The Farmington times. [volume] (Farmington, Mo.) 1874-1902, 1901-12-05

| esF8hfc FHontd be ehcauFSHtd D. EfaHttuk
| franchises for their development, ard OF
/ this he says.
Nothing better can be done for the 10.
landt than 10 INTRODUCES ineaftriai enter.
| prlsF8s NofhirE would benefit them 80
much az throwing them open to Industrial
| development The connection between
\ ialeness snd mischief u proverbiaI, ard the
| opportunity 30 DO remuEsrsttve work 10
une OF the surcst pfsFsntivts of war. OF
course 10 bnslnrsA man will SO into the
| Philippines unless II is to his lnteres, TO
% 20, and q Is inm'rssiy % the inteIrsst
of the islands that he should go In u f.
| therefore necsHary that the eorErFgs
should pass laws by which the f.soufroy
| Of the isiaEds can be developed 80 that
| franchises tfor limited terms Of years. can
| be RFanifd 10 companies dUtrE business 10
1 them and every announcement ne given
| 70 the !ncomiEg Of busiErst mer Of even
"Not to prrmi, this is TO 90 a wrong to
| the phllipplues The frRnchiEsk must be
granted and the business permitted only
nnerI regulstiohs which viii sunraIiss the
ISLANDS against aEy Kind Of Improper *.
pioltetinU Hut ite vast natural wealth
pi the isinnds must .he developed, and the
capital willing 10 Develop e Hsusi He sivpH
thu opportunity The Held must hr throw n
I opFu TO ludiy.duRi enterprise, which has
been the real factor IN the development Of
every region over which our Has has ttowu
IL 10 urgently necessary 10 enact suitable
| laws dCaitnE With geueral trtrFp3Fl alton.
mltirg banking, currency humettrAcs ard
the usr ard ownership ut the larCs are
I Industrial rrtrrpfisc, ard she cnnlmt "ial
/ development whlrh Will surely follow VIII
aG0rl 90 the people 81 the Fiurus the
beet proofs Of The sincerity al our desire
to Bid thFm
The construction Of Parinc cable is
also urged. either that thr government
lay rurh q cable 20 connect Hawai- and
tn" Philippine. or that an arfnHErmcnt
BE- made by which the advantage hr-
CT1lue from a government cable m9j Nr
Fcrnrrl TO the government hy contract
with "a private cable company This he
deems necessary for both commercial,
political and military consideration.
THE tHthmian Canal.
tie calls attention to the Hscd OF an
ts'hmian canal and says
Its importance to the nation In by no
means limited merely 20 rs material 81.
i'rt upon our business prosper rity. and
yet with a view tn these effects alone 10
would be- 20 the last degree important
for uE Immediately TO begin it WI e. r.
beneficial gscgH would perhaps b. most
marked upon the Pacific coast ana the
ellf and south Atlantic states, u would
also greatly benefit other sections II is
c'aphat.-a!ly q work which q is fer the
Interest Of the entire country 30 beg u
and complete as soon as possible. u is
one o. those great works which only
great nation can undertake with pros
pgcta W success and which when done
arc NOT only permanent assets IN the HI.
ton material interests but stand nE
mu9 uWr Tts 90 IS constructive ability
ui tu' new treaty recently gorrlNGgG
With England he says; = am GLAD 60 bs
able 20 announce 70 you that our nvgptia-
tiUIr ur his FubieCi wlih Great Britain,
conducted or both sides IN a spirit nf
'rirrG.usss and mutual good wi. ard re-
tpecl have RESULTED IN my being able 10
lay bsfarf the senate a treaty which n
ratlltt " go enable us tU begin preparation
Cor ar isthmian canal At any timc ald
which guarantees To this nation every tight
that 10 has ever asked In come rf.ur wIib
ite canal lu this treaty The old clayton
adequate 'p supply The baar for the pur.
siruriInr aTd maintenance Ui r'rr'sBF,ty
American 'hip canal. is abroEatrc u sr,-
riaiy provides that 'hs IGtgf Sairg
ono ball do the work ~ huiiE.rF ard
assume tho TrfpuHsiblity Of saffcuNr1.lE
the carat art thall regulate iis neutral uso
by ali nations On terms ~ equality
ri any outside nation from any qupr
ter The signed treaty will a. once
he laid before the senate, and II ap-
proved the congress can then proceed 10
us by providing for the building Of the
cansl"
The aoarpr Doctrinr.
