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The Climax-Madisonian. (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1914-1917, 1914-12-16

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wnen we need ships. we nave not got
them We have year after year debat-
ed. without end or conclusion. the best
policy to pursue with regard to 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 DANGEROUSLY for ad-
mittance. The water power OF our nav
igable streams outside the national
domain also. even In the eastern states.
where we have worked and planned
for generations. is still not used as 1t
might be, because we will and we
won't; because the laws we have
made do not iptelligentfy balance en-
couragement 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 a
congress which would certainly seem
to have done all the work that could
reasonably be expected OF It The
time and the circumstances are ex-
traordinary. and so must our efforts be
also
Fortunately two great measures, fine
Iy conceived, the one to unlock. with
proper safeguards, the resources OF the
national domain. the other TO encour-
age the use OF the navigable waters
outside that domain for the genera
ton OF power. have already passed the
house OF representatives and are ready
for immediate consideration and &C
tion by the senate. With the deepest
earnestness / urge their prompt pas
sage. In them both we turn our backs
The Climax-Madisonian. (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1914-1917, 1914-12-16
SAYS SHIPPING BILL
is VERY IMPORTANT.
IL Should Be Passed to Profit by Open
ed Gates of Trade.

it Should Be Passed to Profit by Open
ed Gates of Trade.
Hence the pending shipping bill. dis
cussed at the last session. bot as yet
passed by neither house In my judg
ment such legislation is imperatively
needed and cannot wisely be postpon-
ed The government must open these
gates of trade. and open them wide.
open them before 1t is altogether profit
able to open them or altogether rea-
sonable to ask private capital to open
them at venture. 1t is not a question
Of the government monopolizing the
field. II should take action to make
1t certain that transportation at rea-
sonable rates will be promptly pro
vided. even where the carriage Is not
at first profitable. and then, when the
carriage has become sufficiently profit
able to attract and engage private cap
ital and engage 1t in abundance. the
government ought to withdraw.
very earnestly hope that the congress
will be of this opinion and that both
houses will adopt this exceedingly i'm
portant bill
The great subject Of rural credits
still remains to be dealt with, and 1t
is a matter of deep regret that the diff
hculties Of the subject have seemed 10
render 1t impossible to complete a bill
for passage at this session. But 1t can
not be perfected yet. and therefore
there are no other constructive meas
ures the necessity for which will at
this time call your attention to, but
would be negligent Of very mani
fest duty were l not to call the atten-
ton OF the senate to the fact that the
proposed convention for safety at sea
awaits its confirmation and that the
limit fixed in the convention itself for
It's acceptance is the last day of the
present month. The conference In
which this convention originated was
called by the United States. The rep
resentatives of the United States play
ed a very influential part indeed In
framing the provisions OF the proposed
convention. and those provisions are in
themselves for the most part admira.
BILE. 1t would hardly be consistent
with the part we have played In the
whole matter to let it drop and go by
the board as If forgotten and neglect
ed 1t was ratified In May last by the
German government and in August by
the parliament of Great Britain 1t
marks most hopeful and decided adj
vance In International civilization. We
should show our earnest good faith In
great matter by adding our own &C
ceptance Of it
The Climax-Madisonian. (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1914-1917, 1914-12-16
No Standing Army, but q
Trained Gltlz0nTy For War.
1--WE Have Not Been NegIi-'
gent of National Defense. "
A Powerful Navy Needed,
"But Who Shall Tell Us
WhaiSOrt of Navy to BuiId?'
To Learn and Profit by the
Lesson Of Every Experience.

ger the snlps II we wait Tor the Jrade
to develop without them? To correct
the many mistakes by which we have
discouraged and all but destroyed the
merchant marine. of the country. to re-
seems almost deliberately, withdrawn
cur dag from the seas. except where.
here and there. ship OF war Is hidden
carry 1t or some wandering yacht dis
plays 1t, would take long time and
involve many detailed items OF legis-
lation. and the trade which we ought
Immediately to handle would disap-
pear or find other channels while we
debated the items.
The case Is not unlike that which
confronted us when our own continent
was to be opened up to settlement and
industry. and we needed long lines of
railway. extended means of transpor-
tation prepared beforehand. If develop
ment was not to lag intolerably and
wait interminably We lavishly sub
sidized the building OF transconti-
mental railroads We look back upon
that with regret now because the sub
sides led to many scandals of which
we are ashamed, but we know that
the railroads had to he built. and If
we had it to do over again we should
OF course build them. but I'm another
way Therefore | propose another
way OF providing the means OF trans
portatjon. which must precedP. not
tardily follow. the development of our
trade with our neichbor states of
America Ii may seem a reversal or
the natural order of things. but II IL
true. that the routes of trade must he
actually opened-by many ships and
regular sailings and moderate charges
before streams OF merchandise will
how freely and probably through
The Climax-Madisonian. (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1914-1917, 1914-12-16

