Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1901-12-03

s0ooA8E EeO0lemos
Insular questions are next treated.
In Hawaii our aim must be to develop
the territory on the traditional Amer.
lean lines. Porto Rico is declared to be
thriving as never before. Tho atten.
tlon or congress is called to the need Of
legislation concerning the islands pub.
lie lands. In Cuba 1t is stated that
much progress has been made toward
putting the independent government Of
the island upon firm footing, and 1t Ia
declared that independence will be an
accomplished fact. The president
adds:
Elsewhere have discussed the ques-
ton of reciprocity. In the case of Gu
pa, however, there are weighty reasons
Of morality and of national interest
why the policy should be held to have
a peculiar application. and l most ear.
nestly ask your attention to the wis.
dom. indeed to the vital need, of pro.
viding for a substantial reduction in
he tariff duties on Cuban imports into
the United States.
In dealing with the Philippine PEG.
pie We must show both patience and
strength, forbearance and steadfast res.
olution. Our aim is high. We do not
desire to do for the islanders merely
what has elsewhere been done for trop.
ic peoples by even the best foreign
governments. We hope to do for them
what has never before been done for
any people of the tropics-to make
them fit for self government after the
fashion of the really free nations.
The only fear Is lest in our overanx-
iety we give them q degree of indie.
pendence for which they are unfit,
thereby, inviting reaction and disaster.
As fast as there is any reasonable hope
that in a given district the people can
govern themselves self government
has been given in that district. There
Is not locality fitted for self govern
ment which has not received 1t. But 1t
may we'll be that in certain cases it
will have to be withdrawn because the
Inhabitants show themselves unfit to
exercise 1t; such instances have already
occurred. In other words, there is not
the slightest chance Of our failing to
show sufficiently humanitarian spirit.
The danger comes in the opposite direc-
ton.
Troubles Ahead Yet.
There are still troubles ahead in the
islands. The insurrection has become
an affair of local banditti and maraud-
crs, who deserve no higher regard
than the brisands Of portions of the
old world. Encouragement, direct or
indirect, to these insurrectos stands on
the same footing as encouragement to
hostile Indians in the days when we
still had Indian wars.
The president declares that the time
has come for additional legislation for
the Philippines. He says:
It is necessary that the congress
should pass laws by which the re-
sources Of the islands can be developed,
so that franchises (for limited terms of
ing business in them and every encour-
agement be given to the incoming of
business men of every kind. 1t is ur-
gently necessary to enact suitable laws
dealing with general transportation,
mining, banking, currency, homesteads
and the use and ownership Of the lands
and timber. These laws will give free
play to industrial enterprise, and the
commercial development which will
surely follow will afford to the people
of the islands the best proofs Of the
sincerity of our desire to aid them. :
The Cable and the Canal.
l call your attention most earnestly
to the crying need Of cable to Hawaii
and the Philippines, to be continued
from the Philippines to points in Asia.
We should not defer day longer than
necessary the construction of such
cable. 1t is demanded not merely for
commercial but for political and mill
tary considerations. Either the con-
gress should Immediately provide for
the construction of a government ca
Bile or else an arrangement should be
made by which like advantages to
those accruing from Il government ca
ble may be secured to the government
by contract with private cable COM
pany.
No single great material work which
remains to be undertaken on this con-
tinent is of such consequence to the
American people as the building of
canal across the istllmus connecting
North and South America. Its impor-
lance to the nation is by no means linn
tied merely to it's material effects upon
our business prosperity, and yet with 2
view to these effects alone it would be
to the last degree important for us i'm
mediately to begin it. While its bene-
fetal effects would perhaps be most
marked upon the Pacific coast and the
gulf and South Atlantic states, it would
also greatly benefit other sections. 1t
is emphatically work which it is for
the interest of the entire country to be-
gin and complete as soon as possible.
/ am glad to be able to announce to
you that our negotiations on this sub
ject with Great Britain, conducted on
hnth sides in a spirit of friendliness and