New-York tribune., 1900-04-27

the provision made was considerate, even generous
but it does not end here. There further con-
cessions.
TndeF the military regme there has been Tbage Rag
taxes are continued. and all articles OF mer-
into Porto Rico required to pay tax equal in
poed IN Pnrto o 20 bnr ne % ma rre Of Porto
Rcan manufaeture and the proceeds collected eo go
permitted PERI lite 't' to enjoy similar privegea
Il is further pro idsd that all goods H6 e1cep s
articles free of duty Porto Rico by military
Gns when om he ho Uned The
articles thus made free of duty when imported
from the United states are too numerous 10 De
Compared with the benefits conferred upon Porto
tried to explain the simple privilege OF freeaonl OF
pears TO be insignificant in value
TO the island the financial resources absolutely
neeessary TO redeem i from its present almost
her her people under a pauperke dependency upon
Finally. it is 70 be carefully noted that these pro-
pra9as are f6a not asaebv
Of Porto Rico shall have enacted and put into
necessities Of the government Of Porto Rico by
this act established; and shall by resolution duly
proclamation thereof. and thereapon al t9rif duties
from the fnited States or coming into The tinted
states from Porto REQ shall cease: and from and
shall be entered the several ports of entry free
Of duty; and in no event shall any duties be col
af,er M1THh @ Po J. t9Z % on eTch4has men % nnd
+ therefore freedom on of trade with Us is
ognizei by law. II the performance Of that duty
j. defayed. The eXgencies or the situation in Porto
Rico furnish Il fun Justification for its brief
Of Access TO our markets would be worth 100000 or
Mg3eoo year TO certain land owners in Porto Rico
tages of ciyil government Independent revenues
island of Porto Rico
Mayor Thomas N Hart of Boston made a
short address
MR.. ROOTS PLEA FOR THE ARMY,
Elihu Root, Secretary of War. then intro
duced. and was greeted with continued cheers.
Secretary Root, after referring to what the
Army had done in Cuba and the Philippines,
said:
The sovereignty of America in the PHILIPPINES is
best that We should have been there We
T 6e 5aSk in 6o56 5e places Ia % IS deSa5t ana s dcu
Can W. not have for this army of ours, perform
If T1Ie iI of Tn yGnl of the American people?
all Americans? Cries of Good Good! and
ion 10 American Datro'tism Tor that support
good faith and sincerity with winch we are per per
forming it. We have sent to these islands OF the
in courage and in american fibre.
With this pure purpose and thls since sncerity f me tne
endured the first winter this shore for the sons
OF the men of Valley Fo, ge, for the men whose
courage kept on through e terrible days of 1863
Il IS not too great for the people who for centuries
and individual freedom have held aoft the torch
over the pathway of the peoples VINO were left be
hind and guiding them onward in the pain 6oIe ol
80 long they have faith in their popular in
stitutions
SECRETARY LONGS SPEECH.
The introduction Of John n Long. Secretary
of the Navy. brought three long hurrahs for the
next Vice President Of the United States.
Secretary Long said:
Deeply as I appreciate the mixed character Of
your welcome I never before a Boston audi
ence can think myself as a guest, but I welcome
their guests, especially the outspoken repre-
sentative of the great empire of China"
Secretary Long spoke facetiously Of the candi~
dacy of Lieutenant-COvernOr Woodruff Of New
York for the vice-P Presidency, and assured him
of cordial welcome in Massachusetts, lie
continued
I am glad to be present at this meeting Of the
manufacturers of the United States and to join
resent 10 the genius Of Industrial Invention and
and brsi1 Of tbe ATo.iean % u Stti1e Fye he Nav
for which for the time being speak while the
the flowing sea the glorious ranges OF the ocean
a huge workshop. Most of the money II spends
Is spent IN ma{eTal construction r and IN the el M
homes Of the people, and thus serves tne promo mo
best and largest function Of the Navy is to serve
commerce in its distribution of our manufactured
10 industrial prosperity; surveying the pathways of
the ocean. carrying our flag 10 every shore and
When Commodore Perry amcaby opened with
japan a the beginning Of the wonderful
development of that beautiful and progressive
pire of ne Orient that friendlv intercourse which
has brought its people into such happy relations
with he a lustre to the Navy and to his
country less thsn t1at Of 9qr grea5sst 4 naval
more in the liberation Of thousands Of islands OF
the Eastern sea from oppression than in me let
ting loose Of their abundant and undeveoped riches
Manufactured products and thereby to the absorp-
ton by their people of your civilization and free
dom
7 bring you, therefore. the sympathy Of the
Navy. And of the Navy alone but. with
Cabinet colleagues, the sympathy OF the National
Administration, which has always been. as you
know most cordially Interested and may I not
also say most effectively helpful in promoting the
prosperity Of American manufactures
among the real. everyday. living interests of
/ unfailing current which smooth and noise
less; 1t is The shalloWer stream dried up more
than nalf the year, which toams ana roars: We
think interested IN what call politics-in
scraps in The Congressional arena. in sharp per-
sonal debates, IN the eHerNes'eHce ahH eioqHehg55
OF statesmen. But these are not the daily bread
Of our Lords Prayer We read the political sen
play and straightway forget them both. We know
that when at tne END OF a session CT Congr.ss
passed shall find that the whole they rep
resent the demands or the business interests or the
country the demands OF rs industries amt iahor.
which are the important things and we shall nave
entirely forgotten the fricions which accompanied
For the civilization Of our time largely in your
hands. You largely represent the great body OF
the people. il i you VINO largely determine the
welfare Of their homes, The enlargement Of their
nDeEaents Of their lelsure-ln snort, the national
growth Tho vulgaT eXc-esCerCeS CT wealth the
and eSttItior on th ether are not the true meas
ure Of the development OF the great honest ear
and the caaracter Of the Rerublic are in them
and - ;he!r Common thrift aud occupation, u