Marshall County Independent, Volume 7, Number 52, Plymouth, Marshall County, 6 December 1901 — Page 6

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Governmental Problems Dwelt On at Length in the Document. URGES Ei'SlLS OF TrIE f.SiRCi:i3TS Czc'sc-cz and His ilk Enemies of tiie Hur.'an Race. THE MERITS OF RECIPROCITY. President Dt-fi n,U the YVrkiiiri of tho lrot-f i o Tariff--Construction of the Nicar.ii;i, in Canal I'rs f, una the LayI o of a ( aliic to Hawaii anil the Pliilito-iiicH Ii tni-s in tlie Irc'nt 31iliti:i I.av - K oniiiioniieJ The Navy. A oo'-rn Koos viU'j 1 -a : "no;- p Cva;-r. of frck' given nt t ::i'o u.:! -v of K nrosoiif at i v s: us t;::.'.i!i,:ty. : '- ::;i. . I: r:. . . nit - i' i! fn . "i" r.i y i a r Oi. ii, ".V "A;:i t!i an l . u ii i r sixtii s. -!ioi .1 :n t:i-- .- of : l-v ., J til. ti, I -I ) i.-j : 1 . t , : t tu - t I;.--!. t .-i t" .:: I.-;., i Fi r--a v V. .... il: ;:t "our; i 1. i I- 4 - . . .. ' : !.!: ' t.-ilTS. ho 1 ami ' V 1 . I h t nt to Aoi r' 1 -i-an a v, 1 .V..re I i.f ;i, 'I , r I ! i 'an f'l-.e--nfi.-.ini .-. -h V. !.: - I:-. 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Tin- .I -uii.h rs ii'.i'ti;.!- -. i'o s-i k t i l ..- ; s , rt toi that o i Ti-; -. in . -. h a -j a n-t anon s.u- t u. fa I t. 1 n m ! th-' -U.O t' ;M i- or ; i v. :i 'i ! re r s r .-ii:.'. na! ' f. t-! t . : is V i i : i on t r. ta-o u- th" for 'his . Ii I; t I. I:o' l,o : Tl.i-!r-h -' tr"ns Mr. .M - J i- th-.-o: t -.e i" U . i ii.. f.J. I',. .. : t. .O rri: s of To of : t iii-p:r, li no y r h ri.-.; i i i:. .-.-.r Miil l : t: : a - -1 1 1 -1 a' ' d. f. hut t -v. i-i-;,;-th.-a la:--i iVj. nis ;;T n h-s. i-ti-1 S' I...UO . iv iv. hi. i f .-p - a'ly is nn ' !.. ri-i:.- th 'u i In- s i :.! -in:, n w i t i rly. in In npn,ian. I.v r. r- - h : -. iiy or :av:l i. i ' .-! S i i- if fa- r ia a Tin-li-'l au w i.-: : a l.i: tl. r Of tv. fa! C" hi. ii i". i ti. r an u:t . -i 1 1 'in' n t I' ;t a ' i -ii- fi-" i-. to in ;: r s a i r'u.'::;.: tu In prr t !.-,.i-fi ! i n:;o i-.ak-beli ro a '.r - o:;f :- t form i n "' r pud. :.t of this 1 1 .- p: ot- - ("a : U -: i inai I: rd I.;--. hill.' I- its in timti ms th. nn to !. 1 a - ion : T- ev t!i Tl a-::st h .: I'.-'v 1. t:i. !; : :- ! : '- ii-'ii.a, aO.l' I 'i s l-v thj ly n fclol, rt li- . To t r.i.ht i.; Voni I .:.-s:.'.fa lixeltnJo I ; v r. r :;.: a 1 to 1 to ti n .ro?-. t:K : t!.1 'ah.S ll.Illl pre i.-tifvi h t.-'y - .vi e . I Vd. of i's w -. r.i c. :i.-:!. r.i'ii - ..f i--i::i. h .-ts i-r s h. .;!.- tn a! th- lourhr of o In . ' ti r i-iilis I ::.'. f -h" ( oi;i rs sU'0::d !) 'i '': ion t li." ,..?.!:;. r.-ou.-, pr -to vi ; iii nu.T those plill-1 a. re uiv ntly .IV.T-S.S. -'iv p jurisi fa! tl.' ' .on , v- r a:: v to 1:1 th I'.. d rt ie k l.s or iii'. unu-. ' or : ay in in w lio by t ie--law is in tin- of siio-cs-i in v. whil.- the punish - .-.-ful a", n-.pt should br eaornoty of the oiTi-t.s..--t.'ut ei o i V s-.' -a f-.r the in, lin-if for an t:ust I r ,p if iom d to tl a-.-ani-' our in-'.ti 'Ai'iui i v is a io a 7i in-,! the whole nviukind s'.ouM land His i r tm- should b.,si Ii lav. ,f tm'h.-i.: f'.TM of tn. HIS'" ! Ii tutiii.n r.o-e r.:;.;.i.-t thand all mar. h..-'. ; - " ; i I'l l ! iill oT ; lira i-ir. I V a 1 tiiai k-IOrt t. th s ia .' 1 1 a - Jfor it is of f.tr 1 1 shout I be s. I-ho k r 1 - lar. d t! ' i'f.-. t .' n-: u!l luv.hz d po.vThe Trust I'mMcm. tr-:i':!.!ot::t ;.: i h.-J-ly mm;,: -x il -I--v I pna-n' wh.-li w.i.f .n -.v:.i li :-:i 1 ;. fl 'v ilia-. i-: tp- hill- r h - n :; -o ,,' h I-, -.:i:rv hi n.'s f; '" "T! o lr-l.;..ir: cv r ali.it; tt : V. . I : In ti'-' Sii!" ci i.a ti." 1, 1.. ' . i.i Ii.- I vi n n.r ,f th-- v:..,';i-:,i. v. rv -( no- -i . il j.n 1 ',:, . 'I ,- , 1 ai d th- i d ; a. ms . I ;. h h.n' alio., u. :..;,- tor . ,f i.-:-.v, v. , n- n.o , uu o J lo "I Ii - -a hi d'.'-t,' l- 4':h:- tin u.nuiat on and f v.. -.;.!,. si: . .- tl.. in-lu-o :: !i hav. v. . n rn.o i-ly i --1 --:-, - 1 e power ef !t:,i:ii..l! 1, tij.-v i'.T" Il ) it re hi i t.t r a i n I ho I rjr'at cornor:i ! f . ,n e n .. lav- not ! ti d :- t. t!.- tamf nor u, i n oile r i'e.-tn:in .:.! : 1 i:ti, hut tu m:"r- I an -'S ;n t:, hn ia s v. -r ! 1 OM-raii:,-.- in o lo r -om: ' ri-s "If is not tru : - 'h-y on- la'e in our oAn ih .1 as tin rn !i hii- eroiva hnve 't-o-..-n p., , i. r. On ti. n !: r t'n pt or üMüiy, !,. v r before has the ji rat". m.i.;. th- wae. -v.:,, . r. Vi.- farmer, th- small italr. b n so rt I! off a-i in this eutniirv and at th-- nr M-tii time. There have ... ;il,t!- -s com. t t-1 rti'M th- ::i ; iii.h:I,,;,ii. i,f wealth; yet it r. riiuuis tin - that a forine- aceuniul .e .1 onl v on ' ond. t ion of ct,nf-rr.n" imi::- :: - i:. i''.-i ta 1 l en fi--, upon oil,, rs. Suc--.-..f.i I c,t. i pris.-. of t'i" type whi-li b n Ti's Jill maiikind. tan mily exist if the cond.f ions are sip ii as to nfi'i r n-ut prizes a:i the levaril.f Sli ess. The i-apiitiiis r industry who have 1riv-ii th ra:!v,ay syst tn.i a i tosh this eontinn:, w!io have built up our cnnnii .-, who hav'-d-vi-h.peil our inaniif.o tun s. hav on th-: V.i.o!- done v:r-at nod to our rx-ople. Without 'in in th- material development of whii h w.' :ire : ju.-My jiroiil eoul 1 in-vir have ta!: -a pla Mer-ovt r, wo sbould r crornie tn. i::t-i. ;::.-- iinp-.r: u t. t ti lbs mal ri tl rj.'ve'optn.ni of Laving as iinhampti.il as is i onipatible with the p"!i c ie. the Mrotrr ai'd f.r'- f.il hk n upon wbcm it,.. stie e.-:s of bn-.iK ss cp. tations inevitably rt:.s. Caution It I'rKeil. "An addition;,) riasoii f r caution In dalIziv w ith orporations is to In- round in the int.f rna'io"; I ei iiimere ; ( -out f it.n m to. Jay. T same bu.-,ii: ss i on l.t ions which have piodn. id the urci' au'irn init.ons of corporate and it. d. vidua I wealth have mab- t Id m very pt lit fa. lor. s in internal lonal omm rrial rompetif ion. America Las only ji :t beuiin to Hs.-ume that -ommaini;;t position in the iiitencitional business world which we believe w.ll i lore and men- b- In rs. It is of the uinio.T importance lhat this positi,n b- uu jonatd d. especially at a time when the o vorllo a i ii 'u ai.u'i'hiit e of our own natnlal resource;, au 1 the -k.ll. business enersv, and meehani...! apt.tudo of our people inak'. ion-inn lu.iihin .-sei, run. I tni r Mii-li n- j u. nous ii va.u.i m- m st unrt ise to cramp or to Mt.r the youthful strength of our Nation. Iis;i?tr to great business entrnises ran never u.iv iM :T. -ts limited to tie- men at the top. t sj.na.ls throughout, and while it is bad for .-.lyholy, it is wirst for th , farth.-st down Tin apitali-tt may be shorn of his luxuri.s: but lie- w :tvr.--wi rKer may be b-privtd ,,j i von bine nei-ssit 'es. "In facing i.t-w ir, dustr'nl i-cn! r..ns. th'hole history of th world shows that b isla' ion will mv, !:! he both nnv.ie m,. mefTpetive iinl.-. mi l. riak n nft. ri iihn itt- i-ry and with s..b. r s l;-r -Mtaint. Min i: of ti,-. le-islation dim ud at the trusts would h.-iv been C-X'-' d.naly misc h cvtoi? had it not also been rn'iitly in rteetive. In d -alin w r h business mt. r. s's, for tho govt mm nt to e id rtake by cruh; und l!l- ons l -r 1 b ;;islation to d what may turn out to be bad, would be fo in.-ur the rok of su.-h far-ti-a hin! npti.mal l.sast r that it would be preferable ti un tertake nothing at all. ""All this is true; and yet it Is aim true that theie are rial and j-rave evils, one of the thief beim; ov r- apilali.ation be cause of its many bal fnl const 'tieiices; and a r solute and praeti.al effort must be iuut; to correct these. evila (jovernment Supervision. "It Li no limitation upon property rl'ht.i or freedom of r-ontraet to reeiiro that wlnn men receive from Rovtrnment the privilege of doing businoss under corporate form, which frees them from individual responsibility.

