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TaÌˆgliche Omaha tribuÌˆne. [volume] (Omaha, Nebr.) 1912-1926, 1915-05-26

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TaÌˆgliche Omaha tribuÌˆne. [volume] (Omaha, Nebr.) 1912-1926, 1915-05-26

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TaÌˆgliche Omaha tribuÌˆne. [volume] (Omaha, Nebr.) 1912-1926, 1915-05-26

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TaÌˆgliche Omaha tribuÌˆne. [volume] (Omaha, Nebr.) 1912-1926, 1915-05-26
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TaÌˆgliche Omaha tribuÌˆne. [volume] (Omaha, Nebr.) 1912-1926, 1915-05-26
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TaÌˆgliche Omaha tribuÌˆne. [volume] (Omaha, Nebr.) 1912-1926, 1915-05-26

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TaÌˆgliche Omaha tribuÌˆne. [volume] (Omaha, Nebr.) 1912-1926, 1915-05-26

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Western Carolina Democrat and French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1913-1915, 1915-12-09
MESSAGE
Declares That if Full Navy Pro-
gram Is Carried Out We viii
Have a Fleet For Defense That
Will Be gifted to Our Needs
and Worthy of Our Traditions"
Greatest Danger to Country
Comes From Within Our Bor-
derS.

are the additions necessary to render
the army adequate for it's present du-
ties, duties which it has to perform
not only upon our own continental
coasts and borders and at u interior
army posts, but also in the Philippines.
in the Hawaiian Islands. at the 18TH
mus and in Porto Rico.
By way of making the country ready
to assert some part of its real power
promptly and upon a larger scale
should occasion arise the plan also
contemplates supplementing the army
by a force of 100000 disciplined citi-
Zens, raised in fncrements of $4,000 a
year throughout Il period OF three
years. This it is proposed to do by a
process of enlistment under which the
serviceable men of the country would
be asked to bind themselves tt serve
with the colors for purposes of train
ing for short periods throughout three
years and to come to the colors at call
at any time throughout an additional
'~'furlough" period of three years. This
force of 100000 men would be pro-
vided with personal accouterments as
fast as enlisted and their equipment
for the field made ready to be supplied
at any time. They would be assem-
bled for training at stated intervals at
convenient places in association with
suitable units of the regular army.
Their period of annual training would
not necessarily exceed two months in
the year.
The president says it is up to the
patriotic young men of the country to
eSDond to this call.
Western Carolina Democrat and French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1913-1915, 1915-12-09

department, an effective navy consist
ing of q battleships OF the first line, 8
hattie cruisers, % battleships of the
second lineF 10 armored cruisers. Is
scout cruisers, 5 first class cruisers. 3
second class cruisers. 10 third class
cruisers, 1G8 d~estroyers. Is feet sub
marines. 157 coast submarines, 6 mon
itors. 20 gu}nboats, 4 supply ships. 10
fuel ships. i transportska3 tenders to
torpedo vessels, s vessels of special
types and two ammunition ships. This
would be a navy fitted to our needs
and worthy of our traditions.
But armies and instruments OF war
are only part of what has to be con-
sidered if we are to consider the su-
preme matter of national self sufficien.
c and security in all its aspects.
There are other great matters which
will be thrust upon our attention
whether we will or not. There is. for
example, a very pressing question of
trade and shipping involved in this
great problem of national adequacy.
1t is necessary for many weighty rea-
sons of national efficiency and devel-
Opment that we should have a great
merchant marine. The great merchant
fleet we once used to make us rich,
that great body of sturdy sailors who
used to carry our flag into every sea,
and who were the pride and often the
bulWark Of the nation. we have almost
driven out of existence by Inaccessible
neglect and Indifference and by a hope
lessly blind and provincial policy of
so called economic protection. 1t is
high time we repaired cur mistake and
resumed our commercial Independence
on the seas.
With a view to meeting these press
ing necessities of our commerce and
availing ourselves at the earliest posi-
bic moment of tao present unparalleled
opportunity of linking the two Ameri-
cas- together in bonds of mutual inter
est and service. an opportunity which
may Hever return again if we miss it
now, proposals will lie made to the
present congress for the purchase or
construction of ships tt be owned and
directed by the government similar to
those made to the last congress, but
modified in some essential particulars.
l recommend these proposals to you
for your prompt acceptance with the
more confidence because every month
that has elapsed since the former pro-
pOsalS were made has made the ne
cessity for such action more and more
manifeStly imperative. That need was
then foreseen. 1t is now acutely felt
and everywhere realized by those for
whom trade is waiting, but who can
find no conveyance for their goods. l.
am not so much interested in the par
ticulars of the program as | am in
taking immediate advantage of the
great opportunity which awaits US if
we will but act in this emergency. In
this matter. as in all others, Il spirit of
common counsel should prevail. and
of it should come an early solu-
ton Of this pressing problem.
Western Carolina Democrat and French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1913-1915, 1915-12-09
PAN-AMERICANISM HAS
NONE OF EMPIRES SPIRIT

