The Big Sandy news., 1912-08-09

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without q great merchant marine We
cannot take our rightful place In the
commerce Of the world Merchants
who must depend upon the carriers Of
rival mercantile nations to carry their
goods to market are at disadvantage
In international trade too manifest 20
need to be pointed out, and our mer-
chants will not long suffer themselves
Ought not to suffer themselves-to
be placed at such a disadvantage Our
Industries have expanded to such q
point that they will burst their jackets
n they canuot find free outlet to the
markets OF the world, and they cannot
fnd such an outlet unless they be
given ships Of their own TO carry their
goods ships that will go the routes
they want them to go-and prefer the
interests OF America in their sailing
orders and their equipment Our do
mestic markets no longer suffice. We
need foreign markets. That II an
other force that Is going to break the
tariff down The tariff was once q
buIwark; now It Is dam. Far tAds
ID reciprocal; we cannot SELF unless ve
also buy. ~. II II
The very fact that we have at last
taken the Panama canal seriously In
hand and are vigorously pushing It t. !
ward completion Is eloquent Of our TO
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 water connection between
the two coasts Of the continent, Inn
portant and desirable as that may be,
particularly from the point OF view
OF naval defense. 1t is meant to be 4
great international highway. 1t would
be little ridiculous If we should build
II and then have no ships to send
through It. There have been years
when not single ton OF freight pass
ed through the great Suez canal in in
American bottom, so empty are I Q
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-
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cial interest Alhatever. 1t must have
the spirit and the point Of view OF the
new age. Men are errning away from
the Republican party as organised un-
der its old leaders because hfcy found
that 1t was not free. that It was ent1tss
gled. and they are turning to rs be-
cause they deem US free to serve them
We should 20 into this campaign
confident Of only one thing-conhdent
Of what we want to do II intrusted
with the government. 1t Is not paru-
san fight we are entering upon. we
are happily excused from personal at
tacks upon opponents and from al gen
eral indictments against the men op-
posed to us. The facts are patent 10
everybody; we do not have to prove
them; the more frank among our oppo-
nents admit them Our thinking must
be constructive from start to nnisn-
We must show that we understand the
problems that confront US and that we
are soberly minded to deal with them,
applying to them not nostrums and no
lions, but hard sen-- I'D cd courage
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