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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS. UlESIMV. OECEMUEl C.ntinutd from Preceding Page. trrr^ in this country Ih the question of the public health. At last the public mind is awahe to the fact that many diseases, notably tuberculosis, are na tional scourges. The work of state and city boards of health should be supple tnented by a constantly increasing In terest on the part of the national gov ernment. The congress has already provided a bureau of public health and lias provided for a hygienic laboratory. There aro other valuable laws relating to the public health connected with the various denarlmenta. Thla whole branch of the government should bo strengthened and aided In every way. Governmental Commistione. "I call attention to two government commissions which I have appointed and which have already done excellent work. The first of these has to do with the organisation of the aclentlflu work of the government, which has grown up wholly without plan and Is In consequence so unwisely dletrlbuted among the executive departments that much of Ita effect Is lost for the lack of proper co-ordination. This commis sion's chief object la to Introduce a ,planned and orderly development and operation In the place of the Ill-assort ed and often Ineffective grouping and methods of work which have prevailed This can not be done without legisla tion, nor would It be feasible to deal In detail with so complex an admlnlatra- tlva problem by specific provisions of law. I recommend that the presides be given authority to concentrate re. leted lines of work and reduce dupli cation by executive order through transfer and consolidation of lines of work. “The second committee, that on de , -partment methods, was instructed to •Investigate and report upon the changes needed to place tha condurt of the executive force of the government on (the most economical and effective bu lls In the light of the best modern busi ness practice. The committee has made very satisfactory progress. Antiquated practices and bureaucratic ways have been abolished, and a general renova tion of departmental methods haa been Inaugurated. All that can be done by executive order haa already been ac- compllehed or will ba put Into effect ' In the peer future. Remedy Delicti, "The work of the main committee and Ita several aeeletant committees has produced a wholesome awakening on tha part of the great body of offi cers and emptdyeea engaged In govern ment work. In nearly every depart ment and office there haa been a care ful self-inspection for the purpose of remedying any defects before they could be made the subject of adverse criticism. This has ted Individuals to a wider study of the work on which they were engaged, and this study has resulted In Increasing their efficiency In their respective lines of work. Thero are recommendations of special Impor tance from the committee on the sub ject of personnel and the classification of salaries which will require legisla tive action before they ran be put Into effect. It It my Intention lo submit to the congress in the near future u special Message on thdse subjects. Presidential Campaign Expenses. "Under our form of government vot ing la not merely a right bjit ft duty, and, moreover, a fundamental and noc- eseery duly If a men Is to be a goad rltlsen. It Is well to provide that cor poratlona shall not contribute to prest ■lciitlal or national campaigns, and fur. tliermore to provide for the publication of both contrlbuttona and expenditures. Thero li, however, alwaye danger In laws of thle kind, which froip their very nature are dlffloult of enfonre- ment; the danger being leet they be obeyed only by the honeet, and disobey ed by the unscrupulous, so ae to act only as a penalty upon honest men. Moreover, no tuch law would hamper sn unscrupulous man of unlimited means from buying hie own way Into office. Thero Is a very radical measure which would. 1 believe, work a subelnn tlal Improvement In our eystem of con dueling n campaign, although I am well aware that It will taka some lime for people so to familiarise themselves with aucli a proposal as to be willing to consider Ita adoption. The need ftr collecting large campaign funds would vanish If congress provided an appro priation for the proper and legitimate exfienses of each of the great nation al parttee, an appropriation ample enough to meet tha necessity for thor ough organisation and machinery, ougn KfiuiMHivn «uu ins** iiiiix'i ,»■ which require# a larfe expenditure of money. Then the stipulation ihould be mad# that no party receiving campaign fundi from the treaiury lhould accept more than a fixed amount from any Individual aub#crtb#r or donor; and the necessary publicity for receipt#, and expenditure# could without difficulty bo provided. • A National -Gallary of Art. •There should be a national gallery of art eitabllehed In the capital city of this country. Thle 1# important not merely to the artlatlc but to the matn- rlal welfare of the country; and the people are to be congratulated on the fact that the movement to establish Mich a gallery la taking definite form under the guidance of the Smlthsonlnn Institution. 