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Part 27

Atlantic Ocean, 338, 372, 393 interests in, our, 97 line, coast, 393

Attorney-General, United States, 279, 281, 283, 331, 612, 623, 660, 662 report of the, 660

Auditor, United States, report of, 675

Augusta, Me., 124

Aycock, Charles B., Governor, 27

Aylesworth, A. B., 666

B

Babylon, 113, 151, 170

Baltimore, Maryland, 449 mingling of races in, 450 saved to the Union, 451 Turn Verein, 451

Bangor, Maine, 126

Banking Law, National, 554

Banks, circulation and the, 617 servants of commerce, 617 Savings, as corporations, 174 deposits in, 608

Barstow, California, 372

Battleships, crews for new, 583 need of more, 581 use for good, 582

Bayard, Thomas F., Secretary, 705

Beaupré, Arthur M., Consul, 699, 747

Beef Trust, injunction against, 282-283 investigation of, 283

Beirut, Syria, troubles at, 673

Belgium, 668, 669

Berkeley, California, 404

Betterment, progressive, 466

Blaine, James G., Secretary, 124, 622

Blake, Homer C., Admiral, 579

Blumenberg, General, 451

Board of Trade, National, 225

Body, strength in the, 30, 393

Bogota, American Minister at, 715 718 Colombian gunboat, 730 government, the, 721 insurrection at (1853), 700

Bookbinders, Brotherhood of, 519

Boston, Massachusetts, 108, 401 United States ship, 727

Boundaries, National, 676

Boxer uprising in China, 10, 601-602

Boynton, General, 165

Brakes, locomotive, law on, 310

Bravery expected, not praised, 463

Breckinridge, General, 39, 505

Bremerton, Washington, 420

Brest, France, cable from, 626

Bribery, corruption and, 662-664 enormity of, 663 extradition for, 662 popular government and, 663 treaties touching, 662

Briesen, Arthur von, 657

British Ambassador, the, 261 Empire, sympathy in the, 605 steamships, 656

Brooklyn, Borough of, N. Y., 29

Brotherhood, example of, an, 486 civil and military, 14 feeling of, decline in, 101 human, cause of, 449 international, 50 lesson of, 357 military and civil, 14 right of, the, 491 rule of, indispensable, 548

Brotherhood of Bookbinders, 519

“Brother Jonathan,” a descendant of, 37

Buchanan, James, President, 2

Buffalo, New York, 597

Bull Run, battle of, 141

Burden-bearing, blessing of, need of, 498

Burleigh, Edwin C., Governor, 124

Burr, Aaron, 6

Business, changing needs of, 301 confidence, return of, 537 corporate, aids to, 650 cunning in, unscrupulous, 782 danger of upsetting, 614 delicate mechanism of, 105, 541 disasters, wide effects of, 540 energies, paralysis of, 614 interests at law, 477 interests in Washington, 225 interests, wise laws for, 541 interstate, corporations in, 609 interstate, regulation of, 611 machinery of, complicated, 781 mechanism of, delicate, 105, 541 supremacy in, 539 world, natural forces in, 538

Butler, Nicholas Murray, 27

Butte, Montana, 432

Byzantium, 337

C

Cabinet, 79, 503 advisory function of, 4 corruption rare in, 7 how chosen, 4 moral obliquity in, 7

Cable, China-Philippines, 626 Company, Commercial Pacific, 625 French, the, 626 lines, Oceanic, 393 Manila-Hongkong, 626

Cable, Pacific, 393 Congressional power in, 626 franchise for, 625 laying of, 98, 626 need of a, 573 practicable route for, 625 soundings for, 625

California, 97, 372, 373, 374, 375, 377, 383, 390, 393, 395, 397, 399, 401, 403, 404, 413, 426 beauties of, 383, 404 forest preservation in, 385 trees, preservation of, 385 University of, 404

