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carry it ?>r ><>me wandering yacht dis plays it. w??u.M take a loni: time ami involve many ilo?ai!o<j items ot legislation. and the trade which we ought immediately t-> handle would disappear or find other channels while we debated the items. The case is h??t unlike tb.it which confronted us Then our own continent was to he opened up to seTtiement ami industry, ami we needed lonii lines <4 railway, extended means of transportation prepared beforehand, if vt*l? ;? ment was not tt? lau intolerably ami wait interminably We lavishiy sub sidized the building of transconti cental railroads We look back upon that with regret now. because the subsidies led to many scandals of whicn we are ashamed, but we know tnat tne rauroans naa 10 ne ouiit. ana 11 we had it to do over again we should of course build them, but in another way. Therefore i propose another way of providing the means of transportation, which must precede, not tardily follow, the development of our trade with our Deighbor states of America. It may seem a reversal of the natural order of things, but it i9 true, that the routes of trade must be ctually opened?by many ships and regular sailings and moderate charges ? i J:? ?11 ?Derore streams or mercuunuise win flow freely and profitably through them. SAYS SHIPPING BILL IS VERY IMPORTANT. It Should Be Passed to Profit by Opened Gates of Trade. Hence the pending shipping bill, discussed at the last session, but as yet passed by neither house. In my judg ment such legislation Is Imperatively needed and cannot wisely be postponed. The government must open these gates of trade, and open them wide, open them before it is altogether profitable to open them or altogether reasonable to ask private capital to open them nt a venture. It is not a question of the government monopolizing the field. It should take action to make it certain that transportation at reasonable rates will be promptly provided, even where the carriage is not at first profitable, and then, when the carriage has become sufficiently profitable to attract and engage private capital and engage it in abundance, the government ought to withdraw. I very earnestly hope that the congress will be of this opinion and that both booses will adopt this exceedingly im. portant bill. The great subject of rural credits still remains to be dealt with, and It - - -? -a ^|# is a matter or ueep regret ium iuc unRealties of the subject have seemed to render it Impossible to complete a bill for passage at this session. But it cannot be perfected yet. and therefore there are no other constructive measures the necessity for which I will at this time call your attention to, but I would be negligent of a very mani fest duty were I not to call the attention of the senate to the fact that the proposed convention for safety at sea awaits its confirmation and that the limit fixed in the convention itself for its acceptance is the last day of the present month The conference in reMnh thi? rvmrpntion originated was called by the United States. The rep resentatives of the United States play ed a very influential part indeed in framing the provisions of the proposed convention, and those provisions are in themselves for tbe most part admira ble. It would hardly be consistent with the pr?rt we have played in the whole matter to let it drop and go by the board as if forgotten and neglect ed. It was ratified in May last by the German government and in August by the parliament of Great Britain It marss a most nopeiui auu uecjut-u nu ance In international civilization. SVe should show our earnest good faith In ft great matter by adding our own ae* eeptance of it COASTS OF ALASKA SHOULD BE SURVEYED. Present Dangers to Navigation Ought to Be Removed by Charts. There is another matter of which 1 must make special mention, if I" am to discharge my conscience, lest it should escape your attention. It may seem a very small thing. It affects only a ; r>.,4 6ingle Item or appropriation. oui many human lives and many great enterprises hang upon it. It is the matter of making adequate provision for the survey and charting of our coasts. It is immediately pressing and exigent In connection with the immense coast line of Alaska, a coast line greater than that of the United States themselves, though it is also very important indeed with regard to the older coasts of the continent We cannot use our great Alaskan domain, ships will not ply thither, it those coasts and their many hidden dangers are not thoroughly surveyed The wnrlr is incomplete auu v.uai u.u> a.?.>v ~ - at almost every point Ships and lives have been lost in threading what were supposed to be well known main channels. We have not provided adequate vessels or adequate machinery for the survey and charting. We have used old vessels that were not big enough or strong enough and which were so neariy unseaworthy that our inspectors would not have allowed private owners to send them to sea. This is a matter which, as I have said, seems small, but is in reality very great Its importance has only to be looked intc to be appreciated. : GOVERNMENT ECONOMY ! IS VERY IMPERATIVE.' Urges Systematic Reorganization to Gain Greater Efficiency. ! Before 1 close mnv I say a J ' words upon two topics mucn uiscussru out of doors upon which it is highly! Important ih.it our judgments should he clear, definite and steadfast? One of these is economy in go.'ern ment expenditures. The duty of econ-1 i oniy is not debatable It is manifest ' and imperative. la the appropriations! we pass we are spending the money; of the great people whose servauts we are?rot our own. We are trustees and responsible stewards in the spending The only thing debatable and upon i which we should be careful to make ! our thought and purpose clear is thej ; kind of economy demanded of us. II assert with the greatest confidence I that the people of the United Statesi are not jealous of the amount their government costs If they are sure that they got what they need and desire for I the outtay, that the money is being spent for objects of wbicb they ap-l prove and that it is being applied with; good business sense and management j Governments grow piecemeal both in tneir tasks and in the means oy 1 i which those tasks are to he performed. > and very few jrovernrnents are organI ized. 1 venture to say. as wise and ex- | periewed business men would organize, fliem if they had a clean sheet, of paper ! to write upon. Certainly the govern- J ment of ttie Hutted States is not I i I I think that it is generally agreed that: | there should he a systematic reorgani- J ' zatioD and reassembling of its parts J | so as to secure greater efficiency and j effect considerable savings Id expense, j But the amount of money saved in thatj j way would. I believe, though no doubt considerable in itself, running. It may j be, into the millions, be relatively j small?small. 