Plymouth Tribune, Volume 5, Number 9, Plymouth, Marshall County, 7 December 1905 — Page 6

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"Only Republican Newspaper ia the County. HENDRICKS & GILLESPIE, OFFICE Bissell Building, Corner LaPorte and Center Streets. Telephone 27. Telephone Number 27. Cntered at the Postoffice at Plymouth, Indiana is second-class matter. Plymouth, Ind., Dec. 7, 1905. Wo Man Rswaarolt-'ja nnnrml itimmm has been delivered to congress. Open- J lng with a plea for the co-operation of all classes In continuing the country's ; prosperity and In correcting existing evils, for a "square deal" for everybody, the message first takes up the question of corporations and railroad rate legislation. The president says: Corporations. I am in no sense hostile to corporations. This Is an age of combination, and any effort to prevent all combination will be not only useless, but In the end vicious, because of the contempt for law which the failure to enforce law Inevitably produces. The corpora-j tion has come to stay. Just as the trades union has come to stay. Each can do and has done great good. Each should be favored so long as It does good. But each should be sharply checked where it acts against law and justice. j Experience has shown conclusively that it Is useless to try to get any adequate regulation and supervision of these great corporations by state action. Such regulation and supervision ' can only be effectively exercised by a sovereign whose Jurisdiction Is coextensive wiih the field work of the corIoratlons that Is, by the national government. I believe that this regulation and supervision can be obtained by the enactment of law by the congress. If this proves Impossible, It will certainly be necessary ultimately to confer in t fullest , form such power upon the national government by affirmative acxnent of the constitution. j The laws of the congress and of the ' several states hitherto, as passed upon 1 by the courts, have resulted more often j in showing that the states have no power In the matter than that the national government has power; so that there at present exists a very unfortunate condition of thincrs. under which these great corporations doing an In- j terstate business occupy the position or subjects without a sovereign, neither any state government nor the national government ha ring effective control over them. Our steady aim should be by legislation, cautiously and carefully undertaken, but resolutely persevered in. to assert the sovereignty of the national government by affirmative action. This la only In 'form an Innovation. Ia substance it is merely a restoration, for from the earliest time such regulation of industrial activities has been recognized In the action of the lawmaking bodies, and all that I propose is to meet the changed conditions la such manner as will prevent the. commonwealth abdicating the power It has always possessed, not only in this country, but also In England before and since this country became a separate nation. Railroad Rate LsllatIon. As I said In my message of Dec. C last, the Immedrate and most pressing need so far as legislation is concerned is the enactment into law of some scheme to semre to the agents of the government such supervision and regulation of the rates charged by the railroads of the country engaged in Interstate traffic as shall summarily and effectively prevent the imposition of unjust or unreasonable rates. It must include putting a' complete stop to rebates in every shape and form. This power to regulate rates, like all similar powe- s over the business world, should be exercised with moderation, caution and self restraint, but it should exist, so that it can be effectively exercised when the need arises. In my judgment, the most important provision which such liw should contain is that conferring upon some competent administrative tody the power to decide upon the case being brought before it whether a given rate prescribed by a railroad is reasonable and Just, and if it la found to be unreasonable and unjust then, after full investigation of the complaint, to prescribe the limit of rate beyond which it shall not be lawful to go the maximum reasonable rate, as it is commonly calledthis decision to go into effect within a reasonable time and to obtain from thence onward, subject to review by the courts. It sometimes happens at present, not that a rate is too high, but that a favored shipper is given too low a rate. In such case the commission would have the right to fix this already-estab lished minimum rate as the maximum, and it would need only one