vi I.. t!i. f ill into ttu'T ntt-rprisos ti:.'.!.i. liiov si. all !'i so 1 I t! t 1) Ii I pi .- ti'iit inijs to tin vr.po.c is to ol th- pieiiltv on which th" tiipi-t-ii. .- , .1. ( "i 1 1- r- t n-i.s ;: -a - t"l tal ! .; -.:n::oive ;h.,:id no p-. ul.tr-1 :i ro foiMi.J to f. r, : li. oiis workt ho I'U.1, Ii.- it:.;t;r. I: .should It- ;.s if tiny in; to iniieb t! hot tort.-,! a::ii t tle-s, who seek for seevl i:t lo r .1 tie bl! lit .-s w old ! ef 1 the i-ntito !-.! ' .'l--.tt l-ITTii r icritsn 3 of can irr.-.; .i - to r; t .!ith- of i ri;::i ct v.i-i intions ( i -t only I and saf.vuar .1 l. is th'-i'-.i'iv our v. thnt they work in 1 tutions. l at!: o ear ii j'h .ii -1 i i : : in hi v !:iy with mils ;in.l .::' to ti.o.io nv Publicity löntiiiit "Tho flf.st C.-VCIltill ill 1 doiil v !t!i i h- sr. at .u!-s is kt't'v, 1, '.'ic of t'io hi, s inter, s, o!" lh pu'. I . the i';iv the r'vht to i;i-j"-o for Trust. I -toi tnii:'.ii how to r-.'r.al i o.iii.: a'toii:". ;ii:hI.oity. In th i v -rn :r.-i: t r i-on Iii I iivl i ai:iii!o tl wori.in ; s ii; ill intiTsf stiro r. n-. dy i"ii! r r :-!' ircvi ! I, 1!'.. only N .!: ohta-'nil. !-y t'lo v l . Ilo.-S !, w. ir;-or.ithhi I'.:-! . ity ionuj'-' 1 I'Mnh'i : .1 . .- ! f is ?!.. ii Iy i.ko. W h it :..i ii . . V I ! i. ! in i !:. way of i r t a a ! ion. ouu n.l'.hoit v I.;..-; ! oi-ii :.ln! : I a, ! in i, rr-p.-. r i . ; int in t i our .o i r. t r "Ii i i' is i. ; h -kuo-.h .Ijio lo tii- '.vni hi. .-. i or,!' i . ion-s ü r.-l ...i-oris. h j.on.lim; I 'u r ovis'i :.r.' ; r . t io -r.i..-r :)- ot :- :ic':.: know .! ;-. wiim-'i rt. iy 'Ariifi-'-i! join l tc upon ,,:-,y s: I-i ivili--jo. t rnin.-r.t.- l in!"rrnin:;rn ina 1.- .:;' 1 i:;. :i :. I t;l I-.-,: a M : i. . i in r - .!":' l v iu'. f !ioi.i.! ho r is'i n, ai ii a.- To I'i ur (;. f..-?;u! -riv nr ro i all a-i I ao.-ui-.ro :tio,:x ; uia l i'i:;l hie in-rr VI i il i- i ' rj'i i .:; ii n: . ( lorly i .1 i . ' - ." a I w : ' s r.o'li:-, very :.- th.y a-.-ef uaii' -r: :- tri'sts, fhr.U'-h !o l.tlr.:!!:-.-..- i'l liit-t I u in -is im oi M-rriH 1. ity in th" s':: i :i ll'.cil in many star s. in tiu- M::t O. t. ! Win r'n To is u' I. r la U i law- n';o-M t-;- in: i. ! as u.i s!p'. i'.i s nay e.v r t!.o r ai : jut!-sil Io tn ; sti'T iii lii ii. whole !'!;'. tot ii r e- '..-.:, in;; it. : i's- ii', vi.- on r ' 1 ii I'M lUS-VO Hit i -t in or l:ev -r u it has in ;va T ml -..e;i:o r. - ;i. e pi ovi . miiia; n thr.-ii'i r i t o. i t -i- ;..t ro M of tho !-;;oii ', wuhollt in. tinI.. ::1 .: Nat:..:, I.OV 1 el I . S 111 t .'." i f s.i;u :- rj'oi.u ions i :Ji'-. ' rivt s a .;. i -no oi ., ' iil .!: !.I h ; in .. ino i v. r in'.--u i r 1 Oi l ".' "ion x t 'Oil ; -' ! . , tho i'l-i. : . .. i: (1: ' i: -: o.V i . a-: a. i .n' tru-- v. V I i r .-'.!' o -" in ill.. Ina : w l suni : v: l' 1 1 -. i i ; " i : - - In la' :t. a - I o .-. pi !.! i .:-:t I u U I:t oi r;ni.ii .(') y i'.;.. .N.'.itii :al 1 ".I so fa'- a , is m . ti-." -lii'i iv.o. . ; - .- 1 -v. r tin -i e a s -t- :: '.i.e .-;,.o.n:. etts, !.'- e :: ! ni i .- -u;.-. hv in o r i.1 a hi v.' ; la.-io-l whi-'i w I e'f : itin si a lite if ... s th. n a lue a I o Ii... r i. :n.-i:t to i , ovo ni !;. uiul : aiiio-1 throu.ii iitt ! Iii ii hy :in !:.--;- ami .'s' r . . " i n of th-- Inn t -1,. ln.v. 'i r. the j id. s is t'; it it la-ks tiuto pass s'ii !i an :i-:. am- :u1-i-.eiit IiouH "v. :- 'i.i.inn-! .-- A ' . u' 'f ii' - ("enure:ooi -T it 1 1 ;'ial Iva r ti: i a ei t'sTittitiot.al sill tri led to .-f ufer tho powtr. "Tin r fhenid he ero.iti.l a ("abip.t-t oiToe-. to h. known as Seeiotaty of ('ur.iiiii-rci. and In Iu-tr:es. as prov..hl in t'n- h.II in. rtnle o I a; tho last s. ss -n cf the t Vro.n-ss. It shnui-l a" his pi-iivii'tc to do;: I w ith otr.ineroi- in its hma-h .-t si-uso i:: ol'i.l.:: i; atnon-; many nthrr tint -:s wh.-tov r i mh i i'iis lao- r a:, I all tiui"t .-r-i jiff.. inu the crcit l us.n.ss ei iuv. ulioa.i and our luen iiant marine. Ifst rit-t toii on I mini" ration. "Wuli tli1 solo ( x rntio:i of th" 1'irüVor-": in', ris.. i n ono matter is of s-iii-ii vital inoini tit in err w lrne j--opi" as tin- wi-liare of ti'" wauo-v( r!:. rs. If tho farm, r anl tho w a 'i -. i. i la T are well elf. it is ahsoh't. Iy I. a ii that all otln rs will ho wM mi'. :.. It is lii'id.-iv a matter for in-arty e. -i jraMilat mi that on the whole wa.es a.v hitle r to-uay in tl." I't-iioil States that; v. r before in our I:is: ry. a-d far Irvln r than in any ,h-. r oi:n:ry. The s.atid;Ml of hvni is also li.-'in r than iver before. Mvery effort of le-i.-laior ;-n! adaiursi rator h-."..)d ho brut :. t ai-p.-nuaii. n y of this Its illiprnvetlloilt V.h: ootid. tinn of ii-vi r possithi.isis and 1.1 I y :'0 ill Net only must our labor be protect t d tin- I a riff, tut it should ais-i be plotetio.l far a.-i it is pns.-".llo fn.ni tin' prt sjnoe iti ! country of ai.y lahoitts brought over by .-ntraii. or of those who. (omo; frer-Iv. of r-pr. s nt a s'andard f I.vin.; so depressed that th.y can undersell our m-n in tin- labor market and them to a lower level. 1 r.-uTl it as n-essary. with, th s in! in vi".'. to r.---i,a-t imnio liately th.e la .v -xe Kol in.' t i.ju.-.e Jal-orers u: to Ucntlin it vdicn v. r ne.- s.--ji y in order to make its nferecn. :.t ntirely efl" i-tive. ; ; far as si. able undor the eor.d lions of sovc t ntiie-1. wink, provish ii should bo Pia 1.- to rt n ! r the enforc: im nt of tlio eiuhrl.our law easy and certain. In all iadastr.ts enrr'td i i din-elly or in l rectly for the I it. ted Staus iioverniin-nt women and eliillir -n rhoul-1 be prott eie l fn :n excess. w hours ,f ia'n.r, from ii'sht wirk, iii.i froin v.n i i; und r unsanitary eon-lit'ors. 'The ino.-f v.tal probb ni v,v:i!i wbn ii th'.? eruiiTV. and f r llliit lilitlVr the whole e.Vil . Las to deal, is the problem which ba-i for one s do the l- ttt rtneiit of sni .;..1 t.n 1 tions. moral and piiy.si ;: t, in linvf i ts. and f r r a-iothr sid.1 the flort to deal with the t in'.! - of fi'.r-rr:"iiiiii; iu"st:o:is wh h we eia.-ip tosetln r when we sp ;1; of 'i.ifn r.' ';y tr:at j-'ood has b en ionl will 1 ai i eTi-T lis'o-1 by associations er unions of v. a'.--v. rk. i s. Win n manage I wi-ii forothoiiuh. and when tiny eombino ins-sten-e Li-aii th'r own rights with l;iw-bid.n r--j-d-'-et for me r.hts of ot!i"rs. The d splay of tln -e juahties in such bod es is a duty tn the Nation no less than tj tin- asso 'aliens iirnIves. Finally, there must aiso in many i asi s be .-..tin ly I lie ov rntii.-nt in order to safenard tin- rights and 1111 re.sts of all. I Uder our ("ori.stittuion tin re is nraeli more scope f,r such ftion by the state and th" municipality than by the Nation, lt.it on points such as those toUi-h-l on above the National vovt-i nnn i can ait. ur present immigration l.r.vs are ursa'isfaetory. V.'e tn 1 cvi ry honest and 111 c i Iii it. imiran fiifed to b-ci-nie an American citizen, every irum'jirant who -om-s here to i-'ay, w h.o I rinss In r.- a Stroits; body, a 'tout heart, a d h'-ad. and a resolute purI ore to do h:s lt:'y well in ovi ry way and to I riu-; up his children a i law-abiding and - 1 - f i-i ii u in rubers of l In community. IJut there should J a comprehensive law i-nai-t- ( I with tin- oj-er i, reft iru. I: o rn-tit ovi r ,rir pnsiTit a ilit i "iol t iinsystem. First. .e should an to --Iude ab.--.iiitolv not only a d p-iv-ons wao are kinr.il. to re l lit vor iiiiiir iii-,1 i" p: itnuph s o;- ineinl.1 rs of in ::t- ; --:.i.-,- sot-.i r n s. mil aiso ail t." rson.-t w no ar- .f a low n:oi::i t on'i.-i.-v or f unsa v.r;1. j-'liaU' li. Tii.s li.' an.-! that we should reel I ,i he.n Ihopi'.'-li sy:-ii ;n of in.ijii etiu'i i.'-r.-.td anil a more rii;il syt. r.t of i-:..,i:n at.'ii at our it.itni.rati.il ports. the immer I - -p-.a II. : si.ary. 1 he sei i.'i oi j. it tr a propi r imiiii-rr.i ti. n law ai'.at to he to sicore by il c-'r:-iUl and not tne:ey p. ri'nr.-t-ry t ihica i iona I to-l sr.me inn I! -ent a;-:i-ity to s'jpn-ciate Ameri' ; it in'ltutions ami ael sanely as Ai:'fi :- .n itiatis. This woiiM lint k'- out all ii aar hss. fir many of thein l -loim to th" ii.'.t iitt.'-tit r,iiimi lass. Hut it would hi w. ..t is a Io n poin'. that is. to"d to dei r ;,.