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PRESIDENT TAFT OF HIS MESSAGES It Deals With Fiscal, Military, Insular and Judicial Affairs of Nation. MONEY CONDITIONS ARE GOOD Plans for Reorganization of the Army Explained. (FILIPINO BILL CONDEMNED Chief Executive Declares the Island­ ers Are Far From Ready for S$lf- Government--Regulation of Water Power Site Projects Urged--Pro­ moting of Colonel Qoethals Recom­ mended. Washington. Dec. 6--Congress to­ day received from President Taft the second of his messages to the short session. It deals with fiscal, military, insular and judicial affairs and In part Is as follows: The condition of the country with reference to business could hardly be better. While the four years of the administration now drawing to a close have not developed great speculative expansion or a wide field of new in­ vestment, the recovery and progress made from the depressing conditions following the panic of 1907 have been steady and the improvement has been clear and easily traced in the statis­ tics. The business of the country is BOW on a solid b^sis. Credits are not unduly extended, and every phase of the situation seems in a state of pre­ paredness for a period of unexampled prosperity. Manufacturing concerns are runnlnc at their full^capaoity and the demand for labor was never so constant and growing The foreign trade of the country for this year will exceed $4,000,000,000. while the bal­ ance In our favor--that of the excess of exports over imports--will exceed $600,000,000. More than half our ex­ por ts a re manufactures or p a r t l y manufactured material, while our ex­ ports of farm products do not show the same increase of domestic con­ sumption. It is a year of bumper crops; the total money value of farm products will exceed $9,500,000,000. It Is a year when the bushel or unit price of agricultural products has gradually fallen, and yet the total value of the entire crop is greater by over $1,000,000,000 than we have known in our history Condition of the Treasury. The condition of th£ treasury Is very satisfactory. The total interest- bearing debt is $963,777,770, of which $134,631,980 constitute the Panama canal loan. The non-interest-bearing debt is $378,301.2*4 90. including $346,671,016 of greenbacks We have In the treasury $150.0'>0,000 in gold coin as a reserve against the out­ standing greenbacks; and in addition we have a cash balance in thf treas­ ury as a general fund of 1167.152.478 - 99, or an increase of $26.975,552 over the general fund last year. Receipts and Expenditures. For three years the expenditures of the government have decreased under the influence of an efTart to economize This year presents an ap­ parent exception. The estimate by the secretary of the treasury of the ordinary receipts, exclusive of postal revenues, for the year ending June 80, 1914, indicates that they will amount to $710,000,000. The sum of the estimates of the expenditures for that same year, exclusive of Panama canal disbursempnts and postal dis­ bursements payable from postal revenues, is $732 000,000, indicating a deficit of $22 000,000 For the ypar ending June 30, 1013, similarly esti­ mated receipts were $607,000,000, while the total corresponding <-sti- mate of expenditures for that year, submitted through the secretary of the treasury to congress, amounted to $656,000 ooo This fhnws an In­ crease of $76,000 000 in the "HtiniaUs for 1914 over the total estimates of 1913 This is due to an inc fasc of $25,000,000 in the estimat e for riv»-rs and harbors for the n^xt year on projects and surveys authorized by congress, to an increase under th»- new pension bill of $32,500,000; arid to an increase in the estimates for expenses of the navy department of $24,000,000 The estimate for thp navy department for the ypar HI3 Included two battleships Congress made provision for only one battle­ ship. and therefore the navy depart­ ment has deemed it necessary and proper to make an estimate which in­ cludes the first year's expenditure for three battleships in addition to the amount required for work on the un­ completed ships now under construc­ tion. In addition to the natural in­ crease in the expenditures for the un­ completed ships, and th.