Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1914-12-11

stin locked up. The key il stih
turned upon them, the door shut fast
at which thousands of vigorous men,
full of Initiative. knock DANGEROUSLY
for admitrance. The water power OF
our navigable streams outside the ma
tionaI domain, also. even IN the east
ern states, where we have worked and
planned for generations. is still not
used as II might be, because we VIII
and we won't; because the laws we
have made do not intelligently balance
announcement 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 q
congress which would certainly seem
to have done all the work that could
reasonably be expected Of 1t. The time
and the circumstances are extraor-
binary, and so must our efforts be
also.
Use and Conservation.
Fortunately, two great measures,
finely conceived. the one to unlock.
with proper safeguards, the resources
Vi tnG nALAQndA u9tn1Aht tAS ONANA ~
encourage the use Of the nayigable
waters outside that domain for the
generation of power. have already
passed the house of representatives
and are ready for immediate consider
alton and action by the senate. With
the deepest earnestness urge their
prompt passage. In them both
we turn our backs upon hesita-
ton and makeshift and formulate
genuine policy OF use and con-
servation, in the best sense
Of those words We owe the one
measure not only to the people Of that
great western country for whose free
and systematic development, as 1t
seems to me, our legislation has done
so little, but also to the people Of the
nation as a whole; and we as clear
Iy owe the other in fulfllment of our
repeated promises that the water pow
er of the country should in fact as
we'll as in name be put at the disposal
OF great industries which can make
economical and profitable use of IT.,
the rights of the public being ade-
quately guarded the while. and mo-
nopoly in the use prevented. To have
begun such measures and not com
pleted them would indeed mar the
record of this great congress very
seriously. | hope and confidently be
Iieve that they win be completed.
And there is another great piece Of
legislation which awaits and should
receive the sanction OF the senate:
mean the bill which gives a larger
measure of self-government to the peo
pie OF the Philippines. How better
In this time Of anxious questioning
: and perplexing policy, could we show
, our confidence in the principles o.
liberty as the source as well as thG
, expression Of life. how better could W.
. demonstrate our own self-possessioI
{ and steadfastness in the courses o
/ Justice and disinterestednes than b!
5 thus going calmly forward to fulfil
our promises to a dependent people
who win now look more anxiousl,
than ever to see whether we have In
+ deed the liberality, the unselfishnesf
s the courage, the faith we have boast
r ed and protested. cannot believ
d that the senate will let this grea
, measure Of constructive justice avail
It the action of another congress. It
y passage would nobly crown the recor
4. of these two years of memorable Il
o Dor
e An important Duty.
o, But think that you will agre
al with me that this does not complet
If the toll OF our duty. How are we
" carry our goods to the empty market
i'd of which | have spoken If we hay
ID not the certain and constant NEAR
of transportation upon which all prof
,e able and useful commerce depends
D. And how are we to get the ships
of we watt for the trade to develop wit
n out them? To correct the many mi
ut takes by which we have discourage
Mt and all but destroyed the mercha
ly marine Of the country. TO retrace III
M steps by which we have, II seems ;
Nv most deliberately. Withdrawn our fl
is from the sens. except whore here Al
RS. there. a ship of war is biGden car
al II, or some wandering Yacht disnla
nS It. would take lone tire ard
.rt wolves many detailed items of legis
ha ton. end the trade whfch we Dug
er Immediately to handle would diss
tn near or find other channels while
mt debated the items.
na The case is not unlike that viii
,.t confronted us when our own con
~ nent was to be orened up 10 sett
az. ment and industry and We need
90 long lines Of railway. extended mea
he OF transportation prepared beforehaI
for II development was not to lag intol
he ably and wait unfortunately. We l
eli ishly subsidized the building of ira
ita continental railroads. We look ba
~ Y, on that with regret now, becat
bn. the subsidies led to many scand
of which we are aghamed; but
know that the railroads had to
az. built. and II we had it to do over az
The we should Of course build them.
20 in another way. Therefore prop
,dv another way of providing the mel
at of transportation which must prece
lrv not tardily follow. the deyelcpm
of of our trade with our neighbor sta
we of America. It may seem reYer
-ish Of the natural order of things. but
,er- is true. that the routes Of trade M
We be actually opened-by many sh
mo- and regular sailings and moder
are charges-before streams Of merch
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