Jasper Weekly Courier, Volume 44, Number 14, Jasper, Dubois County, 6 December 1901 — Page 6

ROOSEVELTTO CONGRESS Sends His First Annual Message to the Senate and House of Representatives.

MAKES RECOMMENDATIONS

Eulog-ires the Late President McKinley and Ad .ates Stert Measures for Anarchists Proposes Trust Legislation Along the Lines of Publicly Favors Government Construction of Irrigation Works Urges Construction of Isthmian Canal and Laying of Pvcatic Cable Asks Legislation for the Colonies and Reciprocity for Cuba Would Exclude Chinese.

The following ia a comprehensive sumMary of Presioont Koo evett message lo congress: The president beg.i.s Ms Ilrst a:.', al communication wtth an I .1 annoui ament of the death Ol the lato Pres deal McKinley, anil a eulog. el tils lorrner ch:e( in whi h he aaya: It is not t o mu' h t say that at the time of I'res.Uent McKin.'s death he was the mot w. lely-loved man in all t;.e l'n:iei S'afe- w !. ie w it . i.. v.-r I. .id My public man of bis poelii n who hai been so wholly free irom the Mitel . n -mos: ties incident to pubm Life Kis y -ttilcal opponents were the tlrt to ear the heart sol ..ri.i most genera is tr.. .: to tha broad kindliness o( nature the sweetness and gentleness. .f character which so endeared htm to his close asso dates. To a standard o: lofty Integrity In public life he united the tender affections and home .r: .e irhii-h are all Important in the makeup of n.it.onal taaracter. A gallant aold.er n the great .Car for the union, he also Shone as an sample to .ill our people because of hit conduct in the most sacred an ) Intimate of home relations. There con Id be no personal hatred of him. tor he never a t od arlth sucht but consideration for the welfare of others No one could fa 1 to respect him wh; kn-w him In public or p r its serous crimina c:i ' defenders of those m-ir-who seek to excuse the.r isseiting that It Is exeral ends inveigh against sponsible i iwer. But for n even this base apology th .-. cannot be urge I 'The she k. - he grief of the eoun'ry. bitter In the n - i. uf all wi. i m the dark days while ;h president yet hver. il between life and death. At laat the 1 gtht was stilled in the kindly eyes, and the breath went from the i.ps that eren r mortal agony uttered no word rave of forgiveness to h:s murderer, of love for his friends and of unfaltering trust in the will of th Moat High. Such a death crowning the glory of su'-h a life leaves va with Infinite sorrow, but with auch pride in what he h.t ! a OR tished and Bis awn personal character that we feel the : :.'W is srrucK at him. but struck at the I and great . while we Bourn splendid acluevt grand heroism death. In the eame We mourn a go who Is dead bu: f lifted up by the if his life and th hich he met hl-enne-tiun he makei w the He ing of "iuest it w.ll atrorg recommends Mtlon should deal urges th: the prea anarchy be not per congress to enact K pornCourJ have the te.iral cot . T . y Kill, the Is. or attempts to ie eotmtry, yr any for succession to v: person who s In the presidency He has r.o fe I wever. ito anthat the comtry will ever fa ar 'The federal reuni shouM be rvn Jur tad:ct.on over any man who kills or at- 1 tempts to kill the president or any mar. gRieg by the constitution or by law Is . tine of aucresion for the presidency. ! while the punishment for an un.succesfu' attempt ahould be proportioned to thenormity of the offense against our mat it unions. Anarchy is a crime against the araaoss human ra-e. and all mankind should bar. asralnst the anarchist. His crime shoul be made an offense against the law of nations like piracy and that form of man otealing kl own a-s the alave trad", for It B of far bl t k-r Infamy than e ther. It ahould be so declared by treaties among all clvlliaed powers. Such treaties wo at 1 g-ve te the f ier-el go , rnment the power or oeanng witn tne crime. " Ihe trusts. The president sees cauae for corgratula t ion tor the nation 1c the bus..-es.- condl- ; ticr.s of the present, but sees Ir. the "tre- ' mr.doua and highly c imp. ex industrial ! deve.opment which wer.t on with ever scCSlerated rap '.: . :r.? g ihe .atter hilf Of the r.ir eteentn century " a serious social prob., m for the preiir.t and future, lie does cot believe that the o.d laws and w.d cut;m- are suffi :nt to regulate the sc ann c.s'ribut ior. of wealth of time. He does not attribute t of great corporate fortunes j ttce of a protective tir;ff. "nor 1 tr gorerr.mer.tal action, but to the the natural cau-es Ir. th. business World, ; -ra'ang In. other countries as they operate ; tr. our own." In this correction hesaya: "The presets has arousti much ar.tago- I r r. a great part of which Is wh . y -Without warrant It is not true that as' the rich have grown richer the poor have Jffown poarer the contrary, never be fore has the average man, the wasteworker, the unr.T, the small tradr. teen to we;i off as In this country and st the present t:m. There have besa buses eor.r.tet'd with the accumulator. t wea.tt. tt it remains true that a f ortore la . ultimate business , td by the person pety on citiof :on of con ferrmg Immense Incidental benefits upon OT ners. Whkh h 1st if tt of th t pe an on.y xaa to offer grat pr!tt ts the rewards of success " But while he realixee existing conditions, he emphasizes the fart that congress In ptwridlng remsdlet tn: act with cutior. as the men and rorporations "who have built up our commerce and driven our railroads serosa tba continent have done great good to our people, snd without them the material development of which we are so Jus-ly proud could never have taken place Moreover, ws ahould recognise the imnvrse Importance to this mate, al development of leaving as unhampered as le compatible with the public good the atrong and forceful men upon whom the succeaa of buslneaa operatlona Inevitably res'a The slightest studv of business cordlMona will aatlafy anyone cspalle of forming a judgment that the personal equation la the moat Important factor In a business operation, that ;! tsireis iHl.'v of the man at the head of sny business concern. Mg or little, is usually the factor which fixes the rulf bet v , ei strlk'rg BUCCSSa and hopelesa falluro " Another rM"ti forrati'ion In trust leir!latl n which he gtvea "la to he found In the Ii ternattonal eommereiai con1ltlons of today The same business conditions which have produced the great aggregations ef cr-r rat and) Individual wealth have made th-m very potent faetoj-s in Interna'if.ral rommereUi com pet I' ion B-i Mesa for ems whleh have the largest mrs at thir dlspoeal and are managed I tba ablest men are naturally those to ium hat commanding position In th trirr at.'-trat liiinss world which We Vlive wll! more and more be hers. It I of -i- iitsi it Importanee that this poe'Mon I not Jeopt rded. especially at a ttms w h. n the "vverfl owing ahiindanee of our own natural resourtf and th skill, btislr.. - ei-:ry .d mechanical aptitude of o'.- peot make fr.reisn markets e-sn-tlal Pit ier uch renditions It would he r. eriwKe o rrimp oe to fetter the jro 'h ill otrentb ot our net on "Mr rf-ryar.lt rannet 'o-iif-en be pointed t- tl a r trtke wl h Ignorant violence at the .iiierests of ore act of men almost

ON IMPORTANT QUESTIONS.

