The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1900-12-06

pronounced: IOWA stanus nrst, with 30
banks of the smaller class, while Texas,
Oklahoma, Indian territory and the mid
have also availed themselves largely Of
the privileges under the new law.
Our Foreign Trade.
Our foreign trade shows a remarkable
e' ress. The total Of imports and e exports
country COZ try exceeds exec g. 100, 900. 5oc The exports
before, the total for the fiscal year 1900
being i,4sS,0s2, an increase over 1899
than 1896 BY s6l.sis,lH: -.
The growth Of manufactures in the
that nee psas' Of he
their value Avs II to%r Pr isSe u being sisss5i. .fs:
Agricultural products were also export
ia against ,7s1 .77s, ia in 1899.
The imports for the year amounted o to
an il oyer Sys 0 OF ais s52
rails for manufacture, and Is in response
to the rapid development of manufactur-
ing I'm the United States. While there
was imported for Use in manufa cture in
1900 material to th> value of S97es,9T2 in
excess of 1899, It is reassuring to observe
in the Importation of articles manufac-
ttured ready for, consumption; which in
1880 formed per sene Gent Of in tbs 1888 and
21.09 per cent. in 1896.
The Internal Revenue Tax.
I recommend that the congress at its
present session reduce the internal rev.
enue taxes imposed to meet the expenses
of the war with Spain in the sum of $780,
100000 This reduction should be secured
by the remission of those taxes which ex-
hac shn IN he ha h,tr-
densome to the Industries of the people.
] specially urge that there be included in
whatever reduction S,a Is maze the legacy tax,
cational or charitable character.
Recommends ship Subsidy.
American vessels during the past three
years have carried about nine per cent.
of our exports and imports: Foreign ships
part of American trade. The remarkable
growth of our steel industries, the prog
and and our steadily maintained % expend@itures nd @
for the navy have created an opportuni-
ty to place the United States in the first
rank of commercial maritime powers
Besides realizing a proper national as
pration this will mean the establishment
and healthy growth along, all our coasts
ing the field for 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
successors have relied.
The Trust Question.
The trust question receives the atten-
ton of the president, and he says:
lation upon this subject in the the ' several
states is much to be desired 1t is to be
hoped that such uniformity. founded in a
is injurious and what Is useful and neces-
sary in business operations, may be OBJ
tanned. and that means may be found for
constitutional power. SO to supplement an
effective code of state legislation as to
make complete system of laws through
out the United States adequate to compel
a general observance of the salutary rules
to which have referred.
THE whole question is SO important and
| far-reaching that l am sure no part of 1t
will be lightly considered, but every phase
of it will have the studied deliberation of
| congress, resulting in wise and judicious
| action.
| Restraint upon such combinations as e
injurious, and which are within federal
jurisdiction, should be promptly apple d
| by the congress"
The Philippines.
Considerable attention is given the sub
| ject of the Philippines, and in this con-
| nectton the scope and work of the Phil
ippine commission as outlined to the con-
mssioners is fully outlinea for the benz
| tit of congress, OF the present colu--
tions in the islands the president says:
In my last annual message | dwelt It
fairs in the Philippines While seekin :
to impress upon you that the grave re-
those islands rests with the congress of
the United States. l abstained from I,
ommending at that time a specific al
tory actually held by the United Stat, )
| forces and in which, as long as insu.-
rection continues, the military arm must
pose, until the congress shll have made
| known the formal expression of its will,
to use the authority vested in me by. the
constitution and the statutes to uphold
! the sovereignty of the United States in
those distant islands as in all othCr places
where our flag r!ghtfully iloats, placing,
| to that end, at the disposal of the army
and navy, all the means which the lib
eraltty of the congress and the people
of the will of the congress having been
| made, / have steadfastly pursued the pur-
pose SO declared, employing the civil arm
pacification and the Institution of local
governments within the lines of author
ity and law
We Are Making Progress.
Progress in the hoped. for direction has
been favorable. Our forces have sue
cessfully controlled the greater part of
the islands, overcoming the, organized
foTcgs 6dcr nd o the and carrying
quarters What opposition remains is for
the most part scattered, obeying no con-
certed plan of strategic action, operating
only by the methods common to the ira
ditions of guerrilla warfare, which, while
ineffective to alter the general contro
now established are still sufficient tt
that have felt the good results of ou'
control, and thus delay the confermen
upon them of the fullest measures O.
local self-government, of education, ant
of industrial and agricultural develop
ment which we stand ready to give t'
them.
opposition of the dissatisfied TaEals tC
the authority of the United States wa:
virtually ended, thus opening the doo
TOR the extension of stable amnis
the archipelago. Desiring to bring thi
about, | appointed in March last a ,t civl
commission composed of Hon william
of Michigan; Hon. Luke e. Wright, of Ten
nessee; Hon. Henry c. lde, of Vermont
and Prof, Bernard Moses, of California
of their authority are clearly set fortl
in my instructions of April 7, 1900, ad
dressed to. the secretary of war to b.
transmitted to them.
Principles Are Appreciated.
Referring to the manner in which tn
laid down in his instructions to then
has been received by the people of tn
philippines, the president says:
1t Is evident that the most enlightene
thought of the Philippine islands fully ap
precates the importance of these princi
pes and rules, and they will inevitabl
assent. Upon every division and branc
of the government of the Philippines
therefore, must be imposed three inviol
able rules:
liberty, or property without due process Q
law; that private property shall not b