Economic Adjustments Inevitable With
in the Next Generation.
The moral is that the states of Amer
lea are lot hostile rivals, but coop
Grating friends, and that their grow
ing II of community of interest,
alike in matters political and in mat
tiers economic, is likely to give them a
new significance as factors in interna-
tional affairs and in the political his
tory of the world. 1t presents them as
in a very deep and true ems a unit
in world affairs. spiritual partners,
standing together because thinking to-
gether. quick with common sympathies
are subject to all the cross currents Of
the confused politics of a world of hos
tile rivalries: united in spirit and pur-
pose, they cannot be disappointed of
their peaceful destiny.
This is pan-Americanism. 1t has none
Of the spirit of empire in 1t. 1t is the
embodiment, the efectual embodiment.
of the spirit of law and independence
and liberty and mutual service.
The president calls attention to the
meeting in Washington recently of
representatives of the pan-American
republics and says that economic ad-
justment is inevitable in the next gen
Grafton.
No one who really c~omprehends the
spirit of the great people for whom we
are appointed to speak can fail to per,
-cetve that their passion is for peace,
their genius best displayed in the prac.
tSce OF the arts Of peace. Great democ.
races are not belfigerent They do not
seek or desire war. Their thought "A
Western Carolina Democrat and French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1913-1915, 1915-12-09

of individual liberty and of the free
labor that supports life and the IN
censored thought that quickens it.
Conquest and dominion are not in our
reckoning or agreeable to our princi-
Piles. But just because we demand un-
mOleSted development and the undiS-
turbed government of u W lives
upon our own principles Of right and
liberty, we resent, from whatever
quarter it may come, the aggression we
ourselves will not practice. We insist
upon security in prosecuting our self
chosen lines of national development.
We do more than that. We demand ii
also for others. We do not cOnfine our
enthusiasm for individual liberty and
free na>iO2al development to the Incl
dents aLI movements of affairs which
affect OILY ourselves. We feei it wher-
ever there is Il people hat tries to walk
in these difficult paths of independence
and right. From the first we have
made common cause with all partisans
of liberty Oh this side the sea and have
deemed it as important that our neigh
bors should be free from all outside
domination as that we ourselves should
be; have set America aside as a whole
for the uses of Independent nations and
political freemen.
Out of such thoughts grow all our
policies. We regard war merely as Il
means of asserting the rights of a peo-
pie against aggression And We are
as fercely jealous of coercive or dicta-
torial power within our own nation
as of aggression from without. We
will not maintain a standing army ex-
cept for uses which are as necessary
in times of peace us In times of war.
Western Carolina Democrat and French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1913-1915, 1915-12-09
SUGGESTS BROAD PLAN
FOR NATIONAL DEFENSE
Increase Standing Regular Force-Four
Hundred Thousand Citizen Soldiers.

