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Governmental Problems
Dwelt On at Length in
the Document.
URGES EXCLUSION OF THE fJURCEISIS
Czofgosz and His Ilk Enemies of
the Human Race.
THE MERITS OF RECIPROCITY.
Trepidant Defend the Working of the
Protective Tariff Construction of the
TSlcarapuart Canal Crg-ed. and the Lay
ing of a Cable to Hawaii and the
Philippines Changes In the Present
Mill Ma Laws Keconiuiended The ISavy.
A comprehensive synopsis of President
Roosevelt's message to Congress is given be
low: To the Senate snd Houe of Representatives:
"The ("empress assembles thus yv.ir under
the shadow of areat calamity, da the cixtb
f September. iTeaiilent JlcKicler v. as shot
by an anarchist while attending the I'an
merican Exposition at Duffalo. and died in
that city on the fourteenth of that month.
Of the last seven elected Presidents, be is
the third who has been murdf-red. and the
bare recital of this fact Is sunicicnt to Jus
tify grave alarm amoi.n nl! loyal American
citizens. Uorover. the circumstances of this,
the third assassination of an American Presi
dent, have a peculiarly sinister significance.
Uoth I'resident Lincoln and President Oar
field were killed by assassins of types unfor
tunately not uncommon in history. President
Lincoln falling a victim to the terrible pas
sions aroused by four years of civil war.
and President Garfield to the revengeful van
ity of a d.sappointed oGice-seeker. President
alcKlnley was killed by an utterly depraved
criminal belonging to that body of criminals
who object to all governments, good and had
alike, who are against any form of popular
liberty If tt ts guaranteed by even the most
Just and liberal lams, and who ere as hostile
to the upright exponent of a free people a
sober will as to the tyrannical and irresponsi
ble depot.
"It is not too much to sav that at the Vrr.e
of President McKinley's death he was t;e
most widely loved man In all the L'n"ed
States: while we have never had any pur-ltc
man of Lis position a bo has been so wholly
free from the bitter animosities Incident to
public I.fe. There could be no personal
hatred cf hrm. for he never acted with aujtut
but consideration for the wl?are of others.
Jo one could fail to respect him who knew
htm In public or private life. The defenders
of those murdererous criminals who seek to
excuse their criminality by assert.ng that it
Is exercised for political ends. mve'Kh ngamst
wealth and Irresponsible power. But for this
assassination even this base apology can
not be urged. "
The President speaks in the highest terms
cf the personal and public virtues of Mr. Mc
Kinley. Inscribing the nature of the assas
sination and the motive that inspired It, the
message continues:
Motive of the Assassin.
"The blow was aimed not at this Presi
dent, but at all Presidents at every symbol of
government. The anarchist, and especially
the anarchist In the United States, ts merely
one type of criminal, more dangerous than
any other because be represents the same
depravity In a greater degree. Tb man who
advocates anarchy directly or Indirectly, in
any shape or fashion, or the man who apolo
aixes for anarchists and their deeds, makes
himself morally accessory to murder before
the fact. The anarchist is a criminal whose
perverted instincts lead him te prefer confu
sion and chaos to the most beneficent form
of social order. His protest of concern for
workicgmes is outrageous in its impudent
falsity; for if the political institutions of this
country do not afford opportunity to evey
bouest and lntell:gent son of toil, then the
- door of hope is forever closed against him.
""he anarchist Is everywhere not merely the
enemy cf system and progress, bat the dead
ly foe of liberty. If ever anarchy i3 triumph
ant ICS "triumph will last for but one red
moment, to be succeeded for ages by the
gloomy night of despotism.
Would Exclude Anarchists.
"I earnestly recommend to the Congress
. that In the exercise of its wise discretion it
should take into consideration the. coming
to this country of anarchists or persons pro
fessing principles hostile to all government
and Justifying the murder of those p!acd
in authority. No matter calls more urgeally
for the wisest thoucht of the Congress.
"The Federal court3 should be given juris
d.ction over any man who kills or attempts
to kill the President or any man who by the
fnrnsf itiif inn nr hv-law is in line of surcf-i-
:on for the Presidency, while the punish
ment for an unsuccessful fjcipt shouiJ be
jiroportioned to the enormity of the offense
against our institutions.
"Anarchy is a crime apainst the wbol
iuman race: nnd all mankind should band
against the anarchist. His crime should be
made an offense aeainst the law of nations,
l.ke piracy and that form of manstealins
known as the slave trade for It is of far
blacker infamy than either. It should lie so
declared by treaties among all civilized pow
ers. The Trust Problem.
'The tremendous and highly complex
industrial development which went on with
ever accelerated raoidity during the latter
iair of the nineteenth century brines us face
to face, at the beginning of the twentieth,
with very serious social problems. The old
laws, and the old customs which bad almost
the binding force of law, were once quite
sufficient to repulate the accumulation and
distribution of wealth. Since the industrial
rhanges which have so enormously increased
the productive power of mankind, they are no
longer sufficient.
"The creaticn of great corporate fortunes
has not been due to the tariff nor to any
other governmental action, but to natural
causes in the business world, operating in
other countries as they operate In our own.
It is not true that as the rich have grown
richer the poor have grown poorer. On the
contrarv, never before has the average roan,
the wage-worker, the farmer, the small trad
er, been so well off in this country an-1
at the present time. There have been abuss
connected with the accumulation of wealth;
yet it remains true that a fortune accumu
lated only on condition of conferring im
mense incidental benefits upon others. Suc
cessful enterprise, of the type which benefits
fc.ll mankind, tan only exist if the conditions
are such ns to offer great prizes as the re
wards of success.
The captains of industry vrhf have driven
trie railway systems acros this continent,
who have built up our commerce, who have
developed our manufactures, have on the
whole done great good to our people. With
out them the material development of which
we are so Justly proud could never have,
taken place. Moreover, we should recognize
the Immense importance to this material
development of leaving as unhampered as
Is compatible with the public good the strong
and forceful men upon whom the success
of business operations inevitably rests.
Cantlon la I'rged.
