The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1914-03-11

-. The foreign policy Of the ad
ministration, which divorced the gov
ernment from affiliation with the
New York financial interests thai
were parties to the six-power loan tc
China.
13. Development and extension Of
the parcel post system, comprising a
reduction of rates and an increase OF
the size of packages.
Il. The inauguration by the de.
partment Of agriculture of a system
Of markets whereby it is hoped scien-
tifc and modern business methods
will be applied toward the elimina-
tion OF waste in distributing farm
products.
IS. Action OF the secretary of the
navy in forcing the armor plate trust
70 submit in competition bids for ar
NOR plate and for iron and steel used
in the construction of Battleship No.
80, which effected a saving Of $751;
1T; and similar efforts which secur-
ed saving on projections Of s1,09S,-
$50.
Is. Action OF the secretary Of ag-
riculture in extending the work OF
that department to the home life OF
the farmer, so as to bring about a
better knowledge Of farm domestic
conditions, and to experiment with
labor-savip devices and methods.
This is an effort to help the woman
on the farm.
| II. Formation Of a new public
| land policy by the secretary Of the
interior, which combines conservation
and the proper use Of the lands of
our national domain. This policy is
one that lies between those things
advocated by the exploiter and those
advanced by the extreme conserva-
tionists. His policy is that the land
should be used for the purpose for
which it is best fitted, and that II
should be disposed of by the govern
ment with respect to that use under
such conditions as to prevent mon
opoly.
IS. Enactment of the Lever bill
for farm extension work. 1t Is in
tended to carry to the farm the scien-
tiic discoveries made by the depart
ment of agriculture and the State ag-
ricultural colleges. The system pro-
posed in the bill has been applied for
years by the principal nations Of Eu-
rope.
19. Action of the president in ad-
vocating a primary system for the
selection Of nominees for the presi-
dency.
20. Enactment of the Alaskan rail-
way bill, which it is believed will
open up the resources of Alaska, one
Of the most productive northern coun-
tries of the world. This measure pro-
vides for the construction OF one
thousand miles of railroad. under the
direction OF the president, at cost
not exceeding s40,000,000.
81. Action of the secretary Of the
navy in putting into effect system
of academic, vocational and technical
instruction for the benefit Of the en-
listed men so as to increase their ef-
fciency, and to equip the men behind
the guns for promotion.
90. Dissolution of the Union Paci-
fc and Southern Pacific merger, and
the surrender by the Pennsylvania
railroad Of it's large holdings in its
competing rival, the Baltimore and
Ohio, in which Mr. McReynolds in
sisted that dissolutions unler the an
THRUST laws should be free from the
defects of the plans adopted in the
Standard Oil and tobacco cases. The
attorney general succeeded in having
written into the decree in these cases
that the stock of the Southern Pacific
owned by the Union Pacific should be
placed in the hands of surety COM
pany for sale to the public.
So much for domestic matters.
In his foreign policy, Mr.. Wilson
has had harder going than In domes-
tic matters. In their inception, none
of the problems in this field was OF
his own making, except the Mexican
situation and even this question was
passed on to him by Mr.. Taft. There
has been more difference Of opinion
over the presidents course in Mexi-
can affairs than in any other matter
he has addressed himself to, not ex-
cepting the tariff.
The Mexican problem is inherently
difficult and has been made the more
delicate because Of the conflict be-
tween the high moral principles upon
which the president bases his policy
of watchful waiting and the material
istic sentiments Of those who sympa-
thize with the foreign concessionarles
in the troubled republic. He says
there can not be peace and order,
without justice, and that the bloody
hands of Huerta can not work out
stable peace, hence his refusal to
recognize him. Those who want to
understand the presidents attitude
give him full credit for doing the best
he can under trying circumstances.
The winning fight that the presi-
dent is waging against free canal
tolls for American coastwise ships
the passage last week of the general
arbitration treaties with the Euro
pean nations and Japan, the proposed
payment to Colombia for the seizure
Of the canal strip and the shelving
of the Japanese exclusion question
have gone far toward removing the
irritation that has been felt in for
eign capitals toward this country's
manner OF fulfilling her internationa
obligations.