| Show presidents MESSAGE 1 I affairs in china and the Ph discussed at length foreign relations generally ene rally cordial Cordia lArmy army recommendations growth odthe of the free D delivery system department of agriculture forest reserves pen merchant marine nicaraguan canal etc economy in ex tures recommended to the senate and house of representatives ft IN ith the outgoing ot of the old and the ling ng ot of the pew century you begin the las ses sea slon mon ot of the fifty s ith cong ess with evidences on every hand of ind irid vidual and national pros gerity and w th coot roof ot of the grow ng strength and inc ea eang ing power for good of ican fean initiations institutions when A hen the sixth congress assembled la in no v ember 1800 the population of the united states aas 5 it is now 73 7 ihen we had sixteen states now we have forty five ihen our terr tory const consi ted led ot of square miles it Is row 3 square miles education reli rell ion and morality hare halve kept pace paceN TV our advancement in other directions ad while extend ng its power the government has adhered to its foundas on princia es and abated none of them in dealing with our new peoples and possessions i FOREIGN RELATIONS in our tore fore agn intercourse the dominant auts alon has been the treatment of the ch nese problem apart from this our re allons v w ith the po bovers vers have been hap S I 1 the recent t bubles in china spring from the anti and foreign agitation which tor for the past three ayears has gi gt ned tied strength la in the northern provinces origin I 1 es deep in the char acter actor ot of the chinese races and in the traditions ot of their government the ta ping rebel ion and the opening ot of chinese borts to foreign trade and settlement d stubbed al he ke the homo gellety and the bealus on of china the telegraph and the railway spreading over their land the steamers plying on their water eways ways the merchant and the mis siona y pene trat ng yearby year by year farther farher into the interior became to the ch nese mind types of an alfen altert inva ton ion changing the course of their national 1 fe and frau ht lit w th vague fore forebodings bodinus bodings bo dings ot of dis astr aster to their be bel ets and the r se t f control and anti I 1 to 0 el et n a tation throughout the empire resulted in altac si upon foreigners destruction of property and slough er erot of no native five converts were I 1 le ported t f om all sides the tsung 1 yamen already permeated with hostile tales thies cou d make no effective response to the Jap appeals peals ot of the legations at this cr tibal juno unc iture ture in tie tl e early spring of this sear i ear ap a po posa i v as made by the other pow powers ers that a combined fleet be aba u ambled in ch n se waters as a moral iv demonstration under cover ot which to exact ot of the oh ob nese government respect tor for tore fore agn treaty suppression of the box ers still the peril increased while preparations were in p og ess for a large expedition to streng tl en the legation gnarls and keep the railway open an attempt of the foreign ships to make a landing at taku take was met inet by lire from the chinese torts the forts torts were mere thereupon shelled by the fore agn vessels the amer can admiral taking failing no part in the attack on the ground that ve ere not at war with caina aa and that a host e demonstrate demon strat on might consol date the an I 1 foreign element and strengthen the boxers to oppose the bellev ng column two days later the taku forts torts were captured aher atter a gangu nary conflict severance of comman ca aion w th pel pei in followed and a comb ned force c cadd add dional guards which was advancing to I 1 ekin by the pel pei ho vas chec aed at langtang langfang 11 ahe he isolation of the legations was comp ete on ju e 9 all the ministers at pekin were to leave under a promised escort the order w as d and pre preparations P orations tor for de tense made on the morning of the the german in n ster baron von Ret ketteler teler while proceed ng to visit the tsung if 11 yamen was killed by a mob an attempt to recover his body as th charted thu arted from that time until july I 1 the legations were under tire almost every hour attempts were made to burn the I 1 ga go io to s 13 t i u s t ng are tire to adjo alag ning build and the a bel an dutch and italian legation s were destroyed du the siege the defenders def enders lost sixty five killed one hundred and thirty five live wounded and be u en on by d the last all children the on S communication had with the chin ese ose go related to the occasional de do I 1 very or de desi atch of a telegram or to the den derr ands of the tsung if 11 yamen for the with drapal of the legation to the coast under escort not only are the protestations of the chine chinese e government that it protected and sue cored the legations positively contradicted but irre I 1 lib tib e proof accumulates that the tile attacks upon them were weri made ty by imperial troops regularly un formed armed and oali jeered belonging to the com command mandof of hunglu jung lu the imperial commander n chief decrees the boxers organizing them un ent imperial aflee s provisioning them and arid even granting them large sums in the name ot of the empress dowager are