An additional reason for caution In deal
leg with corporations is to be found in the
international commercial conditions of to
4ay. The sme business conditions which
have produced the great aggregations of cor
porate and individual wealth have made them
verv r.otent factors in International commer
cial competition. America Las only Jut
hrrai to assume that commanding position
in the international business world which we
believe will more and more be hers. It is
f the utmost Importance that this position
be not Jeoparded, especially at a time when
the overflowing abundance of our own natu
ral resources and the skill, business energy
and mechanical aptitude of our people make
foreign markets essential. I naer sucn con
ditlons it would be most unwise to cramp
or to fetter the youthful strength of our
nation.
-Disaster to great business enterprises can
never have its effects limited to the men at
the top. It spreads throughout, and while it
16 bad for everybody. It is worst for those
farthest down. Tbr capitalist may be shorn
of his luxuries: but the wage-worker may
tw rienrtved of even bare necessities.
-In facing new industrial conditions, the
w hole histonr of the world snows tnat legis
Istion will generally be both unwise and In
effective unless undertaken after calm inquiry
mnA with sober self-restraint. Much of the
legislation directed at the truts would bava
been exceedingly mischievous bad it not also
been entirely ineffective, in aeanng wun
business interests, for the government to un
dertake by crude and ill-considered legisla
tion to do what may turn out to be bad.
-would be to incur the risk of such far-reach-
Ing national disaster that it wouia oe preier
,! undertake nothing at all.
-All this is true; and yet it Is also true
that there are real and grave evil-i. one of
tbe chief being oveT-capitalization because
of it many baleful consequences; and a reso
lute and practical effort must be made to
correct these erus.
Government Supervision.
t. i. limitation upon property right
f..mrln m nf Mlfll met to reauire that when
men receive from government the privilege of
doing business under corpora's form, which
frees taezn from loan yuw rnpvusiuuuv,
and enables them to call Into their enterprises
tbe capital of the public, they shall do so
upon absolutely truthful representations as to
the value of the property in which the capi
tal Is to be Invested. Corporation engaged
in interstate commerce should be regulated
if tbey are found to exercise a license work
ing to the public injury. It should be as
much the aim of those who seek for social
betterment to rd the business world of
crimes of cunning as to rid the entire body
politic of crimes of violence. Great corpora
tions exist on!y because they are created
and safeguarded by our Institutions and it
is therefore our right and our duty to see
that they work in harmony with these Insti
tutions. Publicity Remedy for Trusts.
"The first essential in determining how to
deal with the great Industrial combinations
is knowledge of the facts publicity. In the
Interest of the public, the government should
have the right to inspect and examine the
workings of the great corporations engaged
In interstate business. Publicity is the only
sure remedy which we can now invoke. What
further remedies are needed in the way of
governmental regulation, or taxation, can
only be determined after publicity has been
obtained, by process of law. and In the course
of administration. The first requisite is
knowledge, full and complete knowledge
which may be made public to the world.
-Artificial bodies, such as corporations and
Joint stock or other associations, depending
upon any statutory law for their existence or
privileges, should be subject to proper gov
ernmental supervision, and full and accurate
Information as to their operations should bo
made public regularly at reasonable intervals.
"The large corporations, commonly called
trusts, though organized in one state, always
do business in many states, often doing very
little business in the state where they are
Incorporated. There is utter lack of uniform
ity in ho eiita lfiurai ahmit them: and as no
' state has any exclusive interest in or power
over their acts, it has in practice proved im
possible to et adequate regulation through
state action. Therefore, In the Interest of the
whole people, the Nation should, without in
terfering with the power of the states in the
matter itself, also assume power of super
vision and regulation over all corporations
doing an interstate business. This is espe
cially true where the corporation derives a
portion of Its wealth from the existence of
some monopolistic element or tendency in its
business. There would be no hardship in
such supervision banks are subject to it. and
in their case it is now accepud as a simple
matter of course. Indeed, it is probable that
supervision of corporations by the National
government need not go so far as is now the
case with the supervision exercised over them
by so conservative a state ns Massachusetts,
in order to produce excellent result.
"I believe tfcat a law can be framed which
will enable the National government to exer
cise control along the lines above indicated;
profiting by the experience gained tbrouaa
the passage and administration of the Interstate-Commerce
Act- If. however, the judg
ment of tbe Congress is that it lacks tho
constitutional power to pass such an act.
then a constitutional amendment should he
submitted to confer the power.
"There should be created a Cabinet officer,
to be known as Secretary of Commerce and
Industries, as provided In the bill introduced
at tbe last session of the Congress. It should
be his province to denl with commerce in its
broadest sense including among many other
things whatever concerns labor and all mat
ters affecting the great business corporations
and our merchant marine.
Restriction on Immigration.
"With the sole exception of the farming
Interest, no one matter is of such vital mo
ment to our whole people as the welfare of
the wage-workers. If the farmer and the
wace-worker are well off. it is absolutely
certain that all others will be well off. too.
It is therefore a matter for hearty congratu
lation that on the whole wages are highT
to-day in the United States than ever before
in our history, and far higher than in any
other country. The standard of living Is also
higher than ever before. Every effort of leg
islator and administrator should be bent to
secure tho permanency of this condition of
things and its improvement wherever possi
ble. Not only must our labor be protected
by the tariff, but it should also be protected
so far as it is possible from the presence in
this country of any laborers brought over by
contract, or of those who. coming freely,
yet represent a standard of living so de
pressed that they can undersell our men in
the labor market and drag them to a lower
level. I regard it as necessary, with this
end in view, to re-enact Immediately the law
excluding Chinese laborers and to strength
en it wherever necessary in order to make
its enforcement entirely effective.
"So far as practicable under the conditions
of goveinment work, provision should be
made to render the enforcement of the elght
bour law easy and certain. In all indus
tries carried on directly or indirectly for the
I'nited States government women and chil
dren should be protected from excessive
hours of labor, from night work, and from
work under unsanitary conditions.
"The most vital problem with which this
country, and for that matter the whole civ
ilixed world, has to deal, is the problem
which has for one side the betterment of so
cial tondittons. moral and physical, in large
cities and for another side the effort to deal
with the tangle of far-reaching questions
which we group together when we speak of
-labor. Very great good has been and will
be accomplished by associations or unions of
wage-workTS. when managed with fore
thought, and when they combine Insistence
upon their own rights with law-abiding re
spect for the rights of others. The display of
these qualities in such bodies Is a duty to the
Nation nc less than to the associations them
selves. Finally, there must also in many
cases be action by the government in order
to safeguard tbe rights and Interests of all.
