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changeable, and, at the will of the
holder, convertible into the established
gold standard.
How to secure fair treatment alike
for labor and capital, how to hold in
check the INSCRIPTIONS man, whether
employer or employe, without weak
ening individual initiative, without
hampering and cramping the industrial
development Of the country, is prob
lem fraught with great difficulties and
one which is Of the highest Importance
to solve on lines Of sanity and far.
sighted common sense as we'll as de-
yotion to the right. This is an era Of
federation and combination.
Organized capital and oragnized
labor alike should remember that in
the long run the interest Of each must
be brought into harmony with the in
terest of the general public; and the
conduct OF each must conform to the
fundamental rules of obedience to the
law, Of individual freedom and of JUS
tice and fair dealing toward all. Each
should remember that in addition to
power it must strive after the realiza-
tion of healthy, lofty and generous
ideals. Every employer. every wage
Garner, must be guaranteed his liberty
and his right TO do as he likes with his
property or his labor 50 long as he
does not infringe upon the rights Of
others.
1t is earnestly hoped that the secre-
tary of commerce Llay be created, with
a seat in the cabinet. The rapid null
tiplication OF questions affecting labor
and capital, the growth and complexity
of the organizations through which
both labor and capital now find ex.
preston, the steady tendency toward
the employment of capital in huge cor
porations, and the wonderful strides
Of this country toward leadership in
the international business world justify
an urgent demand ior the creation of
9 lch a position.
| hope soon to submit to the senate a
reciprocity treaty with Cuba. On May
20 last the United States kept its prom
ise TO the island 10y formally vacating
Cuban soil and turning Cuba over TO
those whom her own people had chosen
as the first officials OF the new republic.
Cuba lies at our doors, and whatever
affects her for good or for i'll affects us
also. So much have our people felt
this that in the Platt amendment we
definitely took the ground that Cuba
must hereafter have closer relations
with us than with any other power.
As civilization grows warfare becomes
less ard less the normal condition of
foreign relations. The last century has
seen marked diminution of wars be.
tween civilized powers; wars with un-
civilized powers are largely mere mat
ters of international police duty, essen
tial for the welfare OF the world.
Whenever possible arbitration or some
similar method should be employed in
lieu of war to settle difficulties between
civilized nations, although as yet the
world has not progressed sufficiently to
render it po sble or necessarily desira-
BILE to invoke arbitration in every case.
The congress has wisely provided
for building at once an isthmian canal,
ii possible at Panama. The attorney
general reports that we can undoubted.
ly acquire good title from the French
Panama canal company. The work
should be carried out as continuing
policy without regard to change OF ad.
mi i.tration; and it should pe begun
under circumstances which will make
it a matter of pride for all administra.
tions to continue the policy.
OF Porto Rico it is only necessary tt
say that the prosperity of the island
and the wisdom with which it has beer
governed have been such as to make il
serve as an example Of all that is bes
in irsular administration.
On July last peace and amnesty
we're promulgated in the Philippine
islands. Some trouble has since iron
time to time threatened with the Mo
hammedan Moros, but with the late
insurrectionary Filipinos the war ha
entirely closed. Civil government ha
now been introduced. Not only doe
each Filipino enjoy such rights of life
liberty and the pursuit Of happiness a
he has never before known during tn,
recorded history of the islands, but tn,
people, taken as a whole, now enjoy |
measure of self government greater thai
that granted to any other 0rientals b,
any foreign power, and greater thar
that enjoyed by any other Oriental
under their own governments, saw
the Japanese alone. Too much prais
cannot be given to the army for wha
it has done in the Philippines, both il
warfare and from an administrative
standpoint, in preparing the way 70
civil government; and similar credi
J belongs t. the civil authorities for tn
way in which they have planted tn
seeds Of self government in the grOun
thus made ready for them.
The army has been reduced to th
) minimum allowed by law. 1t is yer
small for the size Of the nation, an
most certainly should be kept at tn
highest point of efficiency.
A system OF mGneuvering our arm
! in bodies Of some little size has bee
begun and should be steadily continued
/ without such maneuve-s il is folly |
exrect that IN the event Of hostilitit
: with aay serious foe even a small arm
r corps could be handled with advantag,
! Our officers and enlisted men al
: such that We can heartily take pride
E them, but they must be thorough
= trained, both as individuals and in II
mass. In the circumstances Of moder
warfare the man must set far more Q
D his own individual responsibility tha
D ever before, and the high individu,
t efficiency OF the unit is Of the utmo
. importance.
urgently call your attention to II
need OF passing a bill providing for
e general staff and Tor the reorganizstio
p Of the supply departments on the lin'
p OF the bill proposed by the secretary