Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1912-08-15

very many persons besides the nan,- !
ers, not a We distrust the
bankers, but because they do not
necessarily comprehend the husi.
ness of the country, Notwithstanding
they are indispensable servants of i
and may do a vast1deal to make it
hard or easy. No mere bankers plan
will meet the requirements, no matter
how honestly conceived. It shou1d
be a merchants and farmers plan an
we'll, elastic in the hands of those
who S it as an indispensable part
of their daily business.
"In dealing with the Philippines
we should not allow ourselves to
stand upon any mere point of pride.
We are not the me of the Phil
ippins Islands. We hold them in
trust for the people who live in
them. It is u duty, as trustees. to
make whatever arrangement of gov
eminent will be most s%erviceable to
their freedom and DEVELOPMENT.
Here, again, we are to set up the
Complete Parcels Post.
II do not know any greater cues
ton than one Of conservation.
We have been a %spendthrift nation
and must now husband what we
have left. We must do more than
that. We must develop, as we'll
must add great waterways to the
transportation facilities of the nation.
to supplement the railways within our
borders as well as upon the Islands.
We must revive our merchant. too.
and fill the seas again with our own
fleets. We must add to our present
postof1ce 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 we'll as
hearten them with justice and oppor-
tunity. This is the constructive work
of government. This is the policy that
has a vision and a hope and that looks
to serve mankind.
with regard to the development
of greater and more numerous water
ways and the building up of a mer-
chant marine, we must follow great
constructive lines and not fall back
and subsidies. In the case of the Mis-
sissippi river, that great central art
cry of our trade, it is plain that the
Federal government must build and
maintain the levees and keep the
great waters in harness for the gen
eral use. 1t is plain, too, that vast
trade will be most served and trans
portation most readily cheapened by
them. Such expenditures are no long
err a part of the government;
they are national investments.
"The very fact that we have at
last taken the Panama Canal Sc
riously in hand and are vigorously
pushing it towards completion is e1o.
quent of u reawakened interest in
international trade. We are not
building the canal and pouring out
millions upon millions of money
upon it's construction merely to es-
tablish a water connection between
| the two coasts of the continent, i'm
pDrtant and desirable as that may be
particularly from the point of view
of natural defense. 1t is meant to be
a great international highway. It
would be a little ridiculous if we
should build it and then have nc
ships to send through it. These have
been years when not a single ton Of
freight passed through the great
Suez Canal in an American bottom
so empty are the seas of our ships
and seamen. We must mean to put
an end to that kind of thing or We
would not be cutting a new canal al
our very doors merely for the use Of
our men-of-war. We shall not man
age the revival by the mere paltry
device of tolls. We must build anl
buy ships in competition with TIT
world. We can do it if we will bu1
give ourselves leave.
Vocational Education.
There is another duty which thu
Democratic party has shown itsel
6AOot SAOo6A LIZ SAOSO NAOo6h -
the people to perceive, the duty O
government to share in promoting
agricultural, Industrial vocational
education in every way possible with
in it's constitutional powers. No 9th
er platform has given this intimate
vision of a party's duty. The natiol
cannot enjoy it's deserved supremac!
in the markets and enterprises o
the world unless it's people are give1
the ease, and effectiveness that CONF
only with knowledge and training
Education is part of the great tas]
of conservatism, part of the task o
renewal and of perfected power.
"A presidential campaign ma.
easily degenerate into a mere pei
sonal contest and so lose it's real dig
nifty and significance. There is n
indispensable man. The government
will not collapse and go to pieces !
any one of the gentlemen who ar
seeking to be entrusted with it