Evening journal., 1912-08-07

should not allow ourselves to stanC
upon any mere point of pride as if, IN
order TO keep our countenance in the
families of nations. It were necessary
for us to make the same blunders of
selfishness that other nations have
made. We are not the owners Of the
Philippine Islands. We hold them In
trust for the people who live in them.
They are theirs for the uses Of their
life. We are not even their partners
It is our duty as trustees to make
whatever arrangement of government
will be most serviceable to their free
dom and development Here again we
are to set up the rule of justice and OF
right
Presidential Primaries.
The rule Of the people is no idle
phrase. Those who believe in it--as
who does not that has caught the real
spirit of America 7-believe that there
can be no rule Of right without it;
that right in politics is made up Of
the interests of everybody, and every
body should take part in the action
that is to determine it. We have been
keen for presidential primaries and
the direct election of United States
senator's because we wanted the ac-
ton Of the government to be determin-
ed by persons whom the people had
actually designated as men whom they
were ready to trust and follow. We
have been anxious that all campaign
contributions and expenditures should
be disclosed to the public in fullest
detail because we regarded the infiu
ences which govern campaigns to be
as much a part of the peoples bust
ness as anything else connected with
their government We are working
toward a very definite object, the uni
versal partnership in public affairs
upon which the purity Of politics and
its aim and spirit depend.
/ do not know any greater question
than that Of conservation. We have
been spendthrift nation and mus
now husband what we have left We
must do more than that. We must de
velop as well as preserve our wateI
powers and must add great waterways
TO the transportation facilities of tht
nation to supplement the railway
within our borders as we'll as upon tht
isthmus. We must revive our mer.
chant marine, too, and fill the seas
again with our own fleets. We must
add to our present postoffice service a
parcels post as complete as that of any
other nation. We must look to the
health of our people upon every hand
as well as hearten them with justice
and opportunity. This is the construc-
tive work of government. This is the
policy that has a vision and a hope and
that looks to serve mankind.
There are many sides to these great
matters. Conservation is easy TO gen
eralize about, but hard TO particularize
about wisely. Reservation is not the
whole Of conservation. The develop
ment of great states must not be stay
ed indefinitely TO await a policy by
which our forests and water powers
can prudently be made use of. Use
and development must go hand ir
hand. The policy we adopt must be
prOgressive--no negative merely. as il
we did not know what TO do
Improving our Rivers.
With regard 20 the development o.
/ greater and more numerous waterway.
and the building up Of a merchant ma
rine. we must follow great constructive
/ lines and not fall back upon the cheaT
device of bounties and subsidies. II
the case Of the Mississippi river, thai
great central artery of cur trade, it is
plain that the federal government mus
build and maintain the levees and keel
/ the great waters in harness for tn,
/ general use.
I The question of a merchant marine
turns back TO the tariff again. to which
/ all roads seem to lead, and to our reg
istry laws. which, If coupled with thl
tariff. might almost be supposed t,
have been intended to take The Ameri
can flag of the seas. Bounties are moi
necessary if you viii but undo some
of the things that have been done
without a great merchant marine We
cannot take our rightful place in the
commer q Of the world. Merchants
who mLs. depend upon the carriers Of
rival mercantile nations to carry thei
goods to market are at a disadvantagl
in International trade too manifest t
need to be pointed out and our mer
chants will not long suffer themselve
Ought not to suffer themselves-t
be placed at such a disadvantage. Ou
Industries have expanded to such
point that they viii burst their jacket