The Sentinel=record., 1915-01-17

tofore in a years conflict by the old
methods of warfare Also our people
see that commercial rivalry and gen
eral expansion of trade is producing
the jealousies natural to such an
awakening, and contentious which
can lead to governmental disputes.
backed mp by army and navy. There
fore. the old idea Of the national guard
in each state being sufficient as a
mere yoluteer force must he abandon
ed
The old idea that few ships Ioll-
ing in the waters of our coast cities
suffice for the purpose of coast de-
fences must be abandoned The pre-
JUDGE against expenses for fortfica-
lions must give way and the fortify-
ing of the coast cities by legitimate
defences must take the place of the
open and defenceless ports which
heretofore have been our weakness.
All OF this calls for a cooperation be
tween the states and the nation Of
strengthening the army to a more suf
ficient size and having the national
guard of the states sustained by the
nation and by the general taxation oil
the whole nation and the ordinary
citizen given chance to equip him
self in the methods of military train
ing; yet in the meantime preserving
his status as an INDEPENDENT citizen
making his living by his labors and
not living upon the taxes of his neigh
boris The navy to be increased to
such size as shall give security to the
citizen at home and protection to his
trade as it reaches out to the open
seas in competition with the world.
All of this gives the new idea as to
methods Of the achievements and
brings about the joint conformation
between the states and the federal
government to a system of co-opera-
ton that could not have been thought
of thirty years ago, and would have
been repudiated as heresy or treason
to what was called state rights, and
by the advocates of national control
as an attempt on the part of the
states to have their local enterprises
maintained out of the federal treas
ury.
The opening of the lands of the
Pacific Coast states, the reclamation
Of all the arid lands by system Of
government water storage, all produc-
ing new electrical engineering, the
drying of the swamp and oyertloWed
lands along the Mississippi and other
rivers, opens the question as to what
agency should control all of such, and
leaves the mind of the citizen con
WINGED that only through the federal
government cooperating with the
states wherein the land lies can this
great service to the citizen be had.
We are embarking upon all the pro
jects / have referred to. Just so soon
as the war in Europe will end, which
| prophesy win be within six months,
and pust so soon as each Of the con
testants has won some decisive vic
tory and the honor of each main
tanned. the nation as united body
will move forward as the supply store
warehouse and mandatory Of the
world
"A form OF financial prosperity will
settle upon this country, which will
have comparison only in that which
came to England after the Napoleanic
war in 1915 when she became the
supply depot of all the countries which
had been devastated through twenty
years of martial conflict.
THE one fear that America has to
consider is the temptation to enter
into enterprises Of unstable character
issueing of over capitalized securities
and selling them to each other, based
upon the hopes of the future, Then
may come an initiation of our money
system based on the theory that we
can safely plunge ahead to any extent
because of the large future we have
in store. If we can avoid this tempta-
ton fifty years ahead, the most re-
markable prosperity, greatness and
growth is assured this nation as | see
it, and this beyond the dreams that
the fathers ever possessed or which
the present sons are even calculating.
ITO my mind, the coming tomorroWs
are filled with the greatest degree OF
liberty and opportunity to the citizen
in America that the history of this
country has ever known, and to the
Wilson administration justice must
accord due credit for the laws made
let it be admitted by me-by the co
operation of all political parties which
have enabled US to accomplish the
result which I prophecy"
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try OUR INCIDENTALLY PURE