Canal, Isthmian, 22 Company, French Panama, 623, 711 Company, new Panama, 749, 750 Isthmian, negotiations with Colombia, 623 opinion of jurists on, 718 Panama, Act of 1902 on, 709 Panama, treaty on, 692 route, Panama, preferred, 693 route settled, 716 treaties, United States good faith in, 696 United States responsibilities in, 712 treaty, Colombian offer on, 703-704 treaty, New Granada, 693-700, 755, 756 treaty with Panama, 707

Canticle, dedication, 446

Canton, Ohio, 231

Capacity, individual, essential, 537

Cape Cod, cable station at, 626

Capital, combinations of, 26 combinations of, controlling, 610 fair treatment for, 618 good use of, 433 how beneficial, 433 organized, duty of, 619 ranges, invested in, 438

Capital and labor, community of, 651 equal treatment of, 652 foreign, taxing, in New York, 772 situation on, 618-619 unity of, 475

Capitalists, encouragement of, proper, 610 good done by, 651 greater opportunities for, 759 relations of, to workers, 780 services of, 103, 610, 761, 762

Capron, Allyn, 165

Caracas, United States representatives at, 668

“Carpet-bag” rule, 511

Carson City, Nevada, 414

_Cartagena_, United States ship, 730, 734, 737

Cartwright, Peter, 244

Cass, Lewis, Secretary, 698, 710, 711 quoted, 694-695, 710, 711

Cavalry horses, worn out, 631

Cavalry, increase in, 585

Cavalryman, ideal, the, 585

Census Office, administration of, 599

Chaffee, Adna, General, 67

Chagres, outbreak at (1851), 700

Chamber of Commerce, New York, 196-202

Character, defects in our, 510 in college graduates, 29 importance of, prime, 436 national, and laws, 487 national, standard of, 16 need of, supreme, 102 prime test for office, 515 type of, needed, 488

Charity and love, sermon on, 355

Charleston, South Carolina, 401, 596 Collector of port of, 516 colonial days in, 18 Exposition, 18, 19, 22, 24, 25, 596-597 in the Revolution, 18 outpost against Spain, 18 port of, 510 typical Southern city, 18

Charlottesville, Virginia, 453

Charybdis, Scylla and, 288

Chattanooga, Tennessee, 104, 156

Cheap labor in Hawaii, 566

Chicago, Illinois, 257

Chickmauga, 165, 166

Child labor, prohibition of, 307

Children, happiness in rearing, 509 training of, 290, 291

Chilean trouble, the (1892), 10

Chilkoot Pass, Alaska, 667

China, 391, 392 anti-foreign uprisings in, 601 attitude toward United States, 197, 603 Boxer murderers punished in, 602 Boxer uprising in, 10 cable connection with, 626 commercial relations with, 674 commercial treaty with, 673 defences in, dismantling of, 602 duties in, ad valorem, 603 Emperor of, edict by, 603 free imports in, 603 importation of arms in, forbidden, 603 indemnities paid by, 603 interior of, access to, 604 joint note from, 655 joint note to, 601 measures against disorder in, 602 military expeditions in, 603 mining enterprises in, 674 missionaries in, rights of, 674 “open door” in, 98, 604 relations of, with the powers, 604 reparations made by, 602 situation in, present, 601-604 tariff on imports in, 603 trade relations with, 604 trade with, foreign, 603 treaties on commerce with, 603 troubles in, settlement of, 601 United States attitude in, 197, 603 United States officials in, 674 United States plenipotentiary in, 602 United States soldiers in, 604 water approaches in, 603

China-Philippines cable, the, 626

Chinese Government, the, 603, 674 Exclusion Act, need of, 546

Christendom, nations of, 97

Christian associations, need of, 227 missions, importance of, 46

Christianity, applied, 499 cause of, 448 civilization and, 244

Church, leadership in the, 501

Churches, American, 242-243 immigrants and the, 442 mission of the, 449 work before the, 52