- additional battleship estimated for. the other in­ creases are due to the pay required for 4,000 or more additional enlisted men in the navy; and to this must be added the additional cost of construc­ tion imposed by the change in the eight-hour law which makeg it ap plleable to ships built in private ship­ yards W i t h t h e e x c e p t i o n s of t h e s e t h r e e I t e m s , t h e e s t i m a t e s s h o w a r e d u c t i o n this year below the total estimates for 1913 of more than $5,000,000. The estimates for Panama canal construction for 1914 are $17,000,000 less than for 1913. The president then explained at some length the national reserve as soclation system recommended by the monetary commission and urged con­ gress to examine the plan Impartially from all standpoints and then to adopt some plan which will secure the bene­ fits desired. Concerning the tariff he had little to Bay in view of the fact that a new congress has been elected on a plat­ form of tartfT for revenue only. Army Reorganization. Our small army now consists of 83,809 men, exvluding the 6,000 Philip­ pine scouts. Leaving out of consid­ eration the coast artillery fprce, whose position is fixed in our various seacoast defenses, and the present garisons of our various Insular pos­ sessions, we have today within the continental United States a mobile army of only about 35,000 men. This little force must be still further drawn fipon to supply the new garri­ sons for the great naval base which is being established at Pearl Harbor, in the Hawaiian islands, and to pro­ tect the locks now rapidly approach­ ing completion at Panama. The forces remaining in thO ITnited States are now scattered in nearly fifty posts, situated for a variety of his­ torical reasons in twenty-four states. These posts contain only fractions of regiments, averaging* less than 700 men each. In time of peace it has been our historical policy to adminis­ ter these units separately by a geo­ graphical organization. Tn other words, our army in time of peace h&s never been a united organization but merely scattered groups of compa­ nies. battalions and regiments, and the first task in time of war has been to create out of these scattered units an army fit for effective teamwork and co-operation. To ihe task of yneeting these pat­ ent defects, the war department has been addressing Itself during the past year, A comprehensive plan of re­ organization was prepared by the war colle e division of the general staff. This plan was thoroughly dis­ cussed last summer at a series of open conferences held by the secre­ tary of war and attended by repre­ sentatives from all branches of the army and from congress. Tn printed form it has been distributed to mem­ bers of congress and throughout the army and the national guard, and widely through institutions of learn­ ing and elsewhere in the United States. In it. for the first time, we have a tentative chart for future progress. T'nder the Influence of this study definite and effective steps have been taken toward army reorganiza­ tion so' far as such reorganization lies within the executive power. Hitherto there has been no difference of policy in the treatment of the or­ ganization of our foreign garrisons from those of troops within the Unit­ ed States. The difference of situa­ tion is vital, and the foreign garrison should be prepared to defend itself at an instant's notice against a foe who may command the sea Unlike the troops in the United States. It can not count upon reinforcements' or recruitment. It is an outpost, upon which will fall the brunt of the first attack in case of war. The his­ torical policy of the United States of carrying its regiments during time of peace at half strength has no appli­ cation to our foreign garrisons. Dur­ ing the past year this defect has been remedied as to the Philippines garrison. The former garrison of 12 reduced regiments has been replaced by a garrison of six regiments at full strength, giving fully the same num­ ber of riflemen at an estimated economy in cost of maintenance of over $1,000,000 per year. This garri­ son is to be permanent. Its regimen­ tal units, instead of being transferred periodically back and forth from the T'nited States, will remain in the islands. The officers and men com­ posing these units will, however, serve a regular tropical detail as usual, thus Involving no greater hard­ ship upon the personnel and greatly increasing the effectiveness of the garrison A similar policy is pro­ posed for the Hawaiian and Panama garrisons as fast as the barracks for them are completed. I strongly urge upon congress that the necessary ap­ propriations for this purpose should be promptly made. It is, in my opin­ ion. of first importance that these national outposts, upon which a suc­ cessful home defense will, primarily, depend, should be finished and placed In effect ive condition at the earliest possible .day The Home Army. Simultaneously with the foregoing steps the war department has been proceeding with the reorganization of the army at home The formerly disassociated units are being united into a tactical organization of three divisions, each consisting of two or three brigades of infantry and, so far as practicable, a proper proportion of divisional cavalry and artillery. Of course the extent to which this re­ form can be carried by the executive is practically limited to a paper or­ ganization The scattered units can be brought under a proper organiza­ tion. but they will remain physically scattered until congress supplies the necessary fundB for grouping them in more concentrated posts Until that is done the present difficulty of