The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-12-09

f1cult 10 do for their people what the'
have hitherto been always easily ahIs
To do---ffaany essential and fundamcn
tai things Al any rate. they will neef
our help and our manifold service.
IS they have never needed them he
fare; and we should he ready, more III
ard ready than We have ever been,
seuth America Looks This Way.
1t is of equal consequence that the
rstiors whcH, Europe has USUALLY sap
rlied with inuumerabic articles oi
manufacture and commerce OF which
they are I'm constant need and with
a,it which their economic development
hats and stands still. can NOW get
only q small part OF wha; they for
neriy imported. and eagerly look &c
las to supply taelf oil but empty mar
kets This ia particularly true Of our
nw-a ueiEhbors fhe States. great and
small. of Censra. and South America
4 T.heir Iines ut trpde have hitherto run
chiefly ashwart .he ssas, not 70 Our
ports hut TO the ports cf Greay Britain
and of the older eoDHren. ~ Europe.
do not stop to inquire why or maj Ike
snv comment on probable causes.
What Interests us Just now is rot The
EXPLANATION. but the fact, and our
duty and opportunity in the presence
ne IL. Here sire markets which We
must supply. snd We must find the
means Of actic7. The United States,
this graAs n@op,e f5r wnom We speak
snd act, shoult De ressiv. as never be
fore. TO serve iisa.f sra 70 serve me n
kind: ready v3n its resources, rs
sasrgtas Is force.s q p~@ducilnu. 9l1
It's means OF distribution,
ii is very practical matter. q mat
ser OF ways and means We have the
resources. hut are we fuzzy ready 10
1 rt- al 90 a
what we have. have We lac mesas a.
hand TO distribute its We are rot
fully ready, neither have Ne ths
means OF distribution. We are wiling.
bat we are not fHli% abie. We have
the wish TO serve and - serve greatly.
generously, bUt We are not prepared
rs we should be We are Lot ready
Ia mobilize our resources at oHca.
We sre no. prepared To use them I'M
msdiateiy sac a. their hes witt nut
5elsy and without waste.
To speak plainly. We have grossly
erred in the way IN which we have
stunted and hindereo the Gevsjep1 ssay
nj Our merchant marine And row,
when we need ships, We have rot got
them. We have year after @ear de
baied, without end or conclusion, he
best policy 70 pursue WITH regard "a
be use Of the ores and forests and
water powers OF Our national domain
Iva the rich states Of the West. when
$50 should have acted, and they are
sfilI locked up. The Key IL Still turned
Hpou them. the door shut fast. at
which thousa nds Of vigorous men. fan
~ initiative knock clamorouslS for
admittance. The water power Of our
maviga BILE streams outside the national
domain aese. even In the Eastern
States where we have worked and
planned for genera lions. is stili not
used AZ II might he. because Nc Will
and we won't, because the Ia ~s We
nave made do not inteiligently balance
announcement against restrain We
withhold by regulation.
have come to ask you 10 remedy
and correct these mistakes and onis-
sons, even at this short session OF n
Congress which would certainly seem
10 have done all the work that could
reasona bly, be expected Of it, The
time and the circumstances are eX-
;raordsnarv, and so must our efforts
be also.
Two Great Measures Conceived.
Fortunately. Two great measures
finely conceived. the one 10 unlock
with proper safeguards, the resources
NJ tho national domain. The other u
n encourage the use OF The naNlsa p}'
waters outside that domain fer th'
generation Of power. have afreadA
passed the House Of RerSeseniailye '
4 and are ready for immediate console
ration and action by the senate. Nltt
The deepest earnesiuess ! urge the5
prompt passage In the'h H"'o W
r furn our backs upon hesitation anF
makeshift and formulate genuin'
policy of use ard conservation. IN tn
hest sense OF those words We o~'
thc one measure not only to me PEG
mic of that great western country 10
81 whose free and systematic develop
u age,4f. as il S@eT1s - me. our }tSssia
sion has done SO little bat also 10 IN
4 ,,1ar,Ie ~ IN, uatjnn as a whole; an
E NO ~ clearly owe The other in fultili
y trrra Of oltf repeated promises ina
y the water mower Of he eonntry shou
in fact. az well as In name DC pf
nj ~ ,Ileposgl of EFeaf lnnhS'tiF
wais,F can iuaFe economical ano pfp1
f3ti,. Use n IL. she rights or the pu"
lie being adequately guarded the "hiit
s,,a manopoIy ia THE use prevented
To haze begun such measures ana a"
I completed Them would. indeed, ma
f,be record of this great Congress Yer
h Seriousiy. I hope, ard confidently DC
fleyo thai they ~ill I've completed,
And there is another great p'ece %
LEGISLATION which awaits ana Sh"d'
"a receive the sanction of 6he Srnate
mean the bin ahirh gives large
H measure ff Sell -EHNfft itiff - ~ ~
r,eople of Tho Philippine HnN Ntt
Ter In this time Of anxious qursuoTNH
and pcrplexea policy, could No Shv'
n,,r s.onfftft~ ~ tn teF principles p"
liberty. as the source a. wen aS 'n
Il exureKsiou NJ life how better eo1t
~e demonstrate our ~ II -selt-posse
sion and atea8fasiHcss io tH% course
u ~ Justice and disiuter-ss tedne5s tHln Il
mas going calmiy forward 10 fu'N
n,sr promises rs y tie2endcat peopi'
uho VIII row Hook mor" anNiouSl
Il than sver to see whether Ne har
indeea the ijheralt1 tho unsslh*hhes'
fhe courage The faith We have ho"ste
and professed I can not heiieF@ fHa
81 Tho SENATE VIII let this great 'oeasVt
vi ~. constructive justice await '7e ito
.fon OF another Congress AS 3fs'saaA
would nohiv crown he re- or 81 ''iN7
two wears of memorable lahor.
Ned az Ships J. Emphasized.
H,t ! think that YOU viii agree wat
,ne that this does not comnletc III
lou OF our duty. How are We 10 carr
apr goods 10 the empty markets, q
which ! have spoken, II We have no
the chips How are We To o0lId "a
a great trade IL we have not the Ger
fasn and conftant means 81 transp"r
tatian npon which ali profitable AN
useful commerce depends Ard ho'
sare we to get the ships II we wait to
The trade to deveion without them
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