Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1900-12-06

OF views III the negotiations the president
favorabiy fnclines TO Russia suggestion
that the matter of indemnities be reIe-
gated to the court OF arbitration at The
Hague.
the message deyotes a congratulatory
paragraph to the United States exhibits,
In being not only the largest foreign dis
play. but among the earliest in place and
best arranged and more completely coy
ering the entire classifications than that
of any other nation, ranking next in total
number after those of France itself. Tina
awarding of a larger number of prizes
to American exhibitors than those Of any
other nation is accepted as a striking
recognition of the merits of the exhibits.
Our Trade With Germany.
Uncertainty is expressed as to the pros.
pect of our well nigh extinguished Ger
man trade under the new burden of the
hope Is expressed that further regula-
tions viii be free from past diserimina-
tons.
The speedy and complete establishment
of the frontier line to which we are en-
titled under the Russo-Ameriean treaty
for the cession of Alaska is recommended
in view of the possibility Of friction in
the working of the modus vivendI
Taking the lynching of Italians at Tai
lulah as a text, the president renews
recommendations that federal courts have
jurisdiction in international cases where
the ultimate responsibility of the fedora
dent advises in conclusion that congress
make gracious provisions for indemnity
to those italian sufferers in the same
form and proportion as heretofore.
Satisfaction is expressed at the formal
notification of the ratification Of The
Hague treaty by the United States, Aus
tria. Belgium, Denmark, England, France
Germany. Italy, Persia, Portugal, Rou-
mania, Russia. Siam. Spain, Sweden anG
Norway and the Netherlands. Japan IS
added to the list.
Regarding the Eicaraguan canal, the
information is given that the NicaFag guar
government shows q disposition to take
measures TO promote the waterway. after
having declared the so-styled Eyre
Cragin option void. The report of thf
commission. it is recommended. may BIZ
awaited The convention with Great
Britain to remove any objections which
might arise out Of the Ciayton-B ulWel
treaty to the construction of the cana
is commended to the early attention Of
the senate.
Turkish relations are dismissed witt
the assertion that we await the fulfill
ment of the promise of the sultan e
make reparation for the injuries suffered
by American citizens in Armenia and else
where in the Turkish empire. =
The recommendation is made that tbs
senate take action on the commercial
conventions submitted at The last ses.
sion looking to the operation Of the pol
icy of reciprocity.
A paragraph is also devoted to the Par
commendation of its purpose.
The financial operations by the govern
nent during the year are reviewed in de
tail. 1T Will be the duty, as I am sure
it will be the disposition of congress,
saws the president to provide whatever
further legislation is needed TO insure
the continued parity under all conditions
between our two forms of metallic money
silver and gold. Touching the DISPOSE
ton of the surplus, the president recon-
mendS a reduction Of internal revenue
reduction should be secured by the re-
mission of those taxes which experience
has shown to be the most burdensOne to
the industries Of the people The in
clusion in the reduction is specially urged
of the legacy tax bequests for public uses
of literary, educational or charitable
character.
Urges Shipping Subsidies.
Immediate action is urged on measures
to promote American shipping and for
eign trade, and it is said the remark
able growth of our steel industries, the
progress of shipbuilding for the domestic
trade, and our steadily maintained ex-
penditures for the navy have created an
opportunity to place the United States in
the first rank of commercial maritime
powers. American vessels during the pasi
three years have carried about pei. cent
of our exports and imports. Foreign
ships should carry the least not the
greatest, part of American trade. I am
satisfied the Judgment of the country
IaFOfS the pOllCyf OF AID TO our merchant
marine which viii broaden our COM
merce and markets and uPbuild our sea-
carrying capacity for The products OF
agriculture and manufacture. which, with
the increase of cur navy, mean more
work and wages TO our countrynen. as
well as a safeguard to American interests
in every part of the world.
The president calls attention to the
passage in his last annual message for
early action to remedy such evils as
might be found to exist in connection
with combinations of capital organized
into trusts, and he repeats the language
of the previous message. adding; Re-
straint upon such combinations as are
injurious, and which are within federal
jurisdiction, should be promptly applied
by the congress.
The treatment of the Philippine nues-
ton consists largely of a review of events
and acts there during the past year, re-
calling the. presidents determination to
await the decision OF the viii of congress
as to the establishment of form of gov
eminent. He reports favorable progress
towards paciflcation and the institution
of local government Instructions 10 the
commission are embodied in fal and the
preliminary report, which has already
been published. are cited as to the inn
proyennents following the arrival of the
commission in Manila. Later reports
from the commission are said TO show
yet more encouraging advance towards
good government in the interests of hui
mainly and with the aim OF building up
an enduring. self supporting and self adj
n1iniStering community Legislation
should be along these generous lines. in
the u1selfish discharge Of an unsought
trust, which the fortune of war has
thrown upon the nation. Reiterating his
designation of the Eliipinos as the
wards Of the nation, the president says:
tIt Is our duty so to treat them that our
flag may be no less beloved in the noun
tains of Luzon and the fertile zones of
Mindanao and Negros, than it is al home
that there as here il shall he the re-
vered symbol of liberty. enlightenment
and progress in every avenue OF develop
pent. The Fiipinos are a race quick to
learn and to profit by knowledge. He
would be rash who. with the teachings
of contemporaneous history m View
would fix limit to the degree or culture
and advancement yet within the reach OF
these people if our duty toward them be
faithfully performed. :"
Legislation Is recommended to confer
upon the secretary of the interior super
vision over the public lands in Porto
Rico, with the duty to ascertain the To-
cation and quantity of lands the title to
which remained in the crown of Spain
when Porto Rico was coded.
After reviewing the circumstances Of
the constitutional convention in Cuba the
president announces that when the con-
vention concludes its labors he VIII trans
nit to congress the constitution for such
action as it may deem advisable. The
necessity for Pacific cable between Uni
ted States and Hawaii. with extension 10
Manila is urged anew, as follows:
Surveys have shown the entire teasl-
bility of a chain of cables which at eaen
stopping place shall touch on American
territory, so that the system shall be lin-
der our own complete control Mania
once within teiegraphic reach eonnee-
would open increased and profitable OPP
pOrtunitfes for more direct cable route