New-York tribune., 1908-06-17

Well devised scheme for their completion The The
both mainland coast and our aependesncies de sas
win be proof against the sudden capture s OF any
Most important progress has been made IN s the ne
fs armH % the Of ss nea % States s an By sa a
directed, legislation and by the activity OF the m
frst time in the history of the country adequate
steps are being taken to bring about an approxmna- n
militia to those of the regular army: The impor-
The medical department has rendered most val
which it would have been Impossible to CONSTRUCT
people Of San saving them from
starvation and death due to the earthquake and hre
Another and most remarkable instance Of the
e S1G % Of the M III has s 6ee2 r. the work * done re es
for the matntenanGe of the tranauilizatop OF that
or has reached the department during the en-
tire time.
OUR OUTLYING POSSESSIONS.
The management of our outlying possessions un,
With nde has a1erean 9gen
ton and control the commerce of the island Of
spanish rule aggreEated '1 but nOs was in 1907
rom tons to @ 3 tons OF 6as at
b When e we t took Of the he island there was
Now there more than eighty. built and under
% construction and the nYmber Of pupils in the pub;
tnr9ughout the island: and representative is ac-
corded or a. to ti1t the Unite United States
given a legislative body the full power Of conduct.
ments the Of their oWn tariff sya
tenn the direction of the postal service and. indeed
by any other people subject to our sovereignty
established schools SO enlarged that the number Of
primary schools now aggregate between 5000 and
SIS Postoces have been Established throughout the
Of Manila e of feefran IN ans eS enS
cable @ lines are in operation, and several hundred
nen enPioEef emp % 81 and municipal Offices are Amer
per cent are Filipnos
tants of the Philippine Islands has gone forward
WIN remarkable progress. The President of the
r,+S No 2,s great civilized has managed
OF people committed by the accident of war
Who to 5e turn the ef n6e
loose and let them suffer whatever fate might be-
period of complete and bloody chaos. and would
power Who there be the = Of Other
nor have done as we have done-that is. would not
selves or to have developed them as we have de-
seIoped d., mem primarily in their own interests
meher there Is brighter page in the Of
W weak than the page which tells of our doings in
Peace prevails throughout the islands to-day in
q sIsaler degree than ever in the history of the
iSlanos ,l1 either under Spanish American rule
ana ana agriculture is nowhere now impeded by the
1ear on the part of the farmer of the incursion of
by the nsrucns Of Preadent TtaGd @
III. h.nieE 10 secretary Root in reference to the
Philippines community consisting of seven mill
ion persons, inhabitng three hundred different
against the government of the United states for
f and M5h ed tRs ba5g %e b following
from time to time, due to local causes has been
quillity, in which the people as whole are lovaIIv
supporting the government in the maintenance of
ORDER RESTORED IN CUBA
The; The resignation g Of President Palma Of the Re
gress to elect successor left that island without
vailed and the President deemed it his tT pro to
establish a provisional government, restore order
the announcement that this action was preiinarY
to the re.esta bIishment of orderly government in
averted peace and good order restored. and the
PGbio ordsr Ras been pe pna
fecty kept, and at no time for century has the
under American provisional administration. Local
and national elections are to be held, and the gov
Our navy has been strengthened until to-day
e h0 and paG on @ @ TSeg r IN
umphantly around the globe, receiving the friendly
orR M w3s gaT aa SsRee has ssee e m
violations of federal law aQd TO mete out meritor
work during the last four years has been to defend
the soundness Of the positions taken by It relating
and the Interstate commerce. law, by carrying pro
mus m a IN @ me varGns
Court of the United States. that the constitution
atty of these acts might be adudicated and settled
The effort OF the @ naona to invoke
foreign nations and among the states presented
Of which has been attended with no little dficuty
without & reheaTsng m the @ Iegsamon ~ enacted to COZ
statutes It IS gratifing to know that the abuses
and shipper alike co-operatng in the enforce
nept Of the law and What at one time threatened
fast assuming peaceful solution.
annual report for 1907, says:
TT means much for the present and more for the
greatly in general understanding and acceptance.
amended law has been accepted in good faith and
they exhibit for the most part SINCERE and earnest
ments To gratifying extent there has been read
carriers themselves Methods and 1sages Of one one
sort and another which operated to Individual al
not tco na9eh to say that there S now a freedom
general to degree never before approached anu
The commission further says
in transportation conditions that the commission
StS m its oeo 2a9 the The % aU
fundamental justice. the quickened sense of
fhe ciearer percepon df shippers Of ali oiasae
that any individual advantage is morally. as well
fuence Of the commission resulting from its in
a14h0y have all o ge rt to materially bd
nally promote the purposes for which the law was
enacted This results in the voluntary adjustment
by the parties, without resort to the commission
number Of compromises. which otherwise
would ripen into complaint and litigation. while in
numerous instances a settlement is effected by a
friendly Intervention by the commission through
correspondence or personal interviews between the
shipper and carrier directly concerned
RAILROAD REGULATION EFFECTIVE.
The rulings Of the commission are generally and
cheerfully accepted by the carriers The traffic of
hcias OF the carriers have manifested to q COM
rnendable degree a disposition and willingness TO