East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-03-04
NEW PRESIDENT DECLARES POLICIES

large scale, and the spread of infor
nation derived from them for the I'm
= provement of general agriculture
must go on.
: The importance of supervising bus
mess Of great railways and industria
, combinations, and the necessary in
vestigation and prosecution Of unlaw
full business methods, are another ne
cessary tax upon government which
did not exist half century ago.
Would Conserve Resources.
The putting into force of law.
which shall secure the conservation oi
our resources, so far as they may bt
within the jurisdiction of the Fedora
Government, including the most i'm
portant work of saving and restoring
our forests, and the great improve
ment of waterways, are all proper
government functions which must in
vove large expenditure II properly
performed. While some of them, like
the reclamation of arid lands, are
made to pay themselves, others are of
such an indirect benefit that this can
not be expected of them.
permanent improvement, IKE
the Panama Canal, should be treated
az distant enterprise, and should be
paid for by the proceeds of bonds the
| issue of which will distribute its cost
| between the present and future gen.
erations in accordance with the bene-
( fits derived. 1t may well be submit
ted to the serious consideration of
congress whether the deepening and
control of the channel Of a great river
system. like that of the Ohio or of the
Mississippi. when definite and practi-
cal plans for the enterprise have been
approved and determined upon, should
not be provided for in the same way.
Then, too, there are expenditures of
government absolutely necessary If
our country Is TO maintain its proper
place among the nations of the world
and is to exercise its proper influence
in defense of its own trade interests,
in the maintenance of traditional
American policy against the colonial
tion of European monarchies IN this
hemisphere, and in the promotion of
peace and international morality re-
fer to the cost of maintaining pro-
per Army, a proper Navy and suitable
fortifications upon mainland of the
United States and in its dependencies.
Strong Army.
We should have an Army so organi-
zed and so differed as to be capa-
BILE in time of emergency in co-opera-
tion with National Militia and under
the provisions of a proper national vol
unteer law, rapidly to expand into a
force sufficient to resist all probable
invasion from abroad and to furnish
respectable eXpeditivnary force, ifI
necessary, in the maintenance of our
traditional American policy which
bears the name of President Monroe
our Notifications are yet in state
Of only partial completeness. and the
number Of men to man them is insult
ficient In a few years, however the
usual appropriations for our coast de-
the dependencies, will make them
sufficient to resist all direct aatack. |
and by that time we may hope that the |
men TO man them will be provided as |
a necessary adjunct The distance 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
Of which a suitable force can quickly
grow.
Navy Most Important.
What has been said of the army
may be affirmed even in a more en-
phatc way of the navy. A modern
navy cannot be improvised. II must
be built and in existence when the en-
argency arises which calls for its use
and operation. My distinguished pre-
jecessor has in many speeches and
messages set out with great force and
striking language the necessity for
a strong navy commen-
,urate with the coast line, the govern
mental resources and the foreign trade
IF our nation and I wish to reiterate
I'll the reasons which he has presented
n favor of the policy of maintaining
I strong navy as the best conservator
,f our peace with other nations and
he best means of securing respect for
he assertion of our rights, the defense
,f our interests and the exercise of
'ur influence in International matters.
Our international policy is always
o promote peace. We shall enter in
o any war with full consciousness
,f the awful consequences that il ,
lways entails, whether successful or |
lot, and we, of course, shall make {
very effort, consistent with national ,
lonor and the highest national inter- ;
st to avoid a resort TO arms We I
avor every instrumentality, like that Z
# The Hague Tribunal and arbitra- I
ion treaties made with a view to its
lse I'm all international controversies,
void war. But We should be blind to Z
xistlng conditions, and should allow c
ourselves to become foolish idelists. IL $
We did not realize that with all the I
ations of the world armed and pre- 1