Cincinnati, Ohio, 169, 170, 275

Cinnabar, Montana, 324

Circuit Court, United States, 283

Circulation, great size of the, 476 and the banks, 617

Cities, growth of, unequal, 538

Citizen, American, duty of, 431 birthright of the, 451 character of average, 487 duties of the, 495 good, a good man, 459 good and bad, the, 473, 763 good, the, 473 good essentials of the, 487 good, qualities of the, 129 honesty of the, 499 qualities of the, 488, 493 requisite of a, first, 200 responsibilities of the, 493 rights of the, 446 that counts, 395 training of the, 381 useful, the most, 103

Citizenship an “inestimable heritage,” 661 best in, the, 494 decent, 481 duty of good, first, 109 education for, 289 essentials of, 135 good, the duty of, 406 high average of, 608 productive, 378 qualities of, 164 sermon on, a, 459 tests of, 389, 468, 486

City and country, conditions in, 306

Civic betterment, strife for, 30 righteousness, need of, 499

Civil life, brotherhood in, 14 problems of, 138

Civil Service, the, 686-687 Act, observance of, 687 appointments, 686 Commission, 519, 521, 687 decision, a, 519 efficiency under, 687 laborers and, 687 Law, 519, 592 rules, revision of, 686 veterans and, 687

Civil War, the, 9, 17, 18, 19, 21, 32, 37, 40, 43, 55, 56, 61, 67, 72, 119, 141-142, 165, 186, 203, 205, 209, 211, 212, 217, 222, 223, 230, 232, 233, 308, 310, 311, 330, 377, 397, 433, 445, 451, 452, 478, 483, 486, 487, 489, 491, 492, 505, 507, 529, 607 abuses in the, 63 benefits of the, 491 difficulties of the, 489 generals of the, 489 heroes of the, 478 horrors of the, 452 importance of the, 72 issues of the, 483, 489 leaders of the, great, 491 memories of the, 591 men of the, 491, 607 passions produced by, 529 significance of the, 485 soldiers of the, 445 veterans of the, 489, 586, 590, 686

Civilians in the naval service, 582

Civilization, advance of, 113 Christianity and, 224 complexity of, 375 fundamental base of, 609 penalties of, 353 problems of, 375 weakening bonds of, 528 worth of, the, 133

Clark, George Rogers, 343, 454, 676, 677 Lewis and, memorial, 419

Class and nation, good for, 476

Class antagonism, foolish, 471

Class-distinctions, harmful, 473 wrong, 468-469

Class-government, 468-471

Classified service, 686

Clay, Henry, 87, 223

Clayton-Bulwer Treaty, 574, 751

Clearing House of Information, 650

Cleveland, Grover, President, 3, 10, 119

Coal, duty on, removal of, 616

Coal-land laws in Alaska, 677

Coal Strike Commission, 308, 322, 332-333, 521 benefits of, 309 College education, meaning of, 79-80 graduates, services of, 408 men and the State, 78-84 training, advantages of, 407

Colleges, duty of the, 32 preparing for service, 32

Collegians, duty of, 382

Collins, Patrick A., Mayor, 108

Colombia, United States of, 260, 693, 699, 705, 717 attitude of, on Panama, 707 canal negotiations with, 623 canal treaty with, 692 concessions to, 697 government of, 713 inefficiency of, in Panama, 703 Legislature of, 717 sovereignty of, over canal, 714 superseded in Panama, 694 treaty repudiated by, 697, 713 treaty with, 259, 697 United States recommendations to, 699 virtual war of, against United States, 731

Colombian revolutions, United States neutral in, 695 offer on canal treaty, 703, 716

Colon, capture of (1901), 702 United States control in, 708

Colonial Dames, Society of, 53

Colonization, Grecian, 345-346

Colorado, 361, 362, 364 River, Grand Canyon of, 326

Color no bar to office, 512, 515

Colored appointments in South, 516

Colored men, appointments of, 511 as office-holders, 510-514 in offices, 510-518 in United States offices, 511 opportunity for, 512 victims of lynching, 524 population, duty of the, 525 troops at Santiago, 446

