The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1912-08-07


the country, Notwithstanding they
are indispensable servants OF II anu
may do a vast deal to make it hard
mr. easy No mere bankers plan will
meet the requirements, no matter
how honestly conceived 1t should
be a merchants and farmers plan
as well. elastic in the hands of those
who use it as an indispensable part
of their daily business.
"In dealing with the Philippine.
We should not allow ourselves t.
stand upon any mere point OF pride.
We are not the owners OF the Phil
ippine 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. 1t is our duty, as trus
tees, TO make whatever arrangement
of government will be most service
able to their freedom and develop
ment. Here, again, we are to set up
the rule of justice and Of right.
Il do not know any greater ques,
ton than that OF conservation. We
have been spendthrift nation and
must now husband what We have
left. We must do more than that.
We must develop, as well as preserve,
our water powers and must add great
waterways to the transportation ia
cilties OF the nation, to supplement
the railways within our borders as
we'll as upon the isthmus We must
revive our merchant marine, too. and
fill the seas again with our own
fleets. We must add to our present
ostofIice service a parcels post as
complete as that of any other ma
ton. We must look to the health of
our pcOpla lpon every hand. as we'll
rs heartca them with justice and OPP
orlunity. This is thc constructive
work 81 Sol,rnment This is the
policy that has Il vision and 4 hops
and that look, To serve mankind.
with regard 10 the development
81 creator and more numerous wa
iefWays and The building up OF a
iatr,haHt marine, we must follow
lreat ,onsi .urtiNe lines and not fall
back upon the cheap device al bonn
ties 3id sal ldirG IN the ease Of III
i Mississippi riNcr. thal great ecntraI
artcry Of err trade, ii is plain thai
! he federal government mus bUld
AID maintain the Ietecs and keep "a.
sreat wat, Ia harness for the gen
al use. il j., p,an roo, that y,
Wns Of na4tt @lf b, II nj to DE-
i lop G waterway, where trad
viii he most s.rae1 and traasporta
ton mos readily ehaapcucd b. thea
Such ,ApendiWI4a arr no lar.oaS el
the part al tn, soNcrnmcnt; The.
aic national Investments.
"I'he lery ia,t that we have a
LAST taken the raaama canal serious
/. in hand and are vigorously pusa
ihg it towards completion is eloquen
oil our rc-awakcned interest in inter
national trld" We are not building
the canal and pouring out millions
upon millions of money upon its con
strurtion merely To establish Il waite
connection between the two coast
OF the continent. important and de
sirahlc as that may be, particularl,
from the point of view Of naval d"
TENSE. 1t Is meant 10 be great IN
torna;ional highway. 1t would be
lItln ridiculous if We should build i
and then have no ships 10 sem
through il. There have been year
} when not single ton of treigh
passed through the great Suez cana
in an American bottom 50 empty ar
the seas of our ships and scamen
We must mean 10 put an end 10 tina
kind ot thing or We would not y
cutting Il new canal at our yer
doors merely for the use of men-of
. war Ne shall not manage the re
= vival by The mere paltry device o
: tolls We must build ana buy ship
> in competition with the world W
can do il il ~ viii but give our
: selves leave
There is another duty which tn
l ! cmocratir party has shown itSel
, eat enough ami lose enough 10 III
= people - perceive. the duty OF GOV
= crumcnt To shar" in promoting agri
= cultural. industrial. vocational edu
. cation in every way possible With
T.. it, constitutions, powers. No othe
4 platform has given this intimat
vision OF 4 partYs duty. The natio
z tannot crjCy is deserved suprem
d aev in II" markets and enterprise
{ Of tn world unless its people ar
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