PRESID'EMI'SES
.(Continued .from page 3).
tBf manner use, prematurely, 4nfennati?n
which i accessible to the officer or employee
- . reason ef his official position. . Mus
f breaches of trust are already covered b)r l
U, and this one should be It is impossi
ble,' bo natter how naeh care is used, t
ace'vent the occasion! appointment to tb
ablie service of a aui who when temp c -;
.raves fsithful; but every means shvtT
' provided to detect and every effort mad'
- V punivb the wrongdoer. Ho far as in mj
ewer lies esrh and every such wengdoer
'shall he relentlessly hunted down; In nc
i ' instance in the paM hs he been. spared; i:
insunee in the future shall he lie spared,
i , crime is crime against every bones,
' aa in the nation,, for it is eriino again
lae whole body politic .- Yet in dwelling on
,n-b misdeeds, it is unjust not to add .tbi
they are altogether exceptional, and that on
the whole the employees of the government
render upright and faithful service to- the
people. 1 here are exceptions, notably in one
cr two branches of the service; but .at no
time in the nation's history' has - the public
service of the nation taken as s whole stooo
es s higher plane than now, slik -as re
gards honesty and as regards efficiency.
Public Land Laws.
Once sgain I csll your attention to the
condition of the" pnblter land laws. Keeen
developments have given new. urgency to the
need for such changes as will fit these Uws
to actus! present conditions. The hones,
disposal and right use of the remainint
pnMic lands is of fundamental importance.
Thr ini'toitous methods by whifh the mon
opolizing of the publie' lands is bjeing b rough
about under the present laws are becoming
mr generally known, but the existing laws
do not furnish effective remedies. The- rec
ommendations of the publie land commission
upon this subject- are wise and should b
given -effect. , J , ,
The creation of jsmall irrigated farms un
eVr the Reclamation Act is a powerful offs
to the tendency of certain other laws to
foster or permit monopoly of the lnd. Under
that art the tvsistrurtion of great irrigation
work hits been proceeding rapidly and sue
rctsfuily, the lands reclaimed are eagerl.
taken up, and the prospect that the policy o
'national irrigation' will accompli h all that
w expected of it if bright, 'the act about,
lie extended to include the state of Texas.
The Reclamation; -Act derives much of it
Tsliic from the. fact that it tends to secure
thr greatest possible number of homes on thr
land, and to . create communities of free
holders, in part by. settlement on publie land,
in part by furring the subdivision of large
private holdings before they ran get water
from government irrigation works. The law
rr-iiir- that no right to the use of water for
lair I in private ownership- shjll be sold for
s tract exceeding . 6Q acres to any one land
owner. This pmkision has excited activt
anil powerful hostility, but the success m
the law itself depends on the wise and firm
enforcement of it; We ran not afford to
sultituie tenants' 'for freeholders . on the
putilic domain. i
'1 he greater peril of the remaining public
land can not be irrigated. They are at pres
ent and will probhhiy always be of greater
value for grazing tjhan for any other purpose.
'1 hi fact has led ; to the grazing homcstejO
f to ncres in Nebraska and to the propose
"K'nuon of. it to jother states. It is argueo
that a family cannot le supported" on
100 arre. j,t arid gracing land. Thi
is obviounly true;' lit neither ran a family
le 8opMrted on BID acres of much of the
land to which it ; is. propesed to apply the
Crazing homesteads 'lo establish universa'ly
any such arbitrary limit would 1h unwise at
the present time. it would probably resnl
on tbe one hind in enlarging the holdings
of Homo of the great land owner, and on
the other in -needless suffering and failure
on the part of a very considerable propor
tion f the bona fide, settlers who give faiih
to the implied assurance of the government
that such an area is sufficient. The best use
of the public grazing lands require the care
ful examination and classification of th-o
lands in order to give each settler Ian-,
enough to support his family and no more.
While this work is being done, and until th
land are settled, the government khntild tak
control ofi th open range, aadec reasonable
regulations sailed to ltjl imdt,, followiu;.
he general policy already in successful o
emtion on the forest reserves. Jt is probable
that the present grazing value of the opei
public range is scarcely more than hilf whs'
it once was or what it might easily be again
under careful regulation.
The forest policy of the administration ap
pear to enjoy the unbroken support of the
people. The great users, of timber are them
selves forwarding the movement for forest
preservation. All organised opposition to ;h
forest reserve in the West has disappeared.
Since the consolidation of all govemnieix
forest work in the! national forest service
there has been a rapid and notable gain i .
the usefulness of the forest reserves to th'
people and in public appreciation of Iheii
value. The national parks within or adj i
reut to forest reserves should be tramferrci
to t;ie charge of the forest service also.
Mississippi Levees.
The national rovernment "alreadv dors
something in connection with the construction
and -maintenance of the great system l
levees along the lower course of the Misi
sippi : in my judgment it should do much
more. " -
Merchant Marine.
To lha spread of our trade in pas re am
thti defense of our flag iu .war a great am
prosperous merchint marine ia indispensable.
We . should have ships of znr own and sea
men of our own to Convey our goods to
neutral markets, and in case of need to re
enforce our battle line. It cannot but be a
source of regret and uneasiness to us that
- the lines' of communication with our sister
rennblirs of South America should te chief!.'
under foreign control. It is not a gooo
thing that American merchants and mann
fartiirers should . have to send- their goods
and letters to South America via Europe if
thi-y wish security and dispatch. Kven on
the Pacific where our ships have held their
own better than on the Atlantic, our merchant
flag is now threatened, through the liberal ai-
bestowed by other governments on their own
steam lines. I ink voir earnest considera
tion of the report with which the merchant
marine comiuiasion has followed its long ant
careful inluiry. ( "
' Jamestown Tercentennial.
I again heartily commend to your favor
alile consideration -eHe tercentennial celebra
tion of tbe settlement at Jamestown, Va.
Appreciating the desirability' of this com
memoration, the congress passed an act,
Msrrh :i. nm.V authorising in the year 1907,
m snd near the waters of Hampton Koads, in
the state of Virginia, an international nava
marine and military celebration in honor of
this event. By the authority vested- in me
by this act, I have made proclamation l
said celebration,' and have issued, in con
formity with itat instructions, invitations to
all the nations of the esrth .to participate,
by sending their naval vessels and such mil
nary organisations as . may be practicable.