i tngeri the Inter- ts of all The fuiiaa.ni. n.ai rule in our national Ufa thernle wh.h underlies all others. is that on the whole and in the long t un we shall g up or iiovtii together. There euro exceptions, and in iittics of prosperity eotne wilt prosper tar mere an! in times of adversity sen-... will luffer tar mue than others tu-, p,-ak.: ; t,- taiiy. a pencil ol it' sd times Stenns that uii shaft more or it-as la :hm. and in a period of hard times all it - i tue atrv.-s tu a grtater or lean degree." lie points to the lact that in tbt P .at i "tha ignorant or reckless agitator lias been tha really affective (riend ol 'lie rlli erh.i h ho has beeu nominally opposing In dealing w.ih business Interests tor tin government to undertake ''y crud an. I lli-coiisidi red leg -iation to do ...ti r.a turn out to ie bad would i I to incur the r::-k ot such tar-rsacblng national disaster that ;t would bo preterit e to undertake nothing at all. The man who demand the Impossible or tue undt's.ratik m rv .. as the ulUes o( tha ! : es with win. h they un nominally .it i ar. jr :. . e.ii Of i wnat the extent a imper those who wouid Bti 1 not In r. it. "ii.il fa. hlon : illy are and to hat n ..I ma iner it is precI ti catiie to apply remedies. BsttBOattS for the Trnst Hell. Bui w!;il. !.. lays lh above is true, he yet sees n i is for which there shou.d be remeäi s prov ed o: time eviii the ; ch.ci is over capitalisation ' b a -...e of its many baleful conse-iuciees" its says: j "The c.r.v. t. :. Ol II A::, r.car. people ! that the gnat corporations, known n trusts. are .: i rt all f thelrl atur 4 ter.der.ciea I. ir : . .. :ru'. w..fr. : aid be r.ot i d within !. tr.d in my he sava: rniining hovr trial com the fact f the publ c i the ritth: to work n, , . f Juc;;mer.t thll i : Vl A- a remedy lor The first essent.a to deal with Iba I b. nations is known publicity. In the i: state bu.lnesi. Publicity is remedy wh.ch we can sow iurther reined.es are neodi of governmental regulatio can only be il tormlned a has beer, obtained by proci in the course of adminlstra renulslte is ki'iwledae. full n ila 's of law ai i .on The ttr-t and -omi krov:ede which may be made to the world "Artlflc.al bodies, such as corporations anrt iont stock or other associations deupon law- for their ild be suli t -rv'.-.on. anj n a. to their public regu-i-omminly existence or pnv. leges, she to proper governmental si full and accurate informal operatlona ahould be n-.td lar'.y at reasonable Interva "The large rorporatioj called trusts, fit tugh ora d in one state, always do businesa in manv stat. o ten doing very little business in the I tte where tti v n re .in-, .rporated. TherIs utter lack of uniformity in the state laws about them, and as no state has any exclusive interest In or power over their acta it has in practice proved impossible to get ndenu. t r arulatlon through atate action Therefore in the I interest of the whole people the nati n should, without interfering with the pow- I r of the states In the matter Itself aio srsume power of supervision and reguln- j tlon over all corporations doing an Inter'tte badness This is esp.-e.allv true where the corporation derives a port on Of Its wealth from the ex:stenee of some ; monipollstic element or tendency in t business. There would be no hardship In such supervision. Ranks are subject to ! it. and In their ease it i accepted) j as a simple matter of rourse Indeed it Is probable that snperv - on of -o-p .ra- ' tions by the national government need not go so far as 1 now the ruse w'fh the 1 supervision exercised over them bv sol conservative a state ss Massachusetts in ! onter to pronuoe excellent results The president believes that it will hw possible to secure th needed rem Pes for the trust evi under the constitutlrm as it now r-xl-t. hut if congress thinks o'h-rw.e he r-. mimends t' at n mstltttt'orai amendment be nbm tted f.ai Wtll no fer the poaa neeessaryIn connect: u wtttl the ssgabl Ma recommeni!a Irgtalhtton creating a cabinet nfBcer, tore- gi ..w t is arneary .if ii- f-e. wh" ib tag would he to 1 tl with all v trOm enrern'. r cr.mtr.e --e li.. r and th im-etPSnl manne Wnnltl lai ln.lr the hinese. The message .-main a strong rec idmi -i lation for i! c reenactment at tr,. e of the present t'h'ne-e exclusion act in whb'h i-oeine tlon he shvs"Wages are h gher t o-day In the Valtti States than vir before In our hl' -rv und tat hlaher than In anv other t i ntry. The standard of living Is ..Nr. hg-..r than ever before. Every effort of -is-lator and admlnistrutor should be l-r-"to secure the permanency of this eon h I r. ot things and its Improvement Wherever pos.ble. Not only most our labrr be protected by the tariff, hut it should i. be protected BO far as it Is possible irmn the presence In this Country of anv laborers brought over by contract .r of those who. coming freely, vet represent a standard of living so depressed that tbev can undersell our men in the tibor market and drag them to a lower laved I regard It as necessary, with th'n end in view, to reena- t Immediately fr, )aw exclud.ng .'h tv-se laborers ' nnd to strengthen It wherever neoeaaary In order to make Its enforcement ent rely ffertlve." He also recommends such Wisiatlm by an amendment to the Interstate commerce law. as will pnter-t the labor of one state from competing with the prison labor of another state, and also that the government rease being a party to this competition by not purchasing goods made either by convict labor or that In wl.l. h Women and children are caused to work excessive i hours or at nigh' I n the labor unions of the present he sees much that la goo J. In which connection he I says: Very great naog has bsgg and win he -i i mpllshe 1 by associations or unions I of wsgeworkers when managed with I forethought and when thevtombine