Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1906-12-13


| horticultural associations and the like. Tht
apartment can and will cooperate with al
uch associations, and it must have their hell
| its own work is to be done in the mos
fhcent style.
Much is now being done for the states o
he Rocky mountains and the great plain
through the development of the national pole!
| VI irrigation and forest preservation; no gov
rnment policy for the betterment OF our in
| erna conditions has been more fruitful o
GOOD than this. The forests of the White
Mountains and Southern Appalachian regions
,houd also be preserved; and they can not be
inless the people of the states in which the,
lie, through their representatives in the con
sress, secure vigorous action by the nauona
government.
| am we'll aware of how difficult it is tc
PASS a constitutional amendment. Neverthe
| less, in my judgment the whole question OF
marriage and divorce should be relegated tc
The althority of the natioal congress. At pres
mt the wide differences in the laws of the
different states on this subject result in scan
lals and abuses; and surely. there. is nothing
so vtaly essential to the welfare OF the 'ntion
| nothing around which the nation should SC
bend itself to throw every safeguard, as the
home. life of the average citizen. The change
would be good from every standpoint. In par
| ticular it would be good because it would con
Ter the congress the power at once tc
deal radically and efficiently with polygamy
and this should be done whether or not mar
safe nlr proper to leave the question of polyg
| amy to be dealt with by the several states.
Power to deal with it should be conferred on
the national government
| Let me once again call the attention OF the
congress to two subjects concerning which |
have frequently before communicated with
them. One is the question of developing
| American shipping. | trust that a law embody-
ing in substance the views. or major part
of the views, expressed in the report this
subject laid before the house at its last session
former years Objectionable measures have been
proposed in reference to the announcement OF
American shipping; but it seems to me that the
| proposed measure is as nearly unobjectionable
| as any can be.
| l especially call your attention to the sec
ond subject, the condition of our currency
laws The national bank act has ably served
a great purpose in aiding the enormous bus
ness development of the country, and within
ten years there has been increase in clrcu
lation per capita from S21.41 to S33.0s. For
several years evidence. has. been accomplishing
that additional legislation is needed The -
currence of each crop. season emphasizes the
defects of the present laws.
do press any especial plan. Various
plans have recently been proposed by expert
committees of bankers.
| most earnestly hope that the bill to pro
vide lower tariff for .r else absolute free
trade 2 % Phppnf h,1 prodnets IS T bsG0mS sspca
industry; and while there will be some small
but real material benefit to the Filipinos,, the
main benefit will come by the showing made as
to our purpose to do all in power for their
welfare. So far our action in the Philippines
has been abundantly justified, not mainly and
indeed not primarily because Of tn the ADDED
that we are capable honoraby and efficiently
to bear the international burdens which
mighty people should bear, but even more
because no of the 81 ,b snt 1a' con"
American citizenship should be conferred on
the citizens of Porto Rico. The harbor. of
San Juan in, Porto Rico should be dredsed,
court of Porto Rico should be met from the
federal treasury The administration of the
affairs of Porto Rico, together with those OF
possessions, should all be directed under one
eartment tl Of ST state or the department of war
The needs Of Hawaii are pec11lar; 1 a sf-.y fEery
should be unceasing to develop. them along
the lines of community of small treeholders'
not of great planters with coolle- titled estates
Situated as this territory is, in the middle OF
the Pacific. there are duties imposed upon this
small community which do not fall in like de-
gree manner upon any other American com
nunity. This warrants our treating IT ar
from the way in which We treat ter
-itories contiguous to or surrounded by sister
territories or other states, and justitles the
setting aside of portion OF our revenues to
De expended for educational and internal I'M
1rovements therein.
Alaskas needs have been partially met; but
here must be complete reorganization OF the
governmental system, as | have before indi-
,ated TO YOU. / ask your especial attention to
his. Our fellow citizens who dwell on the
shores of Puget sound with characteristic
mercy are, arranging to ho.d IN 3eattIe .aI
Alaska Yukon Pacific exposition. It's specia
aims include the upbuilding of Alaska and the |
DEVELOPMENT Of American commerce on the ia |
,ifc ocean. This exposition, in its purposes |
md SCOPE should appeal not only to the peo- |
lie of the Pacific slope, but to the people OF the
.Tnited States at large Alaska since IT was |
Fought has yielded to the government, 900,
100 of revenue, and has pr9d4seehd ssh 1S1r.y Wheg
,roper1v developed it will become in large de |
yree land of homes. The countries border
ng the Pacific ocean have. population more
numerous than that of all the countries OF
europe: their annual foreign commerce
mounts to over SO. 1000, 900 900. OF which the |
hare of the United States is some s7OO,0oo'-
100. If this trade were thoroughly under,
tood and pushed by our manufacturers and
PRODUCERS, the industries not only of the Pa
fc slope, but of all our country, and partc-
llarly of our cotton-growing states would be
,reatlv benefited. OF course, in order to get
hese benefits. we must treat fairly the coun-
res with which we trade.
Especially do need to remember our
luty to the stranger within our gates. 1t is
he sure mark of low civilization, low
morality. to abuse or discriminate against or
n any way humiliate such stranger who has
imself properly To remember this is incum.
,ent on every American citizen, and it is OF
curse peculiarly incumbent on every govern
nent official, whether of the nation or OF the
everal states.
am prompted to say this by the, attitude
f hostility here and there assumed toward
he Japanese in this country. This hostility
; sporadic and is limited to a very few places.
Nevertheless, it is most discreditable to US as
people. and it may be fraught with the
-ravest consequences to the nation. 10 no
ther country has there been such an increas-
np number of visitors from this land as to
apan. In return, japanese have come here
n great numbers. They are ~elcome, socially
nd intellectually, in all our colleges and in
titutions of higher learning, in all our pro
ng mass of our people cherish lively regard
md respect for the people of Japan, and in
lnost every quarter of the union the stranger
rom Japan is treated he deserves; that is.
e is treated the stranger from any part |
f civilized Europe is and deserves to be
ceiling has manifested itself toward the Jap
nesr-the feeling that has been shown in
hutting them out from the common schools |
n San Francisco, and in mutterings against
hem in or two other places, because OF
heir efficiency as workers To shut them out
yhen there frst-class colleges in the
and. including the universities and colleges
f California. which do not gladly welcome
apanese students and on which japanese stu
ents do not reflect credit. | ask fair treat
nent for the Tapanese as ] would ask fair |
rcatment for Germans or Engshment. French
nen. Russians. or Italians. ! ask il as due TO
humanity and civilization. | ask il As due to
ourselves because must act uprightly toward
II men. |
Last August an insurrecton broke ont in
- Whit =. sr,eediiv r-aw evident fhat the
xisting Cuban government was powerless TO
Ic4I- THIS government MAS repeatedly asked
I boys and girls are trained merely in literary
commitments 70 the total exclusion Of in
ustrial. manual and technical training, the