This re!ehra.tion' would fail of its full purpose
unlets it were enduring in its results and
commensurate with the importance of t ;t
event to be celebrated, the event from whic'
our nation dates its birth. I earnestly hope
that thi celebration, already indorsed l
the congress of the I'nited iS tales, and by the
legiMatures of sixteen states since the action !
of the congress, will receive such additional
aid st your hands m will make it worthy of
,the great event It is intended to celebrate,
'nd thereby enable the government of the
I'nited States to make provision for the ex
hibition of its own resources, and likewise
enable our people who have undertaken the
work of such a celebration to provide auitable
snd proper entertainment and Instruction in
the historic events of our country for all
who ratty 'visit the exposition -and to whom
we have tendered our. hospitality.
. . " '
v Pensions.
It is a matter of nnmixed satisfsrtion once
mere to call attention to the excellent -work
of the pension bjireau ; for tho veteran a of
the civil war have a greater claim upon n
hsn any ether class of our citisens. To
them, first of -all iatnong our people, honor
due. ,
"en years ago! my lamented predecessor.
President McICiuley, stated that the time had
come for the. nation to care for the graves
f the Confederate dead. I recommend that
he rongVess take action towards this end.
The first need ia to take charge of the graves
n1 ke Confederate dead who died in northern
Pnon. t
. . Immigration.
The question of immigration is of vital in
terest to this-country. In the year ending
ae 30, J 905, there came to the United
Mates. 1.026.OOO alien immigrants. In other
single year that haa jusl elapsei
ere came to this country a greater number
people than , came here during the one
ondrtd and sixty niDe years of ear cqIobUI
life which Intervened between the first land
ing at -Jamestown and she-Declaration "of IB
dependence, it is clearly shown in the re
port ef the rommiasivner general of unmigra
tton that while macb of this enormous immi
gration. i undoubtedly healthy and natural
considerable proportion is undesirable front
.me re son or another; moreover, a consider
able proportion of it, probabty a very large
proportion, including most of the undrsirs' ic
ilass, doe not come here of its own initiative,
(jut because of tbe acUvity of the agents
.he great transpurtaiioo companies. lhee
igents are distributed tnrougaout Knrope, nt
jy the offer of all kinds of inducements tSe
wheedle and cajole many, immigrants, of tec
against their Lest interest, to come here. The
most serious obstacle we have to encounter
in the effort te secure a proper regulation
.he immigration to these shores arises front
the determined Opposition of the foreig:
steamship lines who have no interest what
ever ja the matter save so Increase, the te
tarns, on their capital by carrying masses
immigrants hither in the steerage quarters
of. their ships.' 4. '
As I said in mynast asessage to the con
g re as. 'we cannot nave too much immigration,
of the right sort, and' we should have none
whatever of the wrong sort. Of course it it
desirable tUaUcven .the right kind of hnmi
gratiow should be properly distributed in thu
cuuntry. We need more of such immigra
ion fo ther sovth ad special effort about
oe made to secure it. Perhaps it would bt
posatMe to hmit.the niusoear of immigran.s
allowed to come in any one ' year to New
sork and other northern cities, wnile leavl..
unlimited tbe number allowed to come to th
itoutls; always provided,- however, that
stricter effort is siaoe to see that only im
Uiigrants of the rint kind come to out
country anywhere. Jn actual practice it ha:
prove, so difficult to enforce the immigralio.
u'l where Uina: etretches el frontier-marke
y an iusagier . line alone intervene
. een us - and our neihuora that I reeom
uietid lhat noinuuigrauta be allowed to com
in from Canada ana Mexico, save natives
l he two countries themselves. As much a:
possible should be done to distribute In
immigrants upon the . land and keep then
way from the congested tenement bous
Districts of the great cities. Bat dittriou
tion ia a palliative, not a cure. The prm.
need is to keep out all immigrants who wi
not make good American citizens. The law
now existing tor the exclusion of undesiraui
immigrants should be strengthened. Ade
iiuate means ; .should be adopted, enforce
uj sufficient penalties, to compel steamshi
companies engsged in the passenger businc
to observe in good faith the law which for
bids them to encourage or solicit immigr.
tion to the United Htates. -' Moreover, tner
should ' be a sharp limitation imposed upo
ail vessels coming to oar ports as to th'
number of immigrants in ratio to the tt
nage which each vessel can carry. This rsl.
should W high enough to insure the coming
huiaer of as good a class of aliena as possible.
Provision should be made for the surer pun
ishment of those who induce aliens to come
to this country under promise or assursnce
of employment. It should be rasde possible
to indict a sufficiently heavy penalty on an
employer violating this law to deter him from
lkig the risk. It seems to me wise tas
there should - be sn international conference
held to deal with this question of immigra
tion, which has more than a merely national
significance; sich a conference could among
otner -things enter at length into the methou
for securing a tnt,rough' inspection of would-be
immigrants at the ports from which they de
sire 10 embark before permitting ttteui tJ
embark. '
In dealing with this question it is unwise
to .riepa it f rom tho old American tradition so.
to discrimi n,Le for or against any man wn
desires to come here and become a citizen,
S4ve on the grou.:d of that man's fitness fur
ci.Uenship. it is our right and duty to con
sider his moral and social quality. Ill
standard of living should be such thit hi
will not. by pressure of competition, lower th
xtsndara of living of our own Wage workers;
for it must ever be a prime object of our
legislation to keep high their standard o
living. If the loan who ,eeks to come here
is irom the moral and social standpoint
such a i-lisriti-ter as to bid fair to. add valu
to the community he hould he heartily wel
comed. We cannot afford to pay heed U
whe.her he is of one creed or another, o.
one nation or another. We cannot afford te :
Cil.
nsider whether be ie Catholic or PrtHeslaji .
e or (tentile; whether he It'TCnglishman o
J ere
Irishman, Frenchman or German. Japanese.
Italian, Scandinavian. Slav, or Magyar. Wtia
we should desire to find out is trie individua
'l,imy of the individual man. In my judg
ment, wi.h this end in view, we shall hir
to prepare through nut own agents a to.
more rigid in-spectin in the countries froi
which the immigrants come. It will be
great deal Inciter to have fewer immigrants,
t ut all. nf the right kind, than a great nura
I er of immigrants, many of whom are neres
iiiiy of tbe wrong kind. As far as pnssiPl
we wih to limit the immigration to this conn
tr and ru veil afford. to insist upon
adeqnnte scrutiny of the character of th"a
who are thus proposed for future ritixet-ship.