Columbia, District of. See District of Columbia

Columbia University, 27-33

Columbus, Christopher, 151

Combination in restraint of trade, a, 282

Combinations, abuse of, unwarranted, 102 against evils, 100 benefit of, 26 labor, 26 necessity of, 542 need of regulating, 26 of capital, 26 controlling, 610 power of acting in, 548 reason for, 618 urban population and, 100

Commerce, American, development of, 656 Commission, Interstate, 649 currency and, 555 damage to, in war, 670 destruction of, in war, 672 farm products in, 557 foreign, growth of, 651 growing, in East, 98 in ancient times, 391-392 Interstate, Commission, 556 interstate, safety in, 685 interstate, situation on, 611-612

Commerce Law, Interstate, 545, 556 decisions on, 279 enforced, 660 ineffective, 279 strengthened, 280

Commerce, modern means in, 152, 170 Monroe Doctrine and, 576 needs of our, 617 old methods in, 113, 151 supervision of, 651

Commerce and Labor, Department of, 277, 476, 649-652 act establishing, 545 duties of, 620, 650 employees of, 649 importance of, 545 need for, 620 plea for, 620 Secretary of, 277, 519, 520, 545, 656, 658, 678 work of, 649

Commission, Coal Strike, 308 Fish and Fisheries, 639 International Exchange, 655 Land, recommended, 638 Land-Law, 681 Tariff, proposed, 616

Common school system, 591

Common-sense, 488 and honesty, 493 policy, a, 271 value of, 30

Communication, means of, 337

Community of welfare, 472

Commutation Clause, Homestead Law, 680

Competition, unjust and destructive, 556

Competitive examinations, written, 592

Complexity, present, of life, 101

Comradeship of soldiers, 14, 365

Concentration of population, 274 of wealth, 274

Conciliation in labor troubles, 308

Concord bridge, 83

Conditions, duty of facing, 111 irregularities in worldly, 101 present, superiority of, 101

Confederacy, the, 203 independence of, 484

Confederate armies, 42 navy, 209, 223 resolution of 1862, 63 soldiers, 19, 20, 21 soldiers, sons of, 512

Confidence, business, return of, 537

Congress, anarchists and, 535 Continental, 152, 243, 350 Cuban, 295 Library of, 598 neglect of War Department by, 9 power of, in interstate business, 611 Reed’s service to, 123 Treasury report to, 555 Washington City and, 225

Connecticut, 37, 44

Conscience, need of, 136

Constitution, United States, 2, 4, 57, 118, 141, 281, 344 amendments to, 276, 612 defects in, 544 limits set by, 611 operation of, 104

“Constitution,” Atlanta, the, 518

Consular service, cost of, reduced, 675 official tenure in, 593 promotions in, 593 reorganization of, 593

Consuls, United States, and commerce, 594 and foreign relations, 594 high standard for, 594

Continent, American, 606

Continental troops, 487

Contraband of war, 671

Control of corporations, object of, 610-611

Convict labor, competition of, 547

Co-operation, popular, 441 State and national, 363

Corporate fortunes, large, 538 misconduct, restraint of, 653 ownership and war problems, 672 wealth and the State, 777 wealth, natural causes of, 538 wealth not due to tariff, 538

Corporation control, lines of, 545 laws in Massachusetts, 116 sentiment on taxation, 763 taxation law recommended, 769

Corporations, 26 bureau of, 649 bureau of, work of, 650 caution in handling, 539 Commissioner of, 277 conditions on, changed, 545 Constitution on, United States, 544-545 control of, 272, 545 creatures of the State, 103, 275, 543 encouragement of, by law, 773 franchises to, 609 friendly attitude on, 651 growth of, 100 harm in checking, 140 honest, 650 honest, protection of, 785 honest, publicity and, 610 hostility to, improper, 610 independent of tariff, 613 inevitable development, an, 610 interstate control of, 543 laws on, benefit of, 784 national control of, 543 national control of, necessary, 544 national regulation of, 609 necessity of, 102 need of, 618 not to be destroyed, 610 publicity for, 476, 650, 785 publicity for, need of, 543 regulation of, 103, 609, 660 situation on, 609-617