or two such decisions by the commission to core railroad companies of the practice of Tivmg improper minimum rates. I call your attention to the fact that my proposal Is not to give the commission rower to Initiate or originate rates generally, but to regulate a rate already fixed or originated by the roads epen ccmplaint and tfier .fciTcrtlcstlra. A heavy penalty Lcrsld exacted frca any' corporation which falls to rcrpect an erder cf ta corrrLlcn. I rcird pOV if W C-X bo tr CL LVaXf Mt13 rcta 3 bcisg crsential to any ecLcns cf real reform ia tha matter cf r&Srrty rcliticn. It is Trcrta Trills cczziltztzzj wtttrr ttcJ net bs vrlrs to ccfcr cn Czs CZ- C-3 L.ziZzZzzz c2 a ret it 3 fcr ci I: t t Icq Cs rz' j c2 Cs r: CLU.trc'-- L:!j ttzj TrLii L r:7 r? r . c c - - - sjczzZ - - r-- ? V

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commission or some similar body Jso far as rates and agreements practically affecting rates are concerned. A rebate In icing charges or in mileage or la . division of the rate for refrigerating charges is Just as pernicious as a rebate In any other way. There should be publicity of the accounts of common carriers. Only In this way can violations or evasions of the law be surely detected. A System of examination of railroad accounts should be provided similar tor that now conducted Into the national banks by the bank examiners. A few first class railroad accountants, if they had proper direction and proper authority to Inspect books and papers, could accomplish much in preventing willful viola tions of the law. Employers' Llabrjfty Law. In my annual message to the Fiftyeighth congress at its second session I recommended the passage of an employers' liability law for the District of Columbia and In our navy yards. I renewed that recommendation in my message to the Fifty-eighth congress at its second session and further suggested the appointment of a commission to make a comprehensive study of employers liability with a view to the enactment of a wise and constitutional law covering the subject, applicable to all industries within the scope of the federal power. I hope that such a law will be prepared and enacted as speedily as possible. There has been demand for depriving courts of the power to Issue Injunctions in labor disputes. Such special limitation of the equity powers of our courts would be most unwise. It is true that some Judges have misused this power, but this does not Justify a denial of the power any more than an improper exercise of the power to call a strike" by a labor leader would justify the denial of the right to strike. The remedy is to regulate the procedure by requiring the Judge to gtvedue notice to the adverse parties before granting the writ, the hearing to be ex parte If the adverse party does not appear at the time and place ordered. What is due notice must depend upon the facts of the case. It should not be used as a pretext to permit violation of law or the Jeopardizing of life or property. Of course this would not authorize the issuing of a restraining order or Injunction in any case in which it Is not already authorized by existing law. I renew the recommendation I made In my last annual message for an investigation by the department of commerce and labor of general labor conditions, especial attention to bo paid to the conditions of child labor and child lalor legislation in the several states. Such an investigation should take into account the various problems with which the question of child 'labor 13 connected. In such a republic as ours the one thing that we cannot afford to neglect Is the problem of .turning out decent citizens. The future of the nation depends upon the citizenship of the generations to come. The children of today are those who tomorrow will shape the destiny of our land, and we cannot afford to neglect them. The legislature cf Colorado has recommended that the national government provide some general measure for the protection from abuse of children and dumb animals throughout the United States. I lay the matter before you for what I trusfwill be your favorable consideration. As 0 Women Who Work. The department of commerce and labor should also make a thorough Investigation of the conditions f women in industry. Over 5,000,000 American women are now engaged In gainful occupations, yet there is an almost completo dearth of data upon which to base any trustworthy conclusions as regards a subject as important as It is vast and complicated. The introduction' of women into Industry Is working change and disturbance in the domestic and Eocial life of the nation. The decrease