For this reason I cordially commend to the consideration of Congress the recommendations of the Acting Secretary of State.

It would be most regrettable, however, if this improvement, which has been brought about by the zeal and energy of individual consuls rather than by the efforts of the service as a whole, should be accepted as fully satisfying even present…

In view of the interest and importance of the subject to the public, and especially to the business community, I also suggest that authority be given for the printing of a special edition of 5,000 copies of the Acting Secretary's letter.

It will, in my opinion, be found upon examination that, while the measure proposed is a modest and more or less tentative one, involving comparatively slight expense, it promises important and far-reaching consequences.

It is proposed that these agents shall be chosen primarily for their expert knowledge.

Agriculture in the United States has long been dependent for its prosperity upon the demand from abroad for its surplus product.

I also inclose a letter from the Secretary of War, submitting the reports for my consideration.

I transmit herewith, for the information of the Congress, the annual report of the Philippine Commission.

The general plans for the work must be agreed upon with the aid of the best engineers of the country, who should act as an advisory or consulting body.

Actual experience has convinced me that it will be impossible to obtain the best and most effective service under the limitations prescribed by law.

I transmit herewith, for the consideration of Congress, a report by the Secretary of State concerning the importance of reform in our extraterritorial judicial system in China and Korea.

The consulting engineers should not be put on the Commission, which should be used only as an executive instrument for the executive and administrative work.

The Commission should consist of five, or preferably three, members, whose respective duties, powers, and salaries should be assigned to them by the President.

Of these men the one appointed as administrator of the Canal Strip should also serve as minister to Panama.

Their acts were in plain violation of the letter of the statute, but the case presented is not an aggravated one, and I believe that their severance from the academy, their reduction to the foot of the class of which they were members, and…

I transmit herewith, for the consideration of the Congress, a communication from the Secretary of the Interior relative to the reestablishment of the boundary line between the State of Colorado and the Territories of New Mexico and…

The matter is presented for the consideration of the Congress.

I transmit herewith a report, by the Secretary of Agriculture, of the operations of the Bureau of Animal Industry of the Department of Agriculture for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1904, in compliance with the requirements of section 11…