Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1909-12-10
PRESIDENTS MESSAGE

appreciation. The arrangement Of !
1908 for a cooperative control of:the
coming of laborera to the .Uniten
States has proved to work satisfaeto-
rily. The matter of a revision of the
existing treaty between the United
States and Japan which is terrhin$
BILE in 1912 is already receiving the
study of both countries.
The Department of State is considH
ering the revision in whole or in part:
of the existing treaty With Slain,
which was concluded in 1856 and is
now. in respect to many of its pro
visions, out of date. =: -, 80
The Department of State. =, :
| earnestly recommend to the fa-1
vorable action of the Congress the
estimates submitted by the Departt
ment of State and most especially
the legislation suggested in the Sec
rotary of States letter of this date
whereby it will be possible to deYel-,
op and make permanent the reorgan-
zation of the Department upon mod
ern lines in a manner to make it a
thoroughly efficient instrument in the
furtherance of our foreign trade and
of American interests abroad, The
plan to have Divisions of Latin
American and Far Eastern, Affairs
and to institute a certain SPECIALIZE
ton in business with Europe and the
Near East will at once c6mMshd it
self. 49,.
Other Departments,
have thus in some detail describ-
ed the important transactions Of the
State Department. since the beginning
of this Administration for the reason
that there is no ,pyoytsiSn eitheh By
statute or custom. sfofEa formal re4
port by the Secretary of State to the
President or to Congress, and Pies
idential message is the only means by
which the condition of our foreign
relations is brought. to the 'attfutioE
of Congress and the publie:- = 8
Government Expenditures and -
Revenues.
Perhaps the most important ques-
ton presented to this Administration
is that of economy in expenditures
and sufficiency of revenue. The def
cit of the last fiscal year, and the GER
tain deficit of the current year,
prompted Congress to throw a geat-
er responsibility on the Executive
and the Secretary of the Treasury,
than had heretofore been declaret
by statute.
The report of the Secretary shows
that the ordinary expenditures fM
the current fiscal year ending June
80, 1910, will exceed the estimated
receipts by s34,O75,62O. II tos6his
deficit is added the sum to be dis
bursed for the Panama CaRaA
amounting to $3S,0O0,00o, and $1S
100000 to be paid on the public
debt, the deficit of ordinary receipts
and expenditures will be increased to
a total deficit of S73,Q75s6 aAF Thin
deficit the Secretary proposes to meet
by the proceeds of bonds issued to
/ pay the cost of constructing the Pan
anna Canal. 1 approve this proposal.
The policy of paying for the con-
struction of the Panama Canal, not
out of current revenue, but by bond
| issues, was adopted in the Spooner
Act of 1902, and there seems to be
no good reason for departing from
the principle by which a part at least
of the burden. Of tffer cost of the ca
nal shall fall upon. osr.peserrity vino
are to enjoy it; and there is all the
more reason fcf isis athqfs
the actual cost to date of the canal,
which is now half done and which
will be completed January l, 1915,
shows that the cost of engineering
and construction will be 1927, 1856
900, instead of s139. 200, as'pTg-
inally estimated. In addition to en-
cheering and construction, the 9TH
er expenses, including sanitation
and government, and the amount
paid for the properties. he franchise
and the privilege of building the ca
nal, increase the cost. by SIS, 435,-
900, to a total of $375,201, 900,
Favors Civil Pensions.
Most of the great Industrial or
CARNATIONS, and many of the we'll
conducted railways of this country
are coming to the conclusion that
system of pensions for old employees
and the substitution therefor Oh
younger and more energetic servants
promotes both economy and efhcienc,
of administration. 80.
am aware that there Is a. stronf
feeling in both Houses OF, Congress
and possibly in the country asains'
the establishment Of civil pensions
and that this has naturally grown out
of the heavy burden of military pen
sions, which 1t has always been tht
policy of our Government to assume
but 1 am strongly convinced that M
other practical solution Of the diff
culties presented by the shperanua
ton of civil servants can be found
than that of a system of civil peg
siOns.