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THE HOOD RIVER NEWS, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 4. 1912 3 TAFT SENDS IN FINAL MESSAGE (Continued from Pag 1) 'ot the loan convention by the senate, been permitted to carry out Its now well deve'oed policy of encouraging the extending of financial atil to weak Central American states with the pri mary objects of avoiding Just such revolutions by assisting those repub lics to rehabilitate their finances, to establish their currency on a stable basis, to remove the custom houses from tlio dancer of revolutions by ar muglng for their secure admlnistra' tlon, ami to establish reliable banks. I wish to congratulate the officers and men of the I'nlted States navy and uinrluo corps who took part In re-estab lishing order In Mcurugim un their splendid condui t and to record with sorrow the death of seven American marines and bluejackets. Since the re- eslablishinent of iieace and order elec tions have been held amid conditions of quiet mihI tranquillity. Nearly all the American marines have now been withdrawn. Our Msxican Policy. For two years revolution and counter revolution have distraught the neigh boring republic of Mexico. Brigandage has involved a great deal of depreda tion upon foreign interests. There have constantly recurred questions of ex treme delicacy. On several occasions very difficult situations have arisen on our frontier. Throughout this trying period the pulley of the United States has been one of patient noninterven tion, steadfast recognition of constitut ed authority In the neighloring na tion and the exertion of every effort to care for American Interests. I pro foundly hope that the Mexican nation may soon resume the path of order, prosperity and progress. To that na tion In Its sore troubles the sympa thetic friendship of the I'nlted States has been demonstrated to a high de gree. There were In Mexico at the begln idng of the revolution some 30.0IK) or 40.000 American citizens engaged in enterprises contributing greatly to the prosperity of that republic and also benefiting the Important trade between the two countries. The Investments of American capital in Mexico has been estimated at ll.ono.tssi.ouo. The resinm sIMIlty of endeavoring to safeguard those Interests and the dangers Insep arable from propinquity to so turbulent a situation have been great, but I am bappy to have been able to adhere to the policy above outlined a policy which I hope may soon be Justllled by the complete success of the Mexican people In regaining the blessings of peace and good order. Agricultural Credits. A most lmisirtant work accomplished in the past year by the American dip lomatic officers In Kurope Is the Inves tigation of the agricultural credit sys tem In the European countries. Both as a means to afford relief to the con sumers of this country through a more thorough development of agricultural resonrces and as a means of more suffi ciently maintaining the agricultural population, the project to establish credit facilities for the farmers Is a MAKE ARRANGEMENTS FOR THOSE Christmas Photos Now Do not wait. Photos make ideal Christmas pi ft.i. Andre- member we must have time to do you first class work. Make your appointment now at The Deitz Studio BramatVs Stomach Powder Will afford TOSITIVK RKLIKK in nearly all cases of Stomach Dis orders occasioned by Indigestion or Chronic Dyspepsia Also good for Sick Headache and Constipation, Illoating, Belching of Gas, Sour Stomach, Heartburn, Ca tarrh of Stomach or intestinal tract and Nervous Dyspepsia Also effective In restoring the stomach to normal tone following excesses of eating or drinking. IT MAS NO LQUAL Tor sale at ALL DRUG STORES concern of vital Importance to this na tion. No evldef.ee of prosperity among well established farmers should blind us to the fact that lack of capital Is prevent ing a development of the nation's agri cultural resources and an adequate in crease of the land under cultivation; that agricultural production la fast fall ing behind the Increase in population and that, in fact, although these well established farmers are maintained In increasing prosperity because of the natural lncreuse in population, we are not developing the Industry of agricul ture. Advantage of Maximum and Minimum Tariff Prevision. The Importance which our manufac tures have assumed In the commerce of the world in competition with the manufactures of other countries again draws attention to the duty of this government to use Its utmost endeav ors to secure impartial treatment for American products in all markets. Healthy commercial rivalry in Interna tional intercourse is best assured by the possession of proper means for protecting and promoting our foreign trade. It is natural that competitlv countries should view with some con cern this steady expansion of our com merce. If In some Instances the meas ures taken by them to meet it are not entirely equitable a remedy should be found. In former messages I have described the negotiations of the department ot state with foreign governments for the adjustment of