The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1903-12-18
MESSAGE OF THE PRESIDENT.
~toosevsit's Review OF E,cHss and
Recommendations n struinht
and stronn letter.

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Naturally. the Panama developments
receive more space than any other sin
gle matter mentioned in President
Rooscvolts message to congress, II Is
the most Interesting affair In which the
government has figured In the past IL
months. says the 81. Louis Globc-Dem-
ocrat. Tho president makes II plain
that he and Secretary Hay could not
have done otherwise ut the isthmus
without being grossly rccrcant to the
interests Of the American people. From
a long line Of prccedents he shows that
the action Of the government has been
consistent with It's record for the past
half n century In relation to Colombia
and the lsthmus. The president Is also
justified In his expressions Of satisfac-
ton at the settlement which has taken
place In the Alaska boundary contro-
versy. which has removed the only ~
sue capable OF causing any irritation
between the United States and Eng
land. What he says about the
try's triumph In preventing the spolIa-
ton Of Venezuela by Germany. England
and Italy a year ago. and In getting
the dispute referred to the tribunal ut
Tho Hague. win be c%mphaticaliy en-
dorsed by the great mass Of his coun-
trymcn, without distinction " party or
section.
In the more strictly domestic affairs
the president likewise has mn cncour-
aging story TO tell. The establishment
of the department of commerce and
labor he finds to have been an impor-
,nnt step toward an Improvement Of
the relations between labor and capital.
Much progress has been made. he says.
In the conditions IN Porto Rico aud the
Philippines within the year Alaska IN
advancing. and he urges the enactment
of proper land laws for that locality,
and the promotion by the government
Of the building Of railroads and the de-
velopment Of other means Of communi-
cation. 40 far M this can he legitimate
" done. The work Of retaining the
desert has begun under tho Irritation
act Of 1902, and the president In 20.
pecially well pleased on this account,
partly because national irrigation wnA
always favored by him. but chiefly be
cause this work promisoa IA hc ,, snc,
vast benea IN nm nrcn cnmnr,stnr n
larre part of many s,at.s IL maL..
another ploa far tho ,r,s.,ya,ion -,
tho forests. IN r.. c,t,rc. ,h,sa 49,.
he has already made 4, mcs.,,o" a,a
addresses. The general stan net he
finds has brou,bt cro,, ,mn,a,auaa,
Ia The army nh,Itny ,h,,a,n 80.
mondatlon for tho ,s,-abilshmc,, o, :,
naval base I'm tho pbuInni,.s
On the poslnI lnnd nnd n,,urou,.
tIon frnuda Tho nr.sIdc,, o,.aIs Nal.
~ and wisely IIo u,.,s ,ro,,a, ~
posurc and ,onyIc,I,n mad e.ammo,S.
m approprln,lon IN enable IN, a,,arna"
general Ia a,, NOR. ono.,t,ot. n... ~
IL mile ia Jo n, rros.,, In ,,a.a,Ias
against ,hosc and Mi o,hor ooa.aa",
,~gnInst Tho uov,r,mont Tho am",.,
corrun,Ion In =, Innt, ,,,I,as NJ, a..
ask for tho Insc,,Ion nj, h,tho,, av :.
IN, Iist nj ,,rndI,ohIa nna,.s. a ~
t~reatIea. Itc su,yos,s ,ho aI,.,t". ~,
means whereby unIo,t,,tIo In,,,tnr.a.
can bo kent on, a, tho cn,n,.. an. A."
Desirable ono nronoriy d~Is,,n,,,aI ~.
ma un, IA cn,con,.a,a a., ,.,'"s "
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