The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1901-12-03
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yelop the territory on the traditional I
American lines. Porto Rico is thriv
ing as never before and the govern
ment there is being administered eff 4
hciently and honestly. In Cuba such
progress has been made toward put
ting the independent government of
the island upon a firm footing that
before the present session OF the con
gress closes this will be an accomp
lished fact. most earnestly ask your I
attention to the wisdom, indeed to the
vital need of providing for a substan-
tlal reduction in the tariff duty on
Cuban imports into the United States.
In the Philippines our problem is
lafger Already a greater measure Of
material prosperity and Of govern
mental honesty and eficiaacy has
been attained than ever before in this
history. The time has come when
there should be additional Legislation
for the Philippines.
Cable to Hawaii.
call your attention most earnestly
to the crying need Of cable to
Hawaii and the Philippines, to be con
tinued from the Philippines to points
in Asia. We should not defer a day
longer than necessary the construc-
tion of such a cable.
No single great material work
which remains to be undertaken on
this continent is Of such consequence
to the American people as the build
ing Of a canal across the isthmus con
Meeting North and South America. It
ia emphatically a work which II is for
the interest of the entire country to
begin and complete as soon as pos
sible am glad to be able to an
nounoe to you that our negotiations
on this subject with Great Britain
have resulted in my being able to lay
before the senate treaty which, If
ratified, will enable us to begin prep
arations for an isthman canal at any
time and which guarantees to this
nation every right that it has ever
asked in connection with the canal
The Monroe doctrine should be the
cardinal feature of the foreign policy
of all the nations OF the two Americas,
as it is of the United States Our at
titude in Cuba is a sufficient guaran-
tee of our own good faith. We have
not the slightest desire to secure any
territory at the expense of any Of our
neighbors. We wish to work with
them hand in hand so that all Of us
may be upllfted together, and we re-
joice over the good fortune of any Of
them. we gladly hail their material
prosperity and political stability and
are concerned and alarmed if any of
them fall into Industrial or political
chaos. We do not wish to see any
old world military power grow up on
this continent, or to be compelled to
become military power ourselves.
The peoples of the Americas can pros
per best If left to work out their own
salvation IN their own way.
Larger Navy Needed.
The work Of upbullding the navy
must be steadily continued. It is i'm
perative that It should be put and
kept in the highest state Of efficiency
and should be made to answer oul
growing needs. An adequate ant
highly trained navy is the best guar
antee against war, the cheapest ant
most effective peace insurance.
, Probably no other great nation il
the world is 50 anxious for peace as
we are. There is not single civiliz
ed power which has anything whateye
10 fear from aggressiveness on ou