A congressional investigation at this time would embarrass the executive department in the continuance and completion of the investigation of the appraiser's and other offices of the customs service.

As soon as these investigations by the Executive and the grand jury are at an end I shall bring the fact to the knowledge of Congress.

The primary duty with respect to frauds in the executive service falls upon the Executive to direct proper executive investigation, and upon the discovery of fraud and crime to direct judicial investigation for the purpose of recovering…

It is the right and the duty of the United States to defend the work upon which it is expending such enormous sums.

I am encouraged to believe that this date will certainly not be later than the one which has hereto been fixed, namely, January 1, 1915.

I concur in these reasons, and I am of the opinion that such works as may be erected for the defense of the canal should be completed, occupied, and ready for operation at the time that the canal itself shall be completed and opened to the…

I have directed the Secretary of Commerce and Labor and the Secretary of the Treasury to forward an estimate for the appropriation here recommended, in accordance with the procedure provided by law.

Were there a bureau of public health such as I have already recommended, the matter could be taken up by that bureau.

The very great importance of pursuing the investigation into the cause of cancer can not be brought home to the Congress or to the public more acutely than by inviting attention to the memorandum of Doctor Gaylord herewith.

I respectfully request an appropriation of $50,000 for the purpose of erecting one or more laboratories at suitable places and to provide for the proper personnel and maintenance of these laboratories.

I respectfully urge upon Congress this appropriation.

I believe that the work of this board will be of prime utility and importance whenever Congress shall deem it wise again to readjust the customs duties.

If the facts secured by the Tariff Board are of such a character as to show generally that the rates of duties imposed by the present tariff law are excessive under the principles of protection as described in the platform of the…

I have therefore appointed a Tariff Board consisting of three members and have directed them to perform all the duties above described.

Nothing, however, halts business and interferes with the course of prosperity so much as the threatened revision of the tariff, and until the facts are at hand, after careful and deliberate investigation, upon which such revision can…

I am glad to say that negotiations under that clause are now substantially completed with all the nations of the world with results that are satisfactory;

I cordially concur in the views of the Secretary of State and trust that the policy of the United States toward Liberia will be so shaped as to fulfill our national duty to the Liberian people who, by the efforts of this Government and…

It is recommended, therefore, that the provision for a renewal of the lease be repealed.

The rapid depletion of these herds is undoubtedly to be ascribed to the practice of pelagic sealing.

The present lease will expire on the 30th of April, 1910, and it is important to determine whether or not changed conditions call for a modification of the policy which has so far been followed.

The herds have been reduced to such an extent that the question of profit has become a mere incident, and the controlling question has become one of conservation.

I transmit herewith, for the information of the Congress, a report of the International Waterways Commission, dated January 8, 1910, on the regulation of Lake Erie, together with the appendix, tables, and plates.

It is hereby ordered that all lands within the Mescalero Apache Indian Reservation, N. Mex., embraced in small holdings claims Nos. 484 and 486, T. 13 S., R. 12 E., New Mexico principal meridian, as shown on the records of the General Land…

Every one must admit the wisdom of providing for the payment of the canal expenditure by bonds.

Not only is the application of such a principle just and right in the case of an enterprise like the Panama Canal, but it seems to me wise and appropriate to adopt it with reference to other projects which commend themselves to Congress.