- tie i:uin f i'ii'-ra n- . so potent in prtd'K-iiiK "n- ny, si.stechiti, malii-'nant I j nssion, anl hatnd of ordi r, out of wheh iMiin . hiftic sent inn nt inevitaldy spr;nsrs. l-'inaUv. all p. i sous should b- -. I nd cl wh-i are I low a ir'a.u standard of conoiuic fitloss to cd r our irnlust rial ti-!l as competitors with American lalmr. There should lc proper iiroiif of personal capacity to earn an Ann r Van living and eummh money lo inrur.' a decent start under Annri'-iiii eond:tions. This woiii'l slop the influx of -h-np lat.or. and tie- I -.,:i II :im coii'in-tition wbl-l utvos rise to so mil' It of bittern -ss hi Atnerilan tudustrisd lifo, aril it won! 1 dry up the s-riir.'s of the pestilential social condition-; in our sreat cti s. where anarchistic orsaniui'ions have Ifn ;r Kfeatct pos.nbil.ty of e,roV. Hi. netlon of ICcclprodty. "Tin r- is K-ii-ral a-quiei.en-e in our pres- !:! Inl iff system ha a natioual polity. The first ro.iiis.te to our prospi rily la the runtniuity and stability of this eeoiioiuie polity. aoIIiiuk could he more iinwiao than to d.sturb th business inf-rsls of the country by any j.o-in ral tariif cba'm at this fine, llonhl. appreln iisinn, unci riüiiity are xai ily what v. wish to avoid in Ih" interest of our ooni-iner'-ial anl mal rial well l in. Our i-xperi-ii-- in the p;ist has shown that sweeping r visions of the tariff are apt to produ -u unlit !ons elosi ly apiroaehing pnnie in the business world. YVt it Is not only possible, but iiiini ill ly d' .urahle. to combine with the f t ibibty of ur noniie sysh-ni a supplementary system of n-oiprocal beii-flt and obligation with other nations. Sudi reciproci'y is an ine.ib-nt ami result of the Mini estab-l.shi'M-nl and preset vat ion of our present economic pole-y. It was t-pceially provided for in th" pr-s-nt tariff law. "Our first liil Is lo see lhat the protection rrnnteil by th tariff in every ase where it is ti--l -d is maintained, and that reciprocity be sought for so far as it tail safely be done without injury to our home 1ml istrics. .Just bow far this is must be d-termi n-d aceordini? to tin- in.livi liial case, rem inhoriiis silwuiys that every application f our tariff olicy to meet Mir shilihig national noctis must be conditioned upon tin- cardinal fact that the dutx-s lilll .t li -vcr be ictluie.l below the point lhat will oer the di lf i n - botw u th" labor tt.s. In te and it! Triad. The well-loint; r th- wai-.- wiirliiT ia a prime consideration of Mir -riiir- pdi-y f economb- lejiislai ion. "Siibj--t to llhs proviso of the ripor prot'ttion m i s.aiy to our imlustri.il well-bidng at home, the principle of r'ciprocity must (ommand our hearty support. Tin- pheiioiii'hal growth d our rxpott. trau" r inpna.-nz.'s the uruo'iK-y of the n- I for wider inarki ts and for a i.hcral policy in doalin with foreign nations. Whatever in merely petty and v.. ntioiin in the umv of trade restrictions should be avold -d. The customers to whom J we dispone f our surplus products In the loir.? inn, tlin-elly or indirectly, purchase l litis., surplus proil lets by sivint; us somethin; in return. Their ability to purchase our proIuots should as far ua possible bo r,ei-ftrl by mi anaimiiiK our tariff us ti ennlile '.ii tt take from them those products which we ran use without harm to Mir own Indintrl' H and labor, or the use of wulcb. will b- of marked bli'--flt to us. "Wo bav now reaeln'd the point In the development of our Interests where we are not only ubbj to supply our own market

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!-o. h d lor the jii: r. e of l-r.iti ti.i'l. r in ;:. i whore tho article is im j r.. la,- I li. iv ami th 1 o VOIllll !uty is no as civilis; us for vhut v, i I v I" I... eo-s.-1 y : Ir.'is' to i'ü'i r i i Tin? t or I... I r---v. h'i ii :.rc so d---protnoti 1 v i n o:;. !::hi.:o for v ! 1. :. .. .. : . i. ..i . . i..' o.i ii n oi in r Hit: a i i.ira: l- will t:at.:r tl!y ; lilT'C tllUS 1.111!;- .-.i' . "Tho luilitial l:i:o if 1 i 1 oy i o; j.roi ;ty v. cur ill Vo I Iinfi r nt i-.f : 1 u -It it l.-i liO h:'!J- .. ,.,. , I .v-'.s. in . Ht llics' of our 11 oil U' I ii-'is v.n: r rt-.uif ,,f tl.- m.-.,.. it . to ::iMi. t !i i in ti;...u a .-o-i-nl Willi tiioso oi o is wn.ro iia::::-;.l or i f n ot:i mi - rati: tm i : .n li ,f s.ii-.-. u . ,i: '"I ;.: !v ttio ait nt . n o1' t r. oi ro. ity trout !.-, laid l. f. tl. L-.sjor. tin:- lu. s v o aro ! tit:. oi. . i n.iio ! v n.l O ti i:.y . Hi. l-i .- . i t I y Our 'Ier!iint 'J.iritto, ' t li' oi ml mnriro is s rn u loll of l!:o V. 1,., as to i : t: . as a 'a i-. i'i! I-o l!.:-t oi i .;i i'il' I -on tl : liniaI lo-n liial ;i(t1(.t. i ti Ö ia! o io ii i ('a.-'ut in.Tino . i in i -:..; ar mhi to ov t fi ii in o; '".A im ri -.in sh ills: !uiii:,i."s v. tho sir;. I.:;..; of :. I: is at our in i'!v:;i.lv, M o I, w h " IO! has r :i in -s. i ;.o:i rr it -iiit- n v, i: !-. . Many oi ,1 sp.- il i f (Ii. ,1. an I I sioar.n r : i l'-u i !.. ,i ,o. fi r. ;. i ii::.I i on : 1 1- .- s'l'lh: sp -. tlio foil! all ail ia.-i ii : '.et n 1 in our sh';o. :;r..o ". n si i a .11- n I i s i r a hi o. ;i s. sii'hi.i; vi - oarrii rs of sh: rt Sp . J ;m J III. I I i ai r. i ' s i i Ji.uh I U I thai Iho oi i-.-ii a u sa o-; is sr. a!. I. :-M ha-..- t fleet th" of h-.ri.l.ut; Ann r- -is t In- i .-i-i al.ro;, J ii r 1 1 ai. 1 u- li t th.- waA in- rn a n ot'o rs an 1 !l " .in r ' :ia i. i h ,s. p i il 'i of for. -"An . ii:poritir t;.;iih.r.l of livili--i'i -r io ih" st a tola rl o: oir ei iirt.oro'.al rivals. ann n an very l 1 1. i ..0 I S ali ! Si iiin. - i ount r o on i.ui ,.n liVT" . :mm1 tha' t ;-! i f.-'r nn lit- ships of ;r ."torn ;".s w-il im ily i : n nn ii-hant tie- i.-.ini. Tho A. t of Coll.oi:,ry f,i rn , y -i mj f o . a "t h I !: ' in l.-arm-- ; ull t: ., sinn aot.on ... Tin- Aim i ho lostor.-.l to y-.-r-h II. siahh-li - l: iul.il 1111si a mi l r.i i lo-i'i rt i !: witii us. i". 1 i ion -. 1 s in 1 ', t.11 t'.o v -nn! fo nut. ma n at a ic.r iv a I! I o'ti'.s ,- pna-ov m, i! i:m i:i n !5a- I.iu sli.-wu to ho tint-. 5y a---l il-e I :' . O of o'.!t J.I Vi I I- . cat h.-IO 'torm s r.uifKet. wlnn . i n .. 1 1 1 with tl IT. ea f simiiiir rl jj ;iii, i.-.n. ,t ,v nth na '-us. i-- a il.i't.vi,.; trihui.- to our puM : . ii. on-Jit 1..11 it is. nii:: ntlv i! -i: ai:'.- i "In Law ! x- ro f T.;:t.uin.ia 11. eanv le-ooels th- N'.-itionnl K-n-ki-." furnish.--- !-i.;li.-i.-nt h! riy i" r Hi.- proper so of t'n- la ikn; luni-lion hilt III. To s to fi.. n , J f li.-in r s:ii, uii; r!s au.' " -i . ivru'iiiu in, '.in n. o .f , omtin n ial oris, -; II." a -:d i ; th io th u.ii aio :al p-f i oiin- ry d- man !s ive. . -. "-I. -.-i,OlllI Io m our di iv i ho i nn II' i'h le-pi: r.i'.-iio trade ii. y is: vand n d ict ion of Kevi-mie(. 'The ellecfens from duties on impirts and !:'?et:.al taxes tontii-uo to exceed (he ord:rary expt ; diti::, . The utmost euro should he ink.-n not to r l-.n-e the revenues so thai ihre will he any possibility i f a deficit; but. aller prev.din.; asalns: anv si h continsencv. means should he .-tl ipto I which will bring the revenues nn-re noariy within the limit of our aetnal needs. "I call spicia! nMert:on tr the need of strict eceio niy iu xpet-d tun s. The fa.-t that our t iiiion.il need- ft ri-id us to h nis-ardly in pfovid.i'g v. h.-tev-r is aeitially necessary to our w eii-h inii. should nv.'.-e lis doubly careful to husband ur national resources, as ti'oh ef us bus'. in d., his private renm-os, bv scrupulous avoii!a :'-e ef anything lik" wasieful or reckless epntiiti:n. Ke'iibit ion of Kailroads. In iNn? a measure was enaot-1 for the ros illation of i::t rsta'e railways, coniinonlv km wn as the Interstate (' intnon-e Act. Th'caid nal provisions of that act were that ra.Iwry rates should be just and reasonabl and that all shippeis. localities, and eommjd.ties should he accorded equal treatment. A i Mirnissimi w as c;-t atod ami end-awed with what were supposed to be the necissary powers To execute t" provisions ef this act. "That liw xvas largely an experiment. I-.