1 mean, in proportion to the total necessary outlays of the gov- j eminent. It would be thoroughly: worth effecting, as every saving would, ; great or small. Our duty is not altered by the scale | of the saving. But my poirt is that the people of the United States do not wish to curtail the activities of this government They wish, rather, to en- j large them, and with every enlarge- ! ; ment, with the mere growth, indeed, j of the country itself, there must come, j of course, the inevitable increase of expense. The sort of economy we ought to practice may be effected, and ought to be effected, by a careful study and assessment of the tasks to be performed, and the money spent ought to be made to yield the best possible returns in efficiency and achievement And, like good stewards, we should so account for every dollar of our appropriations as to make it perfectly evident what it was spent for and in what way it was spent. It is net expenditure but extra va gance that we should fear being criticised for. not paying for the legitimate enterprises and undertakings of a great government whose people com- 1 mand what it should do, but adding 1 111 U?? fr^-rrr ru?11 ? . wnat win ueiieui vmy a ic>? ui ing money out for what need not have been undertaken at all or might have been postjxmed or hetter and more economically conceived and carried out. The nation is not niggardly; it is very generous. It will chide us only if we forget for whom we pay money out and whose money it is we pay , These are large and general ctandards. \ but they are not very difficult of appli cation to particular cases. PRESIDENT OPPOSED TO BIG STANDING ARMY. . Speaks Plainly and Directly on Ques- J tion of National Defenses. The other topic I shall take leave to mention goes deeper into the principles of our national life and policy. It Is the subject of national defense. It cannot be discussed without first j answering some very searching ques- J tion3. It is said in some quarters that j we are not prepared for war. What is ; meant by being prepared? Is it meant that we are not ready upon brief notice to put a uation in the field, a nation of men trained to arms? Of course we are not ready to do that, and we shall never be in time of peace so long as we retain our present poiit ! ical principles and institutions Ann i what is it that It Is suggested we | 6bould be prepared to do?to defend : ourselves against attack? We have al J ways found means to do that and! ; shall find them whenever it is neces- i | sary without calling our people away: j from their necessary tasks to render, I compulsory military scrvice in times of peace. Allow me to speak with great plain ness aDd directness upon this great matter and to avow my convictions: j with deep earnestness. I have tried ' to know what America is, wbat her people think, what they are. what they most cherish and hold dear. 1 hope j that some of their tiner passions are in my own heart?some of the great cou-1 1 eeptions and desires which gave birth to this (government and which have made the voice of this people a voice of peace and hope and liberty among j the peoples of the world, and that, speaking mv own thoughts, 1 shall, at least in part, speak theirs also, however faintly and inadequately, upon j this vital matter. We are at peace with all the world! No one who speaks counsel Dasea on fact or drawn from a just and candid interpretation of realities can say timl there is reason to fear that from any quarter our independence or the integrity of our territory is threatened. Dread of tbe power of any other naj tkm, we are incapable_of.__ We are not jealous of rivalry in ttie nolds or <-o!> mrive or of any otlu*r peaceful achieve inent. We moan to live our own !iv?> as we will. but we mean also to let live. We are. indeed, a true friend r? all the nations of the world, beraust we threaten none, covet the posses sions of none, desire the overthrow of none. Our friendship can he accepted and is accepted without reservation. i>e cause it is offered in a spirit and fnt a purpose which no one need eve: question or suspect. Therein lies our greatness. We are the champions ot peace and of concord. And we should be very jealous of this distinction which we have sought to earn, just now we should be particularly jealous of it. because if is our dearest present hope that this character and reputation may presently, in God's providence, bring us an opportunity such as has seldom been vouchsafed any nation, the opportunity to counsel and obtain oeace in the world and reconciliation I and a healing settlement of many a matter that has cooled and Interrupted the friendship of nations. Tbis Is i the time above all others wben we should wish and resolve to fc ;?ep our j strength by self possession, our in flu j ence by preserving our ancient princi-1 pies of action. From the first we have had a clear; and settled policy with regard to rnili- j tarv establishments. We never nave j had. and while we retain our present principles and ideals we never shall hnn* m inr<7P standing army It asked.! Are you ready to defend yourselves? j we reply. Most assuredly; lo