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Show THE UNITED STATES. T.his Republic of tho United States has cnjo3"cd a 3'car of recovering. and recovered prosperity, in a wa3 that was amazing. At tho beginning of 1909 thcro had been scarce' a complete recovery from the tremendous currenc3' panic of the fall of 1907. But tho re-cover3' re-cover3' had been of wonderful quickness so far as it lrad got; and the 3'car just past has completed that recover, and ihc countr3' is on its former basis of productiveness, prosperit3 and advancement. ad-vancement. It is true that corporations havo received a check, and some of thom certainly needed a check. But on- the whole the coun(r3 has progressed in a wny (o warm (he heart of its citizens. citi-zens. The most notcworth3' event of the .year has been the passage of a new tariff bill. Tho party iu power, starting start-ing with tho announced determination to revise the rates downward, proceeded proceed-ed (0 revise them upward, and to entrench en-trench the trusts and combinations in firmer positions of power and dominance than ever before. And the bill was not even a consistent measure of protection. pro-tection. It singled out some interests for preference and others for neglect. Tho wool manufacturers in general were given complete control of the market, a dominant position with respect to the home production of wool as well as of wool imports. At the same time, tho carded wool industry was denied protection, pro-tection, and put upon the downward slide. The relations of the country with-e-spect to tho world at largo, with tho single exception of tho littlo ruction in Nicaragua and the occasional and sensational sensa-tional trumpetings of trouble with Japan, Ja-pan, havo been cordial throughput. As a world power tho United States occupies oc-cupies a position that up to ten 3'cars ago it had never even aspired to. II is now a might.y world 'power, and if it would pay a little more attention to tho common defense it would be an overwhelming power 5a tho world cver3'-where. cver3'-where. As it is, our naval powor is ample in tho Atlantic, but woefully deficient in the Pacific, and if wo should ever get into trouble with any powerful power-ful nation our possessions in tho Pacific Pa-cific would be exposed and if left in I1 their present condition would bo as- jfjl sailed and easily wrenched from us. '.ffijj Tlierc havo been some cruel' disan- Si tors, as -tho tiro in tho mine at Ohor- 1 ' I! ry, Illinois. Thcro has also beon a .1 1! mighty effort to protect, against disastor and to uplift humanity in general, llolp. itB fulness has novor been so abundant. ,P; The public sentiment was nover so much $-1 alivo to the needs of uplifting human- f tf ity and of safeguarding and helping f m those in need of help nnd relief. IB Altogether, the United States conlin-1 PT uos to bo tho hope of the world and P tho goal of the oppressed of every na- km Hon. And 3'ot for our own protection f we must put up tho barrier somewhere, UW and so wo rule out the Chinese laborer, ffcft and must rule out the Japanese laborer M nlBo. China recognizes tho force of'SW our position in this, but Japan pro-1 1 tests at Ihc openly expressed exclusion 1 1 while quite ready lo concede it iff! the exclusion of Japanese as such ia IU kept out of sight. China, in recog-H nition of their gratitudo for the re-IS turn by this.country of a largo portion f 5: of Ihc indemnity exacted of her by IS reason of tho Boxer troubles, is sendinc f $ a hundred of her brightest young men lo educational institutions in the Unit- f cd States for a thorough training in "western learning," - Tho United States marntains tho re- $ spect of the nations of tho world, aud H is able to hold her own with any of M thorn. Within a few years tho United J? States will overshadow the world in jp power, in importance, in magnitude of good works, and in the extension of lib- erty and advantages fo all her citi- zens. It has been a good 3'car with tho i Pi Republic. But she has many moro aud i V even better years iu store. II |