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CLAITON ENTEHP1USE CLAYTON. NEW MEXICO. The r!ler-skatlng fad is coming In gain. Will it also bring .back the bustle? ' Japan is enjoying the fact that "peace hath her victories" much moro than Russia is. ' Up to date, the Audubon society hasn't taken any steps for the protec tion of the turkey. King Edward's birthday cake, with the sixty-four blazing candles on it, must hava been a sight. Automobile riding, according to the doctors, is good for digestion. When taken, to be well shaken? Chicago la said to contain 18.000 deserted wives. Somebody will have to start another cooking-school. Norway may recall that the first king to reign over the children of Israel also was chosen by the people, With call money at 20 on the New York stock exchange, dear old Uncle RusBell Sage must be doing tolerably well. Even though Henry Labouchere ap proves the corset, no one will accuse him of wearing one. He is anything out staid. PRESIDENT OUTLINES ISSUES OF THE DAY Important Recommendations as to Legislation Made in Annual Message to Congress Large Part of Document Devoted to Corporations and Railroad Rate Legislation Relations of Labor and Capital Dealt With Fully. The message of President Koose- i celt, read at the first session of the Fifty-ninth Congress, congratulates the people on the continued prosper ity of the nation. The close relation ship and mutual dependence upon each other of capital and labor are pointed out, and the message con tinues: . . . Corporations. Tet, while not merely admitting, but In sisting upon this, it Is alio true that where there Is no governmental restraint or supervision some ot the exceptional men us their energies not In ways that are for the common good, but In ways which tell against this common good. The fortunes amassed through corporate organization are now so large and vest such power In those that wield them, as and exhaustive consideration of this ques. tlon. to eee whether It Is not possible to fur nish better aafeguanlB than the several states have been able to furulsh against cor ruption of the flagrant kind which has been exposed. The Revenue. Touching the question of tariff and revenue ,the views of the President are as fallows: There is more need of stability than of the attempt to attain an Ideal perfection in the methods ot raising revenue; and the shock and strain to the buslneaa world cer tain to attend any serious change In these methods render such cbangs inadvisable un less for grave reason. It la Dot possible to lay down any general rule by which to de t.rmlne the moment when the reasons for will outwelEh the reasons against such a an. Much must depend, not merely on the needs, but on the desires, of the people as a whole; for needs and desires are not nec essarily Identical. Of course no change can be made on lines beneficial to, or desired by, one section of one state only. There, must be something like a general agreement among the citizens of the several states, as repre sented In the Congress, that the change la needed and desired In the interest of the nt that there is no need I i. .. . ki.. .hn,.M then for publio ownership. The opponents of J liD(.. intelligent, and disinterested eSon ownership af railroads" Is highly undesir able and would probably In this country ntall far-reachina disaster, that I wish to see such supervision and regulation of them In the Interest of the public as win mane ir. eviaent mat mere is no neea China is talking of having a consti tution. It must have concluded that the ways ot the foreign devils are not 30 bad, after all. Pobledonostseff is done for in Rus sia. Ho goes down with the bureau crats. The newspaper compositors will be glad he is gone. That Minnesota boy who has had 4.000 bits of rock taken out of his 'body must have had as much fun as ft he had played football. The British Medical Journal says men's necks are longer than they used to be. Before the introduction ot the peek-a-boo shirtwaist? It Is to be hoped that the New York society ladies took their fancywork along when they were Invited out to meet Prince Henry of Battenberg. New York's new national theater, di rected by' Herr Conrled, will be a great institution. Perhaps some time some other dreams also may come true. The Pawtucket girl who twisted her neck out ot joint In a nightmare probably dreamed that she was exam ining the latest fashions during a street promenade. . The latest "holy war" Is about to be . , waged on Armenian Christians by Turks and Tartars. The Moslem ' means to get even for the crusades, Vlt it takes all summer. Lieut. Burbank, who has been trying to graft a scandal on the army, should not be confounded with the California 'wizard of the same name who does commendable kinds of grafting. v It, is asserted, on the other hand, "hhat big hats for women are not go vlug out of fashion. The report that 'they were, doubtless, was started by some designing masculine person. Port Arthur fell, and England should not bo too cock-sure about the Rock of Gibraltar. Nothing in this world is invulnerable. Last week Missouri mule was blown up by dyna mite. Reports from Santa Domingo say another revolution is brewing there. This is the first we have heard from Santo Domingo for' several months. Somebody must have administered an anesthetic. Our friends the Koreans will now iple; 3 prepare to remove their tall