val forces. In October, 1904, at the In stance of the Interparliamentary union, I Issued Invitations to all the powers signatory to Tho Hague convention to send delegutes to such a conference and suggest!! that it be again held at The Hague. From all the powers acceptance was received, coupled In some cases with the condition thut we should wult untl the end of the wur then wuging be tween Russia and Japan. Tbe emperor of Itussia. Immediately after the treaty of peace which so hitpplly terminated this war, In a note presented to the president on Kept. 13 took the Initiative In recommending thut the conference be now eullcsl. The United Stutes gov ernment in response expressed its cor dial acquiescence and stated that'll would us a mutter of course take part In the new conference and endeavor tc further its alms. We assume that all civilized governments will support the movement nnd that the conference Is now an ussurod fact. This government will do everything in Its power to se cure the success of the conference to the end tlmr substantial progress may be made In the cause of international pence, Justice and good will. Monroe Doctrine. There lire ccrtuln essential points which must never be forgotten as re gards the Monroe doctrine. In the fir: ' place, we must as a natlou make It ev ident that we do not intend to treut It in any shape or way us un excuse for aggrandizement on our part ut the ex pense of the republics to tho south. lint we must make It evident that we do not Intend to permit the Monroe doc trine to lie used by any nation on tills continent us ii shield to protect It from the consequences of Its own misdeeds against foreign nations. The Monroe doctrine does not force us to interfere to prevent the punishment of a port save to see that the punishment does not assume the form of territorial occu pation in uny shape. The case Is more dlllleult when It refers to a contractual obligation. This country would cer tainly decline to go to war to prevent a foreign government from collecting a Just debt. Oil the other baud. It is very Inadvisable to permit uny forelgu power to take possession, even tempo rarily, of the custom houses of un American republic In order to enforce the payment of Its obligations, for such temporary occupation might turn luto a permanent occupation. The only es cape from these alternatives may at any time be that we must ourselves undertake to bring about some arrange ment by which so much us possible of a Just obligation shall be paid. To do so Insures the defaulting re public from having to pay debts of an Improper character under duress, while It also Insures honest creditors of tbe republic from being passed by lu the Interest of dishonest or grasping cred itors. Moreover, for the I'liited States to take such u position offer the only possible way of Instiling us against u clash with some foreign power. The position Is therefore 111 the interest of pence us well us in the Interest of Jus tice. Nnnto IIoiiiIiiko. Santo Iioinliigo has now made tin up pen I to us, und not only every principle of wisdom, but every generous instinct within us, bid u respond to the np- pcal. The conditions lu Santo Domingo have for a number of years grown from bad to worse until a year ago ull society was on the verge of dissolution. l-'nrttinatcly Just at this time u ruler sprung up In Santo lMiuiiio who. with liis colleagues, saw the danger threat ening their country ami appealed to Un friendship of the only neighbor who posMissed the power and the will to help them. There w as Imminent dan ger of foteiu'ii intervention. The pa tietice of foreign creditors had become exhausted, and at le.ut Uv foreb.-n na tions were on the point of intervention mid were only prevented by the unolll cial ussuntinc of this government that It would llsclf ti-ive to help Santo loUlillg'i 1,1 her h nil- of need. Accordiiiily . the executive depart ment of our give.nmeut peculated a treatv un,'c.- vli!r!i we are trying to help the 1' eniri :in people to straight en out thc.r r.n.iii.-es. This treaty Is pending I cf :v the senate. In the meantime a temporary arrangement has been ii. Liile t.n!er which the Domin ic. m co er.icient Ii;m nop ruled Amer icans to all the blip ui '.ut positions lu the cu-ton s sei- '.i e. and they are see ing to the h c.c t cilN'c'i m of the rev cnues. tuniicr o- or lo per cent to the gove: nti.eiit for ru'in'ti-; expenses and putting the other ."."i per cent Into a Sife dep i-'tary f i; c ;t;It;ildo dlvlsiot In case the treaty shall be ratilled among the various creditor, whether Kuropoan it American. Under the coir, -e taken stability and order an I a'l ilie benctits of peace are at last eoiu'ng to S:iir Domingo, dan ger of f ir ii;n inter , tuition has luvn suspeiiibil and there Is at last a pros pect that r'l cre'iio-s will get Justice, no more it'll no les. If the arrange FARMERS FEED STABLl I J. K. KKUI.KY, l'aoi-a. ! 