80 far from there being a tariff on work# of art brought Into the country, their Importation should be en couraged In ever>* way. There have been no sufficient collection# of object# of art by the government, and what collections have been acquired are scat tered and are generally ulaced In un suitable and Imperfectly lighted gal leries. The Biological Survey. "The biological survey Is quietly working for the good of our agricultural Interests, and is on excellent example of a government bureau which conduct# original scientific research the findings of which am of much practical utility. For more than twenty years It has studied the food habits of birds and mammals that are Injurious or benefl clal to agriculture, horticulture and for estry; has distributed Illustrated bulle tins on the subject, and has labored to secure legislative protection for the beneficial species. '.The notion boll wee VII. which has recently overspread the cotton belt of Texas and Is steadily ex tending Its range. Is said to cause an annual loss of about 13.000,000. The biological survey has ascertained and given wide publicity to the fact that at least forty-three kinds of birds prey upon this destructive Insect, Ocean Mall Service. “I call your especial Attention to the unsatisfactory condition of our foreign mall service, which, because of the lack of American steamship lines, Is now largely ddne through foreign lines, and which, particularly so far as South and Central America are concerned, Is done In a manner which constitutes a serious barrier to the extension of our commerce. The Army. "Not only there Is not now, but there never has been, any other nation In the world so wholly free from the evils of militarism as Is ours. There never has been any other large nation, not even China, which for so long a period has had relatively to Its numbers so •mall a regular army as has ours. Never at any time In our history has this nation suffered from militarism or been In the remotest danger of suffer ing from militarism. Never at any time of our history has the regular army been pf a size which caused the slightest appreciable tax upon the tax- paying citizens of the nation. Almost always It has been too small In size and underpaid. Never In our entire history has the nation suffered in the least particular because too much care haa been given to the army, too much prominence given It, too much money spent upon it, or because It has been too large. But again and again we have suffered because enough care has not been given to It, because It has been too small, because there has not been sufficient preparation In advance for possible war. Every foreign war In which we have engaged haa cost us many times the amount which. If wise- ly expended during the preceding years of peace on the regular army, would have insured the war ending In but a fraction of the time And but for a frac tion of the cost that wan actually the case. As a nation, we have always been shortsighted In providing for the efficiency of the army In time of peace. It Is nobody’s especial Interest to make such provision and no one looks ahead to war fit any period, no matter how remote, as being a serious possibility; while an improper economy, or rather niggardliness, can be practiced at the expense of the army with the certainty that those practicing It will not be called to account therefor, but that the price will be paid by the. unfortunate persons who happen to be In office when a war does actually come. ”1 think It Is only lack of foresight that troubles us. not any hostility to the army. There are, of course, fool ish people who denounce any care of the army or navy as ’militarism,' but I do not think that these people arc numerous. This country has to con tend now. and has had to contend In the past, with many evils, and there In ample scope for all who would work for reform. But there Is not one evil that now exists, or that ever has ex isted In this country, which Is. or ever has been, owing In the smallest part to militarism. Declamation against militarism has no mote serious place In an earnest and Intelligent movement for righteousness In this country than declamation against the worship of Baal or Astaroth. It Is declamation ugalnst a non-existent evil, one which never has existed In this country, and which has not the slight est chance of appearing here. We are glad to help In any movement for in ternational peace, but this Is because we sincerely believe that It la our duty to help all such movements provided they are sane and rational, and not be cause there Is any tendency toward militarism on our part which needs to be cured. Militarism. SHINON GEORGIA PAINT A GLA88 CO., 40 Peachtree Street. flPIUM and WHIfiKCV HAfitTt cured st home witte oat pain. Book of eyk titulars sent PJtKl i B. M. WOOXXHY.M.K U.US. Office 104 N.frvor 9**#^. TEETH pstn, too each. fits! t»*'ttj li. Money css not buy b e t t * PHlI.ADEt.lMUA DENTAL UOUUS. bo. n wbitetistt at. ■ if. m DR. E. E. BRAGG, OSTEOPATH and PHYSICIAN and