Fair play., 1902-12-06
NUMBER 30.

as would equalize competition.
| In my judgment, the tariff on .anthracite
| actually, where IL now is nomirally. on
! the free list. This would have no efect at
al al save In crises but In crises it might be
| The president says there is much that
| is good in both associations Of capital ard
| OF labor that the one Is made necessary
| because OF the existence OF the other. lie
refers at some length 10 the good accom-
| plished by the labor unions, ard says that
/ while they have accomplished this good
! and though the general tendency Of ouch
! organizations is for the betierment Of
American citizenship, yet they can accom-
! piish evil. lie says both organized capital
and organized labor must reme mber that
! the Interest Of each must be brought into
harmony with the interest OF the general
/ public, and says that so far he corsii-
! tutlonal powers OF the government touch
| upon these subjects they should be along
! In connection with the subiec, Of cuba
! the president says he hopes soon 10 lay be-
/ mat republic, and urges that some relief
| be given the island. On this topic he says:
! iects her for good or for III affects w. also.
! SO much have our people felt this that in
! 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 sense cuba
lhIaais has become a part Of our irterLational po-
ltcal system. This makes il necessary
/ that IN return she should be given some of
| the benefits OF becoming part of our eco
! point a short sighted and mischlevous pol
| icy to fan to recognize this need. More
| over, IT Is unworthy Of a mighty and gem
| erous nation, Itself the greatest and most
| sful republic In history. 70 refuse TO
| stretch out helping hand to a young and
| weak sister republic just entering upon its
| career Of Independence. We should al
ways fearlessly insist upon our rights in
! the face OF the strong, and We should with
| ungrudging hand 90 our generous duty by
! the weak. urge the adoption Of r. ciprocity
! with Cuba not only because 10 Is emlrertly
! for our own Interests to control the Cuban
market and by every means 90 foster our
/ supremacy IN the tropical lands ard waters
| south OF us, but also because We. OF the
slant republic Of the north, shoulf make
| all our sister nations Of the American con-
| tlnent feel that whenever they Will permit
/ It. We desire TO show ourselves d.sinterest-
/ edly and effectively their friend
Congress Is Informed that the attorney
| general has examined into the title Of the
npsnarna iplt company anG has dtfiaed mat
a title that will be above contention in
every way The president says he hopes
| soon TO see a treaty with Colombia con-
| cluded which viii give to this nation the
| right to construct the canal, arc to exercise
such jurisdiction over he territory through
/ which IT will extend as will be necessary
| FOR our every legitimate purpose.
| OF the conditions in the Philippines he
ION July last, on the ore hundred and
! twenty-slxth anniversary Of the dec,ara-
| ton OF our independence, peace and ann
nesty were promulgated IN. the Philip
! pine Islands. Some trouble has since
| from. time TO time threatened with
the Mohammedan Moros but with the
| has entirely ceased. CivN government
has now been introduced. Not only does
each Filipino enjoy such rights to life.
| liberty and the pursuit Of happircgs as
! he has never before known during the
recorded history Of the islands, but the
people taken as whole now enjoy a
measure OF self-government greater than
that granted to any other Oricutals by
any Tyor5g foreign power ard sre9ter than that
OtnCT
their own goyernments. save the Japan
ese alone. We have not gone too far in
q the limit that in the interests Of the
Philippine people themselves IL was wise
or just to go. To hurry matters. 10 go
faster than we are row going would en-
ian calamity on the people Of the Is
the. American people has vneicated IT.
self In more signal manner than the pol
icy of holding the Philippines. The tri-
umph of our laws and principles has
come sooner than We had any right. TO
given to the army for what It has done
| In the PHILIPPINES, both IN warfare and
preparing S the en'y way 'TS foT Civil
and similar credit belongs to the civil
authorities for the way IN. which they
have planted the seeds of self-govern-
| ment In the ground thus made ready for
them. The courage, the uLtllrChug en-
duEance, the high soelerly efficiency.
ingly manifested There row remain only
over 10000 have been sent there. OF
course, there have been Individual m
stances OF wrongdoing among them:
! They warrsd under fearful d.bculues Of
climate and surroundings; ard uuCcr the
strain of the terrible provocaGoUs which
| they continually receive from their foes.
occurred Every effort has beer made
TO- to preTcent pcln such 1,h.. Gruel'.es. ard finally
eessfuL Every effort has also been made
TO detect and punish the wI5ugtoerS.
After making all allowance for these
mlsdeeas, it remains true that few. JIM
deco have been the instances H. which
War has beer w2ged by c.yiHzCG power
against sem!-civilzed ard barhar0us
forces where there has been SO little
ippine is)ards. on the other hand the
d0ent work which has been done Is we'll
nigh ircalcuisbe
Taking the work Of the army and the
civil authorities together. 1t may re CUES
toned whether anywhere else Il modern
times the world has seer a better sEam-
PIE Of real constructive statesmsrship
than our peop.e have given I'm the Phillip
pine ISLANDS. High praise should also he
given those Flpiuos. Iu The aggrecata
very numerous who have accept5a the
new conditions ara joined with our repre-
seEtatlNcs 70 work with hearty good VIII
for the welfare Of the Islands"
Referring 20 the needs OF ne navy both
in ships and In men the president says in
part
80 There should he no ra't fr tbs
work Of building up the navy. pycvGlrg
every year additional lighting craft We
are a very rich country. vast IN extent Ct
territory ard great i'm population: % couu-
try, moreover which hasar army G.mtrE-
live indeed when compared with that ot
any other first-clsss power We have ce-
upcfaleIy mace our Own CERTAIN iur,iIu
policies which demand the possession on a
hrst-Class navy. The isthWIaU canal will
greatly increase the efficiency Of our navy
II the navy Is Cf sufficient size: hUi n We
have an inadequate raYN. then the buifu-
Ug of the canal would be merely giving a
hostage TO any power Of superior strcnRtA
The Monroe doctrine should he treated as
the cardinal feature of American foreign
policy but II would be worse than idle 20
assert II unless. we intended 90 hack ii M
we need thousand additional officers
IN order TO properly man the shipsEON pro-
N!ded Tor and under construction. Tho
c,asSes a. the naval schog. at Annapolis
should be greatly erlargeG At The same
time that We thus adG the officers whore
We need them, We should facilitate the re-
tirement OF those at the head Of me flsf
whose usefulness has become inpsired
Promotion must be fostered 30 the serv-
ice Is to be kept efficient"
The president urges the extern !ou of The
rural free delivery system and says in
connection with this:
Rural free delivery service is no longer
In the experimental stage: il has bscome
introduction have fully justincd the con
gress In the large appropriations mace for
its establishment and extension. The aver
in the rural districts OF The count try is about
two per cent, We are now able, by actual
results, to show that where rural free az.
livery service has been established 10 such
an extent as 10 enable us 10 maxi compari-
sons the yearly Increase has been upward
of ten per cent
Among other recommendations mace bv
the president Is one for the establishment
OF a department Of commerce; for the re.
organization OF the national guard Tor The
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