Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1915-12-10

Sc cents Fer horsepoEer On automobiles
ana internal explosion engines. Ssz0oela es.
q stamp Sax on hank eheeks- probably
81, 90. 80. a tax OF 3 cents per ton On
rig iron. $40 a09aqe. a tax Of 50 cents per
ton on fabricated iron and steel p<ob2-
Ely S1g.ee1eoo In = country q great in
dustEtes like this IL ogght co DC easy 70
Distribute thu burdens de taxation with
cut making them anywhere bear too
heavily OF too exclusively upa1 any one
set Of persons Or undertakings What Is
clear Is. that the in3uxsKy Of this gsner-
alton should PAY the bil Is Of this genera
rfo1-
The Danger within.
/ have spoken TO yoa EodAE. gentlemen.
upon 3 single theme. the thorough prep
&rzsioa % the nattop to care for it's
own security and 10 make sure Of entire
freedom 10 play the impartial role In this
hemisphere and In the world which We
an believe so have b4en provtdentfatly
assigned 10 II have had Tn mind no
thought Of any immediate or particular
danger arising out OF Dur relations with
other nations We are at peace with al
the nations Of the void. and there Is
reason to hope that nd question In con
tFUversy between this and other govern
ments viii Lad TO any serious breach Of
amieable relations, grave as some differ
ence@ Of attitude and policy have been
and may yet turn out 10 BE- an sorry
70 say that the grsveAt threats against
our national peace and safety have been
uttered within cur own borders There are
citizens OF the United States. bluSh to
admit. born under other Tags but welcomed
under our generous naturalization laws
to the full freedom and opportunity Of
America, who have poured the poison of
di4Ioyalty into the very arteries Of cur
national life. who have sought TO bring
the authority and good name Of our gov
eminent into contempt. to destroy our in
dusfrfes wherever theT thought IL effec-
tive for their vfndictfwe 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 tn recent
generations out OF while foreign locks:
but II il great enough 70 have brought
deep disgrace upon IN and to have made
IL necessary that wa should promptly
make use Of processes Of law BY which
we may be purged OF th@AF corrupt dis
tempers- Amsrica nsTeF witnessed any
thing like tffs before. IL never dreamed
Il possible that men kworn into it's 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 thai in high day OF old
staked it's very life 10 free itself from
every ENHANCEMENT that had darkened
the fortunes Of the older nations and set
up a new standard he1e-that men Of such
origins and such fret choices e aIIegi-
ance would ever turn I'm maIign reaction
against the government and people who
had welcomed and hurtured them and
seek to make this proud country oncs
more a hotbed Of European passion A
little while ago such q thing would have
seemed incredible because it was in
credible we made no preparation for IT,
We would have been almost ashamed 60
prepare for tt, a. II We were suspicious
of ourselves. our dIwn comrades and
neighboFs. But the ugly and incredible
has actually come about and we are with
out adequate federal laws to deal with
IL ] urge you to enact such laws at
the earliest possible moment and feel that
In 90 doing I ann urging you 20 do moth
ing less than save the honor and self
respect Of the nation
Must Re Crushed Out.
Such creatures Of passion. disioyalty
and anarchy must bt crushed out They
are not many, bat Trey are Infinitely ma
hgusnt. and the hand Of our power should
close over them at once. They have
formed plots to Destroy property. they
have entered into co1sptracies against the
neutrality Of the government. they have
sought to ply intb every confidential
transaction OF the government I'm order
70 serve interests alien to our own II 10
sfEectuaIly- / need not suggest the terms
in which they may be dealt with
wish that il could be said that only
few men. mtsIed By mistaken sentiments
OF allegiance TO thu governments under
which they were born. had been guilty Of
disturbing the self-possession and misrep-
resentinE the temper and principles OF
the country during these days Of terrible
var. when IL would seem that every man
who Was truly an American would in
s6inetively make il bis duty and his pride
70 keep the scales VI judgment even and
prove himself = partisan Of no nation bur
his own But il cannCt- There are some
men among 1s. and many resident abroad
who. though born and bred In the Unit
ed States and calling themselves Amer
leans. have 30 forgotten themselves ard
their homer as citizens as 10 put their
passionate sympathy With one or the 9th
sr side IN the graf European conflict
aboEe their regard Tor the peace and dig
nifty Of the United States They also
preach and practice dssAoyaEty. No laws
J suppose. can rsAch eoFTupffonz OF the
mind and heart bit I should not speak
Of others without also speaking Of these
and expressing the eSen deeper humiIiz-
ton ard ncoFn whkth every self poAseassd
and thougbtfuIiT pttFi0ttc America must
feel when he thinks or them and OF the
diacrsdft they are daily bringing upon IL
Many conditions about which re have
repeatedly tegizisaed are being altered
from decade 10 deeade. It is evident un-
der our very eyes. and are likely to change
even more rapidly ard more radically In
the days Immediately ahead OF rs. when
peace has FsfuTreA tc the World AMI ma
lions Of Europe once more take Up their
tasks Of eommeFes and industry With the
energy Of those HFf1o must bessir them
selves 10 build ahew- Just what these
changes gill be no one can certainly fore
see or confidently predict There are NO
calCuIabis. because ne stable elements In
the problem. The most we can do ID 10
make certain that We have the necessary
| Observation-Disclosures d. information constant
/ ~ AT cur service no thar we may be sure
that re know exactly what We are deal
ing With when We come to act II II
should be necessary to ACT az all We
must first certainly know what II Is that
we are seeking % adapt ourselves TO- /
may ask the privilege Of addressing you
more At length Oh this important matter
L little Later In your session
transportation Problem.
The transportation problem Is an ex-
ceedingIy ssEious and pressing one in this
country. There has from time to time
Of late been reason 10 fear that our rail-
roads would not much longer be able "a
| cope with il successfully as at present
equipped and cp-ordinated- i suggest
that IL would bt wise to provide for 8
commission OF inquiry 10 ascertain By q
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 Il ebFfons1y problem that Hes
at the very foundation Of oaar efficiency
as people Such an inquiry ought to
draw out every circumstance ard opinion
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