The Forrest City times., 1908-12-11


 Immediate action by the present session of congress for the improve ment of our inland waterways the | president declares to be imperative. He recommends the creation of a per manent commission authorized to CO., ordinate the work of all the govern | ment departments relating to water ways. and to frame and supervise the execution of a comprehensive plan. | Postal Savings Banks.
 Urging the immediate institution of l postal savings banks, the message l says:
 | I again renew my recommendation | for postal savings banks. for deposit ing savings with the security of the | government behind them. The object is to encourage thrift and economy in | the wage-earner and person of mod 1 crate means. It Is believed that in the | aggregate vast sums of money would be brought into circulation through the in- strumentality of the postal savings 1 banks.
 Parcel Post.
 The much-discussed advisability of the establishment of parcel post service is thus dealt with:
 In my last annual message I com | mended the postmaster generals | recommendation for an extension of the | parcel post on the rural routes. The establishment of a local parcel post on | rural routes would be to the mutual | benefit of the farmer and the country l storekeepcr. and it is desirable that the routes. serving more than 15,o00. 900 people, should be utilized to the fullest 1 practicable extent
 l Edno,%ion
 Dealing with the important subject of education, the president says: | With the limited iaeans hitherto pro- l vided, the bureau of ducation has l rendered efficient service. but the con- l gress has neglected to adequately sup- l ply the bureau with means to meet the | educational growth of the country | l earnestly recommend that this un- | fortunate state of affairs as regards the national educational office be reme- 1 died by adequate appropriations. This l recommendation is urged by the repre- 1 sentatives of our common schools and | great state universities and the leading l educators, who all unite in requesting l favorable consideration and action by | the congress upon this subject l The president points out the neces- sity of better organization of the vari- ous bureaus responsible for the public health, and urges the placing of all | soldiers homes under the jurisdiction of the war department
 Statehood
 On the question of statehood the president says:
 I advocate the immediate admission of | New Mexico and Arizona as states This should be done at the present session of the congress. The people of the two ter | rtories have made it evident by their | votes that they will not come in as one | state. The only alternative is to admit l them as two, and I trust that this will be 1 done without delay
 An international agreement con c>rning interstate fisheries is at pres ent being attempted, and in this con- nection the message continues:
 call the attention of the congress to | the importance of the problem of the | fisheries in the interstate waters. On the | Great Lakes we are now, under the very | wise treaty of April II of this year. en- | deavorlng to come to an international | agreement for the preservation and sat | isfactory use of the fisheries of these wa ters which can not otherwise be achieved | Lake Erie, for example. has the richest l fresh water fisheries in the world; but it | Is now controlled by the statutes of two | nations. four states and one province I | nances in different counties. All these | political divisions work at cross pur- | poses, and in no case can they achieve | protection to the fisheries. on the one | hand and justice to the localities and in | dividuals on the other.
 Counsry's Foreign Policy. l This nations foreign policy is based | on the theory that right must be done l between nations precisely as between : individuals, and in our actions for the | last ten years we have in this matter proven our faith by our deeds We 1 have behaved and are behaving. to- | wards other nations as in private life | an honorable man would behave to- | wards his fellows.
 | take this opportunity publicly to state my appreciation of the way In | which in Japan. in Australia in New | Zealand, and in all the states of South 1 America. the battle fleet has been re- ceived on it's practice voyage around l the world. The American government can not too strongly express it's appre- | citation of the abounding and generous | hospitality shown our ships in every | port they visited
 Our Southern Neiahbors. 1 The commercial and material prog ress of the 20 Latin American republics | is worthy of the careful attention of the congress. The International Bureau | of the American Republics is doing A useful work in making these nations and their resources better known to us. and in acquainting them not only with us as a people and with our pur- | poses towards them. but with what we have to exchange for their goods
 Panama Canal Being Rushed.
 The work on the Panama canal is be- ing done with a speed. efficiency and entire devotion to duty which make it a model for all work of the kind The men on the Isthmus. from Col Goetha Is and his fellow commissioners through the entire list of employees who are faithfully doing their duty, have won | their right to the ungrudging respect 1 and gratitude of the American people
 For Ocean Mail Lines.
 I again recommend the extension of the ocean mail act of 1891 so that tfs. factory American ocean mail lines to South America. Asia, the Philippines and Australasia may be established
 Citizenship for Porto Ricans.
 I again recommend that American cit izenship be conferred upon the people of Porto Rico.
 Should Develop Hawaii.
 I call particular attention to the Ter