% Te xt o f Paper Delivered to S8th C i |PJ i A.\ CAUTIONS AGAINST EXTRAVAGANCE Irrig * tion, Fe ra is , Public Lands, Alaska Be- aad Oar b lu tf cove Dae Consideration. The following ia the text of the mea- aare of ident Ko aevelt to tlie 58th congress: I i T o ths S c u t « House of Wapressatatlvsa: Tbs Nation continues to enjoy noteworthy prosper it> Such prosperity Is. of course, pri- martly due to the high Individual a v s r a «e o f our citlseashlp. taken toaether with our «real natural rsaourosa: but an Important factor therein la the workla« of our lon«-O.QOO.OOO worth of animals and animal products to foreign countries every year. In addition to supplying our own peo­ ple more cheaply and abundantly than any other nation Is able to provide for Its peo­ ple. Successful manufacturing depends pri­ m arily on cheap food, which accounts to a considerable extent for our growth in this direction. The Department of Agriculture, by careful Inspection o f meats, guards the health of our people and gives clean bills of health to deserving exports; It Is prepared to deal promptly with Imported diseases of animals, and maintain the excellanca of out flocks and herds In this rsapect. There should be an annual census of ths Uvsstock of the Nation. W e eell abroad about $600.000.000 worth of plants and their products every year, fitren- uous efforts ars being made to Import from foreign countries such gains as are suitable to our varying localities Seven years ago we bought three-fourths of our rice; by help­ ing the rlcegrowers on the Gulf coast to se­ cure seeds from the Orient suited to their conditions, and by givin g them adequate protection, they now supply home demand and export to the tolande o f ths Caribbean Sea and to other rice-growing countries. Wheat and other grains hava been Import­ ed from llght-ralnfsll rountrlee to our lands In the W est and Southwest that have not grown crops because of light preclpltgtton. resulting In an extensive addition to our cropping area and onr home-making terri­ tory that can not be Irlgated. Ten million bushels o f first-class macaroni wheat were grown from these experimental Importations Inst year. Fruits suitable to our soils and climates ars being Imported from nil the countries o f the Old W orld— ths fig from Turkey, the almond from Spain, the date from Algeria, the Mango from India. W e are helping our fruitgrowers to get (heir crops Into European markets by studying methods o f preservation through refrigera­ tion. packing and handling, which hava been quite successful. W s are helping our hop- growers by Important varieties that ripen earlier and later than the kinds they have been raising, thereby lengthening the har­ vesting season. Ths cotton crop o f ths country Is threatened with root rot. ths boll- worm. and the boll weevil Our pathologists wtil find Immune varieties that w ill resist the root disease, sad ths boll worm can he dealt with, hut the bell weevil to a aertnue menace to the «««to n crop. It to a Central American Invert that has become acclimated In Texne and has done great damage. A seien’ let o f the Department o f Agriculture has found ths weevil at home In Oualemala being kept In check by an ant, which has bean brought to our cotton fields f o r ’ ob­ servation. It to hoped that It may serve a good purpose The solla o f ths country are getting atten­ tion from the farmsr'e standpoint, and In­ teresting results are following. W s have duplicates o f ths nolle that grow the wrap- N jir J j par toba cco la Fumatra aad ths filler to­ from ths soil, will ho soally and rapidly ae- bacco la Cabs. It w ill ba only a question of ooaotbla w time whan ths largo amounts pi Second— Tho roservso themsslvo« \ being countries w ill ba paid to our awn psogm, The handled from ths point of view of ths man reclamation o f alkali lauds to . ______ In tho field, thotond of ths man la tho offlco, to give object-lessons to aur people la assth- will ho mors anally aad mors widely useful ods by which worthless lands may ba mail* to the people of ths West than has been ths productive. caas hitherto. Ths Insect M ead s and «am iss o f tho farm ■ Third— Within a comparatively short time or ora getting attention. Ths saamy o f th* ths rsoorvoo will become sair-supportln«. This Ban Joss seals was found near ths Great to Important, because continually aad rapid­ W all o f China, aad to now classing up nil ly Insroaslng appropriations will he neces­ our orchards T h e fig-fertlltolng Insect Im­ sary for the proper ears af this exceedingly ported from Turkey has helped to establish important Intoront of tho Nation, ond thay an Industry la California that amounts ts can and should bo offset by returns from ths frosa 50 to 100 ton« o f drtod figs onaaalb Notional forests Under similar circum­ ond to oxtoadlng ovor tho Poclflc Coast. A stances ths forest possessions of other groat parasitic, fiy from South A fr ic a to keqgtn* notions form an Important source of revenue la subjection tho black oealo. the worst poi-i to thslr government« of the orange and lemon Industry