hats. There will be a Jap of one kind or another passing along the pic turesque highways almost every mln ute of the day. Navy officers In Washington uphold the custom of permitting midshipmen In the Naval Academy to settle dis putes with fist fl glits. They evidently believe that a fighter gets practice every time he fights. to make it a matter of necessity to give to the sovereign that Is, to the Govern ment, which represents the people aa a whole some effectl-e power of supervis ion over their corporate use. In order to Insure a healthy social and Industrial life, veryNblg corporation should be held re sponsible by, and be accountable to, some sovereign strong enough to control Its conduct. I am In no sense hostile to cor porations. This is 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 contempt for law which the failure to enforce law In evitably produces. We should, moreover, recognise in coraiai ana ampie iusihoii mo immense good effected by corporate agencies In a country suxh ai ours, and tne weaun or intellect, energy, ana iiuci Ity devoted to their service .and there fore normally to the service of the public, by their otllcers and directors. The cor poration has come to stay, just as the trade union has come to stay. Each can do and has done exeat srood. Each should be favored so long as it does good. But each should be sharply checked where it acts against law and justice. The President shows the impossi bility of the Individual states deal ing successfully with corporation greed, and the necessity of conferring power upon the general government even to the extent of a proper amend' ment to the constitution. He says: It has been a misfortune that the national laws on this subject have hither to been of a negative or prohibitive rather than an affirmative kind, and still more that they have in part sought to pro hlblt what could not be effectively pro hlblted. and have In part in their pro hibitions confounded what should be allowed and what should not be allowed. It Is generally useless to try to prohibit all restraint on competition, whether this restraint be renaniuihle or unreasonable: and where It la not useless It Is generally hurtful. Events have shown tnat it is not possible adequately 10 ecure the enforcement of any law of this kind bv Incessant anneal to the courts. The Department of Justice has for the laat four years devoted more attention to the enforcement of the antl-truat legis lation than to anything else. Much has Deen accomplished; particularly marnea has been the moral effect of the prosecu tions; but It Is Increasingly evident that there will be a very Insufficient beneficial result In the Wav of economio change. The successful prosecution of one device to evade the law Immediately develops another device to accomollsh the same purpose. What Is needed la not sweeping prohibition of every arrangement, good or Daa, wnich may tend to restrict competi tion, but such adequate supervision end regulation. as will prevent any restriction of comnetltlon from beinsr to the detri ment of the public as well as such supervision and regulation as will pre vent other abuses In no way connected who restriction or competition The first consideration to be kept In mind is that the power should be aillrm alive and should be given to some ad minlstratlvo body created by the Congress. If erven to the present Interstate Com merce commission or to a reoraranlzed Interstate Commerce commission, such commission should be made unequivocally administrative. I do not believe In the srovernment Interfering with private bus ness more than Is necessary. I do not believe In the government undertaking any work which can with propriety be left In private hands. But neither 'do I believe In the government flinching from overseeing any work when it becomes evident that abuses are sure to obtain therein unless there Is governmental supervision. It is not my province to Indicate the exact terms of the law which should be enacted; but I call the attention or the congress to certain existing con ditions with which It is desirable to deal. In my judgment the most Important pro vision which such law should contain Is that conferring upon some competent administrative body the power to decide, upon the cast being brought before It, whether a given rate prescribed by a rail road Is reasonable and Just, and If It Is found to be unreasonable and unjust, then, alter full Investigation of the com plaint, to prescribe the limit of rat bevond which It shall not be lawful to go the maximum reasonable rate, as It is commonly called this decision to go into effect within a reasonable time and to obtain from thence onward, subject to review by the courts. It sometimes hap- Kens at present, not that a rale is too lgh but that a favored shipper is given too low a rate. In such rase the commis sion would have the right to fix this 'already established minimum rate as the maximum ana it wouia neeu only one or two such decisions by the commission to cure railroad com panies of the practice of giving Improper minimum rates. I call your attention to the fact that try proposal Is not to give the commission power to Initiate or originate rates generally, but to regulate a rate already fixed or originated by the roads, Upon complaint and after Investi- Satlon. A heavy penalty should be ex cted from any corporation which fails to respect an