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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1915-12-07

ton for defense seems to me to he alb
sOlutelv imperative now. We cannot
do less.
The program which will be laid be-
fore you by the Secretary of the Navy
is similarly conceived. 1t involves only
shortening of the time within which
plans long matured shall be carried out;
but II does moke definite and explicit
program which has heretofore been
only implicit. held in the minds of the
Committees on Naval Affairs and dis
closed In the debates Of the two houses
but nowhere formulated or formally
adopted. 1t seems to me very clear that
II will be to the advantage of the coun-
try for the Congress to adopt a COM
prehensive plan. for putting the navy
upon q final footing OF strength and eff
fiiciencv and to press that plan to CONT
pletion within the next five years. We
have always looked to the navy OF the
country AZ our first and chief line OF
defense: we have always seen IL to be
our manifest course of prudence to be
have been creating navy which now
ranks very high indeed among the
navies Of the maritime nations. We
should now definitely determine how
we shall complete what we have begun.
and how soon.
The program to be laid before you
contemplates the construction within
five wears OF ten bRttleships, six battle
cruisers. ten scout cruisers. fifty de-
strovers. fifteen fleet submarines,
eiGhty-five coast submarines. four gum
boats. one hospital ship. two ammuni-
tion ships. two fuel oil ships. and one
repair ship 1t Is proposed that OF this
number we shall the first year provide
for the construction OF two battleships
two battle cruisers. three scout cruisers
fifteen destrovers. five fleet submarines
TWENTY-FIVE coast submarines. two gun
boats and one hospital ship: the Sac
ond year. two battleships. one scout
cruiser. ten destroyers, four fleet sub
marines. fifteen coast submarines. one
gunboat. and one fuel OIL ship: the
third year. two battleships. one battle
cruiser. two scout cruisers. five de.
stroYers. two fleet submarines. and fiji
teen coast submarines: the fourth year
two battleships. two battle cruisers. two
scout cruisers. ten destroyers. two flee
| submarines. fifteen coast submarines
one ammunition ship. and one fuel OF
| ship: and the fifth year. two battle
ships. one battle cruiser. two scou
4 cruisers. ten destroyers. two fleet sub
| marines. fifteen coast submarines. on
| gunboat one ammunition ship, and on
repair ship.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1915-12-07

The moral Is. that the states of Amer
lea are not hostile rivals. but co-ope-a-
ting friends. and that their growing
sense OF community Of interest alike in
matters political and In matters eco
nomic. Is likely to give them a new
significance as factors in international
affairs and In the political history OF the
world. 1t present them as in a very
deep and true sense a unit In world
AFFAIRS. spiritual partners. standing to-
gether because thinking together. quick
with common sympathies and common
ideals. Separated they are subject to
all the cross currents of the confused
politics OF a world OF hosdle rivaIries;
united in spirit and purpose they cannot
be disappointed OF their peaceful des-
tiny.
This Is Pan-Americanism. It has none
OF the spirit OF empire in It. 1t Is the
embodiment, the effectual embodiment,
OF the spirit of law and independence
and liberty and mutual service.
- very notable body OF men recently
met in the city OF Washington, at the
invitation and as the guests of this
Government. whose deliberations are
likely to be looked back to as marking
a memorable turning point in the his
tory of America. They were represent
tatiVe spokesmen OF the several inde-
pendent states OF this hemisphere and
were assembled to discuss the financial
and commercial relations of the repub-
lies Of the two continents which naturE
and political fortune have 80 intimately
linked together. l earnestly recommend
to your perusal the reports of their pro.
ceedings and OF the actions of theiI
committees. You will get from them,
think, a fresh conception OF the ease
and intelligence and advantage with
which Americans OF both continents
may draw together in practical co,
| operation and OF what the materia
| foundations OF this hopeful partnershiI
| OF interest must consist-of how VIZ
| should build them and OF how necessary
II Is that we should hasten their build
| ing.
There Is. venture to point out, an es
pecial significance just now attaching
to this whole matter Of drawing tn,
Americas together in bonds OF honor
able partnership and mutual advantaR,
because OF the economic readjustment
which the world must inevitably wit
ness within the next generation. Whel
peace shall have al last resumed II
healthful tasks. In the performances o
these tasks / believe the Americas I
be destined to play their parts togeth
err. l am interested to fix your al
tentiOn on this prospect now becaus
unless you take II within your view an
permit the full significanee OF Il TO com
mand your thought I cannot find IN
RIGHT ilEht In which 70 set forth IN
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1915-12-07

