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About Weekly Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1900-1924 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 5, 1902)
THE-: MESSAGE- President Roosevelt Sends to congress ills Rec ommendations and Statement Condition-It Is One lie Treats! of the Trusts and Savs Thev Mast opit n. Separates tbe Tariff f red the n.M.utuaj a ucpfinacni or ui muur acq lazmai. I (From .Wednesday' Dally.) To the Senate and House of Repre- sen tat Ives; - . - T -We1 StlU continue In a period of un bounded prosperity. This prosperity is not the creature Of law, but undoubted- ly the la ws under'whlch we work have . bet7 Instrumental In creatine the con dltlons which made It possible, and by unwise legislation It would be easy enough to destroy It. There will un doubtedly be' periods of depression. The wave will recede; but the tide will advances This Nation. Is seated on a continent flanked by two great oceans. Jt is compojM.il of men the descendants of pioneers,! or, : in a sense, pioneers themselves; iof men winnowed out from among the nations of the Old World by th; energy, boldness, and Jove of adventure found in their own eager hearts. Such a nation, so placed, will surely wrest success from fortune. As a people we have played a large part 1 n ' the world, and we are bent upon making our future even larger than the past. In . particular, . the events of the last four years have def initely decided that, for woe or for weal, our place must be great among the nations. J We may either fall great ly or succeed greatly; but we cannot avoid the endeavor from ;whlch either great failure or great success must come. , j.ven u we wouia, we cannot play a small part. If We should try; all that would follow would be that we should play a large part Ignobly and shamefully. The Gospel of .flope. But our people, the sons of the- men of the Civil (War, the sons of the men who had Iron in their blood." rejoice in the present land face the future high of heart and resolute of wIlL Ours. Is - not the creed of the weakling and the coward; ours is the gospel of hope and of triumphant endeavpr. We dd not shrink' from the struggle before . us. ' Thore are many problems for us to face at the outset of the twentieth cen tury grave problems abroad and still graver at home; but we know that we can solve them and solve, them well, provided only that we bring to the so lution the qualitlesof head "and heart which were i shown ; by. the, .men.who.. In the days of Washington, founded this Government, and. Iff the days of Lincoln, preserved tt. ' The Country Prosperous. No country has ever occupied a high er plane of; material well-being than ours at tho-present moment. This well being is due fo no sudden or accidental causes, but to the play of the economic forces In this country for over a cen tury; to our laws, our sustained arid continued policies; ? above all, to r the high individual average of our citizen ship. Great fortunes have- been fwon by , those who have taken the lead In this" phenomenal Industrial develop ment, and most of these fortunes have , been won not by?dolng evlli but as an Incident to action whlchthas benefited the community as a whole..- Never be-e fore has material well-being beenrrso widely diffused among our people. Great fortunes have been accumulated, and yet In the aggregate these fortunes are small Indeed when compared to the .... rtt Ih, nonnlff am a whole. The plain peopl are better off than they have ever been before The insurance companies, which are practically mu tual benefit! societies especially help ful to men of moderate means repre sent accumulations of capital which are among the iargesj in thls country. There are more deposits In the savings banks, more owners of farms, more well-paid wage-workers In this country now than ever before In our history. Of course.- when the conditions have favored the! growth of so much that was good, they have also favored some what the growth of what was evil- It Is eminently necessary that we should 1 endeavor to cut out this evil, but let us keep a due sense of proportion; let us hot In fixing our gaze upon the lesser evil forget the greater good. The evils ' are real and some of them are menac ing, but they are the outgrowth, not of misery or decadence," of. prosperity -of the progress ofour gigantic In dustrial development. This industrial development must not be checked, out side by side with s It shou d go such progressive regulation as will diminish the evUs. We should fall in if we did not try to-rernedy the evil -Koii .,i,.ed only If we proceed patiently, with practical common sense as well asiresolutloiv aeparatlngthe good from the bad and holding on to the former 1 while endeavoring to. get rid of the latter. - Regulate the Trusts. v ' In my Message to the Pff8"1,0": gres. at its first session I : length the question of the r those big corporations