drilling our scattered groups togeth­ er. and thus training them for the proper team play, can not be re­ moved | Regular Army Reserve. One of the most important reforms accomplished during the past year has been the legislation enacted in the army appropriation bill of last sum­ mer. pro\lding for a regular army re­ serve. Hitherto our national policy has assumed that at the outbreak of war our regiments would be Imme­ diately raised to full strength. But our laws have provfded no means by which this could be accomplished, or by which the losses of the regiments when once sent to the front could be repaired. In this respect we have neglected the lessons learned by other nations. The new law provides that the soldier, after Berving four years with colors, shall pass into a reserve for three years. At his option he may go into the reserve at the end of three years, remaining there for four years. While in the reserve he can be called to active duty only In case of war or other national emergency, and when so called and only In such case will receive a stated amount of pay for all of the period In which he has been a member of the reserve. The legisla tion is Imperfect, In my opinion. In certain particulars, but It Is a most Important step in the right direction, and I earnestly hope that it will be carefully studied and perfected by congress. The National Guard. Under existing law the national guard constitutes, after the regular ar­ my, the first line of national defense. Its organization, discipline, training, and equipment, under recent legisla­ tion, have been assimilated, as far as possible, to those of the regular army, and Its practical efficiency, un­ der the effect of this training, has very greatly increased. Our citizen soldiers under present conditions have reached a stage of development be­ yond which they cannot reasonably be asked to go without further direct assistance in the form of pay from the federal government. On the other hand, such pay from the national treasury would not be justified unless it produced • a proper equivalent in additional efficiency on the part of the national guard. The organized militia tx»day cannot be ordered out­ side ol the limits of the United States, and thus cannot lawfully be used for general military purposes. The offi­ cers and men are ambitious and eager to make themselves thus available and to become an efficient national re­ serve of citizen soldiery. They are the only force of trained men, other than the regular army, upon which we can rely. The 60-called militia pay bill, in the form agreed on be­ tween the authorities of the war de­ partment and the representatives of the national guard, in my opinion ade­ quately meets these conditions and offers a proper return for the pay which it is proposed to give to the national guard. I believe that its en­ actment into law would be a very long step toward p/crviding this na­ tion with a first line tf»f citizen sol­ diery, upon which its main reliance must depend in case of any national emergency. Plans for the organiza­ tion of the national guard into tac­ tical divisions, on the same lines as those adopted for the regular army, are being formulated by the war col­ lege division of the general stafT. National Volunteers. The natioanl guard consists of only about 110,000 men. In any Berious war in the past it has always been necessary', and 1° such a war in the future it doubtless will be necessary, for the nation to depend, in addition to the regular army and the national guard, upon a large force of volun­ teers. There is at present no ade­ quate provision of law" for the raising of such a force. There is now pend­ ing in congress, however, a bill which makes such provision, and which I believe 1s admirably adapted to meet the exigencies which would be pre sented in case of war. The passage of the bill would not entail a dollar's expense upon the government at this time or in the future until war comes. Put if war comes the methods therein directed are in accordance with the be6t military Judgment as to what they ought to be, and the act would prevent the necessity for a drscussino of any legislation and the delays in­ cident to its consideration and adop­ tion. I earnestly urge its passage. Porto Rico, Mr. Taft says, contin­ ues to ehow notable progress and he urges the senate to pass the bill grant­ ing the Porto Ricans American citizen­ ship. a Philippines. A bill is pending in congress, con­ tinues the message, which revolution­ izes the carefully worked out scheme of government under which the Philip pine islands are now governed and which proposes to render them vir­ tually autonomous at once and abso lutely Independent In eight years. Such a proposal caa only be founded on the assumption ^pt we have now discharged out trusteeship to the Fil­ ipino people and our responsibility for them to the world, and that they are now prepared for self government as well as national