-P"r dice has shown the wisdom of it-- purposes, but has also shown, possibly that sunn t f its r'iJireme:its are wroog, certainly that the means devised for the enforcement of its provisions are dtfettive. "The act should be amended. The railway is it public servant. Its r ites should be just to and open to all shippers alike. The sov-r,i:-:etit should s v to it that within its jurisd'tt'onthis is so i i.d should provide a speedy, inexpensive, ami effective remedy to that end. At the same time it must not be forgotten thai our railways ar" the arteries through which t'i" cuiiinii r"i.l I fet.let.-.l of this nation flows. Nothing could be more foolish than the cn-iK-tipeiit (if legislation which would unnecessarily irterf-.-re with tin- ttov lopmetit and operation of these eemmt reial agencies. Tinsubject is one ef creat importance and calls for the earnest attention of the Consress. The nn-s-ae points out the value of the American fe rests and the' necessity for their conservation, aud urges tho construction and maintenance of reservoirs and irriatins systems for the reclamation of the arid land cf the West. Of th" water rights it says: "In the ;:rd statos the only risht l.i water which should be reeomiii d is that of use. In irrigation this right should attach to the laial recluim d am! he Ins parable t lien from. Oruating p rpetual water rishts to others than users, without compensation to the pubbe, is open lo all the objections which apply to giving away perpetual franchises to tilt- public utihtMS of cities. A few of the Wesfrn stat-s have already recognizrd this and have incorporated in their constitution the doctrine of pi rpetual state ownership of water. "Our aim should be not simply to reclaim the largest area of la:id and provide homes fi r the largest numbi r of people, but to crcat.? for this new industry the best possible boi-ial and industrial coinlaions; anil this requires that we not only understand tin existing .situation, but avail urselves of the best xp r'.ence of the time in the solution of its problems. A careful study should be made, both by the mit ion and the states, of th' irigation laws and conditions here' and abn.ad. I'ltimat. ly it will probably ! necessary for tin- nation t: eo-opTate with th.e several ar I stat'-s in proportion as th-so states by their legislation and administratlo'. show tlu iiiseUes lit to receive it. Development of Ilaivuii. "I'l Hawaii our aim must be to develop tin territory on the traditional American lines. We h not wiidi a re-.iiiii of laivc -ities tilled by ( Im.p lab r; we wtsli a healthy American t oniiuuintv id' men who themselves t'l! the farms they own. Ail our legislation for tha islands should h- shaped with this end ii. view; the well-being ef th.e average hoiuemakir liitisl tiho'.d the true test cf the In aUh.y 1 -veh-i e et cf tin' islands. Villain! po.li.-y should as nearly as possible bo j pit dob 1 in Mir homestead system. "It is :i pleasure to say tint it is hardly mote neces. ary to report as to Porto lt.co than as to any ttat" or territory within our on tint Mal limits. The island is thriving as i-i-vi r b fori1, and it is being administered eminently and honestly. Its people are now njcying liberty nml erd r under the protection of the Fnit.'d Slates, and upon tips fact w' congratulate them and ourselves. Their material welfare must be as carefully and jealously cons;dered as the welfare cf any ,thcr portion -f our country. We hav S" von them the great g ft of free access for their products to tin- markets of th United Stuh'S. I ask tho attention of tho Congress to the m-d of legislation concerning the public lands of I'orlo K.i-o. l'msw In Cuha. "In Cuba such progress has been made toward putting the ind-. pendent government of the island upon a firm footing that b-fore the present session of the Congn-ss clones this will be an accomplished fact. Cuba will then start as h-r own mistress: and to the beautiful Queen of the Antilles, as she unfolds this new page "f her d.'stiny, we extend our hearth st gre-tinTs and Rood wishes. Klsewlure I have liscusse! the question of reciprocity. In the case cf Cuba, however, there are weighty reasons of morality and of national int-rest why the tedi-y should be held to have a peon bar application, and I most earm-stly ask your attention to the wisdom, indenl to the vital need, of providing for a substantial reduction in the tariff duties on Cuban imports into the United States. Cuba has in her constitution af!irm'd what we de-sin-d. that she should stand, in international matters, in closer and more friendly relations with us than with any other power; and we iiri' bou ml by every consideration of honor and exp'dieney to pass commercial meisur-s hi the interest of hT material well-being. The Philippine Problem. "In the Philippines our problem Is larger. They are very rich tropical islands, inhabit d by many varying trib-s, representing wid ly ditf'i-tit stages of progress toward civilization. Our arnest etfort is to lu dp tlH-se people upward along the stony and d;ffieult path that leads to self-government. We hpo to make our administration of the islands honorable to our nation by making it of the highest her. fit to the Filipinos theni-M-lvfs; ami as nn earnest of what we intnl tn do, we point to what we have done. Already a greater measure of material prosp rity and of governmental lioimsty and tllk-l-eticy has been attain d in the Philippines Ihan ever b'fire in their history. "In dealing with the Philippine people we must show both patience and strength, forUaranic ami steadfast resolution. t)ur aim is high. We do not ibtsire In do for tne islanders merely what has Ist where been done for Ironic peopb s by even the lu st foreign K)vernm-nts. W hope tn do for tln-ni wlrit Ins never b fore been done for any people of the tr.pi-s - ti inaKe tli-lii lit for h-lf-governtt. tit after the fashion of the H ally free nations. "To have the elands at this time would mean that they would fall into n welter of tnunb-mus anarchy. Such ib-sertloti of duty on our part would be a rime against humanity. Tin character d 0v inor Taft and of his associates ami subordinates Is a proof, if Ktnli he n-'liI, of the sincerity of our effort to give the Islanders a constantly lnrrciislni; incaRtire of df-goveniment, exactly as fast as they uhow themselves fit to exercise It. Sluco tho civil government was es-

an I'.-:; If. it ha- l-.n ma-l - with any t- f.-r a -o to o.ois..! r1 1 1 . 1 1 int! :;;.-., in aoi;';: i ! : .-i t.f tin- i.:an tin.- .n-i ;!. t ; T ro I a i 1 lhhv a' a I .M.rai i in tin I ! -I h n . t" i r i ; II :o w iio h si iuils uf j-or-: moot. .1 - i.los st:i..ils iio-nt lo i,. st. 11 h nl lnno o. ;! - : . ! : ao t:.-- hi ! i v ...1 1. Ilnoouit. to ta.-so inur: i t ; - :, a-i o-.i oil I": I 11 ' '1." vs V. i;.-l! W o turns t i t!o ri i f c r iii'l.t on tV.o S..1H.til" Iii.i all - ii, ' an war.-. A.; piA-.tr Ii r ti tiko tin-'irji'n.o-t :.i r. o:,o a- 1 t!i--"Tl o t;;,.. h Ml-Vt.-n.-il h u w v. ill I Iii n.o ! ! : ti" '. fi-Ol-W III. vorvt .iinsi in our . is' J .- i . f v.-o a - with tit" .(.!. .!" the i.u. urI' io w in n i;: - -ho-ihl ho Philipo:;.. r,.- i !:,:..:.-; t .iterpr.s-.;. much ;.s ;:! d .vl th.;? t:,.s hit i. an i for thin I, oi'.- 1, iiid-n-Tud lit tieOl i I" il d t - mi' s I.: a .-, to.- -n"an I . limn- I t : th thvi 1 . tl- I N". hing w.x.I ! h -T Wo" r t' !t it li row .T M. I V .-'' ss .-'a--:. ! pa- -. h !i th" i-.-oe-.es i i i i : tha- f-a: . : -'- i ; an 1 - t :u t'i- in. ; I i v. oi tiio ii't-i-.ni:--, Vii'd. "I ' ;.'! yo-:r ::!' r v i us ! ,-..! f a I Ii i i : I J'' la s. ',: I e il-P'ii.-., i-i p.-ii.r. d f r a day l-n -t ruction of i- h o. v, i :i:;s of li I 't ! Iii.--.t b. i.a n of ar-o-t'v -1: ro years i ISi!-.... i : . . -. . a oi . pa n . ' .- C I I,. 1 ; , bi.Mii. UI . Tl ! ; hh I o.-il ' iu A r t!;;r; a i . i a-i-,. I'. : i lo to I I ;i" Ü," .ilnot '-ii - i , a I in t im I f: -a. V. -l n.u'd the . n .1.. s -' ; It Int d i.ia. id. d pol. Ileal t ot i:;-r Iv I : ei at.d nnht: ry i ..i,:.;d. li-thi r th" I'.e-s provid" f.,r th- o i::.-!-t .:h!-.. eh . f.. r:. .-1 ul-l immediately o, t.f a uiivrii,ii :. '). nt should ..a:il 1: I ,. a ; udv 'in. : be mail.' I y v. hi. h bio .ii" i u i : -r I ; in a s- . r s. cur. d to t ii :iv. t nn a plUVato cald" eoiiipan. i i-.n-s- lo those e..l I" may ln contract v.uth nt i , ir.cco.1) ioi ihIs '"No sin.'