Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1901-12-05

have been working in the Islands to war
rant US IN passing new legislation. but in
ton. He believes the time has come when
the Industries Of which the islands are
this he says:
lands than to INTRODUCES Industrial enter
prises. Nothing would benefit them so
much as throwing them open to industrial
idleness and mischief Is proyerbial. and the
opportunity to DO remnneratiye work is
course no business man will go into the
Philippines unless it is to his interest to
do so. and it is immensely to the interest
of the islands that he should go in 1t Is
therefore necessary that the congress
should pass laws by which the resources
franchises Qor limited terms of years. can
pc granted TO companies doing business in
to the incoming of business men OF every
mot to permit this Is to do a wrong to
the Philippines. The franchises must be
granted and the business permitted only
under regulations which viii guarantee the
islands against any kind of improper ex-
pIoitation. But the vast natural wealth
OF the ISLANDS f must be deVeioped. and the
the opportunity. The field must be thrown
open to individual enterprise, which has
every region over which our nag has flown.
1t is urgently necessary TO enact suitable
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
d~evelopment 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 construction of a Pacific cable is
lay such a cable to connect Hawaii and
the Philippines. or that an arrangement
be e,, made = by which the ADVANTAGES mt a Ss
secured to the government by contract
with a private cable company. This he
deems necessary for both commercial,
political and military considerations.
The sthmian Canal.
He calls attention to the need of an
isthmian. canal, and says:
Its Importance to the nation is by no
means limited merely to its material eff
fects upon our business prosperity. and
would be to the last degree Important
for US Immediately to begin it. While its
beneficial 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 a work which it is for the
interest of the entire country to begin
and complete as soon as possible; it is
one of those great works which only a
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
to its constructive ability"
OF the new treaty recently concluded
with England he says: II am glad to be
t aoIs % on af this Subject tS sV With the Great f Bri2ain.
conducted on both sides In a spirit OF
friendliness and mutual good will and re-
lay before the senate a treaty which IL
ratified will enable us to begin preparations
for an canal at any time and
which guarantees to this nation every right
that it has ever asked in connection with
BuIwer treaty. SO long recognized as in
adequate to supply the base for the con-
struction and maintenance of a necessarily
ADoorioon shin nnnol iS ah~nD "a tod Tf
alone shall do the work of building and
the canal and shall regulate its neutral use
by all nations on terms of equality
Of %ita aHy o shs gua nation from Po in any enar.
ter. The signed treaty will at once
be laid before the senate, and IL APP
give effect to the advantages 1t secures
us by providing for the building Of the
The Monroe Doctrine.
TIL president sets forth the objects of
the Monroe doctrine. and the spirit. in
which 1t has been received by other
this nation has not the slightest desire to
acquire any territory at the expense of
any of our ~neighbors. and cites our atti-
good faith. He says also that this
doctrine has nothing to do with the COM
save that it in truth allows each of them
to form such as it desires" That we
UO hui dSA " LII OL1k1C ACldl
treaty with any other American state"
He says of this:
The Monroe doctrine should be the
cardinal feature of the foreign policy of
it is of the United States. Just IS years
his annual message announced that the
American continents are henceforth not
to be considered as subjects for future
other words, the Monroe doctrine is q
declaration that there must be no terri
o-io1 rOro h INV MN ~ 0ri- I
can power at the expense of any Ameri-
can power on American soil. 1t is in no.
the mpse old nl' World. s Still lies less is It Intended to
give cover to any aggression by one new
world power at the expense OF any other.
ward assuring the universal peace of the
world by securing the possibility of per-
manent peace on this hemisphere"
The Navy.
The president urges the continued up
building of the navy as a means OF per-
forming our international duties as well as
a protection and safeguard for our inter-
as a frst-class power necessitates the
pu.io.ng any nI "a nsaoa naeym
of the world, and says:
so far from being in any way a provo
cation to war, an adequate and highly
trained navy is the best guarantee against
war, the cheapest and most effective peace
tanning such a navy represents the very
lightest premium for insuring peace which I
this Il. nation 1saomm Gan Ros bo2S pay construction
of more ships and the addition of more
officers and men as absolutely necessary,
and says:
There should be no cessation In the
work of completing our navy. So far in
has been wholly unable to devise
q substitute for the great war craft whose
hammering guns beat out the mastery of
high seas. It is unsafe and unwise
tiona1 battleships and heavy armored
cruisers, with auxiliary and lighter craft
in proportion. For the exact number and
/ refer you to the report of the
of the navy. But there is some
thing we need even more than additional
ships, and this is additional officers and
To provide battleships and cruis-
of leaving them unnamed un-
til they are needed in actual war, would
be worse than folly. 1t would be q crime
against the nation
ITO send any warship against a compe-
tent enemy unless those aboard it nave
been trained by years of actual sea serv-
Ice, including incessant me prac-
tice, would be to invite not merely dis
Four thousand additional sea-
men and q thousand additional marines
should be provided, and an increase in
the officers should be provided by making
pills. There is one small matter which
should be mentioned in connection with
Annapolis. The ~pretentious and unmean-
ing title of naval cadet should be abo1-
the title of 'midshipman.' full OF
historic association. should be restored.
Every detail ashore which can be per-
formed by a civilian should be so per-
formed, the officer being kept for his spe-
gunnery practice should be unceasing. It
IS important to have our navy of ade-
quate size, but 1t is even more impor-
tant that. ship for ship. 1t should equal