The L'Anse sentinel., 1915-12-11

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ana naptha would yield. at ttN Lresert
estimated production. slo.oo0.ooo; . tax Of
50 cents per horsepower on automobiles
ana internal explosion engines. 1000, 900;
a stamp tax on bank checks. probably
$is. .o0c, 900: tax Of 25 cents per ton on
pig Iron, si0.000000: q tax OF so cents per
ton on fabricated iron and steel. proba-
biy sl0.OO0OO0. In q country OF great In
dustries like this II ought TO be easy 70
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 10
clear is that the industry OF this gener-
alton should pay the bills OF this genera
tion.
Tho Danger Within.
have spoken to you today. gentlemen
upon a single theme. the thorough prep
aration OF the nation TO care Tor its
own security and to make sure or entire
freedom to play the impartial role In TINS
hemisphere and In the world which we
all believe to have been providentlaiiy
assigned to It. have had In mind no
thought OF any immediate or particular
danger arising out OF our relations win
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 diner
ences Of attitude and policy have beer
and may yet turn out TO be. am sorry
to say that the gravest threats against
our national peace and safety have beer
uttered within our own borders. There are
citizens OF the United States. blush 10
admit, born under other fiGgs but welcomed
under our generous naturalization laws
to the full freedom and opportunity oil
| America. 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 gov
ernment into contempt. to destroy our In
dustries wherever they thought II erec'
| tiIe for their vindictive purposes to strike
| at them and to debase our politics 10 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 virle foreign stocks
| but 1t Is great enough to have brought
| deep disgrace upon us and to have made
| 1t necessary that we should promptly
make use OF processes OF law by whicE
| we 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
| 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 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.
| little while ago such a thing would have
| seemed incredible. Because II was In
| credible we made no preparation for 1t.
| We would have beer almost ashamed tc
| prepare for II. as II we were 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
| II. I urge you to enact such laws az
the earliest possible moment and feel that
in so doing I 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 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 allen to our own. 1t Is
| possible to deal with these things very
effectualy. I 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
| which they were born. had been guilty OF
| disturbing the self-possession and msrep-
| resenting the temper and principles of
| the country during these days of terrible
| war. when It 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 partisan 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 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
suppose. can reach corruptions of ths
mind and heart: but should not speak
| VI OtneTS WITHOUT also speaking OF tHeSt
| and expressing the even deeper humilia.
tion and scorn which every self-posss.osd
and thoughtfully 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 legsated are being altered
from decade to decade. II 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
tions of Europe once more take up 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 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
instrumentalities 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 Il
/ should be necessary to act at all. We
must first certainly know what II is that
we are seeking to adapt ourselves to- I
may ask the privilege of addressing you
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