The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1914-12-09
PREPAREDNESS


tCoaanusd IRON rtrut RAgal
time Of national peril the country
must depend upon a eitixenry
trained and accustomed to arms.-
When the President had con-
eiuded he was surrounded BY sen
.tors and members in the sneak
er's offiee who crowded about hin,
TO extend their congratulations.
The Address.
The Presidents address in full was
as follows:
Gentlemen OF the Congress:
.n,.ss session upon which you are nov
the stxty-third Congress- a Congress-
venture TO say. which will long be re-
m ,s for the great body oi
tnoushtul ana constructive work which
~ mas done; In loyal response TO the
thought and needs OF the country.
should like in this address 10 review
adequate assessms mt OF "a: but no doub;
We stand too near the work that has
been done and are ourselves too much
part OF IL TO play the rart OF historians
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
oeen altered by war. What we have
zone Tor our own land and our own PEG
80 Win the Dest that WAS in
Us. whether OF character or OF inteIii-
fence, with sober enthusiasm and a con-
ndenee IN the principles upon which We
were acting which sustained us al every
step OF the difneuit UNDERTAKING. hui I,
- done. IL has passed from our hands
~ Is now an established part OF the
Is. siS ~ OF the country Its useful
IN experience. What chiefly strikes us
now, as we look about Us during these
closing days OF a year which will be
forever L. In. ~.
world, Is that we face new tasks. hsv.
been facing them these six months must
isce them In the months 20 come.--face
mem without partisan feeling. like men
who have forgotten everything but 4
common duty and the fact that We are
representatives OF n great people whose
lea owes TO herself and TO ali mankind
IN such circumstances as these upon
which We look amazed and anxious
Destruction OF war.
war mas INTERRUPTED the means of
trade not only but also the processes
OF production. In Europe a is destroy
ing men and resources wholesale ana
Ing. There In reason TO FEAR that The
Snne u near. II II be not already at
hand. when several OF the countries OF
EUROPE viii md IL difficult TO do for
their people what they have Hitherto
been always easily able TO do-manv
essential and fundamental things At
any rate, they will need our helm ana
our manifold services as thev bsWs
never needed them before: and We
should be ready. more NJ and ready than
We have ever been
Il II OF equal CONSEQUENCE that III.
nations whom Europe has usually sup
pied with innumerable articles OF man
ufacture and commerce 81 which sbe,.
are I'm constant need and without UhicS
their economic development haIts and
stands stun can now get only a small
"a .. Nhat they formerly imported
AL put empty markets. This Is partic-
9larly true OF our own neiehbors me
SSSs' great and small. OF Central and
south America Their lines OF trade
nave hltherto run chiefly athwart the
seas. not To our ports but TO the norris ~
Great Britain and Of the older continent
oi Europe. do not stop TO inouirs
why or TO make any comment on prob-
aole causes What interests US lust
non - not the explanation hut the faci,
presence OF %. Here are markets which
We must supply. and me must and the
,hes OF action. The United States
and act should be ready. as never ne
iYte. 10 serve itself and to serve man.
s sins ready with its resources. its ener-
means OF distribution N
Very Practical Matter
- very practical matter q mat
sources. but are we FULLY resdv 40 ~
mem And. n We can make ready what
We nave ha.e; have We the means al hand
ready; neither have We the means o.,
ulsNrloution. We are willing. but we
TO serve ana to serve EreatiV gensTo,,s ~,
put We are not prepared as we sbouid
DC. We are not ready To mobilize our
20 Use them immediately and a. fbcir
Dest. without delay end without waste
-. 10 peak plainly. we have grossly
-Iieu IN the way Ia which we have STUNT
ed and hindered the development 81 or,
eiShsnt marine And row. when We
hesd ships We have not got them. we
end or conclusion. the best policy 10
pursue with reEnrd TO the use OF the
ores ana forests and water powers OF
OF IN" West. when We should have act
co. ana they are still locked up. The
shut fast a which thousands Of ,.iV--o'.s
men. run OF initiative. knock cianousiv
Ior admittance The water power OF our
uaNtgabie streams outside the national
domain also. even In the eastern -tates
where We have worked and planned Tor
generations. T. sim not used as il might
cause the laws we have made 40 noe,
tntelllgenty balance encouraRernent
against restraint We Withhold By reEu-
nave come to ask you 10 remedy and
correct these mistakes and omissions
.sen AZ ms short session Of Con-
have done all the work that could rea :
sonaely be expected 81 II. The time and
t'f 'HNANlrAAnCeN are extraordinary and
80 must our efforts be also
Two Great Measures
fortunately. two great measurers
timely conceived, the one TO unlock
with proper safeguards the resources
or the national domain. the other 10
encourage the use OF the navigable wa
tiers outside that domain for the gen-
eihtou or power. have already passed
The House OF Representative and a..
ready for immediate consideration and
action bN the Senate With the deoDesf
earnestness ! urge their prompt uassage.
IN them both We turn our backs upnn
hestitafion and uakeshift ana formulate
a genuine policy Of use and conserya-
ton. In the best sense o. those words
We owe the one measure not only 10
the people or that great western coun-
Try Tor whose free and systematic de-
teiopmcnt. ~ ~ seems 10 me. our IeRis-
Iatiou has done So little. but also 20
The people ~ the Nation a. a who1e.
and We az clearly owe the other ln full
fillmeut or our rcueatcd promises thar
the water power ~ the country should
in fact 90 well a. in name be- put nt the
disposal ~ great industries which can
make economical and profitable use OF
20. the rights - the public being ade-
uusteiY guarded the while. and monop-
oily lu The use prevented. To have he
gun such measures and not completed
them would indeed mar the record Of
this great Congress Nerv seriously
hone and ronfidenfiv believe that they
viii be completed
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