Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1902-09-03
UNCLE SANS POLICY.
President Roosevelt Points to New
Position Assumed.
Praises Civil and Military Official.
and Speaks for Prosperity I'm
Insulnr Possessions-won-
derfu1 Achievements

day, August %. President Roosevelt
spoke in the evening at the Coliseum
to an assemblage of 5000 people.
taking as his principal subject the
attitude of the administration to-
wards the new insular possessions
ana Cuba. The president was re-
ceircd with much enthusiasm and his
address was warmly applauded In
substance he said:
The events Of the last few years have
forced the American republic 10 take a
larger position in the world than ever be-
tore and therefore more than ever fore
TO concern herself with questions OF policy
which affect her interests beyond her own
borders As people We now have duties
aho opportunities In the tropic seas and
lands south OF us as well as In those OF the
fartheSt east. Ard much depends upon the
way IN which We meet these duties. the
way IN which We take advantage OF these
opportunities
From the days OF Monroe. CLAY and
the younger Adams. we as n pCople have
| always looked with interest upon the
West indies and the iSthmus connecting
| the two Americas. feeling that ANYTHING
| happening I'm those regions must be
| or concern To our welfare. There is now
ampler reason than ever before for this
feeling. The outcome OF the Spanish
war put us I'm possession Of Porto Rico
| ana brought us into peculiarly close
| ''hSH WIN Nuna, while tho successful
| negotiation OF the Hay Pauncefote
treaty at last cleacd the way for the
| construction OF the isthmian canal Por-
| TO Klco. IT Is pleasure to say. may now
| serve as an example OF the best methods
| OF administering our insural possessions.
| Conditions In Porto Rico.
| SO excellent have been the effects OF
| our administration and legislation con
| corning this island that their very excel
fence has resulted in their being almost
| FORGOTTEN by those at home. There Is
hardlN ripple of failure on the stream
| OF our success and so az is apt TO be
our way. we do not think OF II at all
Yet II Ia well worth while to think of IT,
ana u is pleasant to learn by an expert
| ence which teaches us what to follow
| instead OF what To avoid. First and
| foremost in Porto Rico. we have con-
slstently striven 20 get the very best
| men to administer the affairs Of the
| Island. 1t Is desirable throughout our
public service 10 secure Il high standard
OF efficiency and integrity But after
All. mere at home we always have in
our own hands the remedy for any fail
| ure to provide such qualities In n far
| OF island things are different There
| Wrongdoing * more easy. and those who
suffer from IL are more helpless; while
| there * less efficient check i'm the way
OF that pubic opinion to which public
| men are sensitive. In consequence the
| administration OF those islands is he
| yond all other kinds OF administration in
| our country. the one in which the high
est standard must be demanded In
| making appointments 10 the insular serv-
| Ice, II Is necessary TO disregard any
| question OF mere party cXpedency and
| TO look at the matter solely from the
| standpoint OF the honor Of our own nation
| and OF the welfare OF the island itself
| rms has been the standpoint adhered to
| In selecting the men who represent our
government in Porto Rico-governor
treasurer attorney general. judges. SUI
| perintendent Of education-eVery one.
IN consequence, all Americans should
| feel real pride in the way In which
| their compatriots who are responsible
| for the government of the island have
| the government OF the island we have
| acted with good sense as well as with
good faith. We have not been fright
| ened or mislead into giving the people OF
the Island form OF government un-
| suitable 10 them. and while providing
| that they should govern themselves so
| far as possible we have not hesitated In
| their own interest to keep the power OF
| shaping their destiny.
The Cuban Problem
In Cuba the problem was larger. more
| complicated and more difficult Here
again, We kept our promise absolutely
After having delivered the Island from its
oppressOrs. We refused to turn II loose
onhand with the certainty that II would
sink into chaos and saVaBery. For over
three years We administered IL on a plane
llgher than II had ever Tea ched curing the
four centuries since the Spaniards first
landed upon its shore. We brought moral
and physical cleanliness into the govern
ment. We stamped out yellow feVtr-in
Itself an inest!mable service both TO the
Cuban people and TO the people Of our owr
southern states. We established a school
system. We made life and property secure
so that Industry could again begin 20
thrive. Then. when we had laid deep and
DIoad the foundations upon which civil
liberty and national independence must
rest. We turrcd the island over to the hands
OF those whom the people had chosen as
the founders Of the new republic II Is a
republic with which our own great republic
must ever be closely knit by the ties Of
common Interests and common aspira-
tions.
Mast Have Reciprocity.
cuba must always be peculiarly re-
lated 20 as ln International politics She
must Do International affairs be 20 a degree
a part Of our political system In return.
she must have peculiar relations with us
economically She must be. in sense. part
or our economic system. We expect her
10 accept "a political attitude toward US
which We think wiscst both for her and
us Tn return. we must be prepared 10
put her ir an economic position s. rega rds
our tariff system which VIII give her some
measure ri Che pros pefity which we enjoy.
We cannot. Dol ms Judgment. avoid taking
this 7tItICc 10 W are 90 p4rscvere in the
course which We have outlined for our
selves a. nation during the past four
years. and. therefore. J believe chat Do ls
Only 20 matter ~ tme-1rd. trust. only "a
matter of very short time-before We en-
ter into reciprocal trade relations with
Cuba
The Isthminn Canal.
THE iethmlan can1I represenfs What
~ probably TO be The greatest engineer
ing feat-thc greatest feat ~ the kind
OF The twentieth century Before we
start upou the construction Of the canal
certain questions ~ detail and of our re-
latons with The people owning the soil
nave 10 be settled when this has been
done. The first question will come upon
choosing the commission which is TO SUI
ptrvise the building 0f the canal Here
aSain. We have % deal with an enter
prise so vast and so far reaching in Us
effects that but one thought is permits
sibie-now % get the very best men in
the nation. The men Of the highest en-