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About Bohemia nugget. (Cottage Grove, Or.) 1899-1907 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 13, 1905)
1 MESSAGE IS READ Scrate and House Receive Docu ment In Usual Form. RATE SUPERVISION THE THEME Urges Economy In Pubtic Expondi furos Monro Doctrine) Rat- . due Philippine Tariff, The must Important (mint brought nut lu the r aideiua message follow: To Ilia Senate and lluus of Itepreaentetlves: Th people i( I'll" country continue to en joy great proprlly. l,'ndouhtdly thi will b abb unit flow In u. h proaperlty, and thl bl nil flow will ba fell ini r ii-mt by ll mmhri ir Ih community, both liy tli d eiviug ami Hi undeaervliig. Agaliial tha wraili .f Ilia lud th wisdom of man rurinol vail; In Inure of flood r drought human In genuity ran Inn initially repair Ilia illau. tr, A geneial fallma of crop would hull II of ua. Again. If Ilia folly of man lliura tlia gcnciul well being, then lhi Willi ai" llino. nl of Ilia folly will have lu pay part of Ida null r In. on.' 1 by th.n wliu ura guilty til li. n folly, A i i.l.' brought on l.y Ilia a. illative folly of fail of lha huelhoa com. in in. II y would liurt Ilia whole hivanraa rum. tniiiiliy. lua an. h Btoppagn of aillai", though II n.lshl l.a l. lrl, Would li.it lia lutlng. In tha long run Ilia on v Hit I factor In tliu per dial. m .ri.aiii II y of tlu country Us tha hlsh lll.llvl.llinl i haia. trr of Ilia lrla American ..ikr, the an int.. American citizen, mi mut ter whailirr hla work lia mental or manual, whether lia la faiini'r of anirwiiikcr, bul lia ttinn or if ofi ionl man. In our Industrial an. I n.ii a-vstem Ilia In- j ler.ete of nil men ato a c,Hly Intertwined j thai In Ilin In. o. ii. n majority of . a Hialiiht dialing man who by hi ftl. icin y, I , ,l,,- c..h lci,,e , a higher eriia by hi lugi unity an I Induairy, ben. nta him- f ,, al conduct In tha cmmunlly nt large, awlf itiiit aixi heni-nt idhera Noiinully lha ; ,n,j ,.., iiiy among bualnea men and In tl. man of anal .io.lu.tK lapadiy who bmom rrat profej.on .,f th law, and In the growth rich b guiding the labor of mnny other men I (r , aplilt which condemn all (llh..riet y. loa l.y eunbliiig I hum to piodin tnor whether In rich man or In poor man, whether (hail they could pio.lu n without hie !- ( takea lha aliaj.a of bribery or of bla kmall. wh c, m.. I b .ih I. and thry niKira In Hi j nut much ran he done by legislation which la l.en. ni. ol.l. h cm.- ala.i In lb public at ! , ,t,,.n,. , practical. There la need laia Tin. u..-in.lul fa.l that th ahurlng , llf , tmr alrlder and mot unlfonn regulation liu be luminal luiit neer tillnd u to tnl,,f th VBt n,,iran.e, liitereata of thla country, in,.:, i li K I .t . i tlott thcia la thl aiming, and j fn,) Hiatea nliould In thla rupee! follow that the h. lo 111. n a In aorne clrgr.e to cu,hjn, ,,,-r f other nutloliel l.y providing ad. man ion. .me. I N. .in. ally tha ai, oi her. I ,,,ml national auprrt labw of c.mnierclnl In. lie man of u nil iio.in.. and the at.t.ige - j tereaia whi. h are clearly Natli nul in chiir a.ioo i. w. il a the . ! i. eiu.er, m" 1 , irr. My .rede. e..r hv re.eute.liy ree.g. Mil alike h.l . I by milking I ondllbuia ail. Il , led that th" forctun blllnea of theae coin that li.n iimn of cn.epiional bnriiii' ability punie an lm.ortnnt part of our foreign com rec.u. no .elil.,nol ieail f.r hi ahlllt . mef. lal lelnllniia Inning the ndinlnletrntlona olliel hli.g call he don by leglalallon In help ,,f ',eeil lect I'levelnud. Ilrru.n and Mc- the geiieial peril), loll li.i eilch help of a'Klliley the Hint" I lepal t men! eiercleed II In- l.eno.iii. miy betien. n.l ch..i.ter i an b given ri.i. r,, e, throuirh dit.l ..n-.atlc chnnneia. to pre. to the . . able and leaa for t ii iial r. av a 111" velil li it I il e ( dl"rlmlniiton by foreign Colin reau.ia i.f a policy w hi. Ii hll Inur to th . trie. ng.ilnNl Ameileait lnuraiic comininlea a.Hantagx of .ill lii.tuelrlooa and efficient pen- Tliea negotiation llltiatraled the propriety pie who a. I d-. eiiil), and thl U only another of the Congte. recognlilng Ihe National char w of .i)lng II. ut any benent which cine In re.lernl legualatlon the Htat liepartmenl could tho ; able an t forliinnte mut of tie. ; ,,riy Ve rli.iewlon to ttie w lhea of tha au- t-.eMit) ...mi. cn mote to ttta ini.ta able and fll.-M foltllhllte If, ther.-foln, the l.a for- luc it- n.nn I lno.l b envy of hi inr foitonute t.n.llier In tilk at the coicllilona tircl. r wlit h tin y li,ii both, thoiiich e.j.iiilly ..n r. I. l hi ult will a.lle.lly be ttiat whhe .tannine tiwty cm to the ..tie Mtiuck at II will lntt with tin evrll liealer load the oh whn ell Ik. n Ihe blow. 11. ken a a whole, w uiunt all go uti or go down together. I irvratlone. Tel. whi n..t tn. niy limiting, but lnlt lug uimoi thl. It I a.. tiu thai where thei la iii) i i . i ntnciit I rewtralnt or uiei vllon, aorn of the e i.ept ti.nal men Ue Itielr elier- ailea tint Iii wn tt.nt at for the common o.xl, but In which t.ll agatnel Ihl vommoii g.e.d. 'Ihe f .rtunea timiiel through corpora! oi aapltat lone am nm en large, and Vrl u. tl l.wer 111 llliiin that rield them, aa tn nih It a matter of tieceenlty tn give to tli aoverelgn- that I, tn th Ooveriitnetit, which rrpieenli th penpl a a w hoi -uma efTecttve power uf ut'ervlli.n uver their cor ..Hat u. In order In lnur a healthy eo- rial and lndutill life, eveiy big curpnra- tlon aimuld be held rrapoiiatbln by and be ac- -,. notable to. i. me enverelgn atrong enough t i 4-ontrol It conduct. I am In no am hoe- til In curtx.rullon. Thl la an agn of com- l.inatioti, and any riTort In prevent all com tili.ailon will b not only u!ca, but In th nd vlctoii. becuiiM. of live contempt for law which 111 fullur In enforce luw Inevitably pr.etucre. hnuld, nmrenver, rncogulB In voi.llul and ample faahlon th. Immen.e g.K.,1 ,,pce,iltturea can be kepi within Ihe revert.-, ted by ...iporat. ageiioi.ei in a country j rnur. ,,. ,)ur revenue law mii.t be read- utii nun, mni inn weauu oi intellect, en engy and fllcllty devoted tn their arrvlce, and therefor normally in the .-rvlce of the public, by their ..nicer and direct. u. Th 'orporat Inn ba coin" t ty. Jiit a the trad union ha come tn alay. l-i.