Increase Standing Regular Force-Four
Hundred Thousand Citizen Soldiers.
But war has never been q mere mat
ter Of men and guns. 1t is a thing
Of disciplined might. If our citizens
are ever to fight effectively upon a
sudden summons, they must know
how modern fighting is done, and what
to do when the summons comes to
render themselves Immediately avail.
able and Immediately effective. And
the government must be their servant
in this matter, must supply them with
the training they need to take care of
themselves and Of it The military
arm Of their government, which they
will not allow to direct them, they may
properly use to serve them and make
their independence secure, and not
their own independence merely. but
the rights also of those with whom
they have made common cause, should
they also be put in jeopardy. They
must be fitted to play the great role
in the world, and particularly in this
hemisphere. for which they are quail
fed by principle and by chastened am
bition to play.
1t is with these ideals in mind that
the plans Of the department Of war for
more adequate national defense were
conceived which will be laid before
you. and which | urge you to sanction
and put into effect as soon as they can
be properly scrutinized and discussed
They seem to m 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 5.023 off,
GERS and 1O2.9S5 enlisted men Of all
services to a strength of 7.136 officers
and 1910 enlisted men. or 141.S43
all told. all services. rank and file. by
the addition of ffty-two companies of
coast artillery, fifteen companies of en-
gineers, ten regiments of infantry, four
regiments of field artillery and four
aero squadrons. besides $50 officers re-
quired for a great variety of extra
service. especially the all important
duty of training the citizen force OF
which I shall presently speak. 792 non
commissioned officers for service in
drill. recruiting and the like and the
necessary quota Of enlisted men for
the ~qUartermaster corps. the hospital
corps, the ordnance. department and
other similar auxiliary services. These
Western Carolina Democrat and French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1913-1915, 1915-12-09
SHOULD AGREE ON POLICY
IN THE PHILIPPINES.
Recommends Early Adoption of Meas
ures Giving Them Fuller Justice.

Recommends Early Adoption of Meas
ures Giving Them Fuller Justice.
The president recommends the early
= adoption of bills for the alteration and
reform of the government OF the Phil
ippines and for rendering fuller polit
ical justice to the people of Porto Rico.
which were submitted to the Sixty.
third congress. The president refers
to the increased cost of carrying out
the plans for the armed forces of the
nation and tells of the fiscal problems
confronting the government.
On the Both of June last there was
an available balance in the general
fund of the treasury of $104, ITO, 1O5.7S
The total estimated receipts for the
year 1916. on the assumption that the
emergency revenue measure passed by
the last congress will not be extended
beyond it's present limit, the 31st of
December. 1915, and that the present
duty of 1 cent per pound on sugar will
be discontinued after the 1st of May.
1916. will be $67O. 6 $500. The balance
Of June last and these estimated rev.
enues come therefore to a grand total
Of STA .605. 7S. The total estimated
disbursements for the present fiscal
year, including twenty-five millions for
the Panama canal, twelve millions for
probable deficiency appropriations and.
$4,000 for miscellaneous debt redemp-
tons, will be $753. S91 900, and the bal.
ance in the general fund of the treas,
ury will be reduced to $20.644. COS. 7Se
The emergency revenue act If contin-
ued beyond its present time limitation
would produce during the half year
then remaining about forty-one mil
lions. The duty Of l cent per pound
on sugar if continued would produce
during the two months Of the fiscal
year remaining after the 1st Of May
about fifteen millions. These w sums.
amounting together to 1fty-six mil
lions. If added to the revenues Of the
second half of the fiscal year would
yield the treasury at the end Of the
year an available balance Of $76.644,
COSTS.
The additional revenues required to
carry out the program of military and
naval preparation Of which l have
spoken would. as at present estimated.
be for the fiscal year 1917 500, 800, 1000
Those figures. taken with the figures
for the present fiscal year which l
have already given. disclose our fnan.
cial problem for the year 1917. As
Stunning that the taxes imposed by the
emergency revenue act and the pres
ent duty on sugar are to be discontin-
ued and that the balance at the close
OF the present fiscal rear will be only
$2O.644,605:7S. that the disbursements
for the Panama canal will again be
about $25. 100000 and that the addi-
tional expenditures for the army and
navy are authorized by the congress.
the deficit In the general fund Of the
treasury on the Both OF June, 1917.
will be nearly $235, 0.OO0 To this
sum at least $50.o0oOO0 should be add.
ed t repreSent a safe working balance
for the treasury and e12.oO0.O00 to IN
Western Carolina Democrat and French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1913-1915, 1915-12-09