sovereignty A thor­ ough and unbiased knowledge of the facts clearly shows that these assump­ tions are absolutely with justification. As to this, I believe that there Is no substantial difference of opinion among any of those who hav.e had the responsibility of facing Philippine problems in the administration of the islands, and'l believe that no one to whom the future of this people is a responsible concern can countenance a policy fraught with the df'Yest conse­ quences to those on whose behalf it Is ostensibly urged. \ In the Philippine islands we have embarked upon an experiment un­ precedented in dealing with dependent peoples. We are developing there conditions exclusively for their own welfare We found an archipelago containing 24 tribes and races, speak­ ing a great variety of languages, and with a population over 80 per cent, of which could neither read nor write. Through the unifying forces of a common education, of commercial and economic development, and of gradual participation in local self- government we are endeavoring to evolve • homogeneous people fit to determine, when the time arrives, their own destiny. W6 are seeking to arouse a national spirit and not, as under the older colonial theory, to suppress such a Bpirlt. The character of the work we have been doing Is keenly recognized In the Orient, and our success thus far followed with not a little envy by those who. Initiating the same policy, find themselves hamp­ ered by conditions grown up In ear­ lier days and under different theories of administration. But our work Is far from done. Our duty to the Fill plnoa Is far from discharged. Over half a million Filipino students are now In the Philippine schools helping to mold the men of the future into a homogeneous people, but there still remain more than a million Filipino children of school age yet to be reach­ ed. Freed from American control the Integrating forces of a common edu­ cation and a common language will ceaSe and the educational system now well started will Blip back Into Ineffi­ ciency and disorder. An enormous increase In the com­ mercial development of the islands has been made since they were vir­ tually granted full access to our mar­ kets three years ago, with every .pros­ pect of increasing development and diversified Industries. Freed from American control such development is bound to decline. Every observer speaks of the great progress in public works for the benefit of the Filipinos, of harbor Improvements, of road and railways. ; iof irrigation and artesian wells, public buildings, and better means of communication. But large parts of the islands are still unreach­ ed, still even unexplored, roads and railways are needed in many parts, irrigation systems Are still to be in­ stalled and wells to be driven. Whole villages and towns are still without means of communication other than almost impassible roads and trails. Even the great progress In sanitation, which has successfully suppressed smallpox, the bubonic plague, and Asiatic cholera, has found the cause of and a cure for beribfiri, has segre­ gated the lepers, has helped to make Manila the most healthful city In the Orient, and to free life throughout the whole archipelago from Us former dread diseases, is nevertheless incom­ plete in many essentials of perma­ nence in sanitary policy. Ever, more remains to be accomplished. If freed from American control sanitary prog­ ress is bound to be arrested and all that has been achieved likely to be lost. If the task we have undertaken Is higher than that assumed by other nations, its accomplishment must de­ mand even more patience. We must not forget that we found the Filipinos wholly untrained In government. Up to our advent all other experience sought to repress rather than encour­ age political power. It takes long time and much experience to ingrfin political habits of steadiness and effi­ ciency. Popular self-government ulti­ mately must rest upon common habits of thought and upon a reasonably de­ veloped public opinion. No such foun­ dations for self government, let alon^ independence, are now present in the Philippine Islands. Disregarding even their racial heterogeneity and the lack of ability to think as a nation, it U sufficient to point out that under lib* eral franchise privileges only about It per cent, of the Filipinos vote an<1 only 5 per cent, of the people are said to read the public press. To confer Independence upon the Filipinos now Is, therefore, to subject the great mass of their people to the dominance of an oligarchical and, probably, exploiting minority Such a course will be as cruel to those people as It would bo shameful to us. Our true course is to pursue stead­ ily and courageously the path we have thus far followed; to guide the Fill* plnos Into self-sustaining pursuits; to continue the cultivation of sound poll tical habits through education and po­ litical practice; to encourage the di­ versification of