Mexico weekly ledger., 1899-03-02


mouths sua that al Ken shall be taugh'
the great fundamental truth promul
gated b. car fSthsrs-thst the fedora
govexnEsnt Is a government q limitsi
powers
signs Of the T8me1
Senatur Gso-ge Frishis Hoar q Mas
saehazetts has never been sccrsd a
being "a strict cu1strzctazist Ezi
even BE- sppsSrs TO have walked up Il
the FACT that there Is danger shesd h
has besn refreshing his knowladgs 0.
the SUBSTITUTION. and he nnds Writte1
there in these potent words the exist
snceof which many prAcriezl statesmen
seem 70 have forgotten. The power.
NOS delegated 10 the United States BY the
eOnsrituioa nor prohibited b. il 10 ihs
Etst@ 1rs reserved 10 the states re-
spectivsy. q to the people
Othsrs are joining the great New
EusisHder, and the signs q the times
indicate that q revival Of eoaSsfsutionzl
study shd practice 4 at band General
Nerritts startling declaration may
turn the minds Of mAny men 30 ponder
ing that doeumsni who would nsvsz
have dose % had he kept bis mouth
shut
The main point * view q any pToPo-
sifion for the average AusEfean cfti1sn
ts that Of dollars and csr1s. for we are
an INTENSELY practt0al psu2s-sh8t Is
we claim 30 b~-snd Il II this oun.
nsTeial & q politics We have any
fetch IN worship Is Is ths almighty
\ dollar
Judged ever By this hE s.sz5sri e
money getting The PhiEpyin@ sequis-
tion hids fsir 10 Lead rs into hankrnps.
cy. To begin with. ~secoEiing 70 the e..
Inmates a the most cozseETErVs a..
thorities the increased cost * shs
standing army 10 hold oar ssyags fsDgr
citizens in ~subjecti0n viii b ESQ CO.,
900. In addition thereto il o-tE 70
hold our own IN AsiAtic waters ws ars
told that we must establish tie Ersatsz;
navy in the world This ~prUposstiou
sounds grandiloqusnt and makes an al
most irresistible appeal 10 the covering
pride Of the American people.
s~@~ startiin9 Figures.
Stated in plain figures, however, II
may somewhat dampen the ardor Of our
taxpayers when they are invited 10 60
upon this wild goose chase Great Brit
ain hes 80 frst class ships Of war, 5s1
warships in all France has so FIRST
class wsFships and 400 ell together.
Nicholas Of Russia has 40 first class
battlsships AT his command and 2se in
the aggregate BY a word William Of
HohenEofern can set the machinery
and guns Of 216 warships going. 2e Of
them bsttlezhips Of the first class ia
pan nov almost equals Germany and
viii soon eclipse her in strength Of hsr
naval armament At the present time
we have only 81 warships all told, only
IS of them being Of the first class
Counting the difference of distance from
the base Of operations in AEiatic wa
tsrs the real effective fighting strength
Of the United States must be reduced
at least one-half
In any fair estimate concerning any
struggle involving our possession Of the
Philippine Islands in the future ii
would be prudent 10 count all the above
named nations, except England and
several which have not been named. as
against US Temporarily, we might
e~-na G-o.f nrs4.9- - - lii. -
manently. We must tread the wine
press alone and count ell the rest Of
creation as against US for Johnny Bull
in all human probability, will prove to
be only a sunshine friend to Brother
Jonathan Therefore in order to main
tain our supremacy in the orient with
anything like certainty we ought to
have a navy equal in number Of chips
and weight Of guns 10 the combined ma
vies Of the world, which would involve
the building Of something Ike 1000
wsrships owe 500 Of them battleships
Of the first class. But taking II Tor
granted that in order 10 maintain our
supremacy we will be compelled to
build a navy equal to that Of Great
Britain alone. we would then be compel
led TO build 500 new wsrships Sc Of
them ~baitleships Of the first class. As a
modern bsttleship Of the first class costs.
when fully completes and furnished.
somewhere In the neignborhood Of
IS, 0o0. 600. we would have an initial
outlay on a navy Of esf0, 900, 600 for
first class bSttleships alone, to say moth
ing Of the cost Of inferior craft
The project 10 expend this much
money upon our navy 70 begin with
shows bow far we have departed from
Jsffsrsons theory that we shoud have
no possessions that would require a ma.
w for their defence Evidently Galilei
correct when he asserted that the
world does move The above estimate
for the increased COST Of the standing
army is made upon the untenable the
ory that we VIII have no use for a
stsnding army except 70 hold our new
fellow citizens in subsection, oonferring
upon them the blessings Of liberty at
the point q the hayonst. for inst As
certain az water runs down hill II we
enter upon world politics we viii also
uPon world qusrrsls and world
wars
An Imperialfat Armr.
am puriot enough 70 believe that
for mAn oura is the best army in
the world but II We are going into
world politics and propose to take q
hand in World squabblss We win be
compelled IN the very nature q thingA
not only maintain . navy equal 70
grestest navy q any other nation
u the world bot aiso 70 maintain an
army eqnsi Or supeu0r b the greatest
army II any Other nation On earth
Here are the cold facts regarding the
land srmsments - sJms II the great
powers Germany army On 9 psacs
numbsrs sea. $50 men; On q war
5000 0o. while the E0vern-
neni is ctaHauung for large increase
.usias Psoe establishment i go. ga
-0nisrz vhils o. . var footing a.5i0.- Z
ifS subjects q the cEar are sapposd %
sh1udsr their muskets and tackle on
lhslr swords Let the hard worksd tan
payers q the hnd who czn now hardly