-h inn do and liaa don great good. Km h n..uld b" fnvoied an bu g am It it ..t Hut each hould he ahar.y checked where 11 acta agnluat law lid Juetlcr. Tlila I only In form an Innovation. In aubatniice It In merely a real. nation, fur from the earliest time such r. solution i.f Indus- dial activities hna been tncgnlsed In th.. s.v tlon of lha luwuiukii.g bo.li.a. and all thai 1 prop..." la In unit the .hanged coinllllona In auch manner aa will prevent the common wealth abdicating llm power II has alwavn poaexased. not only III thla countiy, but also In llnglnud. befoie and since thl country bu came a separate Natb.u. The hct possible regulation of rates would, of course, bo that regulation secured by an tinnest agreement among the rallrouds them alve to carry out the law. Huch .a general agreement would, for Instance, at once put a atop to the erTort of any on big ehlppcr or lilg railroad to disci Imliiate against or Be cure advantages over soma rival; and such agreements would iniikn the railroads them aelvrs ugeiila for enforcing thn law. The power vested In the tlnvernment to put a atop lo agreements lo the detriment of the public should. In my Judgment, be accom panied by power lo permit, under specified conditions and careful supervision, agree ments clearly in the Interest of thn public. Jtut, In my Judgment, the necessity for glv lug this further power Is by no means ! real a the necessity for giving the I .mi- mission or admlnisti aliv e bndy Ihe other powers I have enumerated above; and It limy well be Inadvisable to attempt tn vest this puiltculur power In the Commission or other adiiilulstrutlv body until It alreudy possesses and Is exercising what I regard as liy far the most Important power of all lha powers I recommend as Indeed Ihe vitally liiipurtuiu power-Hint to nx a given maxi mum rate, which rute, after the liipati of a reuaollllble time, goes Into full effect, sub ject to review by the court. jel me most earnestly say that theme reconi rni'iidiit Ions are not intide tn any spirit uf hoatlllty to the riillronda. On ethical ground, on ground of right, auch bostlllby would bn Intolerable; and on grounda of mere National aelf-lntcrcBt we must remember that uch lose tlllly would tell iignlnst the welfare not mere ly of some few Hch men, but of a multitude vf small Investors, a multltudo of railway mployc a, wugew oi kers, und moat severely galliot I ho Interest or the public ss a whole. 1 believe thai on the whole our nillio,l huv done well and not III; but the railroad men Who wish to do well tiliuuld tint be exposed tu competition with IIiohc who have no such de alio, and the only wny tu secure this end I to glvu to some tiovernmenl tribunal the power lu aee that Justice Ih done by the un willing txiictlv a It la gladly il mo by the willing. Moreover, If eome Hover iiiinuit body lei given Increased power the effect will bu In furnish uiithoi Itntlvu nnswer on behulf of the railroad whenever lirnllonul clanioi' ugulnst It 1 rulsed, or whenever charge minln ngaliiet It urn disprove,!. 1 ask this legislation not only In the Interest of the public, but III tha Interest of the honest rullroud mall niul the liotieal shipper alike, for II le) they who uiu childly Jeoparded by the practice of their ill hiinesl competitors. Thl legislation should ba euiucled III a spirit aa rendu us possible, Horn liysli'ila und rancor. If wo of the American body politic lire Hun to thu traditions we iiuva Inherited we Ml, nil nlwajs avion uny ef fort to make ua halt) uny man beiuuan ha Is rich, Just as much us wo should scorn uny effort to iiuiko us look down upon or treat conteiiiptunusly uny man hecuusu he I poor, Tha question of transportation Ilea at Ih root of all Industrial success, und the revo lution In IrutiMportatlon which hits taken pluce during the lust liulf century liu been tha most Important fuctor III thu growth of th new Industrial condltlona. Most etu phatlcully we do not wish to see the man of rest talents refused the reward fur hi talent. Still lew do we wlnh lo c lilm penalized; but we do desire to see Hi sys tem of rullroud transportation handled that th atrong mnn shall be given no ad vantage over tha weak mun. We wish to Insur a fair treatment for th small town a for tha big city; for Ih small shipper for th big shipper., In th old day th highway ot eswiuaro, wbtir by water or ly a mad on lanil, ii epn to altj It t. Inrignd tu lha public and lha Irafflo along It waa free. At prni Ilia railway I till" highway, ami wa tiiuat Oil our tiaat In aaa Hint II It kept open to all on 'ual term, t'lillk lha i.l.l hiKhftay It la a vary difficult ami complex I M nal In manna", ami II la far belter Ihitl II alinulil da inniiii-i1 ly prl . vat Imllvliluala than l.y Ilia (Ju.erniiiiinl. l-abor, Tha Null. .rial ( Iiivm nrnent lifla a nil lull llltla occasion In 1 1 r- n I wild lha for inlilahla k rim i of problems connected mora or leas directly wlili what la known aa lh liilmr question, for In lha gieat majority of rase these pinhlems must ha deal Willi l.y tha alai ami municipal authorities and not l.y Ilia Nailunal Government. 'Mia Nntlonnl i Invri iiinani haa rontrol of lha IHaii lrl nf ii I u in 1. 1 a, however, and It ahuuld to II that lha lily nf Waahliiglon la fnada a tnoilal illy In all reaped, liulh na regard parka, iiuhlln iln ygrounda, pri.par reguluf Inn of lha ayalain of housing an a to do away with Ilia avlla of allay tenement, a proper ayaiam of adurallon, a proper system of daallng with truancy and Juvenile offenders, a proper handling of lha charitable work of tha District. Moreover, there luiulil hi iropr fartury lawa In iiravatit all abuaaa In lha inployinant of womin and rhlldrrn In tha IMmrl.t. Thi-ia will ha u'ful ihlffly aa nlijact Inawina, hut ivm thla llinllad amount of iiaafulnaia would ha of raal Nailunal valti:. Inauranra, Tli a (raal Inaurartra romnarilra afford atrlk Ing aiallifla of rori.oratloiiai wlnaia hualmaa hua aalMi.lr.l mi far lHy.u. tha Jurladlcl toa of tha atataa whlrh rrantad thm aa tu tirarltida airlrt aiiforrainint of aui.rrvlalon and rKiila lion hy tha iariit atnti'a. In niy laal an nual rnr'anaga I rariiirtmrnfld "that tha I'on ttmm i-aifully cofial.lrr whrthr tha fowar of tha huraau of i-orooratloiiii ranriot t-onalltu tt'inally ha aitfn.1fd tu cover Intfratata traiiav a.-tlona In Inauiam-a." ltiraM rvrnta hava a ler of Inaiiiam a, for In tha nhanrna of rmt.haalii. lha Importnii. a of an rarly and hauatlva ronalili.rat Ion of thla fiura!l'n. In ara whrlhfr It la not .iaKihn to furnlah hrt-li-r aaffiuanla than lha aevMal irtitlM hava hran ahla In fuliitiih aaitlnat rorrutillon of tha flDRiuiit kind wlihh hna hern i'.i,aril. It haa haeil only ton Hrarly ahown tlott -rtaln of tha men at tha h-a.l of thran lara ror .'.ratlolia tnkr hut amall riola of tha .thl''al dlattrii-tlori Ldttfrn honcaiy and dlahoiiraiy; thfy diaw tha Una only thla nll of what may l.a rallfd law li.ill.nl y, tlw kind of lioliraly riart-piviiry In or-H-r ! avoid falllntr Irito lha l-lutrt.e of the law flf courae the olilv coin ' rpI,,e.v for thla condition niimt b found thoiltle of th everal atlltea. Who IK.IIcy wa Ineffective through want of uniformity. Th Itrvrnuee. There I mora need of MahlHty than of the "t'eliipta to ul'Hlll an bleal perfection In ine iiiriii'.nii or raieing revenue, ami tna atiock and atraln tn thn biiMnt). world cer tain tn attend any aerlou clinng" In the method render uch change Ina.Klitth!" un- ee for grave rcuxon li i not ponibla to Iny down any gen. rat ruin l.y which lo determine the moment when ttie rru-nti for iwlll outweigh tha reaaon ni:ulnt nuch a change. Much muat depend, not merely on thn need, but on the tlemre of the people a a whole; fur need and ileairea are not hcearlly Identical. of .urne no change can be mndo on llnea ben.