The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1902-12-05
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| an inconsiderable factor in the question:
a given rate of duty does promote mo
nopoly which works i'll, no protecuonist
| would object to such reduction of the duty
| as would equalize competition.
coal should be removed, and anthracite put
the free list. This would have no eject at
all save in crises; but in crises 1t might be
The president says there is much that
| Is good in both associati ions of capital and
| of labor, that the one is made necessary
because of the existence of the other. He
| refers at some length to the good accom-
plished by the labor unions; and says that
while they. have accomplished this. good,
and though the general tendency of such
| organizations is for the betterment of
| plish evil. He says both organized capital
and organized labor must remember that
| the interest of each must be brought into
| harmony with the interest of the general
| PUBIC, and says that SO far as the consti-
upon these subjects they shoulS be along
In connection with the subject of Cuba
| the president says he hopes soon to lay be-
| fore the senate a reciprocity treaty with
That republic, and urges that some relief
cuba lies al our doors, anG whatever af-
fects her for good or for Ill affects US also.
the Plat amendment we definitely took the
ground that Cuba must hereafter have
closer political relations with us than with
any other power. Thus in a sense Cuba
has has become part OF our international po-
ntcai system. This makes 1t necessary
that in return she should be given some of
the benefits of becoming part of our eco
nomic system. 1t is, from our own stand
point, short-sighted and mischieyous pol
icy to fail to recognize this need. More
over, 1t is unworthy of a mighty and gen.
erous nation; Itself the greatest and most
stretch out a helping hand to young and
weak sister republic just entering upon its
ways fearlessly insist upon our rights in
the face of the strong, and we should with
ungrudS1ng hand 90 our generous duty by
the weak. urge the adoption of reciprocity
with Cuba not only because it is eminently
market and by. every means to foster our
supremacy in the tropical lands and waters
south of US; but also because we; Of the
giant republic of the north, should make
all our sister nations of the American con-
tinent feel that whenever they will permit
edly and effectively their friend"
Congress is informed that the attorney
that corporation can give to this country
every ry'' way. The President says he hopes
soon to see treaty with Colombia con-
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such jurisdiction over the territory through
which it will extend as will be necessary
for our every legitimate purpose.
OF the conditions in the Philippines he
twenty-siXth anniversary of the declara-
ton of our Independence, peace and am
pine Islands. Some trouble has since
from time to time threatened with
late insurrectionary FTlipinos the war
has entirely ceased. Civil government
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
measure of seif-government greater than
that granted to any other orientals by
any foreign power and greater than that
enjoyed by any other orientals under
ese e'r alo ore We haWe not gone too far in
granting these rights of liberty and self
to the limit that in the interests 'y of the
Philippine people themselves il was wise
or just to go. To hurry matters, to go
tail calamity on the people of the is
lands; No policy ever entered into by
icy of holding the Philippines, The tri-
9Ph Of our aMs anS prncpes Ras
come sooner than We had any right to
given to the army for what it has done
in the Philippines, both in warfare and
from r, an &c, aadministrative e., Standpoint in
and similar credit belongs to the civil
authorities for the way in. which they
have planted the seeds of self-govern-
them. The courage. the. unfiinching en-
durance, the high, soleierly efficiency,
and the general kinG-heartedness and
humanity Of our troops have been, strik-
om froeps in the 5Sn All t S9
over 10000 have been sent there. OF
course, there have been individual in
stances of wrongdoing among them.
They warred under fearful difficulties of
climate and surroundings; and under the
they continually receive from their foes,
occasional Instances OF cruel retaliation
these efforts have been completely sue
cessful. Every effort has also been made
After making all allowance for these
misdeeds, it remains true that few, in
against semi-civiliZed and barbarous
forces where there has been so little
wrongGoing by the victors as in the Phil
ippine Islands. On the other hand, the
amount of difficult, important, and bene-
ficent work which has been done is we'll
nigh incalculable.
Taking the work Of the army and the
civil authorities together, it may be ques-
toned whether anywhere else in modern
times the world has seen a better exam
pie of real constructive craftsmanship
pine Islands. High praise should also be
given those Fihpinos, in the aggregate
very numerous, who have accepted the
new conditions and Joined with our repre-
senta tives to work with hearty good will
for the welfare of the islands"
Referring to the needs of the navy both
in ships and in men the president says in
part:
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; coun-
try, moreover, which has army diminu-
tive indeed when compared with that of
any other first-class power. We have de-
iberately made our own certain foreign
policies which demand the possession of a
first-clasS navy. The isthmian canal will
greatly increase the efficiency of our navy
if the navy is of sufficient size; but if we
have an inadequate navy, then the buil6-
of the canal would he merely giving
hostage to any power of superior strength.
The Monroe doctrine should be treated as
the cardinal feature of American foreign
policy; but it would be worse than idle to
assert 1t unless we intended to back it up
I'VE need thousand additional officers
in order to properly man the ships now pro-
viGed for and under construction. The
should be greatly enlarged At the same
time that we thus ado the officers where
we need them, we should facilitate the re-
tirement of those at the head of the list
Promotion must be fostered if the serv-
ice is to be kept efficient"
The president urges the extension of the
rural free delivery system, and says in
connection with this:
Rural free delivery service is no longer
in the experimental stage; 1t has become
a fixed policy. The results following its
Introduction have fully justified the con-
gress in the large appropria tiOns MADE for
its establishment and extension. The aver
age yearly increase in post office receipts
two per cent. We are now able. by actual
results, to show that where rural free de-
livery service has been esta blished to such
an extent as TO enable US to make ri
sons the yearly increase has been upward
of ten per cent
Among other recommendations made by
the president is one for the esta blishment
of a department of commerce.; for the re-
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