la Can Every administrative officer concerned to fora la. . Careful preliminary work to being don* convinced of tho necessity for ths proposed towards producing our own silk. Ths mul­ consolidation of forest work In ths Depart­ berry to being distributed In large number* ment of Agriculture, and I myaslf have urged eggs are being Imported and distributed, tm It mors then ones In former messages. Again proved reels wars Imported from Europe I commend It to the anrly ond fevorobto con­ last year, and two export rasters wen sideration of tho Congress. Ths Interests of brought to Washington to reel the crop of the Nation at largo and of t n West In par­ cocoons aad teach the art to our own pao ticular have suffered greatly because of ths delay. pto. I call ths attention of ths Congress again The cro-reporting system o f the Depart to tho report and recommendation of ths Com­ moot of Agricwlturs to being brought oloari mission on tho Public to accuracy every year. It has 230,000 re­ Pub lie f ends L a n d « forwarded by porters selected from People In eight Toes ms to tho second ses­ Ilona In Ilfs. It has arrangements with sion o f tbe present congress. Ths Commission moat European countries for T*lfihg of estim ate« so that our people may know has prosecuted Its Investigations actively dur­ as nearly as possible with what they m ux ing ths past season, and a second report Is now la an advanced stags of preparation. compete During ths H i years that have elapse.1 Ths progress of ths Indiana toward civilian sines ths passage o f ths reclamation act Hon. though not rapid, to parhnps all that rapid progress has bean mads In th s sur­ could bo hoped for. In view of the circum­ veys and examinations o f ths opportunities stance« WUhln the past year many trlbsn for reclamation In the IS states and thrsr have shown. In a degree greater than ever territories o f the arid West. Construction before, an appreciation has already boon be In d ia n « of tho necsesily of Irrigation. gun on tho largsaf ami work. This changed at­ most Important o f the titude to In part duo to tho policy recently Irrigation w o rk « and plans are being com pursued of reducing the amount of subsist­ pleted for works qgilch w ill utilise ths funds ence to the Indians, and thus forcing them, now available. The operations are being through sheer necessity, to work for a liveli­ carried on by the Reclamation Service, s hood. Ths policy, though severs. Is a useful corps of engineers selected through com peti­ ons. but It to to bo exercised only with Judg­ tive civil-service exam ination« This corps ment and with a full understanding of ths Includes experienced consulting and con­ conditions which exist In each community for structing engineers aa well as yartowg ex­ which It Is Intended. On or near ths Indian perts In mechanical and legal m a tte r« aad reservations there to usually very little to composed largely of man who have spent mand for labor, and tf ths Indians ars to most of thslr lives In practical affairs con earn their living and when work cannot be lected with Irrigation. The larger problems furntohed from outside (which to always prsf hava been solved, and It now remains to ersble) then It must be furnished by ths Gov Practical Instruction of this kind exscuts with ears, economy, and thorough­ eminent. ness ths work which has been told out. All would In a fow yean result In ths forming Important details are being carefully eon of habits of regular Industry, which would aldered by boards of consulting engineers render the Indian a producer and would effect great reduction In the coot of hto main selected for thslr thorough knowledge and s tenaace. practical experience. Each project to taken In the Poatolfico Deportment ths service up on the ground by competent men and viewed from the standpoint of ths creation has Increased In efficiency, and conditions of prosperous hom e« and of promptly refund­ as to revenue and expenditure continue sat­ Ths Increase o f revenue during ing to the Treasury ths cost o f construction isfactory. Ths reclamation net has been found to be ths year was $9.358,1S1.10. or fill per cent, remarkably complete and effective, and to ths total receipts amounting to $143.1182.- $132.302.- broad In Its provisions that n wlda range of 624.34. Ths expenditures wars undertakings has been possible under It. At 116.70, an Increase o f about • per cent over ths previous year, being thus $8.979.492.3« ths same time, economy 1s guaranteed by ths fact that funds must ultim ately ba re­ In excess of ths current revenue. Included In those expenditures was a total appropri turned to be used over again. I t to the cardinal principle of the foroat- atlon o f $12.856,637.33 for the continuation and extension o f ths rural frss-dsllvsry reserve policy o f this Administration that tbs rvservei are for service, which was an Increase o f $4,902. 