it marriage! and especially in the birth rr.te, has been coincident with it. We rr.ust face accomplished facts, and the adjustment to factory conditions must bt made, but surely it can be made with less friction and less harmful effects on family life than is now the case. This whole matter In reality forms, one of the greatest sociological phenomena of our time. It is a social question of tho first importance, of far greater importance than any merely political or economic question can be. In any great labor disturbance not only are employer and employee interested, but also a third party the general public. Every considerable labor difflcultyMn which interstate commerce is Involved should be investigated by the government and the facts officially reported to the public. " Insurance. The great insurance companies afford striking examples of corporations whose business has extended so far beyond the Jurisdiction of the states which created them as to preclude strict enforcement of supervision and regulation by the parent states. In my last annual message I recommended "that the congress carefully consider whether the power of the bureau of corporations cannot constitutionally be extended to cover interstate transactions in Insurance." Recent events have emphasized the importance of an early and exhaustive consideration of this question, to see whether it is not possible to furnish better safeguards than the several states have been able to 'furnish against corruption 'of the flagrant kind which has been exposed. 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adequate national supervision "of commercial Interests which are clearly national in character. I repeat my previous recommendation that the congress should consider whether the federal government has any power or owes any duty with respect to domestic transactions In Insurance of an interstate character. That state supervision has proved Inadequate Is generally conceded. Tin RYas)sa. There is more need of stability than of the attempt to attain an ideal perfection In the methods of raising revenue, and the shock and strain to the business world certain to attend any serious change In these methods render such change Inadvisable unless for grave reason. It Is not possible to lay down any general rule by, which to determine the moment when the reasons for will outweigh the reasons against such a change. No change can be made on lines beneficial to or desired by one section or one state only. There must be something like a general agreement among the citizens of the several states that the change Is needed and desired in the interest of the people as a whole, and there should then be a sincere, Intelligent and disinterested effort to make It In such shape as will combine, so far as possible, the maximum of good to the people at large with the minimum of necessary disregard for the special Interests of localities or classes, but in-time of peace the revenue must, on the average, taking a series of years together, equal the expenditures or else the revenues must be Increased. Last year there was a deficit. Unless our expenditures can be kept within the revenue. then our revenue laws must be readjued. It Is impossible to outline what ßhape such a readjustment should take, for it is as yet too early to say whether there will be need for it. It should be considered whether It Is not. desirable that the tariff laws should provide for applying as 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 between other nations and ourselves. Economy In Expenditures. I earnestly recommend to the congress the need of economy and, to this end, of a ii:d scrutiny of appropriations. AH unnecessary offices should be abolished. In the public printing also a large saving of money can be made. There Is a constantly growing tendency to publish masses of unimportant Information at which no human being ever looks. Yet, In speaking of economy, I must in nowise be understood as advocating the false economy which Is in the end the worst extravagance. To cut down In the navy would be a crime against the nation. To fall to push forward all work on the Tana ma canal would bo as great a folly. Currency. Every consideration of prudence demands the addition of the element of elasticity to our currency system. The evil does not consist in an Inadequate volume of money, but In the rigidity of this volume, which does not respond as it should to the varying needs of communities and of seasons. Inflation must be avoided, but some provision should be made that will Insure a larger volume of money during the fall and winter months