industries, and to real­ ize the advantages of their industrial education by conservatively approved co-operative methods, at once check­ ing the dangers of concentrated wealth and building up a sturdy, in­ dependent citizenship. Regulation of Water Power. There are pending before congress a large number of bills proposing to grant privileges of erecting dams for the purpose of creating water power in our navigable rivers. The pendency of these bills has brought out an im­ portant defect in the existing general dam act. That act does not. In my opinion, grant sufficient power to the federal government in dealing with the construction of such dams to exact protective conditions in the interest of navigation. It does not permit the federal government, as a condition of Its permit, tjb require that a part of the value t»us coated shall be ap­ plied to the furthe\ general improve­ ment and protection of the stream. I believe this to be one of the most important matters of internal improvement now confront­ ing the government. Most of the nav­ igable riversof this country are com­ paratively long and shallow. In or­ der that they may be made fully use­ ful for navigation there has come into vogue a method of improvement known as canalization, or the slack- water method, which consists in build­ ing a series of dams and lockH, each of which will create a long pool of deep navigable water. At each of these dams there Is usually created a long pool of deep navigable water. At each of these dams there is usually created also water power of commer­ cial value. If the water power thus created can be made available for the further improvement of naviga­ tion in the stream, it is manifest that the improvement will be much more Quickly effected on the one hand, and, on the other, that the burden on the general taxpayers of the country will be very much reduced. Private In­ terests seeking permits to build water- power dams In navigable streams usually urge that they thuB Improve navigation, and that if they do not impair navigation they should be al­ lowed to take for themselves the en­ tire profits of the water-power de­ velopment. Whatever they may 4o by way of relieving the government of the expense of Improving naviga­ tion should be given due considera­ tion, but it must be apparent that there may be a profit beyond a rea­ sonably liberal return upon the pri­ vate investment which is a potential asset of the government in carrying out a comprehensive policy of water­ way development. It is no objection to the retention and use of such an asset by the government that a com­ prehensive waterway policy will in­ clude the protection and development of the other public uses, of water, which cannot and should not be Ig­ nored In making and executing plans for the protection and development of navigation. It is alao equally clear that inasmuch as the water power thus created is or may be an Incident of a general scheme of waterway im­ provement within the constitutional jurisdiction of the federal govern­ ment, the regulation of such water power lies also within that jurisdic­ tion. In my opinion constructive statesmanship requires that legisla­ tion should be enacted which will per­ mit the development of navigation in these great rivers to go hand in hand with the utilization of this by-product of water power, created in the course of the same Improvement, and that the general dam act should be so amended as to make this possible. I deem it highly important that the na­ tion should adopt a consistent and harmonious treatment of these water- power projects, which will preserve for this purpose their value to the government, whose right it is to grant the permit. Any other policy is equiv­ alent to throwing away a most val­ uable national asset. The Panama Canal. During the past year the work of construction upon the canal has pro­ gressed most satisfactorily. About 87 per cent of the excavation work has been completed, and more than 93 per cent of the concrete for all the locks is in place. In view of the great in­ terest which has been manifested as to some slides In the Culebra Out, I am glad to say that the report of Col. Goethals should allay anjfc apprehen­ sion on this point. It is gratifying to note that none of the slides which oc­ curred during this year would have in­ terfered with the passage of the ships had the canal, In fact, been in opera­ tion, and when the slope pressures will have been finally adjusted and the growth of vegetation will minimize erosion in the banks of the cut, the slide problem will be practically solved and an ample stability assured for" the Culebra Cut. Although the official date of the opening has been set for January 1, 1915, the canal will, in fact, from present indications, be opened for shipping during the latter half of 1913. No fixed date can as yet be set, but shipping interests will be advised as soon as assurances can be given that vessels