Under our Constitution there is much more
trope for such action by the state and the
municipality than by the Nation. But on
points sucn as inose loucut-u ou
National government can act.
Our present immigration laws are ud-
sfactory. we need every noncsi anu em
.,ont immlerant fitted to become an Ameri
can citizen, every immigrant who comes here
to stay, who brings nere a iroas uuu.
stout heart, a good head, and a resolute pur
pose to do his dutv well in every way and to
bring up his children as law-abiding and
God-fearing members of tbe community. But
there should be a comprehensive law enact
ed with the object of working a threefold im
provement over our present svsiem. rirsi,
we should aim to exclude absolutely not only
all Dersons who are known to be believers in
anarchistic principles or members of an
archistic societies, out also an pi-rsous uu
are of a low moral tendency or of unsavory
reputation. This means that we should re
quire a more thorough system of Inspection
abroad and a more rigid system of examina
tion at our immigration ports, the former be
ing especially necessary.
Tr.e secona ODjeci ui liiui-n immola
tion law OUgnl to ro to secure vj x rmnui
and not merely perfunctory educational test
some intelligent capacity to appreciate Amer
ican Institutions aua act saneiy as Ameri
can citizens. This would not keep out all
anarchists, for many of them belong to the
intelligent criminal ciass. uui u u
wuat is also in point, that is, tend to de
crease the sum of ignorance, so potent In
producing the e.ivy, suspicion, malignant
passion, ana naircu "
anarchistic sentiment inevitably springs.
Finally, all persons should be excluded who
are below a certain standard of economic fit
ness to enter our industrial field as com
with American labor. There should
be proper proof of personal capacity to earn
an Americun living and enough money to in
sure a decent start unaer American crau"
tions. This would stop the influx of cheap
labor, and the resulting competition which
.ia Tuse to so much of bitterness in Ameri
can industrial life: and .it would dry up the
8"rings of the pestilential social conditions
in mir yreat cities, wnere aaarcuisiic utkuu-
i-tiona have their greatest possibility of
growth.
Question of Reciprocity
There is eeneral acauiesence in our ores
nt tariff svstem asa national policy. The
first requisite to our prosperity is me con
tinuity and stability of this economic policy.
cmilri be more unwise than to dis
turb ths business Interests of the country by
any general tariff change at this time. Doubt.
appr'liension. uncertainly arc cukui "
we wish to avoid in the interest of our com
mercial and material well-being. Our experi
ence in the nast has shown that sweeping
revisions of tbe tariff are apt to proauie
conditions closelv snoroacbing panic in the
hiixine!i wnrid Yet it is not only possible,
but eminently desirable, to combine with the
.ability of our economic system a supple
mentary system of reciprocal Denent ana oon-
gation with other nations, sucn reciproci-j
is an incident and result of the firm estab
lishment and preservation of our present
economic policy. It was specially provided
for in the present tariff law.
"Our first dutv is to see that the protection
granted by the tariff in every case where It
is needed is maintained, and that reciprocity
he lomht for so far as it can safely be done
without inlunr to our borne industries. Just
how far this is must be determined accord
ing to the individual case, remembering ai
wavs that every application of our tariff pol
icy to meet our shifting national needs must
be conditioned upon the rardinal fact that the
duties must never be reduced below the point
that will cover the difference between the
hibor cost here and abroad. The well-being
of the wage-worker Is a prime consideration
of our entire policy or economic legislation.
Subleet to this nrovlso of the proper pro
tection necessary to our industrial well-being
at borne, the principle of reciprocity must
command our hearty support. The pheno
menal growth of our export trade emphasizes
the urgency of the need for wider markets
tnd for a liberal nohev in dealing with for
eign nations. Whatever is merely petty and
vexatious in the way of trade restrictions
should be avoided. The customers to whom
wa dunoM of our eurnlus oroducts in the
long run, directly or indirectly, purchase
those eurplus products by giving us some
thing in return. Their anility to purcnase
our products should as far as possible be
secured by so arranging our tariff as to en
able us to take from them those products
which we can use without harm to our own
Industries and labor, or the use of which will
be of marked benefit to us.
"We have now reached the point In the
development of our interests where we are
not only able to supply our own markets
but to produce a constantly growing surplus
for which we must find markets abroad. To
secure these markets we can utilize existing
duties in any case where they are no longer
needed for the purpose of protction. or in any
case where the article is not produced hero
and the duty is no longer necessary for
revenue, as giving us something to offer in
exchange for what we ask. The cordial re
lations with other r.atior: which are so de
sirable will naturally be promoted by the
course thus required by our own interests.
"The natural line of development for a
policy of reciprocity will be in connection
with those of our productions which no long
er require all of the support once needed
to establish them upon a sound basis, and
with thoso others where either because of
natural or of economic causes we are beyond
the reach of successful competition.
"I ask the attention of the Senate to the
reciprocity treaties laid before it by my pre
decessor. Onr Merchant Marlre.
"The condition of the American merchant
marine is such as to call for immediate
remedial action by the Congress. It is dis
creditable to us as a Nation that our mer
chant marine should be utterly insignificant
in comparison to that of other nations which
we overtop in other forms of business.
"American shipping Is under certain great
disadvantages when put in competition with
the shipping of foreign countries. Many of
the fast foreign steamships, at a speed of
fourteen knots or above, are subsidized: and
all our ships, sailing vessels and steamers
alike, cargo carriers of slow speed and mail
carriers of high speed, have to meet the
fact that the original cost of building Ameri
can ships is greater than is the case abroad:
that the wages paid American officers and
seamen are very much higher than those paid
tbe officers and seamen of foreign competing
countries; and that the standard of living
on our ships is far superior to the standard of
living on the ships of our commercial rivals.
"Our government should take such action
as will remedy these inequalities. The Amer
ican merchant marine should be restored to
the ocean.
"The Act of March 14. 19of. Intended un
equivocally to establish gold as the standard
money and to maintain at a parity therewith
all forms of money medium in use with us.
has been shown to be timely and judicious.