cIude the usual 1e1c1eney estimates in
1917, and these additions would make
ia ts9al defcitsof some $29zOO0.O00 II
the present taxes should be continued
throughout this year and the next.
however. there would be a balance in
| the treasury of some $TG.500.000 at
! the end of the present fiscal year and
a deficit atFhe end Of the next year of
only some S~50.OC0.O00. or. reckoning in
$~62,OOO,OOO for deficiency appropria-
lions and a safe treasury balance at
the end of the year. a total deficit of
some SIP. 600 900. The obvious moral
of the figures is that it is asplain U
sci of prudence to continue all of the,
present tc-es Or their equivalents and
confne ourselves to the problem of
providing $11o.0CO.O00 of new enu
rather than $297.000.000
How shall we obtain the new rev
enue? We are frequently reminded
that there are many millions Of bonds
which the treasury is authorized unQer
existing law to sell to reimburse the
sums paid out of current revenues for
the construction of the Panama canal,
and it is true that bonds for the
amount of $222.432,00O are now avail
able for that purpose. Prior to 1913
$13S.OOO.OOO of. these bonds had &C.
tually been sold to recoup the ,eXpendi-
lures at the isthmus, and now con-
stitute a considerable item of the pub
lie debt. But | for one do not believe
that the people Of this country approve
of postponing the payment of their
bills. Borrowing money is shortsight-
ed finance. 1t a be justified only
when permanent things are to be ac-
complished which many generations
will certainly benefit by and which it
seems hardly fair that Il single genera
ton should pay for. The objects we
are now proposing to spend money for
cannot be so classified. except in the
sens that everything wisely done may
be said to be done in the interest of
posterity as well as in our own. 1t
seems to me a clear dictate of pru-
dent craftsmanship and frank finance
that in what we are now, l hope. about
to undertake we should pay as we go.
The people of the country are entitled
t know just what burdens Of taxation
they are to carry and to know from the
outset now. The new bills should be
paid by internal taxation.
Western Carolina Democrat and French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1913-1915, 1915-12-09
REGULATIONS TO MEET
RAILROAD PROBLEM.
Needed to Make Lines More Useful
Servants of Country.

Needed to Make Lines More Useful
Servants of Country.
In the meantime may l make Ills
suggestion? The transportation prop
lem is an exceedingly serious and
pressing one in this country. Inere'
has from time to time of late been rea-
son to fear that our railroads WOulu'
not much longer be able to cope WIFI
it successfully. as at present equlppeu
and c~o-ordinated. / suggest that IL
would be wise to provide for a.: CON-
mission of inquiry to ascertain Dy d
thorough canvass of the whole queS'
ton whether our laws as at present
framed and administered are as SerF'
iceable as they might be IN the Solu-
ton Of the problem. 1t is obviously
q problem that lies at the very Ioun-
dation of our efficiency as a people
Such an inquiry ought to ORA" OUT
every circumstance and opinion "olIn
considering. and WE need. TO Kno"
all sides Of the matter if we mean w.
do anything in the field of federal icy
islation.
No one, l am sure, would WISH l"
take any backward step. The regui~-
ton of the railways Of the country Ny
federal commission has had admlraDle
results and has fully justlbeu lne
hopes and expectations Of those w
whom the policy Of regulation was
originally proposed. The queStlOh -
not. What should we undo! II "
whether there is anything else we eau
do that would supply US with eie't'e
means, in the very process OF 'ee1
latfon. for lettering the conditions un
der which the railroads are opel".1N
and for making them more useIu' '" :.
ants. of the country as a WHOLE
seems to me that it might be tDe pa
Of wisdom, therefore, before lul,n,
legislation in this field is attemp'eu'
to look at the whole problem OF cVT
dination and efficiency in the 1ull li71.
Of a fresh assessment Of lrcumS'"n HH
and opinion. as a guide to deailh7
the several parts of it. -.
For what we are seeking now "n"s
In nv mind is the single housn
this message, is national et1lclehc!
security. We serve a great Das| :,
We should serve it in the sp1rlt . ! -
peculiar genius. 1t is the genus IN.
common men for self government 1ro
dustry, justice. liberty and peace ~,
should see to it that it lacks n
strument no facility or vigor OF m
to make it sufficient to play us p ~
with energy, safety and assured Int
cess In this we are no partisahs
heralda and prophets Of a ne" aSo
Western Carolina Democrat and French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1913-1915, 1915-12-09