can pass through without un­ necessary delay. IlecognizJng the administrative prob­ lem in the management of the canal, congress in the act of August 24, 1912, has made admirable provisions for executive responsibility in the control of the "canal and the government of t ie Canal Zone The problem of most efficient organization Is receiving care­ ful consideration, so that a scheme of organization and control best adapted to the conditons of the canal may be formulated *nd put in operation as ex­ peditiously as possible Acting under the authority conferred on me by con­ gress, I have, by executive proclama­ tion, promulgated the following sched­ ule of tolls for ships passing through the canal, based upon the thorough report of Emory R. Johnson, special commissioner on traffic and tolls: 1 On merchant vessels carrying passengers or cargo, $1.20 per net ves­ sel ton--each 100 cubic feet--of actual capacity. 2. On vessels in ballast without passengers or cargo, 40 per cent less than the rate of tolls for vessels with passengers or cargo. o. Upon naval vessels, other than transports, colliers, hospital ships, and suWly ships, 60 cents per dlsplace- mpn%on. 4 Upon army and navy transports, colliers, hospital ships, and supply ships, $1.20 per net ton, the vessels to be measured by the same rules as are employed in determining the net tonnage of merchant vessels. Rules for the determination of the tonnage upon which toll charges are based are now in course of prepara­ tion and will be promulgated in due season. Panama Canal Treaty. The proclamation which I have is­ sued in respect to the Panama Canal tolls is in accord with the Panama Canal act passed by this congress Au­ gust 24, 1912 We have been advised that the Hritlsh government has pre­ pared a protest against the act and its enforcement tn so far as it re­ lieves from the payment of tolls American ships engaged In the Amer­ ican coastwise trade on the ground that It violates IiritiBh rights under the Hay Pauncefote treaty concerning the Panama Canal. When the protest is presented, it will be promptly con­ sidered and an efTort made to reach a satisfactory adjustment of any dif­ ferences there may be between the two governments. Promotion for Col. Goethals. As the completion of the canal grows nearer, and as the wonderful Clogged Sewing Machine. When a sewing machine will not work, stand it near the tire bo that the oil may melt, and then clean with pure paraffin, putting it into every oil hole. Work the machine well, and then wipe every part with a clean cloth. When perfectly clean, lubri­ cate with machine oil. Politics. By placing the proper number of ^jolns in >nt the political machine anav ' A Splendid Concession. "How do you like the way the elec­ tion resulted?" "First rate " "Did you win any bets?" ^ "No, but a coal dealer promised to sell me five tons of coal at the mar­ ket price if things turned out as they've done." Just Before the Battle. "Would you marry him if he were me?" "i d marry any one that asked me, if ' you."--Houston Post. Overdoing It. Elberton L. Winthrop, at the end of one of the meetings, of the board of eduction in New York, said, apropos of severity in the schoolroom: "These oversevere teachers always remind me of an oversevere parson. He, at a dinner party during Lent, said to one of the guests, a famous raconteur: " 'My dear sir, as it is Lent--and a Friday to boot--would you mind If I asked you to confine your efforts ex­ clusively to flBh stories?' " Lots of 'Em Are That Way. "Have you ever heard him talk?" "Yes, frequently." "Is he very deep?" "You would not imagine so to hear him talk, but you would to see him drink." Wise Precaution. 8hopper--I want to buy a necktie suitable for my husband. Salesman-- Sorry, madam, but we are not per­ mitted to sell neckties to women who are unaccompanied by men.--Puck. Didn't Like Him. "Pa, why do you always Insist on me singing when Mr. Spoozleton comes here?" "Well. I don't like that fellow, and yet I hate to come right out and tell him to go."--Tit bits. executive work of Col goethals be­ comes more conspicuous in the eyes of the country and of the world, it seemi to me wise and proper to make pro­ vision by law for such reward to him as may be commensurate with the service that he has rendered to his country. I suggest that this reward take the .form of tin appointment of Col. Goethals as a major general In ' the army of the United States, and that the law authorizing such appoint­ ment be accompanied with a provision permitting his designation as chief of engineers upon the retirement Of the present incumbent of that office. Navy Department. The navy of the United States Is tn a greater state of efficiency and Is more powerful than it has been be­ fore, but In the emulation which ex­ ists between different countries jn re­ spect to the increase of naval and military armaments this condition is not of a permanent one. In view of the many improvements