Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1914-12-16

must come. Of course, the inevitable in
we ought to practice may be effected. and
ought to be effected. by a careful study
and as%sessinent Of the tasks to be per-
etdciensy and achievement. .srat''f like ns
good stewards. we should SO account for
every dollar OF our appropriations as to
make 1t perfectly. evident what it was
spent for and ip what way 1t was spent.
that lt Z 81 not sbe s%HYRea fasr Seff Rat s s%faFayaga ,os.
not, paying for the legitimate enterprises
and undertakings of q great government
whose people command what it should do.
but adding what will benefit only a few
or pouring money out for what need not
have been undertaken at all or might have
been postponed or better and more eco
nolnically conceived and carried out. The
nation is not ni%ggardly: 1t is very gener-
Gus. 1t will chide us only IL we forget
Ior whom We pay money out and whose
general standards. but they are not very
difficult of application to particular cases.
Tho National Defense.
The other topic 1 shall take leave to
mention goes deeper into the principles OF
our national life and policy. 1t is the sub
ject of national defense.
1t can not be discussed without first
answering some very searching CUES
IlOiS. " is SAID In some quarters mat
meant by being prepared? Is it meant
that We are not ready upon brief notice
men trained to arms? OF course we are
not ready to do that. and we shall never
De IN time of peace so long as we re-
institutions. And what is it that it is
suggested we should be prepared. to do?
TO defend ourselves against attack? We
have always found means to do that. and
shal find them henev 1t is necessary
without calling our people away from
s sors! m nHiifssrsfs ser 1SSKs i 10 t asnasr of fo peaee.
Allow me to speak with great plain
ness Tss ana directness upon this great mat.
deep earnestness. 1 have tried to know
what America is. what her people think.
what they, are. what they most cherish
inner passions are In my own heart
some some, of the great conceptions and desires
Wish ave birth to this gove y men and
pie a voice OF peace and hope and liberty
among the peoples of the world. and that.
i Snsats'i iR l part' own sneah fseirs als snail how a.
ever family and inadequately, upon
this vital matter.
Afraid Of Nobody.
We are at peace with all the world. No
or drawn from a just and candid inter-
probation OF realities can say that there
Is reason to fear that from any quar-.
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our territory is threatened. Dread of
the power OF any other nation We are
OF: We are not Jealous of rival
other peaceful achievement. We mean
to live our own lives as we will; but
friend to all the nations of the world.
because we threaten none, covet the pos
sessions of none, desire the overthrow
and is accepted without reservation. be-
cause it is offered in a spirit and for
a purpose which no one need ever ques-
ness. We are the champions OF peace
and OF concord. And We should be very
Jealous of this distinction which we have
sought to earn. Just now we should be
particularly jealous of it,, because 1T is
our dearest present hope that this char
a God.s a nray rspmeat'o br; nay presently Is , IN
tunity such as has seldom been vouch-
safed any nation. the opportunity to
and reconciliation and a healing settle
ment of many a matter that has cooled
and interrupted the friendship of ma
when we should wish and resolve to keep
our strength by self possession, our i'm
n fMenee 81 by ,o preserving our ancient prin-
settled set policy with regard to military
while We retain our present principles
and ideals. we never shall have, "a large
standing army. II asked are you ready
Z heICIlN YOURSELVES VIC reply, IlOSC
assuredly, to the utmost" and yet we
shall not turn America into a military
camp. We will not ask our. young men
to spend the best years of their lives
making soldiers of themselves. There is
another sort of energy in us. 1t will
know how to declare itself and make
itself effective should occasion arise. And
especially when half the world is on fire
we shall be careful to make our moral
insurance against the spread of the on
f1agration very definite and certain and
adequate indeed.
Favors Strong Army.
Let us remind ourselves, therefore, of
the only thing we can do or will do. We
must depend in every time of national
peril, in the future as in the past, not
upon Il standing army, nor yet upon a re-
serve army, but upon a citizenry trained
and accustomed to arms. 1t will be right
upon our accustomed principles and prac-
tees. to provide Il system by which every
citizen who will %oluntee for the train
ing may be made familiar with the use
of modern arms, the rudilments of drill
and maneuver, and the maintenance and
sanitation of camps. We should encour-
age such training and make it Il means
learn to value. 1t is right that we should
provide it not only, but that we should
make 1t as attractive as possible, and
so induce our young men to undergo 1t
at such times as they can command a
little freedom inc can seek the physical
sake. if for nothing more. Every means
by which such things can be stimulated
is legitimate. and such Il method smacks
of true American ideas. 1t is right, too.
that the National Guard Of the states
should be developed and strengthened by