The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1905-12-05

tuclf 80Vus anu letters 70 GOutn Amer
ica via Europe IL they wish security
and dispatch. Even on the Pacific,
where our ships have held their own
better than on the Atlantic. our mer-
chant flag is now threatened through
the liberal aid bestowed BY other gov
ernments on their own steam lines. /
ask your earnest consideration OF the
report with which the merchant ua.
rine commission has followed its long
and careful inquiry
II IS matter Of unmixed satisfac.
ton once more to call attention to the
excellent work OF the pension bureau.
for the veterans OF the civil war have
greater claim upon us than any other
class OF our citizens. To them first Of
MI among our people honor Is due.
Immigration.
As said IN my last message to the
congress. we cannot have too much
immigration Of the right sort. and we
should have none whatever OF the
wrong sort.
The questions arising In connection
with Chinese immigration stand by
themselves. The conditions In China
are such that the entire Chinese cody
class that Il, the class Of Chinese Ia.
horers. skilled and unskilled = legiti-
mately come under the head of unde-
sirable immigrants to this country
But in the effort to carry out the poll
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.
" 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
be encouraged TO come here and treat
ed on precisely the same footing that
we treat students. business men. tray.
elers and the like of other nations.
As people we have talked much Of
the open door ID 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 cIyu service.
Heads Of executive departments and
members of the commission have call
ed my attention to the fact that the
rule requiring filing Of charges and
three days notice before an employee
could be separated from the service for
Inetficiency has served no good pur-
pose whatever. Experience has shown
that the rule Ii wholly ineffective to
save any man ii superior for Inn
proper reasons wishes to remove him
and Is mischieyous because ii some
times serves to keep la the service In
competent men not guilty Of specific
wrongdolng. Having these. facts ID
view. the rule has been amended by
providing that where The ineiflciency or
ineapacity comes within the personal
knowledge Of the head OF d department
the removal may be made without no
tice, the reasons therefor being f|ed
and made record Of the department.
The absolute right OF removal rests
where Il always has rested, with Tie
head of d department. The change u
merely one Of procedure. It was much
needed. and II Il producing good re-
suits.
Our copyright Iaws need revision.
philippines and Other Islands.
During the last year tile Philippine
Islands haye been slowly recovering
from the series Of disasters which since
American occupation have greatly re-.
dmeed the amount OF agricultural prod
ucts below what was produced in Span.
ish times.
The agricultural conditions &c the Il:
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 taftE
now imposed BIZ the Dingley bin upon
the products Of the philippine Islands
he entirely removed, except the taritf
on sugar and tobacco, and that that
tariff be reduced To % per cent Dc the
present rates under the Dlngley act;
that after July /. 1900, the tariff upon
tobacco and sugar produced In The