The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1909-03-11
Mr.. Taft saws he stands for econ

Mr.. Taft says he stands for econ
omy in expenditures but not to an ex-
tent that will stop effective govern
n ent. There must be liberal eX-
penditures for the Department of
Agriculture, the supervision of rail-
ways and industrial corporations, and
the putting of laws in force that will
conserve our resources.
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
generations in accordance with the
b"nefits derived. II may we'll 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 5se to enable our country to main
tain its proper place among the ma
tions of the world, and is to exercise
it's proper influence in defense of its
own trade interests. / refer, he says,
to the cost of maintaining a proper
Army. a proper Navy and suitable
Notifications upon the mainland of
the United States and in its 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 a 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 1--WE 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
ali1ns 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, sc
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 Q
proper Postal Savings Bank bill.
The President then discusses the
Panama Canal as follows:
The Panama Canal will have 6
most important bearing upon the
| trade between the eastern and the fal
western sections of our country, ant
will greatly increase the facilities fol
| TRANSFORMATION between the eastern
and the western seaboard. and ma,
possibly revolutionize the transconti
mental rates with respect to bulk!
! merchandise. 1t will also have (;
most beneficial effect to increase thu
trade between the eastern seaboart
of the United States and the western
coast of South America. and. indeed
with some of the important ports OF
| the east coast of South Americ;
reached by rail from the west coast
The work on the canal is making mos
satisfactory progress. The type o
the canal as lock canal was fixet
by Congress after full consideration
of the conflicting reports of the ma
iority and minority of the consulting
board. aud after the recommendation
of the War DEPARTMENT and the Elk
ecutive upon those reports. Recen
suggestion that something had oc
Cured on the Isthmus to make tn
lock type of the canal less feasible
than it was supposed to be when th
reports were made and the policy de
termined on, led to visit to the 18th
mus of a board of competent engi
neers to examine the Gatun dam an,
locks which are the key of the loci
! type. The report of that boar'
shows that nothing has occurred Fl
the nature of newly revealed evidenc
which should change the views one
| formed in the original discussion
The construction will go on under
most effective organization controlle,
by Colonel Goethals and his fellow
army engineers associated with him
and will certainly be completed earl
in the next Administration, If not be
fore.
Some type o. canal must be con
structed. 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 NJ
fire in the rear of the agents whom
we have authorized to do our worl
on the Isthmus. We must hold VI
their hands, and speaking for the in
coming Administration, / wish to sa.
that 1 propose to devote all the ener
gy possible and under my control, t,
the pushing of this work on the plan
which have been adopted, and t,
stand behind the men who are doini
faithful hard work to bring about tn
early completion of this, the creates
constructive enterprise of modern
times.
The governments of our dependen
cies in Porto Rico and the Philippine
are progressing as fayorably as coult
be desired. The prosperity of Port
Rico continues unabated.
The Presidents address then de
votes considerable space to the Soutl
and the negro race question. Mr.
Taft says:
I look forward with hope TO in
creasing the already good feeling be
tween the South and the other sec
tions of the country. My chief pur
pose Is not to effect a change In tn
electoral vote Of the Southern States
That is a secondary consideration.
What | look forward to is an In
crease in the tolerance of politlca
views of all kinds and their advocac
throughout the South, and the existenc
OF a respectable political opposition
in every State; even more than this
to an increased feeling on the par
of all the people in the South tha
this Government is their Government