the maximum and mini mum tariff as provided in section 2 ol the tariff law of 1009. The advantages secured by the adjustment of our trade relations under this law have contla ued during the last year, and some ad' dltional cases of discriminatory treat ment of which we had reason to com plain have been removed. The depart ment of state has for the first time In the history of this country obtained substantial niost favored nation treat ment from all the countries of the world. There are, however, other instances which, while apparently not constitut ing undue discrimination In the sense of section 2, are nevertheless excep tions to the complete equity of tariff treatment for American products that the department of state consistently has sought to obtain for American commerce abroad. Nscsstity For Supplementary Legisla tion. These developments confirm the opin Ion conveyed to you In my annual mes sage of 1U11, that while the maximum and minimum provision of the tariff law of 1900 has leeu fully Justified by the success achieved In removing pre viously existing undue discriminations against American products, yet experl ence has shown that this feature ot the law should be amended in such way as to provide a fully effective means of meeting the varying degrees of discriminatory treatment of Ameri can commerce in foreign countries still encountered, as well as to protect against Injurious treatment on the part of foreign governments through either legislative or administrative measures the financial interests abroad of Ameri can citizens whose enterprises enlarge the market for American commodities, I cannot too strongly recommend to the congress the passage of some such enabling measure as the bill which was recommended by the secretary of state in his letter of Dec. 13, 1911. The ob ject of the promised legislation Is, In brief, to enable the executive to apply, as the case may require, to any or all commodities, whether or not on the free list from a country which discrim inates against the United States, a graduated scale of duties up to the maximum of 25 per cent ad valorem provided In the present law. Flat tariffs are out of date. Nations no longer accord equal tariff treatment to all other nations Irrespective of the treatment from them received. Such a flexible power at the command of the executive would serve to moderate any unfavorable tendencies on the part of those countries from which the Impor tations Into the I'nlted States are sub stantially confined to articles on the free list as well as of the countries which find a lucrative market in the I'nlted States for their products under existing custom rates. It is very neces sary that the American government should be equipped with weapons of negotiation adopted to modern econom ic conditions in order that we may at all times be In a position to gain not only technically Just but actually equit able treatment for our trade and also for American enterprises and vested In terests abroad. Business 8ecurd to Our Country by Dirsct Official Effort. As illustrating the commercial bene fits to the nation derived from the new diplomacy and Its effectiveness upon (he material as well as the mora Ideal side. It may be remarked that through direct official efforts alone there have been obtained In the course of this administration contracts from foreign governments Involving an expenditure of IflO.ooo.ooo in the factories of the 1'nlted States. It Is germane to these observations to remark that In the two years that have elapsed since t ho successful negotia tion of our new treaty with Japan, which at the time seemed to present bo iiany practical difficulties, our export trade to that country has Increased at the rate of over $1.00.000 a month. Our exxrts to Japan for the year end ed June .10, 1910, were 121.950.310, w Mle for the year euded June 30, 1912, the exports were $5.1.478,n4rt, a net In crease In the sale of American prod ncts of nearly l.Vt per cent. The set adopted at the Inst session of congre to give effect to the fur seal convention of July 7, 1911, between Great Britain, Japan, Russia and the United States provided for the sua pension of all land killing of aeala on the Tribllof Islands for a period of five years, and an objection baa now been presented to this provision by the other parties In Interest, which raises the issue aa to whether or not this prohibition of land killing la Inconsist ent with the spirit if not the letter of the treaty stipulations. The Justifies tlon for establishing this close season depends, under the terms of the con vention, upon how far If at all it la necessary for protecting and preserv Ing the American fur aeal herd and for Increasing Its number. This Is a ques tion requiring examination of the pres ent condition of the herd and the treat ment which It needs In the -light of actual experience and scientific inves tigation. Final Settlement ef North Atlanti Fishoriss Dispute. On the 20th of July last an agree ment wus concluded between the Unit ed States and Great Britain adopting, with certain modifications, the rules and method of procedure