Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1906-12-06

but the education superintended BY the
state must sesk rather to produce a hun-
scholar. and 1t must be turned now and
then from the class book to the stud
Of the great book Of nature itself. This
is especially true Of the farmer. as has
been pointed out again and again by all
observers most competent TO pass prac-
teal judgment on the problems Of our
country life. All students now realize
executive powers of young people and to
confer more real significance upon the
phrase dignity Of labor" and to pre-
pare the pupils SO that in addition to
his individual capacity for work, they
may together help create a right public
opinion, and show In many ways social
and cooperative spirit: Organization has
and 1t has accomplished much for good
In the world Of labor. It Is no less neces-
sary for m Such a movement as
and Is capable OF a well-nigh infinite fur
Their extension for good so long as 1t is
kept to its own legitimate business. The
benefits to be derived by the association
OF farmers for mutual advantage are
partly economic and partly sociological.
Marriage and Divorce.
AS a means Of bringing about national
Regulation Of marriage and divorce he
suggests a constitutional amendment, and
says 1t Is not safe to cave these ques-
tons to be dealt with by the various
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men and women cease to regard a
worthy family life. with all its duties
bilities lived up to. as the life best
worth living; then evil days for the
commonwealth are at hand. There are
regions in our land, and classes of our
nnnf11attnn uyharn tho birth pafo had
sunk below the death rate. Surely 1t
should need no demonstration to show
that wilful sterility is. from the
% standPpoint Of e. the ehs sum na1iG Race. ff the o ms
sin for which the penalty is national
death, race death; a sin for which
there Is no atonement; a sin which is
the more dreadful exactly in proper
thereof are in other respects, In char
acter, and bodily and mental powers,
those whom for the sake of the state
it would be we'll to see the fathers
we'll brought up in homes made happy
by their presence. No man. no woman.
can shirk the primary duties of life.
whether for love of ease and pleasure,
or her self-respect.
The president asks for the enactment
into law of a shipping bill that will place
American interests on the seas on a par
especially that something be lone that
will establish direct steamship comrlu-
nication with South American ports.
Currency Reform.
Amendments to the present currency
laws are asked for. and after showing
that present laws are inadequate because
of the wide fluctuation of interest
charges, he says:
THE mere statement of these facts
shows that our present system is seri-
ously defective. There is need of a
change. Unfortunately, however, many
of the proposed changes must be ruled
from consideration because they are
complicated, are not easy of compre-
hension, and tend to disturb existing
rights and interests. We must also
rule out any plan which would ma
terially impair the value of the United
States two per cent. bonds now pledged
to secure circulation, the issue Of
which was made under conditions Pc
culiarly creditable to the treasury. I
do not press any special plan. Various
plans have recently been proposed by
expert committees of bankers. Among
the plans which are possibly feasible
and which certainly should receive
your consideration is that repeatedly
brought to your attention by the pres
ent secretary of the treasury, the es-
sential features of which have been
approved by many prominent bankers
and business men. According to this
plan national banks should be per-
mitted to issue. a specified proportion
of their capital in notes of a given
kind, the issue to be taxed at so high
a rate as to drive the notes back when
not wanted in legitimate trade. This
plan would not permit the issue of
currency to give banks additional
profits, but to meet the emergency pre-
scented by times of stringe1cy; ~.
country for the Philippines and in the
same connection reviews the work done
by this country in the islands. and says
has been in proceeding too. rapidly in
the direction of granting a large meas
ure Of self-government."
Naturalization of Japs.
President Roosevelt scores San Fran
cisco and other Pacific coast cities for
their treatment of the Japanese, and
makes the following recommendations:
Il recommend to the congress that
an act be passed specifically providing for
the naturalization of Japanese who come
here intending to become American cit
liens. One Of the great embarrassments
attending the performance of our in
ternational obligations is the fact that
the statutes Of the United States gov
eminent are entirely inadequate. They
fail to give to the national government
sufficiently ample power, through United
States courts and by the use of the
army and navy, to protect aliens in the
treaties which are the law of the land.
l therefore earnestly recommend that
the criminal and civil statutes Of the
United States be SO amended and added
the United States government, which Is
responsible in our International rela-
tons, to enforce the rights of aliens un-
der treaties. Even as the law o is
government toward this end. and in the
matter now before me affecting the Jap
anese, everything that it is In my power
to do will be done. and all of the forces.
yoilitart y apI ri1iI nf tha TIntfnl gGfotoo
which l may lawfully employ will be
so employed. There should, however, be
no particle of doubt as to the power Of
the national g9vsrnment completely to
to other nations. The mob of a single
city may at any time perform acts of
lawless violence against some class of
foreigners which would plunge us into
less to make defense against the for
eign power thus assaulted, and IL inde-
pendent of this government it would
never venture to perform or permit the
performance of the acts complained of.
The entire power and the whole duty to
protect the offending city or the Offend
! Ing, community lies In the hands of the
/ United States government. 1t is un-
t~hinkable that we should continue a pol
icy under which a given locality may be
allowed to commit a crime against a
friendly nation, and the United States
the commission of the crime. but, in the
last resort, to defending the people who
have committed It against the conse-
quences of their own wr%ongdoing.'r
American citizenship should be con.
ferred on the citizens of Porto Rico.
The harbor of San Juan in Porto Rico
should be dredged ana improved. The
expenses of the federal court of Porto
Rico should be met from the federal
treasury. The administration of the af-
fairs of Porto Rico, together with those
of the Philippines. Hawaii and our other
insular possessions, should all be direct.
ed under one executive department; by
preference the department of state or the
department of war.
Cuban Intervention.
The rebellion in Cuba and the Incl.
dents leading up to the establishment OF
the provisional government Is reviewed
and the president says.