The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1905-12-08

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cheney. There should be an increase In the
coast artillery force, so that our coast for
tHcatlons can be in some degree a~dequaie-
~ manned"
INT president believes that our navy
mas at present reached a strength sufficient
Tor our present needs, and SAYS: our navy
must. relatively to the navies Of other ma
ions always be of greater size than our
army we have most wisely continued for
d NUMBER OF years TO build up our navy.
ana II has now reached a fairly high stand
ard of efficiency. This standard of efn-
cheney must not only be maintained, but
increased. II does not seem to me neces-
sdry, however, that the navy shouldn't
'east IN the immediate future-be In
creased beyond the present number OF
UNITS. what Is now clearly necessary IL
10 substitute efficient for inefficient
units as the latter become WORKOUT or as
u becomes apparent that they are useless"
what We need now is additional seamen;
a large store Of reserve guns, ard sufii-
cleht money for ample target practice and
al forms Of sea practice.
Immigration Question.
The question of immigration, says tho
president, is one of vital interest to the
country. and legislation governing the in
lux Of aliens is badly needed, on this sub
lect he says; The prime need is to keep
good American citiaars nv" ~ m"Ne
listing for the evnISeinn 20 !" "n l""s y "a
migrants sbonIs 10 aa.nSSn "a
uuata neone ebo,tI ~ 1ss "
by suelcinrt nonai,ioS a~0ptsu, e"totteo
shin comraryas $3.50 ~ my eteaun
business n ohsor,-s a. iH tnI p"9Se"e"l
which forbids tber r. 49, ~ ~ ".i t%"
immigration to the United States. More
imposed mon on ,ossa 20
norris &c tp ,bo 80 SO IonIine " oul
ratio to tbn tornn~o ~ ~ . ~
can carry, This ratio sbn,,S he hIsh
enough TO Insure the coming hitler of as
good a class of aliens as possible. Provi-
sion should be made for the surer punish
ment OF those who induce aliens to come
to this country under promise or assur-
ance OF employment. 1t should be made
possible to intict a sufficiently heavy
penalty on any employer violating this
law to deter him from taking the risk. 1t
seems to me wise that there should be an
international conference held TO deal with
this question of immigration, which has
more than a merely national significance;
such a conference could among other
things enter at length into the methods for
securing a thorough inspection of would
~ AlaiA tNllb2 ~ III ppl 70 W IINl Nltl
desire to embark before permitting them
to embark" In regard to the Chinese ex-
clusion laws the president says: "Chinese
students, business and professional men Of
all kinds-not only merchants, but bank
ers, doctors, manufacturers, professors,
travellers and the like-should be encour-
aged to come here and treated on precisely
the SAM footing that we treat students,
other n%atIons" 0nIv the chinese NJ the
| coolie class and chinese skilled ana m.
skilled lsborers shonid he eyciudes he he.
lieves
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The sanitary work on the isthmus OF
Panama preparatory to beginning the actu-'
al work Of excavation has almost been
completed with satisfactory results. Con-
gress is asked TO aid the furtherlng the
work OF building the canal so that II may
be competed IN the speedlest possible
time. In ADDITION the president says:
active WORK IN cana constructor, nam
~ preparatory, mas peeh IN prosfess ior
less n a year ana d nan. DuIlhs that
perlod Two points ABOUT lne canai nave
ceased 10 be open 10 depate' tlFsl, ne
question OF route; the n Will ne DuiIt
on the lsthmus OF Panama second inc
question OF feasihlllty; there are no phyl-
caI opstac'cs on inns lou's AIt ~ Ioa"
engineering SKIN VIII not pe ape 10 Over,
come without serious u.,teulsS LIE
WIZ prevent lle CohlpIe'4oh " nv lonaA
WITHIN a feasohaoie tile anu AZ d Feanon-
ap'e eost' ~ - N"tuaLs ~ -
NOUS testIlnOhs Vi the eHssneet WY naSo
lhVestisaIeu I"e md''e' y 'Ne sO'e"
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mAhoi Hh"''SA''
Conditions in the phiippIne islands are
,oneraIIv satisfactory 1~rronoutlftv has
evis+ed during The mast wear with the ex.
contion NJ a fow minor disturbances.
a narosranb is devoted 10 the further
,noa of an hmericap merchant marine ard
thn ottention NJ congress- ia called to the
rnnort ~ tbe merchant marina commits.
star
Tho nors,or hurear &c CONGRATULATED for
,s exreIIcnt work during the mast wear.
us eAee!leht Wpan uuisns - p@I ~ Sv"
iasirtaa g.. rnvnrrunnt cara ~
sIcso Voh NnS w.
e,a'o' - ~ r,do,,
hegarulhg the cuIIent', 'ne Sm
says mat lhhdtiyn mus SV 49, -
that some pfUsLSIon sJUrd 20 49, 49, a.
Will insure q IalsGr toIuine ~ ntoney W.
ing the IAN anu "IAtef htoNtn1 'h"N III wv
less active aeaSo.' - Il so@t n.,
Ena " n taGoraT oiaotinns
oF'DeIy anu 1'
10 dsain uieeN
Legis!atloh favored 10 cUyeF cases u
preaches ol tIueL IN wy puptiI {
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snip on al cit'NeHS "a ioieo i'ie' 10 "N''
cated-
Recommended that lhuian IeFiltoly anu
Oklahoma and mat New Mexico ana ART
znna hn admitted INN the union as Two