-ncnl to, or dealred by, i'H4 anction or one atatn only. There mut b oinethlng Ilk a general agreement among the cltljen of Ilin eeral atate. aa rrpre.etited In th Congrra. that the change j I needed and clrd in thn lntrrt of th people a a whole; and there ahnuld then be ; a alncere. Intelligent, and dlMtntereated effort I lo make It In aueh ahape aa will combine, ao far aa poaalbl. ihe mailmum of good lo th ' people al large with the mlnmum of necr. aarv dlareeard for lh ai.eclal Intereat of localltlv or rlanHea. Jtut In lime of peace the revenue itiml on the average, taking a aerie of year together, eijual the egpendl turva or el the revrnura muat be Increased. I.at yrjr there wa a deficit. I'nleiia our Ju'tcd. It la a yet tuo early to attempt to outline what ahnpe aucti a rradJuRttuent hould take, fur II I a el too' early to aay ; uhellicr Ihere will be need for II. , It ahould b considered whether It I not ilolrbule that the tariff lawa ehould pr i bin for nppl) Ing aa agnlnet .or In favor of any other nation maximum i mil minimum tariff rut. etI.Uhc,l by the t'ongrean. an a In aecure a c.-rtnln recl- 'r""y ireaimeni i.eiween inner nations ourselves. Having In view even larger considerations of policy than tho.e of a puiely economic nnture. It would. In my Judgment, b well to endeavor lo bring about closer commercial connection with Ihe otlie,- people of this continent. I am happy to be aide to announce to you that Hu-lu now treat u on the must-favored nation basis Kcoiiomy In F. spend I tit re. I earnestly recommend to the Congress the nerd of economy and to (his end of a rigid scrutiny of appropriation. A exam ples merely, 1 cull your attention to one or two specific matters. All unnecessary office should be abolished. The Commissioner of thn ileneral Land Office recommends tha abolishment of thn office of receiver of pub lic moneys for (lilted State land office. Thl will effect a saving of about a quar ter of a million dollnra a year. As the busi ness of the Nation grows It Is Inevitable Unit there should be from time to time a legtilinaio Increase In the number of ofll cluls. und this fact render It all the more Important that when office become unneces- Mry ,.y ,huld b. abolished. In the pub- ,u. ,,r. ,!,, also a Urge saving of public money can be made. There la a constantly growing tendency to put. Hull masses of un important Information. It la probably not iinliilr to say that many tens of thousands of volumes ure published at which no human being ever looks and for which there I no real demund whatever. Federal Mectlone. 1 In my luat annual message I said: "Ttie power of tho Hovernment to protect the Integrity of the elections of Its own ofll clukM Is Inherent and hus been recognized and affirmed by repcuted decimations of the Supremo Court. There is nu enemy of free government more dangerous und none so Insidious a the corruption of the electorate. No one defends or excuse corruption, and It would seem tu follow Hint none would oppose vigorous measures to eradicate It. 1 recommend the enactment of a law directed against bribery and corruption In Federal elections. The details of such a luw may be safely left In the wise discretion of the Congress, but It should go u fur us under tho CniiBtlt.uttoii It is possible to go, und should Include severe penalties agulnst ti 1 ill who gives or receives a bribe Intended ta Influence his act or opinion a un elector; and provisions for thu publication not only of the expenditure fur nominations and elections of all candidates, but also of all contributions received und expenditure made by political committees. o I desire to repeat this recommendation. In political campaign In a. country as large and populous as our It Is Inevitable thut th. io should ba much expense of un entirely leK'Hinute kind. This, of course, means that many contributions, utid some of them of I !! size, must be mude, and, as a mutter cf In it, In any big political contest such contrll utlons are always niii.lo to both side. It Is entirely proper both to give and re ceive them, unless there Is an Improper mo tive connected with either gift or reception. If thry ar extorted by any kind of pressure or promise, express or Implied, direct or In direct, In the wuy of favor or Immunity, then the giving or receiving become not only Improper hut criminal. It will un doubtedly be dlfllcult a a matter of prac tical detail to shape an act which ahull guard with reasonable certainty agulnst such misconduct; but If It Is pusslble to secure by law tilt full and verllled publication In detull of all tha sum contributed lo and expanded by the cundidute or committee of any political parlies tha result cannot but be wholesome. All contribution by corpor ation to any political commute or for any political purpose should be forbidden by law, . director should not b permitted to use Jlock holders' money for uch purpose: and, moreover, a. prohibition of thl kind would b, a far a li want, an fiectlv malhnrl ef atnpplna; tha arlta atm4 at In rorruiit rr"'Hr :la. No only ahould botn lha Nallonnl and tha aavaral Dial l-l-laturaa foil. Id any nfflrar f cortmi.llnn front ualnc tha rnonay of tha cormratlon In nr about any alaitlun, hut lhay ahould alao forhld au h na of monay In nonnartion with any lKllal Ion auva hy tha amploymant of rvli a. Ilia llacna ( oiift rmra, Tha flrat ronferema of natlona hald at Tha llaaua In IH.lll, heina; unabla lo dlapoaa of all lha bualnena hef.ua It, raeommetidrd lha rorial'laratlon arid aattlarnant of a number of Important iiuaallnna hy anothar curifcranra to ha called aubneiiuently and at an aarly data. Thaaa guaatlona wara tha following: lit Tha right and dullaa of nautrala, (li) tna limitation of tha arrnad fon.aa on land na , and of military budgata; (Ml tha uaa of naw lypa and caliber of military and naval gun; (4) lha Inviolability of prlvata properly at a In lime of war; lot th homhaidrnent of porta, rltlca and village by naval forraa. In October, IWU4, at th In- lama of tha Interparliamentary l.nlon, wlili-h, at a oonferem held In th 1,'nlled Hiatea and attended hy lha lawmaker of 1.1 dlff. rim natlona, had reiterated th demand for a aerund confereni of nation, 1 laauad Invltallrna lo all tha power algnatory to Tim llagua convention lo aand dlgata lo g'lch a confaran' and auggaatad that It ba agtln held at 'lb llagua. In It not of Iieremb! HI, IWH, th I lilted Hlat lov arnrnenl rornrnunlrated lo tha rapraaanta llve of foreign government It belief thai (It ronferenc could b beat arranged un d ir th provision of lha prnt llagua lraty. Kroin all tha power arceptanr wa re. relvad, coupled In aoma cj.