Western Carolina Democrat and French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1913-1915, 1915-12-09

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INTO eonsplracies against the neutr.,,.
OF ne government, they have soau lty
to ply into every confidential Uugnt
action Of the government in Trans,
serve interests alien to oro iuer to
possible to deal with these tbfn I'll
efectua1ly. l need not sngne ss very
terms in which they may be dao1t The
| wish tAat it could be sail 49,
a few men. misied by mist,ton only
ments of allegiance to the go,,nn oe"tl-
under which they were born had eItS
guilty of disturbing the self noSaa Deen
and misrepresenting the femme ''loA
principles of the country durfno "nu,
days of terrible war, when it sueSe
seen that every man who v,e noo'd
American would ~instinctivcly mo,.o III
his duty and his pride 70 koo,, 1t
scales of Judgment ven and p-ovo h.; |e
self a partisan of no nation h,,+ -"
own. But it cannot. There ,ro
men among US and MANY rnsf1a
abroad who, though born ana h,oI
the United States and callin~ ,E
selves Americans. have so fnr,,..1
themselves and their honor rs citfras
as to put their passionate syrx,oNb
with one or the other side in tha v,.r
European conflict above their roo..
for the peace ana dignity Of the Tnfra1
States. They also preach ana D1,nt;|
d1sloyalty. No laws, | sn9oysn ,mn
reach cOrruptiOuS of the mind 49,
heart, but | should not speak O. othN1'
without also speaking of these and or
pressing the even deeper huYuiatfon
and scOrn which every sell n.,sSassoI
and thoughtfully patriotic Ampric,H
must feel when he thinks of tlpm ,nI
of the discredit they are daily brinoiro
upon us.
What is more important is thar tbo
industries and resources Of the corptr1
should be available and ready fon
mobilization. 1t is the more imnor,
lively necessary. therefore, thai wo
should promptly devise means for d,,
ing what we have not yetV,one-tbot
we should give intelligent federal nil
and stimulation to industrial and VOC,
tiOnal education, as we have long DINA
in the large field of our Agricultural
industry; that at the same time tbot
we safeguard and conserve the natural
resources of the country we shonDd
put them at the disposal of those who
will S them promptly and inteIIL
gently. DIS was sought TO be done in
the admirable bills submitted to the
last congress from it's committees on
the public lands. bills which | earnest
ly recommend in principle to your con-
s~ideratiOn: that we should put INFO
early operation some provision for
rural credits which will add to the ex-
tensive borrowing facilities already
afforded the farmer by the reserve
bank act adequate instrumentalitieS
by which long credits may be obtained
on land mortgages and that we should.
hitherto been studied the right adaPta
ton of our economic arrangements Il.
changing conditions.
Many conditions about which we
have repeatedly %legislated are being
altered from decade to decade, it is
evident, under Our very eyes and are
likely to change even more rapidly
and more radically in the days imme-
diately ahead of us when peace has.
returned to the world and the nations
of Europe once more take up their
tasks of commerce and industry with
the energy of those who must bestir
themselves to build anew.