than In the less active seasons of the year, so that the currency will contract against speculation and will expand for the needs of legitimate business. ,At present the treasury department is at Irregularly recurring Intervals obliged In the interest of the business world that Is, In the Interests of the American public to try to avert financial crises by providing a. remedy which should be provided by congressional action. TtaiilnefiM Methods In Departments. At various times I have Instituted Investigations into tho organization and conduct of tho business of the executive departments. While none of these inquiries have yet progressed far enough to warrant final conclusions, they have already confirmed and emphasized the general Impression that the organization of the departments Is often faulty in principle and wasteful In results, while many of their business methods are antiquated and Inefficient, I recommend that the congress consider this subject. ' r Federal Elections. In my last annual message I said: 'The power of the government to protect the Integrity of the elections of its own officials is Inherent and has been recognized and affirmed by repeated declarations of the supreme

court. There is no enemy of free gqyInsidious as the corruption of the electorate. No one defends or excuses corruption, and it would seem to follow that none would oppose vigorous measures to eradicate it I recommend the enactment of a law directed against bribery and corruption in federal elections. The details of such a law may be safely left Jo the wise discretion of the congress, but it should go as far as under the constitution It is possible to go and should include severe penalties against him who gives or receives a bribe Intended to influence his act or opinion as an elector and provisions for

the publication not only of the expenditures for nominations and elections of all candidates, but also of all contributions received and expenditures made by political committees." I desire to repeat this recommendation. : ; 5 ' - " .All . contributions by corporations to any political committee or for any political purpose should be forbidden by law, (fti rectors rfcouJd.cst bo permitted to cii ttcclhldcrs - iency f c7- cch purposes, and, moreover, a prohibition cf this klad wcu!4 bo, . as fjr.cvlt, x. zz.t, ta 'elective method cf ttcpph: the evils aimed at in ccrrcpt practice Tea first conference of caticzs htll et Ths nrj3 la 1CC0, bsinj xzzzzl'.i to dL-p3 cf all ths tr'incra tcro Ii, zizz- zl Z . tho c 'mzzJ'i l c:tt!::r:'t c: a r .tz: cl Izt'.'.izt r zzz'J. : 5 t; ) c; :rcz j fcs cillri zzlz -zzzz'j.zzl :t ti r riy Cito, zzo rr-,:ra t::.o tlo C z-z-Izz: (1) Z:z ; zzzl C zilzi c 2 zzzz O C 3 VLzzz Zlz Ql Co z.zzzl Czzzzz c 1 1;:.: zzzZ czz c id n "zzzzj Zzzlz z; O Cj fjcJr zt Xjz - J z-l cz'-z: c: r ;iz 7 czzz : zz r (!) ')(.: -7 ) ZZ '7 -V . ' " ' ' ' " 0 t- -

yal forces. In October, 1004, "at the Instance of the interparliamentary anion, I issued Invitations to all the powers signatory to The Hague convention to send delegates to such a ' conference and suggested that It be again held at Tbi Hague. - Prom all the powers acceptance was received, coupled In some cases with the condition that we should wait until the end of the war then waging be-" tween Russia and Japan. The emperor of Russia, immediately after the treaty of peace which so happily terminated, this war. In a note presented to the president on Sept. 13 took the Initiative in recommending that the conference be now called. The United States government in response expressed its cordial acquiescence and stated that It would as a matter of course ta!ie part in the new conference and endeavor to further Its alms. We assume that all civilized governments will support the movement and that the conference is now an assured fact. This government will do everything In its power to secure the success of the conference to the end that substantial progress may be made In the cause of International peace. Justice and good will. Monroe Doctrine. There are certain essential points which must never be forgotten as regards the Monroe doctrine. In the first place, we must as a nation make it evident that we do not intend to treat It in any shape or way as an excuse for aggrandizement on our part at the expense of the republics to tho south. Cut we must make it evident that we do not intend to permit the Monroe doctrine to be used by ?.ny nation on this continent as a shield to protect It from tho consequences of its own misdaeds against foreign nations. The Monroe doctrine does not force us to Interfere to prevent