The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1901-12-05

much as throwing them open 10 ma, -LlsI
SsVai opMcut. 4Ee ccI.Lcti-tL - ~.
idfeuess and mischief Is proveroia!' anG 'He
opportuHity 10 do remunerat.ve NorA - ~
ore Of the sITest preNentiNes 81 Val. VI
course 10 business man Will go nv ~
Phil!ppineS unless Il IS 20 MS inter ~
co 50, and i is immsnse sSu "a ga Sne in II is
Therefore necessary that the consreSS
should pass laws BY which the resources
OF the Islands can be developed, SO .ns
franchises (for limited terms OF yesi .J.s 81 -
be granted TO companies doing puslhe ISs,. ~
them and every encouragement De sven
TO the incoming Of business men OF every
kind. ,,rorx IN
IN. Philippines. The franchises must pc
granted and the business permit onnl!
untrer regulations which will guarantee tne
Islands against any KIND Oh lmp'o ps.I,b
ploitation. But the vast natural Msa .h
Of the islands must be developed anu uns
capital willing to develop II must be gwen
The opportuntty The field must De tnroMh
open to individual enterprise, when nas
been the real factor In the deNelSpnssna v
every region over which our nag na s,,I,shl,
Ii is urgently necessary 10 ehaet se,S'
laws dealing with general transpor.ato.s;
mining banking, currency, homesteaes anS
the use and ownership OF the iahos AM
timber. These laws Will give Tree p.Ss ~
Industrial enterprise, and the commercla,,
development which will surely follow VIII
AFFORD TO the people OF the islanas tns
best proofs OF The sincerity OF our desire
to aid them" MA. .,,,. 10
also urged, either that the government
Law such a cable to connect Hawaii ano
the Philippines, or that an arrangement
be made by which the advantages ac-
cruing from q government cable may os
secured TO the government by contrac.
with a private cable company. This ne
deems necessary for both commercial.
political and military considerations.
The Isthmian Canal.
He calls attention to the need OF an
isthmlan canal. and says:
Its Importance to the nation Is by no
means limited merely to its material ei /,
fects upon our business prosperity, anu
yet with view TO these effects alone !!
would be to the last degree important
for us Immediately to begin H. Wniie IT,
marked upon the Pacific coast and the
gulf and south Atlantic states, II would
also greatly benefit other sections. IL is
emphatlcally u work which II Is Tor the
interest OF the entire country TO begin
and complete as soon as possible; II Is
one OF those great works which only
great nation can undertake with pros
poets Of success and which when done
are not only permanent assets IN the ma
tons material interests, but STANDING
monuments to Its constructive aoility
or the new treaty recently Concluded
with England he says: i am glad 70 De
able to announce to you that our nsSotia-
tons on this subject with Great Britain.
conducted on both sides In spirit OF
friendliness and mutual good will anC re-
spect, have resulted in my being 9ple 70
lay before the senate treaty which II
ratified will enable us to begin preparations
for an isthmian canal at any Time and
which guarantees TO this nation every right
that II has ever asked In connection with
the canal, In this treaty the old clayton
Brlwer treaty So long peeas fnr tbe az con- an
struction and maintenance of necessarily
American ship canal. Is abrogated, II spe-
cially provides that the United states
alone shall do the work OF building ana
assume the responsibility of safeguarding
the canal and shall regulate its neutral use
By all nations on terms OF equality
without the guarantee or interference
of any outside nation from any quar-
ter The s,.:ned treaty will ~ once
/ be lad Befo@e tKt Sehatt, anu II up-
proved the congress can then proceed TO
give effect to the advantages II secures
us by providing for the BUILDING of the
The Monroe Doctrine.
The president sets forth tho objects of
the Monroe doctrine, and the spirit in
which Il has been received by other
countries, anC in connection with II says
this nation has not 'he slightest desire to
any of our nc lghbors, and cites our atti-
tude toward cuba as guarantee OF our
good faith He says also that this
doctrine has nothing 70 do with the COM
mercial relations o. any American power
save that II n truth allows each Of them
to form such as II desires" That I'VE
do not ask for any exclusive commercial
treaty with any other American state"
He says OF this:
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. Just IS years
| have passed since President Monroe In
| his annual message announced that the
| American continents are henceforth not
| to be considered as subjects for future
| colonization Icy any European power In
| other words. the Monroe doctrine is a
| declaration that there must be no terri
| torial aggrandizemert by any non-Ameri-
can power It the expense of any Ameri-
can power ON Amer ~" soil. Ii Is in no.
| wise intended rs hostile 10 any nation in
| the old world. Still "es - L Intended to
| give cover TO any aGG-c son by one new
| world power ut the cEa"aHc OF any other.
| II Is SiESp!y q Sep, nd long step, to-
war1 assuring the universal peace of the
| world by securing 80 possibility Of per-
manent peace on th!s hemisphere"
| Ihe-inxX
The-p president urSts- the continued up
| building OF ,he nav as a means of per-