The price of our government bonds in the
world's market, when compared with the
price of similar obliiMitions issued by other
nations, is a Catering tribute to our public
credit. This condition it is eminently desir
able to maintain.
"In many respects the National Hanking
Law furnishes sufficient liberty for the proper
exercise of the banking function but there
seems to be need of better safeguards against
the deranging influence of commercial crises
and financial panics. Moreover, the currency
of the country should be made responsive
to the demands of our domestic trade and
commerce.
Redaction of Kevenoes.
"The collections from duties on imports! and
internal taxes continue to exceed the ordi
nary expenditures. Tbe utmost care should
be taken not to reduce the revenues so that
thre will be any possibility of a deficit; but,
after providing against any such contingency.
means should be adopted which will bring the
revenues more nearly within the limit of our
actual needs.
I call special attention to the need of strict
economy in expenditures. The fact thnt our
national needs forbid us to be niggartiiy in
providing whatever is actually necessary to
our well-being, should make us doubly care
ful to husband our national resources, as
each of us husbands his private resources, by
scrupulous avoidance of anything like waste
ful or reckless expenditure.
Herniation of Railroads.
In 1SS7 a measure was enacted for the reg
ulation of interstate railways, commonly
known as the Interstate Commerce Act. Tho
cardinal provisions of that act were that
railway rates should be Just and reasonable
and that all shippers, localities, and commo
dities should be accorded equal treatment. A
commission was created and endowed with
what were supposed to be the necessary pow
ers to execute the provisions of this act.
"That law was largely an experiment. Ex
perience has shown the wisdom of Its pur
poses, but has also shown, possibly that some
of its requirements are wrong, certainly that
the means devised for the enforcement of its
provisions are defective.
The act snouia oe amenaea. i ne railway
is a public servant. Its rates should be just
to and open to all shippers alike. The gov
ernment should see to it that within its Juris
diction this is so and should provide a speedy.
Inexpensive, and effertlve remedy to that end.
At the same time it must not be forgotten that
our railways are the arteries through which
the commercial lifeblcod of this nation flows.
Nothinc could be more foolish than tee en-
art men t of legislation which would unneces
sarily interfere with the development and
operation of these commercial agencies. The
snbject is one of great Importance and calls
for the earnest attention 01 tne congress.
The message points out the value or tne
American forests and tbe necessity for their
conservation, and urges the construction and
maintenance of reservoirs and irrigating
svstems for tbe reclamation of the arid lands
of the West. Of the water rights it says:
"In tbe arid states the only right to water
hich should be recognized is that of use. In
Irrigation this right should attach to the
land reclaimed and be inseparable therefrom.
Granting perpetual water rights to others
than users, without compensation to the
public, is open to all the objections which
apply to giving away perpetual franchises to
the public utilities of cities. A few of the
Western states have already recognized this
and have incorporated in their constitutions
the doctrine of perpetual state ownership of
water.
Our aim should be not simply to reclaim
the largest area of land and provide homes
for the largest number of people, but to
create for this new industry the best possible
social and industrial conditions; and this re
quires that we not only understand the ex
isting situation, rt avail ourselves 01 tue
best experience of the time in the solution
of its problems. A careful study should be
made, both by tne nation ana tne states. 01
the irication laws and conditions here and
abroad. Ultimately it will probably be neces
sary for tbe nation i- co-operate wun tne
several arid states in proportion as these
states by their legislation and administration
show themselves fit to receive it.
Develoj-nent of Hawaii.
"In Hawaii our aim must be to develop the
territory on tho traditional American lines.
We do not wish a region of large cities tilled
hv cheaD labor: we wish a healthy American
community of men who themselves till the
farms they own. All our legislation ior tne
islands should be shaped with this end in
view; the well-being of the average home
maker must afford the true test of the
healthy development or the islands. The
land policy should as nearly as possible be
modeled on our homestead system.
It is a pleasure to say tnat it is naraiy
more necessary to report as to Porto Itico
than as to any state or territory within our
continental limits. The island is tnnving as
never before, and It is being administered
efficiently and honestly. Its people are now
enovint liberty ana oraer unuer tne pro
tection of the United States, and upon this
fact we congratulate them and ourselves
Their material welfare must be as carefully
and Jealously considered as the welfare of
any other portion of our country. Yv'e have
given them tne great gut or iree access tor
their products to tbe markets of the United
States. 1 ask the attention of the Congress
to the need of legislation concerning the pub
lic lands of Porto Rico.
Progress in Cuba.
'Tn Cuba such nrosrress has been made b
ward putting the Independent government of
the island upon a firm footing that before the
present session of the Congress closes this
will be an accomplished fact. Cuba will then
start as her own mistress; and to the beauti
ful Queen of tbe Antilles, as she unfolds this
now page of her destiny, we extend our
heartiest greetings and good wishes. Else
where 1 have discussed the question of reci
procity. In the case of Cuba, however, there
are weighty reasons of morality and of na
tional Interest why the policy should be held
to have a peculiar application, and I most
earnestly ask vour attention to the wisdom,
indeed to the vital need, of providing for a
substantial reduction in the tariff duties on
Cuban Imports into tbe United States. Cuba
has In her constitution afhrmed what we de
sired, that she should stand, in international
matters, in closer and more friendly relations
with us than with any other power; and we
are bound by every consideration of honor
and expediency to pass commercial measures
In the interest of her material well-being.
Tbe Philippine Problem.
"In the Philippines our problem is larger.
They are very rich tropical islands, inhaol
ted by many varying tribes, representing
widely different stages of progress toward
civilization. Our earnest effort is to help
these people upward along the stony and dif
flcult path that leads to self-government. We
hope to make our administration of tne is
lands honorable to our nation by making It
of the highest benefit to tbe Filipinos them
selves; and as an earnest of what we intena
to do. we point to what we nave aone. ai
ready a greater measure of material prosper
ltv and of governmental honesty and effici
ency has been attained in tbe Philippines
than ever before in their history.
"In dealing with the Phlliiine people we
must show both patience and strength, for
bearance and steadfast resolution. Our aim
in hich. We do not desire to do for tbe is
landers merely what has elsewhere been done
for tronlc peoples by even the best foreign
governments. W hope to do for them what
has never before been done for any people
of the tropics to make them fit for self
government after the fashion of the really
free nations.