order of tne commission. government regulation dwell upon the difficulties to be encountered and the intricate and Involved nature of the prob lem. Their contention is true. It Is a complicated and delicate problem, and all kinds of difficulties are sure to arise In connection with any plan of solution, while no plan will bring all the benefits hoped for by Its more optimistic adher ents. Moreover, under any healthy plan, the benefits will develop gradually and not rapidly. Finally, we must clearly under stand that the public servants Who are to ao mis peculiarly responsible ana delicate work must themselves be of the highest type both as regards Integrity and efficiency. They must be well paid, for otherwise able men can not in the long run be secured; and they must possess a lofty probity which will revolt as quick ly at the thought of pandering to any gust of popular prejudice against rich men as tne tnougnt ot anything even remotely resembling subserviency to rich men. But while I fully admit the diffi culties in the way, I do not for a moment admit that these difficulties warrant us In stopping In our effort to secure a wise and just system. They should have no other effect than to spur us on to the exercise of the resolution, the. even-hand ed justice, and the fertility of resource, which we like to think of aa tvnli-allv American, and which will In the end achieve good results In this as In 'other neius or activity. The necessity lor safety appliances on railroads, recommended in the President's message to the last Con gress, is emphasized, together with the necessity for a law regulating the hours of labor of railroad men. On the labor question, the mes sage Bays: There has been demand for depriving courts of the power to Issue Injunctions in labor disputes. Such special limitation of the eauity powers of our courts would be most unwise, it is true mat some judges have misused this power; but this does not justuy a aeniai 01 me power env more than an Improper exercise of the power to call a strike by a labor leader would justify the denial of the right to str ike. rne remeay s to rexuiate tne procedure by requiring the judge to give due notice to the adverse parties before granting the writ, the hearing to be ex parte u tne aaverse pany aues not Bp- near at tne time ana piace oraerea What Is due notice must depend upon the facts of the case: it should not be usea as a nretext to nermit violation of law or tne teonnra emir oi nie or property. Of course, this would not authorize the issuintr ot a restraining oraer or iniunc tlon In any case In which it Is not already authorized hv exlstlne la In any great labor disturbance not oniy are employer and employe interested, but also a tniro party tne general puonc. Every considerable labor difficulty In which Interstate commerce is Involved should be Investigated by the government and the facts officially reported to the public. The question of securing a healthy, self- resncctina. and mutually sympathetic at tltude as between employer and employe, capitalist and wage-worker, is a difficult one. All phases of the labor problem prove difficult when approached. But the underlying principles, me rooi princnin In accordance with which 'the1 problem must be solved are entirely simple. We can get Justice and .right dealing only if We must face accomplished facts, and the principle of treating a man on his worth as a man rather than with reference to his social position, his occupation, or the class to which he belongs. There are selfish and brutal men In all ranks of life. If they are capitalists their selfishness and brutality may take the form of hard Indifference to suffering, greedy disregard of every moral restraint which Interferes w'th the accumulation of wealth, and cold-blooded exploitation of the weak; or, it they are laborers, tne lorm oi laziness. of sullen envy of the more fortunate, and of willingness to perform deeds of mur derous violence. Such conduct Is Just as reprehensible In one case as In the other, and all honest and farseelng men should Join in warring against it wherever It becomes manliest, individual capital 1st and Individual wage-worker, coruora tlon and union, are alike entitled to the nrotection of the law. and must alike oby the law. Moreover, in addition to mere obedience to the law. each man, if he be a really good citizen, must snow broad . sympathy for his neighbor anil genuine desire to look at liny question arising between them from the standpoint of that neighbor no less than -from his own: and to this end it is essential mat canltn 1st and wane-worker should con suit freely one with the other, should each ' Admiral Nebogatoft has returned to Russia and explains that he surren dered to the Japs in order to keep his sailors from getting hurt. It would be bo more than right for the sailors to adopt a vote of thanks. The story that the statue of William Penn on top of Philadelphia city hall's tall tower was seen doing a song-and-datce act after the football game, In which Pennsylvania defeated Harvard, Is undoubtedly a pure invention. The Now York bank clerk who forg ed a check and got $359,000 on it "Just for a Joke" has been sentenced to the Elmlra reformatory. He is probably beginning by this time to have a faint suspicion that the Joke was on him. , ' A man who leads germans has been elected mayor of Providence, R. I.; a professional