There should l.e an increase In the stringet.e
of the l.tws to keep out insane, idiotic, epile;
tic and panper immigrants. But this is
by no means enough Not merely the an
arrhist, 1ml every man of anarchistic tend
enci-s. all violent snd disorderly peo,
j'eople of had character, the Incompetent, tb
lazy, the vicious, jtnv physically unlit, defee
tive. or degenerate should be kept out. 'I h
storks out of which American citixenship i
to be built should be strong snd bealih
snnnd in body, trind snd character. If it Ir
objected that the government agents' wou
not always select well, the answer is th
they would ' certainly select better than d
tne agcnts and brokers of foreign steamshi
compsnies, tbe people who now do whatever
selection is done. J. '
The questions srising in connection with
Chinese immigration stand by themselves.
The conditions in China are such that tbe
entire Chinese coolie rlaa, that ia, the rU
of Chinese laborers, skilled and unskilled,
legitimately : come . under the head. of unde
sirable immigrants to this country, because
of their numbers, the low wages for which
tney work, and their low standard of living.
Not only is it to the interest of this country
to keep them out, but tbe Chinese authorities
do not deiire that they should be admi.teu.
At present their entrance ia prohibited ly
laws amply adequate to accomplish this pur
pose, i These laws hsre been, sre being, and
will be, thoroughly? enforced. The violations
of them are . so lew in number as to be in
finitesimal and can be entirely disregarded.
There I is no serious proposal to al;er the
immigration law as regards the fhinese lau
orer, skilled or unskilled, and there is no
excuse for any man feeling or affecting to
feel the slightest alarm on the subject.
But in tbe effort to carry out the policy
of excluding Chinese laborers, Chinese coolies,
grave injustice snd wrong havebeen done by
thia nation to the. people ef ChiAa, and there
fore ultimately to thia nation itsM. Chinese
students, business snd professional men of
sll kinds not only merchant, but beakers,
doctors, manufacturer, profeasors, travelers,
snd the, liket should be encouraged to"Pme
here and treated on precisely the same foot
ing that we treat students, business men,
travelers, and the like of olher-nations. Our
laws and treaties should be framed, not so s
to put thea people in the excepted classes,
but to st that we will admit alt Chinese,
a.rept Chiaese of the coolie class, Chinese
skilled or unskilled laborers. There would
not be the . Ieat danger that any snrh pro
vision would result in any relaxation of the
law about laborers. These will, under all
conditions, be kept out absolutely. But it
will be more easy to see thst both justij-e
and courtesy sre shown, as they ought to be
shown, to ether Chinese, if the lew or treaty
is framed as above anggested. Examinations
should be completed at the port of departure
from China. For this purpose there should I e
provided a more adequate consular ervice in
China than w now have. ' The appropriations,
both for the offices of the consuls and for
the office forces in the consulates, should be
increased, f . . : "' , .
As a peeple we have talked much of the
open doors in China, nd we expect, snd
quite rightSy intend to insist upon, juatire
being shown ns by the Chinese. But we can
not expect to receive equity unless we do
equitv. .We cannot aak the Chinese to do to
us what we are unwilling to do to. them.
They would hre n perfect right ta exclude
our laboring men if our laboring men threat
ened to come into their country in uch
numbers, as. to jeopardise the well-being of
the Chinese population; nid s. mutatis mu
tandis, these were the Condition with which
Chinese Immigration nctuaUy brought , this
people fsce to f ce. we hd have perfect
right, which the Chinese government in no
way contest, to - act as we have acted ' in
the matter-f reatricting coolie immigration.
That this right exist for each country was
explicitly acknowledged in the Ust trenty
between the two countries. But, w nmt
treat the Chinese etedeot, traveler and bui
nesa zuan la a spirit . of the broadest Justice
and courtesy if we expect similar treatment
to be nccorded to onr own people ef similar
SAGE
ESS
tank who go to China.' - Must trouble has
come during the past, summer from the or
ganized boycott against American goods which
has been started in Chins. ' The main factor
in producing this boycott has been the re
sentment teit by-the students and business
people of China, by all the Chinese leaders,
against1 the harshness of our law toward edu
cated Chinamen of the professional and busi
ness classes. - -? -; . - . .
.This government has the friendliest feel
ing for China and desires China 'a well be
ing. We cordially sympathise with the an
nounced purpose of Japan to stand for the
integrity of China. Buck an attitude tends
te the peace of the World. 1 - i
1 ft ' " Civil Berrien,
-The civil servfce: law has been on the
statute books for twenty-two years. Every
president and a vast majority ef heads of
iepartmeats who have been in office during
nat period nave favored a graCoa: extension
f
tne merit system. The more - thoroughly
ita
principles nave been understood. - the
greater,, ha -been , the favor with which the
4 ha been regarded by administrative on
cers. Any attempt to carry en the great
executive departments of the government
rithont this la w would inevitably result in
.-haos. The civil service commissioner are
ioing excellent work; anff their compensation
i inadequate considering the service they
perform.
The statement . that the examination are
tot practical in character is based on- a
nisapprehensiam of the practice of the com
nission. 1 he departments are invariably
-onsulted as te the requirement desired and
s to the character of questions that shall be
sked. General invitations ars frequently
ent out to all head ef departments asking
bet her any changes in the scope- or char-
cter of examinations are required- la o:aer
rords, nhg, departments prescribe the re-
uireinenrs and the qualifications desired, and
; he civil serrice eotamisaion co-operates with
: lien in tnrtne twrisna with lfeu onalill.
I -afiftans mnA iBtnrinp amn snji imnavlial eom.
tit ion. In a large number of examinations
as, for exsmple, those for trades positions)
here are no educational requirement wht
- vet. and a person who ran neither read nor
rite may. pass with a high average. Vaean
. ies in the service sre filled with reasonable
(edition and the machinery of the commia
ion. which reaches every part of the country,
s the best agency that has yet been devised
o finding people with- the most suitable
salification for the various offices to be
' ed. . Written competitive examinations do
t make an ideal method for filling posi
ions, but they do represent an immeasurable
dvanee upon the "spoils" method, under
hirh outside politicians really make tbe
mnintments nominally .made by the execu
i nmeers. ho appuiiafee being chosen by
the politicians in question. In the great ma
jority of cases, for reasons totally uncon
nected with the needs of the 'service or of
the public. '
Statistics gathered by tbe census buresn
show that tbe tenure of office in the gov
ernment service does not differ .materially
from that enjoyed by employes of large busi
ness corporations. Heads of executive de
partment and members of the commission
hare railed my attention to the fact that the
rule requiring: a filing of charges and three
dys' netice i before an . employe could be
separated from the service for inefficiency
has served no good purpose whatever, because
Inat is not matter upon which a bearing
of lh employe found - to be inefficient can
be.of any value, and in practie the rule pro
viding for such notice and. hearing has merely
resul:cd in keeping in a certain number of
incompetents, because of the reluct tnce ei
heads of departments and " buresi chiefs to
H through the required procedure. Kxeperi
enre has shown thst this rule is wholly In
effective to save any man, if a superior for
improper reasons wishes to remove him, .ana
is miMchievous because it sometime serves
io keep ia the service incompetent men not
guilty of specific wrong-doing. Having these
facts in view, the rule hss been amended by
providing that where the inefficiency or- in
capacity come within the personal knowledge
of the head of a department the removal
may be made without . notice, tbe reasons
therefor being filed snd made record of the
icpartmenf. T he absolute right of removal
-cats where Jt always, has. rested, with the
tiead of a department; any limitation of tbi.i
ibsolute right results in grave injury to
he public service. The chanc is merely one
A procedure; it wss much needed; and it Is
producing good results.
