The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-02-02

youth can constantly be renewed.
Every question, said Governor VIII
son, is new in our age, just as new as
those faced in 1875. He didn't believe
q revolution was imminent nor that
passions should be aroused But
lie eye, and there arc new conditions
which must be faced.
Conservation was n great question,
but the people are likely to connect it
only with preservation Of forests and
mines.
Il have friends" he said who have
all their lives been manufacturers.
They study machinery Trey Will dis
charge man who overworks his ma
chimes, strains them, treats them bad :
~. But no one will dismiss n supcrin
tendent because he puts too much
strain on the muscles and the hearts OF
the human beings who are his en-
ployes. They will rack the human
machine and rhoughttuily preserve
tina, made OF steel. They can get more
men, but the machine cannot he re-
placed without money. Were / AN
employer. l would try to surround my
employees with such conditions as
would best conserve their physical well
being so that they would know l had
heart under my Jacket and would
realize that they were moi tools but
partners. and that the human en-
ergy and the loving skill OF the finger
would be put forth for the works
sake.
Complete Conservation.
The continued supremacy OF Ameri-
ca depends upon the moral character
and tho resilient happiness OF its
working people. We should conserve
our trees ana our water power and the
hopes and aspirations of men"
He then went TO the changes of the
time, calling attention TO the fact that
in 1890, for the FIRST tiuc. the makers
oil census maps found the United States
had no Western frontier. America
never had TO finish anything before.
he said, out she must do 1t now. We
can no longer got away from each
other in new parts of our country; we
must get along together as best we
can.
Take our trade. Will you smile at
me ana say America has always been
supreme In commerce? We have had
a large export business in grain, but
this is failing rapidly. showing that
the time viii come when we shall
consume all we produce. Our manu-
facture. are increasing by leaps and
bounds
we throttled our merchant marine
early In our history; you are more
likely 70 see the flag Of the little
Kingdom OF Greece Oh the seas than
that OF our country. If VIC want the
Nag of commerce. ii He want the
arms of commerce. Railways oS!cc
made and unrnudc cities, and would do
1t now If not watched hy the Inter-
state Commerce Commission. The
foreign carrier does it; he tells you
where you may and where you may
not trade.
Must Climb Out.
The American manufactures Is
fnding out that II we won't let any
body climb the tariff wall. he must
climb II himself to get out. We have
deliberately divorced ourselves from
the world Of commerce.
In 1915. perhaps. we shniI open the
Panama Canal-a ditch which we are
digging not for America, but for the
ships OF England and Germany, for we
nave no ships to send through it. Fol-
lowing its completion, great arteries
OF trade win he openeI North and
South ana The Mississippi Valley viii
teen with industry. Perhaps in a few
Years u Will 10 colder still in Boston
where arc ,hoac east winds. 'rhey maE
icel' The throb of the heart centre 81
the continent instead of hear the
coming Of the ships OF the world.
BUSINESS situations are not adjust
cd By lava II the LAYS. dQeH NOT III Ink