violinist has succeeded himself as mayor pt San Francisco, and a novelist was chosen mayor ot Toledo. Art and politics may yet go hand in hand. , 1 regard this power to establish a maximum rate as being essential to any scheme of real rernrm in tne matter oi railway regulation. The first necessity is to se cure It; and unless It Is granted to the commission there is utile use in toucn Ing the subject at all. Continuing, the President earnestly disclaims any spirit of hostility to the railroads, pointing out the bene fits to be derived by the fair-dealing roads in the even-banded administra tion of Justice. In this both the hon est railroad man and the honest ship per alike would be benefited. Ending the subject, the President ways: The Question of transportation lies at the root of ail Industrial success, and the revolution in transportation which has taken place during the last half century has been the most Important factor In the growth of the new industrial conditions. Most emphatically we do not wish to see the man of great talents refused the' re ward for his talents. HUH less do we wish to see him penalised; but we do desire to see the system of railroad transportation so handled that the strong man shall be given no advantage over tne weak man. We wish te Insure as fair treatment for the small town as for the big city, for, the small shipper as lor tne nig snipper, in the old days the highway of commerce, whether hv water or bv a road en land. was open to an; it rjoiungea to ine punuo the nd traffic alone: It was free. At present the railway Is this highway, and we must do our best to see that It Is kept open to all on equal terms. . I'nllke the old highway It is a very difficult and complex thing to manage, and It Is far pener inai it snomu ue ineuagru uj private Individuals than br the aovem- ment. Rut It csn only be so managed on condition that justice is done tne puouc. It rs because, In. my Judgment, public strive to bring closer the day when both hall realize that thev are tironerly ns.'.rt- ners and not enemies. To approach the uuestlons Milch lnevltah v arise between them solely from the standpoint wnicn treats each side in the mass as the en emy of the other side In the mass la both wicked and foolish. In the past the most direful among the Influences which have brought about the downfall oi republics has ever been the growth of the class spirit, the giowth of the spirit which tends to make a man subordinate the wel fare of the. nub lie as a who le to the wel fare of the particular class to which he belongs. This Ineviiuhlv brings about a tendancy to treat each man not on his merits us an Individual, but on his posi tion as belonging to a certain class. In tho community. If such a. spirit glows up In this Republic it will ultimately prove fatal to us. as In the past it hus proved fatal to every community in which it has become dominant. Unless we con tinue to keep a quick and lively sense of the great fundamental truth that our concern Is with tbe Individual worth of xhe Individual man. this guveru ment cannot permanently hold the place which It bas achieved among the nations The vital lines or cleavage among our people ao not correspond, and Indeed run at rlxhl an gles to, the lines of cleavage which divide occupatlou from occupation, which divide waea-workera from canitallsla. farmers from bankers, men of small moans from man ot large means, men who live in tbe towna Irom en who live In tbe country; for lbs vital line et cleavage Is the line wblcb divides the honest man who tries to do well by his neighbor from the dishonest man who does ill by bis neighbor. In o'her words, tbe stand ard we sbou'.J establish Is tbe standard of conduct, not the standard ot occupation, nr meana or of aoclal nosltlon. It is tbe man's moral quality, bis attitude toward the great questions wmrn concern an nuoianuy. bis cleanliness of life, bis power to da his nutT toward himself and toward otbers. which really count; and it we substitute for the standard of personal Judgment which treata each man according to bis merits, another standard In accordance with which all men n. nna class are favored and all men of an other Class discriminated against, we shall do Irreparable damage to the body politic. 1 be lieve that our people are too sane, too self. respecting, too fit for self-government, ever to adopt such an attitude. This government Is not and Lever shall be government by a plutocracy. Thlr government is not snd never shall be government hy a mob. It shall rontlnue to be In tbe future what it baa been In tbe past, government based on the theory that each man. rich or poor, la to lj treated aimply and solely on bla worth as a man, that r.ll bis personal snd property rights are to be safeguarded, and thai he Is neither to wrong others nor to suffer wrong from others. Insurance. The great Insurance companies afford strlk ln examples of rorporatlona whose busineaa fas extended ao lar beyond the Jurisdiction of the sialea wblcb created tbem aa to pre clude atrlct enforcement of supervision and regulation by the parent Stales. In my last annual message ! recommended "that tbe Congresa carefully consider whether the pow er of the Bureau of Corporations cannot con stitutionally be extended to cover Interstate transactions In Insurance." Recent events bare emphasised the Importance ot as early to make It In such shape aa