SURGEON. Office 324-25 Century Building, Hours: 9 to 5—Bell Phone. ‘‘The evils we have to fight are those In connection with industrialism, not militarism. Industry Is always nec essary, Just as war Is sometimes nec essary. Each has Its price, nnd Indus try in the United States now exacts, and has always exacted, a far heavier toll of death than all our wars put to gether. The statistics of the railroads of this country for the year ended June 80, 1906, the last contained In the an nual statistical report of the interstate commerce commission, show In that one year a total of 108.134 casualties to persons, of which 10,618 represent the number of persons killed. In that wonderful hive of human activity, Pittsburg, the deaths due to Industrial accidents In 1906 were 919, all the re sult of accidents In mills, mines or on railroads. For the entire country, therefore. It Is safe to say that the deaths due to Industrial accidents ag gregate in the neighborhood of twenty thousand i\ year. Such u record makes the death’rate In all our foreign wars utterly trivial by comparison. The number of deaths In battle In nil the foreign wars put together, for the last century and a quarter, aggregate con siderably less than one year's death record for our Industries. A mere glance at these figures !s sufficient to show the absurdity of the outcry against militarism. "But again and again In the past our little regular army has rendered serv ice literally vital to the country, and It may at any time have to do so In the future. Its standard of efficiency and instruction Is higher now than ever In the past. But It is too small. There are n^t enough officers; and It Is Imposslhb to secure enough enlisted men. We should maintain In peace a fairly complete skeleton of a large ar my. A great and long-continued war would have to lie fought by volunteers. But months would pass before any large body of efficient volunteers could be put in the field, and our regular ar my should bo large enough to meet any Immediate need. In particular It Is essential that we should possess a num ber of extra officers trained In peace to perform efficiently the . duties ur gently required upon the breaking out of war. Medical Corps. The medical corps should be much larger than the needs of our regular army In war. Yet at present It Is smaller than the needs of the service demand even In pea-re. The Spanish urred lets tiu.n ten years ago. The chief loss we suffered In It wa* by never left the country. At the moment the nation seemed deeply impressed by this fact; yet seemingly It has already been forgotten, for not the slightest effort has been made to prepare a med ical corps of sufficient slse to prevent the repetition of the same disaster on a much larger scale If we should ever be engaged In a serious conflict. The trouble In the Spanish war was not with the then existing officials of the war department; It was with the rep resentatives of the people as a whole who, for the preceding thirty years, had declined to make the necessary provision for the army. Weed Out Officers. "Among the officers there should be severe examinations to weed out the unfit up to the grade of major. From that position on appointment# should be solely by selection and it should be understood that a man of merely av erage capacity could'never get beyond the position of major, while every man who serves In any grade a certain length of time prior to promotion to the next grade without getting the promotion to the next grade should be forthwith retired. The practice marches and field maneuvers of the last two or three years have been In valuable to the army. They should be continued and extended. A rigid and not a perfunctory examination of phys. leal capacity has been provided ‘for the higher grade officers. This will work well. Unless an officer has good physique, unless lie can stand hardship, ride well, and walk fairly, he Is not fit for any position, even after he has become a colonel. Before he has become a colonel the need for physical fitness In the officer Is almost as great as In the enlisted man. hope speedily to see Introduced Into the army a far more rigid and thorough going test of horsemanship for all field officers than at present. There should be a chief of cavalry Just us there Is a chief of artillery. "Perhaps the most Important of all legislation needed for the benefit of the army Is a law to equalize and Increase the pay of officers and enlisted men of the army, navy, marine corps nnd rev enue cutter service. Such a bill has been prepared, which it Is hoped will meet with your favorable consideration. The next most essential measure Is to authorize. a number of extra officers as mentioned above. To make the ar my more attractive to enlisted men. It \p absolutely essential to create a serv ice corps, such as exists In nearly every modern army In the world, to do the skilled and unskilled labor, Inseparably connected with military administra tion, which Is now exacted, without Just compensation, of enlisted men who voluntarily entered the army to do service of an altogether different kind. There are a