The civil service law 4s being energetically
md impartially enforced, and in - the large
najority of rases complaints of violations l
either the law or rules are discovered to be
unfounded. In this - respect, this law com
pares very favorably wiih any other federal
statute. The question of politics in the ap
pointment and retention of the men engage
in merely ministerial- work has been prac
tically eliminated in almost the entire field o
government employment covered by the civi'
tervice law. Tbe action of the congress in
providing the" commission with its own force
uistsad of requiring it to rely on detailed
clerks has been justified by tbe increased
work done at a smaller cost to the govern
ment. I urge upon the congress a careful
consideration of the recommendations con
tained in the annual report of th commission.
Copyright Laws.
Our copyright Krws urgently need revision.
They sre imperfect in definition, eonfusoo
and inconsistent in expression; they on.it
provision for many articles wbtch, under
modern reproductive processes, are entitle
to protection; they impose hardships upon
the copyright proprietor which are not es
sential to the fsir protection oi tne puouc;
they are didicult for the courts to interpret
and impossible 'for the copyright office to
administer with satisfaction to the publie.
Attempts to improve them by amendment
have, been frequent, no less than twelve arts
for the purpose having been passed since the
Revised Statutes, To perfect them by fur
ther amendment seejns impracticable, A
complete revision of them ia essential. Such
a "revision, to meet modern conditions, hss
been found necessary in- Germany, Austria,
Hweden snd other foreign countries, and bills
embodying it are pending in England and the
Australian colonies. It has been urged here,
and proposals for n commission to undertake
it hsre. from time to time, been pre s sea
upon the congress. The inconveniences of
the present conditions being so great, nn at
tempt to frame pproprist : legislation has
l.een made by the copyright office, which hss
called conferences of the various interests
especially snd practically concerned with the
operation of the copyright laws. It hss
secured from them suggestions as to the The law has not operated as smoothly as was
changes necessary; it has added from its hoped, and although its principle is undonbt
own experience and investigations, and l edly correct, it may need amendment for the
has drafted a bill which embodies such of
these change and additions as, after full
discussion and expert criticism, appeared to
m..n, nH safe. In form thia bill woulo
replsce the existing Insufficient and incon-
sistent lsws by one general copyright statute,
It will be presented to the congress nt ffce
coming session. It deserves prom pi consia
eration. '
" . si,-,i r t-mAm
AdnltersUsa or roods.
I recommend thst s law be enseted to
regulate interstate commerce in misbranded
nnd sdultersted v.fo4ds. drinks and 'druzs.
Much law'wonld protect legitimate manufac
tore and. commerce, and would tena to secure
the health and welfare .of. tbe consuming
publie. TralBc. in foodstuffs which have been
debased or-adulters te'd so ss (o injure health
or to deceive purchasers should be forbidden.
' Smok XiSW. '
The lw forbidding the emission of dense
black er gray amok in the city f Wash
ington has bee snstsined by the conn,
suiasihis haa been aeeouolished under , i.
. . ft. . 2 . ft- - if 'ftM ftft-Ssljl
pre th7T.pTt7 Wy" f rom" M scemJ-t
r the smoke nuissnc. Repeated prosecn
"A reXrnd-'-sri't m m"re
effect. I reeomnsenn ws i no ami hm,
hnih iss tainftnnm
violations oi tn tn. . :
' -'' Knilonal Paths. ? ;
. I call your uttention to th generous set
of the state of Cslifomi In eonfemng upon
the United States government the ownership
of th Yosemite vHey nd the at sripos big
Tree grove. There should be no delay -in-
accenting the gift, and appropriaiio'ns sbontd
be made for- the including thereof in the
Yosemite aUonl Ir, and for the rare
and poticeing of the rk. 0slifomU has
acted moat wisely aa well aa with great
-. k. .,.! ',-r There are nr-
tain mightr - 'natural (Hism of . our land
shirk should be preserved in perpetuity lor
sivingeo. , lent municipalities. Negotiations snd hear-
and b,d,nf0 for thT settlement of th smosst due
onment in JiJZ-tn t Catholio rhurch for rent nnd
tTe "conua.tn ? tb'e U..s. n, occupw.ion of chnrcbe. an rctorie. bythe
w'hVr.U persis offender. .-T-i t,. 'SZSZSm
our children and our children's children. In
my judgment the Irrand Canyon f 4ha Col sr
Sdo should bo made iate a national park.
It is greatly to be wished that the state ef
Sew York should -copy as regard Niagara
what the atate of California kas done as
regard the YoaeanHe. . Nothing alueald be
allowed to interfere wih the preserratiom ef
NUgara Ps)la in all their beauty and nut
Jesty. - If the- state cannot see to this ' then
it is earnestly to be wished that she should
be willing to turn ft ever to tbe national
government, which should 1 such ess (if
possible, in conjunction with the Canadian
government) asum the burden and resposr
siDiuiy on preserving nn banned NUgarn
Falls; just a it should gladly assume a
similar burden and responsibility for; the
soaemiie national i'srk, and a it ail sl
eady assumed them for the Yellowstone Na
tional Park. Adequate provision, should be
made by the eoagresa for the proper earn and
supervision ef all. tUeae national park. The
boundaries ef the Yellowstone National Park
should be 1 extended to the south and -esst
to take in such portions of the abutting
forest reservation as will enable an govern
ment to protect the elk on their winter range
Tbe meat characteristic animal of the wesf
ern plains wss the great sfcaggytmnned arinf
ox. ine oison, commonly xaown as our a to.