"To leave the islands at this time would
mean that they would fall Into a welter o
murderous anarchy. Such desertion of duty
on our part would be a crime against hu
maclty. The character of Governor Taft and
of his associates and subordinates is a proof,
If such be needed, of the sincerity of our er
fort to give the islanders a constantly in
creasing measure of self-government, exactly
as fast as they show themselves nt to exer
cise It. Since the civil government was es
tablisbed not an appointment has been made
in the islands with any reference to consiaer
ations of political influence, or to aught else
save the fitness of the man and tbe needs
cf the service.
There are still troubles ahead in the 19-
landn. The insurrection has become an affair
of local banditti and marauders, who d?serve
no higher regard than the brigands ot por
tions of the old world. Encouragement, di
rect or Indirect, to these insurrectos stands
on the same footing as encouragement to hos-
le Indians in the days when we still naa in-
ian wars. As we will do everything m our
power for the Filipino who is peaceful, we
will take the sternest measures wun ui
Filipinos who follow the path of the insur
recto and the ladrone.
The time has come when there snouia oe
additional legislation for the Philippines.
Nothing better can be aone ior tne lsianus
than to introduce industrial enterprises.
Nothing would benefit them so much as
throwing them open to industrial develop
ment It is therefore necessary that the
Congress should pass laws by which the re
sources of the islands can be developed: so
that franchises ifor limited terms of years!
can be granted to companiee doing business
in them, and every encouragement be Eiven
to the incoming of business men of every
kind. , w
I call your attention most earnestly to tne
crying need of a cable to Hawaii and the
Philippines, to be continuea irom iuc i mi-
ippines to points in Asia. We should not
efer a dav longer man necessary me i in
struction of such a cable. It is demanded
not merely for commercial out ior political
and military considerations.
-Either the Congress should Immediately
provide for the construction of a govern
ment cable, or else an arrangement should
k r.rio h which like advantages to those
accruing from a government cable may be
secured to the government cy nwir"
private cable company.
Recommends ?flcarae;oa Canal.
is.-n nirln exeat material work which r-
r,,-io n h undertaken on this continent Is
of such consequence to the American people
as the building of a canai across tne
connecting North and South America. While
its beneficial effects would perhaps be most
arked upon the Facinc coast aua me gun
and South Atlantic states, it wouia aiso
greatly benefit other sections. It is era-
hatically a worn wnica u i ior mc .
f the entire country to begin and complete
as soon as possible; it is one of those great
uorks which only a great uation can undcr-
ke with prospects ol success, ana wuicu
when done are not only permanent assets
n the nation's material interests, due stauu
ug monuments to its constructive ability.
"I am glad to oe acie to unooumu ii u
hat our negotiations on this subject with
Great Ilritain. conducted on notn siaes in a
spirit of friendliness ana mu-uai goou win
and respect, have resulted iu my being able
to lay before the Senate a treaty which if
ratified will enable us to begin preparations
for an Isthmian canal at any time, ana wuicu
guarantees to this nation every right that
it has ever asseu in ramnuuu "
canaL In this treaty, the old Clayton-Bul-wer
treaty, so long recognized as inadequate
to supply the base for the construction and
maintenance of a necessarily American ship
canal, is abrogated. It specifically provides
that the United States alone shall do the
work of building and assume the responsi
bility of safeguarding the canal and shall
regulate Its neutral use by all nations on
terms or equality witnoui. io
interference of any outside nation from any
quarter. The signed treaty win at once ut
i-irf hoor the Senate, arid if approved the
Congress can then proceed to give effect to
the advantages it secures us by providing for
the building of the canal.
"The true end of every great and free peo
ple should be self-respecting peace; and this
nation most earnestly desires sincere and
cordial friendship with all others. Over the
entire world, of recent years, wars between
the great civilized powers cave htoim
and less frequent. Wars with barbarous or
smi-barbarous peoples come in an entirely
different category, being merely a most re
grettable but necessary international police
a,,- m-hirh must be performed for the sake
of the welfare of mankind. Peace can only
be kept with certainty wnere doid mca -.ou
to keep it; but more and more the civilized
peoples are realizing the wicked folly of war
and are attaining that condition of Just and
intelligent regard for the rights of others
which will In the end. as we hope and be
lieve make world-wide peace possible. The
peace conference at The Hague gave definite
expression to this hope and belief and mark
ed a stride toward their attainment.
The 91 on row Hoc trine.
'Tnla same peace conference acquiesced In
our statement of the Monroe doctrine as
compatible with the purposes and aims of
the conference.
"The Monroe doctrine should be the car
dinal feature of the foreign policy of all the
nations of the two Americas, as It is of the
United States. The doctrine is a declara
tion that there must be no territorial ag
grandizement by any non-American power at
the expense of any American power on Amer
ican soil. It Is in no wise Intended as hostile
to any nation in the old world. Still less is
it intended to give cover to any aggression
by one new world power at tne expense oi
any other. It is simrlr step, and a long
step, toward assuring the universal peace cr
the world by securing the possibility of per
manent peace on this nemispnere.
This doctrine has nothing to do with the
commercial relations of any American power,
save that it ia truth allows each of them to
form such as It desires, in otner worcs, it
s really a guaranty oi tne commercial iu-
dependence of the Americas. W e do not ask
under this aoctrine ior any tiuumiu tum
mercial dealings with any other American
state We do not guarantee any state against
punishment if it misconducts itself, pro
vided that punishment does not take the
form of the acquisition ot territory Dy any
non-American power.
Our attitude in cuca is a suincient guar
anty of our own good faith. We have not
the sligntest aesire to ci-un: "j ichiluij
at the expense of any of our neighbors. We
wish to work with them hand in hand, so
thtt all of us may be uplifted together, and
we rejoice ever the good fortune of any of
them we gladly hail their material prosper
ity and political staoimy, ana are concerueu
and alarmed if any of them fall into indus
trial or political chaos. We do not wish to
see any old world military power grow up on
this continent, or to be compelled to become
a military power ourselves. The peoples of
the Americas can prosper best if left to work
our their own salvation in their own way.
Powerful Navy Urged.
