The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-02-01

of the navy. which. he said. ranked
fourth in cumulative force. but which In
effectiveness ranks much higher.
For the first time on his tour he went
into statistics, showing how the con-
struciion work on the navy has been
going on or a large scale for the last
four years. Congress, he said, has done
more for the navy in that time than had
ever been done before.
I'VE havc given to the present fleet
an organization II has never had be-
fore" he said. The trouble IL not
with the organization of the navy. but
because We have built II up piecemeal.
And the plans Congress will adopt are
to remedy this piecemeal work and
carry out a steady programme from
month to month. from year to year.
And ! am willing to go before any
in the United States and say that we
are willing TO pay for what we need
and We don't intend 10 pay for that
more than We need to"
The President renewed his declaration
that the Government ought to go into the
business of manufacturing both ammu-
milton plate and war munitions. mot to
drive people out " business but to In
sure that We will have all we need"
The time has come" he said. FOR us
to get down to the business OF national
defence and IL IL up to us TO go about
It IN "a businesslike way we would not
be Americans II We did not.
Somebody must see TO It that we
stand ready to repair the enornou
damIg and the incalcultblc losses
which will cnsue from his war. and
which Il is hardly credible could BE-
repaired II every great nation in the
world were drawn into this contest
And do you rcnlize how nearly Il has
come n that every great nation In
the wo-ld has been drawn I'M
The Name has touched even u own
continent ny drawing tn u Canadian
re'ghhors 70 the north Of us. and ex-
cept for the South American continent
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whole surface VI the world 10 which
this flame has not spread. And when I
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