insistence upon their own rights with law abiding repert for the rights of others The display of these qualities In such' u dlea is a duty to the nation ro i-ms tt -- to th - aortationa th niti v a. ; Kirally there muet al-.i In many tumi , action by the government In order to afegiiard the rights si d tnteres's of all , I nder our constitution there is much i more scope fr etteh action by the state and the municipality than by the nation Put on point t such as thoaa louched on above the national goveirnunt can act "When all Is raid and tone, ihi rule of brother1; d remains as th" In. Us;.. rn-iMe prereriiiite to success In the klml of rational life fnr Whleh w ttrtvi . Rgctl man mut work for htmself, an-l unlea he so works no outsid help con nl him. Mut each man must t"mtiilr also that he la Ind-e. his br dher' lieejier. and that while no man who r- 'uses In walk ran be carried wl'h s.vat'tng to himself or anysM els, vst that ea-h at times atumblt-a or halta. that each at

Tttm H Rgsgg la havs lbs betting bend aut atretched to him Po ie priaanently -t-I fectue aid BBust.aiwaura tu farm sf lie ping a man ' help himself, in I e ran ail Lest heiv ourselves i. Joining lo-

gi'thcr In t tic wots tna: oi vmiiuivii ittrest to all." The I ram is ratio laws. He pro! !: SSI t initn is: laws un .allhta. iiii v In whleh connect. on h. aJ WS need every honest and elCclen' Imm grant tilted to bMlM sb Amtrican clltsen, every immigrant who cuiieit here to stay, who brings hrrs a Itrotm body, u good head and a reecl'.'te pin !,.. lo d. his .r well in everyway si d to bring up .us children aa law-abiding, (io'i-ii ir'ng members of the comnt jait) ." liut he save: "There H laid !e a rotuproher. alt c las; enact, d with the object oi working a threedcld Improvement over our present s.ttn Kirnt. e should aim 10 evluie alsol.itely not only all pernoiu iu are know it lo ! Iel ev.'rs In anan h.-tic pr nclp.es or members of anarch 't..- KOCielies, but . all psrsom who are of a low moral tendency or oi unsavory repu t.t it. This means that we sn ull re;o'ie a more thorough system of Inspect'( n abroad and a mote turd system of exam. n tUoa al our mmlgretlnn ! -rt a. the fo.mer lelng especially neceau.try. 'Tl.e t-ioial cb.';ct of a proper irr.niiaratlon law Ought to be lo a ire by i careful at ; not merely perfunctory rdu cat I i il '.' - i m ln'.e!!l.nt ctpactty to in r . l ite American Institutions ami set sc. aa America) ciri..- Tl.- vc..d i : K..p , ..i ail anarchlsta, for mar. 1 1 them belong to th InieliiKer.t criminal c. iss, inn it nt'iiii! U what is a.'eo in I tint that la, land lo decrease the .-urn of Igr.. tr.u.ce tt potent III producing the envy. . malignant passion and hatred of onr out ol which r..trch'. le icntlir.' : mi: us llra,. al. I" re rxcluued who re below 'at ; oi economic rltr.e to ..stria' field as competitora labor. The re should he if pi raot al capacity In srn th r.g and enough money to it rl under American con- ' !:: t i . : cheap lirg ci mpetltlon which co n io I. if bitti m t s In atrial I'te. and it would fry s of the pestilential social i i it etiles where ar.- - hsve their greatin i r . t h our An art I he I n riff. The president I as aot deatrn any change in t!..- pre id taniT seheduli except wh. re sik h may bo mad- in reciprocity treatl-a, and recommends the adoption of rc!proe- " :r- alle- ar d the it - :.. i a! policy nf t.iiproclty as a meaoa of oening the doors of foreign nations to our commerce, in which conf ection h says "Evsry ai nth at:..n lf our tariff policy to me ur shifting national aoeda mut he 1 ' Utk ned up the ardlnal fact that the du - must . tr be reduced below the point that Will COA't r I he difference between ibor coal M r and abroad. The well In-iiiK of the wageworker is a prime consider . :i . f our entir policy of economic legislation. "Subject to this proviso of the proper proti ion neoeaaary to our Industrial wall l.e-ing at home the principle of red pro ity r.ms: . mmand our harty support The phenomenal growth of our export trade it pl.asugea the tirirt ncy i f the need for wider markets and for a liberal policy in dealing with foreigm nations Whatcvr Is merely ety ; r .1 v.atious in the way of trade rest Met iona . '. t-e avoided. The customers to whom we dispose of our surplus producta In the long run directly or Indirectly pur chase those surplus products by giving us n m thing in return. Their ability to i urchase our products ahould aa far as poallble be seMirtil by ao arranging DUr tariff aa to enable tis to take from them those producta which we can use Without harm to our own Induatliea ar. i la! or or i tngg of Which will be of marked benefit to 'is. "The natural line of development for a policy of reciprocity Will le In connection w.th those of our productions which no longer require all of the support once ii them up. ti a so'iinl ee others whsrs either or of economic causes r. a.-h . f mi. . . s.-ful "1 ask the attention of the senate to the reel pro Ity treaties laid before it by my predecessor." the Vierchan Marine. The preshier.t pronounces our men. hard marim "Clacredttable to ua aa a rati srl InsigcUici nl to ih.-.t of otht r rations whi h we overtop in nth r forms i rui -. -ard -a;..- ".-I ui..' r f l''i.ger nil rrilt to M '.tions Undt r w tior. of our gn at i our OW n h! s. f "To rsmedj thli ti merely serve to bu tereets, hut it woe to all who are irt r.'nt ratsbllt hmenl Am-rl 'in: products t h osly a trifl.i g p..ri! it. re. i- earr.ed In tin- lie -ays: '- ft! -r.rt r.ot 1 up our hipping In10 result ' be Si fit i e d in t be i" i m.iw:.:r m rl w ..uld pri t guslHsrj ' r ' t t n v . Ml for tln-ir v.. irk for lir.a If ' rcur ir ! just ar tern u I po.nts. shel to the prlne th tries Will Whirl be of : m eftt. Pr n ii i - -for the i f-tut upon the 'n;ps of cm diitril ut.