Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-12-08

To speak plainly. We have GROSSLY
--red in the way in Which we n'.
srnnted and hindcred the Development
nnr merchant marine. And now,
vben we need ships. we nave not S''
them We have year after year ue-
hated without end or cofciusioii'
hest policy to pursue with reSaiu "
the use of the ores ana forests Gnu
rater mowers of our national domain
d, the rich states of the west, wheh
We should have acted; and they are
still locked up. The Key IS sun tuIhe'.
upon them. the door smut ias' I'll
which thousands al vigorous men, nun
Of initiative knock DANGEROUSLY Tor
adu,ittance The water power OF our
navigable streams outside the nauonai
domain also. even in the caster !,
s-ates. where we have worked ana
,,Ianned for generations, is still not
used as it might be. because we Will
aud we won't; because the laws we
have made do not intelliSently balance
e1coura cement against restraint we
withhold by regulation
Asks Congress to Remedy Mistakes.
have come to ask you to remedy
az. correct these mistakes and omis-
IONS even at this short session OF
congress which would certainty seem
20 have done all the work that couid
reasonably ne eApeCee"
,i,e and the circumstances are eN-
..i," and so must our efforts
lie also. ,.,res
Fortunately. two great measui
rneIy conceived. the one 10 unioch.
With proper safeguards the resources
of the national domain ,e rovigable
encourage the use. of the haNlsapie
waters outside that domain lot the
generation of power, have aireaoy
passed the House of Representauvsss
and are ready for immediate coTs!u-
ration and action by the Senate Win
the deepest earnestness / urge their
prompt passage. In them ooth we
turn our backs upon hesitation anu
makeshift and formulate a genuine
policy of use and conservation. IN the
nest sense of those words We owe
The one measure not only to the people OF
that great western country Tor WHOSE
Tree and systematic Development as
= seems to me. our legislation mas
lone SO little, but also to the people
IF the nation as whole, and we as
clearly owe the other in fulfllment OF
our repeated promises that the water
power of the country should IN fact, as
veil as in name, be put at the disposal
IF great Industries which can make
economical and profitable use OF II,
The rights of the public being ade-
,,uatelv guarded the while, and mo-
lopoly in the use prevented TO nave
.,egun such measures and not COM
,!eted them would indeed mar the
-ecord of this great Congress very
seriously. hope and confidently be-
.jeve that they will be completed.
Self-Government for Philippines.
And there is another great piece of
'ecislation which awaits and should
receive the sanction of the Senate:
mean the bill which gives larger
measure of self-sovernment to the
people of the Philippines. How bet
ter, in this time of anxious question
ing and perplexed policy, could we
show our confidence in the principles
of liberty, as the source as well the
expression of life. how better could
we demonstrate our own self-posses-
sion and steadfastness in the courses
Of Justice and disinterestedness than
by thus going calmly forward to full
fill our promises TO a dependent peo-
pie who will now look more anxiously
than ever to see whether we have in
deed the liberality. the unselfishness,
he courage. the faith we have boosted
ana protested. ] cannot believe that
the Senate will let this great measure
81 constructive justice await the
action Of another Congress Its pas
fhese two years of memorable labor.
Does Not Complete Toll of Duty.
But l think that you will agree with
ne that this does not complete the
toll of our duty. How are we TO carry
-lur goods to the empty markets of
So hich / have spoken if we have not
he ships? How are we 10 build up a
areat trade If we have not the certain
and constant means of transportation