Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1913-12-04

of their life, their local
ties Of government, their schools, all
the common interests of their commu-
mites. and so by counsel and expert
ence set up a government which all
the world will see to be suitable to a
people whose affairs are under heir
own control. At last, | hope and be-
lieve, we are beginning to gain the
confidence of the Filipino peoples. By
their counsel and experience, rather
than by our own, we shall learn how
best to serve them and how soon it
will be possible and wise to withdraw
our supervision. Let US once find the
path and set out with firm and conf
dent tread upon it and we shall not
wander from 1t or linger upon it.
Double Duty Toward Alaska.
A duty faces us with regard to Alas
ka which seems to me very pressing
and very imperative; perhaps l should
say a double duty, for it concerns both
the, political and the material develop
ment of the territory. The people of
Alaska should be given the full terri
torial form Of government, and Alas
ka, as a storehouse, should be UNI
locked. One key to 1t is a system OF
railways. These the government
should itself build and administer, and
the ports and terminals it should itself
control in the interest of all who wish
to use them for the service and de-
velopment of the country and its peo-
pie.
But the construction of railways is
only the first step; is only thrusting
in the key to- the s~torehouses and
throwing back the lock and opening
the door. How the tempting
of the country are to be exploited is
another matter, to which l shall take
the liberty of from time to time cali
ing your attention, for it is a policy
which must be- worked out by we'll
considered stages, not upon theory,
but upon lines of practical expediency.
1t is part Of our general problem OF
conservation. We have a freer hand
in working out the problem in Alaska
than In the states Of the Union; and
yet the principle and object are the
same, wherever we touch it. We must
use the resources of the country, not
lock them up. There need be no con"
fiict or jealousy as between, state n
federal authorities, for there can be
, no essential difference of purpose be-
tween them. The resources In ques-
ton must be used, but not destroyed
or wasted; used, but not m~onopolized
, upon any narrow idea Of individual
! rights as against the abiding interests
6 of communities. That a policy can be
a worked out by conference and conces-
4 sion which will release these resources
Il and yet not leopard or dissipate
them, / for one have no doubt; and 1t
can be lone on lines of regulation
which need be no loss acceptable to
the people and governments of the
states concerned than to the people
N and government of the nation at large
q. whose heritage these resources are
We must bend Dull counsels to this
. end. A common purpose ought tt
make agreement easy, y
is Specially important.
Three or four matters Of special I'm
ot portance and significance l beg tina
r. you will permit me to mention In clos
ing.
is Our bureau Of mines ought to b
lie equipped and empowered to rende
ct even more effectual service than
4, renders now In improving the cond
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as mines more economically productiv
to as we'll as more safe. This Is an al
#. important part of the work of col
s~ervation; and the conservation c
human life and energy lies even neal
err to our interest than the preserv;
10 ton from waste of our material r.
sources.
w We owe it, in mere justice to tn
ms railway employees Of the country, I
m provide for them a fair and effectiv
"a employers liability actf and a la
that we can stand by in this matte
60, will be no less to the advantage
ce those who administer the railroads
no the country than to the advantage
ey those whom they employ. The expel
On ence of a large number of the state
ht- a%bundantly proves that.
In We ought to devote ourselves
in meeting pressing demands Of pla
re- Justice like this as earnestly as
'ur the accomplishment of political al
No economic reforms. Social justi
Igh comes first. Law is the machinery f
is it's realization and is vital only as
tee expresses and embodies 1t.
- Safety at Sea.
An international congress for t
discussion of all questions that affe
safety at sea is now sitting In Lond'
" at the suggestion of our own COVER
ment. So soon as the conclusions
~ that congress can be learned and &C
sidered we ought to address ourselvt
~ among other things, to the prom
alienation of the very unsafe, unju
and %burdensome conditions which M
% surround the employment of sale
and render it extremely difficult
obtain the services OF spirited a
alu competent men such as every 81
needs If it is to be safely hand
and brought to port.
yer May | not express the very RI
pleasure / have experienced In
operating with this congress and sh
,on. ing with it the labors of comm
ess. service to which it has devoted its
of SO uhreservedly during the past sev
Ises months Of accomplishing concent
ing tion upon the business of legislatio
|, to Surely 1t is a proper and pertin'
/ part Of my report on the state of
hall Union" to express my admiration
nm the diligence, the good temper,