Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1912-12-14
TARIFF TINKERING.
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O. rurrenc! reform !rur0. ed " the
National Monetary Commission.
Speaking u the Mays nrrds, Mr.
1T said.
invite the att, ntjon o. congress
- that part OF the report OF the Sc,
+, tary OF the Navy in which lie recon-
mend the formation of nav. re.
serve by the organization OF the OK,
sailors OF the Navy.
Il repeat my recOmmeulatio h. tde
last year that proper revision should
h, made Tor the rank OF the comE:AEd-
tr-in-chict of TIC SQuadrons ana fleets
Ul the Navy. The Inconvenience. at
tending the necessary precedence that
most foreign admiralS have over our
own whenever t.cy meet in official
tunctions, ought to be avoided. Il inn
pairs the prestige OF our May and il,
a defect that can be Very eGSlly r.
moved.
Militia Pay Bill.
Tko Army the PrecideEt dis .A>Sed
0r some length. he praised tic army
i gislation of the last Coagr>s 81 but
said that provision SHOULD be made b.
law so that the nations foreign r"%i-
mentS may be always maintained upon
a war footing and he u"seG the pas
sage of the pending militia pay bill re-
si2ned to make service II the militia
mere entiCipS. end 3FoweI that the
home army will be not ing more thCn
"skelCtCn" uatil Congress provides
that it he concentrated in fewer posts
then are now maintained. He urgedi
also tic passage OF Gnothur bill now
be ore ConGr SIS designed to "aice
Q~ickly a volunteer army n case Of
var.
One OF the striking arguments Of
the III 4ssage was that proposing auton-
omy for the Philippines ut once, and
independence in eight years.
Philippine Experiment.
In the Philippine islands We have
embarked upon an experiment umpire
Cedented in dealing with dependent
peoples" said President Taft. We
are developing their conditions eXclu-
sirely for their own welfare. Through
the unifying forces Of common edu-
cation. of commercial and economic
Gev elopment and o. gradual partlcl-
pation in local selfgOvernment We are
endeavoring to solve a Homogeneous
people fit to determine, when the time
arrives. their own destiny. We. are
see king to arouse a National spirit and
net. as under the older colonial the
ory. to suppress such a spirit. But
our work is far from done. Our Il
t.. the Filipinos is far from discharg-
ed"
For educational sanitary and poll
teal reasons, the President said. this
country should not consent to grant
Independence at this time.
If the task We have undertaken is
higher than that assumed by other ma
items" continued the President, its
accomplishments must demand even
more patience. To confer independ
eace upon the Eilipinos now, is there.
fore, to subject the great mass OF
their people to the dominance of an
oligarchial and probably. exploiting
minority. Such a course will be as
cruel to those people as it would be
shameful to US
In auQlJlOn u LIS otu' NC III 'NS''
tn legislation and his position to pend
ing measures. the President discussed
the prosperity of the nation, its finan,
cial condition and the proposed sys
tenn of a national budget showing pro
Dosed expenditures and revenues; and
called attention to the balance in the
general fund of the Treasury, of al
most $170,OOO,G0O His remarks Oh
the budget system. he said, would be
Submitted to Congress later a"compan
led by a model budget