will combine, so far as possible, tbe maximum of good to the people at large with tbe minimum ot neces sary disregard for the special Interests of localities or classes. But la time oi peace tha revenue must nn tha average, taking a aeries ot yeara together, equal the expendi tures or elae tha revenues must be increaaed. Laat year there was a deficit. Unless our ex. pendltures csn be kept within tbe revenues then our revenue laws must be readjusted. It Is aa yet too early to attempt to outline what shape such a readjustment should take. for It Is ss yet loo early to say wneiner there will be need for It It should be con sidered whether It la not desirable that the tariff laws should provide for applying as against or In favor ot any other nation maxi mum and minimum tariff rates established by the Congress, ao aa to secure certain reci procity of treatment between other nations and ourselves. Having la view even larger considerations of poller than those of a fiurely economic nature. It would, in my udgment, be well to endeavor to bring about closer commercial connecUona with the other people of this continent. I am happy to be able to announce to you that Russia now treats us on the most-favored-natloa basis. Economy In Expenditures. The necessity for economy and a rigid scrutiny of appropriations is made manifest, with this proviso: Yet. In sneaking of economy. I must In bo wise be understood as advocating the false economy which is In the end the worst ex travagance. To cut down on the navy, for instance, would v a crime against toe na tion. To fall to push forward all work on t'-e Panama canal would be as grest a folly. , Currency. The currency question Is dealt with as follows: Every consideration of prudence demands the addition of the element of elasticity to our currency system. The evil does not con- alst In an sdequate volume oi money, but in the rigidity of tbla volume, which does not respond aa It should to the varying needa of communities and of seasons. Inflation must he avoided; but aome provision should he made that will insure a larger volume of money during tbe fall and winter months than In the less active eeasons ot the year; so that the currency will contract agalnat speculation, and will eipand for the needs of legitimate business. At present tbe Treas ury department Is st irregularly recurring in tervale obliged, In tbe interest of the busi ness world that Is, In the Interests ot the American public to try to avert financial crises by providing a remedy which should be provided by Cougressional action. Federal Elections. On the subject of federal elections, the President says: 'The power ot the government to brotect the Integrity ot the elections of ita own of ficials Is Inherent snd haa been recognised and affirmed by repeated declarations of the Supreme court, i here la no enemy or free government more dangerous and none ao in sidious as tbe corruption of the electorate No one derends or excuses corruption, ana It would seem to follow that none would op pose vigorous measures to eradicate It. I recommend the enactment of a law directed igalnst bribery and corruption in federal elections. The details of such a law may be safely left to the wise discretion of the Con gress. Tmt it should go as far as under tbe constitution it is possioie to go, ana shouia Include severe penalties against him who gives or receives a bribe Intended to Influ ence bis act or opinion ss an elector; and provisions for tbe publication not only of the expenditures for nomlnatlona and elec tions of all candidates, but also of all con tributions received and expenditure made by political committees." I desire to repeat this recommendation. In political campaigns in a country aa large and populous aa ours It la Inevitable that then) ahould be much expense ot an entirely legitimate kind, this, or course, meana that many contributions, and some of them of laraa size, must be made. and. aa a matter of fact, In any big political contest auch con tributions are always mads to both aides. It Is entirely proper both to give and receive them, unless there is an Improper motive connected with either gift or reception. If tney are extorted by any kind of pressure or promise, express or Implied, direct or in direct, in the way of favor or Immunity, then the giving or receiving becomes not only im proper but criminal. It will undoubtedly be difficult aa a matter ot practical detail to shape an act which shall guard with reason able certainty against auch misconduct; but It it Is possible to secure by law the full and verified publication In detail of all the sums contributed to and expended by the candi dates or commltteea of any political parties the result cannot but be wboleaome. All con tributions by corporations to any political committee or for any political purpose should be forbidden by law; directors ahould not be permitted to use stockholders money for such purposes; and, moreover, a prohibition of tbla kind would be, aa far as it went, an eflertlve method of stopping the evlla aimed at In corrupt practices acta. Not only should both tbe national and tha several state legis latures forbid any officer of a corporation from using tbe money of the corporation in or about any electloo. hut they should also forbid auch uae of money In connections with any legislation save by tbe employment ot counael in public manner for