Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1905-12-08

class-that is, the class Of Chinese Ia
borers. skilled and unskilled - leglu
mateIy come under the head OF unde
sirable immigrants to this country
But in the effort to carry out the Poi-
Icv Of excluding Chinese laborers, Chi
nese coolies. grave injustice and wrong
have been done by this nation to the
neople of China and therefore ultimate
ly TO this nation itself. Chlnese stu
dents. business and professional men
OF all kinds, not only merchants, Dut
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 otIs- nations,
As people we have tNked 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 Civil Service.
Heads of executive departments ana
members of the commission have call
ed nv attention to the fact that the
rule recurring a filing of charges and
three days notice before an employee
could be separated from the service for
lnefficlency has served no good pur-
pose whatever. Experience has shown
that the rule Is wholly ineffective to
save any man If superior for I'M
proper reasons wishes to remove him
and is mischievous because 1t some
times serves to keep in the service in
competent men not guilty Of specific
wrongdoing. Having these facts in
view, the rule has been amended by
providing that where the inefliciency or
lncapacity comes within the personal
knowledge of the head of department
the removal may be made without no.
tice. the reasons therefor being filed
and made a record Of the department.
The absolute right Of removal rests
where il always has rested, with the
head of a department Tie change Is
merely one of procedure. 1t was much
needed, and it 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. |
earnestly recommend that the tariff
now imposed by the Dingley bill upon
the products of the Philippine Islands
be entirely removed. except the tariff
on sugar and tobacco, and that that
tariff be reduced to % per cent of the
present rates under the Dingley act;
that after July /, 1909, 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 fol-
by law.
In my Judgment, immediate steps
should be taken for the fertilization OF
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point in the Pacific to fortify in order
to conserve the interests of this coun
try. 1t would be hard to overstate the
Importance of this need. Hawaii is toe
heavily taxed. Laws should be enact
ed setting aside for a period of, say
twenty years 20 per cent Of the interna
revenue and customs receipts from Ha
wall as a special fund to be expended
in the islands.
| earnestly advocate the adoption o
legislation which will explicitly confe
American citizenship on all citizens o
Porto Rico.
wish also to call the attention o
the congress to one question which af
fects our insular possessions general,
namely, the need of an increased lib
erality in the treatment of the who'll
franchise question in these islands.
earnestly ask that Alaska be givel
an elective delegate.
Admission TO Statehood.
recommend that Indian TerritOr,
and Oklahoma be admitted as one stat
and that New Mexico and Arizona b.
admitted as one state.
The Panama Canal.
Active work in canal construction
mainly preparatory, has been in prog
reSs for less than year and halt
During that period two points abou
the canal have ceased to be open L
debate. First, the question of route
second, the question of feasibility. Tn
point which remains unsettled is wheth
er the canal shall be one Of severa
locks above sea level or at sea leve
with a single tide lock. On this poin
| hope to lay before the congress ut Al
early day the findings of the advisor
board Of American and European en-
gineers.
In addition to Sanitating the iSthmu,
satisfactory quarters are being provld
ed for employees and an adequate sys
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