trie utmost And yet we shall not turn j America into a military camp. We! will not ask our young men tv spend ! the best years of their lives making' soldiers of themselves. There is an- j other sort of energy in ns. It will know how to declare itself and make itself effective should occasion arise. And especially when half the world is on fire we shall be careful to make our mora ^isurance against the spread of the conflagration very definite and certain and adequate indeed. Let us remind ourselves, therefore, nf th*? onlv thins we can do or will do i We must depend In every time of national peril, in the future as in the past, not upon a standing array nor yet upon a reserve army. Out upon a citizenry trained and accustomed to arms. It will be right enough, right American policy, based upon our accustomed principles and practices, to provide a system by which every citizen who will volunteer for the training may De made familiar with the jise of modern j arms, the rudiments of drill and ma- i neuver and the maintenance and sanl- ! tation of camps. We should encourage such training and make it a means of discipline whicb our young men will learn to value. I It Is right that we should provide It not only, but that we should make it R8 attractive aa possible, and so Induce uur young men to undergo It at such j times as they can command a little freedom and can seek tht#|physical development they need, for mere health's sake, If for nothing more. Every means by which such tfcings can hel stimulated Is legitimate, and such a method smacks of true American ideas It Is right too, that the national guard of the states should be developed and strengthened by every means which Is not inconslsteut with our obligations j to our own people or with tb^ estab j lished policy of our government, and this also not because the time or occasion specially calls for such measures, hut because it should be our constant policy to make these provisions for our national peace and safety. More than tJhis carries with it a reversal of the wbole history and char acter of our polity. More than this, proposed at this time, permit me to say, would mean merely that we had lost our self possession, that we bad been thrown off our balance by a war with which -we have nothing to do. whose causes cannot touch us. whose rery existence affords us opportunities of friendship and disinterested service which should make as ashamed of any thought of hostility or fearful prepara ; TRAINED CITIZENRY FOR DEFENSE. We must depend In every time of national peril * * * upon a citizenry trained and accus* tomed to arms. * * We should encourage such training and make it a means of ciisciniinA which our vouna nen will learn to value. * * It it right, too, that the national guard of the states should be developed and strengthened by every means which is not inconsistent with our obligations to our own people or with the established policy cf our government. tlon for trouble. This is assuredly the opportunity for which a people and a Kl-sv amwq ro icnH nn ?UVtM UULltUL i-mc *>uii3 ?> ci c IUICI.U the opportunity not only to speak, but actually to embody and exemplify tbe counsels of peace and amity and tbe lasting concord whicb is based on justice and fair and generous dealing. POWERFUL NAVY IS AMERICAN POLICY. United States Will Continue to Remain Strong on the Seas. A powerful navy we bave always r-M.n?rnr* I U^U &vu: uu* umvu* i?> means of defense, and It has always | been of defense that we have thought never of aggression or of conquest But who shall tell us now what sort | of navy to build? We shall take leave i to be strong upon the seas in the fu | ture as in the past and there will be no thought of offense or_of provocation I 1 fn tfi.it. Out ships are our natural : bulwarks. Wh?*n will the experts tHI us just vvh:it kind uv should ( msrru.'t. j and when will they he ;ii:ht for ton '' years together. if the relative efficiency I of ?-raft of 'MTrtvtit kinds and u-es i continues to change as we have seen j It change under our very eves in these, ! last few mouths V i Hut I turn away from the subject, j It is not new There is no new neeU 1 to discuss it We <hall not alter our attitude toward it be?-au<e some among us are nervous and excinii We shall easyly and sensibly a give upon a policy of defense The question has not changed its aspects because the times *re not uormal. Our policy will notj be for an occasion. It will be conceiv j ed as a permunent and settled thing which we will pursue at all seasons without haste and after a fashion per-j I'ectly consistent with the peace of the world, the abiding friendship of states and the unhampered freedom of all with whom we deaL I>et there be no misconception. The rountry has been misinformed We have not been neg ; ligeut of nntlonal defense we are not ! unmindful of tbe great responsibility ! resting upon us. We shall learn and profit by tbe lesson of every experience and every new circumstance, and what is needed will be adequately tone. 1 close, as 1 beg.an, by reminding ; you of tbe great tasks and duties or | pea<*e which challenge our best powers and invite us to build what will uist, tbe tasks to which we can address our! selves now and at all time with free hearted zest and with all tbe finest gifts of constructive wisdom we possess To develop our life and our re sources, to supply our own people and the people of the world as their need arises from the abundant plenty of our fields and our marts of trade, to enrich the commerce of our own states : and of the world with the products ui j our mines, our farms and our facto ries. with the creations of our thought and the fruits of our character?this U what will hold our attention and 1 our enthusiasm steadily now and in j the years to come as we strive to show in our life as a natioo what liberty and the inspirations of aD eman- i cipated spirit may do for men and for societies, for individuals, for state? and for mankind. ~~????????? 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