distinctly legal Merchant Marine. On the subject of the merchant ma rine, the message says: To tho apread ot our trade In peace and the defense of our flag in war a great and prosperous merchant marine is indispensable. We ahould have ships of our own and sea men of our own to convey our goods to neu tral markets, and In case of need to rein force our battle line. It cannot but be a source of regret and uneasiness to us that the lines of communication with our slater republics of South America should be chief ly uuder foreign control. It Is not a good thing that American merchants and manu facturers should have to send tbelr goods and lettera to South America via Europe II they wish security and dispatch. Even on the Pacific, where our ships have held their own better than on the Atlantic, our mer chant flag Is now threatened through the lib eral aid bestowed by other governments on their own steam lines. I ask your earnest consideration of the report with which the Merchant Marine commission baa followed Its long and careful Inquiry. Praise of the good work of the pen sion bureau with an acknowledge ment of the debt the country owes to the veterans of the Civil war fol lows. Immigration. Continuing, the message shows clearly the necessity for checking the steamship companies in their activity in promoting the Importation of unde sirable Immigrants, while pointing out how warmly welcome is the man of good health and moral character, who bids fair to add value to the community. An Increase In the strin gency ot the immigration law is advo cated. - On the subject ot Chinese immigra tion the message urges the necessity for courteous treatment ot the Chi nese students, business and profes sional men who visit this country, while asserting unalterable opposition to the admission of coolies or skilled or unskilled labor from China. Automobiles From Italy, ' It Is stated that an automobile trada. deal calling for the delivery In New York of 1,500 automobiles of Italian manufacture, .of an aggregate selling price in this country of upward of 2, 000,000, has recently been completed. The deal is the largent of the kind oa record of the United States. The Amer ican agents are given ten years in which to handle, the cars contracted for the delivery, averaging 150 per year. The capacity of the Italian fac tory is to be increased to fill the huge order. This contract is the result of the re cent visit to this -country of Signor Scarnotti, Chevalier .Agnelli, counr. Oropello and Dr. Weischott of the Flat, company of Turin. Officers Must Learn to Cook. Under a new policy decided by tha War Department officers ot in commissary department are. to be taught to bake . Dreaa anu wuu be given practical msirucuons in cooking. OtBcers of the com missary department will accord ingly be sent to the school :ot applica tion for cavalry ana neia arcuieiy ai Fort Riley, Kansas, for. a course in the school for cooks and bakers. It is the belief of the army officers that with the acquirement of practical and technical knowledge by the offi cers of the baking of bread and cook ing food a great reform will be brought about in the preparation of food in the army. ' " ". . Bar vices. Army and Navy. The President insists upon the t-f- cessity for a well trained body of sol diers as a nucleus for an army in time ot trouble, and that maneuvers ot a practical kind should be under taken to adapt the forces to actual conditions ot warfare. An Increase in tbe artillery force so that tbe coast fortifications can be adequately man ned Is also recommended, with lib eral appropriations for the building and bringing to a state of perfection ot the United States navy. Naturalization Laws. . Ot our present naturalization laws, the message says: During lbs past year evidence baa accu mulated to confirm the exprcaalous con tained in my last two annual messages as to the Importance ot revising by appropriate legislation our system et naturalising aliena. 1 appointed last March a commission to make a careful examination ' of our aaturalUiog. laws, and to suggest appropriate measures In avoid tbe notorious abuaea resulting from the improvident or unlawful granting of cit izenship. This commission, composed of an ohVer of tbe Department ot State, of the Department of Jusllce, and of tbe Depart ment ot Commerce snd Labor, bas dis charged the duty Imposed upon It, and has submitted a report, which will be transmitted to the Congresa for ita ronaldetatlon, and, I hope, for Us favorable action. The distinguishing recommendations of the commission are: First. A federsl buresu of naturalisation, to be established In the Department ot Com merce and Labor, to supervise the admlnls tratlon of the naturalisation laws and to re ceive returns of nsturaliiationa pending and accomplished. Second. Uniformity of naturalisation cer tificates, fees to be charged and procedure. Third. More exacting qualifications for clt lteDsbip. Kourth. The preliminary declaration ef In tention to be abolished and no alien to be naturalised until at least ninety days after tbe filing of hla petition. Filth. Jurisdiction to naturalise aliens to be confined to United States district courts snd to such State courta as hsve Jurisdiction In civil sctlons in which the amount In con troversy is unlimited; In cities of over 100, Out) Inhabitants tbe United States district courta to have exclusive Jurisdiction in