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Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-12-02
PANAMA CANAL.
Negotiations Pending with Colombia
To Get Her Consent to Build II,

The Congress has wisely provided
that we shall build at once an isthmian
canal. II possible at Panama. The at
tIrney- general reports that we can I'M
doubtedly acquire good title from the
French Panama canal company. Nego-
Nations are now pending with Colom-
bia TO secure her assent 10 our build
Ing the canal. This canal viii be one
OF the greatest engineering feats or the
twentieth century, a greater engineer
Ing feat that has yet been accomplished
during the history of mankind. The
work should be carried out as con-
tlnuing policy without regard to change
OF administration; and It should be be-
gun under circumstances which Will
make II a matter Of pride for all admin
istrations TO continue the policy.
WILL BENEFIT THE WORLD.
The canal will be of great benefit to
america, and of Importance to all the
world. 1t VIII be OF advantage to us
induetrially and also as improving our
military position. 1t will be OF advan-
tage to the countries of tropical Ameri-
ca IL is earnestly TO be hoped that all
OF these countries will do as some Of
them have already done with signal
success. and viii invite to their shores
commerce and improve their material
conditions by recognizing that stabil-
ity and order are the prerequisites Of
ouccessful development. No independ-
en- nation In America need have the
highest fear of aggression from the
United States. 1t bshooves each one to
maintain order within it's own borders
end to discharge It's just obligations
90 foreigners. When this Is done they
Gan rest assured that be they strong or
weak, they have nothing to dread from
outside interference.
SHOULD BE PROPERLY POLICED.
More and more the increasing
and complexlty of In
ternational political and economical re-
lations render II incumbent on all civ
1li2ed and orderly powers to insist on
4he proper policing of the world.
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FIRST CASE ARBITRATED.

1t is matter Of sincere congratula-
zion TO our country that the United
states and Mexico should have been
The first to use the good offices Of The
Hague court This was done last sum
mer with most satisfactory results In
The case Of claim at issue between us
and our sister republic. II Is earnest
iy TO be hoped that this first case VIII
serve as a precedent for others, In
which not only the United States, but
foreign nations may take advantage OF
the machinery already in existence al
The Hague.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-12-02
NATIONAL GUARD.
Matter of Its Reorganization Shonld
Receive Attention.

The measure providing for the re-
organization of the militia system and
for securing the highest efficiency in the,
national guard which has already
passed the house, should receive prompt
attention and action. II is of great
Importance that the relation Of the ma
tional guard to the militia and volun-
teer forces Of the United States should
be defined, and that in place OF our
present obsolete laws a practical and
efficient SYSTEM should be adopted,
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-12-02
CIVIL SERVICE REFORM.
IL Has Made Gratifying Progress
During the Yenr

Gratifying progress has been made
during the year In the extension of the
merit system Of making appointments
In the government service II should
be extended by law to the District OF
Columbia. 1t Is much to be desired that
our consular system be established by
law on basis providing for appoint
ment and promotion only In conse-
Quence OF proved fitness.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-12-02
A MAXIMUM RATE.

These conditions prescribed, among
other things, maximum rate
for commercial messages and
that the company should construct
a line from the Philippine Islands to
China. there being at present, as Is
well known, a British lire from Manila
to Hongkong.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-12-02
PORTO RICO.
An Example of the Best Insular AID
ministration.

OF Porto Rico It is only necessary to
say that the prosperity of the island
and the wisdom with which It has been
governed have been such as to make
1t serve as an example OF all that is
best IN nsular administration.
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KEEP BUILDING IT UP.

There should be no halt in the work OF
building up the navy, providing every
year additional fighting craft. We are
very rich country, vast In extent OF
territory and great In population, a
country, moreover, which has an army
diminutive indeed when compared with
that OF any other first class power. We
have deliberately made our own certain
foreign policies which demand the pos
session of first class navy. The 18th.
milan canal will greatly increase the
efficiency Of our navy If the navy is Of
sufficient size; but II We have an in
adequate navy, then the building of the
canal would be merely giving hostage
TO any power of superior strength.
A GUARANTY OF PEACE.
The Monroe doctrine should be treat
ed as the cardinal feature of American
foreign policy; but 1t would be worse
than idle to assert 1t unless We in
tended to back 1t up, and II can be
backed up only by a thoroughly good
navy. A good navy Is not provoca-
tive Of war 1t Is the surest guaranty
Of peace.
Each individual unit Of our navy
should be the most efficient OF It's kind
as regards both material and personnel
that Is TO be found In the world,
NEED FOR MORE MEN.
call your special attention to the
need OF providing for the manning Of
the ships. Serious trouble threatens us
II we cannot do better than We are now
doing as regards securing the services
OF sufficient number Of the highest
type Of sailormen, Of sea mechanics.
The veteran seamen Of our warships
are OF as high a type as can be found
In any navy which rides the waters OF
tie world; they are unsurpassed In dar-
ing, In resolution, In readiness, in
thorough knowledge OF their profession.
They deserve every consideration that
can be shown them. But there are not
enough of them,
CAN'T IMPRoVISE CREWS.
1t Is no more possible to improvise
crew than II Is possible TO improyise
warship To build the finest ship.
with the deadlest battery, and TO send
IL afoat with a raw crew, no matter
how brave they were individually,
would be TO insure disaster II foe OF
average capacity were encountered.
Neither ships nor men can be impro-
vised when war has begun.
MORE OFFICERS NEEDED.
We need a thousand additional Of
ficers IN order to properly man the
ships now provided for and under con-
struction. The classes at the naval
school at Annapolis should be greatly
enlarged, AT the same time that Va
thus add the officers where We need
them, We should facilitate the retire.
ment Of those at the head OF the list
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-12-02
PUBLIC LANDS.
Should be Held Rigidly for the
Homo Builder.

