El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-12-08
PRESIDENT SAYS
No BIC ARMY
President Wilson Favors the
Training of Men Volun-
tarily as Fighters.

merly imported and eagerly look to us
! to supply their all but empty markets.
( This is particularly true of our neigh
bors, the states, great and small, of
Need Of Ships.
1--WE have the resources, but are
we fully ready to use them? And,
: if we can make ready what we have,
, have we the means at hand to dis
! tribute it? We are not fully ready;
neither have we the means of distri-
| button We are willing, but we are
/ not fully able. To speak plainly. we
| have grossly erred in the way in
| which we have stunted and hindered
| the development of our merchant ma
,, rine. And now, when we need ships
we have not got them.
Urges Senate to Act.
at have come to ask you to remedy
and correct these mistakes and Omis-
sions, even at this short session of
/ congress. which would certainly seem
] to have done all the work that could
| reasonably be expected Of It. The
time and the circumstances are extra
ordinary, and so must our efforts be
also.
finely conceived, the one to unlock,
with proper safeguards, the resources
! of the national domain, the other to
| encourage the use of the navi-
cable waters outside that domain
I
| ready passed the house and are ready
for immediate consideration and ac-
ton by the senate. With the deepest
/ earnestness I urge their prompt pas
sage.
And there is another great piece
of legislation which awaits and should
receive the action Of the senate. 1
mean one bill which gives larger
measure of self-gOyernment to the
hnf
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 as the
expression Of life; now peter couId
we demonstrate our own selt-posseS-
sion and steadfastness in the courses
Of Justice and disinterestedness than by
thus going calmly forward to fulfill
our promises to dependent people?
Need of ships.
How are we to carry our goods to
the empty markets Of which l have
spoken if we have not the ships? How
are we to build up great trade II we
have not the means of transportation
mon which all profitable and useful
commerce depends? And how are We
to get the ships if we walt for the
trade to develop without them?
Recalls RAILWAY Subsidies.
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. We lavishly subsidized the
building of transcontinental railroads
We look back upon that with regret
now, because the subsidies led TO many
scandals of which we are ashamed; put
we know that the railroads had to be
built and if we had it to do over again
we should of course build them, but IN
another way. Therefore, propose an
other way of providing the means OF
transportation, which must precede, not
IL Of FHH
trade with our neighbOr states OF
Government Must Help.
Hence the pending shipping Dill,
discussed at the last session but as yet
passed by neither house. In my 1udg-
ment such legislation is imperativeIy
needed and can not wisely be postponed
The government must open these gates
of trade, and open them wide. open
them before it is altogether profitable
to open them, or altogether reasonable
to ask private capital to open them at
a venture. It is not a question OF the
government monopolizlng the IleId. II
should take action to make II certain
that transportation at reasonable rates
will be promptly provided. even where
the carriage is not at first profitable.
Rural Credits; Sea Safety.
"The great subject Of rural credits
still remains to be dealt with and II IS
a matter Of deep regret that the dill
culties of the subject have seemed 70
render it impossible to complete Dill
for passing at this session, but II can
not be perfected yet, and therefore
there are no other constructive meas
ures, the necessity for Wh.ch VIII al
this time call your attention to- Dut
would be negligent of a very manlIesI
duty were not to call the attention of
the senate to the fact that the proposed
convention for safety at sea awaits us
confirmation and that the limit IlAeu
in the convention itself for its accept
los q
month.
There is another matter OF %hL L.ll
must make special mention II am
to discharge my conscience lest II
should escape your attention. 1t al
fects one single item of appropriation.
But many human lives and many great
enterprises hang upon II, II Is me
matter of making adequate PROVISION
for the survey and charting OF our
coasts 1t is Immediately pressing.
1--WE have not provided adequate YES
sells OF adequate machinery FOR Inc sur
vey and charting. we nave useG GU
vessels that were not big enough or
strong enough.
Urges Economy.
Before I close, may L say a rev
words upon two topics, much dlscuSseu
out of doors. upon which it is highly
important that our Juo8IliiSeIlltS9 JUN
be clear definite and steadtast!
lone of these is economy in govern
ment expenditures. The duty of econ
omv is not debatable. 1t is manifest
and imperative. assert with. the
greatest confidence that the people OF
the United States are not jealous OF the
amount their government costs II they
are sure they get what they need and
desire for the outlay; that the money is
beng spent for objects of which they
approve and that it is being applied
with good business sense and manage
ment
Careful Study Urged.
THE people of the United States do
not wish TO curtail the activities of this
government; they wish, rather, to en-
large them: and with every enlarge
ment, with the mere growth, indeed, OF
the country itself, there must come OF
course, the inevitable increase of eX-
pense The sort of economy we ought
to practice may be effected, and ought
to be effected, by a careful study and
assessment of the tasks to be per-
formed; and the money spent ought to
be made to yield the best possible re-
turns in efficiency and achievement.
1T is not expenditure but extrava-
gance that we should fear being criti-
cised for: not paying for the legitimate
enterprises and undertakings of great
government but adding what will ben
eft only a few or pouring money out