the punishment of a port save to see that tho punishment does not assume the form of territorial occupation in any shape. The ease is more difficult when It refers to a contractual obligation. This country would certainly decline to go to war to prevent a foreign government from collecting a just debt. On the other hand, it Is very inadvisable to permit any foreign power to take possession, even temporarily, of the custom houses of an American republic in order to enforce the paj-ment of its obligations, for such temporary occupation might turn Into a permanent occupation. The only escape from these alternatives may at any time be that we must ourselves undei'take to bring alout some arrangement by which so much as possible of a just obligation shall be paid. To do so insures the defaulting republic from having to pay debti of an improper character under duress, while it ."also Insures honest creditors ot the republic from being passed by in the interest of dishonest or grasping creditors. - Moreover; for the United States to take such a position offers the only posslblo way of insuring us against a clash with some foreign power. Tho position 13 therefore in the Interest of peace as well as in the interest of Justice. Santo Domingo. Santo Domingo has now made an appeal to us, and not only every principle of wisdom, but every generous Instinct within us, bids us respond to the. appeal. The conditions In Santo Domingo have for a number of years grown from bad to worse until a year ago all society was on the verge of dissolution. Fortunately Just at this time a ruler sprang up In Santo Domingo who, with his colleagues, saw the dangers threatening their country and appealed to the friendship of the only neighbor who possessed the power and the will to help them. There was imminent danger of foreign . Intervention. The patience of foreign creditors had become exhausted, and at least two foreign nations were on the point of intervention and were only prevented by the unofficial assurance of this government that It would itself strive to he!p Santo Dor lingo In her hour of need. Accordingly, the executive department of bur government negotiated a treaty under which we are trying to help the Dominican people to straighten out their finances. This treaty is pending before the senate. In the meantime a temporary arrangement has been made under which the Dominican government has appointed Americans to all the Important positions in the customs service, and they are seeing to the honest collection of the revenues, turning over 13 per cent to the government for running expenses and putting the other 55 per cent Into a safe depositary for editable division in case the treaty shall be ratified among the various creditors, whether European or American. Under the course taken stability and order end all the benefits of peace aro at last coming to Santo Domingo, danger of foreign intervention has been suspended, and there Is at last a prospect that all creditors will get Justice, no more and no loss. If the arrangement is terminated by the failure of tTie treaty chaos will follow, and sooner or later this government may be involved In serious 'difllculties with foreign governments over the Island or else may be forced Itself to intervene in the Island in some unpleasant fash

ion. . Army and Narr. I do not believe that any 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 in a mass. Trovislon should be . made by sufficient appropriations for maneuvers of a practical kind. " Provision should be made Tor the promotion of exceptionally ,mi"iorious men over the heads of their comrades tzA fcr tho retirement cf ail cen?wfco have reached a given aga without csttlcrr beyond a given rank. Th'-ra thculd be aa Inctzzzilzf ths cc-.t c:'Ji;:ry fcrce to Ci-t crzz cozzl fcrt!2catIo3 czn be in some decree tZz-izizzlj tz-zzz tro is rr: nzzl tz: z.zx izcrciro tzz rzzTZz-lzztizzi cf ths dttzzl Ccyartscrt cf the army. Ia ted Co ctzzj tri nnvy Cere zzzzt ts rr tVr-Ytrr fcr drty la tj w ... 3 r a T C '--J Vzzx Tta Cc: zzo c ; CJLz . u C ztzl ccncllr "j : 1 do z: Z JLzr znzi c3 tl3 r-:: C-;- ; . 2. ls rrcr!: c: tz 1 ( zz. zzz ' ' z : da r-7-tzz' Z) c; 1 c J Hütt r-rriTil-V