known to exist members ot of the tsung it 11 yamen who cou seed se ed protection of the to foreigners eigners r were beheaded E en in the d stant p evinces afa ted led ot of foreign sympathy were put to death prominent prom neat nent among these being Chang yen hoon formerly canese ch nese ni n inister in basl ington the policy of the united states through all this trying period was clearly announced and bously carried out A circular note to the po vers dated july 3 pro calmed our atti t de treating the condition in the north as one of i v virtual anarchy in which the great provinces of the south and southeast had no share As soon as the sacred duty of relieving our ie le a afon and its dependents was accomplished we withdrew from active hosti hostility lit es leaving our begat on u deran der an adequate guard in pekin as a channel of 0 negotiation and settlement a course adopted by 0 hers of the interested powers overtures Overture of the empowered depre ves of the chinese emperor have been cons dera tely entertained the russian proposition looking to the res corat OB of the imperali imper al power in pekin has J been accepted as I 1 tul ful co with our own desires for we hd ha e held and hold that et or le feet oot s reparation ep for wrongs suffered and an endur dur n settlement ement that v 11 make their re ML LU currence Lur r r rence on le impossible can best be brought about in ader d r an ou au an bo ity wh ch ob he chinese nation 0 no O s and ob S e so do ng we a I 1 jo 0 of our undoubted right to exact ry S and deterrent punishment of the b v f authors and und abbe tors of he crimi h he b we w e and other nations have sut suf ev it anju y LT C MUST SUFFER SUF ItEE e 6 real culp its the evil counselors e misled the imper al judgment and the I 1 severe tea autt arity to their own ds full exp on becomes imperative L rational I 1 iu 2 ts of retributive justice ji stice 1 taking as a point 1 t ot of departure the imperial ed ct et applin Y ing 1 barl harl LI hung chang and prince lh ch ng p es to arrange a settlement and t e edict or of september 25 whereby certain h gh 0 bials were designated lor for punishment th s government m has moved ved in concert w h the other powers toward the 0 opening g ot degoti t ons wh ch mr conger as s ted sted by mr r fo e kh 11 has been author z d to conduct on behalf behal f of 0 the united states the matter of indeman ty for 0 r wronged c t zens is a question of grave concern meas bred in money alone a sufficient reparation may prove to be beyond the ability of ch na no to me t all the powers concur in a d 8 c aimers of any a of angrand bement through the d ot of the empire I 1 am d posed to th that due compensation ma may Y be made in part by increased guarantees of security for to eign ri rf his and immen ties and most important of 0 a I 1 by the hopeni open of ch na to the equal commerce of the world inese jews have been and wl 11 1 be earnestly advocated benour by our representatives the ar in southern A rica introduced lin questions IV ebat ous quest ons arose h great brita a s act on la in to neutral cargoes not cont abaid in the r own nature slipped sl dipped to po turese south africa on the score of p obad e or suspected u ultimate destination appropriate represent at on on ou our r part resu ted in the br tich government agree ng 0 purchase outright all su such goods shown to be the actual p of ameri amerl an c thus c osing the inc ine dent to the satis f action of the dimmed ate Y interest d part es although unfortunate y w phout a broad settle betit of the quest on of a neutral a right to s nd goods not contraband cont per se to a neutral port adjacent ada cent to a bel ge e t area overtures with N piragua for a con convention antion to effect the bu id ng of a canal under abe the aus apices of the united states are in considers con sidera t on in the meant me the views of congress upon the subject n the I 1 hatot ht of the r report of the commiss on appointed to exam ne the corn coin para tive merits of the va ious fous trans isthmian hinian sh p canal projects may way be awa ted led I 1 commend to the early attention of the senate the convention w th great britain to fac fee irate the co st action of such a canal and to remove any objection wh ch might arise out of the convention common j called the clay ton bulwer treaty OUK OUR FOREIGN frade our fore agn trade shows a re markab e record of commer al and industry al progress the total of s and exp arts for the fir first s t time in the history of our country exceeded t two 0 bil 1 0 s of dol ars the exports are greater greater than they have ever been before the total tor for the year 1400 1900 be n 08 an increase over ot of t 67 an inc ine ease over 1898 of 63 5 r over 17 1397 of 5 5 6 and greater than 1898 1896 by soil all ahe growth of in the united states is evidenced by the tact fact that exports of manufactured products lar e y exceed those of any previous year their value for 1900 being 7 6 against WS 59 n 1899 an in crease of za per cent agricultural agrico tural products were also exported dur ii 1900 in im greater volume than in the to total for the near v ear be ng against S 84 6 14 in isa INCREASE OP OF IMPORTS the imports tor for the i ear amounted to an increase over 1899 of 1 79 6 S 6 this increase is largely in materials