peace IN the world and reconciliation
and healing settlement Of many q
matter that has cooled and interrupt
ed the friendship Of nations This II
the time above all others when we
should wish and resolve TO- keep our
strength by self possession. our fn0u-
ence by preserving our ancient princi-
pies OF action.
From the Hrst we have had a clear
and settled policy with regard to mill
tary establishments. We never have
had. aud while we retain our present
principles and ideals We never shall
have, large standing army II asked.
Are you ready to defend y0urselvesf
we reply. Most assuredly: to the ut
most And yet we shall not turn
America into military camp. We
will not ask our young men to spend
the best years or their lives making
soldiers of Themselves. There is an
other sort Of energy in as. 1t will
know how to declare itself and make
itself effective should occasion arise.
And especially when half the world IL
On FIRE we shall be careful to make our
moral insurance against the spread OF
the confiagration very definite and Ger.
tain and adequate indeed
Let rs remind ourselves. therefore.
of the only thing we can do or will do
We must depend In every time of ma
tional peril. IN the future as in the
past. not upon standing army nor yet
upon a reserve army. but upon citi-
xenry trained and accustomed to arms
It win be right enough. right American
policy, based upon our accustomed
principles and practices. TO provide
system by which every citizen who
win volunteer for the training may Dc
made familiar with the use OF modern
arms, the rudiments OF drill and ma
neuver and the maintenance and sant
tation Of camps. We should encourage
such training and make Il q means OF
discipline which our young men VIII
learn to value.
It Is right that we should provide i
not only. but that we should make 4
az attractive as possible. and 80 induce
our young men to undergo It at sucf
times al they can command little
freedom and can seek the physical de
velopment they need. for mere health'i
sake. If for nothing more. Ever
means by which such things can b
stimulated Il legitimate. and such Z
method smacks Of true American ideas
1t is right. too. that the national guar
OF the states should be developed ant
strengthened by every means which q
not inconsistent with our obligations
to our own people or with the estab
Hshed policy Of our government and
this also not because the time or occa
sion specially calls for such measures
but because It should be our constan
policy 70 make these provisions for on
national peace and safety.
More than this carries with Il q re
versal Of the whole history and char
acter OF our polity. More than this
proposed at this time. permit me te
say. would mean merely that we had
lost our self possession. that we bad
been thrown or our balance By q Wal
with which we have nothing to do
whose causes cannot touch "a, whose
very existence affords Us opportunitie.
OF friendship and disinterested service
which should make rs ashamed OF any
thought OF hostility or fearful prepare
The Climax-Madisonian. (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1914-1917, 1914-12-16
The Million Dollar
Mystery

rings Roosian. On your way. Hor-
tense" he cried to the hall maid, who
wanted a look at the card up Z tn
room, sir. He'll see yuhl" The boy
kept the silver salver extended ex-
pectantly, but Jones went past with
out apparently noticing the hint
The Russian was standing by a win
dow when Jones knocked and was
hidden to enter
you are not Hargreave-"
Neither are you the Russian mill
lister of police" urbanely.
who are your"
ct am Hargreave's confidential man.
sir"
The two men eyed each other eau
tiously.
you speak Russian?"
mo. / am able to scribble Few
words; that is all"
The Russian lit a cigarette ana
smoked Ieisurely. He was in no bur
~. i,
NO. l am not the minister; but l
am his accredited agent l am en-
powered to bring back to Russia
man who is known here by the name
of Braine, another by the name OF
The Climax-Madisonian. (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1914-1917, 1914-12-16
POWERFUL NAVY IS
AMERICAN POLICY.

