The Prescott daily news., 1910-09-02
u,,,Id Tour of Battleship Fleet
 and Digging of Canal.
DISCUSSED BY MR. ROOSEVELT
,,-, ,t Omaha, Hs> Urges the 'pI Necessity of Efficient Navy ana of Fortlfyins the Panama
 Waterway.

roosevelt arrived in Omaha rom hah' nv ritv at 6.45 o'clock this morning. 'as s oarlv as was the hour, large 'n Dsnd was on hand, and so was the ,scepton committee under whose .s,e @ Colonel Roosevelt spent the day. rso % address which the ex-president ,.,,rored was heard by great throng 0f people. It was as follows;
 ..o,e,ing in Europe last spring one .,,n m n,b,ch especially struck me was the unae, ,.hat the two feats which made the ,a ,'snost ,nopression abroad were the cruise .sa hottIe fleet around the world, and !" % aogine of the Panama Canal These ano tSe tvo feats to be credited to the ..,orican people during the past decade a.h,oh had most profoundly and favorably ,racted foreign judgment of America mr,ng that time Such judgment depends rot in the least upon what people say .hoy can do but what they actually do; man their willingness to meet responsi- splt.s and the success of their efforts to meet them.
 Must Have Efficient Navy.
 Now there is no use of nation claim ,.r Ia he a great nation unless 1t Is pre- narad to play a great part. nation such AS ours cannot possibly play great mart in international affairs, cannot eX- meet to be treated as a weight in either the Atlantic or the Pacific or to have its yoire as to the Monroe doctrine. or the management of the Panama Canal, heed cd unless 1t has a strong and thoroughly efficient navy Within the last decade the American navy has been about uebled in strength. and much more than rebled in efficiency. due to Its extraordi- nary progress Tn craftsmanship and ma neuyering So far from this increase In naval strength representing on our part either menace of aggression to weaker l nations or menace of war to stronger nations. it has told most powerfully for peace Everywhere in Europe the cruise of the battle fleet around the world was accepted. not only as an extraordinary feat reilecting the highest honor upon our navy, but as one of the movements which tended markedly to promote peace l ful stability In international relations. No | nation regarded the cruise as fraught with any menace of hostility to Itself; | and yet every nation accepted it as proof that we were not only desirous ourselves to keep the peace, but able to prevent the peace being broken at our . expense. No cruise in any way approach Ing t has ever been made by any fleet of any other power, and the best naval l opinion abroad had been that no such . feat was possible that Is. that no such cruise as that we actually made could be undertaken by a fleet of such size with out innumerable breakdowns and acci- m formed as it was without a single aceI- dent, immeasurably raised the prestige. not only of our fleet. but of our Nation: and was a distinct help to the cause of International peace.
 As regards the Panama Canal really .alnk that outside nations have juster mea than our own people of the magni- 'ude and success of the work. I wish our people realized what is being done on tne isthrlus. If man of intelligence vho had never left this country asked me sne'her l would advise him to make snort trip to Europe. or trip to the ranama Canal. I would. without hesita- cOn advi'e him to go to the Panama .aHai' He would there see in operation ae completing of one of the Ereat feats .l modern times. Colonel Goethals and
 ns men working under him are render ,, a service to this country which can
 np oe paralleled In our past history by vars. N'Ne'eo III certalh
 wonderful Work on the Isthmus.
 ,sn ~ years ago last spring the Ameri- lstbrss' 'e'nihent took possession of the y0,as us' The first two years were de- a,ss1, e W the sanitation of the Isthmus. to sns nullig the plant and working force r,n.i ip'o'ldlng quarters, food. and water ras pp..s Tn all these points the success nlss,s eNFaordinary From one of the nos. ne,spos of the globe. one of the sorl, unealthy regions in the entire ,,s uAe lsthmus has been turned into whsrss ry healthy place of abode.
 hmss. ale ueath-rate Is small and where hissa or children are now being h moe. uiuer as favorable conditions es quarte,. pai's or the United States. The celen, iood' and water supply are ex
 cred fo, u the plant the best ever gath
 ton m 'Tch purpose. Active excava-
 January ,"ar @rge scale did not begin until
 hy. go, '@'' Three years and a half
 Of the to,. oy since then, and three fifths
 acconnl,.nA excavation has already been
 based an The amount taken out has
 snce warrsr,as which previous sxperi-
 sible, I'an,ed Ir ,a1. us in believing to be nos
 ,s Q, io rocs lss s.. and 1909 the monthly aver yer
 million 'OCk o'k, and earth removed wa, thrc.
 fact tha, tuu,c o, yards. notwithstandinr inc
 .Htn,s11 1. nlne months of each year con- %
 There rsr.a season of very heavy r,infsm
 Sixty mlll,on Ins,n' to be excavated only about
 keep un ',,on ,Sa cubic yards If we could
 this shp,ne p ,ne past averaQ. n, ."s.,uH a
 but t i,s'Saia |" be done In twenty montS..
 fauo s, ,hi impossible to maintain such .
 put nse.... s .ns depth increases; for tho 'm out
 op.ratior diminishes as th. ns,S % n,
 Such rata as'rows rows stIn, 1t Is certain that
 .,nable ,bs hate can be maintained ss will wi,,
 ton eon,s.kers sse workers to finish the ..eaws n w,'i
 fixed fopsasrably for nny in advance of th. east da.s
 aS. indaeopp oppsning the canal. January
 Canal cameo, cameo, ! ], shah b. surprised if tn. a,
 ven r . ysar in 0s s,,,I opened .ir months. or
 caebrs Sss cn, has two great @ feature ms ser. T,.
 ss and d0u,, ,h. which have been cor con,,aar nne
 sttsr is to ta' ,t great dam at Gatun' '1r Th.
 v.hsn.s sO, O 'mprison tn. waters q, hs ,hs
 s1 sa saa sas. other streams into a e' ,shs .hs
 "f ia4 sGuare miles Th,s 1