- with th con- (lltloti that w ahould wait until th and of lha war than waging between Ituaala and Jaiian. The rkripernr of Ituaala, Immediately after tha treaty of peace which ao happily terminated thla war, In a note .rewrite, 1 lo thn I'riet'lent on Hept. inber l.'l, through Am baeaa.lor Itoaen, look the Initiative In recom mending that thn conference be now celled. The I'nlted Htatea tiovernmenl, In reeponae, eipreaaed lie) cordial acitulca' ern e and atated that II would, aa a matter of course, take part In Ihe new conference and endeavor to further It alma. We aum that all civilized government will wupporl the movement, and that ttie conference ta now an aatured fact. Thl Oovernmeiit will do everything In It power In ecnr the auccean) of the confer ence to Ih nd that aubatnnttal progreaa may be made In th can" of International peace, Juatlce and good will. The Monroe) IHietrloa. to develop along He own llnea. If we had would not meet uny of the need of tha pre. ant day, and Indeed would probably by tin refuMed to apjT'y the doctrine to changing c,n- dltlone It w.iuld now be completely outworn, tine of thu moat effective Inatrumenta for prace la the Monro llnctlllie, as II haei hen and la being gradually developed by thl Na tion and accepted by other nation. No other pulley could have ben a efficient In pro moting peace In the Western Ilemlaphete and In giving lo each nation thereon th chart. time have eutik Into compute oblivion. It la action. useful at home, and Is meeting with recoirnl- Mreoctae of Trust In Puhllfi Kervlce. lion abroad because we have a.liinted our . application of II tn meet the growing and ! .Th'r ,0 b7 no. "' 1 nl"J changing needs of the hemisphere. When we "V"" wh'rh provide, for the punishment of announce a policy, auch aa the Mont.-. Hoc. t. nlted htatc Attorney or other officer of trine, we thereby commit ourselves to Ih con- n Government who corruptly agree to sequence of the policy, and tho.e cunsenuences wrongfully do or wrongfully refrain from from time to lime alter. It lo out of the doing any act when the consideration fot ((iiiatlon to claim a right and yet shirk the uch corrupt agreement Is other than one reaponeihlllty for Its exercise. Not only we, possessing money value. This ought to be bul all Aio. rl, an republic w ho are benefited remedied by appropriate legislation. Legla by the existence of the doctrine, must retog- latlon should also be enacted to cover, ex-' nlze the obligation) each nation la under a pllrltly, unequivocally and beyond question, regard foreign people no lesa than It duty breach of truet In the shape of prematurely to liiaust upon He own rleht. divulging ofndal secret by an officer or That our rlKhts and Interest are deeply employe of the (.'nlted Klates, and to pro roncerned In the maintenance of the doc- vide a suitable penalty therefor, fcuch offl rlne Is so rlenr a hardly In need argument. ' cer or employe owe the duly to th I'nlted Thl I especially true In view of the con- State to guard carefully and not to divulge atructlnn of th Panama I'anal. A a or In any manner us prematurely Infor mer matter of self-defense wo must exer- matlon which Is accessible to the officer or 'Is a close watch over the approaches to employe by reason of hi official position. hls canal; and this mean that w must be Most breaches of public trust ar already thoroughly alive to our Interest tn the t'arlbbran Hea. Hanto Domingo. Panto Domingo, In her turn, ha now made an appeal to u to help her, and not only every principle of wisdom but every generous need for such changes as will fit these laws Instinct within u bids us respond to the ap- to actual present condition. The honest peal. It la not of the slightest consequence ' disposal and right use of the remaining whether we grant the aid needed by Kanto public land I of fundamental Importance. I ion. Inn, i a an Incident to the wise develop- , The Iniquitous methods by which the mo ment of the Monroe Doctrine, or because we nopolixlng of the public land Is being regvrd Ihe rase of Santo Domingo a stand- brought about under tha present lawa are Ing wholly by Itself, and to be treated aa becoming more generally known, but the auch, and not on general principles or with existing laws do not furnish effective reme any reference to the Monroe Doctrine. Tha die The recommendations of the Public Important point Is lo give the needed aid. Lands Commission upon thl subject ar wise and the rase I certainty sufficiently peculiar and should be given effect, to deserve to be Judged purely on Its own The creation of small Irrigated farms tin merit. The condition In Hnnto Domingo der the reclamation act la a powerful offset have for a number of years grown from bad lo the tendency of certain other lawa to fo. to worse until a year ago all society was on ter or permit monopoly of the land." Under Ih verge of dissolution. Fortunately. Just that act the construction of great Irrigation at this tlma a ruler sprang up In Santo works has been proceeding rapidly and sue Domingo, who. with his colleagues, saw th cessfully, the land reclaimed are eagerly danger threatening their country and ap- taken up, and the prospect that the policy pealed lo the friendship of the only great of National Irrigation will accomplish all and powerful neighbor who possessed th that was expected of It I bright. The act power, and as they hoped also the will to should be extended to include the State of help them. There was Imminent danger of Texas. foreign Intervention. The previous ruler of j The forest policy of the Administration at)- Santo Domingo had recklessly Incurred debts, and owing to her Internal disorder she had ccsed to be able to provide mean f paying the debts. The patience of her foreign creditor had become exhausted, and at least two foreign nations were on the point of Intervention, and were only pre vented from Intervening by the unofficial as surance of thl Unvernment thnc it would Itself strive to help Sumo Domingo In her hour of need. In the case of one of thes nations, only the actual opening of negotia tions lo this end by our Hovernment pre vented the seizure of territory In Santo Do mingo by a Kuropean power. Of the debt Incurred some were Just, while some were not of a character which really renders It hllgatory on, or proper for, Santo Domingo to pay them In full. Hut she could not, pay any of them unless some stability wa assured her government and people. Accordingly tne r-xrcutlv Department of our Hovernment negotiated a treaty under which we are to try to help the Dominica people to elrulghten out their finance. Thl treuty Is pending before the Senate. In the meantime , a temporary arrangement has been made which, will last until the Senate hua had time tn take action upon the treaty, t'nder this arrangement the Domini can Hovernment has appointed Americans to all the Important position in the customs service, and they are seeing to the honest collection of Ihe revenues, turning over 5 per cent to the government for running ex penses and putting the otRer 0.1 per cent into a safe depositary for equitable division In I case the treaty shall be ratified, among th I various creditor, whether Kuropean or American. The custom-houses offer well-nigh Ihe only sources of revenue In Santo Domingo, and the different revolutions usually hava as their real aim the obtaining possession of these custom-houses. The mere fact that the collectors of customs are Americans, that they are performing their dutle with eftulency and honesty, and that the treaty is pending In the Senate, gives a certain moral power to the government of Santo Domingo which It haa not had before. This has completely discouraged all revolution