"The work cf upbuilding the navy must be
steadily continued. Whether we desire it or
not. we must henceforth recognize mat we
have international duties no less than inter
national rights. Even if our Bag were biul
ed down in the Philippines and Porto Rico,
even If we decided not to build the Isthmian
canal, we should need a thoroughly trained
navv or adeauate size, or else oe prepareu
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 carried in for
eign bottoms, we must have war craft to
protect it.
"So far from being In any way a provoca
tion to war, an adequate and highly trained
navy is the best guaranty against war. the
cheapest and most effective peace Insurance.
The com of building and maintaining such a
navy represents the very lightest premium
for Insuring paece which this nation can
possibly pay.
-Probably no other great nation In the
world is so anxious for peace as we are.
There is not a single civilized power which
has anything whatever to fear from ag
gressiveness on our part. All we want is
peace; and toward this end we wish to be
able to secure the same respect for our
rights in return, to insure fair treatment to
us commercially, and to guarantee the safety
of the American people.
"Our people Intend to abide by the Mon
roe doctrine and to insist upon it as the one
sure means of securing the peace of the
Western hemisphere. The navy offers us the
only means of making our Insistence upon
the Monroe doctrine anything but a sub
ject of derision to whatever nation chooses
to disregard it. We desire the peace which
comes as of right to the just man armed:
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 be
built and the men trained long in advance.
In the late war with Spain the ships that
dealt the decisive blows at Manila and San
tiago had been launched from two to four
teen years, and they were able to do as they
did because the men In the conning towers,
the gun turrets and the engine-rooms had
through long years of practice at sea learned
how to do their duty.
"It was forethought and preparation which
secured us the overwhelming triumph of 1S9S.
If we fail to show forethought and prepara
tion now, there may come a time when dis
aster will befall us Instead of triumph; and
should this time come, the fault will rest
primarily, not upon those whom the acci
dent of events puts 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 our navy. It ts unsafe and
unwise not to provide this year for several
additional battleships and heavy armored
cruisers, with auxiliary and lighter craft in
proportion: for the exact numbers and char
acter I refer you to the report of the Secre
tary of the Navy. But there is something we
need even more than additional ships, and
this is additional ofucera and men. To pro
vide battleships and cruisers and then lay
them up, with the expectation of leaving
them unmanned until they are needed In
actual war, would be worse than folly; it
would be a crime against the nation.
- "To send any warship against a competent
enemy unless those aboard it bave been
trained by years of actual sea service, in
cluding incessant gunnery practice, would be
to invite not merely disaster, but the bitter
est shame and humiliation. Four thousand
additional sea Darn and one thousand addi
tional mar taxi should be provided; and an
increase ia the officers stould be provided
by making a large addition to the classes at
Annapolis.
Oar r resent Naval Fore.
"We now have seventeen battleships ap
propriated for, of which nine are completed
and have been commissioned for actual serv
ice. Hie remaining eight will be ready ia
from two to four years, but it will take at
least that time to recruit and train the men
to tight them. It is of vast concern that we
have trained crews ready for the vessels by
the time tbey are commissioned. Good ships
and good guns are simply good weapons, and
the best weapons are useless save la the
hands of men who know how to fight with
them. The men must be trained and drilled
under a thorough and well-planned system
of progressive instruction, while the recruit
ing must be carried on wnb still greater
vigor.
"The naval militia forces are state organi
r.tions. and are trained for coast service, and
in event of war they will constitute the innei
line of defense. They should receive hearty
encouragement from the general government.
"But in addition we should at once pro
Tide for a National Naval Iteserve, organized
and trained under tbe direction of the Navy
Iiepartment. and subject to the call of tbe
Chief Executive whenever war becomes immi
nent. It should be a real auxiliary to tbe
naval ser-going peace establishment, and of
fer material to be drawn on at once for
manning our ships in time of war. It should
be composed of graduates of the Naval Acad
emy, graduates of the Naval Militia, officers
and crews of coast-line steamers, longshore
schooners, fishing vessels and steam yachts,
together with the coast population about
such centers as life-saving stations and lifiUt
housus. Heed for Powerful JTavy.
"The American people must either build
and maintain an adequate navy or else make
up their minds definitely to accept a sec
ondary position in international affairs, not
merely in political, but in commercial, mat
ters. It has been well said that there Is no
surer way of courting national disaster than
to be 'opulent, aggressive, and unarmed."
"It is not necessary to Increase our army
bevond its present size at this time. But it
is "necessary to keep it at the highest point
of efficiency.
"Every effort should be made to bring the
army to a constantly increasing state of ef
ficiency. When on actual service no work
save that directly in the line of such service
should be required. The paper work in tho
army, as In the nary, should be greatly re
duced. What is needed is proved power of
command and capacity to work well in the
field. Constant care Is necessary to prevent
dry rot in the transportation and commis
sary departments.
"The Congress should provide means where
by it will be possible to have field exercises
by at least a division of regulars. ad if
possible also a division of national guards
men, once a year.
Only actual handling and proviaing tor
men in masses wniie mcy are mareuras,
camping, embarking, and disembarking, will
it be possible to train tne nigner onn-era u
perform their duties well and smoothly.
"A great debt is owing from the public to
the men of the army and navy. They should
be so treated as to enable them to reach tbe
highest point of efficiency, so that they may
be able to respond instantly to any demand
made upon them to sustain the interests of
the nation and tne uonor oi tne bbb- '
individual American enlisted man is prob
ably on the whole a more formidable fighting
man than tne regular oi any omcr mmj.
Every consideration should be shown him,
and in return the highest standard of -usefulness
should be exacted from him. It is
well worth while for the Congress to con
sider whether the pay of enlisted men upon
second and subsequent enlistments should
not be increased to correspond with the in
creased value of the veteran soldier.
Militia Laws Obsolete.
"Action should be taken in reference to the
militia and to the raising of volunteer forces.
Our militia law is obsolete and worthless.