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has now reached a fairly high standard of efficiency. This standard must not only be maintained, but increased. It does not seem to me necessary, however, that the navy should, at least in the immediate future, be Increased beyond the present number of units. What is now clearly necessary Is to substitute efficient for Inefficient units as the latter become worn out or as it becomes apparent that they are useless. Probably the result would be attained by adding a single battleship to our nary each year, the superseded or outworn vessels being laid up or broken up as they are thus replaced. Hataimllaatlom. On this subject I recommend: First A. federal bureau of naturalization, to be established in the department of commerce and labor, to supervise the administration of the naturalization laws and to receive returns of naturalizations pending and accomplished. Second. Uniformity 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 naturallzo aliens to be confined to United States

district courts and to 6uch state courts as have Jurisdiction in civil actions in which the amount In controversy is unlimited; in cities of over 100,000 Inhabitants the United States district courts to have exclusive Jurisdiction in the naturalization of the alien residents of such cities. Criminal Lam, In my last message I asked the attention of the congress to the urgent need of action to mako our criminal law more effective, and I most earnestly 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 punishment of a United States attorney 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 value. This ought to be remedied by appropriate legislation. Legislation should also be enacted to cover explicitly, unequivocally and beyond question breach of trust in tho shape cf prematurely divulging official secrets by an officer or employee of the United States and to provide a suitable penalty therefor. , ' Merchant Marine. To the spread of our trade in peace and the defense of our flag In war a great and prosperous merchant marine is Indispensable. "We should have ships of our own and seamen of our own to convey our goods to neutral markets and In case of need to re-enforce our battle line. It cannot but be a source of regret and uneasiness to us that the lines of communlcaUon with our sister republics of South America should be chiefly under foreign control. It Is not a good thing that American merchants and manufacturers should have to send their goods and letters to South America via Europe if they wish security and dispatch. Even on the Taclflc, where our ships have held their own better than on the Atlantic, our merchant flag is now threatened through the liberal aid bestowed by other governments on their own steam lines. I ask your, earnest consideration of the report with which ,the merchant marine commission has followed Its long and careful inquiry. - It U a matter of. unmixed satisfaction once more to call attention to the excellent work of the pension bureau, for the veterans of the civil war have a greater claim lipon us than any other class of our citizens. To them first of all among our people honor is due. Immigration. As I said in my last message to the congress, we cannot have too much Immigration of the right sort, and we should have none whatever of the wrong sort. Tho questions arising in connection with Chinese Immigration stand by themselves. The conditions In China are such that the entire Chinese cooly class that -Is, the class of Chinese laborers, skilled and unskilled legitimately come under the head of undesirable Immigrants to this country. But in the effort to carry out the policy ,of excluding Chinese laborers, Chinese coolies, grave injustice and wrong have been done by this 'nation to. the people of China and therefore ultimately to this nation itself. Chinese students, business and professional men of all kinds, not only merchants, but bankers, doctors,, manufacturers, professors, travelers and the like, should be encouraged to come here and treated on precisely the same footing that we treat students, business men, travelers and the like of other nations. As a people we- have talked much of the open door in China, and , we expect, and quite rightly intend to insist upon. Justice being shown us by the Chinese. But we cannot expect to receive equity unless we do equity. The Civil Service. Ileads of executive departments and members of the commission have called my attention to the fact that the rule requiring a filing of charges and three days' notice before an employee could ho sens rated from the service for meSclency has served no good purpose whatever. Experience baa shown that the rule Is wholly Ineffective to t-7e arr rv 12 a czpcrlc?-fr . 1:"prcper xbaions wishes to remove tlm and is mischievous because It eometints CC7TC3 to tee? la th rr-ricr i ccnpctcnt eta not guilty cf epecISc wrcrcii2. Ilavinj there 'facts la ;tU:.V Col rCi ta;i3 ecu;. Zt7 proTldiaj ttst whero tho tzzCzizzcj cr Incapacity coraes withia the personal txowicdo cf ths tzzzi cf a department t rcorr! . 7 bo czids Trt' t noCZ2, ths 1 ZZZZ3 C -refer telz:; Clzl czA o tzzzzl tT Co C-t. r.s Llzz: 13 :!t cf r moved tzzzz Oers it t:o tn rzzzzl. trll Co t -aa cf o Cz?z : 1 -zzzt 11 0 C b era c:T:;ccro.. Ii r-r o czzh z zlzX r 1: Li b ' ' C : J r c W , . : Cz7 c: zztj nt: Z zzr. . z:"' zz-;. -.3c::. ?r

