The Washington herald., 1909-03-05

peciaIy true when we are face to face
with q heavy deficit. But when the de-
sire % win the popular approval leads 10
the cutting Of of Of expenditures. really
needed % make the government effective
and 20 enable il TO accomplish its proper
objects. the result is as much 90 be con-
demued as the waste of government
funds in unnecessary expenditure The
scope Ct q modern government in what
it can and ought 10 accomplish for its
people has been widened far beroud the
principles laid down by the old laissez
laire school Of political writer's and this
widening has met with popular approval
In the Department Of Agriculture the
use Of scientific experiments on a large
scale and the spread Of information de-
rived from them for the improvement Of
general agriculture must go on.
Burden of Government.
The Importance CT supervising the bust
( ness Of great railways and industrial
combinations and the necessary investi-
cation and prosecution OF unlawful busi-
ness methods are another necessary tax
upon government which did not exist half
( q century ago.
The putting into force of laws which
( shall secure the conservation OF our re-
( sources, so far as they may be within the
+ jurisdiction OF the Federal government.
including the most important work OF
saving and restoring our forests and the
/ great improvement Of waterways. are all
/ proper. government functions which must
involve large expenditure If properly
I performed. While some Of them. like
/ the reclamation Of arid lands. are 5s,ede
10 pay for themselves. others are Of such
/ indi-act benefit that this cannot he
/ expected or them. 4 permanent improve
ment, Ike the Panama Canal. should
+ be treated as a distinct enterprise and
should be paid for by the proceeds Of
bonds the issue Of which viii distribute
( its cost between the present and future
/ generations IN accordance with the bene-
hts derived. II may well he submitted
to the serious consideration Of Congress
whether the deepening and control OF
/ the channel of a great river system. ike
= that of the Ohio or OF the Mississippi
when definite and practical plans for the
I enterprise have been approved and de-
/ termined upon. should not be provided
for IN some way.
Then. TOO. there are expenditures Of
government absolutely necessary if our
country is 10 maintain its proper place
among the nations Of the world and is
to exercise its proper influence in defense
Of its own trade interest in the mainte-
nance of traditional American policy
against the colonization Of European
'm0narchs IN this ircmisDhc-o. and in the
promotion of peace and International
morality I refer to tie cost Of main
tanning 2 proper army. q proper navy.
AMI suitable f0rtihcatiCns Upoa the main
land cf the United States and its de-
\ pendencies-
We should have an army SO organized
and so officered as TO be capable in time
of emergency. in cooperation with the
national militia. and under the provisions
lof a proper national volunteer law. rapidly
70 expand into a force sufficient to resist
all probable invasion from abroad. and
to furnish a respectable eNpeditionaFy
force # necessary in the maintenance Of
our traditional American policy which
bears the name Of President Monroe.
Our fOTtifcatiOns are Vet in a state Of
only partial completeness. and the num-
Der of men to man them is insufficient
In a few years however. the usual an
nual appropriations for cur coast de-
fenses. both OF. the mainland and in the
dependencies. VIII make them sufficient to
, resist all attacks. and by that time We
Continued on PaEe 3, CoIuan 1.