The organization and armament of the Na
tional Guard of the several states, which are
treated as militia in tie appropriations by
the Congress, should be made identical with
those provided for the regular forces. The
obligations and duties of the Guard in time
of war should be carefully defined, and a
system established by law under which the
method of procedure of raising volunteer
forces should be prescribed in advance. It
is utterly impossible in the excitement and
haste of impending war to do this satisfac
torily if the arrangements have not been
made long beforehand. Provision should be
made for utilizing in the first volunteer or
ganizations called out the training ot those
citizens who have already had experience un
der arms, and especially for tbe selection In
advance of tbe officers of any force which
may be raised; for careful selection of the
kind necessary is impossible after the out
break of war.
"That the army is not at all a mere In
strument of destruction has been shown dur
ing the last three years. In the Philippines,
Cuba and Porto Rico It has proved itself a
great constructive force, a most potent im
plement for the upbuilding of a peaceful co
nization. ltalogy of Tetersm.
"No other citizens deserve so well of the
republic as the veterans, the survivors of
those who saved the union. They did the
one deed which if left undone would have
meant that all else in our history went for
nothing. But for their steadfast prowess in
the greatest crisis of our history, all our
annals would be meaningless, and our great
experiment in popular freedom ana seii-gov- i
ernment a gloomy failure. Moreover, they
not only left us a united nation, but they left
us also as a heritage the memory of the
mighty deeds by which the nation was kept
united. We are now indeed one nation, one
in fact as well as in name; we are untted
In our devotion to the flag which is the sym
bol of all national greatness and unity; and
the verv completeness of our union enables
us all, in every part of the country, to glory
in tbe valor shown alike by tbe sons of the
North and the sons of tbe South In the
times that tried men's souls.
Merit System Endorsed.
"The merit system of making appointments
Is in its essence as democratic and American
as the common schools system Itself. It sim
ply means that in clerical and other positions
where the duties are entirely non-political,
all applicants should have a fair field and
no favor, each standing on his merits as be
is able to show them by practical test. Writ
ten competitive examinations offer the only
available means in many cases for applying
this system. In other cases, as where la
borers are emploved. a system of registra
tion undoubtedly can be widely extended.
There are, of course, places where the writ
ten competitive examination cannot be ap
plied, and others where it offers by no means
an ideal solution, but where under existing
political conditions it is. though an imperfect
means, yet the best present means of get
ting satisfactory results.
"It is important to have this system ob
tain at home, but It is even more important
to hin it anrjlied rieidlv in our insular pos
sessions. Tbe administration of these Islands
should be as wholly free from the suspicion
of partisan politics as the administration of
the army and r.avv. All that we ask from
the public servant In the Philippines or Porto
RJco is that he reflect honor on his country
by the way in which he makes that coun
try's rule a benefit to tbe peoples who bave
come under It. This Is all that we should
ask, and we cannot afford to be content with
less."
Trent snent ef Indians.
The message points out the defects in our
present consular service, and recommends the
passage of bills now before Congress that
will increase its efficiency. Of the Indian
problem it says- .
"In my judgment the time has arrived
when we should definitely make up our minds
to recognize the Indian as an individual and
not ar a member ef a tribe. The General
Allotment Act is a mighty pulverizing engine
to break up the tribal mass. It acts direct
ly upon the family of the individual. Under
its provisions some sixty thousand Indians
have already become citizens of the United
States. We should now break up the tribal
funds, doing for them what allotment does
for the tribal lands: that is. thoy should be
divided into individual holdings. A stop
should be put upon the Indiscriminate per
mission to Indians to lease their allotments.
The effort should be steadily to make the
Indian work like any other man on his own
ground. Tbe marriage laws of the Indians
should be made tbe same as those of the
whites. ... .
-In dealing with tbe aboriginal races few
things are more important than to preserve
them from the terrible physical and moral
degradation resulting from the liquor traf
fic. We are doing all we can to save our own
Indian tribes from this evil. Wherever by
international agreement this same end can be
attained as regards races where we do not
possess exclusive control, every effort should
be made to bring it about.
"I bespeak the most cordial support from
the Congress and the people for the St. Louis
Exposition to Commemorate the One Hun
dredth Anniversary of the Louisiana Pur
chase. This purchase was the greatest in
stance of expansion in our history. It def
initely decided that we were to become a
great continental republic, by far the fore
most power in the Western Hemisphere. The
national government should be represented
at the exposition by a full and complete set
of exhibits. .
"The people of Charleston, with great en
ergy and civic spirit, are carrying on an ex
position which will continue throughout most
of the present session of the Congress. I
heartily commend this exposition to the good
will of the people. It deserves all the en-
.n.ni thit ran be eiven it.
"For the sake of good administration, sound
economy, nnd the advancement of science, the
.. nin.. m now constituted should be
made a permanent government bureau. This
would insure better, cheaper and more sat
isfactory work, in the interest not only of
our business but of statistic, economic and
social science.
The remarkable crowtn of the psita! Ser
vice is shown In the fact that its r.eren
have doubled and Its expenditures have near
ly doubled within twelve years. Its progres
sive development compels constantly increas
ing outlay, but in this period of business en
ergy and prosperity its receipts grow so much
faster than its expenses that the annual de
ficit has been steadily reduced from JU.411,
779 in 1?97 w tZlZI in lul. Among recent
postal advam-es the success of rural free
delivery wherever established has been so
marked, and actual experience has made Its
benefits so plain, that the demand for its
tension is general and urgent,
Growth of Postal Service.
"It Is Just that the great agricultural popu
lation should share in the improvement of the
service. The number of rural routes now In
operation is G.OoS. pra-tically all established
within three years, and there are 6.(w0 appli
cations awaiting action. It is expected that
the number in operation at the close of the
current fiscal year will reach h.COO. The mail
will then be daily carried to the doors or
D.luO.OoO of our people who have heretofore
been dependent uptn distant offices, and one
third of all that portion of the country which
is adapted to it will be covered by this kind
of service.
Second-Class Aatl natter.
"The full measure of postal progress which
might be realized has long been hampered
and obstructed by the heavy burden imposed
on the government through tbe intrenched
and well-understaod abuses which have
grown up in connection with second-class
mail matter. The extent of this burden ap
pears when It is stated that while the second-class
matter makes nearly three-fifths or
the weight of all the mall, it paid for the
last fiscal year only J4.2iM.445 of the aggre
gate postal revenue of JUl.r31.133. If the
pound rate of postage, which produces the
large loss thus entailed, and which was fixed
bv the Congress with the purpose of encour
aging the dissemination of public informa
tion, were limited to tho legitimate U,,WB:
papers and periodicals actually contemplated
bv the law, no just exception could be taken.