Small fragment of nerds exist tn a domes
ticated atate here and there, n.few of them
in the Yellowstone Park. Such a herd as
that en the Flathead- Reservation should not
be allowed to go ent of existence. Either
on some; reservation or on some - forest re
serve like! the Wichita reserve audi game
refuge provision should be nude for , the
preservation of such n bard . I believe that
the scheme, would be of eeunoorie ndrantagn,
for the robe of the buffalo is of high market
value, and! the same is true ef the rob of
the crossbred snimais. '-r- -'i.'- -i , :.- , , .
Uro-Saving: 8TVle.- j ' ' j j
I call your especial 'attention' to the desir
ability of giving to the members of the life
saving service pensions ssch as are given to
firemen and policemen in all our great cities.
The men in the life-saving service continually
and In the moat matter of fact way do deeds
such as mike Americans proud nf their coun
try. They have no political influence; snd
they live j in such remote places 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
dissbled or to meet death In the performance
of their hazardous duty and yet tn give them
no sort of reward. If ne of them serves
thirty year of his life in such n position he
should surely be entitled to retire on half
psy. a a fireman or policeman does, and if
he becomes totally incapacitated through ac
cident or sickness or lose hi health in the
discharge of his duty he or his family should
receive ' pension just as any soldier ahould.
I call yourj attention with especial earnestness
te this matter because it appeal not only
to . our judgment but to our sympathy; for
the people on w h.-se behslf I ask it are com
paratively Ifew ia number, render incalculable
serrice of a particularly dsngerou kind, aad
nsve no one to speag tor them.
- Indian. ' . V
Tneir V jtr just past, the phase of
(be Indigo t,aestion which' hss been moat
sharply brought to publie attention is the
larger legal significance - of the Indian's in
duction insjo citizenship. 'Thi has made.itsetf
manifest not only in n great socess of, litiga
tion in which the citizen Indian figures as
party defendant and in a more widespread
disposition: to - levy local taxation upon bis
personalty,! but itv a decision of the United
Stales Supreme Court which struck sway the
main propj on which has hitherto rested the
government's benevolent effort to protect him
sgainst the! evim of intemperance. The court
holds, in effect, that whenan Indian becomes,
by virtue jnf an allotment of land to him, a
citizen of jthe state in which' hia land is sit
uated, he jpa&ses from under federal control
in such matters as this, and the acta of the
congress prohibiting the sale or gift to him
of intoxicants become substantially' inopera
tive. It is gratifying to note that the states
snd municipajuies of th West which hare
most at sike in the welfare of the Indian
are taking up this subject and are trying to
supply, in measure at least, the abdication
of ita trusteeship forced upon the federal
government. Nevertheless, I - would urgently
press npan the attention of the eongresa the
question whether some amendment of the internal-revenue
Maws might not be of aid' in
prosecuting those malefactors, known in the
Indian country as "bootleggers," who are
engaged fat once in defrauding the United
States treasury of taxes and, what is far
more, important. , in debauching the Indians
by carrying liquors , illicitly into territory
still completely under federal jurisdiction.
A mon st the e r v i nir nroont timAm si th.
Indfms Tire more-day schools situated in the
; midst of their settlements, more effective
instruction -in the '.industries pnrsned on their
own farms, and. a more lines-al extension of
the field-matron service, which means the
education of the Indian -women in the arts of
home making. Until the mother are well
started, in the right direction we cannot rea
sonably expert much from the children, who
are soon , to form an Integra part of onr
American citizenship. Moreover, the excuse
continually advanced by male adult Indiana
for refusing offers of remunerative employ
ment at a distance from their homes is that
they, dare not leave tnefr families too' long
out of their sigh,u One effectual remedy for
this stsfe -of things is to employ the minds
and strengthen the moral fiber of the Indian
women t-the end to which . the work of the
field matron is especially directed. I trust
thst the congTess will make it appropriations
for Indian day schools and field matrons as
generous! as may consist .with the other press
ing demands upon its providence.
Th Philippines.
I luring the last year the Philippine Islands
have been slowly recovering from the serious
disaster which, since American - occupation,
have greatly reduced the amount oi agricul
tural products below what was produced in
ftpsnish j times. The wsr, ,the rinderpest,
the locusts, the drought, and the cholera hsfre
been united a causes to prevent return
j of the prosperity much needed in the islands,
1 The most serious is the' destruction by the
' rinderpest of more than 75 per cent of the
draft cattle, because it will take several
years of breeding to restore the necessary
number of these indispensable ' aid te agri
culture.! The commission attempted to supply
by purchase from adjoining countries the
needed cattle, but (he experiments msde were
unsuccessful. Most of the -rattle imported
were, nnable to wllkstaad tit rhssss n
J dims t and the rie-ora of the voyage nnd
'died from other diseases than rinderpest
The income of the I'hilippine government
has necessarily been " reduced by res son of
the -business and agricultural depression in
tbe islands, and the - government ha been
obliged! to exercise great economy to ent down
Its expenses, to reduce salaries, and in every
way to avoid a deficit: . It has adopted an
internal revenue law, imposing laxea on
cigars. cigarettes and distilled liquors, -nnd
abolishing the old gpaoiah industrial taxes.
. purpose of reconciling the people te its pro
I viaionsj The income derived frosn U. haa
partly made up for the reduction in. ens
torn revenue.
t Therit has been a marked Increase In the
number of Filipinos employed in the civil
servicej and a corresponding decrees in the
. numoev oi Americans. s snu government in
I every one of its department has been rend-
' eTed more efficient by elimination' nf unde-
airablei material snd the promotion of deserr
iag lrmau. ..- i
impr0eiaenta of , harbors, roads, snd
brig-, continue, although 'the rntting down
Dr h jrcv.nue frblda the expenditure irC soy
Amount from current Inoowm for these
purposes. Steps are being tskmn. by bd
vertitement for competitive, bid, to secure
the construction and maintenance of 1,000
miles f railway by private corporations un
der the recent enabling legislation - ef the
congress- The transfer ef tbe friar lands,
in accordance with- the contract made sons
two years ago. has been eomnletely effected,
and the pnrrhsse money, pidN Provision hss
just- neen inaae ny statute tor u speay
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j supreme court of eontrrwriiei ,r t pos
! reorie.Vrls.n'g'een.s-e3 R.u
, . . , . .,Ki....iir. -Lin.;... ..el.
i - -
I Trsnsqnillity has esisted during Ih. past
j year throughout the Archipelago, escept i
the province of 0Tie. the provihenjnf bay
tangaa, and the province of amsr. snd I tn
the island of tlohs sssoug the Uor. - The
Jolo distnrbancn wss put sn end to by
several sharp -nd short engagements end
now peace .prevails in the Mors provine.
