The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1905-12-07
Army and Navy.


Naturalization Laws
= No alien is to he naturalized until at
1 least ninety days after fling his petition
| Criminal Laws.
The DELAYS of the criminal law, no less
! than of the civil. now amount to very
| great evil Legislation should be enacted
| To cover breach of trust in the shape OF
prematurely divulging secrets by an en-
| ploye or officer of the United States. a
| statute should be provided Tor punish-
| ntent Of United States attorney or oth-
or officer who corruptly agrees to do
wrong, other than for money.
Public Land.
The iniauitous method of monopolizing
! public lands are becoming more generally
| known, but existing laws do not furnish
| effective remedies. We cannot afford to
substitute tenants for freeholdcrs on pub
lie domain. All organized opposition TO
| the forest reserves of the west has dis
appeared.
Merchant Marine.
| It cannot but be a source of regret and
| uneasiness to us that the lines OF com
municatiOn with our sister republics OF
| South America should be chiefly under
| foreign control through the lib
eral aid bestowed by other governments
| on theT own steam INES.
Pensions.
! That Congress take action toward care
! for the graves of Confederate dead The
! first need is TO take charge of the graves
of Confederate dead who died in the
! northern prisons.
immigration.
We should have none of the wrong
| sort. We need more immigration for the
| south. No emigrants should be allowed
! 10 come from Canada and Mexico, save
natives of the two countries themselves.
| Keep immigrants away from the con-
gestcd tenement house districts of the
great cities.
In the effort to carry out the policy of
| excluding Chinese laborers grave wrong
! has been done to the people of China.
| Chinese students, business and profes-
! siOnal men should be encouraged to
| come. We cannot expect to receive
equity from China unless We do equity.
Civil Service
Written competitive examinations do
not make the ideal method, but they rep
resent an imncasureably advance upon
the ''spois" system.
Copyright Laws.
Our copyright laws urgently need re-
Adulteration of Foods.
Interstate traffic in foodstuffs which
have been dcbnsed or ndulterated so AZ
| to injure health or deceive purchasers
| should be forbidden.
National Parks
The grand canon of Colorado should
| be made into n national park. Nothing
should be allowed to interfere with the
| preservation OF Niagara Falls. The
! boundaries Of Yellowstone park should
| I've extended to include forest preserves
| on the south.
Lifesaving Service
! Give members of the service pensions
such AZ are given to tiremen and police
men in all our great cities.
| Indians.
Some amendment of the internal rev
| cnuc laws to prosecute "bootleggers."
| The acts OF Congress prohibiting the sale
or gift to b II tthe Indian) OF intoxicnDts
has substantially become imperative.
The Philippines.
II there has been error as regards Civ
| ing sclf-gOycrnmCnt TO the Philippines It
! has been it too quickly. | earnestly rec
| OmmCnd that thc tariff now imposed
upon the products of the Philippines be
! entirely removed except on sugar and to
| baccO, that these be reduced % per cent
and removed after July l, 1909. SO
| primitive are the methods in the isilnds
| that it will Ice many years before the
! products OF these islands will have any
| effect whatever upon the markets OF the
! United States The only solution (of
! labor on the islands, is the training of
! the Filipino
Hawaii.
Immediate steps should be taken to
| rortify the island. Hawaii Is too heavily
taxed Seventy five per cent. OF the rev.
cnuc receipts should be set aside for, say
twenty wears for education and improve
mcnta. Hawaii slnll never be n territory
In which a governing class of rich plant
,rs exists by means of coolic labor.
Porto Rico.
Legislation which will explicitly confer
| American citizenship on all citizens of
| Porto Rico.
Insusr Affairs in General.
We hnvc been paying all heed to the
! political and educational interests OF
these islands, but it is not less importn mt
that we should favor their industrial
! development.
Alaska
Alaska he given an elective delegate.
Admission to Statehood.
| Indian territory and Oklahoma be nd
mittcd as one state and that New Mex
leo and Arizona be admitted as one
| state.
Panama Canal.
What is needed without delay is m
appropriation 10y Congress to meet the
current aud aCcruiug expenses of the
commission.
| Neither at home or abroad is there
a sufficient working force to do the bust
ness properly, The salnry list should be
adjusted.