Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1902-12-05

auce 10 solve on lines OF sanity and
farsighted common sense Exactly as
business men find they must often work
through corporations so it is often ne
cessary for laboring men to work in
federatiOns, and these have become i'm
pOrtant factors of modern industrial
life. Both kinds of federation, capt.
talistic and labor, can do much good.
and as necessary corOllary, they can
both do evil. Every employer, every
wageworker, must be guaranteed his
liberty and his right to do as he likes
with his property or his labor so long
as he does not infringe upon the rights
Of others. 1t is Of the highest import
ance that employer and empioye alike
should endeavor to appreciate each the
viewpoint of the other and the sure
disaster that will come upon both in
the long run If either grows to take as
habitual an attitude of sour hostility
and distrust to the other. We are
neither for the rich man as such nor
for the poor man as such; we are for
the upright man, rich or poor. So far
as the constitutional powers Of the ma
tional government touch these matters
of general and vital moment to the
nation, they should be exercised in con-
formity with the principles above set
forth.
It would be both unwise and unne-
/ cessary at this time to attempt to re-
/ construct our financial system, which
has been the growth of a century; but
some additional legislation is, I think,
desirable. 1t is suggested that all fu-
ture legislation on the subject should
be with the view OF encouraging the
use of such instrumentalities as will
automatically supply every legitimate
demand of productive Industries and of
commerce, not only in the amount, but
in the character of circulation; and of
making all kinds of money interchange
able, and at the will of the holder,
convertible into the established gold
standard.
hope soon to submit to the senate
a reciprocity treaty with Cuba. On
May 20 last the United States kept its
promise to the island by formally va
eating Cuban soil and turning Cuba
over to those whom her own people had
chosen as the first officials OF the new
republic. ] urge the adoption of reci-
procity with Cuba not only because It
is eminently for our own interests to
control the Cuban market and by every
means to foster our supremacy in the
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but also because we of the giant reDub-
lie of the north should make all our
sister nations of the American CONT
nent feel that whenever they will per-
= nit it we desire to show ourselves dis
interestedly and effectively their friend
: The congress has wisely provided
: that we shall build at once an 18TH
milan canal, if possible at Panama
t The attorney general reports that We
can undoubtedly acquire good title
from the French Panama Canal Com.
e pany. Negotiations are now pending
with Colombia to secure her assent tC
our building the canal. This canal viii
be one of the greatest engineering
: feats of the twentieth century, {
0 greater engineering feat than has ye
L been accomplished during the histor!
of mankind The work should be car
S ried out as a continuing policy with
,, out regard to change of administration
g and it should be begun under circum
e stance which will make it a matter o
t pride for all administrations to con
9 tinue the policy.
e OF Porto Rico it is only necessar,
: to say that the prosperity Of the is
land and the wisdom with which
has been governed has been such a
% to make it serve as an example of al
5 that is best in insular administration
g On July 4 last, on the one hundre
and twenty-sixth anniversary Of tn
ST declaration of our independence
u peace and amnesty were promulgate
10 in the Philippine Islands. Som
ID trouble has since from time to tim
Is threatened with the Mohammedan Nc
g ros, but with the late insurrectionaT
ct Filipinos the war has entirely cease
IN Civil government has now been intro
De duced.
- The army has been reduced to II
% minimum allowed by law. Thel
should be no halt in the work
building up the navy, providing ever
year additional fighting craft. The MOI
% roe doctrine should be treated as Il
= cardinal feature of American foreig
NC policy, but it would be worse than i'd
to assert it unless we intended to baC
=, it up, and it can be backed up on
- by thoroughly good navy.
~ We need a thousand additional of
a. GERS in order to properly man t
a. ships now provided for and under co
% struction.
re- Gratifying progress has been ma
an during the year in the extension OF t
me- merit system of making appointment
on in the government service. 1t shou
m be extended by law to the District
al Columbia. 1t is much to be desir
bv that our consular system be esta
he lished by law on a basis providing
be appointment and promotion only
consequence of proved fitness.
,an Through a wise provision of
to congress at its last session the VIII
in House, which had become disigul