The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1909-03-11

use OF scientific experiments on q large
scale. ana the spread Of information de-
rived from them for the Improvement OF
general agriculture, must 20 on.
The Importance OF supervising business
oL great railways and industrial combina-
Ions, ano the necessary, investigation and
prosecution OF unlawful business methods.
aIe anotner necessary tax upon govern
ago.
The putting into force Of laws which
Sources see NJ the conservation Of our re.
jurisdiction Of the federal government, in
Guiding the most important work OF saw
ING and restoring our forests, and the
proper government functions which must
involve large expenditure II properly per-
formed; While some Of them. like the re-
cIamation or arid lands. are made to pay
Tor themselves, others are OF such an in
Greet benefit that this cannot be expected
OF them. A permanent Improvement, like
the Panama canal, should be treated as a
by the proceeds OF bonds, the issue OF
which Will distribute it's cost between the
present and future generation In accord
w veil b @, sIbm the Ssf fe tS. ds s y may
ton OF congress whether the deepening
control of the channel of a great riv-
er system, like that OF the Ohio or OF the
plans for h enterprise have been APP
proved and determined up, should not be
provided for in the same way. y
eminent absolutely necessary IL our coun
try Is to maintain It's proper place among
the nations of the world, and is to exer-
else its proper influence In defense OF its
own trade interests, IN the maintenance
OF traditional American policy against the
colonization of. European monarchies, in
this hemisphere. ] refer to the cost OF
ana msin snitabie z fd RtGRsr a5my as e Rrf fRs MANY MANY
n OF the United States and in its de-
u. Army and Navy.
We should have an army so organized,
ana so officered, as to be capable In time
Of emergency, In cooperation with the Ma
uonal militia, and under the provisions OF
q proper 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
dltlonal American policy which bears the
name Of President Monroe. 49,
Our Notifications are yet in a state of
only partial completeness, and the num-
Der OF men to man them Is insufficient. In
a few years. however, the usual annual
appropriation 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 tins we may
hope that the men to man them will be
provided as a necessary adjunct. The dis
tance OF our shores from Europe and Asia
Of course reduces the necessity for main
tanning under arms a great, army. but It
mere prudence, that we should ave 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 moro emphatic way of
the navy. A modern navy mo be i'm
provised. 1t must be built and in existence
when the emergency arises which calls for
Its use and operation. My distinguished
predecessor has in many speeches and
messages set out with great force and
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 q strong navy as the best
conservator OF our peace with other ma
lions 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.
Gu international policy is always to
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 and the highest ma
tional interest, to avoid a resort to arms.
We v every fundamentally, like that
OF The Hague Tribunal and arbitration
treaties made with q view to It's use in all
INV NSAAN Wv AoaObg ia SiSOA W
maintain eac 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
and OF our inability to defend our interests
and assert our rights with a strong hand.
In the international controversies that are
likely to arise in the orient, growing out
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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, II 1t 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 d.
plomatic note. For these reasons, the ex-
penses of the army navy and OF coast
defenses should always be considered as
something which the government must
pay for, n they should not be cut off
government is able to afford a SUIT
able army and a suitable avy II may
maintain them without the slightest dan
ger to the republic or the cause of free
institutions, n fear OF additional taxa
ton ought not to change a proper policy
In this regard.
The policy Of the Unitee States In the
Spanish war, n since, has given It a po-
1t never had before, and should be con-
sSantly exerted to securing to It's bona fde
citizens, whether native or naturaliZed, re-
spect for them as such in foreign coun-
tries. We should makee every effort to pre-
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. .
TIT admission Of Asiatic immigrants
who cannot be amalgamated with our
population has been made the subject
either OF prohihitory clauses In our treaties
and statutes, or of strict administrative
regulation secured by diplomatic negotia-
ton. I sincerely hope that we may con-
tinue to minimize the evils likely to arise
from such Immigration without necessary
friction and by mutual concessions be-
tween sel~f-respecting governments. Mean
time, we must al every p%recaution to
prevent, or. falling that. to punish out
bursts OF race feeling among our peopI,
against foreigners of whatever nationality
who have by our grant a treaty right to
pursue lawful business here and to be pro-
tected against lawless 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