.b- y '" .it i! re.ni s to be u. . !";-!. i; r:i -ri. Il C'in.il. at. ; i., work whit h rei i, thiAu -o.. Au eo; : t .. ov t 1:5 r.e-n p.t'pl" th" IstUmus laa. Whil' : ps (io mo-1. i. d tic s-lif i f SUeh co-is".. ::.-: as tha build". v. I i oniiei t ;is .No . t i ils I c;n hi el'. ii a t h, d u i, on t ho I the c.i na I a d So:"' v. o.lJ p- , i. if. i-h:i.. :: d South A'.ir.nHi', ally 1,, ia It i.' o I" phal ii-.tlly a w u'k ui it w oil-i ah-. i s. It is cmit is fi r t'; lS'ti and s one of ti t IVt'nil i l intt r - t. ,oi:..l.-;e i.-e gr at a ui.di r.1 which it assets t I I tie t i: t i re i i n as :ii,.:i as j is '.. iiy 1 1 -. it II -!' lake v. . ih j two, Vs !' 'toe a -a hen Ion.- ci' onlv peruana iii tin- !..;l:i il'.-. I. a : I "i.i I il.t i. its 1 1 u '. : i e i ; , t s to its i o n : ; r 1 1 Is. but stai.divo abilitv. I a;n rh.d lo ',.' able to aanoil n-e to van that our ti.-nti:it-i;is on this subject with 'Ir-. it liril iin. lof-duit'tl on both sales in a spir',1 tit fi'iei.tlliiioss i'lid mutual e.c.od will and respt'ci. have nsnl'td in toy being able to lay bi for.- t'n- S -i.tto a tr.-aty wir h if ratified will enable us to begin preparat ;o:-s for an Isthmian canal at any linn-, and whi.-h guarantees to th:-; nation every r ght that it iias ever asked in connection with the eiinal. lu this tnaty. the old CI ivto i-I'.ul-v.i i treaty, so Ions r-'-gnizetl as inadoqttate to supply tiio base for the construction and maintenance f a n-e ssanly Americ.in ship canal, is ahreuati d. It spccihoally provid-s that the Unit d States alone shall do the work ;f bu'hlins and assume the responsibility of saf.'vnat dins tie aiiiil and shall regulato ils neutral use by all nations on terms of i quality withi'ot tin- guaranty or interference ef :iiy outside nation freni any quarter. The si--uel treaty will at once be laid before tin Senate, and if approved the Congress tati then proi t cd tn give effect to the advantasts it seer. res us by providing for the buihl'iig oi the canal. "The true end cf every errat and free people should be self-respei tii.g peace; and tills nation most arnestly dosiros sin. re and cordial fr.erd. hip with s.'.I others. Over the entire werid. ef recent jvars. wars between the grat civilized powt rs have b come Jess and less frequent. Wars with barbarous or s:ni-barb::rous peoples et, me in an entirely difiVnnt t atsiry. being n t n Iy a most regrettable but necessary international police duty which must bo performed for the sake ,f the welfare of mankind, rente can only be kept with -ertainty where both sides wish to l-o-p it; but inii'.' a::d more the civilized peoples are r.alizin.s th wi'-ked folly of war and ar attaining that condition .-f just and intelligent regard for the rights of others which will in the end. as we hope and believe, make world-wiil" pence possible. The pr-.ice covfereiice at The llag ie gave definite expression to this lo pe and belief and markid a stride toward their attainment. The Mtnroe Doctrine. "This same j- ace conference aeq-.iiesred in our statement of the Mot-roe dm-trine as compatible with the purposes and aims of the conf; rein e. " The Monro' do trine should be the cardinal f'ature f the f.r ign policy of all the nations of tb two Ann r -as. j.s it is .f the United States. The doctrine is a d".-lara-tion that tht to must he no territorial agsrand z nient by any non-Ann r'can power at th- expense of any Ann r: ;:-i pow -r on American soil. It is in no wise intciid 'd as hostile to any nation in tiie old world, .still less is it intended to sive covi r to any assression by one now world power at tho expense of aiiy other. It is simply a step, mid a long step, toward assuring th" universal peace oi the world by s curing the possibility of permanent po:i-e on this hemisph ro. "This doctrine has no' hing to do with the comnn-reial rt latioi-s t;f any American power, save that it in truth allows each of them to form such as it d"s res. In otlnr words, it is really a guaranty of the commercial independt tu e of the Americas. We lo not ask under this dot trine for any exclusive commercial dealings with any other American state. We do not guarantee any stat" against punishment if it misotMiduets itst.-if. provided that punishment does not take the form cf the acquisition of territory by any noil-A mer i a n power. "Our attitude in Culn is a sufficient guaranty if our own good faith. We have not the sbghtest J -sit e t secure any t rritory at the exp'-nso of any of our neighbors. We wish to work with them bund in hand, so that e'l of us mav he uplifted tegi'ther. and we rcjtite ever the good fortune of any ;f tiioiti. w- giadly had their material prosperity arid political st ihiiity, and are eoneeraed anil alariueo if anv of them fall into inlustr;;':l or pol't'-al chaos. We do not visli to .- any old world military power grow u; on this eoatim tit. or to be coaipolh-d to become a mi'itary power ourselves. The peej les of tho Americas can prosper best if b it to work our their own salvation in their own way. Powerful Xuvy t'rgel. "Th work f upbuildhig tin- navy must be :.tadly oi't.nin d. Winner vo desire it or not, we i.'.u-t hen: ofet til n-i oRiiiiCi- that we have iiiteruiif lonal dutits no less than inti-r-natioiml rigiits. i-ivcti if our Hag were hauled down in the I'ii'.lippitu ? ami Port Rico, even if no d --ib ti not to build the Isthmian canal, we shnuid ln-od a thoroughly trained navy of adequate si'te, or else he prepared definitely and for all time to abandon the idea that our nation is among those whose sons go down to the sea in ships. Unless our commerce is always to be tarried in foreisn bottoms, xv.' must have war craft to proh'ot it. '"So far fron lwing in any way a provoation to war, an adequate and highly trained navy is the best puaratity asainst war. the heaptst and most elltetive peace insurance. The ost cf building and maintaining such a navy represents the very lightest premium for instirms paeee which this nation can possibly pay. "Pnd'ably no other great nation in the world is so anxious for peace as we are. Th-re is not a sinsh' -iviliz'd pow r which has anything whatever to fear from aggressiveness on tur part. All we want is pence; and toward this end we wish to be abb' to secure the same rcspe-t fcr our risht. in return, to insure fair treatment to us coiiiiiiertiiilly, and to guarantee the safety f the American ptople. "Our peph' intend to abide by the Monroe doctrine and to insist upon it as the one sure means of securing tin peace of the W-'stern hemtsphi-te. The navy offers us the inly means of making our insistence upon the Monroe doctrine anything hut a suhjet of derision lo whatever nation chooses to disM-gard it. "We desire the in-aee which conies as of right to the just man arnmd; not the peace granted on terms of ignominy to the craven and the weakling. "It is not possible to improvise a navy after war breaks out. The ships must bo built and the men traiin-d long in advance. In the late war with Spain the ships that dealt I lie decisive blows at Manila and Santiago had b-en launched from two to four-l-en years, and they w-re able to do as they did bei-ause the men in the conning towers, the gun turrets ami the engine-roms had through Ion years of practice at sea learned how to do their duty. It was forethought and preparation which seeuretl us the overwhelming triumph of ISM. If we fail to show forethought and preparation now, there may come a time wh n lisaster will befall us instead of triumpi; and should this time tome, the fault will rest primarily, not upon those whom tiu- accident of events jut's in supreme command at the moment, but upon those who have failed to prepare in advance. "There should be no cessation In the work of completing nir navy. It is unsafe and unwise net to provid this year for nevcral additional battleships and ln'avy armored ruisers, with ao.xil.ary ami lighter craft iu proportion; for the exact numbers and character 1 refer you to the report of the Secretary of the Navy. Hut there Is sonn-thing we m'd even more than atblitional ships, and this Is additional olliecrs and men. To provido battleships and cruisers and then lay thui up, with the exp'tation of leaving tin in unmanned until they are needed In actual war, would be worse than folly; it would be a crime against the nation. "To wad any warship against a competent enemy unless those aboard It have been trained by years of actual sea service, including incessant gunnery practice, would ho to invite not merely disaster, but the bitterest shamo and humiliation. Four thousand additional seamen nnd one thousaud additional marinen should be provided; and an Increase In the officers should be provided