State laws on, disagreement of, 544 subject to law, 543 supervision of, 103, 649 supervision of, extent of, 544 taxation of, 761-769 taxation of, difficulty in, 768 taxation of, percentage in, 768 taxation, share of, 765 taxed as realty, 769 taxes on, in foreign lands, 762 taxing, 786 troubles with, 147 variety of laws on, 153 violating the law, 280 wide field of, 153 wrongdoing by, 773

Corruption, 7 bribery and, 662-664 enormity of, 663 in public life, 502 no refuge for, 662 punishment of, 663 rare in Cabinets, 7 unknown with Presidents, 7

Cortelyou, George B., Secretary, 520

Costa Rica, Republic of, 707

Cotton, transportation of, 283

Cotton-growers, Southern, 364

Cotton-growing States, 684

Country, greatness of our, 484 and city, conditions in, 306 life, permanence of, 127

Couplings, car, law on, 310

Courage and resolution, 508

Courage, honesty, common-sense, 488 necessity of, 470, 500 value of, 30

Court of Appeals, New York, 476

Court, Supreme, United States, 505

Courtiers and demagogues, 472

Cowardice and dishonesty, 494

Crane, W. Murray, Governor, 108, 144

“Cranks,” letters from, 11

Crawford, George, 517

Creed of Americans, 607 of our forefathers, 480

Crime, apologies for, 533 law adequate to treat, 526

Crimes punished by lynching, 524

Criminals, no sentimentality for, 524 rights of, to fair trial, 526

Crises, great, of our history, 169 of American history, the, 57-58 produce leaders, 232

Crisis, need in a great, 288

Cromer, Lord, 80

Cromwell, Oliver, 499

Cruelties in the Philippines, 205

Cruelty, most destructive form of, 61

Cruisers, need of new, 581

Crum, Dr. W. A., 510

Cuba, 81, 185, 237, 294, 295, 408, 580, 590 administration of, 409 advantages of treaty to, 295 attitude toward, 197 before the Spanish War, 236 benefits brought to, 89-90 bonds to, our, 647 commercial treaty with, 645 constitution of, 568 dealings with, 265 difficulties of work in, 89, 411 duties toward, our, 621 faith with, 23 financial policy of, 646 governmental progress in, 567 independence of, 238, 567 interference in, United States, 753 liberation of, 22, 409, 621 market in, American, 647 Monroe Doctrine in, 576 Platt amendments on, 23 progress in, rapid, 646 protection of, 646 reciprocal relations with, 91 reciprocity with, 567, 647 Reciprocity Treaty with, 621-622 relations of, with United States, 568, 646 relations with, peculiar, 23, 24, 646 relations with, our, 87, 621 Republic of, 23, 47, 50, 54, 295 Spanish rule in, 23 strategic use of, 646 United States naval stations in, 646, 753 United States occupation of, 48, 238 Wood’s services to, 81, 411 work in, our, 408 wrongdoing in, 97

Cuban congress, 295 Government, 645 market, control of the, 622 market, greatness of, 647 policy, critics of the, 296 Reciprocity Treaty, 294, 296 treaty, advantages of, 647 war, Virginians in the, 457

Cumberland, army of the, 40, 42

Currency and domestic trade, 555

Currency, honest, advantages of, 190 integrity of the, 655 laws, 335 legislation, good, 477 sound, benefit of, 477 system, national, 476 values, permanent, 335-336

Customs, receipts from, 654

D

Da Gama, Vasco, 151

Dalton, Mass., 144

Danish Islands, 22

Danville, Va., 107

Dead, great, respect for the, 490

Deal, square, for all, 481

Debtor, poor, former hard lot of, 502

Decency, cause of, 497 spirit of, how applied, 482 strength and, 461

Declaration of Independence, 243, 349, 627

Dedication canticle, 446

Deeds and words, homage in, 491

Deficit, how to avoid, 555

Delivery, rural free, 600 benefits of, to farmers, 635 increased, 635 land values and, 635

