Arizona republican., 1910-12-07

' For many reasons l cannot loo strong , ly urge upon congress the passage of measure by mail subsidy or other subventiOn adequate to guarantee the establishment and rapid development of an American merchant marine. the restoration of the American flag t" it's ancient place upon the seas. With our increasing international in tcrcourse it becomes incumbent upon me to repeat more cmphaticJlly than eyer the recommendation which I made in my inaugural address that congress shall dt once give to the i courts of the United States jurisdic- ton tn punish aS d crime the viola
 ton of the rights of aliens secured by treaty with the United States. in order that the general government of the United States shall be able when call ed upon by a friendly nation t0 re- deem it's solemn promise by treaty tO secure to the citizens nr subjects of that nation resident in the United
 States. freedom from violence and due
 process of law in respect to their lives liberty and property.
 The marked improvement in the consular service during the four years since the principles of the civil ser
 vice act were applied to that ser
 vice in a limited way. and the good
 results already noticeable from a sim ilar application Of civil service prin- ciplcs to the diplomatic service a year ago. convince me that the enactment
 into law "f the general principles of
 |. aIs not fail |" effect further improvement
 oi both branches of the civil service offering as it would by it's assurance of permanency oi tenure and promo
 ti"n on merit. an inducemeut for the
 entry of capable young men into the
 service. an incentive (" those already
 in to put forth their best efforts to attain and maintain that degree of
 efficiency which the interests of our
 international relations and commerce demand
 The president urges the gradual and annual acquisition of premises for diplomatic use. especially in the capi- tals of Latin American states and
 Europe.
 TREASURY DEPARTMENT.
 Every effort has been made by each department chief to reduce the esti- mated cost of his department for thc ensuing fiscal year ending June. 90 1912. I say this in order mat congress 1 may understand tiias these estimates thus made present the smallest sum which will maintain the departments. ! bureaus and offices of the government and meet it's other obligations under existing laW. and that cut of these estimates would result in embarrassing the executive branch of the govern ment in the performance of it's duties. 1 This remark does not apply Co the ! river and harbur estimate. except for
 Npenses of maintenance and the meet ! ing of obligations under organized ! contracts. nor does it apply to the t, public building hill. nor to the navy building program. of course. as to i these. congress could withhold any | part or all of the estimates for them , without interfering with the discharge of the ordinary obligations of the !, government or the performance of the functions of it's departments, bu- reaus and offices
 The final estimates for the year end i ing June %. 1912. as they have been . sent to the treasury on November % ! of this year, for the ordinary expenses of the government. including those for public buildings. rivers and harbors. ! and the navy building program, amount to S63O. .494.0I3 This is Sj2,- 964.SS7 less than the appropriations for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1911 IL is $I6.SS3,lJ3 less than the total estimates. including supplement tal estimates submitted to congress by the treasury for the year 1911. and is S5.574659 less than the original esti- mates submitted by the treasurer for 1911.
 These figures do not include the ap- propriations for the Panama canal. the policy in respect to which ought to be. and is. to spend as much each year as can be economically and ef- fectively expended in order to com plete the canal as promptly as possi- ble. and therefore. the ordinary mo- tive for cutting down the expense of the government does not apply to ap- prOpriations for this purpose. The estimates for the Panama canal for the ensuing year are more than fifty six millions of dollars. an increase of twenty millions over the amount ap- propriated for this year-a difference due to the fact that the estimates for 1912 include something over nineteen millions for the fertilization of the canal
 Against the estimated expenditures of $G3O. .494O13 the treasury has esti- mated receipts for next year Of s6s0,