number of other laws nec essary to so organize the army as to promote Its efficiency nnd facllltato Its rapid expansion In time of war; but the above are the most Important. The Navy. "It was hoped The Hugue confer ence might deal with the question of the limitation of armaments. But even before it had assembled Informal In quiries hod developed that as regards naval armaments, the only ones In which this country had any Interest. It was hopeless to try to devise any plan for which there was the slightest pos sibility of securing the assent of the nations gathered at The Hague. No plan w'ns even proposed which would have had the assent of more thnn one first class power outside of the United States. The only plan that seemed at all feasible, that of limiting the size of battle ships, met with no favor at all. It Is evident, therefore, thut it is folly for this notion' to base nny hope of securing peace on any International agreement us to the limitation of arma ments. Such being the fact. It would be most unwise for us to stop the up building of our navy. •‘To build one buttle ship of the best and most advanced type a year would barely keep our fleet up to its present force. This Is not enough. In my Judg ment, we should this year provide for four battle ships. But It Is Idle to build battle ships unless In addition to pro viding the men, and the means for thorough training, we provide the aux lllarles for them, unless we provide the docks, the coaling stations, the colliers and supply ships that they need. We are extilhnely deficient In coaling sta tions and docks on the Pacific, and this deficiency should not lbnger be permit ted to exist. Plenty of torpedo boats and destroyers should be built. Both on the Atlantic and Pacific coasts, for tifications of the best type should be provided for all our greatest harbors. "We need alwuys to Remember that In time of war the navy Is not to be used to defend harbors and sea coast cities; vve should protect our system of coast fortifications. The only efficient use for the navy Is for offense. The only way In which; It can efficiently protect our own coast against the pos sible action of a foreign navy Is by destroying that foreign navy. For defense against a hostile fleet which ac tually attacks them, the coast cities must depend upon their forts, mines, torpedoes, submarines and torpedo boats and destroyers. All of these to gether are efficient for defensive pur poses, but they In no way supply the place of a thoroughly efficient navj; capable of acting on the offensive; for parrying never yet won a fight. It can only be won by hard bitting, and an ag gressive sea-going nuvy alone cun do this hard hitting of the offensivesype. But the forts nnd the like are neces sary so that the navy may be foot loose. In time of* war there Is sure to be n demand, under pressure of fright, for the ships to be scattered no as to defend nil kind of ports. Under penal ty of tsrrible disaster, this demand must be refused. The ships must be kept together, and their objective made the enemies’ fleet. If fortifications are sufficiently strong, no modern navy will venture to attack them, so long an the foe has In existence a hostile navy of anything like the same slae or efficiency. But unless there exists such a navy then the fortifications are powerless by themselves to secure the victory. For, of course, the mere de ficiency mean# that any resolute enemy can at his leisure combine all Ids forces upon one point with the certainty that he can take It. 8hift Fleets. '•Until our battle fleet la much larger than at present It should never be split Into detachments so far apart that they ottld not In event of emergency be speedily united. Our coast line Is on the Pacific just as much as on the At lantic. The Interests of California, Oregon and Washington are a# emphat ically the Interests of the whole union as those of Maine and New York, of Louisiana nnd Texas. The battle fleet should now and then be moved to the Pacific, just as at other times It should be kept In the Atlantic. When the Isthmian .canal la built the transit of the battle fleet from one ocean to the other will be comparatively easy. Until It Is built I earnestly hope that the battle fleet will be thus shifted between the two oceans every year or two. The marksmansblp on aJJ our ships has Improved phenomenally dur ing the last five years. "Until within the last two ot* three years It was not possible to train a bat tle fleet In squadron maneuvers under service conditions, and It Is only during these last two or three years that the training under these conditions has be come really effective. Another and most necessary stride In advance Is now being taken. The battle fleet Is about starting by the Straits of Magellan to visit the Pacific cOAst. Sixteen battle ehlpo are going under the command of Rear Admiral Evans, while eight ar mored cruisers and two other battle ships will meet him at San Francisco, whither certain torpedo destroyers are also going. No fleet of such size has ever made such a voyage, and It will be of very great educational use to all engaged In