Bisbee daily review., 1906-12-05
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s.9 ENsss. SssBe VI wus0Us0SU tween the east and the west Is from to 10 per cent. whereas in Canada the corresponding difference is but 2 per cent. Any plan must, of course. guard the interests of western and guards the interests of New York or bankers: and must be drawn from the standpoint of the farmer anu the merchant no less than from the standpoints of the city banker and the country banker.
 The law should be amended so as specifically to provide that the funds derived from customs duties may be treated by the Secretary of the Treas ury as he treats funds obtained under the internal revenue laws. There should be a considerable increase in bills of small denominations. Permis- sion should be given banks. if neces- sary under settled restrictions. to re tire circulation to a larger amount than three millions month.
 International Morality.
 It is mistake. and it betrays a spirit of foolish cynicism. to maintain that all international governmental action Is. and must ever be. based up- on mere selhshness. and that to ad- vance ethical reasons for such action Is always sign of hypocrisy This Is no more necessarily true of the action If governments than of the action of individuals. It is a true sign of a base nature always to ascribe base motives for the actions of others. Un- disregard proper considerations of self-interest. any more than a private individual can so do. But 1t is equally true that the average individual in any really decent community does many actions with reference to other men in which he Is guided. not by self-in- terest. but by public spirit. by regard for the rights of others, by a disin- terested purpose to do good to others, and to raise the tone of the commun- ity as a whole. Similarly, a really great nation must often act, and as a matter of fact often does act, toward other nations in a spirit not in the least mere self-interest. but paying heed chiefly to ethical reasons: and as the centuries go by this disinterest- edness in international action, this tendency of the individuals compriz- ing a nation to require that nation to act with justice toward its neighbors, steadily grows and strengthens. It is neither wise nor right for nation to foolish-and may be wicked-to think that other nations will disregard theirs. But it is wicked for a nation only to regard it's own interest, and foolish 10 believe that such is the sole motive that actuates any other nation. IL should be our steady aim to raise the ethical standard of na- the ethical standard of individual &C., ton.
 Not only must we treat all nations fairly, but we must treat with justice and good will all immigrants who come here under the law. Whether they are Catholic or Protestant. Jew or Gentle: whether they come from England or Germany. Russia. Japan. or Italy. matters nothing All we have a right to question is the mans con- duct. If he Is honest and upright in his dealings with his nefghbor and with the State. then he Is entitled to respect and good treatment. Especial Ia, lA h hx,r tv to the stranger within our gates. It is the sure mark of a low civilization. a low morality, to abuse or discrimin- ate against or in any way humiliate such stranger who has come here law fully and who is conducting himself properly. To remember this is in- oumbent nn every American citizen, and it is of course peculiarly incum- bent on every Government official, whether of the nation or of the sev- eral States.
 am prompted to say this bysthe at titude of hostility here and there as- sumed toward the Japanese in this country. This hostility is sporadic and Is limited to a very few places. Nevertheless. It is most discreditable tn us as a people, and it may be fraught with the gravest consequences to the nation. The friendship be- tween the United States and Japan has been continuous since the time, over helf a century ago, when Com r odore Perry, by his expedition to Japan. first opened the islands to western civilization. Since then the growth of Japan has been literally as- founding. There is not only nothing to parallel 1t. but nothing to ap- proach 1t in the history of civilized mankind. Japan has a glorious and ancient past. Her civilization is old ern Europe-the nations from whom the people of the United States have chiefly sprung. But fifty years ago Japan's development was still that of the Middle Ages. During that fifty years the progress of the country in every walk in life has been a marvel to mankind, and she now stands as
 one of the greatest of civilized na- tons; great in the arts of war and in the arts of peace: great in military. in industrial. in artistic development and achievement Japanese soldiers
 and sailors have shown themselves equal in combat to any of whom his
 tory makes note. She has produced
 great generals and mighty admirals;
 her fighting men. afioat and ashore
 show all the heroic courage. the un.