Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1902-12-05

pany needed TIE soundinrs take, by the
= = :. Nero conditions incident 70 the.r
Us were imnoscd, which prescribed
among other things a maximum rate Tor
commercial messages. and that the com.
lanv should construct a line from the
Philippine Islands u China. there being al
present, as u vel known, a British line
iro., Manila 20 Hongkong. An all-Ameri-
can line between our Pacific coast and the
Nhlnese empire, by way OF Honolulu and
me FhIliDplne Islands. is thus provided
LOT, and Is expected within a few months
to be ready for business.
=, vi forto Rico II Is only necessary 70 say
that the prosperity of the island and the
wisdom with which il has been governed
nave been such as TO make II serve as an
example OF all that is best in insular ad.
ministration.
PHILIPPINE ISLANDS.
On July last. on the l26th 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 happiness as he has
never before known during the recorded
history of the islands, but the people taken
as whole now enjoy a measure of sels-
government greater than that granted a.
any other Orientals by any foreign power.
and greater than that enjoyed by any
other Orientals under their own govern
ments, save the japanese alone.
The President maintains that no policy
ever entered into by the American people
has SO INDICATED itself The triumph of
sooner than I'VE had any right 10 expect
He praises the Army and the civil author
titles for doing better work in the Philip
pine Islands than has been accomplished
elsewhere in modern times. Large num-
bers of Filipinos are to be commended for
eheerfuly accepting the new conditions.
Only 1900 troops remain in the islands.
THE ARMY AND NAVY.
The Army has been reduced to the min.
imum allowed by law. 1t is very small for
the size OF the nation, and most certainly
should be kept at the highest point of eff
cheney A system of maneuverlng our
Army in bodies of some little size has been
begun and should be steadily continued
The President urges that craftsmanship
should receive special attention, that the
that an efficient militia system should be
adopted.
For the first time in our history nava'
manoeuvers on large scale are being
held under the immediate command of the
Admiral of the NAVY. Constantly increas
ing attention is being paid to the gun
merry of the Navy, but it is yet far from
, what it should be. / earnestly urge
that the increase asked for by the Secre
tary of the Navy in the appropriation fol
improving the craftsmanship be granted
In battle the only shots that count are
the shots that hit
There should be no halt in the work o.
building up the Navy. providing every yeai
additional fighting craft. A good navy is moi
| provocative OF war. 1t is the surest guar
| anty of peace Each individual unit OF on
Navy should be the most efficient OF it.
| kind as regards both material and person
mel that is to be found in the world.
| call your special attention to the need o.
| providing for the manning of the ships
| Serious trouble threatens US if we can no
| do better than we are now doing as re
| CARDS securing the services OF suthcien
| number of the highest type OF sailor men
| of sea mechanics.
THE POSTAL DEPARTMENT.
The striking increase in the revenues o
| the Postofice Department shows clearl!
| the prosperity OF our people and the in
| creasing activity OF the business OF tn,
| country. The increase for last year wa
| 6,S53S7. Rural free delivery is now
fixed policy 1t is justified by results. i
| is potential educational force, enhance
| the value OF farm property and make
| farm life pleasanter and less isolated; TIL,
message urges liberal appropriations Tor III
| extension.
The President then urges the necessity
| for nationally aided irrigation, the need o
| scientific forest protection and the desira
| bility of protecting the wild creatures oil
| forest reserves So far as they are avail
| able for agriculture, and to whatever ex
| tent they may be reclaimed under the ma
| tional irrigation law, the remaining publi
lands should be held rigidly for the hom
| builder, the settler who lives on his land
| and for no one else. In view OF the capita
| importance of these matters l commend
| them to the earnest consideration OF tn
| Congress, and if the Congress finds diff
| Guilty in dealing with them from lack o
| thorough knowledge of the subject, | rec
| ommend that provision be made for com
mission of experts specially to lnvestlgat
| and report.
The President then describes the re
markable agricultural progress which ha
| been made in all sections of the countr
| unQer the SCIENTIFIC ana THAI tHt lbSpdl
ment of Agriculture has extended to tn
| farming population. thereby showing ther
how most efficiently to help themselves.
! The President suggests the enactment Q
| social and economic legislation for the Dis
| trict of Columbia, and which will max
| Washington the model city of the country
Through wise provision OF the Cor
gress at its last session the White HOUSE
| which had become disfgured by incongrr
Gus additions and changes. has now bee
restored to what it was planned to be b
Washington. In making the restoration
| the utmost care has been exercised t
come as near as possible to the early plans
| and to supplement these plans by a Garrett
study of such buildings as that of the I'm
versity of Virginia. which was built b
| jefferson The White House is the prof.
| ertv of the nation. and so far as is CON
| patible with living therein it should b
| kept as it originally was, for the same res
son that we keen Mount Vernon as
originally was. The stately simplicity 9
| its architecture is an expression of tn
| character of the period in which it wa
built and is in accord with the purpose
| it was designed to serve. 1t is a goo
| thing to preserve such buildings as histori
| monuments which keep alive our sense c
| continuity with the nations past.
THEODORE ROOSEVELT.
LABOR WORLD.