Bisbee daily review., 1913-12-03


 way can be cleared and the founda- tions thoughtfully and permanently laid.
 PATIENT EDUCATION
 Acting under the authority con ferred upon the president by congress, I have already accorded the people of the islands a majority in both houses of their Legislative body by five instead Of four native citizens to the memoership of the commission. I believe that in this way we shall make proof of their capacity in counsel and their sense of responsibility in the exercise of po- litical power, and that the success of this step will be sure to clear our view for the steps which are to fol low. Step by step we should extend and perfect the system of self govern ment in the islands, making test of them and modifying them as experi- ence discIoses their successes and their failures; that we should more and more put under the control of tEc native citizens of the archipelago the essential instruments of their life, tnsir .ocal fnstrumentalities of gov ernment, tLeir schools, all the com mon interests Of their communities, and so Fy counsel and experience set up 4 government which all the world will see to be suitable to a people phose affairs are under their control. At last hope and believe, we are be- ginning to gain the confidence of the Filipino peoples. By their counsel and experience, rather than by our own, we shall learn hcw 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 ont with firm and confident tread mon it and we shall not wander from it or finger upon it.
 OPEN UP ALASKA
 duty faces us with regard to Alaska which seems to me very pressing and very imperative; per hans I should say a G1uble duty, Ter it concerns both the political and the material development of the territory The people of Alaska should be giE- an the full territorial form of govern roent and Alaska, as a storehouse' should be unlocked. One key to 1t IS a system cts railways. These the Gov srrment should itself build and ad' minister and the ports and terminals if sbouid itself control in the interest of all who wish to use them for the service and development of the coun' try and it's people.
 HELP MINING INDUSTRY
 Three or four matters of special importance and significance tcg that you will permit me to mention in closing.
 Our Bureau of Mines ought 10 be equipped and empowered to render even more efectual service than II renders now in improving the eoadi tions of mine Iabor and making the mines more economically productive as well as mere safe. This is an al important part of the work of conseT vstion: and the conservation of mum an life and energy lies even nearer to our interest than the preservation from waste of our material resources
 PROTECT RAILROAD MEN
 We owe. it. in mere justice to the railway employees Of the country to proyide for them a fair and effective euDlovers' liability act: and a law that we can stand by in this matteI wiu be no less to the advantage o' these who administer the railroads oi inc country than to the advantage ol whose whom they employ. The experi 1 ence of a large number of the states abundantly proves that
 SOCIAL JUSTICE FIRST
 We ought to devote ourselves tf meeting pressing demands of piail iust.ee ike this as earnestly as tf the accomplishment of political an' economic reforms. Social insuc' comes first Law IS Che :. for its realization and is vital onH ss it expresses and embodles IL
 BETTER sEAmANsHiP
 i An international congress Tor th' discussion of all questions that aitee safety at sea is now sitting in Lonool at the suggestion of our own govern
 nent So soon as the conclusions 2 that congress can be learned and col sidered we ought to address ourseiEe. among other things. to the prompt q : ,aysation of the very unsafe, unlus' and burdensome conditions which ne' surroand the employment Of saiiol and render it extremely difficult | obtain the services of spirited an an . competent men such as every shi , neess if it is tos be safely handle , l ls ,-,~-,.i,s tr r,Ort