237.35 over 'the amount expended for Forests. usa. W hatever Inter this purpose In the fares with the usa of Faatal fiee r ie«. preceding fiscal year. thslr resources to to bo avoided by ovary L arge as this expendi­ possible means. But these resources mast ture haa been the beneficent results attained be used In such a way as to tanks them In extending ths free distribution of malls permanent. Ths foresf policy o f the Government to to ths residents o f rural districts have Just now a subject o f vivid public Interest Justified the wisdom o f ths outlay. Statis­ throughout ths West and to ths people of tics brought down to October 1, 1904. show the United States In general. The forest re­ that on that data there were 27,138 rural approximately serves themaslvsa are of extrema value to routes established, serving ths present ns well as to the future welfare 12.000,000 of people In rural districts re­ of all the Western public-land states They mote from poatolfices, and that th*re wars powerfully affect the use and disposal of pending nt that time 3859 petitions for ths the public lan d « They are o f special Im­ establishment of new rural routes. Unques­ portance because they preserve the water tionably some part of ths general Increase In supply and the supply of timber fqi; domestic receipts to due to the Increased postal f a ­ purposes and so promote settlement under cilities which ths rural service has afforded the reclamation act. Indeed, tbey are es­ The revenues have also been aided greatly sential to the w elfare of every one o f the by amendments In the classification of mall matter, and the curtailment o f abuses of great Interest o f th e, West. Forest reserves are’ created for two prin­ ths second-class mailing privilege. Ths aver­ cipal purposes. Ths first to to preserve the age Increase In the volume of m oil matter water supply. This to thslr most Important for the period beginning with 1902 and end­ use. The principal users o f the water thus ing June. 1903 (th at portion for 1905 being preserved are Irrigation ranchers and set­ estimated), to 40.47 ner cent, as compared tlers, cities and towns to whom thslr mu­ with 23.$6 per cent for the period Immedi­ nicipal water supplies ars of the very first ately preceding, and 13.92 for the four-year Importance, users and furnishers o f water period Immediately preceding that. The growing Importance o f the Orient as a power, and ths users o f water for domaatle. manufacturing, mining, and other purposes. field for Am erican exports drew from my A ll these ora directly dependent upon ths predecessor. President McKinley, an urgent request for Its special forest reserve« consideration by ths Ths second reason for which forest re­ Congress In hto msa- serve. ore created to to preserve the llmbee o f 1898 he stated: supply for various classes o f wood users "In this relation, ns showing the peculiar Among tho more Important o f these are set­ tlers under the reclamation act and other volume and value o f our trade with China favorable conditions acto, for whom a cheap and acdeaalbl* sup­ and the peculiarly ply of timber for domestic uses to absolutely which exist for thslr expansion In the necessary; miners and prospector« who ors normal course o f trade. I refer to tho In serious danger of loetng their timber sup­ communication addressed to the Speaker of ply by firs or through export by lumber com­ the House of Representatives by ths Secre­ panies when timber lands adjacent to their tary o f the Treasury on the 14th of Inst mines pass Into private ownership; lumber­ June, with Its accompanying' letter of the men. transportation companies, builder« end Secretary o f State, recommending an appro­ priation fo r a commission to study the In­ commercial Interests In general. Although tbe wisdom of creating forest re­ dustrial and Comlherclnh conditions In the serves Is nearly everywhere heartily recog­ Chinese Empire u id to report ns to the op- nised, yet In a few localities there have been portunltles for anti ths obstacles to the en- misunderstanding and complaint. The fol­ iargement of markets In Chine f i r the rh% products and manufactures "of the United lowing statement to therefore desirable: The forest-reeerve policy can be successful S ta te « Action was not taken thereon dur­ only when It has the full support of the peo­ ing the lost session. I cordially urge that ple of the West. It cannot safely and should the recommendation receive a t your hands not In any case, be Imposed upon them the consideration which Its Importance and , against tbelr will. But neither can we ac­ timeliness m erit.” In his annual message o f 1899 he again cept the views o f those whose only Interest in the forest is temporary; who are anxious called attention to this recommendation, to reap what they have not sown end then quoting It, and stated further: ” 1 now renew this recommendation, ns the move away, leaving desolation behind them. On the contrary. It to everywhere and always Importance of the subject has steadily grown the Interest of ths permanent settler end sines It was first submitted to you. and no the permanent business man. ths msn with a time should be lost In studying for ourselves stake In ths country, which must be con­ ths resources of this great field for American trade and enterprlm.” sidered. and which must decide. Ths Importance o f securing proper In­ The making of forest reserves within rail­ formation and data with a view to the road and wagon-road land-grant limits will hereafter, as for the past three years, be so enlargement o f our trade with Asia to undl- managed as to prevent the issue, under the mlnlshed. Our Consular representatives Iq act of June 4, 1897. o f base for exchange or China have strongly urged n place for per­ lieu selection (usually called scrip). In all manent display of American products In cases where forest reserves within areas sbme prominent trade center of that em ­ covered by land grants appear to be essea- pire. under Government control and man­ tlal to the prosperity o f settlers, miners, or agement, as an effective means of advanc­ others, the Government lands within such ing our export trade therein. I call the at­ proposed forest reserves will, as In the recent tention o f the Congress to the desirability past, be withdrawn from sale or tntry pend­ bf carrying out these suggestions. ing the completion o f such negotiations with Alaska, like «11 our territorial acquisitions, the owners o f the land grants as will prevent has proved resourceful heyond the expecta­ the creation o f so-called scrip. tions of those who made the Durchaee. It It was form erly the custom to make forest has become the home of many hardy. In­ reserves without first getting definite and dustrious, and thrifty detailed Information an to the character of Alaska. American c i t i z e n * land and timber within their boundaries. This Towns of n permanent method of action often resulted In badly character have been built. The extent o f It* chosen boundaries and consequent Injustice wealth In m in era l« timber, fisheries, and to settlers and others« Therefore this Ad­ agriculture, while great. Is probably not ministration adopted the present method of comprehended yet In any Just measure by first withdrawing the land from disposal, our people. W e do know, however, that from followed by careful examination on the a very small beginning Ita products have ground and the preparation o f detailed maps grown until they ars a steady and material and descriptions, before any forest reservtf contribution to the wealth of the Nation. to created. Owing to the Immensity of Alaska and Its I have repeatedly called attention to the location In the fa r north. It to a difficult confusion which exists In Government forest m atter to provide many things essential to matters because the work to scattered im on i Its growth and to the happlneea and com­ three Independent organisations. Ths United fort of Ita people by private enterprise alone. States Is ths only one o f the great nation* It should, therefore, receive reaeonable eld In which the foreat work o f the Oovernmenh from ths Government. The Government has Is not concentrated under one department. already done excellent work for Alaska In consonance with the plainest dictates of In laying cables end building telegraph tines. good administration end common sense. The This work has been done In the most eco­ present arrangement is bad from every point nomical and efficient way by ths 8lgnal of view. Merely to mention It Is to prove Corps o f ths Army. that It should be terminated at ones. As I In some respects tt has outgrown Its pres­ have repeatedly recommended, all ths forest ent la w « while In others those laws have work of tbe Government should be concen­ been found to be Inadequate. In order to trated In the Department of Agriculture, obtain Information upon which I could rely where the larger part of that work to already I caused an official of the Department of done, where practically all o f the trained Justice, In whose Judgment I have con­ foresters o f the Government are employed, fidence. to vlelt Alaska during the past Bum- where chiefly In Washington tbers is com­ prehensive flrst-hand knowledge of Ihe prob­ mar for ths purpose o f ascertaining how to administered there end what* lems o f tho reserves acquired on the ground, government legislation is actually needed at present. A where nil problems relating to grostih from statement of the conditions found to exist, tho soil ora already gathered, and where all together with some recommendations and ths the sciences auxiliary to forestry are at hand reasons therefor. In which I strongly con­ for prompt and effective co-operation. These cur w ill be fopnd In the annual report of reasons are decisive In themselves, but It the' Attorney-Gensral. In some Instances I should be added that the great organizations feel that the legislation suggested to so of citizens whose Interests are affected by the im peratively needed that I am moved briefly forest reserves, such as ths National Llve- lo emphasise the Attorney-General’s pro­ itock Association, the National Woolgrowers- Association, the American Mining Congress, posals. Under the code of Alaska as It now stands ths National Irrigation Congress, and the