The news & observer., 1905-12-06

and great obstacles, in the way OF
building up representative American
community IN the Hawaiian Islands;
but it is not in the American character
to give UP in the face of difficulty.
Many an American Commonwealth has
been built UP against odds equal tt
those that now confront Hawaii.
No merely ha!f-hearted effort to
meet its problems as other American
communities have met theirs can be
accepted as final. Hawaii shall never
become Il Territory in which a govern
ing class OF rich planters exists by
means of coolie labor Even if the rate
of growth of the Territory IS thereby
rendered slower the growth must only
take place by the admission of immi-
grants fit IN the end to assume the du-
ties and burdens of full! American citi-
zenship. Our aim must be to develop
the Territory on the same basis ol
stable citizenship as exists on this con-
tineEt.
Porto Rico.
1 earnestly advocate the adoption OF
iegislatio which viii! explicitly confer
American citizenship on all citZens OF
Porto REQ. There IS, in my judgment
40 excuse for failure to do this. The
harbOr Of San Juan should be dredged
and improved. The expenses of the
Federal court % Porto Rico should be
met from the Federal Treasury, and
not from the Porto Rican treasury
The elections in Porto Rico should
take place every four years, and the
legislature should meet in session
every two years The present form OF
government in Porto Rico. which pro
Vides for the appointment by the Pres
ident of the members OF the executive
council or upper house of the legisla-
turc has proved satisfactory, and ha!
insBIred confidence in proDerty owners
and investors. ] do not deem Il advfs-
able at the present time to change this
form :n any material feature The
problems ana needs cc the island are
Industrial and commcrc:a! rather than
political.
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Al9',i"f Aii'.ifS HI Nc'io1"'.
I wish also 10 cal tha attention Of
the CONGRESS- 10 one Question which
affects on. insu}ar rossosstons gen
orally; namely. the need of an in
creased liberality :a the treatment OF
Tho v,hola fr2uckisc clasti0n in thas,
islands. II the proDer desire 10 pre-
vent the islands befng exploited by
sDeculators and to have them develor
i'm the interest of their own ncoule M
error has boon made IN refusino t.
grant sufficiently liberal terms 10 in
duce Tho Investment Of American cau.
ital in the PhilipDines and i'm Porto
Rico. Elsewhere in this Messaese ]
have spolien strongly against the zeal
ousv of mere wealth. and especiaIlv OF
corporate wealth IS such. But it is
particularly regrettable to allow any
such jealousy TO be DEVELOPED when
we are dealing either with our insular
or with foreign affairs. The bic cor
noration mas achieved its present posi-
tion in the business world simply be-
case it is the most effective instru-
eign affairs we can not afford to put
our people at q disadvantage with
their COMPETITORS bv i'm any Way dis
criniaatinr against tho efficiency y,
our business organizations. In the
same way we can 4loL allofd 10 arrow
in indust1ia, devaIo5rent rom anT
tvie+od iaalo,le-, of t,,ginocc erccacc
- - ~ lo,,,,Ta -, -, co1
+het - b,1ei,,oes j,,+oraeto, oF ~
isIande will oriv he dnveIorod if =
becomes fba fiuanciol interest of soy,e-
hodv 10 dn,,aln'n tba,, yet tbis ia
vnInn-nont = ono of tba tbings n3oet
earnestly to he viehad fo,, IA tbc in.
to,.ast Of tho is,o-Ss tba,neaI,,oe w.
nav hoo, na,ino ali rnssihIa hood 10
the noIiticai ana educa tion3t into, osfs :
Of the islands hut ironortant thouo h
those objects, are if e NOT less ip7nnr-
tant that We shouId favor thei,. inlIns-
rial do,relonnoant The Covarnp7nnt
ca, I'm cartain ,,ave bain tbie dira[tiv
.4s bv buildine GOOD roads. hut tha fnn-
damcntal ana yital holm ,nuet ba erivan
through the deveicDment of The iiI,ill..
tries of the islands and q most efficient
means to this end is TO encourage bic
American co1.oorations TO start indus
tries :n them and this means to make
il advantageous for them TO do so.
no limit the ownership Of ninine
claims nc has hoo, Gonn IN thn phi1in-
mines ig obsnrd IN hotb tba phiiin-
ninos ana P0"to REQ tho limit of hold
ines of land should be largely raised
AiaSka.
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