Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1909-03-12

scale. and the spread of information de-
rived from them for the Improvement OF
general agriculture, must go on.
| The Importance or supervising business
OF great railways and Industrial combina-
TONS, and the necessary investigation and
prosecution OF unlawful business methods,
are another necessary tax upon govern
ment which did not exist half a century
ago.
The putting into force of laws which
shall secure the conservation of our re-
sources, so far as they may be within the
jurisdiction of the federal government, In
GLIDING the most important work OF saw
Ing and restoring our forests, ana the
great improvements OF waterways, are all
proper government functions which must
Involve large expenditure IL properly per-
formed. While some OF them, like the re-
clamation OF arid lands, are made TO pay
for themselves, others are OF such an In
direct benefit that this cannot be expected
of them. A permanent Improvement. like
the Panama canal, should be treated as a
distinct enterprise. and should be paid for
by the proceeds OF bonds, the issue OF
which will distribute its cost between the
present and future generation In accord
ance with the benefits derived. IT may
well be submitted to the serious considera-
ton OF congress whether the deepening
and control of the channel of a great riv-
er system, like that OF the Ohio or OF the
Mississippi, when definite and practical
plans for the enterprise have been APP
proved and determined up, should not be
| provided for in the same way.
Then, too, there are expenditures or gov
eminent absolutely necessary If our coun-
try is to maintain its proper place among
the nations of the world, and Is 70 exer-
else its proper influence In defense OF its
W trade interests, IN the maintenance
of traditional American policy against the
colonization OF European monarchies In
this hemisphere. / refer to the cost OF
maintaining a proper army, a proper navy
and suitable Qualifications upon the main
land Of the United States and I'm It's de-
Tendencies.
Army and Navy.
We should have an army so organized,
and so Differed, as to be capable In time
OF emergency. In cooperation with the Ma
tional militia, and under the provisions Of
a prope national volunteer law, rapidly to
expand into a force sufficient to resist all
probable invasion from abroad and to fur
nish a respectable expeditionary force, IL
necessary, in the maintenance of our ira
ditional American policy which bears the
name Of President Monroe.
Our fortifications are yet In q state OF
only partial completeness, and the num-
Der OF men to man them IS insufficient. In
a few years, however, the usual annual
appropriations for our coast defenses both
on the mainland and In the dependencies,
will make them sufficient to resist all d.
rect attack, and by that time we may
hope that the men to man them will be
provided as a necessary adjunct The dis
lance OF our shores from Europe and Asia
OF course reduces the necessity for main
= tanning under arms a great army, but II
does not take away the requirement. OF
| mere prudence. that we should have an
army sufficiently large and SO constituted
as to form a nucleus out OF which a suit
able force can quickly grow.
What has been said OF the army may be
affirmed in even a more emphatic way Of
the navy. A modern navy cannot be i'm
provised. 1t must be built and in existence
when the emergency arises which calls for
predecessor has In many speeches and
messages set out with great force and
striking language the necessity for main
tanning a strong navy commensurate with
the coast line, the governmental resources
and the foreign trade OF our nation; and
| wish to reiterate all the reasons which
he has presented In favor OF the policy OF
maintaining a strong navy as the best
conservator Of our peace with other ma
tons and the best means OF securing re-
spect for the assertion OF our rights, the
defense of our interests and the exercise
Of our influence In international matters.
Our international policy Is always to
promote peace. We shall enter into any
war with a full consciousness OF the awful
consequences that II always entails,
whether successful or not, and we, Of
course, shall make every effort, consistent
with national honor and the highest ma
tional interest, to avoid a resort to arms.
We favor every instrumentality, like that
OF The Hague Tribunal and arbitration
treaties made with a view to It's use In all
international controversies, In order to
maintain peace and to avoid war. But we
should be blind to existing conditions, and
should allow ourselves to become foolish
idealists, II we did not realize that with
all the nations OF the world armed and
prepared for war, we must be ourselves
In a similar condition. In order to prevent
other nations from taking advantage OF us
and Of our inability to defend eur interests
and assert our rights with a strong hand.
In the international controversies that are
likely to arise In the orient, growing out
OF the question of the open door and other
issues, the United States can maintain her
interests intact and can secure respect for
her just demands. She Will not be able to
do so. however, if II is understood that she
never intends to back up her assertion OF
right and her defense OF her interest by
anything but mere verbal protest and d.
plomatic note. For these reasons, the ex-
penses of the army and navy and Of coast
defenses should always be considered as
something which the government must
pay for, and they should not be cut off
through mere consideration OF economy.
Our government is able to afford a suit
able army and a suitable navy. It may
maintain them without the slightest dam
ger to the republic or the cause of free
Institutions. and fear OF additional taxa
| ton ought not TO change a proper policy
in this regard.
The policy Of the United States in the
Spanish war, and since, has given it a DO
sftion Of influence among the nations that
1t never had before, and should be con-
stantly exerted to securing to it's bona hde
citizens, whether native or naturalized, re-
spect for them as such in foreign coun-
IIltS. v e Siloulot lldhO e SLlOIL u UIe-
vent humiliating and degrading prohibition
against any of our citizens wishing tenn
porarily to s%ojourn In foreign countries be-
cause OF race or religion.
immigration.
The admission OF Asiatic immigrants
who cannot be amalgamated with our
| population has been made the subject
either OF prohibitory clauses In our treaties
and statutes, or OF strict administrative
| regulation secured by diplomatic negotia-
| ton. I sincerely hope that we may COM
| tinue to minimiZe the evils likely to arise
| from such immigration without necessary
| friction and by mutual concessions be-
| tween self-respecting governments. Mean
| time, we must take every precaution to
| prevent, or. failing that, to punish out
bursts OF race feeling among our people
against foreigners OF whatever nationality
who have by our grant a treaty right TO
| pursue lawful business here and to be pro-
tected against lawiess assault or injury.
This leads me to point out a serious de-
| feet in the present federal Jurisdiction
| which ought to be remedied at once. Hay
ing assured to other countries by treaty
the protection OF our laws for such of their
| subjects or citizens as we permit to come
within our jurisdiction, we now leave to a
| state or q city, not under the control of
the federal government. the duty or per-
forming our international obligations In
this respect. BY proper legislation we
may, and ought to, place In the hands of
the federal executive OF enforcing the
treaty rights OF such aliens in the courts
Of the federal government. II puts our
government In a pusillanimous position to
make definita engagements to protect