Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1905-12-08

not Do the le49t danger tn4t any Sucd pro- II
vision would result In any relaxation Of the |
law about laborers. These WILL under all
conditions, be kept out absolutely. But it
will be more easy to see that both justice
and courtesy are shown, as they ought to
be shown, to other Chinese, If the law or
treaty is framed as above suggested. Ex-
aminations should be completed at the port
Of departure from China. For this purpose
there should be provided more adequate
consular service in China than we now
have. The appropriations, both-for the
Offices of the consuls and for the office
forces in the consulates, should be In
creased.
Insular Possessions.
He treats at considerable length of cendi-
lions In the Philippines, and recommends
that the coastwise laws of the United
States as applied to the archipelago be gus
pended until July l. 1909. He recommends
the immediate fertilization of Hawaii in
order to conserve the interests of this coun-
try in the Pacific. He also advocates the
adoption Of legislation that will explicitly
confer American citizenship on the people
of Porto Rico, and on the general subject
Of insular affairs says:
I wish also to call the attention of the
congress to one question which affects our
insular possessions generally; namely, the
need Of an increased liberality in the'treat-
ment of the whole franchise question in
these islands. In the proper desire to pre-
vent the islands being exploited by specu.a-
tors and to have them develop in the inter-
est Of their own people an error has been
made in refusing to grant sufficiently lib
eral terms to induce the investment OF
American capital in the Philippines and in
Porto Rico. Elsewhere in this message
have spoken strongly against the jealousy
of mere wealth, and especially of COR
porate wealth such. But it is particular
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to be developed when we are dealing either
with our insular or with foreign affairs.
The big corporation has achieved its pres
ent position in the. business world simply
because it is the most effective instrument
in business competition. In foreign affairs
we cannot afford to put our people at a dis
advantage with their competitors by in any
way discriminating against the efficiency
Of our business organizations. In the same
way we cannot afford to allow our insuar
possessions to lag behind in industrial de-
velopment from any twisted jealousy Of
business success. 1t is, of course, a mere
truism to say that the business interests Of
the islands will only be developed If it be-
come the financial interest of somebody to
develop them. Yet this development is one
of the things most earnestly to be wished
for in the interest Of the islands themselves
We have been paying all possible heed to
the political and educational interests Of
the islands, but, important though these OBJ
tectS are, it is not less important that we
should favor their industrial 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 the development of the
Industries of the islands, and most eff
cient means to this end is to encourage big
American corporations to start industries
in them and this means to make it advan-
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ownership of mining claims as has been
done in the Philippines is absurd.
In treating Of Alaska he asks that that
territory be granted an elective delegate to
congress, and Of the territories of Okla
homa, Indian territory, New Mexico and
Arizona he says:
Admission to Statehood.
I recommend that Indian territory and
Oklahoma be admitted as one state and
that New Mexico and Arizona be admitted
as one state There is no obligation upon
US to treat territorial subdivisions, which
are matters of convenience only, as bind
ing us ON the question of admission to state
hood. Nothing has taken up more time in
the congress during the past few years
than the question as to the statehood to
be granted to the four territories above
mentioned, and after careful consideration
of all that has been developed in the dis
cussions of the question I recommend that
they be Immediately admitted as two
states. There is no justification for further
delay; and the ACCESSIBILITY of making the
four territories into two states has been
clearly established.
In some Of the territories the legislative
assemblies issue licenses for gambling.
The congress should by law forbid this
practice, the harmful results of which are
obvious at glance.
The Panama Canal.