from the series of disasters wnich since American occupation have greatly reduced the amount of agricultural products below what was produced in Spanish times. The agricultural conditions of the Islands 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 Dingley bill upon the products of the Philippine Islands be entirely removed, except the tariff on sugar and tobacco, and that that tariff be reduced to 23 per cent of the present rates under the Dingley act; that after Ju?y 1, 1909, the tariff upon tobacco and sugar produced In the Philippine Islands be entirely removed and that free trade between the Islands and 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 Ilawall. This is the most Important point in the Pacific to fortify In order to conserve the Interests of this' country. It would be hard to overstate the Importance of this need. Ilawali Is too heavily taxed. Laws should be enacted setting aside for a period of, say, twenty years 73 per cent of the internal revenue and customs receipts from Hawaii ns a special fund to be experlded in the islands. I earnestly advocate the adoption of

- legislation which will explicitly confer American citizenship on all citizens of Porto Rico. I wish also to call the attention of; tho congress to one question which affects our Insular possessions generally namely, the nevnl of an increased liberality in the treatment of the whole franchise question in these islands. I earnestly ask that Alaska be given an elective delegate. AdmlHftlon to Statehood. I recommend that Indian Territory and Oklahoma be admitted a3 one stato and that Xew Mexico and Arizona be admitted us one state. The Panama Canal. Active work in canal construction, mainly preparatory, has been lu progress for less than a year and a half. During that period two points about the canal have ceased to bo open to debate. Crst tho question of route; second, tho question of feasibility. Tho point which remains unsettled Is whether the canal shall be one of several locks above sea level or at ea level with a single tide lock. On this point I hope to lay before the congress at an early day the findings of the advisory board of American and European engineers. In addition to sanitating the isthmus, satisfactory quarters are being provided for employees and an adequate system of supplying them with wholesome food at reasonable prices has been created. Hospitals have been established and equipped that are without superiors pf their kind anywhere. During the past year a large portion of the plant with which the work Is to be done has been ordered. It is confidentiy believed that by the middle of the approaching year a sufficient propor tion' of this plant will have been InStalled to enable us to resume the work of excavation on a large scale. What is needed now and without delay is an appropriation by the congress to meet the current and accruing expenses of the commission. The first appropriation of $10,000,000 o;t of the $135,000,000 authorized by the Spooner act was made three years ago. It is nearly exhausted. Unless the congress shall appropriate before tint time all work must cease. In conclusion the president recommends an Increase in the diplomatic and consular service and more adequate compensation of its members. ADDITIONAL LOCALS. & Dr. Knott is improving slowly. Peter Holem has gone to Chi cago for a visit of two wedks-. Miss Ada Iievler has crone to Bremen for a visit of three weeks. Mr. and Mrs. Lafayette. Rohrer of Argos are visiting at Warsaw this week. " Richard Currens and Elijah Harp, residing west of Ply mouth, transacted business in South Bend Tuesday. Mrs. Ernest Slough has returned to her home at Rochester after a visit of several days with Mrs. Charles McLaughlin. The snow that ushered in Thanksgiving is still on the ground and we have had a week of very nice wintry weather; Mrs. Guv Baker, who has been at the Epworth hospital, South Bend, during the past two weeks, seems to be improving nicely. v Washington' Kelley arrived in Plymouth Monday evening and expects to spend the winter here. He has a room at Mrs. Cole's boarding house. Rev. Samuel Megaw of Mar len, Mich., has accepted the calf of the Presbyterian church at I Bourbon and began his work as t there kst Sun(lay; I . w - , Mrs'. Mollie Binger returned to her home at Rutland. Her mother, Mrs. Turnbull, for whom ihe has-been caring, has ' been quite sick, but is improving. . Dr. . Montgomery . and ; Mrs. Caroline A. Tibbetts came" down from Souths Bend to-attend the interment of the ashes ot Charles B. Tibbetts at Oak Hill ceme tery. .The Department of Agricul ture ives the total cotton crop this year at 10,107.818 bales. Kxncr Corn should -send a mes sage of congratulation to King Cotton. , ConrrcS3r.:an Brie!: and his ffhnds are making a powerful cf