1t Is with these ideals in mind that
the plans Of the Department Of War for
more adequate national defense were
conceived which viii be laid before you,
and which urge you to sanction and
put into effect as soon as they can be
properly scrutinlzed and discussed.
They seem to me the essential first
steps. and they seem to me for the
present sufficient.
They contemplate an increase of the
standing force OF the regular army from
its present strength OF tive thousand
and twenty. three officers and one hun
bred and two thousand nine hundred
and eighty-flVe enlisted men of all serv-
ices to a strength of seven thousand one
hundred and htrty-siX officers and
one hundred and thirty -four tbousA nd
seven hundred and seven enlisted men.
or IA, SAS,' all told. all services, rank,
file, by the addition OF tlfty-two COM
panies of coast artillery, fifteen compa-
mics OF engineers, tel regiments Of in-
fantry. four regiments OF field artillery
and four aero sQuadrOns. besides seven
| hundred and fifty officers required for
| great variety of extra service, espe'
cially the all important duty Of trainins
| the citizen force of which l shall pre-
| sently speak, seven hundred and ninety
| two noncommissioned officers for serv-
ice in drill, recruiting and the Ike. and
! the necessary quota OF enlisted men fOl
| the Quartermaster Corps, the Hospital
Corps, the Ordnance Department, and
| other similar auxiliary services. These
are the additions necessary to render
| the army adequate for Its present du
| tics. duties which 1t has to perform moi
/ only upon cur own continental coasts
| and borders and at our interior army
posts. but also In the Philippines. II
| the Haw allan Islands. at the lsthmUB
and in Porto Rico,
Il n. L leo he = n
| to assert some part OF its real power
/ promptly and upon a large scale. should
| occasion arise the plan also conten
/ plates supplementIng the army by :
force of four hundred thousand disci
| plired citizens. raised In iEcremerts o
one hundred and thirtythree thousand
n year throughout a period ot ,hre
years This II IL proposed to do by
process of enlistment under which Tn
| serViceable men - the country wouli
be asked to bind themselves TO serv
with the colors for purp ~ traintnl
FOR short periods throughout thre
wears. and Ia come IN the colors II Gel
1T anV time thrOushout an addition
"furIouRh' period IT three wears. Thi
force OF four hundred Thousand mel
would he nrovIdad with personal &C
coutremente as fast A. enlisted an
their euuiUment for the hAld mad
ready to be Supplied at any time, the
would he assembled for tratliin@
Etated intervals at convenient places Y
association With suitable units OF IN
y regular army Their perind ~ annue
training would not necessarily eAcee
two months In the year.
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Plans Involve Large Elk
penditure of Money

The plans for the armed forces OF the
nation which have outlined. and for
the general policy of adequate prepara-
ton for mobilization and defense, i'm
Volvo, of course, very large additional
expenditures OF money-eXpendltureB
which will considerably exceed the es-
timated revenues OF the Government IL
is made my duty by law. whenever the
estimates of expenditure exceed the
estimates OF revenue. to call the atten-
ton of the Congress to the fact and
suggest any means OF meeting the den
for me to suggest. ! ain ready to be-
lieve that ID would he my duty 10 do
~ IN any case! and feel particularly
hound 70 speak Of the matter WhGa Il
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1915-12-07
Native Americans Preach
Disloyalty

