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t6tf Nobraslio, Independent
DECEMBER" 8, 1904
I ness mteht be broueht under the Dur
view of the bureau of corporations of
l. the department, of commerce and la-
bor.
The Rebate Whether the railroad
or shipper is to blame, the rebate must
De stopped. ' '" -"
City of Washington Wants to see
it thoroughly cleaned up and made a
1 municipal model.
' Race Suicide "If a race does not
have plenty of children, or if the chil
dren do not grow up, or if when they
grow ud they are unhealthy in body
and stunted or vicious in mind, then
that race is decadent
Married Women Very desirable that
they should not work in factories.
Department of Agriculture Institu
tion with a faculty of 2,000 specialists
making research into all sciences of
production. '
Public Playgrounds Necessary in all
large cities to the development of
wholesome citizenship.
Whipping Post Suggests it mfght
well be established .for wife beaters
and perLaps some others.
Irrigation "The reclamation act has
been found to be remarkably complete
and effective.
Forest Reserves Again urges that
forest service should be put under the
department of agriculture.
Game Preserves "We owe it to fu
ture generations to keep alive the no
ble and beautiful creatures which by
their presence add such distinctive
character to the American wilderness."
Indians Would have a field assis
tant to the commissioner of Indian af
fairs. ; . '
' Yellowstone Park Limit should be
extended southward.
Jamestown Tricentennial He conn
mends the exposition fo the favorable
consideration of congress.
Consuls Salaries should be substi
tuted for fees.
National Quarantine Law Most de
sirable. V.. . ' , -
Public Printing Twice as much
stuff printed as there should be.
Currency Every silver dc'.lar should
be redeemable in cold at the ontlon of
the hoider and the committee should
consider the retirement of- the green
backs. Immigration No man of an unwor
thy type should be admitted.
Naturalization Naturalization laws
should be revised, and there should be
the greatest care about the process.
Purity of Ballot Recommends en
actment of a Jaw against bribery and
corruption .in federal elections. , ;
The Law's Delay "No subject bet
ter warrants the attention of the
bench and bar throughout the United
States." Easy to enforce law against
poor man. Getting harder to do it
against the rich man. , ,
Alaska Several things imperatively
needed.
Hawaii Governor should have pow
er to remove all officials appointed un
der him.
Other American Nations Need not
fear the United States as long as they
behave themselves, but chronic wrong
doing or Impotence might force the
United States, through its adherence
to the Monroe doctrine, to exercise an
international police power. .
Navy Earnestly advises that there
be no halt in upbuilding the navy, and
says eastern war has proved, that the
big battleship is the mainstay.
Army It must be incessantly prac
ticed. Filipinos Far better to give them
schools, good roads and railroads than
a legislature.
Foreign Policy Peace based on the
power to make war. .
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Peruna is recommended by fifty of
Congress, by Governors, Consuls Generals,
Majors, Captains, Admirals, Eminent Physicians
Clergymen, many Hospitals and public institu
tions, and thousands upon thousands of those in
the humbler walks of
Currency '
On the currency question the presi
dent says: "The attention of the con
gress should be especially given to the
irfak
b very often acquired,
though generally inherited.
Dad hygiene, foul air, impure
water, are among its causes.
It is called "the soil for
tubercles," and .where is
allowed to remain tubercu
losis or consumption is
pretty sure to take root.
sSarsaparill
Removes every trcco of
ccrofula. Get Hood's.
For tefitunnnifllft gt MmmkMA khm
tni for Dook on Scrofula, No. 1 .
C. L Hood Co., Lowell, Mas.
currency Question, md that the stand
ing committees on the matter In the
two houses charged with the duty, take
up the matter of our currency and sec
whether it - is not possible to secure
an agreement in the business world inr
bettering the system; the committees
should consider the question of the re
tirement of the greenbacks and the
problem of securing " in our currency
such elasticity as is consistent with
safety. Every silver dollar should be
made by law redeemable in gold at the
option of the holder."
The PKilliplnes
Referring to the Philippines,"" the
president says that great progress has
been made in the government of the
islands, and concerning the Filipinos,
he says:
"At present they are utterly incapa
ble of existing in independence at all
or of building up a civilization of their
own. I ".rrly believe that we can help
them to rise higher and higher in the
scale, of civilization and of capacity for
self-government, and I most .earnest
ly hope that in the end they will be
able to stand, if not entirely alone, yet
in some such relation to the United
States as Cuba now stands. This el
is not yet in sight,- and it may be in
definitely postponed if our people are
foolish enough to turn the attention of
the Filipinos away from th problems
of achieving' moral and material pros
perity, - of working for a stable, or
derly and just government, and toward
foolish and. dangerous intrigues .for" a
complete independence for which they
are as yet totally unfit.
"On the other hand our people must
keep steadily before their minds the
fact that the justification for our btay
in the Philippines ihust ultimately rest
chiefly upon the good we are able to
do in the islands.
"I do not overlook the fact that in
the development of our interests in the
Pacific ocean and along its coasts, the
Philippines have played and will ulay
an Important part, and that our inter
ests have been served in more than
one way by the possession of the is
lands. But our chief reason for con
tinuing to hold then, must be that we
ought In good faith to try to do our
share of the world's work, and this
particular pieco of work has been im
posed upon us by thj results of the war
with Spain. The problem presented to
us in the Philippine islands is akin to,
but not exactly like, the problems pre
sented to the other great civilized pow
ers .which have possessions in - ihe
orient" . ... . , ;
Referring to the experiment of -n
elective lower house in the Philippine
legislature to be tried in two years,
the president says: "It is a good thing
to try the experiment of giving them
a legislature: but it Is a far better
thing to give them schools, good roads,
railroads which will enable theni to
get their, products to market, .honest
courts, an honest and efficient, 1 con
stabulary, and all that tends to pro
duce ord-.r, peace, fair dealing as be
tween man and man, and habits of
intelligent industry and thrift." j
The president deprecates criticism of
the administration's Philippine policy,
saying: "There is need of a vigilant
and disinterested support of our publis
servants in the ; Philippines by gooi
: citizens ier in the United States. Un
fortunately hitherto those of our peo
ple here "at home who have specially
claimed to be the champions of the
Filipinos have in reality been their
worst enemies. This will continue, to
be the case aa long as they strive to
make the Filipinos independent, and
stop all industrial development of the
island by crying ov1. against the laws
which would bring it on the ground
that capitalists must not .'exploit' the
islands. Such proceeding are not only
unwise, but are most harmful to the
Filipinos, who do not need indenen-
dence at all, but who do need good
laws, good public servants, and the
industrial development that can only
come if the investment of Anifrlcnn
and foreign capital in the islands is
favored in all legitimate ways'
The drawback on imported raw ma
terials means cheap goods for the
foreigner and the present extortionate
prices for American citizens. That is
what Secretary Shaw is advocating. II
is probable thajt is the. only kind vt
tariff revision that the" people will get.
It 13 all fhey deserve and when a
man gets what he deserves, there it
no ground for kicking. V '