SO far as they are available for agri-
culture, and TO whatever extent they
may he reclaimed under the national ir-
rigation law.the remaining public lands
should be rigidly held for the home
builder, the settler who lives on his
land, and for no one else. In their sc-
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-12-02
HAWAII.
Fire Claims Fayorably Commended
To Congress.

I commend TO the favorable consid-
Grafton of the Congress the Hawaiian
Are claims, which were the subject Of
careful investigation during the last
session,
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THE HAGUE TRIBUNAL.

The formation OF The inteInH-
tional tribunal which sits at The
Hague is an event of good omen from
which great consequences for the well
fare of all mankind may flow. II Is
far better. where possible, TO invoke
such permanent tribunal than TO ere
ate special arbitrators for given puf-
nose.
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PRESIDENTS MESSAGE
TO CONGRESS.
Continued from page l.

ton Of foreign relations, The last cen.
tury has seen a marked diminution OF
wars between civilized powers; wars
with unclyllized powers are largely
mere matters Of international police
duty, essential for the welfare Of the
world. Wherever possible arbitration
or some similar method should be en-
ployed In lieu Of war to settle difficult
ties between civilized nations. although
as yet the world has not progressed
sufficiently TO render II possible, or
necessarily desirable. TO invoke arbitra-
tion In every case.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-12-02
PREPARE FOR DANGER.
POSTAL MATTERS.
Increase Of Revenue Shows Pros.
perity Of the People.

The striking increase in the reve-
nues of the postofiice department shows
clearly the prosperity Of our people and
the Increasing activity Of the business
of the country
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Scientific Aid Rendered Has Been a
Great SuCCess.

In no department of governmental
work In recent years has there been
greater success than in that or giving
scientific aid to the farming popua-
ton, thereby showing them how most
efficiently to help themselves. There Is
no need OF insisting upon It's import
ance, for the welfare OF the farmer IL
fundamentally necessary to the welfare
OF the republic as a whole. In addi-
ton to such work as quarantine against
animal and vegetable plaques. and war
ring against them when here intro
duced. much efficient help has been rem
dered to the farmer by the introduction
of new plants especially fitted for Gull
tydtion under the peculiar conditions
existing in different portions of the
country
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-12-02
ALASKA.
Condition ofLaws There Highly Dis
creditablc.

especially urge upon the Congress
the need Of wise legislation for Alaska.
II Is not to our credit as a nation that
Alaska, which has been ours for IS
years, should still have as poor a sys-
ten Of laws as is the case. No country
has a more valuable possesslon-in min
eral wealth, In fisheries. furs, forests,
and also In land available for certain
kinds of farming and stockgrowing. 1t
is Il territory Of great size and varied
resources, we'll fitted to support a
large permanent population.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-12-02
PROTECTION OF GAME.

Legislation should be provided for the
protection OF the game, and the wild
creatures generally, on the forest re-
serves. The senseless slaughter Of
game, which can by judicious protec-
ton be permanently preserved on our
national reserves for the people as a
whole, should be stopped at once. II is,
for instRnce,a serious coun. against our
national good sense TO permit the pres
ent practice OF butchering OF such a
stately and beautiful creature as the
elk for its antlers or tusks.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-12-02
RECEIPTS FOR FISCAL YEAR.

