The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1905-12-07

tlass--uhat is, the class OF Chinese Ia
borers, skilled and iinsklled - legti-
mately come under the hetu. of unde-
sirabe immigrants TO this country.
But In the effort 10 carry ont the pol
Icy Of excluding Chinese laborers. Chi
nese coolies, grave injustice and wrong
have been done by this nation to the
people OF China and therefore ultimate
| ly to this nation itself Chinese stu
dents. business and professional men
| Of all kinds. not only merchants, but
bankers, doctors, manufacturers, pro-
fessors. travellers and the like, should
| he encouraged TO come here and treat
ed on precisely the same footing that
we treat students, business men. trav-
elers and the like of other nations.
As Il people we have talked much of
the open door in China, and we expect,
and quite rightly intend TO insist upon.
| Justice being shown us by the Chinese.
But we cannot expect TO receive equity
unless we do equity.
The CiviI Service.
Heads OF executive departments and
members of the commission have call
| ed my attention to the fact that the
rule requiring II filing of charges and
three days notice before an employee
could be separated from the service for
inetliciency has served no good pur-
| pose whatever Experience has shown
| that the rule IL wholly ineffective to
save any man II superior for i'm
, proper reasons wishes TO remove him
Ia mi oh .
times serves TO keep In the service in
competent men not guilty of specific
| wrOngdolng Having these facts In
| view. the rule has been amended by
| providing that where the inefficiency or
incapacity comes within the personal
knowledge Of the head of n department
the removal may he made without no
| tice. the reasons therefor being filed
| and made a record of the department.
| The absolute right OF removal rests
where II always has rested, with the
head Of department The change il
merely one Of procedure II was much
needed, and II Is producing good re-
suits.
Our copyright laws need revision.
Philippines and other Islands.
During the last year the Philippine
Islands have been slowly recovering
| from the series of disasters which since
| American occupation have greatly re-
| duced the amount of agricultural prod
ucts below what was produced IN Span
ish times
The agricultural conditions of the is
lands enforce more strongly than ever
| the argument In favor of reducing the
tariff on the products of the Philippine
| Islands entering the United States. l
earnestly recommend that the tariff
now imposed by the Dlngley bill upon
the products of the Philippine Islands
he entirely removed. except the tariff
on sugar and tobacco, and that that
| tariff be reduced to % per cent of the
| present rates under the Dlngley act;
that after July I. 1900. the tariff upon
tobacco and sugar produced in the
Philippine Islands be entirely removed
and that free trade between the islands
and the United States in the products
Of each country then be provided for
by law
In my Judgment, immediate steps
should be taken for the fertilization of
Hawaii. This is the most important
point In the Pacific to fortify In order
to conserve the interests Of this coun-
try. II would be hard TO overstate the
Importance of this need Hawaii IL too
heavily taxed. Laws should be enact
| ed setting aside for q period of, say,
| twenty years I5 per cent of the internal
| revenue and customs receipts from Ha-
| wall as special fund to be expended
| in the islands.
I earnestly advocate the adoption OF
| American citizenship on all citizens OF
Porto Rico.
! wish also to call the attention OF
the congress to one question which af-
fects our insular possessions generally
namely, the need of an increased lib
erality in the treatment of the whole
franchise question in these islands.
/ earnestly ask that Alaska be given
an elective delegate.
Admission to Statehood.
/ recommend that Indian Territory
and Oklahoma be admitted as one state
and that New Mexico and Arizona be
admitted as one state.
The Panama Canal.
Active work In canal construction,
mainly preparatory, has been in prog
ress for less than year and Il half.
During that period two points about
the canal have ceased TO be open to
debate. First, the question of route;
second. the question of feasibility. The
point which remains unsettled Is wheth-
| er the canal shall he one of several
| locks above sea level or at sea level
with n single tide lock. on this point
| hope 10 lay before the congress at an
early day the findings of the advisory
board of American and European en-
| gineers.
In addition TO sanitating the isthmus,
| satisfactory quarters are being provld-
ed for employees and an adequate sys-
TEN Of supplying them with wholesome
| food AZ reasonable prices has been Gre
| atcd. Hospitals have been established
and euliDpel that are without suDerI-