- ot rn m.id at'- r.t go . ' s 1 - An i n II His recoi eriv fh.-it ' cm auch artier a - wui ties The A met ahould be rest! red I .pi cor. tin r.at;. It irry rloei Arr . rtesi r or! this subject is . t rr.ment -hon.d tabs fi n.eiiv th- -e igeeu.iil- J n merrharr m tr ee . . the ocean " finances. Under this t. ailing f he presides! rsCSSS gWBda suih : . . r. as will better safegi.ani agalnat len i ging Influences of cjir.nit t . .; if us and linai la I panics and sut li us w... make ti e currency of ihe gauntry n. retpoiiatvi to th dematda ot in- ii Inda and rommeree. He n in;.- out the lact ti at tbe recelpta Ir.tm duties in imports at fi internal taxia e ted th.no r.t. but i r i.u-'s mi re.- gov. re.'a-i . K l i p. rne tliltv vf l .ir th :. "Hut after providing against ar.y such cor r.t y .t.'-et- ti uld be ..." pt.d I h will br rg thi r. vi -. s more nt my wlthir. the !:mlt of our actual r,e!s." He urg.s the necessity iorstrict icoenmy In t spend It urea, but that "our rational ne!s forbid us to be niggardly ir. the matter of providing whatever is actually necessary to our well-being." Inl-r-lnle e ismmeree. He polntl to defect In the interstate commerce law, sad recommends nnidments to correct them, in which connection he -ays: 'I boso who complain of the management of the railways allege that establi-hed rates are not maintain. I, that rebates and similar devices are habitually resorted lo. that these preferences are usually In favor etf 'he large shipper, that they drive out of business the smaller competitor, that while many rates are -,,o loa many others are excessive and that gross preference are made affecting b IB localities and commodities, t'pon the other hand, the railways assert that the law by its very terms tends to produce many of these Illegal practices by depriving .arrlers of that right of concerted action which they claim is necessary to establish and maintain nondiscriminating ratra. 'The act should be amended. The railway s a public servant. It rates should lie Just to and open to all shippers alike. Th' government should see tn it that within Its Jurisdiction this Is so and should provide a speedy, Inexp.-n -i v e and iffe.-tlve remedy to that end. At the satmtime It mut not be forgotten that i ur railway ge the arteries through which f,e re.nifiie. -lsl lib-blood of this nation flows Nothing couid be more foolish than the enactment of lejglalsllon which would unnecessarily interfere with the development and uiieratlun of Iheae tummen.al agenctas." tarrtewltoeatl interests. The pr ltd tit et the fori st legislation of tht past and tba gnat good ot forest nreaervet to th p opl. and muvs they w.ll ir..vitii.. be of still greater value. Cam tlnulr.g. he says: "At present the protection of the fnr'st reserves ts s'. with the general lattd offb e, the mapping aid description of their timber with the United Btatet geological eurv. nr.! the pri p.sration of nlnns lor thi Ir conaervattve uaa with thi bureau of forest ry, Which Is also ehargid wlih the g. riral advancement of jiractiral foreatry In the lilted Mtatis. Thse various lure tints si. null! be united In the bureau of forestry, lo whlrh thy properly helot g The present diffusion of respnnsibi It) -hnd from every standpoint. It prevents that effective cooperation lilwi"ti the gnvrrr.mr-rt and the men who utlllae h re i turcet Of the reserves, without which the ii.t t:a of both muit Buffer. Th

tt ers'ly ibSUtdi be put ur.dt r I he cepaitm.-nl of agrn uliure. The pre- lie CI in uld have b law the powei of trarisftrrtng lands for ue as firei reserves ta ihe department of agriculture. He already hat such power In the ease of lands Deeded bj the departments ol war ai.v. : ;.e ) Irrigation. Irrig . I. n. in connection w.'U tha waste lai.u oi ISS sett la a MUealtO to shun the pflsatdtat glreia coaaiusrsbia attention, and aiaiii aitvag) rsvoiniaei datlons ior gute 1. in. 1. 1 SSSlSsSBCS lit r. ...ut.i.g the ( .anils it) aasistlng in theli irrlajnUoa and His control oi aster rtghta wtiritir ' list is pos. iblr, and of litis lie stays: "111 the ai.d legion It U stater, not land, wh.t h measures production The taesteru bait v( tic I nied Htatt wou.d sustain a Aopulalloo greater tliaii that oi our shola country to-uay ii tit raten that no run to US i ia aavad tad used lot irrigail:e tores and Wain piob.eiiis are perhaps me most vital uiurnal i4i.'iisu Ol the I i .ti ci biati . it. casta whtie natural conditions have bun ie-tored . ir a few eai.- vegetation hat attain carpeted the ground, buds and dt r are coming back, and hundreds of persons, especially from the ni.tio ola'.e neighborhood, come each iu tamer to enj y the privilege ol camping Home at .cost cf the lorrst reserves should afford perpetual protection to the native fauna and ti : i. sale lue t s of r luge to tHir -. pidijf dimlniahlng wild animals or the largst kinds and free camping grounds for ti.e ter-lnc.-tsi:.g numbers ol nun are. weinen who have earned to i'.i A test, health and pnereatton m :h splendid foreataand Bowsr-clad meadowa our mountains. The forest reeervea should be set apart : revr for the use and bent Ht of our leopla ss g whole and not sacrificed to the short sighbd greed of a lew " The tutest alone cannot, h. wever, fully regulnta and coaaerve tha waters of the sr. j regtoa, Great storage works are saaary to equal.se tin i iw ntreama alas to ssv the good wstera. Their conatrue lion lias leeu euncb.siv. ly shown l be an undertaking too vast lor private effort. Nor can it be hi st a. m ::.pllal i d by the individual states acting u.um i .ir-n aching Inters : ato prottleiit.s .r involved, and the resources of single atslea would often be Inadequate. It la properly a nations! function, at leaM in o. of its (est urea. It m us r.ght for tin national government to make ill stream, ami rivets it Hie aril region use ful by engineering works for w a: r storage as to make useful the 1 1 er und harl ors of the ten,, i . men by enginaering wutk. ol another kind. Tha storing ut the floods In rewtrvolrs at the i waters of our river. Is but an enlargemani of our preeenl polio : river control under which iev-s ar built on the lower reaches ci the some sire a ma. "The government should construct and maintain three reservoirs as it does other public works, ft'hers their purpose i to regulate the flow of streams ih- water should he turneit fr- ly Into the channels In tha dry asason to take the same couise under the asms laws a tha natural how. "The reclamation and aettiement cf the arid lands will enrich every portion of our oountry. Jus' as the lettlemc-nt of the Ohio and M.sa..