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I;,rL laju to tli j closes tt Oar 1'nsint N.iini I"oroo. " ' low hav.preprnit. d ft r, f a :d I'i v.- tu i u to; i '1 ii rvi.:aie:i:o:n two f.ur I- :..-t th: t til:o- to sev.-ntt on batto sh;rs apw iio ii i, : , " nn- in' pi. t- 1 ,in"..,.-u : d for ;o it. il s. ; v--r i.:i.t v.-.n 1..- rv .'.y in i :;-... but it will take at n . rvt and train the in. :i to '.:;"n t!o-!.i. It is L ive trail cl -raw.-; th" time tiny nr.- c; ai'd s"ed sutis ;;r s t'-.t- t,. .-i w, a; .... ; f v.-c t i ov . ra that v: a inly for the vess.-.s hy :a d. ttool ships l.oiiv .-i-d w-i::-ons and - ;;" i'-. s., -.. in tinho !:::o-.v how to i. 'hi vit'.i ivu.-r t, . ; ;-.lm, ,i .., (; drillt d il aid wt il-pia it U'-d system is :i :: : s i t ii-'u ? v u. 'l in- i- i n ui: !- r a th .-.Mief ; i o- ss.vo i: strii- t.o ITie'J o w it.lo the Still r i ruitgio.itcr i ir iuu.-t b e Wit u v....- ,r. "Tin" naval Turin. lis. an,! ;;;-.- , l.i :a rail:-. i-r rs are f ite I lor Coast si i v M'll- . ii'nl !!!.. r i"i cvi'i't of war they w;it constitute ti lint- of i! :'.-; - ... Th.-y .si-o, i n c, iv.- .::. u;.-i. in..',! from t t n. r ! e..v. I. !.e artv li t . I'ohut Vh'e f. ; and tra 1 -. i :.r: i Chief 1. n; nt. 1 lii.val ; f--r lea i-i::i:in in a-ni.in n w.- a. .aid ;:i o; a -Viliov.L N.,! K u.-d und r tin- e.ir---' in . : nl sr.bj. ft lo : i nt iv-- a h ::t -r w: slat. hi I,,- a na! a--.iiv aee t -;.it, rial T . , be di . . .: s V O. ii ni if tli" . elV.llll.'od t.n- Navy ii of tl'.o r l , .-.a o s i:::; ;i:r.iil.aiy to tiio si. no at, and t e'en at o: t o for i nur hips in iinio t f w; r. It sho'.ild f radua'.es of ih" Naval A.ads oi tin- Naval Miht.a. ot';--, rs be compos I tmy, f la !.!: and re. s i oasi-liü- s annr-:, huissliore i in-on rs, I sh;:.- v !s ami si. am v.n-his. ii.-eihr villi til.- eoa-t population about such centers as Lie--uvmg biatioiis and lighthouses. Need for Powerful Navy. "Tin- Ann rii an i.eo.o and main! a i:i a n ad q :a l.p tin ;r tailnis th ii -it; !y o-nla:y position in in', rt., must, cither h-rld navy or t io mako. to iin'cp: a s -itional ai'aics, ti"t inert ,y in poiithal, hu' Mi con. in r-ial, inattvfs. It has 1 ; i : i w, il said th; : th.-re is no stii'i r wry of '-oi:rti;,u national disai r than to ho .;'. 1 1 i.t. i v-.r-s-ive, and unarm". i." "It s ' oi :i ei .....try to iio r, as.- ur army beyn!"i Its ri : t.t Mo lit l!;is t:!:e. I'ut it is lie, srary to k . it at the hi.-he.-t peint of .-iln i . o . ' i l vi ry rrmy in tiei.-tn v. !;. rt sh'.iild he made to 1 rki-r the a coiis.'anily ii r a. inu stat- of , fWhen oa ti.al r v i of : no work save ii,,, J, :.!iai.!d I army, as i.r. tly in the required. Th. iil. J'i ah rv:ee work iri the s in tio law, s What is lieer'ed IOUI.1 he oro.itly r i.i proved po-At-r of Im .-.!. ei-minai.tl and capa-ity to work rttil in iho field. Constant cure is n ei ssary to prevent ilry rt in ihe tr;i:isp.rtation and cummissary d partim tits. "The ConvTi ss sh.ouhl j.rovide means whoreby it will be pns.jibl. to ii.lVe tit Id eXi'l'mseS by ii least a division of regulars, and if possible also a tli vision ef nutionil guardsmen, once a year. Only actual handlin? and providins for men in masses while th y are inaroiiins, itnipins. inba rking. and diseniharkin:.?. will it be it)ssihie fo train tue hiuh.-r d'i.-crs to perform their duties wi 11 and smeothlv. "A cnat debt is owing from the public to ' tne men u nie army anu navy, i iiey siiotnu bo so treated as to -nable them to roach the higin-st point f effi'.-it tn-y, so that th"V may be able to respond instantly lo any demand made upon them to susiain the interests of the nation and the honor of the Hag. The individual American enlisted man is probably on tho who!" a more ferniidabl" lirhM'ig man than the r-sular of any other army. Kvery consideration should be shown him, and in return the highest standard of usefulness sh.ouhl be exacted from him. It is well worth while for th" Consress to con sid.r whether the pay !' ei:!istol men upon second and subsequent enlistments should not be incr-asod to correspond wiih the increased value of the veteran soldier. iU Hit hi Iiws Obsolete. "Action should be taken in reference to the militia and to the raisins of volunteer forces. Our militia law is obsolete and worthless. The organization and armament of tin- National tJuard of the several states, which are treated as militia in tio appropriations by the Congress, should be made identical with those provided for the n-sular forces. The obligations and duties of the Guard in time of war should b" anfully defined, and a system established by law umler which the method of proet dure of raisins volunteer forc-s should be pre. crib ""1 in advance. It is utterly impossible in the exeiu nient and haste of impending war to do this satisfactorily if the arrangements have not been made long beforehand. Provision should be made for utilizing in the first volunteer organizations calied out the training of those citizens who have already had experience under arms, ami csp-ial!y fr the selection in advan e of th" ollic rs of any lon e which way be raised; for areful selection of the kind necessary is impossible after th.e out-br-ak of war. "That the army is not at all a mere in-struim-nt of destruction has been shown during th.e last three year.. In the Philippines, Cuba and Porto Kieo it has proved itself a great construe! ive fore, a most potent implement for the upbuilding of a peaceful civilization. l'.ul;;y of Vetcriins. "No other citizens deserve so well of the n'publie as the veterans, the survivors of those who saved the union. They did the one dt 'd which if b ft undone would have meant that all else in our history wont for nothing. Hut for their steadfast prowess in the areatst crisis of our history, all our annals would be meaningless, and our great experiment in popular freedom and self-gov eminent a gloomy failure. Mori ever, they not only left us a ut'i'ed nation, but they b-ft us alsti as a heritage the memory of the mighty deeds by which the nation was kept united. We are now iudeeil one nation, one in fact as well as in name; we are united in our devotion to the flag which is th.e smbol of all national greatness and unity; and the very completeness of our union enables us all. in every part of the -ountry, to jrinry in the valor shown alike by the sons of the North and the sons of the South iu the times that tried men's souls. Merit System I-lndorsed. "The merit system of making appointments is in its -s:-"iiee as democratic- ami American as tho common schools system itself. It simply means that in ehrii-al and other positions where the duties are eiitiraly iion-palitieal. ail applnuiits shouM have a fair field and no favor, each standing m Iiis merits as he is able to show th'ii by practical test. Writiui competitive examinations o?T-r the only available means in many cases for ;. lyin--t his system. In oilier 'ases, as whore laborers are einph.yt d, a system of registration undoubtedly can bo wid-!y exi ended. TI re are, of rsc, places where the writ ten competitive examination can::ot be applied, and others where it offers by no means an i.leal r.olu'ion. Put where under existing political comiiiions it is, though an imperfect means, t the host present means of getting satisfactory r-.