1 ast stable south on Sixth street. I Hoom under cover for loo horses sid wagons. Hox stalls. Corral) I it loose stock. I Only the best hay, clean grain alfalfa fed. Hulled barley ami oil r ! grain. I No diseased horses allow, si. Pi .1 I running water, and trough cloaD-.s'. every day. V ailing room and toilet room whin ladies can leave wrap aud arracgt ' their toilet. bECErjfeER S. ment Is terminated by the failure of the treaty chaos will follow, and sooner or later this government may be In volved In serious ditliculti.es with for eign governments over the Island or else may be forced itself to Intervene m the Island In some unpleasant fash ion. Araar and Xnrf. I do not believe thut uny army In the world has a better average of enlisted man or a better type of Junior officer, but the army should be trained to act effectively lu a mass. Provision should be made by sufficient appropriations for maneuvers of a practical kind. Provision should be made for the pro motion of exceptionally meritorious men over the beads of their comrades and for the retirement of all men who bave reached a given uge without get ting beyond a given rank. There should be an Increase In the coust artillery force so that our coast fortifications can be In Borne degree adequately manned. There Is special need for an Increase and reorganization of the medical department of the army. In both the army and navy there must be the same thorough training for duty In the staff corps as In the fighting line. The importance of this was shown con clusively In the Spanish-American and the Russo-Japanese wars. The work of the medical departments In the Jap anese army and navy Is especially worthy of study. Our navy must, relatively to the na vies of other nations, alwuys be of greater Bize thnu our army. We have most wisely continued for a number of venrs to build up our nnvy, and It bas now reached a fulrly high stnndard of efficiency. This standard must not only be maintained, but Increased. It does not seem to me necessary, how ever, that the navy should, at least In the immediate future, be Increased be yond the present number of units. What Is now clearly necessury is to substitute efficient for Inefficient units as the latter become worn out or as It becomes apparent thut they are use less. Probably the result would be attained by adding a single battleship to our navy each year, the superseded or outworn vessels being laid up or broken up as they are thus replaced. Naturalisation. On this subject I recommend: First A federal bureau of naturali sation, to be established hi the depart ment of commerce und labor, to su pervise the administration of the natu ralization luws and to receive returns of naturalizations pending and accom plished. Second. 1'uifonnlty of naturalization certificates, fees to be charged, and procedure. Third. More exacting qualifications for citizenship. Fourth. The preliminary declaration of Intention to be abolished and no alien to be naturalized until at least ninety days after the filing of his peti tion. Fifth. Jurisdiction to naturalize aliens to be confined to United States district courts and to such state courts as bave jurisdiction lu civil actions in which the amount lu controversy Is uu- Umlted; In cities of over 100,000 inhab itants the United States district courts to have exclusive Jurisdiction in the naturalization of the alien residents of such cities. Criminal Laws. In my Inst message I asked the at tention of tho congress to the urgent ueed of action to make our criminal law more effective, and 1 most ear nestly request that you pay heed to the report of the attorney general on this subject There seems to be no statute of the United States which provides for the puulshment of a United States attor ney or other officer of the government who corruptly agrees to wrongfully do or wrongfully refrain from doing any act when the consideration for such corrupt agreement Is other than one possessing money vulue. This ought to be remedied by appropriate legislation. Legislation should also Is' cuueted to cover explicitly, unequivocally and be yond question breach of trust In the shape of prematurely divulging official secret by an officer or employee of the United States and to provide a suitable penalty therefor. , Merchant Marine. To the spread of our trade lu peace and the defense of our Hug In war a great und prosperous merchant murine is Indispensable. We should have ships of our own and seamen of our own to convey our goods to neutral murkets und lu case of need to re-enforce our battle line. It cannot but be a source of regret and uneasiness to us that the Hue of communication with our sister republics of South America should bo chiefly under foreigu control. It is not a good thing that American merchants und manufacturers should have to send their goods and letters to South Amer ica via Kuriqie If they wish security and dispatch. Kven on the Pacific, where our ships have held their owu ls'tter thuu on the Atlantic, our mer chant flag I now threatened through the liberal aid tivstowed by other gov ernments on their own steam lines. 