commonly doing an Interstate business, often with some tendency to monopoly, which are pop ularly known as trusts, ' Tn"fT once cf the. past year 'JfPJ In my opinion, the desirability 0 T the steps I then proposed. A f ""amenta! requisite of social efficiency Is a high standard of individual energy and ex cellence; but this Is In no wise Incon sistent -with power to act in combin ation for alms which cannot so ell oe - achieved by . the Individual , alone. A fundamental base . of -civilization is ! the inviolability ot property; ' hat this Is In no w se In consistent; with the right of ocltr regulate the exercise of the tIflclai powers which It confers upon the awry ers of property, under the name or cor porate franchises, In such ft way as j to prevent the misuse of these powers. Corporations, and especially comblna- -tlcns of corporations, should be aged under-public regulation. Expe rience has shown that under our sys tem of government the necessary '"P'f vision cannot be obtained by atate ac mmi BE :NAH0N of the Ablest of State Great Capitalistic Conblnatlons, commerce, act! Speaks of Rela- tion. It must therefore be achieved by national action. Our aim Is not to doH away with corporations: on! the con incse Dig aggregations are an inevitable development of modern In dustrialism, and the effort to destroy mem ? wouia be futile : unless accom plished in Ways that would , work , the utmost mischief- to the entire body pontic, we can do nothing of good in the way of regulating and supervis ing these corporations until, we fix clearly in our minds that we are not attacking the corporations, but endeav oring tojdo away with any evil In them. We are not Jiostlle. to them; we are meiJj-tsW&d that they shall be so -nanaied as to subserve the public gooq. we draw the line against mis conduct, not against wealth. The cap italist who, alone or ! in conjunction wlthihls fellows, performs some great Industrial feat by which he wins money is a welldoer, not a wrongdoer, provide ed only he works in proper and legiti mate imes. . we wisn to Tavor such a man when he does well. We wish' to supervise and control his actions only to prevent him from doing ill. Public ity can do no harm to the honest cor poration; and we need not be over tender about sparing the dishonest cor poration. Do Not Strike Down Wealth. Injcufbing and regulating the com binations of capital which are or may become Injurious to the public we must be careful not to stop the great enter prises hieh have legitimately reduced the costj of-production, not to abandon the plaee which our country has won in the leadership of he international Industrial world, not to strike down wealth with the result of closing fac tories nhd mines, of turning ths wage worker le in'the streets and leaving the farrner without a market for what he grow. ; Insistence upon the imposel ble meahs delay In achieving th possi ble, exactly as, on the other hand, the rtubbor i defense alike of what, is food and what is bad in the existing sys tem. th resolute effort to obstruct any attempt at betterment, betrays blind ness to the historic truth that wise ev olution Is the sure safeguard against revolutl n. - " 1 Congress Has.Powsr. j.jNo more important subject can come beforeL Congress than this of the reg ulation of interstate business. This country cannot afford to sit supine on the plea that under our peculiar system of government we are helpless in the presence of "the new conditions, and unable to grapple with them or to cut out wha tever of evil has arisen in con nection with them. The power of the Congress to regulate Interstate com merce b an absolute and : unqualified grant, and without limitations othar than those prescribed by the Constitu tion. The Congress has constitutional authority to make all laws necessary and ' proper for executing this power. And I am satisfied that this powerhas not been exhausted ;by any legislation now on the statute books. It Is evident", therefore, that evils restrictive of com mercial freedom an8entalllng restraint upon national commerce fall witi:n the regulative power of the Congress, and that a wise and l reasonable law would be a necessary "and proper ex ercise of Congressional authority to the dd that such evils,' should be eradi cated.; " ' ' ' V ' --r I believe that monopolies unjust dis criminations, which prevent or cripple competition, fraudulent overcapitalisa tion, and other evils In tipist organisa tions and practices which Injuriously affect interstate trade can be prevent ed under the power of the Congress to "regulate commerce with foreign -nations and Lamong the! several states through regulations and requirements operating directly -upon such com merce. the Instrumentalities thereof, and those engaged therein. . & 1 earnestly recommend this subject to the consideration of tne uongresB with a view to the passage of a law reasonable In Its provisions and nJ tlve In Its