The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-02-02

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rT,ar WAGER Y0We.s ze6iiISt iurtaef
uIl .Stsois. tEe sAaS- 5a.l' o'ltS VI o-s
l.-.s.ctai IesIu GEES asa.ilot @ote anu ca
uasaa.n.v, tae hsvp,ns la score as
Iuil+, as mag lie ut tii"se tEH.sS ~Hicn
S.>a, aDt a. te.e-eu, ana HAY even
at,fi.a "a AenS. &..o.l, soine "F thS1h'
SuiAe 10 tAe i.uaii. OF sA.,aust'"u'
rssa, N.aA~fNsttSo.
That is tnv .uee.iui "a conservation
as nscsl n.~n uIseJss II, uat IS tuat
at! al sSsn,s to lne That the iunua-
itnRlat QuesIati I'll consetN &lion. IN
<.Al~4 AGA is tao conservatism VI ths
eGotst, the Elasticity, the hope Oh lhe
S.Hsei.Sau pvusis. / deal u sreat usai
WIKI ii.ei.us. tor ! nave HAD sdea
iI4.nos aa uiy iile, WAC are engaged
lA Il4a4IuIsacta. .nh III this county. ano
Aanscsl esety ,ae VI tiiein VIII atA..'il
that wi.iie ne stuuioa uis machinery,
alma WA .ist.,.s, n4an wac oseftaaes
tne nacnn.srs SO mat ITS Ueariiios Get
il-,,.eu. 50 tnat Tie suess I'll ~ork
~ 100 mltn Tor II, 80 that II IL
rackeu aha Overcome, not man u
tneu uisHias-es Ii superintendent De-
Cause hs puls 100 great sslain upon
tiIe sous ANA the heails OF mas en-
ployes we rack ana exhaust and
resetI The maj. Dss,t nine, ana We non
essay, eIunuinaGaiiS, tbouo nttnily pte-
Aei e the sAsei machine, TOR We can
get more nen---Ne nave on,y TO Deck
On 10 theme, the sti eets are fuli Of
lnem @HtsinS tor eniitioy inent, out We
cannot, Mtu.out coat, get new ma
eiisne.
.>uw that kind OF conservation IL
a great ueal more Than the question
OF OF erstiainlns the lactortes. II 4
knew my business ana were manu-
taetLsIer wn~t would / 40 wouiu
create sucn conaitiLns of sanitation,
such CONDITIONS OF nle anu comfort
ana heaitn, as wouia Keep my en-
pioses In The best pnysital condition,
ana would establish such a rela-
tionehip MiSn tnem dds wod.o niake
than veiieve that was q fellow hu-
man beins, with heart under my
jacket. anu that they were not my
.tois, but nay partners
linen you would see the CLEAN ii
the eye. then you would see tnat
human energy spring into expression
when Ia the only energy wnIen dit
ferentiates America from the rest of
the world. Men are jsed every
where. men are driven under all
climes, but we have boosted In
America that every man was free
unit of whom we had to be as care
ful as We would be OF ourselN es.
Americas economic supremacy de-
ponds upon the moral character and
the resilient hopefulness OF our work
men. SO ! say. when you are study
ing Questions OF conser, alton, reaiize
what you have been wasting. the for
ests, water, minerals and the hearts
and bodies of men. That Is the new
question OF conservation. say new.
because only In our day has the
providing gotten so close and hot that
there is no free outlet for men. Don't
you remember that until the year
1890, every ten years when we took
the census, we were able TO draw
frontier In this country? 1t is true
that In what Ia called the golden age.
1s49, when gold was discovered In
California. we sent outposts To tho
Pacific ana settled the further slope
OF the .oQky Mountains. But be-
tween us and that slope until 1890
there interviewed an unoccupied space
where the census map makers could
draw a frontier. But when We reach
ed the year 1890 there was no from
tier aiscsverahle in America
Keep Americans Free.
What aia that mean? mat meant
that men VINO found conditions an
tolerable In crowded America no
longer had place free wnere they
could take up land OF their own and
start IA new home. That is what that
meant and "a America turns upon
herself her seethlng millions ana the
caularon grows hotter and hotter,
.itttx #
to see that her men remain free ana
happv under the conditions that have
noy sprung up? 1t is true thal we
needed n fiontaer SO much that aftef
the Spanish War we annexed new
frontier some seven thousand nhles
off In the Pacific. But that is long
cry. and 1t takes the energy OF
very Young man to seek that ohtiet
in the somewhat depressing climate
of the Philippines,
So we now realize that Americans
are not free to release themselves
We have got to live together ana ne
happy in the family l remefnpe'
an old tnase who was absolutely
opposed 10 divorce, because, ne salo'
that a man viii he restless as long
az he knows he can get loose. hut
that so soon as Il In iirmly settled
4.-ttt4 mind thai he has got To make
the lTesl Of il, he f!nds sudden
ground nf peace and contentment.
Now there Is no divorce for MS IN our
american HE; We have got TO put up
with ,ne another, and we have got
TO sec 10 IL that we so regulate ana
ass age one another that we VIII no
be intolerahle to each other: we
have got To get "A modus vfveEdi II
America for happiness, and that i
our new problem. And | call you I,
witness II Is new problem. Amer,
ca never had to finish anything be
fore she has been at liberty TO q
the t.ilny with O. broad hand, quick
~ sninraH.sa s...nsthitT stid &c ~.
10 tho next thing. leave all sorts o.
waste behind her. push on, blaze
II i4r through the forest, beat traits
across the prairie. but now We
have even to stop and pave our
streets. we are just finding that out.
suppose II was good for the diges-
ton to bump over the old cobpie-
stones. but IL was not good for trace,
and VIC have got II pull up the c.o-
/ lcstones and make real sidewalnn
that won't jolt the lift out Of nh
Let those somewhat Whimsical cos..
mar auns serve TO Illustrate what l am
talking about,
New there Is another new thing in
America. and that Is trade. VIII you
laugh at me and say: why. America
has been supreme In trade ever since
she was created" Has she? We
have traded with one another, but
we have traded with nobody else In
proportions worth mentioning. Yes,