wish that It could be said that only
g., ,,,en misled by mistaken senti-
ments of allegiance to the governments
,,naar which they were born, had been
o,,,Itv of disturbing the self-possession
ond rnisrepresenting the temper and
,,,,ncinIes of the country during these
davis of terrible war. when It would
Seem that every man who was truly an
American would instinctively make II
his duty and his pride to keep the scales
of Judgment even and prove himself
nartisan of no nation but his own. But
II cannot. There are some men among
us. and many resident abroad Who'
though born and bred in the United
states and calling themselves Amerl-
cans, have so forgotten themselves and
their honor as citizens as to put their
passionate sympathy with one or the
other side in the great European con-
fict above their regard for the peace
and dignity of the United States. They
also preach and practice disloyalty, No
laws, / suppose, can reach corrupuons
OF the mind and heart; but should not
speak OF others without also speaking
OF these and expressing the even oee eIS,
humiliation and scorn which every self.
possessed and thoughtfully patroue
American must feel when he thinks OF
them and OF the discredit they are daily
bringing upon us,
the nation to make sure OF her security
and her effective power we must not
fall into the patent error of supposina
that her real strength comes from
ornaments and mere safeguards OF
written law. 1t comes, of course, from
her people. their energy, their success
i'm their undertakings. their free oppOr'
tunity to use the natural resources o'
our great home land and OF the lands
| outside our continental borders which
look to us for protection, for encourage
ment, and for assistance in their &c
velopment: from the organization am
| freedom and vitality OF our economic
life. The domestic questions which en-
bgaged the attention ~ the last Con
grass are more vital 10 the nation Il
this it's time of test than AT any othe
time. We cannot adequately MAX
ready for anv trial 81 our strength nm
less We wisely and promptly direct tn
' Continued on Seventh PaEs)
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1915-12-07
EVERYTHING Depends on
Mems Patriotism

It would depend upon the patriotic
feeling of the younger men Of the coun-
try whether they responded to srch
call TO service or not. it would depend
upon the patriotic spirit of the era-
ploysrs OF the country whether they
made II pc Bsible for the younger
men in their employ 70 respond un-
der favorable conditions or not. ], for
one. do not doubt the patriotic devotion
who give them emplOyment-thoAe for
whose beneht and protection they
would In fact enlist | would look Tor
ward 20 the success NJ such an expert
mt with entire confidence.
Al least 30 mueh by way OF prepora-
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1915-12-07
Pan-Americanism Is
Defined By President

the states Of Ameri-
ca have become conscious
4 OF q new and more vital
\ community Of interest and
moral partnership in affairs,
more clearly conscious OF
the many common sympa-
thies and interests and
duties which bid them stand
together.
We still mean always to make
q common cause Of national
independence and Of politi-
cal liberty in America.
We have been put to the test
in the case Of Mexico, and
we have stood the test.
Whether we have benefited
Mexico by the course we
have pursued remains to be
seen. But we
have at least proved that we
will not take advantage Of
her in her distress.
the states Of Amer
lea are not hostile rivals,
but cooperating friends.
This is Pan-Americanism. 1t
has none Of the spirit Of
empire in it.-From the
Presidents Message read to
Congress today.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1915-12-07
Would Crush Out All
Hyphenated Americans

! 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 (" who
have poured the poison Of
disloyalty into the very
arteries Of our national life, :
who have sought to bring
the authority and good name
Of our Government into con-
tempt, to destroy our indus
tries I" F" and to debase
our politics to the uses of
foreign intrigue.
Their number is not great -"
but it is great enough to
have brought, deep disgrace
upon us and to have made
it necessary that we should
promptly make use of pro-
cesses Of law by which we
may be purged Of their cor
rupt distempers.
Such creatures Of passion, dis
loyalty, and anarchy must be
crushed out.-FrOm the
Presidents Message read to
Congress today.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1915-12-07
ALL AMERICAN NATIONS ON EQUAL FOOTING.

such manner as shall he judged most
conducive to the public veal" We
have unhesitatinRly applied that heroic
principle to the case OF Mexico, and
now hopefully await the rebirth OF the
troubled republic. which had so much
of which to purge itself and so little
sympathy from any outside quarter in
the radical but necessary process. We
viii aid snd befriend Mexico hut we
Will not corece her; and orr course with
regard to her ought TO he sufficient
proof toNall America that we seek no
political suzerainty or selfish control
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1915-12-07
Has No Thought Of I'm
mediate Danger

have spoken to Won today. gentle
men. upon a single theme. the thorough
preparation of the nation to care for Its
own security. and to make sire of en-
tire freedom TO play the impartial role
In this hemisphere and In the world
which we all believe 20 have been provi-
Centrally assigned to II. have had in
my mind no thought OF anv immediate
or particular danger arising out of our
relations with other nations. We are at
peace with al the nations Of the world,
and there 10 reason to hope that no
question In controversy between this
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1915-12-07
Declares Two Americas Must Be Linked To-
gether in Bonds Of Mutual Interest and
Service Would Create Instrumental
ties By Which To Mobilize Americas
Economic Resources At Any Time.

