The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1909-03-12

Eir. Taft says ne stands for econ
omy in expenditures but not to an ex-
tent thai will stop effective govern
n emit There must be liberal ex-
penditures for the Department of
Agricu,ny-s. the supervision of rail-
ways a. ! Industrial corporations, and
the putting of laws N force that will
conserve our resources.
A permanent improvement, nike
tue Panama Canal. should be treated
as 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
generations in accordance with the
benefits derived. 1t may well be sub
mitted to the serious consideration
of Congress whether the deepening
and control of the channel of great
river system, like that of the Ohio or
of the Mississippi. when definite and
practical plans for the enterprise have
been approved and determined upon,
should not be provided for in the
same way.
Other expenditures which Mr.. Taft
believes are absolutely necessary are
tn ose to enable our country to main
tain its proper place among the ma
tions of the world, and is to exercise
its proper influence in defense of its
own trade interests. refer, he says,
to the cost of maintaining proper
Army, proper Navy and suitable
Notifications upon the mainland of
the United States and in it's dependen-
.cies. At the same time the Presi-
dent declares he favors every instru-
mentality, like that of The Hague Tir-
bunal and arbitration treaties made
with view to its use in all interna-
tional controversies. in order to main
tain peace and to avoid war
On the subject of Asiatic immi-
grants the Address expresses the hope
that I'VE may continue to minimize
the evils likely to arise from such
immigration without unnecessary
friction and by mutual concessions
between self-respecting governments.
By proper legislation we
may, and ought to, place in the hands
Of the Federal Government the means
of enforcing the treaty rights of such
ali. ns in the courts of the Federal
Government
One of the reforms to be carried
out during the incoming Administra-
ton, declares Mr.. Taft, is change of
our monetary and banking laws, SO
as to secure greater elasticity in the
forms of currency available for trade
and the incoming Congress should
promptly fulfill the promise Of the
Republican platform and pass
proper Postal Savings Bank bill.
The President then discusses the
Panama Canal as follows:
The Panama Canal will have a
most important bearing upon the
trade between the eastern and the far
western sections of our country, and
will greatly increase the facilities for
transportation between the eastern
and the western seaboard. and may
possibly revolutionize the transconti-
mental rates with respect to bulky
merchandise. It will also have a
most beneficial effect to increase the
trade between the eastern seaboard
of the United States and the western
coast of South America, and, indeed,
with some of the important ports on
the east coast of South America
reached by rail from the west coast.
The work on the canal is making most
satisfactory progress The type of
the canal as lock canal was fixed
by Congress after a fullSconsideration
:of the conflicting reports of the ma
iority and minority of the consulting
board, and after the recommendation
of the War Department and the Ex-
ecutive upon those reports. Recent
suggestion that something had oc-
Cured on the Isthmus to make the
lock type of the canal less feasible
than it was supposed to be when the
10 thn a.
termined on, led to visit to the 18TH
mus of board of competent engi-
neers to examine the Gatun dam and
locks which are the key of the lock
type. The report of that board
the nature of newly revealed evidence
which should change the views once
formed in the original discussion.
The construction will go on under
most effective, organization controlled
by Colonel Goethals and his fellow
army engineers associated with him,
and will certainly be completed early
in the next Administration If not be-
fore.
Some type o. canal must be con-
ietructed. The ock type has been Sc
lected. We ar, all in favor of hav-
ing it built as promptly as possible.
We must not now, therefore, keep up
fire in the rear of the agents whom
we have authorized to do our work
on the Isthmus. We must hold up
their hands, and speaking for the in
coming Administrator, wish to say
that propose to devote all the ener-
gy possible and under my control. to
the pushing of this work on the plans
which have been adopted, and to
stand behind the men who are doing
faithful hard work to bring about the
early completion of this, the greatest
constructive enterprise OF modern
times.
The governments of our dependen-
cies in Porto Rico and the Philippines
are progressing as favorably as could
be desired. The prosperity of Porto
Rice continues unabated.
The Presidents address then de-
votes considerable space to the South
and the negro race question Mr..
Taft says: