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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Dec 07, 1910
Page
3
The text urges Congress to limit tariff consideration to one schedule at a time to avoid stagnation. It supports establishing a permanent tariff commission, expanding the tariff board, and using expert study to shape policy on tariffs, banking, and currency. It emphasizes nonpartisan study, modernization of the tariff process, and alignment with national economic interests.
The War Department advocates a lean peacetime army with rapid wartime enlargement, calls for more officers, and urges Congress to pass bills increasing army and engineer strengths. It details militia integration, fortifications, and the shift of Pacific base plans to Pearl Harbor while highlighting Philippine and Porto Rico developments and trade growth.
President outlines Panama Canal fortification as essential for naval protection and world trade. He analyzes tolls, maintenance, and government management, urging authority to set tolls, centralize supplies, and ensure efficient post and judicial systems while noting Suez competition and future legal reforms.
The Navy Secretary urges dismantling unneeded yards and creating a Guantanamo base with under half a million dollars. He backs honoring Robert Peary for polar achievement and supports a permanent line officers system and four year major general term. Also notes naval supply fund reform, abolition of redundant yards, and cost accounting improvements.
The Secretary recommends a change allowing appeals from land department decisions to the Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia. The measure mirrors patent appeals and would enable final court review of government land titles, reducing future western court litigation. The bill is before the House and favored by public lands committee. The department reports progress on patent claim delays and budget reductions reflect efficiencies achieved under recent Congress appropriations.
The speaker outlines the conservational approach to public domain lands, praising the present laws and the enlarged homestead act for semi arid farming. Reclamation funds total about 369.45 million dollars with most allotted to projects. a 20 million dollar indebtedness certificate plan awaits funding from land sales and water rents. A board of army engineers has evaluated feasible projects and a formal report will be sent in a separate message soon.
In September a conservation congress met in St Paul where an address on conservation was delivered. The talk covered what the Federal government can and cannot act on, drawing from official records the statistics and facts about conservation progress.
The monetary commission of Congress pursues an impartial scientific study of banking and currency systems as a foundation for national policy on tariffs rivers harbors waterways and public buildings. A foreign banking comparison will inform our commercial rivals. It is not partisan or sectional but national in scope.
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