The full President Wilson'S message read in person to
the Senate House the Hall of Representatives to-
day. follows
Gentlemen Of the Congress:
Since had the privilege of addressing you the state
Union nations the other side Of the which
only begun disclose its portenous proportions has
tended its threatening scope until has swept within its
portion every quarter Of the globe not excepting
hemisphere has altered the whole face of international affairs
presents prospect of reorganization and reconstruction
people been called attempt
before.
We have stood apart sudiOuy neutral 1t was our manifest
duty Not only did have interest in the policies
which have brought the conflict it necessary If
catastrophe avoided that limit should be set
sweep destructive and that part of the great
prevent collective ruin and the breakdown throughout
the world of the industries by which its populations fed and
tanned 1t msnesy the duty of the selfgoverned nations of
hemisphere redress possible the balance of
and confusion in the other if they could do nothing In the
day readusment recuperaon earnestly hope and
ieve that they be Of infinite service.
In this neutrality, which they hidden only by their
separate life and habia detachment from the politics of Eu
rope also clear perception of international duty the States
Of America have conscious of and vital
mun Of interest and moral partnership affairs clearly
sou Of the many sympahes and interests and duties which
bid them stand together
All AMERICAN NATIONS ON EOIIAI FOOTING
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1915-12-07

called economic protection. II IL high
time we repaired our mistake and re-
sumed our commercial Independence on
the seas.
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particular matter that lies. at the very
front OF my whole thought as adj
dress you today. / mean national de-
Tense. ~
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1915-12-03
IMPROVING POOR LAND

George H. Smith, superintendent
of field work for the sugar company
has been doing little specializing
in land and beets, and puts the fel.
lows out of the argument when they
say they cannot make money raising
beets on the old rundown farms. Mr.
Smith bought some old rundown
land that raised only nine tons per
acre. He bought the yield up to Ia
tons and then to 16. There were
26 acres in the tract, he handled II
all with hired help, and made $3S
an acre clear in 1915, the third year
from the time Of purchase. He paid
$115 an acre for the land, broke
about even the first year, made q
profit the second year and this year
cleared one-third of its cost. Mr..
Smith is not alone in such work. He
cites men who were working for
wages and had no money to buy
land, but they bought on time, and
are raising beets and paying out
rapidly on the land. But they farm
1t right. They follow instructions
given by the field superintendent,
and they get results. Doing it a
little different and at little later
date gets the poor yield that men
ascribe to it being bad year or
the ground does not water right or
the several other things that are
put forth as excuses for their failures
or low yields.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1915-12-03

Aicher of the experime. tai farm at
that place. Mr.. Fugate acted on the
assumption that he did not know
how to apply the water to his oats
crop, and received instructions from
Mr.. Aicher. This was In 1918, and
he had 40 acres of Swedish oats SOW
ed on alfalfa ground. He watered
twice and harvested 101 bushels per
acre. The next year he prepared the
ground and carried out his plans
under the same teacher, but yhen
1t was time to give 1t the second
watering, he could not get the water
just at the right time and the yield
when down to IS bushels. This left
him with full faith in Aicher, but
less confidence in the canal. o. X
Olson was present during the CONVEX
'sation and he said that in 1911 he
raised Sw edish oats on his farm on
Egin bench near st. Anthony, and
made a killing" Oats, 40 acres,
III bushels per; wheat, 81 bushels;
peas, % acres, 4S and Sc. bushels.
His oats was clean and free from
weed seed, and he sold 1t to some
body that shipped it to Liverpool for
seed, and received Is cents above
the market price. Everything he
had that year on his quarter section
was good yield, and after saving
enough for feed and seed in all lines
he sold $1,000 worth for cash.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1915-12-03

