St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1905-01-07
PATRIOTIC PRECEPTS.
NEW YEAR COMMENTS BY HIGH
FEDERAL OFFICIALS.

FEDERAL OFFICIALS.
The New York Tribune prints the
following nnder the caption OF "Pa-
trlo,ic New Year Precepts
"All ! ask is a square deal for
every man. Give him q fair chance
Do not let him wrong anyone. and
do not lei him be wronged . The
odore Roosevelt.
1--WE are proud Of our country,
not only because it is great, but be-
cause above all else, it is just. JUS
tice must keep pace with our in
creasing materia! strength and ex.
paniing power, il We would attain
the highest possible development.
Without justice no state Is great; it
is but hollow mockery. "--Charles
W. Fairbanks.
III the press Of the world would
adopt and persist in the high re-
solve that war should te no more,
the clangor of arms would cease,
from The rising III the sun To it's go
ing down, and We could fancy that
at last our ears, 10 longer stunned
by the din of armies, might hear
the morning stars singing together
and all the sons of God shouting
for joy" John Hay, Secretary ct
State.
"A patriotic courage can be ex-
ercised 10 the home and in the mar
ket place, as we'll as on the fields of
battle, so the same standard of pa
tr;vtic craftsmanship can be evi-
denced at the polls AZ is demanded
in legislative halls Leslie N.
Shaw.
"Our policy in the Philippines
must be to hold and control the
islands for the benefit Of the resi-.
uents Of the archipelago. This is .
great national obligation, the dis
charge Of which will prove the Ca
pacity of the American people in y
direction not hitherto tested"
William H. Taft, Secretary Of War.
"rhere is no disease of the body
polite g" subtitle. so powerful, so
dangerous, go fatal as the corrupt
betrayal Of q public trust, whether
the trust be great Or small. We
can forgive. all else; We can show
mercy to all other offenders; bu,
let the p.ople cay that the one 81"
unpsrdoned and objectionable here
upon the earth shall be the dish"n.
esty of public servant" William
H. MuOd> Attornev-General.
"rhose who serve the Govern
ment faithfully are proud If their
record. An overwhelming majority
on the Government rolls IN u repre-
sentative, executive or clerical Ca
paclty are indispulably boness
Why, then. should anv American
lose heart because The few are be-
lug brough to judgment? Should
not We rather have cause for con-
grstulatio o.! Great is the future Of
the Republic" Robert j. Wypne,
Postmaster General.
"M hich condition stands most
for peace; which condition is liable
t. involve us the quicker in trouble
: to be fully and intelIigently pre-
pared for war, OF to be in state Of
weIl.known incapacity to defend
ourselves? Our naval policy should
emphasize three words: Cons,ruc-
ton, Instruction, Destruction
Paul Morton, Secretary Of the
Navy.
''By protecting the great public
domain iD the West, and punisbing
thnse vino have sought aud may
seek to fraudulently obtain posses
sion ther sof, aid by prompt aud
vigorous application Of the reclama-
ton act, where practicable. through
out the arid section of the country,
the opportunity will be provided tor
millions Of American home.builders,
each ut whom will contribute mate
rally to the prosperity and we'll be.
ing Of the nation. Such honest adj
ministration is, and must ever be,
the duty OF the Department of the
INTERIOR" e A. Hitchcock, Sec
retsr, Of the Department of the In-
terror.
''All the gold mines Of the entire
world Rave not produced, since
Columbus discovered America, .
greater valu. Of gold than the farm.
ers Ut this country have produced
in wealth in two years. The pro.
ducts u the farm for this year alone
amour: to mote than six times the
capital stock of all the national
banks; to twice the sum Ut our ex
ports and imports q year; three
times the gross earnings IT the op
erations Of the railways, and to
three and q half times tie value Of
all minerals produced IN THE couD-
try, including coal, iron aun ore.
gold silver and quatrled stone. -
James Wilson, Secretary of Agri-
culture ~
The industrial and CONNIE rs:ial
progress Of our c"u",r, is due