United States viii Continue 70 Remair
Strong on The Seas.
A powerful navy we have always
regarded as our proper and natura
means OF defense. and II has always
been OF defense that we have thought
never Of aggression or OF conquest
But who shall tell Us now what sort
Of navy to build? We shall take leave
to be strong upon the seas In the fu
ture as In the past. and there will be
no thought Of offense or OF provocatiou
In that. Our ships are our natural
bulwarkA When win the experts tell
rs Just what kind we should construct,
and when VIII they be right for ten
years together. II the relative efficiency
Of craft Of different kinds and uses
continues to change as we have seen
it change under our very eyes In these
last few months3
But I turn away from the subject
It Is not new. There Is no new need
to discuss It. We shall not alter our
attitude toward It because some among
rs are nervous and excited. We shall
easily and sensibly agree upon policy
changed fits aspects because the times
are not normal Our policy win not
be for an occasion. 1t viii be conceiv
ed as a permanent and settled thing
which we will pursue at all seasons
without haste and after fashion per
fectly consistent with the peace OF the
world. the abiding friendship OF states
and the unhampered freedom OF ali
with whom we deal. Let there be no
misconception- The country has been
misinformed We have not been neg
ligent OF national defense We are not
unmiDdful OF the great responsibility
resting upon rs. We shall learn ana
profit by the lesson OF every expert
ence and every new circumstance. and
what is needed win be adequately
done.
! close. as began. by reminding
you Of the great tasks and duties OF
peace which challenge our best powers
and invite us to build what will last.
the tasks to which we can address our
selves now and at all time with free
hearted xest and with all the finest
gifts OF constructive wisdom we DOS
sess- To develop our life and our re
sources. to supply our own people ane,
the people OF the world as their need
arises from the abundant plenty az
our fields and our marts OF trade 70
enrich the commerce Of our own efafee
and OF the world with the products Of
our mines. our farms and our facto-
RES. with the creations OF our Thought
ana me fruits Of our character
The Climax-Madisonian. (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1914-1917, 1914-12-16

senta1ves OF n great people whose
thought is not OF Us. but OF what Amer
lea owes to herself and to all mankind
in such circumstances as these upon
which we look amazed and anxious
War has interrupted the means Of
trade not only. but also the processes
Of production In Europe it is destroy
ing men and resources wholesale and
upon a scale unprecedented and ap-
palling. There is reason to fear that
the time is near. If 1t be not already at
hand. when several OF the countries OF
Europe will find IL difficult 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 as they have
never needed them before. and we
should be ready. more fit and ready
than we have ever been.
The Climax-Madisonian. (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1914-1917, 1914-12-16
AMERICA FACES NEW
MARKETS FOR TRADE.
Merchant Marine Must Be Built Up to
Meet Opportunity.

Merchant Marine Must Be Built Up to
Meet Opportunity.
1t is Of equal consequence that the
nations whom Europe has usually sup
piled with innumerable articles OF man.
ufacture and commerce of which they
are in constant need and without which
their economic development halts and
stands still can now get only small
part OF what they formerly imported
and eagerly look to Us to supply their
all but empty markets. This is partic-
ularly true Of our own neighbors. the
states. great and small. of Central and
South America. Their lines of trade
have hitherto run chiefly athwart the
seas. not to our ports. but TO the ports
OF Great Britain and of the older con
tinent of Europe. I do not stop to In
quire why OF to make any comment on
probable causes. What interests us
Just now is not the explanation. but
the fact and our duty and opportunity
In the presence Of IT. Here are mar
kets which we must supply. and we
must find the means of action The
United States. this great people for
whom we speak and act. should be
ready as never before to serve itself
and to serve mankind ready with its
resources. its energies. fits forces or
production and its means Of distr1bu-
ton.
1t is a very practical matter. a mat
ter Of ways and means We have the
resources. but are we fully ready TO
use them7 And. II we can make ready
what we have. have we the means at
hand to distribute it7 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. gen
erously. But we are not prepared as
we should be. We are not ready to
mobilize 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
erred IN the way 10 which we have
stunted and hindered the development
Of our merchant marine. And now.
The Climax-Madisonian. (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1914-1917, 1914-12-16
1--WE NEED SHIPS; WE HAVE
NOT GOT THEM"

The United States, this great
people for whom we speak and
act, should be ready az never
before to serve itself and to
serve mankind; ready with its
resources, its energies, it's forces
of production and it's means Of
distribution. We are
not ready to mobilize our re-
sources at once. We are not
prepared to use them imme-
dIately and at their best. with
out delay and without waste.
To speak plainly, we have
grossly erred in the way in
which we have stunted and him
dered the development of our
merchant marine, and now. when
we need ships, we have not got
them.
The Climax-Madisonian. (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1914-1917, 1914-12-16