The receipts of the postofiice depart
ment for the fiscal year ending June
80 last amounted TO sl2l,S4S, 20, an
increase of slO,2l6,S53S over the pre-
ceding year, the largest increase known
In the history Of the postal service.
The magnitude of this increase will
best appear from the fact that the en-
tire postal receipts for the year 1860
amounted TO but sS,5iS 0s7.
Rural free delivery service is no long
er In the experimental stage, II has
become fixed policy. The results fol-
lowing its introduction have fully justi-
fled the Congress in the large appro-
priations made for It's establishment
and extension The average yearly in
crease in postoffice receipts in
the rural districts Of the coun-
try Is about per cent. We are
now able, by actual results, to show
that where rural free delivery service
has been established 10 such an extent
as to enable US TO make comparisons
the yearly increase has been upward OF
10 per cent.
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whose usefulness has become impaired.
MUST FOSTER PROMOTION.
Promotion must be fostered If the SER
vice Is to be kept efficient.
HARD WORK OF OFFICERS.
The lamentable scarcity OF officers,
and the large number of recruits and
Of unskilled men necessarily put aboard
the new vessels AZ they have been COM
missioned, has thrown upon our OFF,
GERS, and especially on the lieutenants
and junior grades, unusual labor and
fatigue and has gravely strained their
powers of endurance. Nor is there sign
OF any immediate let-up IN this strain.
II must continue for some time longer,
until more officers are graduated from
Annapolis, and until the recruits be-
come trained and skillful in their du-
ties. In these difficulties incident upon
the development Of our war fleet the
conduct Of all our officers has been
credltable to the service. and the lieu
tenants and Junior grades In particular
have displayed an ability and steadfast
cheerfulness which entities them to the
ungrudging thanks of all who realize
the disheartenlng trials and fatlgues to
which they are Of necessity subjected,
NO CLOUD ON HORIZON.
There Is not a cloud on the horizon at
present. There seems not the slightest
chance of trouble with a foreign pow
er. We must earnestly hope that this
state Of things may continue; and the
way to insure It's continuance is to
provide for a thoroughly efficient navy.
The refusal TO maintain such a navy
would invite trouble and II trouble
came would insure disaster.
PREPARE FOR DANGER.
Fatuous self-complacency or vanity,
or short sightedness in refusing to pre-
pare for danger, is both foolish and
wicked in such a nation as ours; and
past experience has shown that such
faulty in refusing to recognize or pre-
pare for any crisis in advance Is usual
~ succeeded by mad panic OF hysteri-
cal fear once the crisis has actually
arrived.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-12-02
WHAT IS NEEDED.

Alaska needs good land law and
such provisions for homestcads and pre-
emptions as will encourage permanent
settlement. We should shape legislation
with view not TO the exploiting and
abandoning Of the territory, but to the
building up of homes therein,
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-12-02
IRRIGATION.
Policy should be supplemented by
Forest Protection.

Few subjects Of more Importance
have been taken up by the Congress in
recent years than the inauguration OF
the system Of nationally aided irriga-
ton for the arid regions OF the far west.
A good beginning therein has been
made, Now that this policy OF national
irrigation has been adopted. the need
OF thorough and scientific forest protec-
ton Will grow more rapidly than ever
throughout the public land states.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-12-02
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.
Government Should See 10 the SAM
tation OF Washington.

The District OF Columbia is the only
part Of our territory In which the ma
tional government exercises local or
municipal functions. and whore IN con-
sequence the government has free
hand In reference 10 certain types Of
social and economic legislation which
must be essentially local or municipal
IN their character The government
should see to II, for instance that the
hyglenic and sanitary legislation affect,
ing Washington is Of a high character.
The evils Of Stun dwellings, whether In
the shape Of crowded and congested
tenement house districts or Of the back
alley type, should never be permitted
to grow up IN Washington.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-12-02
LAW SHOULD BE LIBERAL.

The land laws should be liberal In
type, so as to hold out inducements to
the actual settler whom We most de-
sire to see take possession of the
country. The forests of Alaska should
be protected and, as a secondary but
still important matter, the game also,
and at the same time II is imperative
that the settlers should be allowed to
cut timber, under proper regulations,
for their own use. Laws should be
enacted 10 protect the Alaskan salmon
fisheries against the greed which would
destroy them. They should be preserved
as permanent industry and food sup.
ply. Their management and control
should be turned over to the commits
sion of fish and fisheries.
SHOULD HAVE A DELEGATE.
Alaska should have a delegate in the
Congress 1t would be we'll II con.
gressional committee could visit Alaska
and inyaStiQqtp ita mazda an ,ha .,,a,,..l
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FARMING POPULATION,

can be proved the punishment should
be exemplary.
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GENERAL STAFF NEEDED.

| urgently call your attention to the
need of passing bill providing for Il
general staff and for the reorganization
Of the supply departments on the lines
OF the bill proposed By the secretary of
war last year, When the young officers
enter the army from West Point they
probably stand above their compeers In
any other military service. Every eff
fort should be made, by training, by re-
ward OF merit, by scrutiny into their
careers and capacity to keep them Of
the same high relative excellence
throughout their careers.
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Both our officers and enlisted men are
such that we can take hearty pride In
them. No better material can be found
But they must be thoroughly trained.
both as individuals and In the mass.
The marksmanship of the men must
receive special attention, In the cir
cumstances OF modern warfare the man
must act far more on his own indiyid-
ual responsibility than ever before, and
the high individual efficiency Of the
unit Is OF the utmost importance. For
merry this unit was the regiment; II Is
now not the regiment not even the
troop or company 1t Is the individual
soldier. Every effort must be made 10
develop every workmanllke and soldier
ly quality In both the officer and the
enlisted man.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-12-02
POLICY INDICATED
ARMY PRAISED.

