The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1909-08-27
n Chill, Peru and Ecuador.

in Chilli Peru and Ecuador.
Germany is putting in one bill
lion dollars in South American
railroads. Not in ali South Amer
lea is there single bank of any
consequence run by Americans
with American capital. Yet they
are clothed under the Monroe doc
trine. Business follows the flag
and other countries are floating
their flags in South America.
Why is it that these republics
are practically farther away from
US than Africa? Because other ma
tions have been doing business on
the seas Business goes with the
mail, and other coun trie5 are float
ing the flag in every port. If we
want to ship products to Buenos
Ayre3 we send it via Liverpool
or Bremen. The Pan lma can al cost
S3OO,O00,000, and yet when COM
pleted we won't have a 5.n gle ship
to do business through it Our
battlesh.ps floated round the
world, $4,000 m les, yet every ship
that supplied that fleet sailed un-
der a foreign flag. If war were
proclaimed, our navy would de-
pend on foreign vessels for sup
plies of food, fuel, transportation
OF men and for hospital service,
and under the rules of war they
could not serve US.
: What ought we to do? Some
III nix we should profit by the ex-
perience of other countries. We
/ had a bill before Congress to en-
courage American ships. The bill
! provided that not more than So
100000 should be expended in
ocean mail service by our own
! ships. All ships that took advan-
{ tage of this were to be construct
ed under government experts SO
that they can be available for SER
vice in times of war. But the cry
of subsidy" was raised and the
bill was lost by three votes.
/ his cry of subsidy" is quite un-
reasonable when the provisions of
/ that bill are considered Why, our
inland postoffice service cost US
twenty millions more than we re-
ceive from it.
The speaker pointed out the
danger in time of war on account
of our lack of n merchant marine,
and said it was the greatest ques-
ton before the American people.
He said if We do not get our ships
under American officers and crews
en- the high seas, the penalty will
not be one of loss in the way of
trade and commerce only, but, in
time of war, shame, humiliation
and disaster.
Burton Thatcher, young BARI
tone soloist who supports fam
lily of seven brothers and sisters
with his voice, very delightfully."-
entertained an enthusiastic au-
dience Wednesday afternoon pre-
ceding Mr.. Landis, and that even
IT, ,r.r',d,n- AIR. S-rUs. Mr..
Thatcher i NoIns MAJ, but
he has an easy and graceful stage
presence and a wonderfully well
trained voice. His 'Toreador"
song from Carmen" and his Sc
lection from "Faust" We're decid-
edly artistic. His accompanist was
Miss Drace, a pianist of rare abil-
ity.
Wedne sday evening CO.. Robert
Seeds, who says he is plain, ev-
cry day farmer from Pennsylva-
MIA, regaled the crowd with dis
question on How God Made the
Sol Fertile" being tale of how
Mr.. Seeds made a prosperous farm
out of one that had been aban-
doned. H remarks were inter-
spersed with a spontaneous wit
and humor which greatly amused
his auditors and prevented his
subject matter from becoming too
dry to those who were not espe-
cially interested in the soil. He
gave much valuable information
to the farmers, and it is pity
all the farmers in the county did
not hear him.
Bob Taylor in "The Fiddle and
the Bow" Albert Armstrong in his
picture play, "Lorna Doone," and
The Concert Trio comprised the
program for yesterday, a more
extended notice of which will ap-
pear next week.
Mr.. Rohde and Mr.. Rodgers,
the advance men of the Redpath
Vawter Chautauqua System left
Thursday night. The great sue
sess OF the ChautauqL' here has
been greatly due to me uutir.ing
effort and able manner in which
these two men did their work.