Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1916-10-05

nal government, has no parallel since
the edict of British tyranny banished
from their homes and expatriated the
simple Acadian peasants who lived In
idylIic peace and plenty on the shores
of the new world that they had made
that becIouded and befogged philan-
thropy which denies the present gen.
Grafton in its love and zeal for future
generations. believe in throwing
open to our people on terms that
shall prevent waste and monopoly,
the natural resources of the west for
the use not only of future genera
lions, but of the present generation,
and If | shall go to the Senate,
shall work and vote for laws to that
end.
Some people want to impose on
every form of national development
conditions SO onerous as to make
development impossible. This was
exemplifled by the opposition to the
Shields bill, bill formulated by the
best minds of men of both political
parties in both houses of Congress.
and providing method for the de-
velopment of the unused water pow
ers of the nation. That bill pro-
vided every reasonable safeguard
against monopoly and provided that
the government might take over the
improvements at cost at the end of
fifty years, but it also provided safe
guards for capital invested which
made the development of the water
powers possible, and for that reason
it met the opposition of Mr.. Pinchot
and his followers in Congress.
Pondexter Helped Pinchotism.
My distinguished opponent, Senator
Poindexter, was one who recorded his
vote against the bill, and thereby
wrote himself down as follower Of
the Pinchot idea of cons ervation.
That idea is not my idea. Pinchot
would have opposed the homestead
bill if he had lived in the day of
GaIusha A. Grow. He would have
opposed thea bill providing in general
terms for rights of way over the
public domain for railways, for irri-
cation and for mining and other pur-
poses. He would have opposed che
several bills granting national aid to
assist in building the transcontnental
railways which have linked together
the Atlantic and the Pacific, and
made possible the splendid develop
ment Of the Pacific slope. Those
three measures, In my Judgment,
have done more to build up the ma
ton, and make it's people homogeni.
Gus from sea to sea, than any other
three measures written on the stat
ute books. That is the kind OF
craftsmanship believe in. 1t is
the broad instead of the narrow kind
1t moves forward instead of back
ward. 1t sees instead of dreams, and
what it sees and sees is good, II
binds UP in wise laws and construct
i've measures for the good of the ma
ton.
Court Needs Much Assistance.
Fellow citizens, there are two sub
jects about which l would speak be
fore closing, both of them of inter
est to our state, and having spe
cial interest for Seattle and Puget
Sound. The first of these is the re-
cent law that passed Congress fol-
the establishment of a merchant ma
rine. which Senator PoindeXter voted
against. There is doubt in the minds
of some of the correctness of the
governmental principle on which that
law proceeded, although l think the
necessity for auxiliary vessels for the
navy in time of war, amply sufficient
to sustain it. But there can be nc
doubt in the mind of any Eastern
washington farmer of the value OF
an increase in shipping flying the
American flag, nor can there be any
doubt about the same thing in the
minds of men in Western Washing
ton engaged in the lumber industry
who have found themselves unable
to meet the considerable demands or
that industry by reason of the scare
ity of ships of any nationality.
One of the demands upon the
craftsmanship of the future will be
the restoration of the American flag
to it's old time supremacy on the sea
: supremacy to which this nation is
entitled as the worlds greatest pro
} Queer and shipper. The business
men of this city, upon their own mi
!, tative, supernduced by their far
sighted vision, have already made
notable start in that direction. The
law to which l have referred will not
embarrass or retard them in the1l
enterprise, but as setting an example
and furnishing an object lesson, will
undoubtedly stimulate ship building
here and elsewhere. l shall hope, il
elected to the Senate, to prove my
self broad enough and adaptive
enough, to be of service to the ma
ton in the restoration of its mer
chant fleet, and also to be of service
to Puget Sound in giving it neces
sary aid and encouragement as the
one locality possessing the situa
ton and the resources to make il
pre-eminent in the field of ship
building.