It. The only Way by which to teach officers and men how to handle the fleet so as to meet every possible strain and emergency In time of war Is to have them practice under similar conditions In time of peace. Moreover, the only way to find out our actual needs Is to perform In time of peace whatever maneuvers might be neces sary In time of war. After war Is de dared It Is too late to find out the needs; that means to Invite disaster. This trip to the Pacific will show what some of our needs are and will enable us to provide for them. The proper place for an officer to learn his duty Is at sea, and the only way In which a navy can ever be made efficient is by practice at sea, under all the conditions which would have to be met If war ex isted. Liberal Treatment. "I bespeak the most liberal treatment for the officers and enlisted men of the time the .representatives of practically all the civilized countries of the world united In s temperate and kindly discussion of the methods by which the causes of war might be usrrowed and its injurious effects re duced. Although the agreements reached In the conference did not In aur direction go to the length hoped for by the more snugulne, yet In many directions Important steps were taken, ami upon every subject on the program there was such full and considerate discussion as to Justify the belief that sub- . •tsntlsl progress has been made toward farther agreements in the future. Thirteen conventions were agreed upon emlMMlying the definite conclusions which bad beeu reached, and resolutions were adopted marking the progress made In the matters tlcabU*. Arbitration. ‘it Is unnnlmous: til In accepting the principle for obligatory arbitration: (2) In declaring that certain differences, ami nota bly those rein Hug to the Interpretation and application of international conveutloqnl stipulations. are susceptible of being sub- doubt that the great majority of the coun tries of the world b«ve reached a point whore they are now ready to npply practi cal ly the principle* thus unanimously agreed upon by the conference. Thn second advnuee. and n very great one. I* the agreement which relates to the use o 1 force for the collection of contract debts, j Your attention Is Invited to the paragraphs upon this subject in my message of Decem ber, 1906. nnd to the resolution of the third American conference at Klo in the Hummer of 1906. The convention upon this subject adopted by the conference substan tially ns proposed by the American dele gates Is us follows: Not Pecuniary Origin. "In order to urold between notions armed 1‘ntifllcts of u purely pecuniary origin arising debts claimed of the g« ■onntry by th« governing nuvy. It I, true of then, a. IlkewlM ViaHlgnatotfiiw oSf to five of the officers and enlisted men of the recourse to armed force for the collection army, that they form a body whose in- of contractual^ dehj*. You'll Not Need Much your.olf, after you're dead—but your family will keep right on wanting three meale a day—The landlord will want Hie rent just the same as now— And then there'll bo all your debt* to pay—Are you sure you have enough life insurance to provide for it all? Have you seen The Equitable Life’s Standard Policy. Prescribed by the New York State Law? WRITE, PHONE OR CALL Consultation and Office Treatment Free. FRANK W. BURR, Manager for Georgia. Equitable Building, Atlanta, Ga. terrsts should be close to the heart of every good American. In return the most rigid performance of duty should be exacted from them. The reward should be ample when they do their best; and nothing less than their best should be tolerated. It Is Idle to hope for the best results when the men In the aenlor grades come to those grades late In life and serve too short a time In them. Up to the rank of lieutenant commander promotion In the navy should be as now, by seniority, subject, however, to such rigid tests as would eliminate the unfit. After the grade of lieutenant commander, that Is, when we come to the grade of command rank, the unfit should be, eliminated In such manner that only the conspicuously fit would remain, and sea service should be a principal test of fitness. "Thone who are passed by should, after a certain length of service In their respective grades, be retired. Of n given number of men It may well be that almost all would make good lleu- tenantn and most of them good lieuten ant commanders, while only a minority will be fit to be captains, and but three or four to be admirals. Th^se who ob ject to promotion otherwise than by mere seniority should reflect upon the elementary fact that no business In pri vate life could be successfully managed If those who enter at the lowest rungs of the ladder should each in turn, If he lived, become the head of the firm, Its active director, and retire after he had held the position a few months. On Its face such a scheme Is an absurdity. Chances for Improper favoritism can be minimized by a properly formed board; such as the board of last June, which did such conscientious and ex cellent work In elimination. Promote Good Men. "If all that oughf to be done can not now be