Our Uncle Samuel worked Is year.
to find out how to grow Smyrna figs
in California, but H. K. Wiley Of
Springfield beat the government 2(
years in solving his pro- lem relative
to alfalfa seed. This year he made
profit of $4,000 on his homestead
because he had solved the problem
What Wiley can do other men can
do if they get at it right.
Here is the story:
Mr.. Wiley lived at Rocky Ford
Colorado, and moved to Springfield
Idaho, and took up claim in 1907
He had no money and all the prop
erty he owned was brought in q
freight car. For several years he
bucked the agricultural game in the
sage brush without any unusual sue
cess. One day he visited the expert
mental station at Rocky Ford and the
superintendent, P. X. Blinn, showed
him SO varieties of alfalfa that he
was testing in the field. He advised
Mr. Wiley that Grimm's alfalfa was
a quick growing hardy kind, and
would flourish with less moisture
than some of the other varities. In
a word it was the best of the SO diff
ferent kinds he was testing, and pure
seed could be had in Minnesota for
so cents a pound. Wiley bought 80
pounds of it and sowed it at Spring
field. One of his neighbors, Mr.. E..
N. Wells, had been raising ordinary
alfalfa seed and making some money
on it. Mr.. Wiley went to his neigh
Dor Mr.. Wells and got all the infor-
nation he could about raising alfal-
ia seed, and then proceeded to SOW 1t
on his land. The only success he had
was where the canal broke and food
ed where he did not want the water.
This convinced Wiley that every farm
was different and each irrigator had
to solve his own problems. He work.
ed along from year to year and in
1914 he met with such success that
he sold one load Of alfalfa seed for
$2,644. In 1915 he raised over 25,-
900 pounds on 80 acres, besides 10
bushels of barley per acre that grew
on part Of 1t as a nurse crop. The
two crops. in 1915, barley and alfalfa
brought him $119 per acre on the
ten acres where he sowed barley.
How to Plant
Wiley drilled his seed in rows %
inches apart using two and half
pounds of alfalfa seed to the acre;
then he drilled the barley in rows
at right angles with the alfalfa. The
first year, 1914, he harvested a good
crop of barley yielding 81 " bushels
per acre which sold at two cents
pound, making little less than 800
an acre for the barley. In 1915 the
volunteer barley made 25 bushels per
acre and the alfalfa five bushels per
acre on the average. The best por-
lions yielding 10 bushels per acre
worth 500 per acre. The heaviest
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1915-12-03

Every irrigated farm owes its
touch with natures life-giving fluid
to the shovel with the round point
controlling the water in its course
1t touches the lingering spark of veg
etable life and it springs to luxurient
growth. Satiated with the feast OF
sunshine and moisture and deserving
to mature its fruit and fiber, pla. I
life is separated from water by the
hand of the irrigator with his shovel,
and timely ripening Is the result.
In the year just closing the Goddess
|of Ceres stretched forth her wand
and around her foot-stool a wealth of
millions leaped into being under con-
|trol of the man with the shovel.
In the settlement Of the eastern
states, in the clearing Of all the great
forest belts, the ak was mans closest
companion. In the settlement of the
Blue Grass State, "The Kentucky
Rifle; in the great prairies and the
south land, the hoe was indispensable
until inventive genius multiplied the
tools that are relieving it Of duty.
In Idaho, the shovel is the irrigator's
constant companion and counter part.
If agriculture is king, irrigation is
queen, and the long-handled round
pointed shovel in the hands of the
man, are the scepter by which she
aecomplishes her decrees.
Hail to the chief with the round
pointed shov
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1915-12-03

severely. We can raise two cattle
here on one acre, and in Iowa 1t
takes two acres for one COW. l have
raised hogs in both states and / can
mature hogs here for two dollars per
100 pounds less than In Iowa. am
sure the same applies to sheep. We
have 500 acres in orchard and II
keeps me busy looking after it, but
am making money renting adjoining
lands at 81 an acre and raising hogs
on it. If ! could give more attention
to them ! could do better. If a man
can makes expenses forming and SELL
ing his crops, he can make money II
he can get one animal to EFT up the
waste In his fields and consume some
of his produce. If he can keep two
animals and have them both working
at that he can make twice as mu h.
The more animals he gets up to the
point of having them consume all he
raises, the more profits he will make.
| mean, Of course, good thrifty hogs,
sheep, cattle or we'll bred horses, and
my choice for profits would be in the
order named. .4.-.....