The president sets forth the objects nj
the Monroe doctrine. and the spirit in
which u haF bssn received hy other
e0untflrs and In connection with Il says
this nation has not the slightest dss'rr 10
any Of oar nciehbors. and cites 0ur attl-
'Ufe toward tuha Hs guarantee ~ oar
good faith iIs EayR also that "this
auctrlnr has nothing To do with the com
mrrcal relations Of ans American power
save that II N truth ALLOWS each Of them
60 form such a. It desires That Ne
an uo; AK fur any exclusive commercial
treaty with any other American state
THE Monfrr doctrine should he the
cardinal feature ut the foreign policy uf
an tho n1tpur ~ the two Americas a.
81 i~ ~ tho United State lust = years
have passed since President Monroe tn
his annual message announced that the
American continents are hrnrsfuTth not
20 h~ CgNEid"red az subjects for future
tolnnlsatiuh by any European power In
other words. tho Monroe doctrine IL
declaration that there must be no terri
totial ACKNOWLEDGMENT BY any nen-Amefi-
ran power at the expense of Rny Ameri-
can power on American soil II is in no.
wise Intended ms hostile to any nation in
thr old world Stlll lezH Is n Intended To
give cover tg any aggression by one new
world power at the expense OF any other.
II IS simply a step. and long step. to-
wHri assuring the universal peace % the
world by securing the possibility of pei
manent peace an this hemisphere"
The Navy.
The president urges the continued up
building Of the navy as a means Of per-
forming our International duties as wcil a.
protection and safeguard for cur inter
national r,Ehts He urges that our place
as hTzt-cla3H power rtcessitatss the
building ard maintenance OF navy In
keeping with our place among the nations
OF the world ard says:
So far ftum being ~ any way a provo
cation To war. an adequate and highly
trained navy - the hest guarantee against
war. the cheapest and most effective peace
iEhurarcr. The cost Of building and main
tanning such a navy represents the very
liEhtsai premium for lnSurlng peace which
his nation can possibly pay
o.; more shlps and the aadlusn OF more
officers and men IS absolutely necessary.
and says
There should be no cessation In the
~c.k st completing cg= navy. 60 .=r II.
EenuIty has been wholly unable 10 devise
a substitute for the great war craft whose
hamfuerinR guns beat out the mastery Of
the high seas, II is unsafe and unwiss
not IN provide this year for several add
tioRal battleships and heavy Hrmnrod
cruisers. with auxiliary and lighter craft
IN proportion For the exact number and
character refer you 10 the report OF the
thing we need even more than additional
ships. and This iH additional officers and
men. To provide battlsships and cruis.
ers and then lay them up. with the sN-
pecintion ~ leaving them unnamed un-
IN they are needed In actual war, would
be worse than folly. II would be . crime
against the nation.
'aro send any warship against n cnrnpe.
tent enemy unless those aboard IL hsvs
been trained by years OF actual sea serv-
Ice. including ineessant gunnery prac.
asier but the bitierest shame and humil-
lati9n. fopr thousand additional sea
men and n thousand add tionai marines
should be provided. and an increare in
the officers should b. provided by making
. large additlen 10 the classes AZ Annap.
oils There Ia onr small matter which
should bs mentioned In connection with
Annapolis. The preteniioux END unmean.
IHr title Of naval cadet should be- ahoi- |
shsa the title of 'midsh pman' fun Of
historic assoc tina. shoNlG isa restored
Every detail ashore which can he per-
formed hy civilian should be 90 ner-
formed. ih. officer hsiHr kept fer his nns-
cial duty III the sea service Above alt
gurntFS practice should he urrsasinK N /
II important to have our navy nf ade-
qusie size, but II fs even more impnr-
iant that, ship far ship. II should equal /,
IN efficiency any navy ih the world 4
This IL possible only with highly drilled 4
crews ard officers. ard this IN furr i'm.
perativeiy demands continuous and rso-
grsssivs Instruction. In target practice. /
ship handling. squadron tactics and gem +
haes IL suuaarnnR actively cruising awas /
from hHrh0rr and never long af archCr /
The resulting wear ppnu engines ard /
tulls must be endured. 4 battIeshsp waru /
1us in long training af officers ard men IL I
sell paid for BY the RESULT while, on the /
lshEr hand, no matter I'm hos sxeeffsnf /
Asndttson. u Ia nselsss II the crew be rot
'xpesf.
I'VE now have II bastIcsAips srprery,.
lfsd for. Of which nine are aoYsspfesed
ind have heeu commissioned for nrtssaf |
Iervsee, The remaining eight with be
cady In from two 10 four years. but Il |