ary movement, while It haa already produced sucn an increase in th revenue that th government 1 actually getting more from , 4 per cent, lha, he Am, ! a collector. n over to It than It got formerly when Hie mi lt took the entire revenue. It Is enabling tha poor hurussed people of Sumo Domingo once more to turn their attention to Industry and lo be free from the curs of inter minable revolutionary disturbance. It offer to ull bona fide creditors, American and Kuropean, Hi only really good chance t obtain that to which they are Justly entitled, while It In return gives to Sanlo Domingo the only opportunity of defense against claims which It ought not to pay, for now If It meet the view of tho Senate we shall ourselves thoroughly examine all these claims, whether American or foreign, and sea that none that are Improper are paid. There Is, of course, opposition to the treaty from dishonest credltois, foreign and Amer ican, and from the professional rvvolution Ints of the Inland Itself. We have alreudy reuson to believe thut some of the creditors who do not dare expose their claims to honest scrutiny are endeavoring to stir up sedition In the Inland and opposition to the treaty. In the meantime 1 have exercised Ihe authority vested In m by the Joint reso lution of the Congress to urevent tha Intro duction of arm Into Hi Island for revo lutionary purpose. Army and Navy, W cannot coiudder Ih Question of our for eign policy without at the same time treating -army ami tne uvy. we now have a Chinese luborer. skilled and unskilled, le very small Army Indeed, one weli-nlgh In- glflmately com under the head of undesir flniteslmal when compared with the army of able Immigrants any other large nation. Of courae, Ihe Army "" "uuiu m nearly perieci or ua kind and for It also a I poaulble. I do not bellev thut any army In th world ha a belter average of enlisted man or a better typo of Junior officer; but th Army hould b trlned to act effectively In a niasa. Piovlav Ion ahnuld be made by sufficient annrcnrla- tlona for maneuver of a nracllcal kind mo that th troop may l.arn how to take car of '"'""" ' actual rvio etinamona; ararr marrh, tor Inatanra, halnf mad with tka aoldlar loaded ataniy aa ha would ha In an aotlva campaign, Tha tliarata and Colo nala wonld lliarnt.y tiava opportunity of hand Una; raalmatita, hrlfadaa) and dlvialona and lha oommlaaary and ffiMlcat deiiartmnta would ha taatad In lha flld. i'rovlalon ahnuld h mada for tha rra at leant of a brl- roaat and dlml.arkln at aoma othar point and conllnulnt Ha rnnr'h, Tha numhar of poata In whlrh tha Army la kept In tlma of peaia nhonld ha maierlnlly dlmlnlahad and lha poata that ara left mada rorrepondlnly larfr. No h"l Intarea'a ahould ha allowed lo aland In tha way of nwvrrihllna; tha reur part of tha tronpa arhleh would at nead form our flld armlea In aiatlona of au'h alia a will permit lha beat t rn Irilnar lo ba alven to i "'" " ' - I uiii. ern, i 'i h ' i in inn .. and wa mut tiav not company or regimental garrieiori, out brlgada and dlvlalon garrlaon. Our Navy muat, relatively to lb navlaa of other natlona, alway b of greater aia than our Army. W hava moat wlaely continued for a numliar of year) lo build up our Navy, and It haa now reached a fnlrly high atandard of efficiency, Thla aiandard of efficiency mut not only b maintained, but lnrreaed. II d'ie not aeem to m nceaary, however, that lha Navy ahonld-at leaat In lha Immediate future ba Increaaed beyond tha preaenl num ber of unllai What Ut now clearly neieeaary k lo uhtltuta africtent for Inefficient unit a lha latter berom worn out or a It be come apparent that thay ara uaeieaa. I'rob ably th reault would ha atialnd by adding a ingl battle hlp to our Nvy ach year, Ih ui'eraeded or outworn veie being laid up or broken up a they are thus replaced. Th four alngl turren monitor built Immediately after tha don of lha Rpanlah war, for In atance, ara veeviela whl'i would be of but little ua In th even! of war. Th money Pnt upon them could have ln more ne- fully event In other way. Thu It would have been far better never to have built a alnel one of the monitor and to have put lie money Into an ample aupply of reaerv gun. Moat of the eerialler criilaer and gunten&t). though they -rve a ueeful purpnee ao far aa they ara needed for International police work, would not add to the etrenath of our Navy In a conflict with a aerlou foe. There I urgent need of providing a large n'Tae In Ihe number of officer, and eapeclally In the number of enllated men. Naturalisation lawl. Iurlng the peat year evidence ba accu mulated to confirm th expreaalon con tained In my lat two annual meanagea a to the Importance of revling by appro priate legialatlon our ryMem of naturalizing allena. 1 appointed luat March a cornmla l"n to make a careful examination of our naturalization lawa, and to auggeat appro prlale meaaures to avoid the notorious hmu". reeutiing irnm rne improviueni or unlawful granting of eltlzenahlp. Thl com nileelon, cortiKied of an officer of the De partment of State, the Department of Jua tlce, and of the Department of Commerce and I-abor. haa discharged the duty Imposed upon It, and ha submitted a report, which will be transmitted to the Congresa for It ' consideration, and, I hope, for It favorable .covered by the law, and thl on ahould be. Publlc-I-and I -a its. Once again 1 call your attention to the condition of Ihe public-land laws. Recent developments have given new urgency to th pear to enjoy the unbroken support of th people. The great user of timber are them- selves forwarding the movement for forest preservation. All organized oppoHltlon to the forest reaerves In the vv est haa disappeared. Since the conemlldatlnn of all Government for est work In the National Forest Service there haa been a rapid and notable gain In the use fulness of the forest reserves to the people ni ,n public appreciation of their value. The National parks within or adjacent to foremt reserves should be transferred to th charge of the Forest Service alao. Merchant Marine. To th ipread of our trad In peace and the defense of our flag In war a great and pros perous merchant marine Is Indispensable. M'e should have shipa of our own and seamen of our own to convey our good to neutral mar. kets. and In case of need to reinforce our battle line. It ran not but be a source of re- gret and uneasiness) to us that the line of communication with our Bister republic of South America ahould be chiefly under for eign control. it I not a good thing, that American merchant and manufacturer ahould have to lend their goods and letter to South America via FJurope If they wish security and dispatch. Even on th Pacific, where our ship have held their own better than on the Atlantic, our merchant flag k now threatened through the liberal aid bestowed by other governments on their own steam line. I ask your earnest consideration of the report with which the Merchant Marine Commission ha followed It long and careful Inquiry, Pension. It 'la a matter of unmixed satisfaction once more to cull attention to the excellent work of the Peneiinn llureau: for the veteran of the Civil W ar hava a greater claim upon ua than any other clasa of our citizens. To tbem, Il rut or an among our people, honor Is due. Seven year ago my lamented predecessor. President McKlnlt-v, stated that the time had come fur the Nation to care fur the grave of Ihe Confederate dead. I recommend that the Congress take action toward this end. The first need I to take charge of tha grave of the Confederate dead who died In Northern prison. Immigration. The question of Immigration I of vital In ter cert lo this country. In th year ending ""J 'ft"; ,0 f V!,'tsJ S''e' TJZ?'