-sulis. "It is important to have this system oh tain at home, but it is even more important t have it applied rigidly in our insular possessions. The administration of th-se islands should be as wholly free from the suspicion of partisan politics as the administration cf the army and navy. All that wo ask from the public servant in the Philippines or Porto Kieo is that be reflect honor on his country by the way In which he makes that country's rule a benefit to the peoples who have come under it. This is all that we should ask, and we cannot afford to be content with less." Treatment of Indians. The message points out the defects in our present consular s rvice. and recommends the passage of bills now before tonress lhat will increase its efficiency. Of the Indian problem it says"In my judgment the time has arrived when we should dt finitely make up our minds to reognize the Indian as an individual and not as a menibt-r of a tribe. The General Allotment Act is a mishty pulverizing engine to break up tin- tribal iiuihs. It acts directly upon the family of the individual. Under its provisions some sixty thousand Indians have already become citiz'ns of the United States. We should now brT.k up the tribal funds, doing for them what allotment does for tho tribal lands; that is, they should be divided into individual holdings. A stop should be put upon the indis-riminate jx-r-missMMi to Indians to lease tln-ir allotments. The effort should be steadily to make the Indian work like any other man on hi: own ground. The marriage laws of the Indians should be made the same as those of the whites. "In dealing with the aboriginal races fewthings are more important than to prestrve t heiir from the terrible physical ami moral degradation resulting from the liquor traf fie. We are doing all we can to save our own Indian tribes from this evil. Wherever by international aitreomoiit this same end can ! attaiiu'd as reunrds races xvln-re we do not possess exclusive control, every effort should be made to bring it about. "I bespeak Ihe most cordial support from the Congress and the people for the St. Louis Kxposition to Commemorate the One Hundredth Anniversary or the Louisiana Purchase. This purchase was tho greatest instance of expansion in our history. It definitely decided that we were to become a great continental republic, by far the foremost power in the Western Hemisphere. The national goveriinmnt should be represented at the expisition by a full and completo set of xhibits. . "The people of Charleston, with great energy and civic spirit, are carrying on nn exposition which will continue throughout most of the pres-ut session of tho Congress. 1 heartily commend this exposition to the good will of the p'ople. It deserves all the encouragement that -an be given it. "For the sake of good administration, sound economy, nnd th'j advancement of science, the Census Office as now constituted should be made a permanent government bureau. This would Insure better, cheaper and more satisfactory work. In the interest not only of our business but of statistic, economic aud social science.

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VlOO 1 !.:iVo i )y ihu:;--now a h-1 a d wit. ii-; :'. in t : 1 i--r it OI tnat :'s ri-venu-3 I'l un s ha v la ;;rIVO y. . rs. I's j i-iuri-s- ; " v i .-i .'. '.: t ly i ;; i .. -v-rio-1 of hus.:: . .. . aipts sro-.v so min h ii ... th- ;t nr. .-;:! !.- -,V" i ii z o'.oiay. hut in t i ivy a r i'. -, rosper.ty i sit r than '.'s op. is fi . s s I", it h.as been st.a-.l'iy ro h:.--il r. ui $11.111,7i: in l-'n to ?::.'.".. 7.7 in l.-d. Amons m tüt i.ostai advances the sucr.ss of rural fr e hlivt ry wln nvtr estai 1 in d has !,o a so inaik.il. and sn-tunl xi- ri- noo has r.ado its b-Tl.-p 1 .!.-' that d.-raand fur out. its extension is gt ueral a ad urc (irowtli of Pot t;l S-rviee. "I is ji-.-t that 1h en at rvri--n'.-ural penl:.'i..n sh -ni 1 slum in th im; r v. -i. i.t ,,f th? si rvice. Tin n :!;.! r ef rural routes r.ow in t a. err.! : mi :s ..oi within throe year.cations awaiiire: ; 1 1m nurn'.i r iu op ! rai-i . :. and t ,i-i ion. ration ally ail t .-'.i'.ilished I re v r-? n pt li lt is i xn. t p d that at ihe cjeso of the urr.-r.f lis, al y, -.r v. iil i will tie a !.o t'.iily r; r.7i-a.e-"l of our pooj ! 'a The r.v 1 doors f h ; tofore and oiieto t!: Wil l h: V" stat.t f.i. . i"'i n u.'peli'.-e iit U;, il ti.. r i or an livt porti-a of ti is adapt, d t- it V. iil Lo t t:ti Of Service. i.. intry which hy th.ä km! Soco;il- las Mail Malter. "The full t.n asiii-o of pi-svl progress .vh.lch ntia'i.t lie re and obstrm-' Oil the L-nVi ii l ii. s ioüs b-t n hampered d hy the h. wy Lurd"n i:a; as. 1 -ita-ii? tlirous'i tho i-.'.trem ho 1 i- r-ioml a": uses v.hi.h hav-3 I and wiil-un j gror.-n up iu eon::e, tio:i with s . ..nd class i mail matter. Tiio t nt of this bur h u apj pears when it. is sta' d that v. nile t ie se-c-ond-class matt r v.. -kos taarly thr.-e-liftlis of tho w.'Uht of all tho n ail. ir j ai 1 for the last Pis al v.-ar on'.v ? '. i !." of tb.- a r'I sate postal r venue of $111. :::!. V.ft. it tl... pound fate ot posfnst h.tve loss thus ' r.ti.ii' i hy the I 'i.ii.-r.ss v i;!i ; ruin--: tin- diss "rn;,Ti. t ion, wi ro liini ed tn pap. rs and perh-dn als hv th" Pi w, no jus? i mi Tha'. :;,. iiso w(,.:!d I :i.-et nt 1 ( o-t of a Iil, lib. rate 1 v adopted for x iii; h and w! ;-ur;of on prodnc-s th" oh was fix-d .... t.f , -n-oi.ir-iio inferma01 tnr- 5-sit uaat" n wsact u.i liy con it mni-ited t ion . onl 1 b" takt u. i- th.- r--.o---oz.-l and :al pu' ho j., l v .1"i i-vi'-ahh- . :. d. " Put i mm h of th- laa.t. r wh. s th" priviVo '.: tent of ii--;V:, onlv i !:. d rate is wholly out-id" ' t!;.- Iu w, and has s. cur d u .a, thi-ou.'h an ;.sion of its r- .n i vi, t t!:r iu-.ii lax -t a st ru-t ion. Tin- pr .o.on t.r of n sin h wroi'L-ly imiiipd i:;;im. r by posiji experts to bo nm -half is e.-'inieted of th- wind. X'olnni- of s.-eond-i lass mail. If it ho only tun -third or or -qvart.T, the luau-nitu-l" of the hurdon is apparent. The pits.ot'.io.. Iopartmeiit h.as now und. r'alvn to r.-niovo the abuses so far as is i.ossi' 1" by a s?ri-t.-r application of the law; and it should be sustained i i its ffort." "We view with lively interest and kern hopes of benefit ial results tin- pro-e, lings of th" I'an-Ainerio-n Conun-.-s. ceivok-d at the. invitation of Mi xi-o, and now sitting at th.e Mexican capital. Tho- b hvates of the United States are under the most liberal ins'ru.-tions it) oo operate with tlnir coli. agues in all matters promising advantage to th" great family of A:ntrioan common walths. as wall In their r-'.ations amor: tin idves as in their tln ir domestic advaac tnent and iu intercourse with the world at large. The occurr-noos arising from the "Hoxor" outbreak in China are r-vi w-d in h-tni!. ar.1 the steps taken to secure to the United Statt 3 its share of the trade of th.e orient are explained. Th" message eiaie I ud"s : "The death of (iu n Vii ioria caused the people of the United States d--p and heartfelt sorrow, to whvh the government pave full expression. When Pn si.huit McKinley died, our nation in turn r-iv-d from tvery quarter of the Hritish empire xp.-essior.s of grief and sympathy no l-ss sincere. The death of the Hnipress Howagtr Frederick of C.t rmiitiy also nrouse! the g-nuin- sympathy of the American peopb': end this sympathy was (onlially r--ipro-ated by Germany when the Presid' nt was assassinated. Indeed, frora every quarter of the civilized world we received, at the tim' of the Presi lout's death, assurances of sun h gri f aud regard as to touch the hearts of our people. In the midst f our affliction we rt-vrently thank the Almighty that we are at p-aoe with the nations of mankind: and we firmly intend that our jndii-y shall he su-h as to continue unbroken these international relations of mutual respect and good will. TlIIIOOOKf-: mOEYCLT. White Ifo'.iso, I einher :?, leol. (iirlH Whip : Panther. Anna Carter and Myrtle Lovo, living ne-ar GranCs pass, Oregon, riot long ago fought and whipped a panther, though neither of the girls had a weapon more deadly than a good-sizoil rock. The ttirls are niocos ot Jtidgfe Hanna, who owns a large farm, and wer. engaged in washing clothes at a creek not far from the hou?e, when one of them saw a large panther crouching within, twenty lctt of them. The big brute was evidently getting ready to spring at them. Miss Carter, who first caught sight of the animal, had an armful of clothes. These she Hung at the panther just as he rose in the air. The brute became entangle d in a sheet and before it ceuld claw itself free the trirls had poured 5n on his ribs and bead