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

to a dependent people. who will now look
more a~nxiously than ever to see whether
s~elfishness, the courage. the faith we have
boosted and professed. I can not believe
tha the Senate win let this great meas
action OF another congress. Its passage
would nobly- crown the record Of these
two years OF memorable labor.
Must Have Ships.
But think that you viii agree with
OF our duty. How are we to carry our
goods to the empty markets Of which I
have spoken if we nave not the ships?
How are we to build up a great trade il we
OF transportation upon which all profit
able and useful commerce depends? And
now are We to get the ships if We walt
10 correct the many mistakes by which
We nave discouraged and all but destroyed
me merchant marine Of the country. to
re.raee the steps by which we have. 1t
seems almost deliberately. withdrawn our
nag from the seas. except where. here
and there. a ship of war is bidder TO carry
!, or some wandering yacht displays 1T.
de.a,ied Items of legislation. and the
trade which We ought Immediately to
handle a would disappear or find other
channels while We debated the items.
Ihe case is not unlike that which con-
!rohted us when our own continent was
70 DC opened up to settlement and indus
Try, ana we needed long lines OF railway.
eNleHded means of transportation pre-
pared beforehand. il development was not
10 Tag lntolerably and wait unfortunately.
we iavlshly subsidized the building OF
~transcontinental railroads.. We look back
upSh !nat with regret now. because the
subsidies led to many scandals of which
w, we are ashamtd; but We know that the
iaiIioadS mad to be built, and II We had
IL to do over again we should OF course
oulld them. but in another way. There
lore 1 propose another way OF providing
precede, not tardily follow, the develop
ment OF our trade with our neighbor states
OF America. 1t may seem a reversal of
the natural order OF things. but 1t is true.
that the routes Of trade must be actually
Gpehed-bS manv ships and regular sail
..ngs and moderate charges-before
streams of merchandise will flow freely
ana pfohtabiy through them.
Hence the pending shipping bill. dis
cussed at the last session but as yet passed
by Sya, neither House. In my judgment such
not wisely he postponed. The government
must open these gates OF trade, and open
them wide: open them before 1t is al
together reasonable to ask private capital
TO open them at a venture. 1t is not a
question of the government monopolizing
the fleld. II should take action to make
~ certain that transportation at reason
ane rates Will be promptly provided, even
Where the carriage is not at first profit
able; and then, when the carriage has be-
come sufficiently profitable to attract and
engage private capital and engage it In
aDi'hdahce. the government ought to with
draw: very earnestly hope that the
both Houses will adopt this exceedingly
important bin.
Wants Rural Credits.
The great subject of rural credits stll
rem ans to he dealt with. and It is a mat
yer OIL teep ,"esret that the difficulties of
inc subject have seemed to render it inn
possible to complete a bill for passage at
TINS session. But it can not be perfected
yet. and therefore there are no other con-
structlve measures the necessity for which
but j would be negligent of "A very mani
fest duty We're | not to call the attention
of the Senate to the fact that the pro-
it's confirmation and that the limit fixed
in the convention itself for it's acceptance
Is the last day of the present month. The
mated was called by the United States: the
representatives of the United States
played a very influential part indeed in
framing the provisions of the proposed
convention: aud those provisions are in
themselves for the most part admirable.
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 neglected.. 1t was ratified
May last by the German government and
IN August by the parliament of Great
. taliil ~ iIISiI HS II lIlOSl HODpIuI ana de-
clded advance in international civilization.
We should show our earnest good faith
in a great matter by adding our own ac-
ceptance of it.
There is another matter Of which I must
make special mention. If / am to discharge
my conscience. lest it hould escape your
attention. IT may seem a very mall
thlng. 1T affects only q single item OF
ppproprla Ion. But many human lives and
many great enterprises hang upon it. 1t is
the matter of making adequate provision
fnr n Iry v nYy1 ,t1 yf f,,rr 80 ~,.n
1t is Immediately pressing and exisent
in connection with the immense coast line
of Alaska. a coast line greater than that
of the United States themselves, though
it is also very important indeed with re-
gard to the older coasts of the continent.
We can not use our great Alaskan do
coasts and their many hidden dangers are
not thoroughly surveyed and charted. The
work is incomplete at almost every point.
Ships and lives have been lost in thread
main channels. We have not provided
adequate vessels or adequate machinery
for the survey and charting. We have
used old vessels that were not big enough
or strong enough and which We're so near
ly unseaworthy that our inspectors would
not have allowed private owners to send
have said. seems small. but is in reality
very great. Its Importance has only to
be looked into to be appreciated.
Economy In Government.
Before / close may | say a few words
upon two topics. much discussed out Of
doors. upon which it is highly important
that our judgments should be clear. def
mite. and steadfast?
One of these is economy in government
expenditures. The duty Of economy is
not debatable. 1t is manifest and impera-
tive. In the appropriations We pass we
are spending the money of the great peo-
ple whose servants we are-not our own.
We are trustees and responsible stewards
in the spending. The only thing debatable
make our thought and purpose clear is the
kind Of economy demanded of us. 1 as