The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1905-12-09
PRESIDENT ROOSEVELTS
MESSAGE TO CONGRESS
Continued from Page 2.

,,ublish and supply useful information
iopnrning the interstate corporations,
torcluding corporations engaged in In
uonce" 1t is obvious that If the COM
citation of statistics be the limit Of the
pp,llieraI power. it is wholly ineffective to
le(lIIate this form of commercial inter-
te,5s,Tse between the states, and as the in
cTance business has Outgrown in mag
l.,nLpervson, the congress should care,
SUI SUI consider whether further legisla-
I'm can be had. What is said above ap-
, ,Iies with equal force to fraternal and
pPnnnevolent organizations which contract
tor life insurance.
The president recommends the aboli-
ton of several offices. among them those
safes land offices, which he says will
sare about quarter Of a million dol
isrs annually. He also calls attention to
me waste in the government printing
department..
All contributions by competitions to
INV political committee or for any po-
TTIicai purpose should be forbidden by
10 use stockholders money for such pur-
oeqs. and, moreover, a prohibition Of
ms kind would be, as far as 1t went
an effective method OF stopping the evils
AIMED at in corrupt practice acts.
considerable space is devoted to the
suliect of peace and the attitude OF the
I!rited States towards the peace of the
world The president hopes much from
the Hague conference. Several reforms
in the army are recommended.
Applying tie Monroe Doctrine.
one of the most effective instruments
for peace is the Monroe Doctrine as it
has been and is being gradually develop
ed by this notion and accepted by other
rations No other policy could have
been as efficient in promoting peace in
The Western. hemisphere and in giving
to each nation thereon the chance to
develop along it's own lines. l., we had
refused to apply the doctrine to chang
ing conditions it would now be complete
needs of the present day, and indeed
would probably by this time have sunk
into complete oblivion. 1t is useful at
home. and is meeting with recognition
aplication of it to meet the growing and
changing needs of the hemisphere.
That our rights and interests are deep
" concerned in the maintenance of the
ioctrine is so clear as hardly to need
argument. This is especially true In
view of the construction of the Panama
canal AS mere mater OF self-defense
we must exercise close watch over the
approaches to this canal; and this means
that we must be thoroughly alive to our
interests in the Caribbean sea.
There are certain essential points
which must never be forgotten as re-
CARDS the Monroe Doctrine. In the first
place we must as notion make 1t evi-
dent that we do not intend to treat 1t
in any shape or way as an excuse for
aggrandizement on our part at the eX-
pense of the republics to the south. We
must recognize the fact that in some
South American countries there has been
much suspicion lest we should interpret
The Monroe Doctrine as in some way in
imical to their interests, and we must
try 10 convince all the other nations
of this continent once and for all that
no just and orderly government has any
thing to fear from US. There are GER
tain republics to the south of us which
stability, order, and prosperity that they
themselves, though as yet hardly con-
scious, are among the guarantors OF
this Doctrine. These republics we now
meet not only on a basis of entire equal
ity but in a spirit of frank and respect
iul friendship, which we hope is mutual;
Ii all of the republics to the south OF
will only grow as those to which l
aIude have already grown, all need Tor
Us to be the especial champions of the
Doctrine will disappear, for no stable
and growing American republic wishes
to see some great non-American military
power acquire territory in it's neighbor-
hood All that this country desires is
that the other republics on this cOnt1-
uent shall be happy and prosperous; and
they cannot be happy and prosperous I'M
less they maintain order within their
boundaries and behave with just re-
gard for their obligations toward out
siders. 1t must be understood that
. under no circumstances will the United
States use the Monroe Doctrine as a
cloak for territorial aggression. We de-
'sre peace with all the world, but per-
haps most of all with the other peoples
OF the American continent There are
OF course limits to the wrongs whlcn
1t is always possible that wrong actions
toward this nation, or toward citizens
of this nation, in some state unable to
keep order among it's own people, unable
10 secure justice from outsiders, and un-
willing to do justice to those outsiders
who treat it well, may result in our hav-
hut such action will not be taken with
view to territorial aggression, and 1t
will be taken at all onlv with extreme
reluctance and when it has become evil
dent that every other resource has been
exhausted
Moreover, we must make it evident
That We do not intend to permit the Mon
roe Doctrine to be used by any nation on
this continent as a shield to protect 1t
from he consequences of it's own mis-
deeds against foreign nations. If a re-
against a foreign nation, such as an
outrage against citizen of that nation,
men the Monroe Doctrine does not force
US To interfere to prevent punishment OF
Tie tort. save to see that the punishment
does not assume the form of territorial
occupation in any shape.
Chinese Immigration.
=, The conditions In China are such that
tle entire Chinese cOOlie class, that is,
the class of Chinese laborers. skilled
and unskilled, legitimately come under
the head of undesirable migrants to
ms country, because of their numbers:
me low wages for which they work, and
thelr low standard of living. Not only
Is It TO the interest of this country to
Keep them out, but the Chinese author1-
ues do not desire that they should be
Tunltted. At present their entrance is
baohlbited by laws amply adequate TO
Tecomplish this purpose. These laws
nave been, are being, and will be thor
oughly enforced. The violations of them
are so few in number as to be infinitesi-
ma Inal and can be entirely dfsregarded.
mere is no serious proposal to alter the
Immigration law as regards the Chinese
iidoorer, skilled or unskilled, and there
Is no excuse for any man feeling or
I,neeting to feel the slightest alarm on
me subject
But in the effort to carry out the
cCGbtcy of excluding Chinese !aborers
NNn ae coolies, grave, Injustice and
Wrong have been done by this nation to
me people of China, and therefore ultf-
rrt,ateiy to this nation itself. Chinese
nttudents, business and professional men
~ al kinds-not only merchants, Dut
Sfankers, doctors, manufacturers, pro,
tessors, travellers, and the like-shoulo
y" e encouraged to come here and treated
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