operations, upan which the questions can be finally adjudicated that now raise doubts as to the neces sity of constitutional amendment. If it prove impossible to accomplish-tne purposes above set forth by such & law. then," assuredly, we should not shrink from amending the Constitution ro as to secure beyond peradventure the power sought. .l'- The Congress has not heretofore made any appropriation tor tb enforctnent of the antitrust law as tt NURSING MOTHERS, ; A mother's poor health is bad enough for the mother but worse still lor mei nursing baby. Mothers find Scott's. Emul sion a nourishing and strengthening food. If the breast milk is scanty or thin Scott's EmulsionAvIll make it rich and more abundant. When mothers take Scott's Emulsion the babies ; share in the benefits. Thin babies grow fat Weak babies get strong. WH r lrttl o try. II yo . "WEEKLY OREGON STATESMAN, Eczema nP TCTTCD i VII U til xoany varietie . of that tor menting disease called Eczema. It slum ber through the summer and breaks wui winter. The bead, feet and hands are the parts most often attacked, thoagh u sometunes appears on other parts of the bodr, the skin harden, cracks open and bleeds, while the itching and burning is at times almost unbearable. Scratching only mates it worse, sores and scabs forming where the skin is broken. In this form of Eczema brownish white crusts sometunes form which scale off SKIM CRACKS n . fine particles. -. leavingtbefckinraw AND BLEEDS and inflamed. It is , specially painful and severe when con fined to the hands, which often become so badly affected that the sufferer is unable to perform the lightest work. This, like all other types of Eczema, is due to acid poisons in the blood and not to local causes. The trouble is more' than skia deep, and washes, soaps, powders and salves nor anything else applied to the surface can possibly do more than soothe the burning and itching or relieve tempo rarily the inflammation and pain. It is the acids thrown off by the blood and which are forcing their way through the torea that eatK4 thi slrin tr tmnUn crack and bleed, and produce the irriu tion and soreness. S. S. S. neutralizes these acid poisons aud cleanses the blood of all irritating sub stances and humors and does it promptly and effectually. S. S. S. purifies and invigorates the thla acid blood, and builds up the entire sys tem; then the unsightly eruption and sores heal, the skin becomes smooth and soft, and all signs Of the Eczema disappear. Our special book on Skin Diseases free. The Swift Specific Co., Atlanta, 6a. . now stands. Very much has been dune by the Department of Justice In secur ing the enforcement of this law. but much mnre roulil be rinne . lr Cnnrrt would make a special appropriation for this purpose, to be. expended under the direction of the Attorney -'General. Tariff Question Separate. j One proposition advocated has been the reduction of the tariff as a means cf reaching the evils of the trusts which fall within the category I have described. Not merely would this be wholly Ineffective, but the diversion of our efforts in such a direction would mean the abandonment of all Intelli gent attempt to do away with these evils. Many of the largest corporation. many of -those which should certainly be included In any proper scheme of regulation, would not be sffected In the slightest degree by a charge in the tariff, save as such change Interfered with the general prosperity of the country. The only relation of the tar. iff to big corporations as a whole Is that the tariff makes manufactures profitable .and the tariff remedy pro posed .would be In effect simply to make manufactures unprofitable., To remove the tariff a a punitive measure directed against trusts would. Inevit ably result in ruin. to the weaker com petitors who are struggling, against them. Our aim should be not by un wise tariff changes to give foreign pro ducts the advantage over, domestic products, but by proper regulation to give domestic competition a fair chance; and this end cannot be reached by any tariff changes which would af fect unfavorably all domestic compet itors, good and bad all Ice. The question of regulation ot the trusts stands apart from the question of tariff revisions Protective Principle Right. Stability of economic policy must always be the prime economic need of this country. This stability snouia ni be fosslltzatlon. The country has ac quiesced In the wisdom of the protec tive-tariff principle. It is exceedingly undesirable that this system should be destroyed or that thei;e should be vlo lent and radical changes therein. Our past experience shows that great pros perity In thiseountry has always come under a protective tariff; and that the country can"0 proPer under fitful tariff changes at short intervals-. Moreover. If the tariff laws as a whole work well, and if buslnea nas prosper ed under them and Is prospering. It Is better to endure for a time sllgnt