recommend ed in the award rendered by the North Atlantic coast fisheries arbitration trl bunal on Sept. 7, 1910, for the settle ment hereafter, in accordance with the principles laid down In the award, of questions arising with reference to the exercise of the American fishing liberties under Article I of the treaty of Oct. 20, 1818, between the United States and Great Britain. This agree ment received the approval of the sen ate on Aug. 1 and was formally rati fied by the two governments on Not. 15 lust. Opium Conference Unfortunate Fai uro of Our Government. In my message on foreign relations communicated to the two bouses of congress Dec. 7, 1911, I called special attention to the assembling of the opium conference at The Hague, to the fact that that conference was to review all pertinent munclpal laws relating to the opium and allied evils and certain ly all International rules regarding these evils, and to the fact that It seemed to me most essential that the congress should take Immediate action on the anti-narcotic legislation before the con gress, to which I had previously called attention by n sieclal message. The congress at Its present, session should enact into law those bills now before it which have been so carefully drawn up In collaboration between the department of state and the other ex ecu the departments and which have behind them not only the moral senti ment of the country, but the practical support of ail the legitimate trade in terests likely to be affected. Since the international convention was signed adherence to it has been made by sev eral Eurocan states not represented at the conference of The Hague and also by seventeen Latin-American re publics. Europe and the Nsar East. The war between Italy and Turkey came to a close In October last by the signature of a treaty of peace, subse quently to which the Ottoman empire renounced sovereignty over Cyrenalca and TriiolItanla in favor of Italy. Dur ing the past year the near east has un fortunately been the theater of con stant hostilities. Almost simultaneous ly with the conclusion of peace be tween Italy and Turkey and their ar rival at an adjustment of the complex questions at Issue between them, war broke out tat ween Turkey on the one hand and Bulgaria, Greece, Montene gro and Servia on the other. In the exercise of my duty In the matter I have dispatched to Turkish waters a special service squadron, con sisting of two armored cruisers, in or der that this government may If need be bear its part In such measures as It may be necessary for the Interested na tions to adopt for the safeguarding of foreign lives and property in the Otto man empire In the eveut that a danger ous situation should develop. . Liberia. As a result of the efforts of this gov ernment to place the government of Litarla In osltlon to pay its outstand ing Indebtedness and to maintain a stable and efficient government, nego tiations for a loan of $1,700,000 have been successfully concluded, and It is anticipated that the payment of the old loan and the issuance of the bonds of the 1912 loan for the rehabilitation of the finances of Liberia will follow at an early date, when the new receiver ship will go Into active operation. The new receivership will consist of a gen eral receiver of customs designated by the government of the United States and three receivers of customs desig nated by the governments of Germany, France and Great Britain, which coun tries have commercial Interests in the republic of Liberia. The Far East. The political disturbances In China In the autumn and winter of 1911-12 resulted In the abdication of the Man- chu rulers on Feb. 12, followed by the formation of a provisional republican government empowered to conduct the affairs of the nation until a permanent government might be regularly estab lished. The natural sympathy of the American people with the assumption of republican principles by the Chinese people was appropriately expressed In concurrent resolution of congress on April 17, 1012. A constituent assembly, composed of representative duly chosen by the people of China In the elections that are now talng held, has been railed meet In January next to adopt a veniwincnt constitution and organise he government of the nascent repub lic. During the formative constitutional stage anil pending definite action by he assembly, as expressive of the popular will, and the hoped for estab lishment of a stable republican form of ifivcrnmcut capable of fulfilling Ita International obligations, the United States la, according to precedent, main taining full and friendly de facto re latione wits the provisional govern ment The new condition of affairs thus created baa presented many serious and complicated problems, both of In ternal rehabilitation and of interna tlonal relations, whose solution It waa realized would necessarily require much time and patience. From the beginning of the upheaval last autumn it waa felt by the United States, in common with the other powers having; large Interests In China, that Inde pendent action by the foreign govern ments In their own