The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1915-12-09


and internal explosion engines. tia."si."s,.
a stamp Lax on hank checks. probably
$lS."S."s. tax of : cents per ton on
pig iron sl"."'t-1; a tax %! 50 cents per
ton on fabricated iron and steel. proba-
bly, th."""". In country OF great in
dustries like this ii ought TO he easy I"
distribute the burdens of taxation with
out making them anywhere bear too
heavily or too exclusively Upon any one
set Of persons or undertakings What is
clear is. that the industry Of this geBer-
alton should pay th. bills Of this genera
lion.
The Danger Within.
l have spoken TO YOU today, gentlemen,
upon a singh. theme The thorough prep
aration OF tie nation to care for its
own security and 10 make sure of entire
freedom 10 play the impartial role In this
henispherr and in the world which Ne
all believe 10 have been providentially
assigned 10 IT. l have had in mind no
thought of any immediate or particular
danger arising out OF our relations with
other nations. We at peace with all
the nations of the world. and there is
reason I" hope that no question in con-
troNersN between this and other govern
ments VIII lead To any serious breach of
amicable relations. grave as some differ
ences OF attitude and policy have been
and may Vet turn out to be. ! am sorry
our national peace and safety have been
uttered within our own borders. There are
citizens ui the United States. ! blush to
admit, born under other iiaIs but welcomed
under our generous naturalization laws
TO the fun freedom and opportunity Of
America, who have poured the poison OF
disioyaliy into the very arteries of our
national life, who have sought to bring
the authority and good name of our gov
ernmen' into contempt to destroy our in
dustriEs wherever they thought 1t effec-
tive for their vindictve purposes to strike
at them. and To debase our politics TO the
uses Of foreign intrigue. Their number
is not great compared with the whole
number "f those sturdy hosts by which
orr nation has been enriched in recent
generations out of virle foreign stocks.
but II is great enough to have brought
deep disgrace upon us and TO have made
it necessary that we should promptly
make us" OF processes OF law by which
we may be purgcd of their corrupt dis
tempers. America never witnessed any
thing like this before. 1t never dreamed
II possible that men sworn into its own
citizenship, men drawn out Of great free
stocks such as supplied some Of the best
and strongest elements of that little, but
how heroic, nation that in a high day of old
staked its very life to free itself from
every enlargement that haI darkened
the fortunes OF the older nations and set
up new standard here-that men of such
origins and such free choices Of allegi-
ance would ever turn in maliSn reaction
against the government and people who
had welcomed and nurtured them and
seek 10 make this proud country once
more hotbed of European passion. A
little while ago such thing would have
seemed incredible Because 1t was in
credible We made no preparation for it,
We would have been almost ashamed TO
-
OF ourselves, our own comrades and
neighbors. But the ugly and incredible
has actually come about and VIC are with
out adequate federal laws to deal with
1t. l urge you TO enact such laws at
the earliest possible moment and feel that
in SO doing l am urging you to do MOTH
ing less than save the honor and self
respect Of the nation.
Must De Crushed Out.
Such creatures of passion, disloyalty
and anarchy must be crushed out They
are not many, but they are infinitely ma
lignant, and the hand of our power should
close over them at once. They have
formed plots to destroy property, they
have entered into conspiracies against the
neutrality of the government they have
sought to pry into every confidential
transaction of the government in order
to serve interests alien TO our own. 1t is
possible to deal with these things very
effectually. I need not sugges, the terms
in which they may be dealt with
wish that il could be said that only a
few men, msled by mistaken sentiments
of allegiance 10 the governments under
which they were born. had been guilty of
disturbing the self possession and misrep-
resenting the temper and principles of
the country during these days OF terrible
war. when II would seem that every man
who was truly an American would in
CT sal p,nL 10 ,ic lrt,, l,
TO keep the scales of judgment even and
prove himself a partisan of no nation but
his own. But it cannot. There are some
men among us. and many resident abroad
who, though born and bred In the Unit
ed States and calling themselves Amer
icans have so forgotten themselves and
their honor as citizens as to put their
passionate sympathy with one or the 9TH
er side in the great European conflict
above their regard for the peace and dig
nifty OF the United States. They also
preach and practice disloyaty. No laws.
| suppose. can reach corrup,ions OF the
mind and heart; but | should not speak
of others without also speaking of these
and expressing the even deeper humil!a-
lion and scorn which every self possessed
and thouchtfuly patriotic American must
feel when he THINKS Of them and of therI
disCredit they are daily bringing upon us.
Many conditions about which we have
from decade to decade. it is evident, un-
der our very eyes. and are likely to change |
even more rapidly and more radically in
the days Immediately ahead of us when
PEACE has returned TO the world and ma
lions of Europe once more take mp their |
tasks of commerce and industry with the |
energy of those who must bestir them
selves to build anew. Just what these |
changes will be no on" can certainly fore |
see or confidently predict There are no |
calculabic, because no stable. elements in |
the problem. The mos: can do Il to |
make certain that We have the necessary
inStrumcntalities of Information constant |
ly al cur service SO that we may be sure |
that We know exactly what we are deal |
in. with when come to act. II 1t /
should be necessary to act at all We !
must first certainly know what II is that |
We are seeking to adapt ourselves to. |
may ask the privilege Of addressing you !
more at length on this important matter |
4 little later in your session.
Transportation Problem.
The transportation problem is an ex.
crCdlnSly serious and pressing one in this !