The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1914-12-08

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the older continent ~ EUROPE ! do
not stop to inquire why. or To make
any comment ou probable eases. what
Interests us lust now Is not the cNpla-
nation hut the fact. aud our duty and
! opportunity n the presence cot g.
Here are markets which we must sup
ply. and We must find the means OF
action. The United states. his great
, people for whom we speak ana act.
should be- ready as never before, 90
serve itself ANA 60 serve mankind:
ready with its It's energies.
its forces OF production. and its means
OF Distribution
lbs very practical matter a mat
ter of ways and means. We have the
Resources. but are We fully ready to
use them And 10 va can make ready
what we have. have We the means az
han dto distribute itf We are not ful-
ly ready neither have We the means
of distribution. We are willing. hut
we are NOT fully able. We have the
wish Co serve and to serve greatly.
generously. hut Ve are not prepared
MS we should bC We are not ready 90
mobilize our resources go once We
are not prepared to use them immo-
diatcly and 10 their best without de-
lay and without waste.
To speak plninlv. vo have grossly
erred iu the vat Boa which We have
siuutcd and hiudored I'M" development
uf merchant marine. And now.
when we need ships. we ave not got
Them. We have year after wear de-
hltvd without end or conclusion the
best policy Goo pursue with regard to
thc use uf The ores and forests and
water powers cog our national domain
BOO tho rich states of the west. when we
shuuld hatc acted. and they are stilI
locked up. The key is stlll turned MP
ON them. tho door shut East Gao which
thousands ot vigorous men. full uf Iul-
tIatIEv knock Dilmuruusly Tor admit.
uuUo The water power uf our uaVi-
gable streams outside tho national doc
main also. even iu tho eastern states.
whore we have worked and planned
Tor generations. is SIN not used as 10
might Doe because we viii and wa
won't, because the laws We have made
de- not "lnteluFently balance cucour-
3Ecrieut against restraint. We with
hold the regulation.
have come to ask you 90 remedy
and correct these mistakes and uWia
sions even ut this short session OF a.
. congress which would certainly seem
Goo nave done al the work that gould
reasonably bc expected Of it. The time
and the 'irDuwstanccs are %eXtraurdI.
NARY. and sU must our cfforts boz also.
Fortunately two great measures,
finely conceived, the one 90 unlock.
with proper safeguards the |rosourccs
of the national domain. the other ta
encourage the use OF the uatipahlp
waters outside that domain for the
generation ot power. have already
passed the house Of representative
and are ready Tor immediate consider
alton and action hy the senate. with
the deepest e1rncstncss ] urge their
/, prompt passage In them both we
turn our backs upon hesitation and
makcshift and formulate n pouuin,
policy of use and conservation. Iu tho
b best sense Uf those words. We owe
{ the one measure not only 20 the PEG.
pie ~ that great western uuutr fol
. whose free and systematic develop.
Went Hs .t seems Co me. lcgi-la.
Q ton hats done sO little. bot also to m,
Q people of tho nation as "a whole. uus
Q we as ~Cleaiiy oWe the other iu fulfill
q meut of % repeated promises tina
s. the water power OF the Couutry shout,
u in fact as well as in name he put "a
the disposal of great iudustrics whlci
can make economical and proiitahl
3 use of 10, the rights Of The public hcinI
adequately guarded the while AM
d monopoly iu the use prevented n
20 have begun such measures and uo
t completed them would indeed mar M
10 record OF this great ~cougrcss very so
II riously I hope and confidently Doc
.r IeNc that they viii be completed.
u And there b. another great piece
Legislation which awaits and Shout
~ receive the sanction Of the SENATE,
"a mean the bin which gives 10 large
g measure Of self-goyernueui 600 th
10 people Of the philippines How bet
ter. in This time Of anxious pUcstlouiu
and pcrpleNed policy. could sac shu'
ic cur confidence IN the principles Of 90
erty. as the source as Wen 3s the e'
,f PRECISION OF life. how better could SIS
h demonstrate our oWn self pussessiO
It and s-teadfastness in the courses
M Justice and disintcrestedncss than
Ct thus going calmly forward Co fulf.
our promises 10 o dependent peapl
to- who viii now look more HnHiuus
IS. than ever Go see whether we have 10
deed the liberality. the unselfishne.
%. the courage. the faith we have boasts
ir ana prlfessed ! can NOT believe m.
e. the senate win lot this rreHi measu
ut OF constructive justice await the "a