The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1905-12-05
MESSAGE
CContinued.)

against odds equal to those that nov,
confront Hawaii
No merely hllf hearted effort to mc.t
It's problems as other American com
munitics have met theirs can be gg
ceptod as final. Hawaii shall never b..
come territory In which a govcrniuf
class Of rich planters exists by mean
of cody labor. Even II the rate o.
growth Of The territory is thereby rem
dered slower the growth must oui!
take place by the admission OF imm'
grants ht iI the end to assume the du
ties and burdens OF full American cit..
zenship. Our aim must be- TO develop
the territory on the same basis Of sta
bic citizenship a5 exists on this cor
tlncnt.
Porto Rico.
! earnestly advocate the adoption o.
legislation which viii explicitly confer
American citizenship on all citizens OF
Porto Rico. There is. IN my Judgment.
no excuse Tor failure 10 do this Tie
harbor of san Juan should be dredg,l
ana improved. The expenses Of the
federal court Of Porto Rico should Dee
from the Porto Rico treasury The c.c.
tiuns in Porto Rico should take place
every four years. and The Legislature,
should meet in session every two year.
The pre- Cnt form Of gOvcumCu. l
Porto Rico. which provides for the ap.
pOiutmcut uy the president Of the mtu..
bcr5 Of the executive council or uU.
per house of tbc Legislature. has proved
satisfactory ANA hl8 inspired cOuhdc..r
In property owners and Investors.
do not deem II advisable at the present
time TO change this form IN amy maze.
rial feature. The problems aud needs
of the island are industrial aad com.
mercial rather than political
insulsr Affairs In General.
wish also 10 call the attention Of the
congress 10 one question which affects
our insular possessions generally
namely, the need Of an increased libcr-
ality I'm the treatment Of the whole
franchise question In these islands Ia
the proper desire to prevent the Island
being exploited by spectators and 10
have them develop I'm the interest Of
their own people an error has been
made in refusing TO grant sufficiently
liberal terms 10 induce the iAVestmcnt
of American capital In the Philippine
and in Porto Rico. Elsewhere in thit
message ! have spoken strongly
against the jealousy OF mere wealth
and especially Of corporate wealth as
such, but it Is particularly regrcttabie
TO allow any such Jealousy TO be de-
velOpcd when we are dealing either
with our iusuiur or with forciSn ar
fairs. Tho big corporation has achiev
cd It's pre- cnt position in the business
world simply because IL Is the most
effective instrument I'm business c0H
petition. Ia foreign affairs we csunD,
afford TO put our people at "A dlsad
vantage with their competitors by !u
any way discriminating against thc
efficiency OF our business organizu
tions. In the same way we cannot az.
ford 10 allow our insular possession
TO lag behind in Industrial development.
from any twisted jealousy Of business
success. IL is Of course n mere trusm
TO gay that the business interests OF
the islands will only be developed II 81,
becomes the financial interest Of some.
body 10 develop them, yet this develop.
ment is one Of the things most ear
nestly TO be wished for In the interest
of the Islands themselves. We have
been paying all possible heed 10 the
political and educational interests OF
the islands. but, important though
these interests are. IL is not less i'm
portant that we should favor their in
dustrial Development The government
can In certain ways help this directly,
as by building good roads, but the
fundamental and vital help must be
given through tie development Of the
industries OF the islands, and a most
efficient means TO this end Is to encour
age big American corporations TO start
industries i'm them, ana this means to
make b. advantageous for them 60 do
so. TO limit the ownership Of mining
claims as has been done in the Philip
pines i5 absurd. In both the Philip
pines and Porto Rico the limit OF hotL-
mgs OF lana should be largely raised.
Alaska.
| earnestly ask that Alaska be given
an elective delegate. Some person
should be chosen who can speak with
authority OF the needs Of the territory
Tho government should aid in the con.
sirucuon of railroad from the gul.
Of Alaska TO the Yukon river, in Amer
lean territory In my last two mes
sagcs l advocated certain addition,
action ON behalf of Alaska. | shall no.
now repeat those recommendation,
but l shall lay all my stress upon the
one recommendation OF giving 10 Alas
ka some one authorized to speak for H.
| should prefer that the delegate was
made elective, but If this IS not deem
ell wise, then make him appolniiyc.
AT any rate. give Alaska some person
whose business 1t shall be 10 speak
with authority on her behalf to the con
gress. The natural resources of Alaska