1 nsk your earnest consideration of the report with which the merchant ma rine commission hu followed its long mid careful Inquiry. It Is a uiatter of unmixed satisfac tion once more to cull nttcntion to the excellent work of the pension bureau, for the veterans of the civil war have a greater claim upon us than any other class of our citizen. To them first of til among our people honor Is due. tmmlgralliia. As I said In my lust meaug to the congress, we cannot have too much Immigration of the right sort, and we should have none whatever of the wrong sort. The questions arising In connection with Chinese immigration stand by themselves. The conditions In China re such that the entire Chines cooly E. A. WADE DRY GOODS, UNDERWEAR. NOTIONS, Etc. Front Street, west Palace hotel GRANTS PASS. ORE. clasa-that la, the class of Chinese la borers, skilled and unskilled - legltt niately come under the head of unde slrable immigrants to this country. But In tbe effort to carry out tbe pol icy of excluding Chinese laborers, Chi nese coolies, grave Injustice and wrong have been done by this nation to th iieople of China and therefore ultimate ly to thla nation itself. Chinese stu dents, business aud professional men of all kinds, not only merchants, but bunkers, doctors, manufacturers, pro fessors, travelers and the like, should be encouraged to come here aud treat ed on precisely the same footing that we treat students, busiuess men, trav elers und the like of ot'- nations. As a people we have la.ked much of the open door In China, und we expect, und quite rightly Intend to Insist upon, Justice being shown us by the Chinese. But we cauuot expect to receive equity unless we do equity. Tlie Civil service. Heuds of executive departments und members of the commission have call ed my attention to the fact that the rule requiring a filing of chiirgi-s and three duys' notice In-fore an employee could be separated from the service for Inefficiency bas served no g od pur nose whatever. Experience bus shown that the rule Is wholly Ineffective to save uny man If a superior for Im proper reasons wishes to remove him and is mischievous because It some times serves to keep In the service In competent men not guilty of specific wrongdoing. Having these facts in view, the rule has been amended by providing that where the Inefficiency or Incapacity comes within the personal know ledge of the bead of u department tho removul may be inude without no tice, the reasons therefor being filed and made u record of the department The absolute right of removal rests where it alwuys has rested, with the head of a department The change Is merely one of procedure. It was n.ticb needed, and It Is producing good re sults. Our copyright laws need revision. I'hlllpulnea and Olhrr Isliinila. During the lust year the Philippine Islands bnve been slowly recovering from the series of disasters which since Americnn occupation have greatly re duced the amount of agricultural prod ucts below what was produced In Span ish times. The agricultural conditions of the is lands enforce more strongly than ever the argument in favor of reducing the tariff on the products of the Philippine Islands entering the United States. I earnestly recommend that 'the tariff now Imposed by the Dlngley bill upon the products of the Philippine Islands be entirely removed, except the tariff on sugar und tobacco, and that that tariff be reduced to 25 per cent of the present rates under the Dlngley net; that after July 1. 