The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1901-12-29
LAUNCH OF THE MISSOURI.
lATTLESHIP SENT INFO TEE
WATER AT NEWPORT NEWA
Secretary Lens Makes an Address, Answer.
Ing those Who oppose Spending money
for the Navy-Dweils Upon the Peace
ful Mission Of . strong Sea Force

Secretary Long Makes an Address, Answer
ing Those Who oppose Spending Money
for the Navy-Dweils Upon the Peace
fui Mission of . strong See Force
NEWPORT NEWS, Va, Dec. 2s.-The
United States bsttleship Missouri was
launched at the yards Of the Newport News
shipbuilding a Drydook Company at ii:ii
O'Clock this morning.
Miss Marion Cockrell, daughter Of the
Missouri Senator, performed the ceremony
Of breaking a bottle Of champagne OF the
ships bow and giving her her name. and
Secretary Of the Navy John d. Long do
livered N address.
Secretary Long said In part:
Il have been interested In the circular
signed by many eminent oitizens. nv
beloved friend E. 3. Hale at the head, In
which they regret the estimate Of 500, 900, ooo
for the increase of the navy.
1T is rather a taking thing TO say that
800, 900, 900 could be better spent for educa-
cation or charity. And yet, on the other
hand, 300 100000 spent In the employment
Of labor Is the very best use to which II oan
be put. There Ii no charity In the interest
Of the popular welfare OF Of education
so valuable az the employment Of labor.
To state extremes. q community supported
by charity alone would DO deplorable.
while a community where every individual
Is supported by his own labor 70 almost
tho height Of human felicity.
IF 500 ,Ooo. 600 shall be appropriated for
the navy by the present Congress, . small
part will go for the purchase OF raw material,
and something for salaries, but the great
bulk OF IL for labor In every part Of the
Union. In other words, II viii not. a. might
perhaps be the first impression made by
the above circular, be dumped into b sea.
It will pay for bread and butter, for the
better conditions Of life, for the purchase
Of books. and for tho support Of persons
and schoolmasters and the signsrs Of this
circular.
Il suspect . rich man does mo good
BY spending his income IN what would be
gross extravaganza on the part Of anybody
~else-such as building houses and stables
laying out grounds, reviving old farms,
buying and keeping horses and cattle.
and In all the other expenditures which
keep 90 many employees busy n 30 dis
tribute his wealth-than II he boarded It In
a giant stocking or In the vaults Of a bank.
Nor IL II true. as suggested in the circular.
that a great navy necessarily infames the
fighting spirit and leads TO war. II my
recollection serves me right, while Great
Britain has had troubles in Egypt and
Africa and elsewhere, she has had no oon-
fict On sea for many years. and yet her
other Power. The recent increase In our
navy did not induce the war with Spain,
which, as things were, seems to have been
inevitable. On the other n IL is more
than likely that II in the beginning Of 1895
we had had even as large a navy as we have
- - nnrtntply ma lnFnn N nnA n q now nTn-
posed, there would have been no war with
Spain. and that country would have come
TO terms, as she was very near coming,
without battle. At that time. however, it
was the general impression among foreign
Powers. and probably In Spain, that her
navy would blow US out OF the water.
An the foregoing deals with questions Of
expeuiency, which are the only questions
raised in the circular. But there is a ques-
ton of principle, and that question. stran gely
enough, the circular doee not touch
"Our world relations have expanded vastly
In the last three years In territorial extent.
and vastly more in international extent.
II has not been an extension upon the con-
tinent, but upon the ocean itself and the
Islands of the sea In both hemspheres.
value and area, n our American marine
II likely to follow suit. II there In 20 be a
navy al all Il should bo commensurate with
all these extended relations and demands.
i Will not PURSUE lUt lOplc nc "
q United states naval vessel carving our
flag into the ports and hsrbors OF the world
Ia something more than a fighting machine.
IL means relations with those ports: IL
means an awakening and lively respect
for our country; 1t means recognl-
ton Of the outfeach OF our CIVIL
zation. and influence: II means
iust what would be meant II "A fine Tepre-
sentative OF New York or Boston. carry
were In every other city OF the Union.'
President circuit OF the %shipyard In
troduced Secretary Hitchcock, who toasted
the President Of the United States lie
sincere regrets from the President
at his inability 70 be present, Senator
the Commonwealth Of Missouri. He
dwelt upon the historical, geographical
and military glory OF his State, HIS was q
humorous effort and was vigorously APP
Gov. Tyler Of Virginia followed
he senator. Lieut. Gov. Les OF Missouri
paid a grateful tribute 10 Mics Cockren
Du isf s, :; s SI' F !; : cs,sr and shiP Of = ,h sSf Manic Dais,
launched at Philadelphia Her
contract price Wa 0? .ssb 600 Her Keel vac
90 Feb 7 Ig1. and shs u about half
completed Her contract speod n 10 knots
IN hour
A new feature introduced into tie often
.ivs power - this ship ara two submerged
tubs While German wAnhips
|. numi-r 81 years, the Missouri and her
Glaze are a.. hnst battlsship- u our navy
- 10 supplied with them
Tho M-sour and Ter las are the hTs'
fattlrshlIs 81 che United States navy iu
Nhich sat"f 'uh- boilers arv provided
ITO collective indiohtcd horsepower IL about
when tie vessel l. n.AsiEs slsbteel