--ippi vallt brought proeperlty to the Atlantic atatea. Tba mi leased tleuiariti t- r manufactured artlt l-s will stimulate Industrial production, While wider home markets and w.e trade of Asia will consume the larger food supplies and effectually prsvent western competition with sastern agriculture, indeed, the producta of Irrigation Will be consumed chi-ny in upbuiid.rtg lo. al enteis of mimri: ard other industries which Woill 1 o ' lie: e " not come into x. stct.ee at all. Our p pis as a whole will profit, for successful hcmernakitig is hut another name for the i.i i.m .i.i g i t:.e na:., i. lb counsels against much at the beginning, but experience oti a sma.l i sibiiitics of greater uadi cites the conditioBB u: .. .-. i that e let .an teach the pos i taking i la alas .. r w hich '. In set - tiers of t horrea on The s cre.it. ..1 t ti::- s tot rest of. tl law. Vi the arid ' the certal timet - w-st ore attempting to build -e arid ,.t I . -. il.c sa Si, irlty aid value d the homes i net largely on the stability of :.r. but tne majority of ibeae i.i certiur. 1 i.i nation of utirt rendered ;r. o-dtnary suits at !. ., : w cr- '". .' xi i t ior -. täte have f r.ie.l to prnv.de for i ard just divis.on of streams in -tr irv. !,as nr.. uc.-r un . i s ban to v made it possible to istabltsh rights ter In excess of actual uses or neles, and mir.y strer.nts havee'rady p.i- into private c r.ership or a e omrol eqn.v .1. r.t to ownership "U his-vr cot tro's a -tream prae catty cor.tr. . the lat .i it rerd' rs pri tfuctlve. and the :. -r I pnv i'. wt . rl pet water apart from lar.d cannot pr rail wi-h-sut Mti-;i r it during wrong Th recognltbttn of such ownership, which has been permitted to grow up Ir th arid regions ahould give way to a tntn en lightened and !trsr recogrrttion of tt r'-1 ts of the p-:.-!!c In the cor tr il ti d ttporal of the p rwlic wa ter supplies. I. aw fnttr.aVd epon eore! If Ions obtaining in humid1 fesfoep. wri re w:tr Is too ahun'irt tn ttistlfy B .. - "!r i iv ro prop r . rep ea 1 It. - t-e r-i- - ti few f tl v so,ty reccgrirri s-rr, t i' l- thrir en r't.e of pi ri" 'ual state The ntonlea, Cent .dvrahh- atbtttion Is given the llonies, ani- -, tally the I'hil ipp.nes. Thla i ct. tr. ol the message begins by citing the i eds of Hawaii and Torto Kien, of whit a !v- says. 'In Hawaii our aim must he to develop the loan ry on th.- traditional American tinea. We do not wish a region of large es'.atew tilled by cheap labor. We wish a healthy American community of men who tUBi'-iv' .s till thi lain t h y own. All our legislation for tl - talaada should be shaped wlih Ihl i end in v i . The well being ol the average n no innrer must sfimJ th- true teat of tbi htal by davati oprr.i nt of the islands. The land policy should as nearly aa possible be iweweeso on -or leinn -' au -v m tf Porto Klco b aaya th-- island la thriving aa navel I f n . and is being a :nit nistend offlclently and honestly lie deems no legislation nectasar) 'X'-ept that 'ncerr.u.K the public lands of th. la He call Btte-t.tlon to the lact that in Cabs the Independent gavemmect -.: th ieUcd wlil soon be in conti t d IB thmme connection urgis strongly the cent ot i ' i't ' 1 it.', r. :.! -.- w th ike r. w Bu' on. upon Which Mit.j.oi he -ays. "In the rase n' i 11I11 there are we'gbty reasons of morality at il id r. it: r it -. rest why the policy should be tie d to lliVI a peculiar app.lcatlon, and 1 mot earnest- I ly a-k your attention to the wisdom, lr.de d ' to the vital need, of providing for a sun- i -' it . 1 1 r-iiii. tc-n in : ne taritT duties or. Cuban Imports into the United Bta'i s Cuba has In her ronntitittlon affirmed wha t we desired that she should tand In International matters In e'.oser an! more fra ndiv relatiort with ua than with any other power, art! we are bound h every cm eration of honor and expediency to pass commercial mensur In tie Interest of her material well belrg." Par t he phllipt'lnes he recommends much In the way of leatiatlon. but again counsels ( sullen that we go neither too far nor with too great haste. lie says: "We hope to make uiir administration of the inlands honorable to our nation bv making It of the highest benefit to the Filipinos themselves, snd ii an earnest of what we Intend to do we point to What we have dt.r.e Alrendv a greater measure of material prosperity and of governmental honesty an! efficiency has been attained In the Philippines than ever before ta their history." Ha says we do rot dealr to do for the Islanders "mTfly what has elsewhere henen dene for tropic people, by even the best fortign government i wt hop- to do for them what has nv-r before been done for any people of the tropics to mnke -hem tit for gov mini nt after the fashion of the reallv free nations." But the Idea of the president Is thai we csnr'.i Ittva the is'.irds at .Ills tfme. of which he says: "To leave the Mar.ds nt th:s tine would mean that thi v would - ; into a welter of murderous anarchy, Hueh desertion of duty on our purt Would be a crime agalnt humanity " Hut he bellevee aurncleai progress hag been mule along the linta order w h it h we have been. Working In the IsUrds to warrot us Ir pn--lig r ew legislation, hut In tbs i-or.nectior. he urges the rin1 of earn tlon. lb- helleres the time has come wh'-n the Ird i'ries of which th It inda are capable should be enrmirtgrd bv gr.mtln 4 francnisrs tor tneir iiov-eiopm nt. ana th! he ay: "Nothing better can he bre for ihe Islands ist. to Introduce Industrls. stier-

