The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1914-12-10
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TASKS AND DUTIES
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nembersd for ths great BODY Of
thoughtful aaA eoostruetivs work
which II has dose. In loyal response
to the thought and needs Of the cosn.
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view Tie noeabls record and " TO
naks e4sauats assessnsnt q Il: bst
10 6ou6t Ne stand too near The work
that hss hssa done and are oafse,vos
tao much part Of It to play the part of
historians toward II. Moreover. Cur
thoughts are now more Of the future
than Of the past.
While ws have worked at our tasks
a peace the circumstances Of the
whole age have been altered BY war.
What We have done for our own land
and our own people We did with the
best that was In US. whether Of char
scter or OF intelligence. with sober
enthusiasm and conAdence In ths
principles upou which we were actiAg
which sustained ~ at every step of
the dimcult undertaking: bat It 10
dose. 1t has passed from oar hands.
II b now an established part Of tie
legislation Of the country. Its useful
ness. its effects. viii diScloss thsn-
selves In experience. What chiefly
strikes " now. ~ We look about NJ
during these closing days Of . year
which will be forever memorable I'm
the history Of the world, IL that We
facs rev tasks. have been facing them
these SIX months. must face them in
the months to come-face them with
out partisan feeling. like men who
have forgotten everything bat . COM
mon duty and the fact that We are
representatives Of . great people
vhese thought IL not q ~ but Of what
America owes to hsrsslf aad To al
mankind In such circumstances =
these upon which We look amazed and
anxious.
Europe viii Need Our Help.
War has Interrupted the means Of
trade not only but also the processes
OF production. In Europe It 10 destroy
ing men and resources wholesale and
upon q scale unprecedented and ap-
palltns. There 10 reason ID fear that
the time II near. II 1t be not already
at hand. when several Of the coun.
tries Of Europe will nnd It dimcult to
DO for their people what they have
hitherto been always easily able to do,
many essential and fundamental
things. At any rate they will need our
help and our manifold services ~ they
have never needed them before; and
We should be ready. more 1t and
ready than We have ever been.
1t IL Of equal consequence that the
nations whom Europe has usually sup
Piled with innumerable articles Of
manufacture and commerce can now
get only = small part Of what they for.
merly imported and eagerly look to M
to supply their all but empty mar
kets. This 10 particularly true Of our
own neighbour. the states, great and
small. Of Central and South America.
Here arc markets which we must sup
ply, and We must nnd the means Of &C.
tion. The United States. this great
people for whom We speak and act,
should be ready. rs never before, to
serve itself and to serve mankind;
ready with its resources, its enerSies,
its forces Of production, and its means
Of distribution.
We Need Ships,
1t IL \ very practical matter, 4 mat.
ter OF ways and means. We have the
resources. but are We fully ready to
use them? And il we can make ready
what We have. have we the means ut
hand to distribute 1t? We are not fully
ready: neither have we the means of
distribution. We are willing. but we
are not fully able We have the wish
to serve and to serve greatly. xener-
ously; but We are not prepared as We
should be. We are not ready TO mo-
bilize our resources at once. We are
not prepared to use them Immediately
and at their best. without delay and
without waste.
To speak plainly we have grossly
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