house at the beginning of the
SiXty-fourth congress:
Gentlemen of the Congress-Since |
last had the privilege of addressing
you on the state of the Union the war
of nations on the other side of the sea,
which had then only begun to disclose
its pOrtentOus proportions. has extend
ed it's threatening and sinister scope
until it has swept within it's flame
some portion of every quarter Of the
globe, not excepting our own hemi-
sphere, has altered the whole face of
international affairs, and now presents
a prospect of reorganization and re-
construction such as statesmen and
peoples have never been called upon
to attempt before.
The president tells how this country
practiced neutrality and declares that
he hopes that when the time comes
for REIMBURSEMENT and recuperatiOn this
country will be of infinite service. Re-
ferring to Central and South American
problems. the president declares that
we should retain undated the spirit
which has inspired us throughout the
whole life of our government and
which was SO frankly put into words
by President Monroe.
We have been put to the test in the
case of Mexico, and we have stood the
test. Whether we have benefited Mex
leo by the course we have pursued re-
mains to be seen. Her fortunes are in
her own hands. But we have at least
proved that we will not take advan-
tage of her in her distress and under
take to impose upOn her an order and
government Of our own choosing. Lib
erty is often a fierce and intractable
thing, to which no bounds can be set
and to which no bounds of a few
mems choosing ought ever to be set.
Every American who has drunk at
the true fountains of principle and ira
ditiOn must subscribe without reServa-
ton to the high doctrine of the Vir-
ginia bill of rights. which in the great
days in which III government was set
up was everywhere among us accept
ed us the creed of free men. That doc
trine is, That government is or ought
to be instituted for the common bene-
fit, protection and security of. the peO-
ples nation or community" that "of
all the various modes and forms of
government, that is the best which is
capable of producing the greatest de-
gree of happiness and safety and is
most effectually secured against the
danger of maladministratiOn, and that
when any government shall be found
inadequate or contrary to these pur-
poses a majority of the community
hath an indubitable, inalienable and
~indefeasible right to reform, alter or
abolish it in such manner as shall be
Judged most conducive to the public
veal" We have unhesitatingly ap-
piled 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 nee
s process. We will aid and be-
friend Mexico, but we will not cOerce
her, and our course with regard to her
ought to be sufficient proof to all Amer
lea that we seek no political suzerainty
or selfish control.
Western Carolina Democrat and French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1913-1915, 1915-12-09

National Preparedness Main
Theme of Head of Nation.
Submits Definite Plan to In
crease Present Standing Force
of Regulars and For Four Hun
dred Thousand Citizen Soldiers
Raised In InCrementS of One
Hundred and Thirty-three
Thousand.
Western Carolina Democrat and French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1913-1915, 1915-12-09

~ GLOWING is the message of
President Wilson delivered at a
joint session of the senate and
hOuSo at the beginning of tho