The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1904-12-09

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revision Of the naturalization laws.
i The enactmnnt Is Of law directed
against bribery and corruption in federal
dlections ts recommended.
The president reviews at length exist.
inK conditions in Alaska and makes q
number OF recommendations as to legis-
and DEVELOPMENT pf the territory ~
| In treating Of our foreign policy and
Of tho attitude that this great nation
the president. it il absolutely ne e: ssag
Ito consider the army and navy, and the
congress- through which the. thought Of
kee nation v'y nds it's expressi9n SHOULD
mental fact that it is impossible to treat
our foreign policy. whether this policy
t takes Isl shape in the effort to secure Jus
save as conditioned upon the attitude
We are willing to take toward our navy.
It is not merely unwise it is contenpt-
to use Understanding language to pro-
claim its purposes. or to take positions
which are ridiculous-s IL. unsupported BY
provide this force. n there is no inten-
tion of providing and of keeping the
| force necessary to back up a strong atti-
such an attitude.
The steady aim Of this nation. as Of
all enlightened nations. should be to
there shall prevail throughout the world
the peace Of Justice. The goal to set be-
tore us as a.nation is the attainment Of
comes when each nation is not merely
safeguarded in it's own rights. but scru-
pnlously recognizes and performs it's duty
ehs5s p nes of liberty ys mnss
be exercised. Sometimes to guard
against outside foes. although Of
selfish oh r.
con!ingS. A great free people owes 1t to
itself aud to all mankind not to sink
into helplessness before the powers OF
We are in every. way endeayoring to
help on. with. cordial good will. every
movement which will tend to bring US
Of mankind. In pursuance Of this policy
the president says he will shortly lay
before the senate treaties of arbitration
with the powers which are. willing to en-.
ter into these treaties with US.
1t is not true. says the president. that
the United States feels any land hunger
! other nations of the Western hemisphere
save such as are for their welfare All
that this country desires is to see the
neighboring countries stable. orderly and
prosperous. ANY country whose people
conduct themselves well can count upon
our hearty friendship. In asserting the
Monro" doctrine. in taking such steps as
We hay" taken in regard to Cuba. Vene-
zuela ana Panama. and In eildeavoring to
circumscribc the tllcater Of war in the
Far Fast. and to secure the open door
terest as we'll as in the interest of hu-
mnnilS at large.
Even when it is not possible to secure
in other nations the observance of the
principles which We accept as automatic.
II is necessary for us firmly to insist
upon the rights Of our own citizens with
OUT regard to their creed or race. with
out regard to whether they were born
here or abroad.
The strong arm of the government in
enforcing respect for its just rights in
there he no halt in the work Of upbuild-
ing the American navy. There is no
than TO keep the navy adequate to the
needs of this coufltrys position. The
President urges the need of increasing
Our fleet of battleships.
Our army, the president says has been
reduced to the minimum at which it is
| possible to keep it with due regard to
IN the Philippine islands there has been
curing the past year n continuation OF
the steady progress which has obtained
ever since our troops definitely got the
upper hand of the Insurgents The Phil
lpplne people contain many elements Of
good. and some elements which we have
right to hope stand for progress. AT
listing III Independence at all or of build
Ing Up q civilization Of their own. The
president continues: II firmly believe
and higher in the scale Of civilization
and of capacity for self-government. and
/ most earnestly hope that in the end
y alone; yet in some such relation to the
United States as Cuba now stands This
end is not yet in sight and it may be
indefinitely postponed il our people are
foolish enough to turn the attention Of
the Filipinos away from the problems Of
acnleNlng moral and material prosperity.
Of working for stable, orderly and just
pendence for which they are as yet to-
tally unit. On the other hand. our peo-
the fact that the justification for our
stay in the Philippines must ultimately
rest chiefly upon the good we are able to
fact that in. the development Of our in
tercsts in the Pacific ocean and along
It's coasts the Philippines have played
ahat win R1ny an htportant part and
more than one way by the possession
of the islands: But our chief reason for
continuing to hold them must be that
share OF the worlds work, and this par
ticlllar piece of work has been imposed
glon us u, by the results Of the war with
In concluding, the president says:
Every measure taken concerning the
Islands should be taken primarily with
certainly give them lower tariff rates on
their exports to tho United States: if
this is not done it will be Il wrong to
extend our shipping laws to them.
earnestly hope for the immediate enact
mcnt into law OF the legislation now
pending to encourage American CAPITAL
70 sock investment in the islands in rail-
roads. in factories. in plantations, and
i'll M:nbc.fng and mining
The Forestry Movement.
The basic princinle of forestry is to get
the greatest possible use out Of the for
est. 1t is opposed to the old idea Of lum-
bering by c'!ttinE the forest clean. lea:.
Ing behind mass of debris, for fire to
complete the destruction IT is also on