That expense would be tne rrrogn!7.ed and
accepted cost of a lib-.-ral public policy de
liberately adoptea lor a jusuiinniB euu.
much of the matter whirh enjoys the privi
leged rate is wholly outside of the Intent of
the law, and has secured admission only
through an evasion of its requirements or
through lax construction. The proportion of
such wrongly included matter is etimated
by postal experts to be one-half of the whole
volume of second-class mail. If It be only
one-third or one-quarter, the magnitude of
the burden is apparent. The Poslofflce De
partment has now undertaken to remove the
abuses so far as Is possible by a stricter ap
plication of tbe law; and it should be sus
tained in its effort."
"We view with lively Interest and keen
hopes of beneficial results the procedlngs cf
the Pan-American Congress, convoked at tbe
invitation of Mexico, and now sitting at tbe
Mexican capital. The delegates of the United
States are under the most liberal instructions
to co-operate with their colleugues in all
matters promising advantage to the great
family of American commonwealths, as well
in their relations among themselves as In
their domestn- advancement and In their
Intercourse with the world at large.
The occurrences arising from tho "Boxer
outbreak in China are reviewed In detail, and
the steps taken to secure to tbe United States
Its share of the trade of the Orient are ex
plained. The massage concludes:
"Th death of Wueen Victoria caused the
people of the United States deep and heart
felt sorrow, to which the government gave
full expression. When I'resident McKlnley
died, our nation in turn received from every
quarter of the British empire expressions of
grief and sympathy no less sincere. The
death of the Empress Dowager Frederick of
Germany also aroused the genuine sympathy
of the American people; and this sympathy
was cordially reciprocated by Germany when
the President was assassinated. Indeed, from
every quarter of the civilized world we re
reived, at the time of the President's death,
assurances of such grief and regard as to
touch the hearts of our people. In the midst
of our affliction we reverently thank the Al
mighty that we are at peace with the nations
of mankind; and we firmly intend that our
policy shall be such as to continue unbroken
these international relations of mutual re
spect and good will.
V THEODORE ROOSEVELT.
White House. December 3, 1901.
Girls Whip a Panther.
Anna Carter and Myrtle Love, IIt
ing near Grant's pass, Oregon, not long
ago foaght and whipped a panther,
though neither ot the girls had a wea
pon more deadly than a good-sized
rock. The girl3 are nieces of Judge
Hanna. who owns a large farm, and
were engaged In washing clothes at a
creek not far from the house, when one
or them saw a large panther crouching
within twenty feet or 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 flung at
the panther just as he rose in the air.
The brute became entangled in a sheet
and before it could claw itself free the
girls had poured in on his ribs and
head a shower oi rocks which they haa
nicked ud. The unexpected attack
completely rattled the panther, which
darted away with a snarling cry. l nen
the rirls ran to the house and sent a
couple of armed men after the prowler.
That evening a handsome panther skin
was nailed on the Bide of the uarn. .
Not I'p in Geography.
A certain minister of Greater New
York is determined that his young
daughter shall not know the dark side
cf orthodox religion. The miss went
to the country with her mother during
the past summer, and there found a
playmate in the youthful daughter of
a village teacher. One day the follow
ing conversation was overheard:
You've told a story." said the village
girl, 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 bell?" "Why, Mamie
Blank, you a minister's daughter and
don't know where hell is!" "Well, I
don't care," answered the accused. "I
never was in a geography class In my
life." New York Times.
Jnvenlle ViacrlmlnatU
A little Germantown (Pa.) boy, who
goes to Sunday school every Sunday,
always receives a nickel from hi'
father to place in the collection plate.
Last Sunday his father gave him two
nickels, saying: "One is for the Lord
and the other i3 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 disap
Deared down a crack. Without a mo
ment's hesitation and still clutching
the remaining coin in his clenched fist.
he looked ud at his father, exclaiming:
"Oh, pop! there goes the Lord's nick
el!" Philadelphia Record.
Reversing His Surname.
Ernest Seton-Thompson, the well
known writer and author, has been
granted permission by Justice Bischoff
in the New York supreme court to
change his name to that of Ernest
Thompson-Seton. Mr. Setcn-Thomp-
enn In his petition said that the sur
name of Thompson was a pseudonym
adonted by his family, which hid from
the English government after having
taken part ii the Jacobite rebellion la
1745.
A Choice of r.vlls.
"I told you," said the teacher, apolo
getically to Tommy, "that 1 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. On? of
your lickin's Is a picnic by the side ot
one of dad'c" Stray Stories. ,
True wit nerer gives birth to ill
thoughts.
re Ton Cslng AUrn's oot-F.svse ?
It Is the only cure for Swollen,
Smarting. Burning, Sweating Feet,
Corns and Bunions. Ask for Allen'"
Foot-Ease, a powder to le shaken irta
the shoes. At all Druggists nnd Sto
Stores, 2;.c. Sample pent FREE. Ad
dress Allen S. Olmsted. LeRoy, N- T.
Ill luck often turns friends into
mere acquaintances.
ffiitN Torn (jRoriR hays
he floes n"t have Ieflance Starch, yctfr
may lie sure he is afraid to k i it uitll
hin stock of 12 oz. packages are si.l.J. Iw
t.anre Starch Is not only better tlun ur.r
ether Cold Water Starch, but contain 1C
oz. to the puckace and tells for kuie
money as 12 ex. brands.
A NOTEDPHYSIC!AH
Hates an Important Sfatrmeni
of Interest to All "Women.
"Peib Mns. riXKHAM: The hon
est, intelligent phyfeicism is alove the
School. Whatever is 1-ost in ench
case should be used, no matter to n hat
sciiool physician belongs. I, as
matter of conscience, cfa.ii only pro
PR. WAKATA, of Lansing. Mich,
scribe the best, and as I know and har
proven that there is nothing in Materis
Mediea which qnals LrVtliM. 1Z. link
ham's Vegetable Compound in
severe cases of female diirders, I
unhesitatingly prescribe; it, and have
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