Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1905-12-08
Ahusas I'm Naturalization.

| INFLATED to confirm the expressions coli-
| tanned in my last two annual messages as
to the Importance of revising by approprl-
ate legislation our system OF naturalizns
aliens. | appointed last March commise
sion to make a careful eAaln n ~ sr -.
our naturalization laws, ana 70 sus
| gest appropriate measures to aVold tLe
notorious abuses resulting from + tne
improvident or u may commit sion'
has discharged the duty imposed upon It,
| and has submitted a report, which VIII De
| transmitted to the Congress Tor lts con
| sideration, and, l nope, LOT us iaNoi1oie
| action.
| Breaches of Trust i'm Public Service.
There seems to be no statute of the Y nj
| ted States which provides for the PUNISH
ment of United States attorney or othef
| officer of the government VINO corruplly
agrees to wrongfully do or wrongfully re-
| frain fror doing any act when the consld-
| GRAFTON for such corrupt agreement is OH
er than one possessing money value. ,a nnis
| lation. IegislatiA shuld also be enacted
to cover, explicitly, unequivocally and be-
yond question, breach OF trust IN the snaP pc
of p>ematurely divulging official secrets by
| an officer or employee of the United states,
and to provide a suitable penalty THEREFOR
Condition of Public Land Laws.
| Once again 1 call your attention to the
| condition of the public land laws. Recent
| developments have given new urgency TO
| the need for such changes as will mt these
| laws to actual present conditions. Inc
! honest disposal and right use OF the re-
| naming public lands is of fundamental I'M
| portance The Ubiquitous methods by which
! the monopolizing of the public lands Is be
| ing brought about under the present laws
| are becoming more generally known, but
the existing laws do not furnish effective
| remedies. The recommendation OF the pup
lie lands commission upon this subject are
wise and should be given effect.
| The creation of small irrigated farms I'M
| der the reclamation act is "a powerful offset
to the tendency of certain other laws to
foster or permit monopoly of the land
| The greater part of the remaining public
lands cannot be irrigated. They are at
present and will probably always be of
| greater value for grazing than for any
other purpose. This fact has leo TO the
grazing homestead of $40 acres in Nebras-
| ka and to the proposed extension OF it to
other States. 1t is argued that family
cannot be supported on 100 acres of arid
| grazing land This is obviously true; but
neither can a family be supported on GAO
acres of much of the land to which it is
proposed to apply the grazing homestead
| TO establish universally any such arbitrary
| limit would be unwise at the present time.
Merchant Marine Indispensable.
| To the spread of our trade in peace and
/ the defense of our flag in war great and
prosperous merchant marine is 1ndlSpenSa-
| BILE. We should have ships of our own and
seamen of our own to. convey our goods to
| neutral markets, and in of need to re-
| inforce our battle line.
The Immigration Question.
We cannot have too much immigration
of the right sort, and we should have none
whatever of the wrong sort. Of course it
is desirable that even the right kind of i'm
migration should be properly distributed in
| this country We need more of such immi-
grafton for the South; and special effort
should be made to secure it. In actual
practice it has proved so difficult to en-
force the immigration laws where long
stretches of frontier marked by an imagin-
airy line alone intervene between us and
our neighbors that | recommend that no
| immigrants be allowed to come in from
| Canada and Mexico, save natives of tbs
| two countries themselves. AS much as pos
| sible should be done to distribute the immi-
] grants upon the land and keep them away
| from the congested tenement-house dis
tricts of the great cities. But distribution
| is palliative, not a cure The prime
need is to keep out all immigrants who
will not make good American citizens.
| The laws existing for the exclusion
| of undesirable immigrants should be
strengthened. Adequate means should be
adopted, and enforced by sufficient penal
| ties, to compel steamship companies en-
gagged in the passenger business to observe
| in good faith the law which forbids them
| to encourage or solicit immigration to the
| United States. Provision should be made
| for the surer punishment of those who in
| duce aliens to come to this country under
promise or assurance of employment. 1t
should be made possible to infiict a sufti-
| GENTLY heavy penalty. on any employer viO-
| lating 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.
| The questions arising in connection with
Chinese immigration stand by themselves
The conditions in China are such that the
| entire Chinese coolie class, that is, the
! class of Chinese laborers, skilled and I'M
skilled, legitimateiy come under the head
| OF undesirable immigrants to this country
! because Of their numbers, the low wages
for which they work, and their low stand
ard of living. Not only is it to the
interest of this country to keep them
out, but the Chinese authorities do
not desire that they should be ad-
mtted: At present their entrance is
PROMPTED by laws amply adequate to
accomplish this purpose. But in the effort
Ito carry out the policy of excluding Chi
| nese laborers, Chinese coolies, grave injus-
tlce and wrong have been done by this
| nation to the people of China, and there
fore ultimately to this nation itself Chi
nese students, business and professional
men OF all kinds-not only merchants, but
| bankers, doctors, manufacturers. professors
| travellers and the like-should be encour-
| aged to come here and treated on precisely
the same footing that we treat students,
business men, travellers and the like of
| other nations. Our laws and treaties should
| be framed, not so as to put these people
| III the excepted classes but to state that
we will admit all Chinese except Chinese
| or the coolie class, Chinese skilled or I'M
skilled laborers
Much trouble has come during the past
summer from the organized boycott against
American goods which has been started in
China. The main factor in producing this
boycott has been the resentment felt by
the students and business people of China,
Dy all the Chinese leaders, against the
harshness of our law toward educated
Cinnamon of the professional and business
classes. This government has the friendIi-
EST FEELING for China and desires China |
well-being. We cordially sympathize with
the announced purpose of Japan to stand
for the integrity of China. Such an atti-
tude tends to the peace of the world.
AduIteratiOn of Foods.
I recommend that law be enacted to
regulate interstate commerce in misbrand-
ed and adulterated foods, drinks and drugs
Such law would protect legitimate manu-
1acture and commerce, and would tend to
secure the health and welfare of the CON
Stunning public. Traffic in foodstuffs which
have been debased adulterated so as to 1