in conveniences and Inequalities in some schedules than to upset business by too quick and too radical changes. It Is most earnestly to be wished that we could treat the tariff from the stand- niint aolelv of our business neeas. n Is. perhaps, too much to hope that part nership may be entirely excaea consideration of the subject, but at least it can be made secondary to the business interests of the country that In. to the interests of our people as a whole. Unquestionably these business interests will best be served If together flltv of orincipie as regaras me tariff we combine a system which will n.rmif u from time to time to make the necessary reappllcation of the prin ciple to the shifting national needs. We must take scrupulous care that the reappllcation shall be made In such a way that it will not amount to a dls watton of our system, the mere threat of which not to speak of the perform ance) would produce paralysis in me hiiainess energies of the community. Tlye first consideration In making these changes would, of course, be to pre serve the principle which underlies our tt-hnl tariff system that I, tne prin ciple of putting. American business In terests at least on a iuh equamj wim Interests abroad, and of always allow ing a sufficient rate of. duty to more than cover tne ainerence iwiern labor cost here and abroad- The well being of the wage-worker, like the well being of the tiner or tne soil, should be treated as an , essefitlal In shaping our whole economic pouey. There must never be any change which will Jeopardise the standard of comfort, the statfdard of wages of the American wage-worker. For Reciprocity. rw wa In which the readjustment sought can be reached Js by reciprocity treaties. It W greatly to oe onr that such treaties may be adopted. They can he used to widen our markets and to give a greater field for the: ac Uvtties of our producers on the one - the- other band- to v secure In practical shape the towering oi auu when they are no nsrr .nmjni protection among our own people, or when the minimum of damage done may be disregarded for the sake of the maximum of pood accomplished,,. If It prove impossible to ratify the pending Winter FRIDAY. DECEMBER 5. 1902. treaties, and If there seem to be no Warrant, for the endeavor to execute others, or to amend the pending treaties so that they can b ratified, then the same end to secure reciprocity- should be met by direct legislation, ' A Commission of Experts. t Wherever the tariff conditions are such that a needed change can not with advantage be made by the application of the reciprocity Idea, then it can be made outright by & lowering of duties on a given product. If possible such change should be made only after the fullest consideration by practical ex perts, who should approach the subject from a business standpoint, having in view both the particular Interests af fected and the commercial well-being of the people as a whole. The machin ery for provtdingNsuch careful Investi gation can readily be supplied. The executive department has already at Its disposal methods of collecting facts and figures; and If the Congress de sires additional consideration to .that which will be given the subject by Its own committees, then a commission of business experts can be appointed whose duty It should be to recommend action by the Congress after a deliber ate end scientific examination of the various schedules as they are affected by the changed and changing condi tions. The unhurried and unbiased re port of this commission would show what changes should be made In the ! various schedules, and how far these - ft-fcanges could go without also chang-' Ing the great prosperity wWch this country is now enjoying, or upsetting Its fixed economic policy. , The cases in which the tariff can produce a monopoly are so few as to ' comititufe an considerable factor In ' the question; but of course If In any I rase it be found that a given rate ofl fluty does promote a monopoly which works ill, no protectionist would ob ject to such reduction of the duty as woui;j equalize competition. Take Off this Tariff. In my. Judgment, the, tariff on anthracite coal should be removed, and anthracite put actually, where It now is nominally, on the free list. This VOUl J have no effect at all save In crises; but In crises It might be of rerviee to the people. ' More Bsnk Currency, Interest rates are a potent factor!: In bufline activity, and in order that these rates may be equalized to meet the varying need of the seasons and of widely separated communities, .'and to prevent the recurrence of - financial stringencies which injuriously affect legitimate business, it ls necessary that there should be an element of elasticity in our monetary system. Banks are the natural servants of commerce, and upon them should be placed, as far as practicable, the burden of furnishing and rmrinfcjjning a circulation adequate to supply the needs of our diversified Industries and of our domestic and for-, elgn commerce; and the issue of -this should be so regulated that a sufficient supply should be always available for the business Interests of the country. 