The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1905-12-08

wat IS known as the labor question,
for in the great majority of cases
these problems must be dali with by
the State and municipal authorities
and not by the National Government.
Insurance.
The great insurance companies af-
ford striking examples Of corpora
tons whose business has extended so
far beyond the jurisdiction of the
State which created them as to pre-
clude strict enforcement Of supervi-
sion and regulation by the parent
States
Recent events have emphasized the
importance of an early and exhus-
tive consideration of this question,
to see whether it is not possible to
furnish better safeguards than the
several States have been able to fur
nish against corruption Of the flag
rant kind which has been exposed.
Pensions
The soldier who did his duty In
the time Of war should receive the
benefits Of a grateful country, but
here as elsewhere, a strict watch
should be kept to prevent fraud.
The Army and Navy.
We cannot consider the question of
our foreign policy without at the
same time treating Of the Army and
the Navy We now have a very
small army-indeed, one weIl-nlgh
infnitesimal when compared with the
army of any other large nation. Of
course the Army we do have should
be as nearly perfect of its kind and
for its size as possible. l do not be-
lieve that any army i'll the world has
better average of enlisted men or
better type of junior officers; but
the Army should be trained to act
effectively in the mass. Provision
should be made by sufficient appro-
priations for maneuvers of a practl-
cal kind so that the troops may learn
how to take care of themselves under
actual service conditions; every march
FOR instance, being made with the
soldier loaded exactly as he would
be in active campaign. The generals
and colonies should thereby have OPP
portunity for handling regiments,
brigades, and divisions, and the com
misary and medical departments
would be tested in the field. Provis-
ion should be made for the exercise
at least of a brigade and by PETER
ence of a division in marching and
embarking at some point and continu-
ing its march, The number of posts
in which the Army is kept in time of
peace should be materially diminished
and the posts that are left made cor
respondingIy large. No local inter-
ests should be allowed to stand in
the way Of assembling the greater
part of the troops which would at
need form our field armies in stations
Of such size as will permit the best
training to be given to the personnel
of all grades, including the high aft
GERS and staff officers. To accom-
plish this end we must have not com
pany or regimental garrisons, but
brigade and division garrisons.
| AuulSSIOu W DGdGGlOOO.
I recommend that Indian Territory
and Oklahoma be admitted as one
State and that Mexico and Arizona
be admitted as one State. There is
no obligation upon us to treat terri
torial subdivisions, which are mat
ters of convenience only, as bind
ing us on the question of admission
to statehood.
Panama Canal.
The treatment between the United
States and the Republic of Panama
under which the construction of the
Panama Canal was made possible,
went into effect with its ratification
by the United States on April o.
1904, on payment Of $40,000,000 to
that company On April l, 1905, the
Commission was reorganized and it
now consists of Theodore P. Shonts,
chairman, Admiral Mordecai r. En-
colt, Brig Gen. Peter c. Hines, and
Col. Oswald H. Ernst.
The Department of State.
I recommend more adequate pro-
vision then has been made hereto
fore for the work of the Depart
ment of State. Within a few years
there has been a very great increase
in the amount and Importance of the
work to be done by that Department,
both in Washington and abroad. The
crease of our foreign trade, the in
crease of wealth among our people,
increase Of our foreign trade, the in
crease of American capital which is
seeking investment in foreign coun-
tries, and the growth of our power