The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1914-12-11

| the use OF the ores and forests and
water powers Of our national domain
| In the rich states OF the West, when
We should have acted and they are
still locked up. The key is still
turned upon them, the door shut fast
at which thousands of vigorous men,
| full Of initiative, knock clamorousiy
for admittancc The water power Of
! our navigable streams outside the ma.
| tional domain also, even in the east.
ern states, where we have worked and
planned for generations, is still not
| used as IL might be, because We will
and we won't; because the laws we
have made do not intcliScntly balance
encouragement against restraint. We
withhold by regulation.
have come to ask you to remedy
and correct these mistakes and omis.
sions, even at this short session OF
congress which would certainly seem
20 have done all the work that could
reasonably be expected Of Il. The time
and the circumstances are eAtraor.
binary, and so must our efforts be
also.
Use and Conservation
Fortunately, two great measures,
finely conceived, the one to unlock,
with proper safeguards, the resources
| Of the national domain, the other to
encourage the Use OF the naviEable
waters outside that domain for the
generation OF power, have already
passed the house OF representatives
and are ready Tor immediate consider
alton and action by the senate. With
the deepest carncsincss | urge their
prompt passage, In them both
we turn our backs upon hcsta.
tIon and makcshift and formulate
a genuine policy OF use and CON
scryatiOn, in the best sense
OF those words We owe the one
measure not only TO the people Of that
great western country for whose free
and systematic development, as II
seems TO me, our legislation has done
so little. but also to the people Of the
nation as a whole. and we as clear.
repeated promises that the water pow.
or Of The country should In fact as
Tcll as in name BE- put at the disposal
Of great industries which can make
economical and profitable use Of it,
u" rights Of the pIhiic bCing ade.
Quatoly guarded thc while, and mo.
nopoiy in tho uso prevented. TO have
begun such measures and not com.
pIclcd them world indeed mar the
record Of this great congress very
sorional". hope and confidently be,
!icvc that they win be completed
And there = another great piece of
legislation which awaits and should
receive The sanction OF the senate:
mean the biz which gives a larrcr
measure Of g".f.go"urm1cnr IN the gco.
pic Of the Philippines. How better,
In thiH time Of auHious questioning
and pcrployirg policy, could We show
our confidence IN the Principles Of
liberty, as the source as we'll rs tho
expression Of HE, bow better could We
demonstrate our own srlC.posscssion
and steadfastucss In the courses of
Justice and disintcrcStcdnrRs than By
thus going calmly forward TO u.Gll
orr promises to dependent people
who Will now lock more anviously
than ever to sec whether We have in.
deed the ibrrliity. the ungclhshncss.
the courage the faith We have boast.
% and prOfossod. cannot believe
that the senate will let this great
measure Of constructive Justice await
the acton Of another courrcss. lts
passage would uchly crown tlr record
az thcso two wears Of memorable In.
h"r.
IN Important Duty
NHt / think ,h.t ynU VIII aercc
v'i,i, 81" frnt ,D's doo' not complete
tho toll ci nur duty llon aro We to
cgr"" on" goods TO The c'ur'y markets
# which hay, spoken ~ we havc
rot the certain and constant means
Of transportation upon which All profit.
ah'c and useful commerce depends |
And how are We to get the ships II
We wait for the trade 10 develop with /
out them" To correct the many mis- |
takes by which we have discouraged |
and all but destroyed tho merchant |
marine of the country. to retrace the |
steps by which we have. Il seems al |
most deliberately withdrawn our fiaE |
from the seas except where here and |
there, ship OF war is hidden carry |
II. or some wandering yacht displays |
IT, would take long time and In |
wolves many detailed items Of lcgisla-
ton. and TIE trade which we ought |
to handle would disap. |
pear or find other channels while we |
debated the items.
The case is not unlike that which
confronted Va whcr our own CONT
ncnt was to he opened up to settle
ment and industry, and we needed
long lines Of railway. extended means
Dt transportation prepared beforehand.
II development was not TO lag intoler.
ably and wait interminably. We Law
ishly subsidized the building Of trans
railroads. We look back
upon that with regret now, because
the subsidies led to many scandals