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utteiiesa and Diist hief is prov t i bial, und the uppuitui .1) to do remuiirrallve work is one ot the surest preventives of war. Of Course i l b,c i. man wl.l go Into the Philippines unless it is to h. in tei t st to do so. ami it is Immenael) to the lati r 01 tin . ai..: that he sbouUl go In it is therefore nec irj that the corgi- i ahould pa u s b an.ch the re.-uuices ot the is. and can tie developed, so ibat traachisei iter limit, o it rnis ot veartl can be granted to companies doing bu - In tbsa and eti sacouragemeat be given to li e .... uii.. ; a oi business men ot aver) Und N : to permit this Is to do a wrong lo the rhllippuirs. The iranchlHes must be granted and the business ptrmltted only r teg listlona which will guarantee tha . landa against an kind ot Improper explantation. Hut the vui natural waith of the islumls must be developed, and the Capital witling to develop it no..-1 be g.ven the oppoiiiu.il Tha flefd must lie u.iowi. open ij individual enterprtee, which has been the nai lector in the development ol every region ovi i wh.ih oui Hag hgafiowa it is urgentl) b iaar to taaet suitable Laws dealing w.lh.gi tnral tt.n .-p 'it.it. ..n. mining, bankit k cum ncy, homesteads und the use aid ownership ot the lands und timber. Tins. . , v s. will give Ire play to Industrial enterpri e, and tha commercial development wh.ch alii surely follow will Uffotd to the l i p. i of the islkl.ua the i-- proofs of in elncerttj of our dasue to aid : hi in " Tbs i '.ruction of a Pacific cab.e is also urged, e ther that the government lay such a cable to connect Hawaii and the Philippines, or that an arrangement lie glade n wh.. It the .1 d a 1. 1 ag- at crultig from ii gov em men I cable mac oe seemed to the governmsni by contract with a private cattle company. Thla he d- i ma necessary ior both commerelal, political and military con le rations i be ii inn..! ti aaal, l! calla attention to tha med of an Isthmian canal, and say a ' Its Importance to the nation is by no means limited merely lo Its innrer al lect.s upon o.ir bos.ne.-s pro.-pei Ity. ntid yet with a view to lh m effects .....lie ll would be to the last degree important ior us Immediately lo in gin it. Wh.le .is beneficial effeota wouhl perhaps be most marked upon the Pacific coast and t Ingulf ai ' o .th Atlantic .states. It WOuld aleo greatly benefit other tactions. It la emphatically a work which it is for the Interest of the entire country to bsgm and complete as soon a possible; It is on- oi tl -e gteat works which only a great n. it. on can undertake witn prospecta ol auccssa and wh.ch when d na are not only permanent asseta In tin- nation's material Interests, but atanding in ii.uni! t t- tu its o i structlve abl . of in with Er able to tions or con : uci frl ; i Inspect, h lav b"! vv in ... n i rili . .udeq hi s. I am r . to be i you that nur m gottact with Ureal lit itain. tides In a p.rlt of itual good wl.l and reil .! II y In II K d ie to it- a treaty which if is to begin prep, i ration it ,i 1 at any t ime at d his nation -v ry i ght ,,.! it t npect ion with r. aty tl oi! t'laytonit i a il ratlfleil fur an which gt that It I t l.n ,ar. t irantaea r i v r the canal In this Htilwer treaty o i long ret-'gnixeft . iry the base for the con- !;.- of t i ret x-ariiy al, i abrogati .1 It sp. -tat the iTplted Sta les . work of building md the earn! and shall rtgul He Its neutral use bv ail rations or term- of enmllty without the guarantee or lnerf rer.ee of any out side natic.n from any quarter. Ti-.e signed treaty win at ones Ie lal l befi re the senate, and If atprnvi d f .. . then proceed to give tff . to M e udvantagei ; aeeurea us by prov .d.t g for '!.- to. .I ling of the canal " The Monroe Doetrlno, The pr - rb nt ta forth Ihe object nt the If on roe doctrins, and the aplrtt 'n which It has been tee dved by other countries cid a " action v. th It aays this nation ha t:"t the llirlitest desire to SCquIrS any Wr fnrv .it the expense of anv of our netghhors. anil tos our attitude toward Cuba ns a guarantee of our r- id i iith H aaya also that "this d tctrtnt h ia r ittitng ts d i wtth the com m. .; Ti ' any American p w. r s.ne that Ir a truth nl'ows h of them to form such as ir desires." That "we do not ak for anv exclusive oumm-rc al treaty with any ei lie iy of this: "The Monro da cardinal o " ur of all the nit. of A n in trre should bo the the foreign policy of t1', ; , Americas as States. Just veara ft In of the I nlte-I hive passed n his annual tne Pres .lent "1 tnr In anrtotmceii ina' the n t ure American tn be en : ll colonlzatiu" ' r Words rfe ' 'rat 'on i t"- si asfr e- n i i " i nrs -ire henceforth a.s subjects for f tl t.wer- in trine s a f R t t. -el. non-Am. tiny A.tier! it Is n no- ' y ar :se I n "ii ... Int ! d n -.-.t-le fo anv nat on In rf old weeeid "' . ' I'esa !- f 'nt' neted tri C e ... t , IS son by one new e-,te, :,.,,-- t . exnerree o -mv .t'hr. Tt is o--i"- .i - -i" I a long atop, tonrl aaaor'ne "ie istrtrstwal r"St of the wsrl-t by ecu- g th posslhllltv of peraunenf reiti-e m tois hemisphere " i be xa- r. Th- president urges tine cot.:lr.ucr y. bei c. ing ot the ruvy aa a rne.ir.s A ptrfarn.it x ur mn r n.i: ion 1 . u: it s aa Well aa S pr..'. t. tt .it J - iti g t.t'd ne ur . f rajatioaal rigbtt Hs urges that our p. ace as a nrst-i.t s power xns.