4 It would be both unwise and, un necessary at this time to attempt to reconstruct our financial system, which has been the growth of a century; but S.rne additional legislation Is, I think, desirable. The mere outline of any -plan sufficiently comprehensive to meet t)iese "requirements would transgress the appropriate limits of this 'communi cation. It Is suggested, however, that all future legislation on ; the subject should be with the vier of encourag ing the use of such Instrumentalities as will automatically supply every legiti mate demand of productive Industries and of commerce, not only in the amount, but In the- character of cir culation; and of making all kinds of money Interchangeable, and, at the will of the holder, convertible, into the es tablished gold standard. Batter Immigration Law. I again, call your attention to the need of panning a proper immigration law. covering the- points outlined in my Message to you at the first session of the present Congress; substantially such a bill has already passed the House. Capital and Labor. - How to secure fair treatment alike fir. labor and for capital, bow to hold in check the unscrupulous man. wheth er employer or employe, without weak ening . individual initiative, without hampering and cramping the Industrial development, of the country, a prob lem fraught with great difficulties and one which It Is of the highest -Importance to solve on lines of sanity and far-sighted common sense a well 'as of devotion to the -right. This Is an era of federation and combination.' Ex actly as business men find they must often work through corporations, and as It la a constant tendency of these corporations to grow larger, so It is often necessary ' for laboring men to work in federations, and these have be come Important factors of modern I n Justrial life. Both kinds of federation, capitalistic and labor, can do much good, and as a necessary corollary they can both do evIL Opposition to . each kind of organization should take the form of opposition to whatever Is bad in the conduct of any given corpora tlon or union not of attacks upon cor porations as such nor upon unions as such; for some of the most far-reaching beneficent work for our people has been accomplished through both corporations and unions. Each must' refrain from arbitrary or1 tyrannous Interference with the rights) of others. Organized capital and organized labor alike should remember that In the- long run the in terest . of each mast be- brought Into harmony with the .interest of the gen eral public; and the conduct of each most-conform to tre fundamental rules of obedience to thtr law. of ' individual freedom, and of justice and fair deal ing toward all. Each should remenr ber that In addition to power It must strive after the realization of healthy, lofty, and generouaj ideals. Every em ployer, every wage-worker, must be guaranteed his liberty and his right to do as be likes with his property or his labor so long as he does not infringe : upon the rights of others. It is of the higheet Importance that employer and employe' alike should endeavor to ap preciate each the Viewpoint of the other and the sure disaster that will come upon both la the long run If either ; grows to take as habitual an attitude of sour hostility and distrust toward the other. Few people deserve better of the country than those representa tives, both f capita! and labor and therei Vrei many such who work con tinualtc'Jo bring about a good under standing of this kind, based upon wis dom nJ upon broad and kindly sym pathy between employers and em- n -.It wuuu ia DortBg tts bolldsy season, when rood ebei?tryt)ts prersHs. titers Is eotfctn nteev tntovsUtfessMMMUaasUtUroodwhiskey.sbeileyorptorskusa will uU you It xceUeat la saany cases of siclraess. Bat yousaost have rood waisisey, purs wfclkT. ou ooot want to oruk poor whiskey yourself, much toss ofler tt to your Xrteads. wlui as a medicine, poor whiskey, sdultersted whtiUtey. may do you Jck1il krm. , , , HAYKEB WHISKY goem to you direct from our own distillery, with at! Its rrl riehBesssod flavor, and esniea m O'lTED STATES RK11STFREI DIST1U-KK s GCABANTCB of FCKITY sad AGE. When you buy liAYN&K WHl--vivEY you the aormous profl ts of the dealers sad hsve oar ruarsaws Ut your money wul b promptly refuBded If yea ate not pertecUrsatisaoa wlU tos waisliey sXiertrrlilkTastS tir.Ua titr VMMMl : pans cEucn FGJJBJL. 