Demagogic influence, 763

Demagogues, 9 courtiers and, 472 danger of, 25, 175 evil influence of, 533 reckless talk of, 533

Democratic office-holders, 517

Democrats, Gold, 512

Denver, Col., 361

Depression, periods of, 606

Deroux, Señor, speech of, 723

Desert-land law, 636, 680

Desert reclaimed in Utah, 436

Despotic monarchies, independence of, 65

Despotism,” “Gloomy Night of, 534

Despotism and republics, 257

Details, four-year, in Army, 588

Detroit, Mich., 185

Development, industrial, recent, 100 material, conditions of, 539

Dewey, George, Admiral, 401, 402, 465 fame of, 465 ships under, 402

Disaster, national, sure road to, 584 prophets of, false, 217

Disappointment of office-seekers, 11

Discontent, aimless, 533 righteous, 500

Discrimination, railroad, laws on, 322 un-American, 273

Dishonesty and cowardice, 494

Dissatisfaction, causes for, 9

District of Columbia, 511, 642 charities in, 688-689 classified service in, 592 commissioners of, 688 factory law in, 547 merit system in, 644

Disunion, spirit of, 17

Divisions, staff, in the Army, 588

_Dixie_, United States ship, 727, 734

Doane, William C., Bishop, 495

Domination, equal, of law, 481

Door,” “Open, in China, 98

Douglas, Stephen A., 505

Doves and serpents, 496

Duke, Basil, 517

Duncan, James, 522

Dutch Reformed Church, 44, 447, 505

Dues, “liken” and transit, in China, 674

Durbin, Winfield T., Governor, 523-528

Duties, Christian, 495 common, importance of, 412 earnest performance of, 412 Everyday, 493 home, vital, 493 importance of common, 55 life, 493 national and personal, 86 national, urgency of, 408 tariff, unnecessary, 552 to family and friends, 498

Duty, aim of life, the, 478 ideal of, 16 imperative, 31-32 infractions of, 59-60 national, our, 269 of the present, 43 responsibility of, 498 service and, 447

Duque, B. G., quoted, 721

E

East, growing commerce with the, 98

Economic conditions, complaints on, 214 conditions, facing, 111 evils, civilization and, 100 evils, treatment of, 101 evils, wisdom needed in treatment of, 100 forces in our affairs, 608 policy, stability in, 99, 193, 550, 613, 616 problems, 85-86 questions, 25 system, stability of, 302

Economy in expenditures, 555

Education, American, meaning of, 405 false ideals of, 290 importance of, 368 private benefaction in, 405 responsibilities of, 407 twofold, 289 twofold work in, 293

Educational body, significance of an, 287

Edward VII., King, 78

Edwards, Harry Stillwell, 516

Efficiency and honesty, public, 488

Efficiency in Army, efforts for, 587

Egean Sea, the, 391

Egypt, 374 war in, 80

Egyptians, the, 384

Ehrman, Consul, 698

Eight-hour law, enforcement of, 547

Electricity, “Centrifugal effect” of, 339 factor in civilization, a, 170 steam and, 339

Elimination, process of, in Army, 586

Eliot, Charles W., 78

Elk, senseless slaughter of, 636

Employer’s Liability Act, 643

Energy and prosperity, 99

England, 78, 260, 365 Lord Chief-Justice of, 666 Prime Minister of, 2 Sovereign of, 1

Enterprise, individual, benefits of, 539 successful, benefits of, 538-539

Enjoyment, benefits of, 452 capacity for, 452

Envy, evils of, 103, 173, 472 excited at prosperity, 98 foolishness of, 434 meanest form of admiration, 407 spirit of, 99

Euphrates, the, 391 valley of the, 384

Everett, Edward, quoted, 704

Everett, Washington, 426

Evil, forces of, 226 warfare against, 496

Evils, appearance of, 783 combinations against, 100 dealing with, wise, 608 economic, and civilization, 100 economic, treatment of, 101 social and economic, 99

