Show 8 A 6 E A length document submitted to congress by 1 GROVER CLEVELAND RD I 1 thirteen eeli columns of comment and R re et Comment lations of Which the yost A 13 ii products Product I i 4 10 ille president on oil wednesday submitted to con acis his annual mes message sage it is a length lengthy 0 yand and very exhaustive document doeu nien covering ing 0 eve every ry question of pub public licad and 0 general importance we extract such portions of the mee message sage as are most interesting to our readers regretting cy that we are unable to pu il ish the entire document ducu ment after con congratulating C 0 the people of the country upon the peaceful relations ex existing stint 0 between this and other na eions tile the president treats of TIM JAPANESE CHINA WAR the of march the new trea treaty 1 ty with china in ill further regulation was signed si 0 ned at washinton washington 0 ton and of our trade relations on august 0 1 ia it received the sanction of the t he senate ratification on the part of china and formal exchange are T awaited to D give effect to this mutually beneficial convention A gratifying recognition of the uniform impartially of this country towards all forein foreign states was manifested by the coincident request of the chinese and japanese government that the agents of the united states should within proper limit afford protection to the subjects of the other during 0 the suspension of diplomatic rela relations eions due to a state of 0 war ivar this delicate apprehension which zave gave rise to the belief that in affording this kindly unofficial protection our a agents ants would exercise exer cite cibe the same authority which the withdrawn agents of the belligerents 0 had exercised was promptly corrected although thou 0 ii the war between china and japan endangers 0 no policy of the U United ill t ed States it deserves our gravest consideration by bv reason of ift dis tur bance of our rowing growing commercial interests in the two countries and the increased dan dangers daners ers which may result to our citizens citizens domiciled or sojourning sojo 0 in the interior of china acting under a stipulation in our treaty with corea the first concluded with a 1 western power I 1 felt constrained at the beginning of the controversy to tender our I 1 good offices to induce an amicable arrangement arran of the initial difficulty growing in out oft of the e japanese demands for administrative reform in corea corca but the unhappy precipitation of the actual hostilities defeated this kindly purpose Del deploring lorill 0 the destructive war be tween the two most powerful of the eastern nations and anxious that our commercial interests in those countries may may be pres preserved emed and that the safety of our citizens there shall not be jeopardized I 1 would not shall not hesitate to heed any intimation that th atour our friendly aid fur for the honorable termination natio n of hostilities would be acceptable to both belligerents M THE IN INDIAN DIAN 04 VESTION thou though h the condition of the indians shows a 1 steady ily and a healthy progress their situation is not satisfactory at all points point some of alise thase to whom allotments of land have been made are found to be unable or dis inclined to follow agricultural pursuits or to otherwise beneficially manage their laud land this is especially true of the and Arapah oes who as it appears by the report of their agent have in man many y instances never been located upon their allotments and in in some cases case do not even know where their allotments are their condition has deteriorated they are not self supporting and the they y I 1 live ive in in camps a and nd spend their time i in n idleness I 1 have always believed that allotments of reservation lands to indians in severalty severally should be made separately or nt at least slowly and with tho the utmost caution I 1 in n these days when white agriculture f Oon continued linued on eth page Contin continued ticul from ast 1st adista and stock raisers of 0 experience and intelligence find their lot a hard one x ve e ought not to expect indians indian unless fir far adv alced in in civili civilization tion and babits 02 0 industry to support them themselves elvas on oil the small tracts of land usually allotted to them u if the self supporting scheme of a allotment liot ment fails tile the wretched pauperism of the allot tees which if fults is i i worse than their original condition of regulated dependence itis it is evident tho the legal consequences of ill advised allotments are intensified in cases here the false step cannot be retract cl on account of the purchases by the govern government allent of reservation lands remaining rema inin ly after allotments are made and tile the disposition of such rema remaining inin 9 lands to iett Fett lers or by purchase from the n government I 1 am convinced that the proper solution of the indian problem and tile the success of every step taken in that direction depend to a very large extent upon the intelligence ence and honesty of reserva reservation a agents ants and the interest they have lave in ill their work an n agent cut fitted for his place can do much toward preparing the indians under his charge for citizenship and allotment of their lands and lid his advice as to 10 any matter concerning their welfare will not mislead kil an unfit agent P will make no effort to advance the indians on oil his reservation toward civilization or preparation fe for r allotment of lands in severally severalty and his opinion as to their con condition in this and other regards regard is is heedless and valueless the indications are that the detail of army officers as indian agents will result in improved management on the reserva reservations reservation tio ns whenever allotments ants are made a and lid any indian on oil the reservation has previously settled upon a lot and cultivated it or shown how a disposition to improve it in in any way such lot should certainly be allotted to him and this should be made plainly obligatory batory by bv statute in the light of experience and considering the uncertainty of the indian situation and its exigencies in the future I 1 am not of only ily dispo disposed sei to be very cautious in making all allotments ot men ts but I 1 incline to agree with the secretary of the interior in the opinion that when allotments lie aie made the balance of the reservation land remaining 11 after allotment instead of being bought by the government from the indians and opened for settlement nith ith such zean scandalous dalous and unfair practices as seem unavoidable should remain remain for a time at least us as common land or be b sold by the pv government un oil behalf of the antl indians in in an orderly way and at fixed prices to be determined by its location and desirability and that the proceeds less expenses should be MS held in trust for tho the benefit of the indian proprietors THE ACT the L lie tariff act passed it at the last se session sion of the congress ii needs eeds IT important amendments if it is to be executed effectively all and with certainty in addition to fuch necessary amendments as AN will ill not lot change rates of duty I 1 am still very decidedly in favor of putting coal and iron upon the free list so far as tile sugar schedule is concerned I 1 would be a glad lad under existing aggravations to see every particle of differential duty ill iii favor of refined sugar stricken out of our tariff law if with all the favor now accorded the sugar augar ID refining interest t in our tariff laws it still languishes to the extent of closing refineries and thousands of discharged 0 ed workmen it would ahle eem E em tn to present a hopeless caro for re atonable legi legislative lid aid whatever else is done done or ornit omitted ted I 1 earnestly repeat here my recommendation men dation I 1 have made in another portion of this coin communication ill u ni cation that t alie lie additional duty duly of one tenth ofa of a cent per pound laid upon sugar n imported from countries paying a on its export be abrogated 0 it seems to me that exceedingly important considerations ankli point fit to the propriety oty of this am crit |