4 (y)i!JIAu W will seed yon JOtTR KfU QUART BOTTXE3 of HAYNER"S SEVEN-TTAR-OLD EYK for Si. oo, express duures paid by us. Try It sad U you don't flod It all rtzbt . and as good as you ever drink or esa bay from anybody else t any price, send It beck at our expense ana ue sezi ntu wui Dnng yoe your H na uouii say offer do t slrerf This offer is backed by a eotnpajiy with a capital of asaxooo iu. paid la fall. Snd the proad retratalton of M rears of contonuoua suco-. Wefcsve a quarter ot m snUUosi sstisflea CBStonsers. proviae cooeluslvely thm owr wDMuiey is au rurst saa that we oo ezacuy as we Mr, la a plain sealed wlQ ao marks or brsads to indicate contents. If yea ess SO Oasrts, er ess jr ef ymr friosds Jota yea will ta4 yoa So Uiaaxts for f 1U0. tr t relgat prepaid, tku eevlng 4.00. CrrP With each four quart order we wOl send free one gold-tipped whiskey MM glass sad one corkscrew. . U yoa wish to send mu order to a rrieod. as . a Christmas present, we will enclose with the shipment aa elegant souvenir caid. with both your names neatly printed thereon. Writs our nearest pfflea and do tt NOW. THE IIAYKSn DXSTILLina COMPANY rr; paui bikm. DArro, ohio st. louis. bo. m " Siinunr, Tsor, a EnituniD UK, ployed. Above all. we neel to remem ber that any kind of class animosity In the political world is. if possible, even "more wicked, even more destruc tive to national welfare, than sectional, race, or religious animosity. We" Can get good government only upon condi tion that we keep true" to the principles upon which this Nation was founded, and judge each man ftot "as a part of a class, but upon his Individual merits. All that we have a right toask of any man, rich or' poor, whatever his creed, his occupation, his birthplace, or his residence, is that he shall act well and honorably by his neighbor and by his country. We are neither for the rich man as such nor for the poor man as such; we are for the upright man, rich or poor. So. far as the constitutional powers of the National Government touch these matters of general and vital moment to the Nation, they should be exercised in conformity with the principles above set forth. . A Secretary of Commerce. It is earnestly hoped that a secretary of commerce may be created, w-ith a soat In the Cabinet. The rapid mul tiplication of questions affecting' labor and capital, the growth and complex ity of the organizations through which both . labor and capital now find "ex presslon. the steady tendency toward the employment of capital in huge cor porations, and the wonderful" strides of this country toward leadership in th international business world Justify an urgent demand for the creation of such a position. Substantially all ..the lead lng- commercial bodies in this country have united In requesting its creation. It Is desirable that some such measure as that which has already passed the Senate be enacted Into law. The crea tion of auch a department would in It self be an advance toward dealingewlth and exercising supervision over the whole subject of the great corporations doing an Interstate business: and with this end in view, the Congress should endow the department with large tow ers, which could be increased as experi ence might show the need. Cuban Reciprocity. ' I hope soon to submit to the Senate a reciprocity treaty with Cuba. On May. 20th last the United States kept its promise to the Island by formally vacating- Cuban noil and turning Cuba over to those whom her own people had chosen as theArst officials of the new Republic; -Cuba lies at our doors, and whatever affects her for good or for ill affects us also. So much have our people felt this that in the Piatt amendment we definitely took the ground that Cuba must hereafter have closer polItJcal re lations with us than with any other power. Thus In a sense Cuba! has bfi come a part of our International poli tical system. This makes it necessary that In return she shoulj be gfven some of the benefits of becoming part of our economic system. It is. from our stand point, a short-sighted and mischievous policy ; to fail to recognize this need. Moreover, It Is unworthy of & mighty andj generous nation. Itself the greatest and most successful republic In history, to- refuse vto stretch out a helping hand o a young, and weak sis ter republic Just entering upon Its ca reer of independence. .We should al ways, fearlessly Insist upon our rights in the face of the strong, and we should with ungrudging hand do our generous duty by the weak. I urge the adoption of reciprocity with Cuba not only be cause It is eminently for our own In terests to control the Cuban market and by every means to foster aur su premacy in the tropical lands and wa ters south of us, but also because we, of the giant republic of the north, should make all oar sister nations of the American Continent feel that when ever they win permit It we desire to show ourselves disinterestedly and ef fectively their friend. Reciprocity with Newfoundland1. ; T A convention with Great Britain has been concluded, which will be at once laid before the Senate for ratification, providing for reciprocal trade arrange ments between the United States and Newfoundland on substantially the lines of the convention formerly ne gotiated by the Secretary of State. Mr. Blaine. I believe reciprocal trsde ilai j tions will b greatly to the advantage' of beta countries!. . The Hague Court. As civlliziilcn grows warfare C be comes less and less the normal condi tion of foreign relations. The last cen tury has seen a. marked diminution of wara between civilized power;, wars m-ith uncivilized powers are largely mer matters of international police duty, essential for the welfare of the w wJ rt i t UC3E8II - VEnn - cixj tiye' ..531 0 A .00 EXFilEGS PIIEPAID bbipmeat made world. ; Wherever possible; arbitration or nvr Himllur method shnuM lv em ployed In lieu of war to settle diftVul-' tics between civilized iiations.