The Sentinel=record., 1909-10-09
GOODBYE ID
 DRUMMING" HARRY MEYERS LEAVING WASH. INGToN WITH FULL ENDORSE MENT TO FIGHT EVIL.
Boosts the Navy in Interview Declar. ing Uncle Sam Can Take Care Of Itself, But Should Have More
 Fighters.


 ever" Is the brief message from Sup. erintendent Harry II. Meyers, just be. fore leaving Washington, and after a full conference with the powers that me in the national capital.
 MT. .ueyers will arrive in the city tomorrow morning, and is returning fully satisfied with his visit and with every assurance that the department will stand behind him in the fight against drumming in this city.
 Incidentally Meyers took opportun. ity 10 discuss the question of the strength of tne navy of this country, and in the Washington Herald gives the following reasons for believing it should be helped:
 Although there is no country on earth that could vanquish us,' con- einued MT. Meyers, and l am quite satisfied that there is no country fool ish enough ever to attempt war with the United States, we ought ito have q powerful navy, for many reasons. In the first place, it is an agent to in- sDire authority and convey the power of the country It can at once demand redress for insults and damages to American interests and citizens, and thereby raise the standing of America in the eyes of the world; and, then, it is the greatest factor to increase commerce. Look at England and Germany
 Both have powerful navies, and both countries protect their citizens to the fullest extent, no matter in what padt of the world they may be- The trade and commerce of both Great Britain and Germany have in- creased by leaps and bounds, which is due to very great extent to their powerful navy. From this you will see that the navy is an agent of peace and industry, and not of war; of happiness and wealth, and not of misery and poverty. And if the day should come when we are called upon to defend the Stars and Stripes against foreign aggression, We will be prepared to de- fend the heritage which has been in- trusted to us by our forefathers.
 Tn order to do this effectively, how. ever, this country must have an eff cient merchant marine; we must have enough colliers ana transports to serve our war ships whenever the critical hour arrives. Above all, let us work for a merchant marine; and, if necessary, Congress ought to ap- propnate funds to accelerate that movement. Look at the reports of our consuls abroad and you will find that most of American export is carried in foreign bottoms. Is there any sense in throwing away money in that man. ner when it can be kept right at home? What are we building the Panama Canal for? For England, for Germany, for France, for Japan, or for our own commerce.? If we are. we should see that we have vessels of our own"
 Discussing the postal savings bank question, Mir, Meyers said he is in favor of the idea, as it would be an in centive for the wage earner to put away his small savings with an abso. lutely reliable depository. MT. Mey CTS said he is against a government parcels post, as this would tend 10 wipe out the business of the small country merchant and take all the money of the country customers to the department stores in the big cities.
 MT. Meyers is a well-known lawyer. and superintendent of the government reservation at Hot Springs, Ark, he claims to De the greatest health. giving resort in the world