The Forrest City times., 1906-12-07


 should need no demonstration to show that wilful sterility is from the standpoint of the nation. from me standpoint of the human race. the one sin for which the penalty Is national death. race death. a sin for which there Is no atonement. sin whs.n is the more dreadful exactly ia prepor- ton as the men and women guilty thereof ars sR other respects, in char actc-. and bodily and mental powers. those whom for the sake of the state it would be well to sec the fathers and mothers of many healthy children. well brought up in homes made happy can shirk the primary duties of life. whether for love of ease and pleasure, or Tor any other cause, and retain his or her self-respect.
 The president asks for the enactment into law of shipping bill that will place American interests on the sens on par especially that something be done that will establish direct steamship commu- nication with South American porte,
 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:
 ..c The ,pere statsment of these facts ously defective. There Is need of a change. Unfortunately. however. many of the proposed changes must be ruled
 
 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 pe- culiarly creditable to the treasury. do not press any special plan. Various plans have recently been proposed hy expert committees of bankers. Among n Ha1 Il sN-t 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 mitted to issue a specified proportion of their capital in notes of 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 scented by times of stringency
 He again asks for free trade with this country for the Philippines and in the same connection reviews the work done by this country in the islands, and says ''if we have erred in the Philippines 1t has been in proceeding too rapidly in the the direction d s of granting large meas Amegican 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 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.
 'I recommend to the congress that a nf ha un1 Ifiaal lIxr, the naturalization of Japanese who come here intending to become American cit- izens. One of the great endorsements attending the performance of our in- ternational obligations Is the fact that the statutes of the United States gov ernment are entirely inadequate. They fall to give to the national government sufficiently ample power, through United States courts and by tho use of the army and navy. to protect aliens in the treaties which are tho law of the land I therefore earnestly recommend that the criminal and civil statutes of the United States be so amended and added to as to enable the president. acting for the united States government which is responsible in our international rela- tions, to enforce the rights of aliens un- der treaties. Fen as the law now is something can be done by the federal government toward this end. and in the matter now before me affecting the Jap anese. everything that 1t Is In my power to do will be done, and all of the forces military and civil. of the United ttates which I may lawfully employ will be so employed. There should. however be no particle of doubt to the power of the national government completely to perform and enforce it's own obligations to other nations. The mob of single city may at any time perform acts of foreigners which would plunge us into war. The city by itself would be powor- less to make defense against the for eign power thus assaulted. and if ndc- Dandanf mt never venture to perform or permit the performance of the acts complained Of. protect the offending city or the offend ing community lies in the hands of tho United states government. It Is un- icy under which a given locality may be allowed 10 commit crime against a friendly nation, and the United States government ssS limited not to preventing last resort, to defending the people who have committed 1t against tho conse- quences or their own wronedolng."
 Cuban intervention.
 The rebellion In Cuba and the incl the 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- sional government will come to an end. | take this opportunity of expressing
 
 with all possible solemnity, our most earnest hope that the people of Cuba will realize the imperative need of pre- serving justice and keeping order in the island. The United States wishes noth- ing of Cuba except that 1t shall prosper morally and materially, and wshes noth- ing of the Cubans save that they shall be able to preserve order among them selves and therefore to preserve their independence. If the elections become a farce, and if the insurrectlonary habit . becomes confirmed in the island, it is ab- solutely out of the question that the island should continue independent; and the United States. which has assumed the sponsorship before the civilized world for Cubas career as a nation would again have to intervene and to see that the government was managed In such orderly fashion as to secure the safety Of life and property. The path to be trodden by those who exercise self-gov- ernment Is always hard, and we should have every charity and patience with the Cubans as they tread this difficult parth l have the utmost sympathy with, and regard for, them: but l most earnestly ad1nre them solemnly to weigh thoir re- responsibilities and to soc that when their new government is started 1t shall run smoothly, and with freedom from ha- grant denial of right ol the one hand. and from insurrectionary disturbances on the other"
 Considerable space Is devoted to the international conference of American re- publics and the visit of Secretary Root to South America. and points to the fact that our efforts in behalf of the nations