and increases by foreign governments the slightest halt on our part in respect to new construction throws us back and re­ duces UB from a naval power of the first rank and places us among the na­ tions of the second rank- A year ago congress refused to ap­ propriate for more than one battle­ ship. In this I think a great mistake of policy was made, and I urgently recommend that this congress make up for the mistake of the last session by appropriations authorizing the con­ struction of three battleships, in a<P dltion to destroyers, fuel ships, and the other auxiliary vesesls as shown in the building program of the gen­ eral board'. WTe are confronted by a condition In respect to the navies of the world which requires us, if we would maintain our navy as an insur­ ance of peace, to augment our naval force by at least two battleships a year and by battle cruisers, gunboatB, torpedo destroyers, and submarine boats in a proper proportion. We have no desire for war. We go as far as any nation In the world to avoid war, but we are a world power. Our population, our wealth, our definite policies, our responsibilities in the Pa­ cific and the Atlantic, our defense of the Panama canal, together with our enormous world trade and our mis­ sionary outposts on the frontiers of civilization, require us to recognize our position as one of the foremost in the family of nations, and to clothe ourselves with sufficient naval power to give force to our reasonable de­ mands, and to give weight to our Influence In those directions of prog­ ress that a powerful Christian nation should advocate. Department of Justice. This department has been very active in the enforcement of the law. It has been better organized and with a larger force than ever before in the history of the government. The prosecutions which have been success­ fully concluded and which are now pending testify to the effectiveness of the department work. The prosecution of trusts under the Sherman anti-trust law has gone on without restraint or diminution, and decrees similar to those entered in the Standard Oil and the Tobacco cases have been entered in other suits, like the suits against the powder trust and the bath tub trust. I am very strongly convinced that a steady, consistent course in his regard, with a continuing of Supreme court de­ cisions upon new phases of the trust question not already finally decided, Is going to offer a solution of this much- discussed and troublesome issue in a quiet, calm and judicial way, without any radical legislation changing the governmental policy in regard to com­ binations now denounced by the Sher­ man anti-trust law. I have already recommended as an aid in this matter legislation which would declare unlaw­ ful certain well-known phases of un­ fair competition in interstate trade, and I have also advocated voluntary national incorporation for the larger industrial enterprises, with provision for a closer supervision by the bu« reau of corporations, or a board ap­ pointed for the purpose, so as to make certain compliance with the anti­ trust law on the one hand and to give greater security to the stock- j holders against possible prosecutions on the other. I/believe, however, that the orderly cptirse of litigation in the courts and the regular prosecution of trusts charged with the violation of the anti-trust law is producing among business men a clearer and clearer perception of the line of distinction be­ tween business that is be encour­ aged and business that is to be con­ demned, and that in this quiet way the question of trusts can be settled and competition retained as an eco­ nomic force to secure reasonableness in prices and freedom and Independ­ ence in trade. Workman's Compensation Act. The workman's compensation act reported by the special commission ap­ pointed by congress and the execu­ tive, which passed the senate and is now pending in the house, the passage of which I have In previous mes­ sages urged upon congress, I venture again to call to its attention. The opposition to it which developed in the senate, but which was overcome by a majority in that body, seemed to me to grow out rather of a misappre­ hension of its efTect than of opposi­ tion to its principle. I say again that I think no act can have a better ef­ fect directly upon the relations be­ tween the employer and employe than this act applying to railroads and common carriers and an Interstate character, and I am Bure that the pass­ age of the act would greatly relieve the courts of the heaviest burden of litigation that they have, and would enable them to dispatch other busl- j ness with a speed never before attain- j ed in courts of Justice in this country. WILLIAM H. TAFT. The White House, December 6, 1912. A Hi K*er$ durs !p!!K r ItonT It is a duty of the kidneys to rid the blood of nric acid, an irritating poison that is con­ stantly forming in* side. 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