- OLLOWING is President VIII
sons annual message. deliver
ed at the beginning of the
short term of the Sixty-third
congress:
Gentlemen Of the Congress-The SEES
sion upon which you are now entering
will be the closing session of the Six
ty-third congress. a congress. l ven
ture to say, which will long be remem-
bered for the great body OF thoughtful
and constructive work which 1t has
done In loyal response to the thought
and needs OF the country. ] should
like In this address to review the nota-
BILE record and try to make adequate
assessment OF it. but no doubt we
stand too near the work that has been
done and are ourselves too much part
OF it to play the part of historians to
ward it
Moreover. our thoughts are now more
of the future than OF the past While
we have worked at our tasks OF 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 character or or tntelli-
gence. with sober enthusiasm and
confidence in the principles upon which
we were acting which sustained us at
every step OF the difficult undertake
ing But il is done. II has passed from
our hands. Ii is now an established
part of the legislation Of the country
Its usefulness, its effects will disclose
themselves in experience What chief
ly strikes US now. as we look about US
during these closing days OF a year
which will be forever memorable In the
history OF the world. is that we face
new tasks. have been facing them
these six months. must face them In
the months to cOme-face them without
partisan feeling. like men who have
forgotten everything but a common
duty and the fact that we are repre-
The Climax-Madisonian. (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1914-1917, 1914-12-16
GATES OF TRADE MUST BE
OPENED.

The government must open
these gates of trade, and open
them wide, open them before Il
10 altogether profitable to open
them or altogether reasonable
to ask private capital to open
them at q venture. u 10 not q
question of the government mo-
nopoIizing the field. Il should
take action to make it certain
that transportation at reason
able rates will be promptly pro-
Vided, even where the carriage
10 not at first profitable, and
then, when the carriage has be-
come sufficiently profitable TO at
tract and engage private capital
and engage it in abundance, the
government ought to withdraw.
The Climax-Madisonian. (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1914-1917, 1914-12-16

ton for trouble. This Is assuredly the
opportunity for which people and q
government ike ours were raised up
the opportunity not only to speak. bat
actually to embody and exempllfy the
counsels Of peace and amity and the
lasting concord which IL based on Jus
dee and fair and generous dealing.
The Climax-Madisonian. (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1914-1917, 1914-12-16
TRAINED cITIZENRY FOR
DEFENSE.

We must depend In every time
OF national peril . upon
. eitizsnry trained and aoeus.
toned 20 arms. We
should encourage such training
and make u q means Of disoi.
piine which our young men will
learn 70 value. g 10
right. too, that the national
guard Of the states should be
developed and strengthened by
every means which 10 not In.
consistent with our ohlisations
20 our own people or with the
established policy Of our gov.
eminent.
The Climax-Madisonian. (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1914-1917, 1914-12-16

matter witch. as I have said. seems
small. bur is In reality very great. Its
Importance has only to be looked into
to be appreciated
The Climax-Madisonian. (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1914-1917, 1914-12-16

the years to come as we strive to
show in our life as nation what lib
erty and the inspirations OF an eman-
cipated spirit may do for men and for
societies. for individuals. for states
and for mankind.
The Climax-Madisonian. (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1914-1917, 1914-12-16

Dyspepsia is Americas curse. To re-
store digestion. normal weight, good
health and purify the blood. use Bur
dock Blood Bitters. Sold at all drug
stores. Price S1.-Adv. dec.
The Climax-Madisonian. (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1914-1917, 1914-12-16

WE WANT a wide-awake DEALER IN eaeh
own In Southern Ohio, adjacent territory IN ".
. ireinia Southern Indiana and entire state o
kentucky to take our line OF LEWIS, ALLIE. LEE
nd METZ automobiles. Our cars SELL goou
at;sts +be ovners and YOU make MONEY. From
SIS M: also one at 1895. This is good chance
Tor an established Auto Dealer to take on
tfITSrrT FR with little money and backing to ger
nto first class money making business Mrits
uick for particulars to the Factory hepresehAzz
res-KENTON MOTORS COMPANY zi-A f.
r.h ST., Cincinnati, Ohio.
The Climax-Madisonian. (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1914-1917, 1914-12-16
PRESIDEN 7

The Gle Executive DepIOras
the [ aS Of Ships, Declares
Thai he Government Must
Open the Gales of Trade and
Urges Passage of the Pend
ing Shipping Bill = Rural
Credits and Safety at Sea.
Self Government For FiIlpinOs
Again Recommended.
The Climax-Madisonian. (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1914-1917, 1914-12-16
IRIS EASY WORK

It's easy work to handle your crop IL you use III.
mcSormick nusksr and shredder Mccormek huskers
are mace IN sizes to suit your
nusAne vos equipped with cleaning and bageng devices
save tne sneec corn; safety device for throwing the snspp
rolls in and out of gear; features which m
va" DC glad to show you We invite to call you don't
neeo nuske perhaps you win need other machne
tnat = N the Mccormick line Our line is complete
We win treat you right
The Climax-Madisonian. (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1914-1917, 1914-12-16

. OLLOwING is President VIII
sons annual message. deliver
ed at the beginning of the
short term of the Sixty third