. t.i", In the (Ingle year thut hua Just elapsed there came to thl country a greater number of people than came here during the lutl rear of our Colonial life which Intervened between th first landing at Jamestown and the Declara tion of Independence. It la clearly shown In Ihe report of the Commissioner-General of Immigration that while much of this enormous Immigration Is undoubtedly hcultliy and natur al, a considerable proportion Is undeeuruble from one reason or another; moreover, a con siderable proportion tf It, probably a very large proportion, Including most of the undo slruble class, doe not come here of It own Initiative, but because of the activity of the agent of the great transportation compuntea. inese ugent ure distributed throughou Lu rope, and by the offer of all kind of Induce menta they wheedle and cajole many Immi grants, often aguliurt their beat Intereat, to coma here. The most aerlou obstacle we have to encounter In the effort to aecure a proper regulation of the Immigration to these shores arises from the determined opposition of the foreign steamship line who have no Interna: whatever In the matter auva to Increase the return on their cupltul by currying musses of Immigrants hither In the steerage quarter of their ships. The question arising In connection with Chlnene Immigration stand by themselves. The condition In China are such thut the entire Chinese coolie class, thut I, the clasa of their numbers, the low wage for which they work and their low standard of living. Not only Is It to the Intereat of thla country to keep them out, but the Chinese authorities do not desire that they hould be admitted. At present their entrance I prohibited by law amply adequate to accomplish thl purpos. t'he. lu.,. v,.. V... . .i v lhoroimi.lv .nr,,.j ' ti,. ..i.,iu,i.,. n,.m are to few In number as to be Inflnltatdmal and caa b entirely disregarded. Tnr la ao arlrma profKiaal t altar tha Immigration lawa a a regard! tha Chlnea laborer, ak 1114 nr unakllied, and thera la no aicuao for any man feeling or arTe.tlng ta foal tha lilghleat alarm on lha anblart. Hill tn tha affort to rarry out tha Boiler of ai' ludlng ( hlnena lahorera, f.hlneaa coollea, grava lnjiielra and wrong hava been d.mo by thla Nation to lha peopl of l.lilna, and thara fora ultimately to thla Na'lon Itaeif. Chlneaa luilenta, bualnaaa and pr.fea"lonal mni of all klrida not only marcharita, but banker, dc tora, manufacturer, profearairai, traveler and Ilia like- fhould ba encouraged to corna her and treated on prorlaeiy tha aama footing that wa treat atudenia, bualnea mnn, traveler and th Ilk of other nation. Our law and trete ahould ba framed, not o a to out thena peopla In the eepted cla?a, but to atata that wa will admit all Thine, n'. c'""- ,T " "U. ui.BFU.r.i inoorer. t llm woui" ii'fc th leaat danger thai any such provision would result in any relaxation of th law about laborer. These will, under all condition, ba kept out boluty. !ut It will be mora eaery to aee that both Justice end courtesy are shown, a they ought to b hown, to other Chinese, if th law or treaty la framed a above wuggeBted. Kzamlnatlon should be completed at the port of departure from China. For thl purpose thr should be pro vided a mora adquat Consrular rvlc In China than we now have. Th appropriation, both for tha office of the Consul and for th office forces In Ih Consulate, ahould be l.i. ressed. Thus Hovernment has the friendliest feeling for China and desires China' well-being. W cordially sympathize with the announced pur p., of Japan to aland for Ih Integrity of China. Such an attltud tend to tb peace of th wurld. Tha rivll Hervlee. Th civil service law ha bn on tha tatut book for 22 year. F.very President and a vat majority of heailai of department who have been In office during that i-riod have fa vored a gradual extension of the merit sis tem, Th more thoroughly Its principles have been undert'od the greater hss been the fa vor with which the law ha been regarded by administrative officers. Any attempt to carry on the great executive department of the Hovernment without thl law would Inevitably result In chaos. The civil Service Commis Bloner) are doing excellent work, and their enmpenrattona k Inadequate considering the service they perform. Adulteration of Food. I recommend that a law h enacted to regulate Interstate commerce in mlsbranded and adulterated foods, drinks and drugs. Such law would protect legitimate manufac ture and commerce, and would tend to se cure th health and welfare of the consum ing public. Traffic In foodstuffs which have been debased cr adulterated so as to Injure health or to decelv purchaser should be forbidden. National Park. I call your attention to the generou act of the State of California In conferring upon the (.'nlted States Government the own ership of the Yosemlte Valley and the Mari posa Hlg Tree drove. There should be no delay In accepting the gift, and appropria tions should be made for the Including thereof In the Yosemlte National I'ark, and for th care and pollcelng of the park. Cali fornia has acted most wisely a well' as with great magnanimity In the matter. There are certain mighty natural features of our land which should be preserved In perpetuity for our rhlldien and our chil dren' children. In my Judgment the Grand Canyon of the Colorado should be made Into a National park. It 1 greatly to he wished that the State of New York should copy as regards Niagara what the State of California has done as regards the Yosemlte. Noth ing should be allowed to Interfere with the preservation of Niagara Falls In all their beauty and majesty. If the state cannot see to this then It Is earnestly to be wished that she should be willing to turn It over to the, National Government, which should In uch case (If possible. In conjunction with th Canadian government) assume the burden and responsibility of preserving unharmed Niagara Falls; just as It should gladly as sume a similar burden and responsibility for the Yosemlte National Park, and as It ha already assumed them for the Yellow stone National I'ark. Adequate provision should be made by the Congress for the proper care and supervision of all these National parks. The boundaries of the Yel lowstone National park should be extended to the south and east to take In such por tion of the abutting forest reservation a will enable the Government to protect the elk on their Winter range. Life-ejavlng Service. I call your especial attention