The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1908-06-16

model child labor law for the Dis
trict of Columbia. 1t has directed
a thorough investigation into the work
ing conditions of the emplyees OF
the telegraph and telephone compa-
MES doing Interstate business; and, in
response to the urgent appeal of both
capital and labor, Congress, before its
| adjournment, appropriated $150,000
for an investigation into the cause of
mine accidents, with a view OF pro-
noting the safety of workers in our
mines.
1t is within bounds to say that no
previous sessions of Congress have
displayed a more active or intelligent
| interest in the needs of the wage
earners than the past three sessions.
nor has there heretofore in the same
| length of time been as much important
| and progressive legislation in the
| interests of this class of our fellow
citizens
The work of reorganizing and pro-
noting the efficiency of the army
has gone steadily forward until we
have military force not only sufic-
TENT to maintain peace within our Dor
ders, but capable of resisting any
possible force that could be sent a.
gainst us.
The educational training of officers
of the Army after graduation gives
to our officers a higher training in
military science and the practical
needs of actual war than the officers
of any other army
Most important progress has been
tional Militia as an aid to the Regular
Army of the United States.
The Medical Depal tment has rel-
dered most valuable service in stamp
it would have been impossible to
construct the Panama Canal. The ar
my has aided the stricken people of
San Francisco, saving them from star
walton and death due to the earth
quake and fire with which that city
was visited.
The management of our outlying
possessions under Republican admin
istration has been attended with re-
markable success. Under American
occupation and control the commerce
of the island of Porto Rico, which in
the most prosperous days of Spanish
rule aggregated but % million dol
lars, was, in 1907, Sc millions. The
from 109, 900 tons to 100000 tons, val
ued at Is million dollars.
In the Philippine Islands the peo-
body, the full power of conducting
their own municipal and provincial
governments, the establishment of
their own tariff system, the direction
of the postal service, and indeed
greater rights and powers than those
possessed by any other people sub
ject to our sovereignty.
The work of civiIzilg and uplift-
ing the Inhabitants of the Philippine
Islands has gone forward with remark
able progress.
The resignation of President Palma
OF the Republic of Cuba and the fail
ure of the Cuban Congress to elect a
successor left that island without a
government at time when great dis
order prevailed, and the President
deemed 1t his duty to establish a pro
visional government, restore order,
administer law and justice. but coup
led with the announcement that this
action was preliminary to the re-es-
tablishment of orderly government in
the island. The threatened insurrec:
tions were averted, peace and good
order restored, and the development
of production, transportation, and
commerce resumed.
Our navy has been strengthened
until today We hold second place a.
mong the naval powers in the world
and our fleet of battleships rides tri-
umphantly around the globe, receiv-
ing the friendly salutatfons of the ma
tions, conveying peace and good will
to all the people.
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