Evening journal., 1912-08-07

II tney cannot find a free outlet to the
markets of the world, and they cannot
find such an outlet unless they be
given ships of their own to carry their
goods-ships that VIII go the routes
they want them to go-and prefer the
interests Of America In their sailirg
orders and their equipment Our do
nestle markets no longer suffice. We
need foreign markets. That lis an
other force that is, going to break the
tariff down. The tariff was once q
bulwark; now it is dam. For trade
is reciprocal: we cannot sell unless we
also buy.
The very fact that we have at last
taken the Panama canal seriously in
hand and are vigorously pushing it to-
ward completion is eloquent of our re-
awakened interest in international
trade. We are not building the canal
and pouring out million upon million Of
money upon its construction merely to
establish a water connection between
the two coasts Of the continent, i'm
portant and desirable as that may be,
particularly from the point of view
of naval defense. 1t is meant to be a
great international highway. 1t would
be little ridiculous il we should build
It and then have no ships to send
through 1t. There have been years
when not a single ton Of freight pass
ed through the great Suez canal in an
American bottom, so empty are the
seas Of our ships and seamen.
Industrial Education.
There is another duty which the
Democratic party has shown itself
great enough and close enough to the
people to perceive, the duty Of govern
ment to share in promoting agricul-
tural, industrial. vocational education
in every way possible within its con-
stitutional powers No other platform
has given this intimate vision of par
ty's duty. Education is part of the
great task of conservation, part Of
the task of renewal and of perfected
power.
We have set ourselves a great pro-
gram, and it will be a great party that
carries it out. 1t must be a party with.
out entangling alliances with any spe'
cial interest whatever. 1t must have
the spirit and the point Of view Of the
new age. Men are turning away from
the Republican party as organized un
der its old leaders because they found
that Il was not free, that it was entan
gled, and they are turning to us be
cause they deem us free to serve them
We should go into this campaign
confident Of only one thing-confideni
OF what we want to do If intrusted
with the government. 1t is not parti
san fight we are entering upon. We
are happily excused from personal at
tacks upon opponents and from all gen
eral indictments against the men op
posed to US. The factS are patent t'
everybody; we do not lave to prove
them: the more frank among our oppo
nents admit them. Our thinking mus
be constructive from start to finish
We must show that we understand thu
problems that confront Us and that We
are soberly minded TO deal with them
applying to them not nostrums and no
| tions, but hard sense and good coura sc
a Government For Public Good.
A presidential campaign may easily
degenerate into a mere personal con
test and so lose its real dignity anC
significance. There is no indispenss
BILE man. The government viii no
collapse and 20 TO pieces If any one
of the gentlemen who are seeking K
be inrusted with its guidance shoulC
be left at home. But men are instru
ments. We are as important as th'
cause we represent, and in order t
be important must really represent