to the de sirability of giving to the membera of the Life-Saving Service pensions such a are given to firemen and policemen In all our great cities. The men In the Life-Saving Service continually and In the most matter or fact way do deeda such a make Amer Icana proud of their country. They have no political influence; and they live In auch re mote place that the really heroic services they continually render receive the scantiest recognition from the public. It Is unjust for a great nation like this to permit these men to become totally disabled or to meet death In the performance of their hazardous duty and yes. to give them no ort of re ward, if one of them serves 30 years of his life In such a position he should surely be entitled to retire on half pay, as a fireman or policeman does, and If he become totally incapacitated through accident or sickness or loses hi health la the discharge of his duty he or his family should receive a pen slon Just as any soldier should. I call your attention with especial earnestnesa to this matter because It appeals not only to our Judgment but to our sympathy; for the people on whose behalf I ask It are compara tively few In number, render Incalculable service of a particularly dangerous kind, and have no one to speak for them, Indiana. During the year Just past, the phase of the Indian question which has been most sharply brought to public attention I the larger legal significance of the Indian's Introduction into citizenship. This has made Itself mani fest not only In a great access of litigation tn which the citizen Indian figures a a party defendant and In a more widespread dispo sition to levy local taxation upon his per sonalty, but In a decision of the United Statea Supreme Court which struck away the main prop on which ha hitherto rested the Government s benevolent effort to pro tect him against the evils of intemperance. The court holds. In effect, that when an Indian becomes, by virtue of an allotment of land to him, a citizen of the state In which his land 1 situated, he passes from under Federal control In such matters as this, and the arts of the Congress prohibiting the sale or gift to him of Intoxicant become sub stantially Inoperative. It I gratifying to note that the statea and municipalities of the West which have most at stake In the welfare of the Indiana are taking up thl subject and are trying to supply. In a meas ure at least, the abdication of Its trusteeship forced upon the Federal Government. Never theless, I would urgently press upon the at tention of the Congress the question whether some amendment of the Internal revenue law might not be of aid tn prosecuting those malefactor, known in the Indian coun try aa "bootlegger," who are engaged at once In defrauding the United States Treas ury of taxes and, what la far more Impor tant, In debauching the Indians by carrying liquor Illicitly Into territory still completely under Federal Jurisdiction. The Philippine. During the last year the Philippine Islands have been alowly recovering from the eerie of dleustera which, since American occupa tion, have greatly reduced the amount of ag ricultural product below what wa produced In Spanish times. The war, the rinderpest, the locuots, the drought and the cholera have been united as cause to prevent a return of t lie prosperity much needed In the Islands. The most serious Is the destruction by the rlnder- pcrrt of more than 75 per cent of the draft cattle, because It will take several years of breeding to restore tho necessary number of these Indispensable Bids to agriculture. The Commission attempted to supply by purchaso from adjoining countries the needed cattle. but the experiments made were unsuccessful. Most of the cattle Imported were unable to withstand the change of climate and the rig ors of the voyage and died from other dis eases thun rtnderuest. lteductlon of Tariff Needed. ' The agricultural condition of the Island en fore more strongly than ever the argument in favor of reducing the tariff on the prod uct of the Philippine Island entering th United Statea. I earnestly recommend that upon the product of the Philippine Islands bo entirely removed, except tho tariff on sugar and tobacco, and that that tariff be reduced to 25 per cent of the present rate under Ih Dlnglcy act; thut after July 1, likiu, the tariff upon tobacco and augur produced In the Philippine lslunds ba entirely removed and thut free trade between the Island and th United Stutes In th product of each country then be provided for by law, Hawaii. In my Judgment Immediate step should be taken for the fortification of Hawaii. This la Ih moat Important point In the Paclflo to fortify In order to conserve th Intereat of thla country. It would be hard to overstate th importance of thla need. Hawaii 1 too heavily taxed. Laws ahould b enaoted let ting ald lor a period of, aay, 20 yeara li 9t rent ef fh Internal renn nd eneta rclpt from Hawaii a special fdnd le ) expended In th llnd for eduratlcnal and puhllo bnlldlns. and for harbor Improve ment and military and naval defense It cannot b Uk often rpatd that our alrn muat ba to davlor th Territory of Hawaii on traditional American line. That territory has nerlnue commercial and Induatrlal prob lem lo reckon with; but no meaaura of relief can b ronrtdnred which looka to levlalatloa admitting Chin and restricting them by "tntut to field labor and dometla snrvtee. Th ertatu of servility can never again be tolerated on American soil. We cannot con cede that lha proper fjolutlon of Ita problem la special legislation admitting to Hawaii cla of laborer denied admlewlon to th othar atate and terrttnrle. There ar obtple, and great obstacle). In Ihe way of building the tariff now Imposed by the DlnrJr bill up a representative American community In the Hawaiian Island; but It I not In th American character to glv up In th fac of difficulty. Many an American commonwealth ha been built up against odd equal to thoes that now confront Hawaii. Porto Klco. I earnestly advocate th adoption nf leg Islatlnn which will explicitly confer Amrl can citizenship on all citizen nf Porto Klco, Thr l. In my Judgment, no excuse for failure lo do this. Tha harbor of Ban Juagt should be dredged and Improved. Th ex pens of th F'deral Court of Porto Rico should be met from tha Federal Treasury, and not from the Porto Rican lrasury. The election In Porto Hlco should tak place vry four vars, and th legislature should meet In session every two year. Th pres ent form of government in Porto Rico, which provide for th appointment by th Presi dent rf the members of the executive coun cil or upper House of the Legislature, hae proved natlsfactory and ha Inspired confi dence In property-owners and investors. I do not deem it advisable at the present time to change thla form in any material feature. Tha problems and needs of the Island are Induatrlal and commercial rather than po litical. Alaska, I earnestly ask that Alaska be given an elective delegate. Some person should be rhnien who can speak with authority of the need of th territory. Th Government