powers and "National Board of Trade, have uniformly, m anr purely adm inistrative emphatically,<»gnd most of them repeatedly, duties. Including by far ths most Ira- portent. devolve upon the District Judges or expressed themselves In favor of placing all Government forest work In ths Depart, upon ths Clerks of the District Court acting ment of Agriculture because of ths peculiar under the direction o f the Judge« while the adaptation of that Department for It. It Qovarnor. upon whom these powers end du­ to true. also, that the forest services of ties ahould logically fall, has nothing spe­ nearly all ths great nations of ths world ars cific to do except to make annual rep ort« under ths respective departments of agricul­ tosue Thankgiving d « r proclam ation« and ture. while If»' hut two of the smaller na­ appoint Indian policemen and notaries pub­ I believe It essential to good govern­ tions and In one colony ars they under ths lic department of the Interior. This Is the ment In A ta s k « and therefor« recommend, that ths Congress divest ths District Judges result of long and varied experience and It agrees fully with ths requirements of good and etorks of thalr courts of ths adminis­ trative or sxsrullre functions that they now administration In our own cnee Ths creation o f n forest service 1« the De- exercise and cast them upon ths Oovsrnor. psrtment o f Agriculture will have for Its This would n ot be an Innovation; It would Am ply conform the government of Alaska Important results; First— A better handling of all forest work, to fundamental principles, making ths Gov­ because It Will be under a single head, and ernorship a real Instead o f t merely nominal because the vast and Indispensable experi­ o fllr « and leaving ths Judges free to « I ts ence of the Deportment In all matters per­ thslr antlrs attention to thslr Judlalnl duties taining to tho forest reserve« to forestry In and at the same time removing tbsm from general, and to other forms o f production a great deal of ths strife that aaw sm - 1 States o f had Invttad foreign aggression to- barrasses tho Judicial ofiles la A la sk a I also recommend that ths salaries o f the ths detriment o f tho entire body of AmerU' It to n mar* truism to say District Judges and District Attorneys la can nation« Alaska be Increased go Xs to^make them that ovary nation, whathar In Amortch or equal la those received by corresponding of­ nnywhars a la « which desires t* maintain. ficers tn thé United Staten after deducting t u freedom. Its Independent-« must ulti­ ths difference In ths cost of living; that Iho m ately roallns that th* right o f suoh Inde­ District Attorneys should bo prohibited from pendence oannot ba aaparated from tha re­ engaging la private practice; that United sponsibility of making good use of U. States Commissioners ba appointed by ths i Ths strong arm o f the Government In en­ Governor of tho territory Instead o f by ths forcing respect for Its Just rights In Intar- District Ju d gs« aad that a fixed salary bs national matters to ths Navy o f th* bolted provided for thsiq to take the plaça of ths S ta te « I moat ’ garnsatly recommend that discredited ” ffs system." which ahould ba thora be no halt In tha abolished la all ofilcss; that a mounted con­ Tha Navy. work of upbulidlog tbo American Navy. There stabulary bs created to police ths territory outside ths limits 6f Incorporated tew ne- - s to no more patriotic duty before ua aa a . vast section now wholly without police pro­ people than to keep ths Navy adequate to tection; aad that some provision ba mads tbs needs of this country’s position. W s have to at least lessen the oppressive delays and undertaken to build the Isthmian Canal. Ws costs that now attend ths prosecution of ap­ have undertaken to scour* for ourselves our share In ths trada of tbs Orient. W s- peals from ths Dlstrlot Court o f A laska Just ,iaVe undertaken to protoot our cilia*aa from There should bs a division of ths existing Improper treatment In foreign lan d « W s Judicial d is tric t« aad aa Increase In lhe continue steadily td Insist on tha application, number o f Judge« of ths Monroe Doctrlns to ths Western Alaska should hava a Dslsgats In’,ths ■Con­ Hemisphere. Unless our attitude 1« these g re s « Where possible, the Congress should and ell similar matters to to bs n mara old In ths construetlon of needed wagon boastful sham ws can not afford to aban­ ro a d « Additional lighthouses should be pro­ don our naval programme. Onr votes to now vided. Ia my judgment. It to especially Im­ potent for peace, and ts so potent because w e ­ portant to aid In such manner as seems just ars not afraid of war. But our protestations behalf of peace would neither receive and feaalbto In ths construction o f a trunk upon nor desert* th* slightest attention If wa- line o f railway to connect ths Oulf of Alaska wars Impotent to mnks them good. with ths Tukon R iver through American ter­ W ithin ths last three years th* United* ritory. This would bs most beneficial to ths development o f ths resources of the