--it.ites the buH.'ir.g and malntenanss of a navy in keeping with our place among the nations Sf the world, and says: "So far from b. ing ir. any way n provocat'.on tt w..r in adeomte at d highlytra.ned navy 1-the best guarantee agalnat w.tr the che tpeat and most tffectlvi peace hsurirce Tin eoet of boüiiir.g an.! maintain it g such a navy represents the very light. pn miom f or Ins urn g peace w hich thla nation can porsihly pay. ll . recorrirrends both the construction of more atltpa and the mbbtlon of more off ci r and m-n M abeolutely necessary, and - The-re should be no oes-.tton In the work of completing our navy. So far Ingenuity has been wh -Ur unable to devise a aubsttfuts tor the cre-i w ar craft whose harr.tiicriirr gun:- ! tl ..sit the mastery of the gh arai Tt is rmsafe atni unwtsa not to provide th i year for several sddflttonal battle hips and heavy armored et . -. tii auxiliary ntid I ghter craft !: proportton. Par the exact number and chara- ter 1 refer ymt to the report of the secretary of the msvy, But there is sornethlrtg We - I '-v-n more thnn id Mflnnal ah I pa, and Ibis la additional "ffb-er.s ami men Tt pr ' te tui'tleshlps und cruisers and th.-n Irv them up, w:th the expertation of lrstv-'nu them unmanned unt.I the :i" in rle. fn actual war. Would Be w th in forty It would be a crime against the nation. "Te send nr. -anrshlp against a rompetent enemv unless those aboard It hive been tr-' tu- I hr v-rs of gctue! sea service, bwhtdlng IttCfnmMnl gunnerv practice. WOUtel he t InvltS rot merely d as-r but the bit latest shame and humlVlatl"n Pout tbonasnd additional seamen and a rhouaand additional mar'nea sho il-l be pro' : le.. ami an Increase in the officers ehostd t provided bv making s large addll on to the rial es nt Annapefls There Is otic -mull imtter which ahnsitd be mentioned tn ruiaaei Hon with Annapolis The prctenllaut and nt meaning t'tle of 'naval cadet' shtoulit be aboltsheil; the title of 'mi l h pmsn.' fult of hi-'oric association, rhould restored "We now have 17 bit;hlpa Sppfoprt ateri for. of which nine are sompleterl rftoi have been com mlasfotied for ictssj aervtce The remaining eight wltl be rei.lv In from two lei f.mr ve.ir. but It will take st lew h ! nrne to ri -ruft and tra'n the men to fi -.-lit re-em II is of vast concern that we have trained crews rendv for the Vessel bv the time lliev are r-oin-i itoned i. ships and good guns are simply good weapons, nnd the t"t DOOS r ' ve 'n th. hand of men who know haw to flirhf W 'a them. Tl. nir-'t most be trained onl ilrltbd unit, r ti thorough and well-planned, system of r'r-'i't islv Instruction, while the recruiting' must be carried on with 'til rri it.r rigor. Bvery effort mut be ma le to exact the tni'tl futv tlon of the officer the c tmmand of mn The leadlnt? grad-tirt.-s of the nsial academy thotitd he nsIkio.i to tha combatant hrnnches, the 1 ne and marines." 'the rm y . N. Increase in the regular army to learned nscettary at this time, hut there versl i harges In that branch of the government tervlce hirh tn president rn timmerds to cfingr. s ehlef of these Is the estnhllshmrnt of a staff department, and f this ht taya "a generai statt should be creattd. As

for the g. netil s-itfT an! sup. ) ?...,., inrnls, they should be tilled b c- a from the line, llie im n so detailed reluru? mg aiicr awhile tu their liasdutiti Vary umlesirable to have the i,..,i kl si Iba aiiny composed ui men I,. It 1 ! . l.nllln. I... .. .. -

s.S. si ., s--'-" o.i.i. i. ll.i 1 oi seniority. A system shoulu i.e., by whii h Hier abali be an aim niauc tij ijiau- ot it.. i wi.o lo render Ihe best service it. ike un i.. ' st - d I -II. S a giace. ausi.cr io n.e vrier.il. s ui civil wr who are si... in the am i te in iu if uuirs iraai u. i be n uii un nis tin) be given by law tha arlvilegaa at.uio.d to their comis the nuvy." Ansthar recuinmendatlon whirl. Idsnt in iki s in connsctlon with tl is i on ihi in tctlsn oi the "pai te t try oi nie tei v it e, ai.own tu the pub .. lape." lif tl.is he s s ' J ' olvery afforl should be mm'. . the .tuny to s conatsntly increasit . " ut hbiwscj lien ui. a' leal sti woik save that dtrsctl) In u. . service siioii d be rrtauir..! The work in the army, ss in tha navi be Kreativ nduced. What Is net -prov.. i p..wer oi command snd to work well In the tleic Consti j is a scat aar tu maveal diy rat n trnnsportatioa and rrtmaiiaaan i ; I r is the ttitt . Ii. also lines the enactment .f ( I lation In connection Willi the mil t a t national glial I ton es of the nation tl tl tbt v may be bitter fitted for a. t.B ice la t nie of wan. and Bays. j "Our militia law . obsolete .vm less. The org" : , at on and armame t the national guard of the severs Which are treuen aa tiiilltls In Ihe propr..'ii!on b) the congress. -Im . j '. made Identical with those providi the regular force The obltgstli ua and duties ol tin guard In t.ms al war i i" c-areiuiiy defined and a system . Ilahsd by 'aw under which tne rneiii Mj ,',f procedura of raising voluateet , should he prescribed ua advance, ir . titir Impossible In the sgcltement , i ha-to ol Impending war to do thla factor. ly if the arrangements have been made long be: nrchand. Pi ! anould ba made for utilizing In t . volunteer orgsaisatlona called am trniiiing ol tho.-i citUens who bit re.itly h id exp.-t ien. e under armsapecislly for ihe nelect.on in advam lb offlcers of any force which ma ralsud. ior caret ul selection .. t... nt esssry la Impossible after the outbreak W. .1 . He pralae.s the veterans of the c'.v.l the war with Bpala and iim... rendered the nniion valiant tervlce in i an uprising; of the we.,t and Philippines and counsels contin d cral.ty in the nation 'a dcal.ug with I he I U II Sterv i.