hould aid In th construction of a railroad from the Gulf of Alaska to the Yukon Klver, In American territory. In my last two messages I advocated certain additional ac tion on behalf of Alaska. I shall not now repeat those recommendations, but I shall lay all my atres upon the one recommen dation of giving to Alaska some one au thorized to speak for It. I should prefer that the delegate wa mad elective, but If thla Is not deemed wise then make him ap pointive. At any rate, give Alaska some person whose business It shall be to speak with authority on her behalf to the Con gress. The natural resource of Alaska are great. Some of ihe chief need of the pecul iarly energetic, self-reliant, and typically American white population of Alaska were set forth In my last message. I also ear nestly ask your attention to the needs of the Alakan Indian. All Indians who are com petent should receive the full right of American citizenship. It Is, for Instance, a gross and Indefensible wrong to deny to such oaru-working, decent-living Indian a the Metlakahtlas the right to obtain licensee aa captains, pilots and engineers, the right to enter mining claims, and to profit by the homestead law. These particular Indians are civilized, and are competent and en titled to be put on the same baal with the white men round about them. Admission to Statehood. ' I recommend that Indian Territory an4 Oklahoma be admitted as one state and that New Mexico and Arizona be admitted a one state. There Is no obligation upon us to treat territorial subdivisions, which ar mat ter of convenience only, aa binding ua on the question of admission to statehood. Nothing ha taken up more time In the Congress during the past tew year than the question a to the statehood to be granted to the four territories above mentioned, and after careful consideration of all that has jeer, developed In the discussions of the question I recommend that they be Imme diately admitted as two states. There 1 no Justification for further delay; and th ad visability of making the four territories Into two state has been clearly established. Tha Panama Canal. The treaty between the United States and the Republic of Panama, under which the construction of the Panama Canal wa made possible, went into effect with Its ratification by th United Statea Senate on February 23, 1904. The canal properliea of th French Canal Company were transferred to the L nlted States on April 23. 10 04, on payment of $40,000,000 to that company. On April 1. 1U05, the Commission waa reorganized, and It now j consist of Theodore P. Shoot. chairman; Charle E. Magoon, Benjamin M. Harrod, Rear-Admiral Mordecal T. Endicott. Brigadier-General Peter C. Halns, and Cole nel Oswald H. Ernst. John F. Steven waa appointed chief engineer on July 1 last. Active work In canal construction, mainly) preparatory, has been In progress for less than a year and a half. During that period two polnta about the canal have ceased to be open to debate. First, the question of route; the canal will be built on the Isthmus of Panama. Second, the question of feasi bility; there are no physical obstacle on thla route that American engineering skill will not be able to overcome without serious dif ficulty, or that will prevent the completion of the canal within a reasonable time and at a reasonable cost. This la virtually the unanimous testimony of the engineers who have Investigated the matter for the Gov ernment, Necessity of Dispatch. The point which remains unsettled Is tho question of type, whether the canal sha be one of several locks above sea-level, or at sea-level with a single tide lock. On thla point I hope to lay before the Congress at an early day the finding of the advisory titrd of American and European engineers, that at my Invitation have been considering the subject, together with the report of the Commission thereon: and such comments thereon or recommendations In reference thereto a may seem necessary. The American people la pledged to the speediest possible construction of a canal adequate to meet the demands which the commerce of the world will make upon It. and I appeal most earnestly to the Conaxesa to aid in the fulfillment of the pledge. Grat ifying progress has been made during the past year and especially during the past four month. The greater part of the necessary preliminary Work has been done. Actual work of excav.u'rp could be begun only on limited teal-- tin the Canal Zone was made a healthful place to live In and to work In. The isthmus had to be sanitated first. This task has been so thoroughly accomplished that yellow fever has been ' virtually extirpated from the Isthmus and general h?sUn conditions vastly Improved. The same meihod which converted tha island of Cuba from a pest hole, which men aced the health of the world, Into a health ful place of abode, have been applied on the isthmus with ratlsfactory results. There la no reason to doubt that when the plan for water supply, paving, and sewerage of Pan ama a-o.d Colon and the large labor campa have been fn'ly carried out, the Isthmua will be, for the Tropics, an unusually healthy place of abode. The work I so far ad vanced now that the health of all those em ployed In canal work Is aa well guarded as It Is on similar work In this country and elsewhere. What Is needed now and without delay Is an appropriation by the Congresa to meet the current and accruing expenses of the Commission. The first appropriation of $10. 000,000, out of the $135,000,000 authorised by the Spooner act, was mude three years ago. It Is nearly exhausted. There Is bare ly enough of It remaining to carry the Commission to the end of the year. Unless the Congress shall appropriate before that time all work must cease. To arrest prog ress for any length of time now, when mat ters are advancing so satisfactorily, would be deplorable. There will be no money with which to meet pay-roll obligations and none with which to meet bills coming due for materials and supplies; and there will ba demoralization of the forces, here and on the Isthmus, now working so harmoniously and effectively. If there Is delay In grunting an emergency appropriation. Estimates of the amount necessary will be found In the accompanying report of th Secretary of War and the Commission. The Department of State. I recommend more adequate provleilon than ha been made heretofore for the work of the Department of Stute. Within a few yeara there haa been a very greut Increase In the amount and Importance of the work to be done by that department, both In Washing ton and abroad. This ha been caused by the great Increase of our foreign trade, the In crease of wealth among our people, which en able them to travel more generally than heretofore, the Incrjase of American capital which la seeking investment In foreign coun tries, and the growth of our power and weight In the oounclls of th civilized world. There ha been no corresponding Increase of facilities for doing th work afforded to the department having charge of our foreign re lation. THEODORE! ROOSEVELT. Th Wblte House. Dee. 6, 100e.