The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-12-09

igable streams without compensatior
to the government are contained IN a
long chapter OF the report dealing
with the attempt OF the war depart
ment to protect such streams from
private jcopardations. The secretary
r~etterates his Views already laio ne
fore congress in connection with the
veto last session Of the . river
dan, bill. and he again urges that
listing law be amended 60 that the
guarantee Of a dam privilege he re-
qutred to pay a reasonable sum 20 sns
government, the proceeds to he useo
for the Development Of the stream
where the dam is located.
The international waterways com
mission has completed Its fnvestiga'
tion Of the boundary waters between
the United States and CANADA
with the exception " the ina report
upon "a dam. at the outlet OF Lake
Erie" delayed by the illness OF one
OF the Canadian engineers, and It Is
suggested that the commission be ex'
tended to April I. 1914.
For the Porto Ricans. the secretary
urges citizenship, declaring that IT was
promised and that =. had been earned
by loyalty. The island should also
have a'department Of labor n agrt-
culture and a. department of health
and sanitation. az we'll as a rigorous
civil service law. and all judicial OIL
GERS, non.elective should be made ap-
pointive.
islanders Make Great Proercss.
A remarkable recital Of the devel-
opment Of the Philippines in ways OF
civilization during the fourteen years
of American occupation Is given In
the report. II Is declared that there
Is no other instance in history. where.
after four years OF ":.r n insured
ton. to owe 100000 OF an entire
alien race have been so soon gwen MOI
merely the forms of civil control. but
immediate and extensive participa-
ton in their own government. "sim-
ilarly," says the secretary. there IL
no parallel to the material. mental.
and moral progress shown in these ten
years OF civil government by so many
millions Of people. held for centuries
in ignorance and in effect in political
and economic. bondage" After MAX
ing this statement Secretary Stmson
proceeds to detail at length what has
been accomplished in each separate d.
rection in the islands: the sanitation.
the education. the development Of new
industries. the opening Of h lands to
small farmers, the construction OF
harbor works and railroads and irrt-
cation plants. "Yet with all this prog
ress, our work in the Philippines has
just commenced" continues the Sec
rotary. Half Of the children born
in Manila die in infancy; and q mill
ion children are without schools: the
old system Of ..eonage is still accepted
by the masses, who unless protected
by Americans woull fall ready VIC
tins to the rich and educated Philip
pine minority" The American policy.
he says, should be continued to COM
pletion for until that time all pro-
posals for independence r pleas for
national ~recreancy on u part, ana
for the reputation Of the heavy and
dificult burden which thus far We
have been bravely and consistently
sustaining. Even more is It unjust to
the great masses Of Filipino people.
In whose behalf the high sounding
slogan Of liberty and independence
are shouted. After having been for
centuries sunk in ignorance and held
hood and being self-supportiug man
hood and being welded into national
solidarity. Along this line, and along
this line alone, lieg the true port Of
liberty and Independence"
The closing chapter. Of the report
deals with the Panama canal Of which
it IL said, that. while the official date
Of opening Is set for January 1. 1915.
It Is the intention to allow vessels to
utilize 1t as soon as possible-prob-
ably during tho latter half Of 1913.
The secretary states that while he
still believes the United states can re-
pay tolls to American vessels using
the canal. he 10 strongly Of the opin-
ion that such remission Of tolls be not
granted.