Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1916-06-09

making of a nation of prospering pro-
ducers, and by producers l mean ev-
cry human being who, applies muscle
or skill or brain or all to the conver-
sion of natures abundance into the
necessities and luxuries of life or par
ticipates in the ways and means OF
their transportation and exchange.
Far better a high cost of living and
ability to buy than lowering of cost
attended by destruction of purchasing
capacity.
Square Deal for Business.
10 honest business in this country
is too big to be good and useful, or
too little to be protected and encour-
aged, and both big and little deserve
the American shield against destruc-
tion by foreign competition, and pro-
lection from the raiders, political or
otherwise, at home. Business and it's
agencies of transportation are so in
separable from each other and from
the common veal that the political
party which does not pledge them
square deal, no more and no less, does
not deserve the confidence of the peo-
| pie. The strength of the business
heart shows in every countenance in
| all the land, and the weakness of that
heart holds a nation i'll. We must
strengthen the heart of American
business in government cooperation
rather than official opposition.
1t is not inspiring to recite Demo
1 Cot
that party's insincerity or incapacity.
The country indicts and the record
convicts. 1t proclaimed the sacred
ness of it's pledges and then profaned
them. 1t professed economy and is
staggered by its own extravaganza.
1t has turned adequacy or revenue un-
der direct and unfelt taxes to insult.
cheney and direct taxation.
The National Expansion.
The president has said ours is a
provincial party, evidently forgetting
the federalist founding of our nation
ality and Republican expansion to
greater national glory. The Demo.
cratic party not only fails to grasp
our immensity and importance, it is
sectional on the mainland and unheed-
ing of our island possessions. It's vi
sion does not catch the splendor OF
Old Glory in the sunlight of the world
Right new when the devouring flames
of war are burning most flercely
when our national view must be
worldwide to be comprehensive, the
Democratic administration has pro
posed to set adrift an island empire
in violation of our obligations to the
world, to the Philippine people and
ourselves. No administration which
hauls down the flag and none which
proposes to haul it down ever can sue
ceed in directing the affairs of the
American people.
One century of marvellous develop
ment has led us into another century
of international sponsorship. Thil
mighty people, idealizing popular
government and committed to human
progress, can no longer live within
and for ourselves alone. Obliterate(
distance makes it impossible to stant
aloof from mankind and escape wild
ened responsibility. If we are to be
come the agency of progressive civ
ilization and Gods great intent-an
to believe otherwise is to deny tn
proofs of American Developments
must assume the responsibilities @
influence and example, and accept tn
, burdens of enlarged participation.
To meet the obligations we mus
|
moral and physical health at home
The American Spirit
In the travail of life, liberty an
: the pursuit Of happiness the Amel
! ican soul was born. Set aglow q
J Bunker Hill, it was reflected in tn
faces of patriots of a fearless repul
} lie, where men dedicated themselve
: to the solemn and momentous tas
, which was traced by an infinite hant
: They were not all Americans
!. birth, but they were dedicated Anne
9 leans in the baptismal rites of ne
+ republic and new patriotism. The
r could not all sign the Declaration {
f Independence, but they committed a
l. Americans to it for all succeedin
/ time. They could not all join in ma,
r ing the Constitution, but they pledge
8 the succeeding millions of American
l. to it's everlasting defense.
e The gates of our ports have swur
n inward ever since, there has been
S welcome to the foreign-born, who
j. we asked to drink freely of the waite
r of our political life and find the
n places in the sun of American oppo
II tunity. They are an inseparable al
important and valued part of Amel
can citizenship, and the few zealots
If any origin who violate our neutrali
n do not and cannot impugn the loyal
e or the American patriotism of tn
Y great body which adds to the swellil
f chorus of
1t my country, 'tis of thee,
d Sweet land of liberty"
b It is not surprising that in the
f. hearts there is sympathy or PARTIAL
re for the land of their nativity when
b, is involved in a life-and-death strugg
like that which saturates Europe wi
Of the blood of their kinsmen. Scar
s. your hearts deeply, my countrymt
e. One must be human to be an Anne
l can, he must have human sympathi
Id and human loves, and l should pt
cy the foreign-born and the sons of f
N eign-born whose very souls are I
to wrung by the cataclysmal sorrow
ey the old world. But sorrow is the t,
or of soul and the very altar of rec,
% secration. This is the momentc
er- hour for the blazing soul of Amt
Ol- can allegiance. The spirit of the
X theirs is calling, and the safety of
er born Americans is demanding and I
he security of the republic is requiri
wv that now and here and everywhe
in under the Star and Stripes, we p
of claim a plain, simple, glad and III
he terable Americanism. It must be
offering of loyalty and devotion g
IN love and trust, and life, if need
er. to these United States, now and ey
he ! lasting.