Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1900-12-07

toward CnulnT the anomalous situation III
china by negotiations for a settlement at
the earliest possible moment. As soon as
the sacred duty Of relieving orr legation
and its dependents was accomplished we
Withdrew from active hostilitics. leaving
our legation under an adequate guard in
Picking MS a channel OF negotiation ard
settlement n course adopted by others
of the interested powers"
The president then speaks Of the prom
inent part taken by the United States
at the Paris exposition and of our amica-
bic relations with France. Germany and
Great Britain and refers to the Samoan
settlement as follows:
"1hc settlement Of the Samoan prob
lem. to which | advcltcd in my last mes
sage. has accomplished good results.
Peace and contentment prevail in the is
lands especially in Tutuia. where II
convenient administration that has won
the confidence and esteem of the kindly
disposed natives has been organized nm
der the direction of the commander Of
the United States naval station at Pan
go-Pango."
The Alaskan boundary question is next
referred to. The growth of Japan is
commented upon, as is also our thriving
commercial intercourse with Mexico.
After speaking of he international arb
trution movement the president turns IL
the subject OF an interoceanic canal. IL
says:
'The all important matter of an inter
oceanic canal has assumed new phase
Adhering to its refusal to reopen the
question of the forfeiture of the contract
of the Maritime Canal company, which
was terminated for alleged noncNccuti0n
in October, 1899. the government of NJ
caragua has since supplemented that ac-
ton by declaring the 50 styled Eyre
CraGin option void for nonpaymcnt of the
stipulated advance Protests in relation
to these acts have been fled in the state
department and are under considerations
Dccmng itself relieved from existing en-
gagcmcnts. the Nicaragua government
shows disposition to deal freely with
the canal question either in the way of
negotiations with the United States or
by taking measures to promote the wa
tcrwaY.
"Ovcrtures for a convention to effect
the building of Il canal under the auspices
of the United States are under consider
alton. In the meantime the views of the
congress upon the general subject, in
the light of the report of the commission
appointed to examine the comparative
merits of the various transiSthmian ship
Ndlidl NINIi''lN. lla. ~ NV Ull''l.
Il commend to the early attention of
the senate the convention with Great
Britain to facilitate the construction Of
such canal and to remove any obiec-
ton which might arise out of the con
vention commonly called the Clayton
BulWer' treaty"
Our relations with Spain and Turkey
are next treated. and then follows
statement of the gratifying financial con
dition of the country, with comment up
on our increasing foreign trade. the
growth of manufactures and agricultural
production Regarding the internal rcvc-
nue. the president says:
II recommend that the congress mt its
present session reduce the internal rcve-
nue. taxes imposed to meet the expenses
of the war with Spain in the sum of $50.
100000. This reduction should be secured
by the remission of those taxes which cN-
pericnce has shown to be the most bur
dcnsome to the industries of the people.
Il specially urge that there be included
in whatever reduction is made the legacy
tax requests for public uses of n literary,
educational or charitable character.
"Amcrican vessels during the past three
years have carried about . per cent of our
exports and imports Foreign ships should
carry the least, not the greatest, part of
American trade. The remarkable growth
of our steel industries the progress of
shipbulding for the domestic trade and
our steadily maintained expenditures for
the navy have created an opportunity to
place the United States in the first rank
Of commercial maritime powers.
Besides realizing proper national as
piraton. this will mean the establishment
and healthy growth along all our coasts
: of a 1iStinptiVn n national industry aynopI-
ing the field for the profitable employment
of labor and capital. 1t will increase the
transportation facilities and reduce
freight charges on the vast volume of
products brought from the interior to the
seabOard for export and will strengthen
an arm of the national defense upon
which the founders of the government
and their successors have relied. In again
urging immediate action by the congress
on measures to promote American ship
ping and foreign trade ! direct attention
to the recommendations on the subject in
previous messages.
THE TRUST EVIL.
SIN my last annual message to the con
gress | called attention to the necessity
for early action to remedy such evils as
might he found to exist in connection with
combinations of capital organized into
tIuslH anu dSdlu lhNll' "li'Hll"h !" NY
discussion of the subject mt that time,
which concluded with these words:
cit is apparent that uniformity Of leg
islation upon this subject in the several
states is much to be desired. 1t is to be
hoped that such uniformity, founded in a
wise and just discrimination between
what is injurious and what is useful and
necessary in business operations, may be
obtained and that means may be found
for the congress, within the limitations of
its constitutional powers, so to supple
ment an effective code of state legislation
as to make n complete system of laws
throughout the United States adequate Ia
compel a general observance of the salu-
tary rules to which have referred.
""The whole uucStion is so important