done, at least let a beginning be made. In my last threfc annual mes sages, and In a special message to the last congress, the necessity for legisla tion that will cause officers of the line applicable when the debtor state refuses or leaves unanswered nn offer to arbitrate, or. In ease of acceptance, makes It Impossible to formulate the terms of submission, or. after arbitration, fulls to comply with .the award rendered. "It Is further contemplated procedure, wltn euapter a or me convention for the pacific settlement of Internntlousl disputes adopted at The Hague, nnd that It shall determine, In so far us there shall he no agreement lietween the parties, the Justice nnd the amount of the debt, the time nnd mode of payment thereof." Hitch n provision would have prevented much tujustlco nnd extortion In the post, and I con not doubt thnt Its effect In the future wilt lie most salutary. Permanent Court. Substantial progress was also made to ward the creation of a permanent ludlcial tribunal for the determination of Interna tional causes. There was very full discus sion of the proposal for such n court and n general agreement was finally reached hi favor of Its creation. The conference rec. otnmended to the signntor.v powers the adoption of n draft upon which it agreed for tlie organization of the court, leaving to lie determined only the method by which the Judges should he selected. This re maining unsettled question is plainly one which time and good temper will solve. A further agreement of the first impor- ho recalls the Injustices under which tills nmtry suffered ns a neutral power during ic enrly part of the Inst century can not full to see In this provision for an Inter national prize court the great ndvuutugi which file World Is making toward the sub HtItutIon of the rule of reasou and Justice In place of simple force. Numerous provisions were adopted for during the evil effects of war nnd for de fining the rights and duties of neutrals. 'I lie conference also provided for the hold ing of n third conference within «• period shnllnr to thnt which elapsed between the first und second conferences. The delegates of the United States worth- y represented the spirit of the American people mid inniiitiilned with fidelity mid ability the policy of our government i nil the great questions discussed lu the of the navy to reach the grade of cap- c b lain nnd rear admiral at less advanced . *' . . ages and which wllljpause them to have * r^ B go In consequence of ii revolution more sea training and experience In I *V ry tuorement In tuba which threnteued the highly responsible duties of those Immediate return to chaos of the Is snides, sn that they mav become thor- I l*ml, the United States Intervened, sending down nn army nnd establishing a provision- STUART’8 BABY COLIC REMEDY No Home with children should be without It. Relieves promptly. 34 disease among the regiments which Wall street.” grades, so that they may become thor oughly skillful In handling battleships, divisions, squadrons and fleets In ac tion. has been fully explained and ur gently recommended. Upon this sub ject the secretary of the navy has sub mitted detailed and definite recomtnen datlons which have received my ap proval, nnd which, if enacted Into law. will accomplish what Is Immediately necessary, nnd will, as compared with existing law, make a saving of more than five millions of dollars during the next seven years. The navy personnel act of 1899 haa accomplished ail tbal was expected of It In providing satis factory periods of service In the several subordinate grades, from the grade of ensign to the grade of lieutenant com mander. but the law Is Inadequate In the upper grades and will continue to be Inadequate on account of the ex pansion of the personnel since Its en actment. Your attention Is Invited to the following quotations from the re port of the personnel board of 1906, of which the assistant secretary of the navy was president: Increase Midshipmen. “•Congress has authorized a consid erable Increase In the number of mid shipmen at the Naval Academy, and these midshipmen upon graduation are promoted to ensign and lieutenant (junior grade). But no provision has been made for a corresponding Increase in the upper grades, the result being that the lower grades will become so congested that a midshipman now In one of the lowest classes at Annapolis may possibly not be promoted to lieu tenant until he U between 45 and 50 years of age. 8o It will continue under the present law, congesting at the top and congesting at the bottom. The country falls to get from the officers of the service the best that is In them by not providing opportunity for their nor mal development and training. The board believes that thla works rlous detriment to the efficiency of the navy and is a real menace to the pub lie safety.’ "As stated In my special message to the last congress: *1 am firmly or the opinion that unless the present condi tions of tiie higher commissioned per sonnel Is rectified by Judicious legisla tion the future of our navy will be gravely compromised.