Individual Inter ests would add further confusion to a situation already complicated. A pol icy of International co-operation waa accordingly adopted In an understand Inc. reached early In the disturbances, to act together for the protection of the Uvea and property of foreigners If menaced, to maintain an attitude of strict Impartiality as between the con tending factions and to abstain from any endeavor to influence the Chinese In their organization of a new form of government. It was futber mutually agreed. In the hope of hastening an end to hos tilities, that none of the interested pow ers would approve the making of loans by its nationals to either side. As soon, however, as a united provisional gov ernment of China was assured, the United States Joined in a favorable consideration of that government's re quest for advances needed for imme diate administrative necessities and later for a loan to effect a permanent national reorganisation. The Interested governments had already, by common consent, adopted. In respect to the pur poses, expenditure and security of any loans to China made by their nationals, certain conditions which were held to be essential, not only to secure reason able protection for the foreign Invest ors, but also to safeguard and strength en Chlna'a credit by discouraging Indis criminate borrowing and by insuring the application of the funds toward the establishment of the stable and effec tive government necessary to China's welfare. In June last representative banking groups of the United States. France, Germany, Great Britain, Japan and Russia formulated, with the general aanction of their respective govern ments, the guaranties that would be expected in relation to the expenditure and security of the large reorganization loan desired by China, which, however, have thus far proved unacceptable to the provisional government The Cuban Situation. The republic of Cuba last May was In the throes of a lawless uprising that for a time threatened the destruction of a great deal of valuable property- much of It owned by Americana and other foreigners as well as the exist ence of the government itself. The armed force of Cuba being Inadequate to guard property from attack and at the same time properly to operate against the rebels, a force of American marines was dispatched from our naval station atGuantanamo Into the province of Orlente for the protection of Ameri can and other foreign life and property. The Cuban government was thus able to use all its forces in putting down the outbreak, which It succeeded In doing In a period of six weeks. The presence of two American warships In the har bor of Havana during the most critical period of this disturbance contributed in great measure to allay the fears of the Inhabitants, Including a large for eign colony. Nscsssity For Retention and Expan sion of Our Foreign Trad. It Is not possible to make to the con gress a communication upon the pres ent foreign relations of the United States so detailed as to convey an adequate Impression of the enormous Increase in the importance and activi ties of those re'atlons. If this govern ment is really to preserve to the Amer ican people that free opportunity in foreign markets which will soon be In dispensable to our prosperity, even greater efforts must be made. Conclusion. Congress should fully realize the conditions which obtain In the world aa we find ourselves at the threshold of our middle age as a nation. We have emerged full grown as a peer In the great concourse of nations. We have passed through various formative periods. We have been self centered In the struggle to develop our do mestic questions. The nation Is now too mature to continue In its foreign relations those temporary expedients natural to a people to whom domestic affairs are the sole concern. In the past our diplomacy has often consisted, In normal times. In a mere assertion of the right to International existence. We are now in a larger re lation with broader rights of our own nd obligations to others than our selves. A number of great guiding principles were laid down early In the history of this government. The recent task of our diplomacy has been to ad Just those principles to the conditions of today, to develop their corollaries, to find practical applications of the eld principles expanded to meet new situations. The opening of the Panama canal will mark a new era In our Interna tional life and create new and world wide conditions which, with their vast correlations and consequences, will ob tain for hundreds of years to come. We must not wait for events to over take us unawares. With continuity of purpose we must deal with the prob lems of our external relations by a diplomacy modern, resourceful, mag nanimous and fittingly expressive of the high Ideals of a great nation. WILLIAM H. TAFT. The White House, Dec 8, 111. We A large supply of CHRISTMAS GOODS has just arrived from Japan. Now is a good opportunity to purchase Christmas 'Presents Beautiful Sets, Dishes, Flower Vaces Artistic Articles, Toys, Etc. 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