Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1906-12-10

bills of small denominations. Permls-
sion should be given banks, if necessa-
ry under settled restrictions, to retire
their circulation to a larger amount
than three millions month.
Our Outlying Possessions.
1 most earnestly hope that the bill to
provide q lower tariff for or else abso-
lutte free trade in Philippine products
will become law. No harm will come
to any American industry, and, while
there will be some small but real mate
rial benefit TO the Filipinos, the main
benefit will come by the showing made
as to our purpose to do all in our power
for their welfare
Porto Rican Affairs.
American citizenship should be con,
ferred on the citizens of Porto Rico.
The harbor of San Juan, in Porto Rico
should be dredged and improved. The
expenses of the federal court Of Porto
Rico should be met from the federal
treasury.
The needs of Hawaii are peculiar.
Every aid should be given the islands,
and our efforts should be unceasing to
develop them along the lines of COM
munity of small freeholders, not of
great planters with cody titled es-
| tates.
| AlaSkas needs have been partially
met. but there must be a complete re-
| organization of the governmental sys-
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| | ask your especial attention to this.
| Our fellow citizens who dwell on the
| shores of Puget sound with character
istic energy are arranging TO hold in
Seattle the Alaska Yukon-Pacific ex-
position. This exposition in Its pur-
poses and scope should appeal not only
to the people Of the Pacific slope, but
to the people of the United States at
large.
Rights of Aliens.
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, mat
ters nothing. All we have a right TO
question is the mans conduct IL he
Is honest and upright in his dealings
with his neighb0r and with the state,
then he is entitled 10 respect and gool
treatment. Especially DO we need TO
remember our duty TO the stranger
within orr gates. 1t is the sure mark
Of a low civilization. 4 low morality, TO
abuse or discriminate against or in any
way humiliate such stranger who has
come here lawfully and who is con-
Quoting himself properly. To remem-
Der this is incumbent on every Amer
lean citizen, anu 1t is OF course pecul-
iarly incumbent on every government
official whether OF the nation or OF
the several states.
l am prompted TO say this by the
attitude of hostility here and there as
sumed toward the Japanese In this
country. This hostility Is sporadic anC
is limited to a very few places. Never
theless IL il most discredtable to II:
as a people. and 1t may be fraugh
with the gravest consequences to tn,
nation
l ask fair treatment for the Japanes,
as | would ask fair treatment for Ger
mans or Englishmen, Frenchmen, Rus
slams or Italians | ask it as due t
. humanity and civilization. | ask 1t a
due TO ourselves, because we must &C
: uprightly toward all men. l recon
L mend to the congress that an act b
passed specifically providing for tn
{ naturalization of Japanese who com
here intending to become American eli
liens. One Of the great embarras!
, ments attending the performance {
our international obligations is til
fact that tie statutes of the Unite
States are entirely inadequate. The
- fail to give to the national governmeI
- sufficiently ample power, through Uni
ed States courts and by the use Of IL
army and navy, to protect aliens In Il
~ rights secured to them under solen
IL treaties which are the law Of the Ian
10 l therefore earnestly recommend tn
aS the criminal and civil statutes of tt
. United States be so amended and ad
u ed to as to enable the president, actiI
Tor the United states goYernmeI
ut which is responsible In our intern
90 tional relations, to enforce the RICH
III of aliens under treaties.
The Cuban Matter.
Last August an instruction bro
al out in Cuba which it speedily grew e.
~ dent that tire existing Cuban COVER
~ y, ment was powerless to quell Than
- to the preparedness of our navy,
IIp was able Immediately to send enou
INC ships to Cuba to prevent the situati
=. from becoming hopeless, and I Fl
thermore dispatched to Cuba the s.
- rotary of war and the assistant sec
-; tary Of state in order that they mig
20, grapple with the situation on I
w ground.
In accordance with the so cal
- Platt amendment which was emb
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