1!", the tariff upon tobacco and sugar produced lu the Philippine Islands lie entirely removed and that free trade between the Islands nnd the United States In the products of each country then be provided for by law. In my Judgment, Immediate steps should be taken for the fortification of Hawaii. This is the most Important point In the Pacific to fortify In order to conserve the interest of this coun try. It would be burd to overstate the Importance of this need. Hawaii is too heavily taxed. Luws should be enact ed setting aside for n perhsl of. say, twenty years 7.1 per cent of the Internal revenue nnd customs receipts from Ha waii ns a special fund to be expended In the Islands. I earnestly advocate the adoption of legislation which will explicitly confer American citizenship on nil citizens of Porto Uieo. I wish nlso to call the attention of the congress to one question which af fects our Insular possessions generally namely, the need of tin Increased lib erality In the treatment of the whole franchise question lu these Islands. I earnestly ask that Alaska be given an elective delegate. AilniUalun to Slati'linml. I recommend that Indian Territory and Oklahoma lie admitted as one state and t lin t New Mexico nnd Arizona be admitted us one state. The Panama Canal. Active work In canal construction, mainly preparatory, bus been in prog ress for less than u year und 11 half. I luring that period two points iibout the caual bave censed to be open to debate, lirst. the question of route; sound, the question of feasibility. The point which remains unsettled is wheth er the canal shall be one of several locks uhove sen level or ut sea level with a single tide lock. On this iHiiut 1 hope to lay before the congress at 1111 early day the findings of the advisory Isiard of American and Kuropoan en gineers. ill addition to sanitating the Isthmus, satisfactory quarters are being provid ed for employees and 1111 adequate sys tem of supplying them with wholesome food at reasonable prices has been cre ated. Hospitals bave been established mid equipped that are without superi ors of their kind anywhere. I luring the past year 1 large portion of the plant with which the work Is to be done has been ordered. It Is confident ly believed that by the middle of the approaching year a sntlicient propor tion of this plant will have been in stalled to enable us to resume the work of excavation on a large scale. What Is needed now and without de lay Is an appropriation by the congress to meet the current nnd accruing ex fVuses of the commission. 'Hie tlrst appropriation of $111,000,111111 out of the loo.(mii.mi authorized hj- the Cnooncr act was ir.nde three years ago. It is nearly exhausted, fliless the cmgr.s shull appropriate before that time ul' work must cease. In conclusion the president re-sun mends an Increase lu the diploma. .. aud consular service an.l 111 ,n- :u: eqiiAte coms-nsatlon of Its members B. A. WILLIAMS Front and 4th Sts. P. 0. Box 273. Real Estate Employment office. Houses rented No. 7.S-12J seres, all fenced, lui acres ri bottom, T.s cultivate!, lu u hoiw. 4 mile from railroad town, rood roads ac'iool. etc. A bargain al 15 an t. Hop ciop ul pay punbai pries in two years. A FOOLISH PLAN Til lov to Mt t welcome my dinner hnnr; Because I roul indigestion with August Howel Constipation is the result of indigestion, biliousness, flatulency, loss of appetite self-poisoning, anemia, emaciation, urn acid, neuralgia in various parts of tin system, catarrhal inflammation of the in testinal canal and numerous other ail ments that rob life of its pleasures if they do not finallv rob vou of life itself, q "I'm bound in the bowels," is a com mon expression of jicople who look mis erable and arc miserable yet who persist in " letting nature take its course." QJWhat a foolish plan, when nature could be aided bv the use of Green's August Flower, which is nature'sown remedy foi constipation nnd all stomach ills. .ugust l'lower jrives new life to the liver and insures healthy stools. a JTwo sizes, 25c and 75c. All druggists, l or Sale hy lr. J. C. Sintili. I$,VIV The new ever-blooming dwarf Crimson Rambler. The greatest bloomer known. Also Fruit. Shade and Ornamen tal Trees, Monterey Cypress and Privet for hedges. I can get almost anything you wish in this line. Place your orders early. J. T. TAYLOR, at the Model Drug Store. NKW STOCK OF FURNITURE MANE'S STORE West G Street - Second block from Sixth street At pi ices that make bar gains. Latest in Couches and Rockers Fine Silk-Floss Mattress Hotel Dressers Window Shades Kitchen Treasures Extension Tables Bedroom Sets Everything needed to fur nish the home. F. G. ROPER FASHIONABLE TAILOR Harmon Iilock, Upstairs South Sixth Street Suits made to Order FUOMI'TI.Y ANDOFTIIK HK ST MATK.KIAI, AND IN T11H LATKST STY1.K Cleaning and Repairing IN FIHsT-f I.ASS SHAF'K AND SUITS M A I ) K To LOOK I, I K K N K. W A Trial is Aiked and Prices Are Right Own Your Own Home I have a modern 'J-rootn house including pantry and hath, un sewer line, close in, porch 8x2S; .small payment in cash or property. Also 4 rootn hox house, same terms, Sixth and L, streets. Team and wagen for sale. J. D. DRAKE. Phone 484. Grants Pa ss, Ore. REWARD We will pay One Hundred Dollars reward for information leading to the arrest and con viction ot any person breaking, shooting or throwing at the Iusulators cn our Electric Transmission Line. Condor Water & Power iamber Rose 00