The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1906-12-04

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nibility Of discrimination and favofit-
vent ibe % spasms sn ~ lq Rlsh '9n9 mans2 to- prs
speculation which now obtain In Tho
New York market; for at present
there Is too much currency at certain
iation at New York tempts bankers
TO lend Il at low rates FOR speculative
purposes; whereas et other times when
the crops are bing moved there is
urgent need for a large but temporary
increase In the currency supply. IL
must never be forgotten that this
question concerns business men gen
orally quite aF much as bankers Csc
pecially Us this true OF stOCkmcn.
farmers and business men tn the wcst
Tor az present - certain seasons of
thv wear the cinereucc ia interest
rates Setween the cnst ana the west Is
from six to ten per cent. whereas in
Canaca the corresponding difference s
but two per cent ANY plan must Of
course. guard the interests OF wtgt-
ern and southern bankers as carefully
as II guards the Interests Of Now York
or Chicago bankers; mud must hc
drawn from the staudpoiuis ot the
farmer and the merchant no loss than
banker and the country banker
The law should be amended s0 as to
specifically To provide that the funds de-
rived from customs duties may ho treat.
cd by the secretary Of the treasury as
he treats funds obtained undcr The ih-
ternal revenue laws There should be
A considerable increase in bills % small
denominations. Permission should be
given banks. ~ necessary under settled
restrictions. to retire their circulation To
a larger amount than 1oe.Wg month"
He again asks for free trade with this
country for the Philippines and ia the
same connection reviews the work done
by this country in the islands. ana saya
III we have erred in the Phiiipunes 70
has been In proceeding too tamdly in
the direction OF granting a large meas-
urc OF self-gOVernmcut"
American citizenship should be con-
Lerrcd on the citizens Of Porto Rico.
The harbor OF San Juan in Porto Rico
should be dredged ana improved The
expenses a. 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
lnsular possessions, should an be direct
ed under one executive department: 10y
preference the department OF state or the
department OF war.
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:
Our nation fronts on the Pacific Just
as it fronts on the Atlantic. We hope
70 play q constantly growing part in
wish as we ought to wish for "a great
\ commercial development n our deal
ms WIN ASIA ana H. ia out on the
q"estion that we should permanently
h-ve such development unless we free-
ly and gladly extend to other nations
the same measure OF Justice and good
treatment which we expect To receive
in rethrn. Il is only very small body
OF our citizens that act badly Where
Will deal summarily with any such.
Where the several states h1vc power
| earnestly ask that they also deal
wisely ana promptly with such con-
duct. or else this small body ~ wrong
dOers may bring shame upon tho grent
mass Of their innocent and right
Iii Fa.NN
nation as a whole Good munnrrs
should be IN international no loss than
an individual attribute / ask fair
ask fair treatment for Gtrmnns or
Englirhmen FrenChmcn Russians on
Italians J ask IL as due to humanity
and civilization. / ask 10 as duo to
ourselves because We must act up
rightly toward all mon.
81 recommend 20 tine congress that
an act be passed specifically providing for
the naturalization Of japanese who come
here Intending 90 become American cit-
teens one of the great enbnrrasGncuts
attending the performance of our IN
ternational obligations is tho fact TINT
the statutes of the United states vov-
ernment are entirely Inadequate. They
fan TO give TO the national governments
sufficiently ample power, through United
States courts and by the use Of the
army and navy, % protect aliens in the
rights secured 20 them under solemn
treaties which are the law Of the land.
i Therefore earnestly recommend that
the criminal and civil statutes OF the
United states he so amended and adled
10 as to enable the president, acting for
the United states government. which IS
responsible In our INTERNATIONAL rcla-
tions, 10 enforce the riChts NJ aliens uu-
dor treaties. Even as the law now Is
something can he done hy the federal
government toward this end. and iu the
matter now before me affecting the jap
anese, everything that 70 is in my power
70 do viii be done, and an 0f the forces,
military and civil of the United states
which may laWinllY employ VIII pc
so employed There should. however. be
no particle OF doubt as TO the power or
the national government completely TO
perform and enforce its oWd obligations
to other nations. The mob OF single
city may az any tsme perform acts OF
riwless violence against some class of
foreigners which would plunge us into
war. The city by itself would be power
less to make defense against the for
egn power thus assaulted. ana " inde-
pendent Of this government II would
never venture 20 perform or permit the
performance of the acts complained Of
The entire power and the whole duty to
protect the offending city or the onend-
ing community lies IN the hands of the
United states government II Is un-
thinkabe that we should continue pol
icy under which q given locality may be
allowed 70 commit a crime against a
friendly nation. and the United states
government limited not 20 preventing
the commission Of the crime, but, in the
last resort, 20 defending the people who
have committed IL against the conse-
quences Of their own wrongdoing"
Cuban Intervention.
The rebellion IN Cuba and the Incl
dents leading up 70 the establishment OF
,he provisional government Is reviewed,
and the president says;
when the election has been held and
the new government inaugurated In
peaceful and orderly fashion OF the provi-
siunnl government VIII come 90 AN end
take this opportunity OF expressing
upon behalf Of the American people,
with ali possible solemnity, our most
earnest hope that the people or Cuba
will realize the imperative need Of pre-
ua--v-ar iusti-a and EaeDinu cs'.iar Ia tia