the naturalisation of lbs alien residents of such cltlM. ' Civil Service. Some paragraphs of the message are devoted to an elucidation of the workings of the civil service law. The assertion is made that the effects of the law have been excellent Pensions for members of the Life Saving Service are shown to be de sirable, and a high compliment is paid the members of the service for -their self-sacrificing devotion to duty. The Philippines. Despite tbe series of disasters which have afflicted the Philippine islands since the American occupa tionthe rinderpest, the locusts, and the drought conditions are shown to have steadily improved and tranquil ity is now almost universal. Tbe Fil ipinos are beginning to realize the benefits of education, and a school at tendance of .70 per cent is the result Referring to trade between tbe islands and the United States, the message says: A statute In force, enacted April 15, 1804. suspends the operation of tbe coastwise lawa of the United Ntates upon the trade between tbe Philippine Islands and the United States until July 1, 190. I esrnestly recommend thst this suspension be postponed until July 1, Hub. 1 tn ink It of doubtful utility to spply the coast wise isws to the traae between tbe Halted Statea and the Philippines tinder any rlrcum stsnccs. because I am convinced that It will do no good whatever to American bottoms, sad will only Interfere and he an obstscle to tbe trade between tbe Phlllpplnea and the United States; but If tbe coastwise law must be thus applied, certainly It ought not to have effect until free trade Is enjoyed between tbe peo ple of the United Statea and the people of the Philippine Islands in tbelr respective products. I do not snllclpate t..at fre trade betweea tbe islands and the Uuited Statea will produce, a revolution In, the augar and tobacco produc tion of tbe Philippine Islands. So prlmltlve sre tbe methods of agriculture In tbe Philip pine tnlauds, so alow Is capital In golag to the islands, so nisny illScullle surround a large agricultural enterprise In tbe lalsads, that It will he many, many years before tbe products of Ihose ihlsnds will hare any effect whatever upon the markets of the United metes. Tbe problem of labor la also a formidable one with the sugar and tobacco prnducera la the Islands. Tbe best friends of the Filipino people aud the people themselves are utterly opposed to the admission ot Chinese coolie lshor. Hence the only solution Is tbe training of Filipino Isbor, snd this will take a long time. Tbe enactment of a law by the Congress of the United Stales making proflslon for free trade between tbf islanda and tbe United States, however, will be of great Important from a political and seatl mentsl stsmlpolnt: and white its actual bene fit bas doubtless been eiaggerated by the peo ple of the islands. ibr will accept this mess, ure of Justice as an Indication tbat the peoplt of the United states are anxious to aid the peo ple of tbe Philippine Islands tn every -way. and especially In the agricultural de-veVfBment of their Arcblpelago. It will aid tbe Fllplaoi without Injuring interests Is America. Discussing the needs ot Alaska, tbe President recommends that the terri tory be given an elective delegate who will be able to speak with au thority on tbe needs ot that section of our country. The message con cludes: , ..... . Admission to Statehood.- I recommend that Indian Territory and Okla homa be admitted as oue State and that New Mexico and Arlsona be admitted as oae State. There Is no obligation upon us to trest ter ritorial subdivisions, which are matters of cob venience only, aa Itlniilog ue on the question of sdmlssloa to Btatehoud. Nothing bss labeo bp luure time In the Congress during the psst tew years than '.be queslluu as to tbe alatebood te be granted to tbe four Territories sheie mea 'Honed, and after careful rousideratioa ot ill that bss bees developed In lbs discussions et the question I recommend that Ibry be Im mediately admitted as two males. Th.r. u no justlncatloB for further delay; and the aeV visibility of making the four Territories lata two States baa been clearly established. In some of tbe Territories the legislative as semblies Issue licenses (or gsmhllng. The Congress should by Isw forbid Ibis practice, the barmfnl results of wblcb are obvious at s glance. The Panama Canal. . '' " Pacts and Proof; Hnlett, Wyo., Dec: '4th (Special) An ounce of fact is, worth, a ton ot theory and it is evidence founded on facts that backs up every' box of Dodd's Kidney Pills. The evidence ot ' people who. know what they 'do. Mrs. May Taper,, highly esteemed resident of Hulett, says: . " 1 "X know Dodd's Kidney Pills' are a valuable medicine ; . because I i.have used them. I took seven boses and they cured 'me of a severe attack' ot Kidney Trouble. ' They relieved me (mm tha-first finite and when l had finished the last box I had no paln and my Kidneys are now acting prop erly." . .. ' l. v .Dodd's Kidney Pills are now recog- . nlzed all over the world as the great eat Kidney Remedy science has ever produced, 'They . cure' Rheumatism, Dropsy, ..Gout, , L,umbago, , Dlabef.es. Urinary and Bladder Troubles, BrlghVa Disease, and all : disorders arising from any form pf Kidney Dls' Where; German Town's Excel. ' Towns which half ; a century ago tara fa mnna nt-ilv f rvr fhnsi tro llorloa, nr n vlO lailivuq vs-isv .ui s.wk their picturesque mediaeval 'survivals are now great hives of artisans. This change did not come to Germany, as , it came to England, when municipal science was. In -itaiJnfaifcVfc fthd so in Germany 'we see industry developing from the start: under the; most scien tific conditions. .... - Mr. Low is chiefly struck by the ef forts offcGertnan authorities to make all parts ot their cities agreeable to live in, and he thinks-their municipal government the most efficient to be found anywhere.