* It Is also ur gently necessary to Increase the effi ciency of the medical corps of the navy. Special legislation to this end has already been proposed; and I trust It may be enacted without delay. Foreign Affaire. foreign affairs. this country's steady policy It Co Iwhavc toward ether nations a strong nnd self-respecting man should nl government under Governor Mngoon. Absolute fftilet and prosperity have returned to the Island because of this action. W« are now inking steps to provide for elec tloiis In the Island and our Expectation Is within the coiutug year to he able to turn the Island over again to a government chosen by the people thereof. Cuba Is nt our doors. It Is not possildo that this nation should permit Culm again to sink Into the condition from which we rescued It. All that we ask of the Cuban people Is that they be prosperous, thnt they govern themselves so ns to bring content, order and progress to their Island, the Queen of the Antilles, and our only Interference lias been and will be to help them achieve these re sults. The Japanese Exposition. An Invitation has been extended by Japan to the government and people of the United Htatcs to participate lu a great national ex position to be held nt Tokyo from April I to October 81, 1913, nnd In which the prin cipal countries of t^c world arc to lie In vited to take port. This Is an occasion of special Interest to nil the nations of the world, and peculiarly so to us; for it Is the first Instance In whlijh such a great national exposition has Iwvn held by a great power dwelling on the I'aclftc, nnd all the natlona of Europe and America will, I trust. Join III helping to success this first great exposi tion ever held by a great ndtlon of Asia. German Tariff Agreement. The adoption of a new tariff by Germany, accompanied by conventtous for reciprocal tariff concessions between that country and most of the other countries of continental Europe. led the German government to give the notice necessary to terminate the recip rocal commercial agreement with this coua- try proclaimed July 13. 1900. The notice was to take effect on the 1st of March. 1906, and lu default of some other arrangements this would have left the exports from the United Htatcs to Germany subject to the general German tnrlff duties, from 2D to 50 per cent higher than the convqnt tonal duties Im posed upon the goods of most of our com- petitors for German trade. Changed Regulations. This practice was repugnant to the spirit of American law and to American sense of Justice. In the Judgment of the most com petent experts of the treasury' department and the department of commerce ami labor It was wholly unnecessary for the duo col lection “of the customs revenues, ami the attempt to defend it merely Illustrates th| demoralization which naturally follows from a long continued course of reliance upon such methods. I accordingly caused the reg ulations governing this branch of the cus toms service to be modified so thnt values are determined upon a hearing in which nil' the parties Interested have nil opportunity lo Ik* heard nud to know the evidence against taem. Moreover our treasury agents ire accredited to the government of thfe wintry 111 which they seek Information, and In Germany receive the assistance the quasi-official chambers of commerce in determining the nctunl market value of goods, in nepordauce with what I am ad vised to bo the true construction of the law. These changes of regulations were ndnptod ... Jew of the close neighborhood'of the two countries the relations which exist be tween Mexico and the United States are Just cause for gratification. We have a common boundary of over 1,600 miles from the Gulf of Mexico to the Pacific. Much of confined to *ur relationswith Germany, and I have extended their operation to all other conntrles which have expressed a desire to enter Into similar administrative relations. China. I nsk for authority to re-form the agree ment with China under which the Indemnity of 1900 was fixed, by remitting and cancel ling the obligation of Uhlim for the payment of all ihnt pnrt of the stipulated In demnity which Is In excess of the sum of eleven million, six hundred nnd fifty-five thousand, four hundred amt ninety-two dol lars aud sixty-nine cents, and luterest nt 4 per eeut. After the rescue of the foreign legations in Peking during the Boxer trou bles lu 1900 the powers required from Chinn the payment of equitable Indemnities to the several nations, nnd the final pro tocol under which the troops were with drawn, Sf ' — - torn fixed the to the . signed nt Peking, Heptember «. 