-nltli'Wgh as yet the" world h.is not progressed sufficiently to render It poils or necessarily desirable, to invoke arbitra tion In every case." The formation at the International tribunal which sits l The Hague is an event of good omen -from which great 'consequence for the welfare of all mankind m.it- flow. It is far. bet ter, where jmiss! !!e, to invok such a- permanent tribunal ih.)ii: l create special arbitrators for a given purpose.- . -It is a matter of -sincere rongrat filia tion to our counter that the I'nited States and Mexico should have 'been tne nrsi 10 use tne gqini onices ot i Hague Court. This was done lust mm mer with most satisfactory rt-sults in the., case of a claim st issueoet ween u and our sister repubilc." It Is earn estly to be hoped that this first case will serve as a. precedent for others, in which not only the I'nited States but foreign nations may take advantage of the machinery already In existence at The Hague. . i ' The Hawaiian Fire Claims. , t I-commend to the favorable consider ation of the Congress the Hawaiian ffte claims, which were the subject of care ful Investigation during the last ses sion. - The Isthmian Csnsl. ) ine congress nas wisely provided that we shall build at once an Isthmian canal, if possible at Panama. The At torney (General reports that we can -undoubtedly acquire good title from the t. . u i . i gotlatlons are now pending with Co lombia to nwure her assent t our building the canal.. This eannl will b" one of the greatest engineering fesls of the twentieth centuryj a greater en gineering feat than has yet bin" ax.--complinhf-d during t lie hlxtory of man kind,. The work should be carried out as a continuing policy without regird to change of Administration ; and It . should be begun under t-lr umstanes which will make it a. matter of prld -for all Administrations to rontlnno h. policy. . s. TheiCanal 111 be of great benefit if liiirma. unu ui iinpormnr in ail in. worMi It will be of S'lvantago to us ln1ustrlally and also as Improving our military position. It will lx of l vant age to the coUntriea of troplrnl Ameri ca. It Is earnestly to be hoped that all of these countries will do as some of them have already done with signal euecess,,and will invite to thlr sliorea f-oni irieri mf 1 ri nrnv. hnlr- mal.rl il contlitiona by recognizing that etal.Illty and order are the prerequisites of auc ceksful development. No Independent nation In America-need have the sJIkLI-, est fear of sggresslottfrom the ITnlte.r States. It behooves each one to main-, tain order within Its -own borders ind to discharge Its just obligations to for eigners. When this Is done, they cm rst assured that, b they strong or weak, they have nothing to dread from outside Iniirferettce.H More and more the Increasing Interdependence, and complexity of International pJltp-a and economic relations render it In- xiimbent on all civilized and orderly powers to Insist on the proper policing. of the world, , - The Philippine Cable. During' the fall of 1901 a communi cation was addressed to the Secretary of State, asking whether permission -; would be granted by the President to corporation to Uy a cable from a point on the California coast to th Philippine Islands by way of Hawaii. A statement of conditions or terms upon which .such corporation w-ou!V?. undertake to lay and operate a cable was volunteered. Inasmuch as the Congress was short ly to convene, and Pacific cable legis lation had been the subject of consid eration by the Congress for several years, St seemed to me wise to defer action upon the application nntll the Congress had first an importunity to act- The Congress adjourned without taking any action, leaving the matter In exactly the same condition In whlth it stood when the Congress convened. Meanwhile It appears that the Com mercial Pacific Cable Company h.-d promptly proceeded with preparations for laying Its cable. It also ma d ap plication to the President for aeV to and se of soundings taken by the I. S. S. Nero, for the purpose of discover ing a practicable route fop a trans pacific cable, the company iirAr.z th t with access to these soun.linr it rouM complete Its -).! tmj h turoxxfr than if ConcIu-leJon Pag 6.) 'to...,. . ,