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Mrs. Moses Holem of Twin Lakes, is visiting at Hamlet. Mrs. David Sponsler went to South Bend to visit over Sunday. Miss Liilie Brooke, of Valparaiso, visited Miss Clare Kilmer over Sunday. . Mrs. McClure of Tiosa, has been visiting at the home of Jeremiah Runnells. Miss Harriet Gunder spent the holiday vacation with her sister in Indianapolis. Harry Sarber and wife of Argos, spent Sunday at the home of Clinton Grube. ' William Rohrer went to Peru to visit over Sunday with relatives in that city. Mrs. E. Hattery has returned to Rochester after visiting several days in this city. Mrs. J. A. Miller of Walnut township, spent Sunday with relatives in Plymouth. Miss Eva Hand of Argos, has returned home after a visit of a few days in Plymouth. O. F. Ketcham went to" Elkhart today. He and his wife leave for California tomorrow. Mrs. Poorbaugh of South 'Bend has been visiting in this city with her sister, Mrs. Henry Cripe. H. B. Whitlock, who came home for Thanksgiving has returned to his work at Bremen. S. S. Staley is quite sick at the home of his daughter, Mrs. A. J. Carey, at Windfall, Indiana. Mrs. ( ). II. Wilkinson has returned to South Bend after a visit with her daughters in this city. Mrs. F. McCormick of South Bend visited relatives at Tyner from Wednesday until Monday. Mrs. L. C. Kepler has returned to South Bend after a visit of several days with relatives here. John Heinmiller and wife have returned to Howard county after a visit with relatives in this county. Mr. and Mrs. R. J. Manning of Rochester, spent Sunday in Plymouth at the home- of J. M. Steele. Misses Zoe Lynch of Grovertown an.d Pearl Henry of Donaldson, spent Sunday in Plymouth. Editor Xewfon and wife of Monticello, spent Saturday and Sunday at the home of Georcre CT Kleinschmidt. There was quite a number of sleds in town Monday and Tuesday, several loads of wood being hauled on sleds. Mr. and Mrs. George Bently have returned to their 'home near Walkerton after a visit with relatives at Logansport. Superintendent Kruyer reports the smallest number at the county farm registered any time during the past sb: years. Mrs. William Hampton has returned to Hamlet after a visit of several days here and with relatives in West township. Mr. and Mrs; Clinton Bondurant' returned Friday night from their visit at Xew Orleans and other points in the South. President Roosevelt's message will be delivered to congress tomorrow and will be printed in our. paper tomorrow afternoon. Mrs. John Phillips and children have returned to their home in South Bend after a visit of several days with her parents, Mr. and "Mrs. B. B. Parks. Mr. Bates of Bremen was in Plymouth Monday to meet his daughter,. Mrs. Martin, who was returning from a visit at Logansport. - Mrs. Jane Harker, who now resides four miles north of South Bend visited here and av Argos from Wednesday afternoon until Monday. The ashes of Charles B. Tibbets, who died at Ballard, Washington and was cremated, will be interred at Oak Hill tomorrow afternoon. Holiday goods can be bought as cheap in Plymouth as anywhere else in the United States and our dealers have large stocks to select from. William Crowder of Grcencastle and J. F. Beldon of ihis city have purchased the Welbont

meat market and will take posession next Monday. Mrs. John Appleman of Mex- - -r . . r a . . 3 I ico, ina., spent saturaay ana Sunday :. witlv . relatives " and friends here and went to Hamlet for a visit of a week with her mother." Accroding tov Commissioner Yerkes' annual report there was not a cigarette: made in Indiana during vjyj. mis, nowever, is only the Revenue Office's side of Xt. In reality the youths of Indi ana, and some of their elders, rolled millions of the "coffin nails' Joseph G. Cannon , is the oldest m-n ever elected speck er of the national house oi;Teprisen-' tatives. He was rdso ; longer a member of that body before becoming speaker than nny other rresid:ng oCzzr. Tl: youngest cei :r ije . zzz cv r zzzi was

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