The Columbus journal., 1902-12-10

q eoootEuetioo of aay 0ueA Unlawful iDelosuro
Sea NTH isterfssesee viti s.es i.eiss.sss
n IL past. bot angle nstles A0 now besa
| givea tHe tFespassen. anA an the resources at
b used - PIT see0 b soeA tEsspaai,G.
Pressing Needs os the Navy.
For the Arst time n our history naval na-
nesvers % Q large SCALE ere being AslA uadef
| ths innediate command of ths ADMIRAL q ths
| paiA to ths gunneEy Of The navy. but Il = yet
| far fro0 what Il sAould b. earnestly uRSe
| that ths iscfeass aske1 fee b tAs Seersealy
ING the s:rssnassaip Se granted. !. Ssttie
| ths ealy shots that count are the shots that
hit. It b necessary to pFvvide anpae fs.ds fog
. u: s,:s s,e!: = 's s1s q .s
l purchase sf peojeetiles. bat Tor allsWasees for
psises to eocoaraee the gun crews. and espe-
s, s.:iiy u: g. psi.ts.:; and sos pssfeesi.s 2.
possible to sst Sod Practice.
There should b - halt IN the work Of bu1d.
Ing ep. the savy. providing every year aadi-
| tioaal Aghting craft. We are . very rich coun-
try. vast u exteat of territory anA great IN
popalatioa: county. moreover. which has IN
army dlminntive indeed when compared With
that q any other arst-ela0 power. We have
deliberately made cur own certain foreign poll
eies which demand the possession Of . irst-
elao navy. The isthnian canal vim greatly
Increase the el1ciency Of our navy II the navy
II l000Gs
quate navy. then the building Of the canal
would Be merely diving . hostage to any power
Of superior strength. The Monroe doctrine
:nosa &c ,e, s,s:sed % z: tie e,r..l iestare Of
than idle to assert II unless We intended to
hack IT up: and II can b backed up only by
ea .n so:1 ss'y !. not
of peace.
More Sailors Called For.
I eall yoar special attention to the need Of
providing for the manning Of the ships. Sc
ter than We are now doing ~ regards securing
the services Of sufficient number Of the high.
est type Of sailornen. Of sea mechanics. It 10
10 ns:,s more p';.i',s to ;npro'i:s ere" than
the finest ship. with the deadliest battery, and
to send It anoat with . raw crew. No matter
how brave they were Individually. would b
were encountered. Neither ships nor men can
be improvised when war has begun.
We need . thoosand additional omcers IN
order to properly man the ships now provided
for and usder construction. The classes at the
naval school at Annapolis should be greatly
enlarged. At the same time that We thus add
facilitate the rstirenent Of those at the head Of
the list whose usefulness has become impaired.
Promotion must be fostered II the service b to
Be kept efleient.
There is not q cloud on the horizon At pres
ent. There seems not the slightest chance Of
trouble with . foreign power. We most ear
nestly hope that this state Of things may con-
tinue; and the way to insure its continuance
q to provide for . thoroughly ehlcient navy.
The refusal to maintain sucn . navy would
invite trouble. and II trouble came would IN
vanity. or ortsightedness in refusing to pre-
pare for danger. 10 both foolish and wicked
In such nation a. ours: and past experience
has shown that such fstuity in refusing to rec
ognise q prepare for any crisis In advaDee -
Usually succeeded By . mad panic Of hysterieal
fear once the crisis has actually arrived.
Rural Free Delivery . Success.
The stirling increase in the revenues Of the
perity Of our people and the increasing activ-
ity Of the business Of the country.
The receipts Of the postomee department for
Sl2l. -. .os7. Increase Of so. .1ls ssss7 over
the preceding year. the largest Increase known
In the history Of the postal service. The mag
the fact that the entire postal receipts for
the year lseo amounted to but $s.sls.os7.
Rural free delivery service II no longer in
ss :',
have fully Justified the Congress In the large
appropriations made for its establishment and
extensiso. The average yearly increase in post
country b about two per cent. We are now
able. By actual results. to show that where
rural free delivery service has been established
eomparisos the yearly increase has been up
ward Of ten per cent.
On Nov. I. lS02, $50 rural free delivery
routes had been established and were in opera
tion. covering about ooe-third Of the territory
Of the United States available for rural free
delivery service. There are now awaiting the
action Of the department. petitions and appli-
cations for the establlshment Of 1878 addi-
tional routes. This shows cOnclusively the want
which the establishment Of the service has
met and the need Of further extending It %
rapidly - possible. II 10 justified both By
the financial results and BY the practical bene.
nts to our rural population: It brings the men
who live on the coll into close relations with
the active business world: 1t keeps the farmer
In daily touch with tho markets; It II Q pO-
tential educational fotce; 1t enhances the value
Of farm property. makes farm life far pleas
anter and less isolated and will do much to
check the undesirable current from country to
city.
1t 10 to be hoped that the Congress will make
liberal appropriations for the continuance Of
the service already established and for Its
further extpnai0n