a ihewer of rocks which they had picked up. The unexpected attack completely rattled the panther, which darted away with a snarling cry. Then tha girls ran t the house and sent a couple of armed men after the prowler. That evening a handsome panther skin was nailed on the side of the barn. Not Up In Gesr;ipliy. A certain minister of Greater New York is determined that his young daughter shall not know the elark side ef orthodo:; religion. The miss went to the country with her mother during the patt summer, and there found a playmate in the youthful daughter of :i village teacher. One elay the following conversation was ovei heard: "You've told a story," said the village mill, accusingly. "Don't you know where folks go that tell stories?" "No," replied the New York miss. "Where do they go?" "They go to hell," "Where's hell?' "Why, Mamie Hlank, you a minister's elaughter ami don't know where hell is!" "Well, I -lon't care," answered the accused. "I never was in a geography class in my life." New York Times. Juvenile Discrimination. A little Germantown (Pa.) boy, who goes to Sunday school every Sunday, always receives a nickel from his father to place in the collection plate. Last Sunday his father gave him two nickels, saying: "One is for the Lord and the other is for yourself." As it was too early to start for Sunday school, the little boy sat on the porch steps in the warm sunshine, playing with the two nickels. After a while he dropped one of them and it disappeared down a crack. "Without a moment's hesitation and still clutching the remaining coin in his clenched fist, he looked up at his father, exclaiming: "Oh, pop! there goes the lord's nickel!" Philadelphia Itecord. Reversing III- Sirrniinie. Krnest Scton-Thompson, the wellknown writer and author, has been g-anted permission by Justice Bischoff in the New York supreme court to change his name to that of Ernest Thompson-Seton. Mr. Seton-Thomp-Fm in his petition said that the surname of Thompson was a pseudonym adopted by his family, which hid from Ihe English government after having taken part in the Jacobite rebellion in 1745. A Choice of llvlid. "I told you," said the teacher, apologetically to Tommy, "that I should whip you if you did not tell your father you had run away from. school, didn't I?" "Thats all right," responded Thomas. "I didn't tell him. One of your lickln's is a picnic by the lde of one of dad's." Stray Stories.

WHAT A LEADING AGRICULTURIST SAYS OF WEST En N CANADA. Prof. Thomas Shaw of Minne: University ;ive4 an Unbiased Opinion. In a letter tu ""1 lie Fiii mer," t. I'.piT. dated Sept. 1st. 1'jOl, Prof. Thomas

! rjhaw of the Minnesota State Univcrj sity has the following to say, after J having made a trip through Western I Canada: ' "'The capabilities of the immense j area known as Western Canada are but little itiiiierstood cu this side of the Hue. Our people are apt to luok upon it as a region of frost and i:ww, a cn:i;try in which but a small 7'ortion of the land ieh.tivrly will ever bo tillable, be-jhuse or' the rigors of the climate. Tree, the climate is cold in '.viator, but UV.-t.-q-n Canada hav nevertheless, jii.-t t lust sort of climate which makes it the most reliable wli.-at producing country in all the cuntii:nt. Au InniKiiie Are-i. Western Canada is i;ot only an immense area, Lat the same description will apply to those portions of tha country that are capable of being successfully tilled or grazed. Noariy all of the prairie Province of Manitoba can be bton-ht und-r cultivation, although probably not one-third cf its surface has b-e:t laid open by the plow. Assii.i'.oia to the west is a grain and stock country. Saskatchewan to tho north of Assiiiii-oia ha high adaptation fr,r ih.- same. This also may b-3 faid of Aü'orta U tl'.o west. II.-re i0.3 what may Inj term 1 a prain-g: owing and slo. k p'r!;;ö;n; empire, the resources of which have been but little drawn upon comparatiw Iy, viewed from the standpoint of the agrieu'.tur-ali.-t. WheU it is called to mind that even in the Peace River country in Athabac-.va. and several hundreds of miles norih of the Canadian boundary, wheat was grown which won a premium at the Worlds Pair in U33, the capabilities of this country in wheat production loom up more brightly than even the brilliant northern lights of the land that lies toward the pole. Ailapte! to Stock anil Grain Production. The region under consideration is, however, mainly adapted to growing grain and grazing stock. Much o it is adapted to growing both grain and stock, but certain areas, especially towards the mountains, are only adapted to ranching, except where irrigation will yet be introduced. This, of course, con be done successfully along the many streams that How down from the Rockies and water the country towards the east and north. The adaptation of the country for wheat production is cf a high character. The cool nights that usually characterize the ripening season are eminently favorable to the filling of the grain, and to the securing t)f a plump berry, and consequently large yields. The crop this year is a magnificent one. In .Manitoba and the territories it should certainly give an average of more than 20 bushels per acre. But sho.iM the yield be not more than 20 bushels, the crop will be a most handsome one. owing to the large area sown to wheat. Many farmers only grow grain. IP.it those who do succeed as well in growing oats and barley as in growing wheat. Pence these foods for stock should always he abundant. Some grow cattle mainly, and others combine the two. The last named, of course, Is doubtless the safest of the three during a long course of years, that is to say, where much farming is practicable. Quality of the Live Stock. It was a p'easuvable surprise to note the high quality of the stock. The average of quality in cattle is higher than the average of cattle in our state, unless in the dairy classes. This opinion is not reached rashly or without ample opportunity for investigation. I spent three long days in tho show ring at Winnipeg making the awards in the beef classes. I question if any of our states, single handed, could make such a showing in cattle. It was my privilege to make the awards at several shows and at all of their fairs were evidences that much attention is given to the improvement of the stock. I noied carefully the character of the herds that grazed along the railroad and everywhere the high average of the quality of the stock was in evidence. Keamins for Onality in Stock. The quality of tlar? grass is good. Many of the settlers came from Ontario and had been schooled as to the value of good stock before going west. The railroads and the government have taken a deep Interest in making it less difficult and costly to the farmers to secure good males. Those who are anxious of changing their residence should bear in mind that the lands in Western Canada are many of them free and others reasonably cheap. Information will gladly be given by any agent of the Canadian government, whose advertisement appears elsewhere. Guard on Hikes. President Ixuibet is well protected. His sevret guard consists ot twelve men, under the orders of a police commissioner. These men watch constantly over his person. When he receives they mingle with the guests close by him, and when he goes out, they follow him, and have orders never to lose him an instant from view. "When he drives they accompany him on bicycles, and it is only then that they can be recognizee!. This guard of twelve men. alone costs tho state the nice little sum of 75,000 francs a year. Kentackian on Kentucky Crime. Rev. J. K. Smith of lx)uisville, Ky., declares that city, with a population of 200,000, has more murderers thau Indon with 7,000,000. and that Kentucky with a population of 7,000,000, has more murders annually than Great Britain with 40.0eO,(KrO. Tho three powerful mythological goddesses who were supposed to preside over the birth, life and death of mankind were Clotho, who held the distaff; Lachesis, who drew out the thread of human life, and Atropos, who cut it off. In Franco tuberculosis kills 200,000 people a year; in other words, a city of the size of Toulouse Is yearly wiped off the face of the country.