1991. the amount of this Indemnity allotted United Htntes nt over 120,000,000, nnd of June. Inst, n little i . ,000. It was eminent at the proper time, when nil claims had l>eeii pi sented nnd all expenses ascertained ns fully ns possible, to revise the estimates and ac count. and fts n proof of slucere friendship for China voluntarily to release that -— try from Its legal llaldllty for all pay iu excess of the sum which should prove to Ih* necessary for actual ludemulty to the United Htntes and Its citizens. Chinese Students. This nation should help lu every practi cable way In the education of the Chines# people, so thnt the vast and populous Um pire of China may gradually adapt itself to modern conditions. One way of doing this is by promoting the coming of Chinese stu dents to this country and making it ntlrac- to them to take courses at our unlver- j and higher educational Institutions. Our eduentors should, so far ns possible, take concerted action toward this end. Mexico and Central America. Oil the courteous Invitation of the presi dent of Mexico, the secretary of state visit ed thnt country In September nnd October and was received everywhere with the greatest kindness nnd hospitality. He curried from the government of the United States to our southern neightmr a message of respect nnd good will and of * * “ * acquaintance nnd Increns- to manifest the most friendly attiude and thnt American Investments In Mexico amount to over J700.000.000. The extraordi nary industrial and commercial prosperity of Mexico has been greatly promoted by American enterprise, and Americans are sharing largely In Its results. The foreign trade of the republic already exceeds J240.- 000,090 per annum, and of this two-thirds both of exports nnd Imports are exchanged with the United States. Under these cir cumstances numerous questions necessarily nrise lietween the two countries. These questions are always approached and dls- • f osed of In a spirit of mutual courtesy nnd sir dealing. Americans carrying on busi ness In Mexico testify uniformly to the kindness nnd consideration with which they aro treated nnd their sense of the security of thels property and enterprises under the wise administration of the great statesman who has so long held the office of chief magistrate of thnt republic. Two Governments. The two governments have been uniting their efforts for a considerable time past to aid Central America In attaining the de gree of pence and order which have mode possible the pnispertty of the northern parts of the continent. After the peace be tween Guatemala, Honduras, and Salvador, celebrated under the circumstances described in uiy last message, a new war broke out between the republics of Nicaragua, Hon duras and Salvador. The effort to compose this new difficulty has resnlted in the ac ceptance of thn joint suggestion of the pres idents of Mexico and of the United States for n general peace conference between all thn countries of Central America. On the 17th day of Heptember last a protocol was signed between the representatives of the five Central American countries accredited to this government agreeing upon a confer ence to be held In the city of Washington ‘In order to devise the mean# of preserving the good relations among said republics add bringing about permanent peace In those countries." The protocol Includes the ex pression of a wish that the presidents of the United mates and Mexico should ap point ‘‘representatives to lend their good and Impartial offices In a purely friendly way toward the realization of the objects of the conference." The conference Is now In session and will have our best wishes and, where It Is practicable, our friendly as sistance. • • International Bureau of American Re publics. One of the results of the pan-American conference at Itlo Janeiro In the summer of 1906 bus been a great Increase in the ac tivity and usefulness of the internntlot nl all pie of the United Htntes about the other republics and in making the Uulted Htatcs known to them. Its action la now limited by appropriations determined when It was doing a work on a much smaller scale aud rendering much less valuable service. I rec ommend that the contribution of this gov- Increased 8EVJ2LT. Does the Dealer Know Better Than You What You Need in Your Home? If not you owe It as a duty toTyour- self to Insist pn getting; what you ask for when you try to buy an advertised article. You are attracted by the advertise ment In this paper; you read it and make up your mind that the goods ad vertised are what you want. You en ter a store to make your purchase. Be true to your conviction and get what you ask for. Avoid 8ubfetitutss. behave toward the other men with whom he is brought into contact, lu other wonts, our aim Is disinterestedly to help other nations where such help can Ih* wisely given without the appearance of meddling with what does not concern us; to Ik* care ful to act ns a good neighltor, and at the Mime rltne in good-natnred fashion, to make It evident that we do not intend lo be fnipo#ed upeu. The Hague. The second international peace rotifer- convened at The Uugue uu.tbej 15th of June last etna Lied In session PLAN OF GEORGIAN’S POPULAR VOTING CONTEST The Georgian's popular voting contest la open to nH respectable women In Georgia between the years of 15 aud 50. Anyone can nominate a candidate. It Is not absolutely necessary to use the nominat ing blank printed in The Georgian dally, although to do so is more regular. Simply sending in votes, whether clipped from The Georgian dally or upon paid-in-advance sub scriptions wmounta to a nomination. 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