tor for manu facture and Is in response to the rapid develop ment ent of manufacture ng dg in the un ted led states m W hi lit e there was for use in t res in 1910 mater al to the va ue of W 8 t C in excess of SW it is r assuring to observe that there is a tendency toward decre decrease aja in the import imports ion of articles manufactured ready for consumption which in 1900 formed 15 17 per cent of the total imports a ainest 15 14 1 er or cent t in 1899 and I 1 09 per cent n 1896 REVENUE SEDUCTION REDUCTION recommended I 1 recommend that the con fesq at this s sear session ion reduce the inte nal revenue tax I 1 impo P 0 e ed a to meet the expenses of the war wi h spain pain n the sum surn of th arty in 11 ons of do lars ahls alon shoud shou d be secured bv by the rem assion of these taxes wh ch experience has shown to be the most burden ome to the industries of the deop e I 1 espee ally urge that there be included n wha ever redu t on Is made the legacy tax ca on bequests tor for public uses of a 1 berdry aduca tiona or char table character MERu MERCHANT HANT MARINE amer can vessels durin the past three years have carried about 9 per cent of our exports and imports fo el of n sh ps should carry the least not 0 t the greatest part of amer can trade the re remarkable growth of our steel industries the progress of sh bh p bu mine tor for the domestic trade and our stead S ma stained expenditures for the navy have created an oppa eunity to place the un ted led sta es in the first rank rt ef corn coin mere il marit me po ers I 1 again urge im mediate act on by the congress on measures to promote american sh aping and foreign trade I 1 d on to the recommendations on the subject in prey ous messages and pr net pal v to the op anions expressed in the message of 18 9 I 1 am satisfied the judgment 0 of f the country favors the po icy of a d to our mo merchant erchant marine which w m I 1 11 I 1 broaden our commerce and markets an I 1 our sea car y ng capacity tor for the products of ag culture and manlutac ture which with fth the increase of our navy means work and m ages to our countrymen as well well as a safeguard to american intel ests in every very pan part ot of the world CONC TRUSTS in my list annual message to the congress I 1 ca led attention to fie necessity tor for early act on to such evils as m be found to exist in connect on with the combinations of capital organized into trusts and again in lite vite on to my discussion of the subject at that true t me which concluded ath w th these wo ds it lt is apparent that un of legislation upon this subject in the sever I 1 states is much to be des red it Is to be hoped that such un in a wi e and just on between what Is bjur ous and what is la useful s e f ul and necessary in bus ness ons ma may v be ohio ned and that means may be found tor for the congress w thin he 1 in nations of its con lion al power so to supplement sup ement an effect live code of state legislation as to make a complete system of laws throughout the un ted led states adequate to compel a gene al ob edvance of the salutary rules to which I 1 referred the whole question is so important and far r reaching e a ching that I 1 am sure no part of it will be 1 1 g baly considered but every p ase of it will have to be stud ed deliberately by congress resulting in w se so and aud ud c ous action best rest aint slut such comb nat ons as are in jur ur u and wh h are a bin hin federal jur asdic tion lion shou d be pr applied by the con lon g ess AFFAIRS IN THE philippines in my last annual message I 1 dwelt at some length upon the cond tion of affairs in ill the P hi III pp es while seeding to impress u upon P 0 yon that the gra e re pons b I 1 ty of the I 1 future u tu re gov eminent rests with the congress of the united state I 1 aasta ned from recommend ng at that time a spec no fie and final to in of government tor for the te to actually he d by the united states tates forces and n which as long as the insurrection cont cout the in lutary arm must artly be supreme I 1 stated my purpose until congress sha 1 have made the formal expression of its vill to use the authority vested in me by the const aution and the statutes to uphold the sovereignty ty of the un led red states in those dis tant isia isla ds as in all other places where our flag r ghaly floats v acing to that end at the disposal of the arl and navy all the means v vh h ch the I 1 bera ity try of the congress and the people have provided no contrary exar e slon sion of the will of congress hav bay ng made I 1 have steadfastly pursued the purpose so declared employing the civil arn as well toward the ac cimpl ashment ot of pac at on and the in s titu bior of local governs nt at w th n the I 1 n nea es of authority and law progress Pro gres in the hoped hope d tor for direct on has been favorat e our forces have s ul y con troll trolled edthe the greater part of the islands over comia comlat the organ zed forces of the insurgents and carrying order ana sd administrative regular regulars ty to a all qua te s what r hal appos tion lion remains Is tor for the most part vart s uttered obeying no con carted p an of strategic action ng only by the methods common to the tradition traditions ol 01 guerilla warfare wh ch wh ie Is 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