The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1915-12-09

| stamp tax on bank cneckB, probably
$4,000. 900. a tax OF 25 cents per ton on
pig iron, sl0,000,000: tax OF so cents per
ton on fabricated iron and steel proba-
bly, sl0,000000 In country Of great in
dustrles like this II ought TO be easy to
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 gener-
alton should pay the bills Of this genera
ton.
The Danger Within.
have spoken to you today. gentlemen,
upon a single theme. the thorough prep
aratlon OF the nation to care for its
own security and to make sure OF entire
freedom to play the impartial role In this
hemisphere and In the world which we
all believe to have been providentially
assigned to II. | have had In mind no
thought OF any immediate or particular
danger arising out Of our relations with
other nations. We are at peace with all
the nations OF the world and there Is
reason to hope that no question In con-
| troversy between this and other govern
| ments will lead TO any serious breach OF
amicable relations, grave as some differ
ences Of attitude and policy have been
| and may yet turn out TO be. Il am sorry
| to say that the gravest threats against
| our national peace and safety have been
uttered within our own borders. There are
citizens OF the United States. / blush TO
admit, born under other flags but welcomed
under our generous naturalization laws
10 the full freedom and opportunity Of
| America. who have poured Che poison OF
| disloyalty into the very arteries Of our
national life; who have sought 10 bring
| nd n
ernment into contempt, TO destroy our in
| dustrlcs wherever they thought II eifec-
| tive for their vindlctive purposes to strike
| at them, and TO debase our politics TO the
uses OF foreign intrigue. Their number
Is not great as compared with the whole
number OF those sturdy hosts by which
our nation has been enriched In recent
| generations out OF virile foreign stocks;
but II is great enough TO have brought
| deep disgrace upon us and TO have made
II necessary that we should promptly
| make use OF processes OF law by which
VIC may be purged OF their corrupt dis
| tempers. America never witnessed any
thing like this before. II 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 n high day OF old
staked It's very life to free itself from
| every ENHANCEMENT that had 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 malign reaction
| against the government and people who
had welcomed and nurtured them and
seek TO make this proud country once
more a hotbed Of European passion A
little while ago such a thing would have
seemed Incredible. Because II was in
| credible we made no preparation for II.
| We would have been almost ashamed 10
! prepare for IL, as II we we're suspicious
| OF ourselves. our own comrades and
neighbors! But the ugly and incredible
has actually come about and we are with
| out adequate federal laws TO deal with
1t. 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 Be 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 heve
formed plots to destroy property. they
have entered into consplracies 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 II Is
possible to deal with these things very
eftectually. ! need not suggest the terms
In which they may be dealt with.
/ wish that II could be said that only a
few men. misled by mistaken sentiments
OF allegiance to the governments under
a.
disturbing the self-possession and misrep-
resentIng the temper and principles OF
the country during these day' Of terrible
war. when II would seem that every man
who was truly an American would In
stinctively make II his duty and his pride
to keep the scales of judgment even and
prove himself a partisan OF no nation but
his own. But IL 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
leans. 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 disloyalty. No laws, |
I suppose. can reach corruptions OF the |
mind and heart; but / should not speak |
OF others without also speaking OF these |
and expressing the even deeper humilia- |
ton and scorn which every self-possessed
and though6ully patriotic American must
feel when he thinks OF them and Of the
discredit they are daily bringing upon us
Many conditions about which we have
repeatedly legislated are being altered
from decade to decade It Is evident un-
der our very eyes. and are likely to change
a..
the days Immediately ahead Of us, when
peace has returned to the world and ma
lions Of Europe once more take up their
tasks OF commerce and industry with the
energy OF those who must bestlr them
selves TO build anew Just what these
changes will be no one can certainly fore
see or confidently predict. There are no
calculable. because no stable, elements in
the problem. The most we can do Is to
make certain that we have the necessary
instrumentallties Of information constant
ly at our service so that we may be sure
that we know exactly what we are deal
ing with when we come to act II II
should be necessary to act at all. We
must first certainly know what 1t is that
we are seeking to adapt ourselves to- l
may ask the privilege OF addressing you
more at length on this important matter
a little later in your session.
Transportation Problem.
The transportation problem is an ex.
ceedingly serious and pressing one in this
country. There has from time to time
OF late been reason TO fear that our rail-
roads would not much longer be able to
cope with II successfully as at present
equipped and co-ordnated. suggest
that It would be wise to provide for a
commission OF inquiry to ascertain by a
thorough canvass OF the whole question
whether our laws as at present framed
and administered are as serviceable as
they might be In the solution OF the prob
lem. II is obviously a problem that lies
at the very foundation OF our efficiency
as a people. Such an inquiry ought TO
draw out every circumstance and opinion
worth considering and we need TO know