Cavil, th mother of Udrone isr th Spanish
time is so permested with tb traditional
sympathy of the peeple for ladnmisai as to
make it difficult t stamp out the disease.
Ratsarst ws onlr disturbed by res sow or
the fagitiv Udrone frwn Cavite. f Saahar
wss thrown into elit urbane- ny in mneu
1 .
t cna I RUT anraaraao . -.-. - t
rated aad partly . sarsge peoples living In
th mountains, who, having been given! by
th municipal cod teern power than they
were able to exercise discreetly, elected muni
cipal officer who nbnaed their, trusts, im
pelled the peeple raising hemp 4 sell it st s
much leas price than it waa worth, nnd by
their abuses drove their people inu" reit
ane to constituted authority. Cavite jd
Bamar are instance ef reposing ton mtrcat
j confidence in the self governing power of a
people. - The disturb aces bare all now
been suppressed, .and it- is hoped that with
these lesson local government can be
formed which will secure- quiet and. peace to
the deserving inhabitant. Th incident! 1
another proof of th fact that if there hss
been nny error as regard giving self govera
ntst in the Philippine It has been in the
direction of giving it to quickly, not too
lowly. A. year from next - April th first
legislative assembly . for the islands will be
held. On the sanity nnd self-restraint of this
body much will depend so far a the future
self government ef the islands is concerned.
The most encouraging feature of the whole
situation ha, been the very, groat interest
taken by th eosnsos people in education
and the great increase ia tbe number ef en
rolled students in the public schools. The
increase was from 30O.0O0 tn half s million
pupils. The average attendance is about 70
per cent. The only limit upon the number
ef pupH eem - to be the capacity nf ' the
government , to famish teacher snd school
houses. - i; :.'.
Thn agricultural condition of th islands
enforce more strongly than eve the ergument
in -fever of reducing the tariff em the product
of th Philippine Island entering th United
States. I earnestly , recommend that the
tariff now imposed by the tHngtey bill upon
the products ef . the Philippine Islands be
entirely removed, except th tariff n sugar
and tobacco, and that that tariff bn reduced
to 25 per cent ef the present rates under the
Dingier set; that after July . i. 109. th
tariff upon tobacco asd 'sugar produced in
the Philippine Islands be entirely rwmeved.
snd that free trade between the islands snd
th United State in th -products ef each
country then be provided' by law. , ; ,
A statnj In force, enseted April 15, 1904,
suspends the operation of th coastwise laws
of the United States upon th trade between
th Philippine Islands and 4 he United Htates
nntil July 1, 196- I earnestly recommend
that thi suspension be postponed nntil July
1. 1909. I think it ef doubtful utility to
spply the coastwise laws to the trade! be
tween the United States snd the Philippine
under any circumstances, because I am con
vinced that it will do no good whatever to
American bottoms, and will only interfere
and be an obstacle te the trad between
the Philippines and the United States ; but
if the coastwise law must "be thus applied,
certainly it ought not to have effect until
free trade is enjoyed between the people of
the United State and the ..-people nf , the
Philipptn Islands in their respective pro
dnct. !.'::. -'. .- ..-.
- I do not snticipsi that free trade between
the island nnd th United State will 1 pro
duce n revolution in the sugar and tobacco
production of .the. Philippine Islands, i -So
primitive are the methods of agriculture in
the Philippine Islands, so slow i capital in
going to the islands, so many difficulties sur
round n large agricultural enterprise in! the
islands, that it will be many, many years
before the products of those islands will have
any effect whatever upon tbe. markets of. the
United Klates. Th nrohlem of labor is s!o
s formidable one with the sugar and tobaeeo
producers in the islsnds. 1 be best friends
of the Filipino people and tho people, them
selves sre utterly opposed te the admission
of Chinese coolie lsbor. Hence the only
solution is the training of. Filipino labor, and
this wilt take s long time. Th enactment of
a law by the congress of the United States'1
making provision for free trade between the ,
islands and tbe United States, however, will
be of great importance- from a political and
sentimental standpoint; and while its actual
benefit .has donbtless been exaggerated; by ;
the people of the islands, they will accept
this measure of justice as an indicstion that
the people of the United States are anxious
to aid the people of the Philippine Islands
in every way sod especially in the agricul
tural development of their Archipelago. It
will aid the Filipinos without injuring inter
ests in . America. ., , , I i
Hawsil. -. ';; ,.
Inmy judgment immediate steps should be
taken for the fortification of Hawaii. This
is the .most important point in tbe Phci&e
to fortify in order to conserve the interests
of this country. It would be hard to over
state the importance of this need. Hawaii
is too heavily taxed. 'Laws should be enacted
setting aside for a period of, say, twenty
years 75 per rent of the interns! revenue and
customs receipts from Hswsil as special
fund to be expended in the islands for edu
cations! and publie buildings, snd for hsrbor
hnpro rements and military and naval de
fenses. It cannot be too often repeated that
onr aim must be to develop the territory of
Hawaii on traditional American lines. That
territory has serious commercis! snd indus
trial problems to reckon with : but no meas
ure of relief ran lie considered which looks
to legislation admitting Chinese and restrict
ing them by statute to field labor snd do
mestic service. The status ef servility can
never again lim tolerated on American j soil.
We cannot concede that the proper solution
of its problems is special legislation admit
ting to Hawaii a class of laborers denied
admission to the other states and territories.
There are obstacles, snd great obstacles, in
tbe way of building up a representative
American community in the Hawaiian Isl
ands; but it is not. in the Ame.-ican character
to give np in the fare of difficulty. Many
an American commonwealth has-been built
up against odds equal to those- that now con
front Hawaii.
No merely half-hearted effort to meet it
problem as other American communities have
met theirs csn Ire accepted sa final, llswsii
shall never becomw a territory in which a
governing class of rich planters exists by
mean of coolie labor. I Even if the rate
of growth of the territory is thereby rendered
slower, the growth must only take place by
the admission of immigrants fit in the end
te assume the duties and burdens of, full
American citixenship. Our aim must be t
develop the territory on the same basis of
stable citixenship aa exists on this continent.
" - Torto aics. f -
I earnestly advocate th adoption of leg
islation which will explicitly confer American
citixenship on all eitiiens of Porto Kieo.
