The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1905-12-16

tho aarin nov imposed 81 tks pineisy =
upon ths prvaucts OF the Philippine Islands
sntsr~ly removed. except the tarin on suEs
aud ssbacco. and that that tarin % reduce
60 - per cent OF the present rates unaer q
Dingley act; that after July I Ivy q
tariff upon tobacco and sugar produced In n
Philippine Islands be entirely removed 40
that free trade between the Islands and III
United States in the products OF each oountr
then be provided for by law.
Hawaii.
| Tn mv Judgment immediate steps should b
| taken for the fertilization OF Hawaii. TIL
| 10 the most important point In the Facine
| fortify in order to conserve tins interests Q
this country, IT would b h&ra 70 ovef r. =.
heavily taxed. Laws should be enacted set
ting aside for 4 period OF, say, 20 years y
par cent OF the Internal revcnus ana custom
expended In the islands for educational ans
public buildings, and for hnrbor improve
msnts and military and naval defense@ 4
cannot be too often repeated that our AIN
must Be to develop the Territory OF HAWAI-
on traditional American linss. That territor,
has serious commercial and Industrial prob
lens to reckon with; but no measure OF relic
can be considered which looks to LEGISLATION
admitting chinese and restricting them b,
statute to field labor and domestic service
The status of servility can never again ps
tolerated on American soil. We cannot con-
proper
rs special legislation admitting to Hawaii d
class OF aborers denied admission to the other
states and territories There are obstacles,
and great obstacles. in the way OF building
up representative American community In
the Hawaiian Islands; but 1t 10 not In the
American character to give up In the face OF
difficulty. Many American commonwealth
has been built up against odds equal to thosa
that now confront Hawaii.
Porto Rico.
aorneetIv adyocafe the adonffon nf leg
islation which will explicitly confer Ameri-
can citizenship on all citizens of Porto Rico.
There u.s. In my judgment, no excuse for
failure 70 DO this. The harbor Of San Juan
penses OF the Federal Court OF 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 pres
ent form OF government In Porto Rico, which
provides for the appointment by the Presi-
dent of the members OF the executive coun-
ell or upper House of the Legislature has
proved satisfactory and has inspired conf
dence in property-owners and investors 1
do not deem II advisable at the present time
TO change this form in any material feature.
The problems and needs of the Island are
Industrial and commercial rather than po-
itical.
Alaska
I earnestly ask that Alaska be given an
elective delegate. Some person should ba
chosen who can speak with authority of the
needs of the territory. The Government
should aid in the construction OF railroad
rom the Gulf of Alaska to the Yukon River
n American territory. In my last two
messages / advocated certain additional ac-
Ion on behalf of Alaska. / shall not now
epeat those recommendations but l shall
ay all my stress upon the one recommen-
iation of giving to Alaska some one au-
horized to speak for 1t. l should prefer that
a ut
s not deemed wise then make him APP
'ontive. At any rate give Alaska some
'erson whose business 1t shall be to speak
Vith authority on her behalf to the Con-
ress. The natural resources of Alaska are
reat. Some of the chief needs of the pecul-
arly energetic, self-reiant, and typicaIly
american white population of Alaska were
ct forth In my last message. I also ear
estly ask your attention to the needs of the
Alaskan Indians All Indians who are com
etent should receive the full rights of
american citizenship. 1t u.s. for instance. a
ross and indefensible wrong to deny to such
= working decent-living Indians as the
ietlakahtlas the right to obtain licenses as
aptains, pilots and engineers, the right to |
inter- mining claims, and to profit by the |
omestead law. These particular Indians |
re cWiiized, and are competent and en- |
tiled to be put on the same basis with the |
mite men round about them
Admission to Statehood.
recommend that Indian Territorv ana |
Ramona be admitted as one state and that |
ew Mexico and Arizona be admitted as one |
ate There Is no obligation upon us to |
ea' .errleoriai subdivisions which are mat
rs OF convenience only, binding us on |
ie question OF admission to Statehood |
oenlhs mas taken up more time in the
ongress during the past few years than tbe
1ession as TO the statehood to be granted
. the -FOUR territories above mentioned and
ter careful consideration of all that has |
~ utVeioped In the discussions OF the |
iestion l recommend that they be imme-
10y aunitted as two states. There is no
% s ni,aaon 1or further delay; and the adj
saolnty OF making the four territories into
-, =, states mas been clearly established
~ some OF the territories the Legislative
,nsraan issue licenses for gambling. The
'nsI ess should by law forbid this practice
e harmful results of which are ohvio,,s
a glance. oo'ious
The Panama Canal
ne treaty between the United States and
e sepuonc or Panama, under which the
nsnruetion OF the Panama Canal was made
tha ii,r,ea INTO INTO enect with it's ratification
n nhiteu states Senate on Febrrarv "a |
%. Inc canal properties of the French
nai company were transferred 10 tha
is sto o states on April 49, 1904, on paymant
ok ~ IVY" 70 mat company. On April /, Z
20, the Commission was reorganlzed 49,
now now consists of Theodore p sbonts
CHARLES e. Magoon. benjamin. NJ |
100, 10 hear-Admiral Mordecai T. Endicott
Oor,a,s ~ reler Z. Hams, and Colo
Uswaid a. Ernst. John F. Stevens was G
poineed chief engineer on July los
aras "orh IN canal construction mainlv |
!. = a.oly, mas been in progress for less :
~ year and half. During that nar,aS |
o points about the canal bas,o ~ pe1loo r
open TO debate. First, the ouastion ~
r %, sne canal Will be built on the Isrhmus /.
ahaina. Second. the question Of saast |
ite tha. are no physical obstacles on this (
'nat american engineering skill will
lie pe aoie TO overcome without serion. AZ Z
IVY ny or that will prevent the comnistinr, L
a "s lana. oanal within reasonable time ana !;
animous testimony of tba anrinuy the n
lment "eser Tor the Gov
i, Necessity of Dispatch.
, se point which remains unsettled "a ~. r
~ y. type. whether the canal shall he q
level svt.s locks above sea-level, or at
az ! nope to lay before the Coneras ms n
~ - uay the findings OF the adv,so-r
+ 81 - NJ, american and European engineers
subtact 'tn n have been considering
I, ,r,,.ss' together with the report ~ ths
rsn,s thereon: and such comnant
eon or recommendations In ra1s :,
he te'o as may seem necessary ence
ediest ra ,oan people Is pledged To tbs u
anes possible construction of sns 4;
$3.50 10 meet the demands WIZ, y
/ 80 ., the world will mako una I' L.
ala IN ga most earnestly to the Consr ~ ca
ng nrorre Imminent Of the pledge. Graz >.
/ wear o gre mas been made during ~. re
utbs T Thd especially during the past fo one la
liminary "s ws greater part of the necessary ot
i,os o. excavation could be begun actual tc
la a h sesl" I'LL the Canal IONS o AZ
K In hs Ths place to live in and was as 81
t. This =" tas Is'n s had to be sanitated tt
nmnl,ss TASK has been so thoro,,as1s. o<
mp, that yellow fever 'hho nor &c
uaily ext.rpated from m ~. mas been or
81 SAM nss,.n conditions vastly impSos ana
nd Of cuba er nOos which converted the The
n, sre health If the world, into linen men
mus Wiz 'oee, nave been applied on ~.
reaso, wv, ~ satisfactory results Tbsrs me B,
er supply. parin mat when the plans for Fl
: bes r S so and the large labor ., Fan Oh
for the I carried out the Isthmus Wis tb
e OF abode sopics; an unusually healfbx Vi