territory, States has n t an example la disarmament disarmament was propery. By and to ths comfort and wslfara o f Its people. whsra ' Salmon hatcheries should bs established In law our Arm y to fixed a t a maximum of 100,000 and a mlnl- many différant strea m « so as to secure ths The Arm y. mum of 60.000 men. preservation of this valuable food fish. Bal- Whan there was In­ on fisheries and canneries should bs pro- surrection In tha Philippines wa kept tha- blldd on certain of the rivers where ths mass of those Indians dwell who live almost Arm y at the maximum. Peace came In the th lllp p ln e« and now oun Arm y has been exclusively on fish. reduced to tpe minimum at which It to pos­ Ths Alaskan natives ars kindly. Intelli­ sible to keep It with due regard to Its effi­ gent. anxious to learn, and willing to work. ciency. Ths guns now mounted require 28.- Those who have come under the Influence 000 men. If ths coast fortifications are to ba of civilisation, even for n limited period, adequately manned. Relatively to ths Na­ have proved thslr capability of becoming tion. it to not now so large as the police self-supporting, self-respecting c ltls e n « and fores of New York or Chicago relatively to nek only for the Just enforcement of law the population o f either elty. W s need mors and Intelligent Instruction and supervision. officers , (bars nrs not enough to psform Others living In mors remote reg io n « prim ­ ths regular Army work. It Is very Important itive. simple hunters and fisher folk, who that ths officers of ths Army should bs ac­ know only ths Ilfs of tbs woods aad t t e customed to handle thslr msn In m esas« w a te r« are dally being confronted with 20th- as It to also Important that tha National. csnlury civilisation, with nil o f Its complexl- Guard o f tha several states should bs ac­ tlsa Thslr country to being overrun by customed to actual Bald maneuvering, es­ stran ger« the gams slaughtered and driven pecially In connection with the regu lar« For away, ths streams depleted o f fish, and this rs«aoa ws are to bs congratulated upon hitherto unknown and fatal diseases brought tho success of ths field maneuvers at Man­ to them, all of which combine to produce a assas last Fall, maneuvers In which n larg­ stats o f abject poverty and wqqt which must er number of regulars and National Guard result In thalr estlnctloa. Action In thslr took part than was ever before assembled Interest to demanded by every considération together In tlms of peace. No other civil­ , of Justice and humanity. ised Nation h e « relatively to Its population, such a diminutive Army as oqra; and whlla Ths needs o f these people are: Ths abolition o f (he prsssnt fsa system, th* Arm y to so small wa are not to bs ex­ whereby ths «s tiv e Is degraded. Imposed cused If we fall to keep It nt a very high grade o f proficiency. It must bs Incessantly upon, and taught the Injustice of tow. Ths establishment o f hospitals at central practlcsd; ths standard for tbs enlisted men. p o in t« no that contagious diseases that are should bs kept very high, while at ths same brought to them continually by Incoming ttma ths service ahould bo mads as attrac­ whites may be localised and not allowed to tive as possible^ and ths standard fo r tha become epidemic, to spread death and desti­ officers should ba kept even higher— which, aa'regards tha upper ra n k « ean bast ba dona tution over grant a re a « by Introducing some system o f selection and Ths davslopmsnt of ths educational system rejection Into tho prom otion« W s should ba- In ths form of practical training In such ablo, la ths event of some suddaa emerg­ Industries as w ill. assure ths Indians self- ency, to put Into ths field one first-class support under the changed conditions In Arm y c o rp « which should bs. as a whole, at which they w ill have to live. least the equal of any body of troops of Ilka Ths duties o f the office o f ths Governor number belonging to any bthsr nation. ehould be extended to Include the supervi­ In ths Philippine Islands there has been sion of Indian affaira, with necessary assist­ during ths past year a continuation of tho ants In different d is tric t« Ha should be steady progress which has obtained aver provided with ths means and the power to sines our troops definitely got ths upper protect and advise ths native people, to fur­ hand of ths Insurgent« Ths Philippine peo­ nish medical treatment tn tlms of epidem­ ple. or, lo spank morn i c « and to extend m ateriel relief In periods n o Philippine« accurately, ths many of fnmlns and extrema destitution. l.'.bes. and even r a c e « T h * Alaskan natives should be given ths sundered from one another more or less right to acquire, hold, and dispose of prop­ sharply, who go to make up the people o f erty upon ths same conditions ns given other thb Philippine Isla n d « contain many ale- inhabitants; and ths privilege of cltlaenshlp m ints of good, and some slamsnta which w a should ba given to have a right to hope stand for progress. A t » H r awaii . _ . i i and I Porto .,,,.,, such ns may be d