There is, in' my judgment, no excuse for fiil
nre to do this. The hsrbor of Sn Jnn
should be dredged and improved. Tbe ex
penses of the federal court of Porto Rico
should be met from tbe federal treasury, and
not from the Porto Riean treasury. The
elections in Porto Kico should take place evry
four years, and th legislature should meet
in session every two years. The present form
of government in Porto Kieo, which provide
for the appointment by the . president of the
member of the executive council er upper
house of the legislature, has proved satis
factory snd has inspired eenndenee m pmp-
terlr owners and investors. I do not deem
it advisable at the present time to trhsnge
t.s form in anv material feature. Th prob
lems and needs of th island are industrial
and commercial rather than political.
Insula Affairs la OeneraV.
I wish- also to call th attention of the
congress to one question which affect our
insular possessions generally; namely, the
need of an increased liberality 'fa the! treat
ment of the whole franchise question in these
Islands. In the proper desire to prevent the
islands being exploited by sperulsters and
to have them develop in the interest of their
own people an error baa been made in refus
ing Ui grant sufficiently libers I terms to in
due -the investment of American capital in
the 'Philippines and in Porto Rico. Else
where in this message I have spoken strongly
gainst the jealowsy of mere wearta, and
especially of corporate wealth aa such. But
it is , particularly regrettable te allow any
such jelmsy to be developed when we re
dealing either with onr insular or with for
eign affairs. The big corporation haa
achieved its' present position in. the bo sin ess
world simply becsase it i the most effective
instrument in business competition. - In for
eign affairs we - cannot afford . to put onr
people at a disadvantage with their com
petitors by in any way discriminating against
the efficiency nf ear business organisations.
In the same way we" can not afford to allow
onr insular possessions -te lag behind in in
dastril . development from any twisted jeal
ousy of business success. - It is. of coarse, n
mere truism to say thst the business interest!
of the. inrands will oner be developed if it be
come, the Snnrial interest of somebody to
develop them. Yet this development ; is rat
nf thr thing tnt earnestly to b wished for
in the. interest of th inland themselves. We
bwra been paying .all possible heed to th
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$2.75 Pants.
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pvlitieal snd educational interests of th
lands, but, important thought these objects
are, it ia not Ies important that w should
favor .'their industrial development. . Th
government can : in certain ways help thia
directly, as by building good rosds; but th
fnndsmentat snd vital help must b given
through the 'development f th Industries
of the islands. , and s most efficient means
to this 'end is t eneosrag big American
corporations to start Industrie in them and
this mean to. make it advantageous for them
to do so. To limit the ownership ef mining
claims ss has been don In thn Philippines
is sbsurd. In both the Philippine snd Porto
Rico the limit of holdings of land should
be largely raised.
I earnestly ash that Alaska b given sn
elective delegate. Some person should be
chosen who can apeak with authority of the
needs of the territory. The government
should aid in the construction of railroad
from the Gulf of Alaska to the Yukon river,
in American territory. In, my hist two mes
ssges I advocated certain additional action
on behalf of Alaska. I shall not now report
tho recommendation, but I shall lay all my
stress upon tbe one recommendation of giving
to Alsska some one suthorised to speak for
iu I should prefer that ; the delegate wss
made elective, but if this is not deemed wise
then make' him appointive. At any rat, give
Alaska soma person wnose business it snail
be to speak with authority on her behalf te
the congress. The natural resources of Alas
ka are great. Some nf the chief needs of
the peculiarly energetic self reliant and typi-
Lcally American white Deputation of Alaska
were set forth in my last message. X also
earnestly ask your attention to th needs ol
tbe Alaskan Indians. ' All Indians wh sre
competent ahould receive the full rights ol
.American citixenship. It is, for instance,
gross and indefensible wrong to deny to such
hard-working, decent-living Indians as tne
Metlakahtlas the right to obtain license as
captains, pilots snd engineers, tbe right to
enter mining claims, snd to 'profit by the
homestead lass. These particular Indians sre
civilised, snd are competent- snd entitled to
be put on the sa me basis with the
rhite
men round about them.
Admission t Statehood.
I recommend that Indian Territory nnd
Oklahoma be admitted aa one state and' that
New Mexico and Arisona be admitted as on
state. There is no obligstion upon ns to
treat territorial subdivisions, which are mat
ters of convenience only, a binding us on the
question ef admission to shatehood. Nothing
hss taken up more time in the congress dur
ing the past few ers than the question as
te the statehood to be granted to the four
'territories above mentioned, and after careful
consideration of all that has been developed
in the discussions of the question I recom
mend thst. they be immedistely admitted as
two ststes.- There 1 n justification for -further
delay; and the 'advisability of making
the four territories into two states has been
clearly established.
In some of the territories the legislative
assemblies issue lieensea for gambling. The
congress should by law forbid this practice,
the harmful results of which are obvious at
s glance. . i .
Th Panama Canal..' :
The treaty between the United States and
the Republic of Panama, w.ent into effect
with ita . ratification by the United States
senster on Februsry 23, 1904. ' The rsnal
properties of the French Canal Company were
transferred to tbe United State on April 23,
1404, on payment of S40.000.000 to that
company. On April 1, 1905, the commission
waa reorganised, and it now consists of Theo
dore P. Shonts, chairman, Charles K. Ma
goon, Benjamin M. Harrod, : Rear Admiral
M ordeca i T. Endieott. Brig. Gen. Peter C.
Haina, and CoL Oswald 11. Ernst. John F.
Stevens was" sppointed chief engineer on
July 1 last. Active work in canal construc
tion, mainly preparatory, has been in progress
for Ies than n year and s half. Iuring that
period two points about the canal have
ceased to be open to debate. First, the ques
tion of rout ; the canal will be built on the
Istbmns of Panama. Second, the question of
fessibility; there sre no physical obstacle
on thi rout thst American engineering skill
will not b able to overcome without serious
difficulty, or that will prevent the completion
of the canal within a reasonable time aad st
a reasonsbl cost. Thi 1' virtually the
unanimous testimony of the .engineers who
have investigated the matter lor the govern
ment, i
The point which remains unsettled is th
question of type, whether th rsnal shall be
on of several locks above sea level, or st
sea level with a single tide lock. On this
point I hope to lay before the congress at an
early day the finding of tbe advisory board
of American and European engineer, thst st
my invitation hsv been considering th sub
ject, together with the report of tbe com
mission thereon; and such comments thereon
or recommendations in reference thereto as
may seera necessary.
The American people Is pledged to the
speediest possible construction f a rsnal
adequate to meet the demand which the com
merce of the-world' will make upon it. and I
appeal meat earnestly tq the eongre. to aid
IB ,oe fulfillment of th pledge. Gratifying
progress has been made during th past year
nd especially during the post four months.
