Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-12-07

PORTO RICO NEEDS SOME AID
American citizenship Should be Com
ferred Upon People of the Island

ferred Upon People Of the Island
l earnestly, advocate the adoption of
legislation 1snatIa which will explicitly confer
american 6nner citizenship on all citizens of
no excuse for failure to do this The
naEpor OF San Juan should be dredged
a araI improved anIp The expenses Of the fed.
from the federal treasury, and not from
the Porto Rican treasury. The elections
IN Porto Rico should take place every
Iour years. and the legislature should
present form Of government In Porto
, Meo. which provides for the appoint
me1 ata by the president Of the members
Of the legislature. has proved satisfac.
tory and has inspired confidence in
property owners and investors. I do not
d te n, It advisable at the present time
feature. The problems and needs Of the
island are Industrial. and commercial
rather than political.
Insular Affairs in General
! wish also to call the attention of the
congress TO one question which affects
". the need Of an increased liberality In
the treatment of the whole franchise
question ton In these islands. In the prop
exploited by Spectators and nil't to have have
them develop In the interest of their, own
people an error has been made in refus-
ng to grant a sueiently liberal terms to
ital In the Philippines and in Porto
Rico. Elsewhere in this message I have
spoken strongly against the jealousy Of
n mere e Wnfahlth and and especially Of sorpor
ly regretable to allow any such jeal-
ousy to be developed when we are deal
ing either with our insuiar or with for
achieved its present position in the bust
ness world simply because 1t is the most
| eirectlVes instrument in business compe-
non. In foreign affairs we can not af-
Iord TO put our people at a disadvan-
tage with their competitors by In any
way discriminating against the efficiency
OF OF :, our business ORGANIZATIONS. In the
our insular. possessions to lag behind In
industrial development from any twist
ed Jealousy Of business success. 1t is,
OF course, mere truism to say that the
b deSeloped IF t sahas T she
financial interest of somebody to devel-
OPP them. Yet this development Is one OF
foE in ths interest Of the islands ID H'nnu
selves. We have been paying all posi-
BILE heed to the political and educational
interests Of the Islands. but important
important that we should favor their
industrial development. The government
can e IN certain ways help this directly,
GS ana sfa s hsp must eq Se e te
en- through the development Of the in
dustries Of the islands, and a most eff
f1cient means to this end is to en-
start industries In them and this means
to make It advantageous for them to
do SO: To limit. the ownership Of min
Philippines is absurd. IN both the phil hiis
ippines and Porto Rico the limit Of hold
ings Of land should be largely raised
Alaska Entitled to Delegate
earnestly ask that alaska be given
an elective dslegate. Some person should
government should aid In the construc-
ton of a railroad from the guilt Of Alaska
to the Yukon river. in American terri
Gated certain additional action on behalf
of Alaska. / shall not now repeat those
recommendations; but ISshall lay all my
stress upon. the one Recommendation Of
to speak for It. should prefer that the
delegate was made elective, but IL this
is not deemed wise then make him APP
wAo,a gXe Aanka
speak with authority on her behalf to
the congress. The natural resources Of
Alaska are great. Some Of the chief
reliant, and typicaliy American white
population of Alaska were set forth in
my last message. I also. earnestly ask
your attention to the needs Of the Alas
petent should receive the full rights Of
American citizenship: It is. for in
stance, a gross and indefensible wrong
living indians as the Metlaka1tlas the
right to obtain licenses as captains, pi-
lots. and engineers: the right to enter
mining claims and to profit by the
are civilizeu and are competent and en-
titled to be put on the same basis with