100 much praise can not be given to
the army for what II has done in
me Philippines both in warfare ana
from an administrative STANDPOINT
IA preparing the way for civil govern
meht; and similar credit belongs to
the civil authorities for the way in
which they have planted the seeds of
set-goVernment in the ground thus
made ready for them. The courage.
the uniiinching endurance, the high
soldlerly efficiency. and the general
kind-heartedness and humanity of our
troops have been strikingly manifest
ed There now remain only some AZ
teen thousand troops in the islands.
All told, over one hundred thousand
have been sent there.
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SOME wRoNGDoING.

VI course, there have been individual
instances Of wrongdoing among them.
They warred under fearful difficulties
OF climate and surroundings; and un-
der the strain of the terrible provoca-
tlons which they continually received
from their foes, occasional instances OF
cruel retaliation occurred. Every eff
Tort has been made TO prevent such
cruelties, and finally these efforts have
been completely successful Every ef.
lori mas also been made TO detect and
punish the wrongdoers, After making
all allowance for these misdeeds, II re-
mains true that few indeed have been
the instances In which war has been
waged by a civilized power against
semicivilized or barbarous forces where
there has been so little wrongdoing by
the victors as in the Philippine islands.
on the other hand, the amount OF diff
cult, important, and beneficent work
which has been done is well-nigh in
calculable.
CONSTRUCTIVE STATES MANsHIP.
Taking the work OF the army and the
civil authorities together, II may be
questioned whether anywhere else in
modern times the world has seen bet
ter example OF real constructive states
manship than our people have given in
the Philippine islands High praise
should also be given those Flliplnos,
In the aggregate very numerous. who
have accepted the new conditions and
Joined with our representatives TO work
with hearty good will for the welfare
OF the Islands,
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-12-02
NEW CEREALS.

New cereals have been established
in the semi.arid west. For instance,
the practlcability Of producing the best
types OF macaroni wheats In regions
of an annual rainfall Of only ten inches
or Whereabouts has been concusiyely
demonstrated, Through the introduce
ton OF new rices In Louisiana and
Texas the production OF rice In this
country has been made TO about equal
the home demand.
REGRAsSING THE SOUTHWEST.
In the southwest the possibility OF re-
grassing overstocked range lands has
been demonstrated; in tns north many
new forage crops have bsyh introduced,
while in the east II has been shown that
some Of our choisest fruits can be stor-
ed and shipped In such way as TO find
profitable market abroad.
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SHOULD BE ENCOURAGED.
INDIAN OFFICIALS.

The officials who represent the gov
eminent In dealing with the Indians
work under hard conditions, and also
under conditions which render II easy
20 do wrong and very difficult to de-
tect wrong Consequently they should
be amply paid on the one hand, and on
the other hand particularly high
standard OF conduct should be demand
cd from them, and where misconduct
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PHILIPPIN ISLANDS.
To Hurry Matters TOO Much Would
he bad Policy.

Only July last, on the one hundred
and rwenty-slxth anniversary OF the
declaration of our independence, peace
and amnesty were promulgated In the
Philippine Islands. Some trouble has
since from time TO time threatened with
the Mohammedan Moros, but with the
late insurrectionary Filipinos the war
has entirely ceased. Civil government
has now been introduced. Not only
does each Filipino enjoy such rights to
life, liberty, and the pursuit of happi-
ness as he has never before known
during the recorded history OF the ISL
ands, but the people taken as a whole
now enjoy q measure Of self-govern-
ment greater than that granted to any
other orientals by any foreign power
and greater than that enjoyed by any
other orentals under their own govern
ments, save the japanese alone. We
have not gone too far in granting these
rights of liberty and government;
but We have certainly gone TO the limit
that In the interests OF the Philippine
people themselves II was wise or Just
to go. To hurry matters, TO go faster
than we are now going, would entail
calamity on the people of the islands.
POLICY INDICATED.
No policy ever entered into by the
American people has INDICATED itself
In more signal manner than the policy
OF holding the Philippines. The triumph
OF cur laws and principles, has come
sooner than we had any right to ex-
pect.