Th greater part of the necessary preliminary
work has been dene. Actual work of eseeva
tion could bob began only on a limited scale
until tbe canal son was made a healthful
place to live in and to work In. Th isthmus
had to be sanitated first. This task haa been
so thoroughly accomplished that yellow fever
ha been virtually extirpated from the isth
mus and general health conditions vastly im
proved. The ssm methods which converted
the island of Cuba from a pest hole, which
mensced the health j of the world, into a
healthful place of abode, have been applied
on the isthmns with" satisfactory results.
There is no reason to doubt that when the
plans for water supply, paving, and aewer
age of Panama and- Colon and tbe large labor
rampa have been fully carried out, th
isthmns wftt be. for the tropics, an unusually
healthy place of abode. The work is so far
advanced . now that th health of all those
employed in canal work I ss well guarded as
it is on similar work in Ibis country and
elsewhere.-' :-.'
I addition to sanitating th isthmnr. Batik-
factory usrter are being provided for em
ploye and ss adequate aystem of supplying
them with wholesome food . at , reasonable
price a has been created. Iieoita!s have been
established aad equipped that sre without
superiors or tbeir kind anywhere. Th cow
try nas tan been sonde fit tn work in. snd
provision ha been mad for tbe welfare and
comfort of those who are to do tbe work.
Inuring the post year n large portion of tbe
plant with which th work ia to be done has
been ordered. It is confidently believed that
by the middle nf the approaching, yesr s
sufficient proportion of thia plant wilt have
been installed to enable ua to resume the
work ef excavation on n large scale.
.What is needed now and without delay is
an uppropristion by the congress to meet the
current snd secruisg expenses of th com'
mission. The first appropriation f-$10.OOn,.
ooo. out of the S135,00J,(KM authorised by
the Bpooner net. was made three year ago.
It ia nearly exhausted. There ia barely
enosgh of it remaining t carry th com mis
sion to the end of th yesr. Unless th
congress shall appropriate before that time
all work must cess. Te arrest progress fog
say length f time now, when matters are
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very low. Many of the designs am
unique.'' ... -
Our line of rubber rood, perfumes,
soars and toilet articles is complete,
and we have a full list of prescript ioo
supplies. - . .
In fact, our entire toek Is now. We
have not a hop worn article in the
place. '
We will be glad to have yon call.
THE BHD CROSS PIIABMACY,
' Jerman Jt Ward, Proprietors.
Corner of State and Commercial Streets
Undersell
Dr. Stone's Drug Store
Will undersell ny CUT RATE price
Advertised by any druggist in the
Daily or Weekly Statesman. This ap
plies to . all medicines, toilet articles,
liquors, prescriptions or nny thin ft ordi
narily carried by drug stores. This is
s standing proposition,
DR. C. GEE V0
GREAT CHINESE D0GT02
Formerly located st
SSS Alder Street, Cor
ner of Third Street, ,
HAS
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FIRST OTRCCT
. O. One Wo, the Great Chinese
Doctor, is well known and famous
throughout th4 U. 8. because his won
derful and marvelous cures hare been
heralded broadcast throughout the
length and breadth of this country,
lie treats any and all diseases with
powerful Chinese roots, herbs, buds,
barks and vegetables that are entirely
unknown to medical science ia this
eountry, and hrough tbe use of these
harmless rem0die, lie guarantees te
cure catarrh, asthma, - lung troubles,
advancing so aatisfactorily, would be deplor
able. There will b no money with which
to meet pay-roll obligation snd bobs with
which to meet bills coming du for material
and supplies; and there will b detnoratis
tion of th forces, here sn a ui istnmus.
now working so harmoniously snd effectively,
if there is delay in granting aa Tnrgnry
appropriation. . Estimates of th amount
necessary will be found in th seeompnnying
report of th secretary of. war snd th eons
missioa. The rprtmnt er ntat.
I recommend more adequate provision than
has beenmsde heretofore for th work of th
department of state.- Within a few year
there hss been a very greet incress In th
mount nnd importance of th work to b
don by that department, both in Washing
ton nnd abroad. Tbta ha neen causae ny tn
great increase ef our foreign trad, tbe in
creese of wealth among our people, which ts
able them to travel more generally than her-!
tofor th incress ol American capital which
is aeeking investment in foreign countries,
snd the growth of our power and weight in
tne counciia oi am civiusea wo no. i nere
has been no corresponding incress of f s-
cilitie for doing th work afforded to the
department having charge of onr foreign re
lations. Neither st home nor abroad I there n .
sufficient working fore to do th business j
properly, f many respect the system which !
waa sdeqnat to th work of twenty-nve, or i
even ten, years sgo. Is inadequate now, snd
should be changed. - Our consular fore '
should, b classified, and sppointment should
be mad to th several classes, with author-
ity to the executive to assign th members of
each class to duty at auch post as th inter
est of th service require, Instesd of the
sppointments being mnd n t present te
specified post. There should b sn adequat
inspection -service, so that tn eepartment
may be able to inform Itself how th business
of esrh consulate is being dons, instead nf
depending upon casual private information
or rumor.' Tbe fe system should be entirely
abolished, and du equivalent made, in
salary to the officers who. now ek out tbeir
subsistence by mesas ef fee. Kafficient
? revision should b msde for clerical ' force
n every consulate, composed entirely of
Americans, instead f th insufficient pro
vision now soada, whichj compels the employ
ment of great numbers of citizens of foreign
countries whose services csn be obtained for ...
less money. At large part f nr consu
lates th office qusrters snd th clerical fore
are inadequate t the performaae of th
neron duties imposed by the recent pro
visions of our immigration laws as well a
by our increasing trade. In many parts of
the world tbe lack of suitable qusrters for
our embassies, legations, snd eonsulatea de
tracts from th respect in which onr ITt'ers
ought to be held, and seriously impairs their
weight and influence.
Suitable prcrUiosi should be saad for tho
expense of keeping our diplomatic officers
more fjlly informed of whtt is being done
from dsy "to day in th progress ef our
diplomatic affairs with other countries, -lb
lack of . such information, caused by inmf
cient p propria tion a available for cable tolls
and for clerical -and messenger service, fre
quently puts our officers st s great disad
vantage snd detracts rom their usefulness.
The salary list should b readjusted It des
not now correspond either to the importance
of the j service to b rendered and tba degree
of alnlity and experience required ia the
different positions, to the differences in the
cost of living. In many esses th sslariea
sre quit jndeqnst.
THEODORE ROOSETELT.
The White House, December 5, 1905.
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