Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1902-12-06

framing, Oy reward OF merit by scrutiny |
them Of the same high relative excellence
throughout their careers. {,
The National Guard.
The measure providing for the reorgani-
ing the highest efaciency in the na fi
guard, which has already passed the house,
should receive prompt attention and ac-
1scn is o. gseat that the
ana volunteer forces Of the United States
should be defined, and that in place Of our
NEEDS OF THE NAVY.
More Ships and Men Needed to Keep
Pace with the Times.
For the first time in our history naval
maneuVers on a large scale are being held
under the immediate command of the ad-
miral Of the navy. Constantly increasing
the navy, but it is yet far from what it
should be. I earnestly urge that the in
crease, asked for by the secretary Of the
the Workmanship be granted In battle
the only shots that count are the shots that
time Of peace. These FUNDS must must prov de-
not only for the purchase of projectiles. but
and for perfecting an Intelligent system
under. which alone it is possible to gel GOOD
There should be no halt in the work of
building up the navy, providing every year
aGditlonal fighting craft. We are a very
rich country, vast in extent of territory and
great in population; country, moreover,
which has an army dminutive indeed when
compared with that of any other first class
power: We have deliberately MADE our
own certain foreign policies which demand
isthmian canal will greatly increase the
efhciencY of our navy if the navy is of suf-
navy, then the building Of the canal would
be- merely giving a hostage to any power
Of superior strength: The Monroe doctrine
should be treated as the cardinal feature of
worse than idle to assert it unless we in
t9ndeG %, back it up ana can be backed
navy is-not provocative of war 1t is the
surest guaranty of peace
be the most efficient of its kind as regards
both material and personnel that is to be
found in the world. I call your special at
manning of the ships. Serious tr ro be
threatens us if we cannot DO better than
we are now doing as regards securing the
est type of sailormen, of sea mechanics.
The veteran seamen Of our warships are
Of as h5n ype as can be found TO in
they are unsurpassed in daring, in resolu-
ton, in readiness, in thorough knowledge
of their profession. They deserve every
But there are not enough of them. It is
no more possible to improvise crew than
it is possible to improvise = warship. To
battery, and to send it afloat with a raw
| crew, no matter how brave they were in
dividusNy, would be to insure disaster if
foe Of average capacity were encountered
Neither ships nor men can be improvised
when war has begun.
We need thousand additional officers in
nv~3o To >1Hy
vided for and under construction. The
classes at the naval school at Annapolis
should be greatly enlarged. At the same
we need them, we should facilitate the re-
whose usefulness has become impaired
ice is to be kept efficient.
present. There seems not. the slightest
We most earnestly hope that this state
of things may continue; and the way tt
insure its continuance is to provide fo1
thoroughly efficient navy. The refusa
to maintain such a navy would invit,
trouble, and If trouble came would insure
disaster Fatuous self-complacency o.
vanity, or or tshoEt-stghtedness in refusnl
wicked in such a nation as ours; ant
past experience has shown that sucl
or IN Fs to e or
succeeded by mao, panic of hysterica
fear once the crisis has actually arrived
Rural Free Delivery.
The striking increase in the revenue
: of the post office department shows clear
: ly the prosperity of our people and tn
!, increasing activity of the business of tn
oV The yeceints .of tho most of5ca aen,rt
ment for the nsoai s year eGSt ending june f
, last amounted to $121,s4S, 0472e, an increas
? of Sl0,216,s5S.s7 over the preceding year
the goSa in the
this increase will best appear from tn
fact that the, entire postal receipts 70
the year 1860 amounted to but $S,51s0s7.
Rural free delivery service is no longe
. in the experimental stage; it has becom
fixed policy. The results following it
introduction have fully justified the cor
!. for its establishment and extension. III
: average yearly increase in post office re
: eeipts in the rural districts ef the cour
h able, by actual results, to show thu
e where rural free delivery service ha
r been established to such an extent as
t enable us to make comparisons the yearl
8 increase has been upward of ten pc
}. cent.
5 On November 1, 1902, 1850 rural fire
9 delivery routes had been established an
q third of the territory Of the United State
n available for rural free delivery seryic
There are nov awang the aGton Of
s. 1ola
: routes. This shqws conclusively the wa,
n which the establishment of the servit
: has met and the need Of further extent
q ing it as rapidly as possible. 1T is just
9 fled both by the financial results and /
e the practical benefits. to our, rural poi
o ulation; It: brings the men who live
l. the soil into close relations with the a.
y; i tive business world: it keeps the farm
T. potential educational force: it enhance
/ thes value of farm property. makes far
l. life far pleasanter and less Isolated ar
l. will do much to check the undesirab
. current from country to city.
o 1t is to be hoped that the congress W
70 make liberal appropriations. for the co
y tinuance of the service already esta
~ 1ished and for it's further extension.
:. Progress Of Irrigation.
ii>l Few subjects of more importance ha,
" been taken up by the congress in rece
a. years than the Inauguration of the sy
or tenn of nationally aided irrigation for Il
~, arid regions Of the far west. A good b
Y, ginning therein has been made. No
X been adopted, the need of thoroul
". and scientific forest protection will gro
d, ] more rapidly than ever throughout t