- Our own publlo health' system is better and our method of paving gTeatly superior, but the level ot apparent comfort in Ger many, is. far,, higher..- There are no such contrasts as between Piccadilly and Poplar. -. The. lot of the. German. wJrkingman may be really a harder, one, what "with the high price of food and exor bitant rents, but at least he has an en vironment free from the worst kind of squalor. The-Spectator.' 'Twas Home Cooking. . ' . A number of ladies. begun to dlscnss the virtues ' of the ; respective hus bands when every other topic was worn threadbare. . "My husband," said one,."nevejp drinks and ne'ver swears ' indeed he has no bad habits.'! "Does he- ever smoke?",' someone asked. "Yes, he likes a cigar just after he has eaten a goad meal. But I suppose On an average; he doesn't smoke more than once a week." . i The treaty betweea the United States and the Republic of Panama, under whl-k tk. construction et tbe Panama canal was made possible, went Into effect with Its ratlBcatlea uy m unites. Miaies neaate en Feb. 211. tnaa. Tbe canal properties of the French Csual Oees pany were trsusferred te the United States ea April i. lHvs. oa psyment ef Hu.owi.ooo te that company. Oa April I, 11(05, tbe Commis sion was reorgsnlseu. and It sow consists ef loeooore r. nois, raairmsD. cbarlea u. Ms goon. HeDjamla II. Hsrred. Hear-Admlral Mer dersl T. Kndlcott, Brig. lien. Feter C. Halua. and Col. Oswald H. Krnst. John F. Stevea .was appointed chief- .engineer as July.. 1 last. Active work la csnsl construction, mainly pre paratory, bas besa la progress for lass tain a year and a half. During that period two palate uhout the esnat have ceased to be open te de bete, i'lrvt, the question ot route; the csnal will be built oa the islhmns of Psnsma. Sec ond, tbe question of feasibility; there ere ae pbysicel obntscles an Ibis route tbst Amerlraa engineering skill will not be able to overcome without scrloue dtnVully, or tbst will prevent the completion et lbs canal wltbla s resses shle time aad at a reasonable cost. This la virtually tbe unanimous testlmoav nf ta - glneera whe have investigated tbe matter far in BVTrrniurH,. What la needed now and wlthont delay Is as appropriation hy tbe Congresa to meet the cur rent and accruing eipvonea et fbe eommlssloa The Srst appropriation of IIO.OUO.OuO, out of tbe Il35.oou.oou authorised by the Hpooner act was made three years ago. It Is nesrly n', hausted. There la barely ennneh r It ...... i- lug to esrry the commlsalun to the eud of the in. viiniirw snaii appropriate w-i - WW, hjiiii resar. To er rest pregi ,r soy jeiigin or time now when matters are advam-ina su astlKfa,.,ii. ' I,e deplorable; There will be no moaev with io meet psy roll enllgstlons sad Bona hkb to meet blDs runt,,, a... ."j terlsls and supplies i and there will be demoraL liatlon of the forces.-bsre end on tbe l.ikn.,7. now worklug so harmoniously and effectlvelv' ir mere is ueisy in granting an emergence ... proprlatlon. Estimates ef tbe smount .-Jo . . . will he r.ii.rf I. . k - '. wre- ' ..... w ' -r crumnsnvins re. porta of the Secretary of War aad the cast Willi's III) THE: "CQFFEE HEART.? , It Is is dangerous at the 'Tobacco ar, : Whisky 'Hear; ;- ' '"Coftee heart"- Is common to many coffee users and Is liable to,end,the. owner to his or her long home it the drug is perslsterj -in.; ypn jn njn'80 or 40 yards and find out if your, heart Is troubled. A lady who 'was innce' a' victim . of .the "coffee ,heart" writes from Oregon: , - ,,-..;t. . - "I have been a habitual user of cof fee; all toy life; and .have suffered very much in recent years from : ailments which I became satisfied were directly due to the poison" In the beverage, such as torpid liver and indigqstlon, 'which In turn made my complexion blotchy and muddy. "Then my heart became affected.-. It would beat most rapidly Just after I drank my coffee, and go below normal as the coffee . effect wore off.. Sohie-", times my pulse would go as high as. 137 beats to the minute.. ' My family were greatly alarmed at my condition ; and at last mother, persuaded -me te begin the use of Postum Food Coffeei "I gave up the old -coffee entirely and absolutely, and made. Postum my; sole table beverage.. . This was six months ago,, and all 'my iris, the indi gestion, inactive -liver and : rickety heart action, have passed away, and my complexion has bpcqme lear and natural. The Improvement set , in very soon after I made the change," Just as soon a's the coffee poison had time to work out offjny. system. - "My husband has also been greatly benefited, by the use of , Postum,- and we find that 'a simple' breakfast with , Postum .)& as -satisfying and more ' strengthening than the old heavier-' meal we used to have with the other kind Qf, coffee.," Name glven'by.PostUtn Co.. Battle Creek, Mich. ""' 't ,4 There's a; reason. Readrth'e' liftla ' book, "The Road to Wllme,""lttpkes '