-e He recommend the enactment of h : lamm that vvil place under Uta i ! of the merit system many classes . si eye not now governed by it. Ilia , ommendation for thla 1m us follows. "1 recommend the passage of g whn h will extend the classified acrvl the District of Columbia or will at enable the ptesi It nt thus to e'. In my judgment all lawa prov . the temporary employment ".- should hereafter contain a provision they be selected under thu civil a : . law.'' I!.- du wishes the merit svstetn tc I ta.n oi the government serv e In colonies, and t-a .-1 "Not ia office ahould be mied in ' Philipp nes or Poi to Rico with any n ' to the man's partisan affiliations Ar -. with . ti'. regard to the political . .ti or personal influence which n have at h a comanand. In short, should be paid to absolutely notli ng llie man own chara.ttr ani and i hu t eds of im- , r , let "The ad m . nlatratlea r ihr ist ahould Is- as whohv fre fr..in t! pb-ioii of partisan politics aa the ad I traf. nn ot the army and navy A. I ' ailt from the public servant Pbiippmea or I'orto l:i.n :s t, .t Be i in. nor on his country bv the t wh i h he rtiaken that country s t j benefit lo the tieopies who have con tier It. This Is ail that we abo . and we cannot afford to be con', lese." Other Heeommendalloas j Among other recommendatlona wh:. -pre.side.,1 makes are those asking f.-r lalationthat w ill inpnve the coaaular -toe along Linea outlined in biila inrroe at pr-.v .- - ior.s. and h , it is true that the service is now lr. aaatn aft lei I, but a standard of exrell rannol be permanently maintained i I the principles set furth in the bills 1 I Lofore submitted to the congress un subject ate enact it In t -. law." Me believes the time has arrived e tha ii.tti ;t uld tease to be treate I i tne m tier of a tube, but aa an Indivn and recommence ire ..ging up the ti fun i-. putting i stop to the ladbscrin ISO al s p. '.nils-, i. ii I,. ii .,iiti, to bus,, ib- r n. m- nts ami stepping the ration syst, m Ms recommends a..-o .he eatao.l.-hm. : t f aa industrial educational system, and an end tvor toe . mit ige the Indians to bregma cattle r..:-.rs rather than agri. o t i w I -re the Ir landa are ur.sutied t.) tr. Ii 'er He recommends liberal approprlat - - -the taOulalana Put rtfeaas i xpriettlon an I ..n appropriation covering expensee Isen med by the I'harlesten exposition in rem ,' ' governmtnl rxhiblta from the Buffalo expi.- ...n to ;l ;,t at .ar '. ill I Atev'her .-f ht- -e , mmeiniatlani for a pai msnent rensns hut-eau, as It wi ul ' ; .sure t et i er. cheaper and in : a -at .- t I work In the interest of buslneaa. sta. .- ee on oral i and enctai science the POWatBl serrlee no cans attention to the an. writ or ts pn al system and to the fact tba' lh' nual deficit in this department of the g ts eminent service has been reduced to ' i email aum of St,ttt,7Zf. tm, basaya t further be Increased and possibly a sun shown but for ihe fact that many PUl cate ns aire now securing the p. a as second-class mail matter which are ra t entitled to the same under the ton "f tin a he says: "The full measure of pns-al rr' wh i'h might be realised has long I a hampered nnd obstrjotod by tbt W?svy burden Imposed or. the gove- i i through the Intrenched and well stood abusf-s which have grown Is tie.-tion with se. oml-clasa mail i The xtmt of this burden apiwars a Is si.-i'ei that, while the secorul-cla ter n air ne arl three-fifths of th of all the mail, It paid for the la 1 year only f(,2M 11 Sf tbesggrsgstt revenue of rUl.tSl.M. If tie pom of postage, whi' h produces the la-r--thus entailed and which was I ) the congress with the purpose of et ihe dissemination of public reforms were limited to tba legitimate new-; rt and periodicals actually contemplate i ' T the law, no Hist ex.-. ptlon coutd he 1 ' That enpense would be the recognlre l al J accepted cost of a liberal public pell J deliberately adopted for a juti"at e i ng. But mm h of the matter Wnl h I privllrgf'l r.ato is wholly outside of " ll et of the law and has so-in only through an evasion sf oulromen's or through lax conetruetl n. The proportion of auch wrongi n ' matter la estimated by postal Staert be one-half of the whole volume of II class mail If It bs snty one-third or quarter, the msgnitude of the hui l apparent The post office depar-no now unler'aken to remove the a' far as possible by a stricter api 1 of the law, and It ahould ba euBtalned in Its effort." The f hinese niwsewltlea. i tte calls attention to the set s'i t -r settlement of the rhinese difficult es i iici voir ami ibis nation's nait In of he aettiement and says provisions have hex -i made for insnr ng the futuie i i ! of the foreign representatives Of 'promises made by China he says: "The Chinese government has agree partlc pate tlnancislly in the work of he taring the water approaches to Phsng and to Tientsin, the centers of for::a trade In ..rural and norther ('tuna fan international conservancy bsaro I which thi Ch nee governmenf Is ''r, ft pros SB ted, has been provided fOf I J lirnruvimrnf of the Sh.mehal r i ' the control of Its navigation In the ima Ilm of cemmerdal advantaees a revi w of fhs present tariff on Imports has neen assented to for the purpose of tubst. ll iter apeclfic for ad valorem duties, ana espert h is been sent abroad on the in of the I'nlted States to a''st In J work. A Hal of articles to remain free i dutv. including flour, cerenls nt 1 new gold and silver "olr and hul'ton. has aia been Sgre. d upon In the aettiement In conclusion, he mentions the Amer''iitt rongTrrs, tiow in ses'lon it t a Titv of Mes'en. ni d refers to the dtitl 1. Queen V ttorla and the dowager mpr,g of Oeriaani which arenaed the gen um sympathy of ihe peepie of this con whl'li tmpathv was fully re-' re" 'j by the people of both these na'.'ens upon the sasaaainstion at President agTlfaigs't

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