Evolution _vs._ revolution, 148, 172, 611, 653, 780

Examinations, written competitive, 592

Example, force of, 461

Exchange, International, Commission, 655

Executive action and economic evils, 101

Expansion, critics of, 347, 422 destiny of United States, 422 first step in, our, 344, 676 greatest instance of, 596 immense, our, 393 national, 51 Roman, 346, 396

Expansionist, reasons for being, 390-391

Expansions, United States territorial, 454

Expenditures, dissatisfaction at, 8 economy in, 555, 655 management of, 7 national policy on, 555 purposes of, 8 revenue and, equal, 654

Export trade, great growth of, 647 with Cuba, 552

Extradition for bribery, 662 treaty with Mexico, 662

F

Factory laws, wise, 307

Faith and works, 448

Family, the, and the Nation, 493

Fargo, North Dakota, 310

Farmer, American, education of the, 305 Government help for the, 305 qualities of the, 128, 306, 466

Farmers, aid to, scientific, 641 standard of living of, 467 wage-workers and, 466-467 welfare of, important, 641

Farm life and rural free-delivery, 676 plants and cereals, new, 641 products, 303-304 in commerce, 557

Farm-owners, prosperity of, 608

Farming, advances in, 127 as an applied science, 128 lands in Alaska, 677

Farms, wealth invested in, 467

Farragut, David G., Admiral, 37, 203, 223, 230, 465

Federal Courts and anarchists, 535 Government, 141 grand jury, New York, 660 interference, instance of, 416 Library, 598 office-holders, 515-517 service departments, 3 service, high standard of, 518

Federal Salt Company, case against, 284

Federation and combination, era of, 652

Federation of Labor, American, 521

Federations of capital and labor, 618

Federations, reason for, 618

Fellowship, human, 355

Fighting and talking, 269 edge of Americans, 487 ship, use of a, 672

Filipino insurrectos, 571 ladrones, 571 insurrection condemned, 318 officials in Philippines, 95

Filipinos, advances among the, 96 beneficent government of, 96 Constitutional rights for, 207 co-operation of, 629 cruel wrong to the, 312 disadvantages to, some, 569 duty to the, our, 312 insurrection of the, 217 legislation favorable to, 315 measures used with, 571 officials among the, 314 prosperity of the, 218 rights of, 627 self-government for, 207 training of the, 679 treatment of, 60-62 unfit for independence, 204 war methods of the, 62 welfare of the, 314

Financial integrity preserved, 236 laws, suggestions on, 617 policy of Cuba, 646 situation, needs of, 655 system, reconstruction of, 617

Finland, 677

Fire claims, Hawaiian, 623 protection in forest reserves, 560

Fish and Fisheries, Commission of, 424, 639

Fish, Hamilton, Secretary, 705

Fisheries Commission, Alaskan, 678

Fisheries of Alaska, 424, 677

Fitchburg, Massachusetts, 137

Flag, American, 21, 22, 36, 37, 42, 49, 59, 93, 94, 167, 205, 222, 230, 454, 464, 488, 495, 571, 572, 577, 588, 591 duties to the, 22

Flanders, Republic of, 471

Floods, prevention of, 251

Fools, virtuous, harmful, 290

Forage crops, new, introducing, 641

Foreigners and the patent laws, 684

Foreign nations, our trade with, 552 powers, friendship of, 270

Forest policy, United States, 249, 256

Forest preservation and land-reclamation, 683 duty of, 390 importance of, 441 need of, 327 object of, 387 scientific, 636

Forest problem, the, 251

Forest protection in Alaska, 638 not an end in itself, 558 wise policy of, 558

Forest reserves, additions to the, 558 as recreation camps, 560 as game preserves, 560 fire protection in, 560 for popular use, 560 injured by grazing, 560 lands for, 559 object of, 441 policy on, 440 situation on, 557-562 usefulness of, 558

Forest resources, need of preserving, 683

Foresters, Society of American, 249