Bisbee daily review., 1916-01-21
PRAISES AND BLAMES
 THE TEUTONS IN TALK

vance of us in securing industrial as- |surance, old age pensions and homes. a reasonable fair division of profits
 between employer and employed. and
 the like. She has also been far in
 advance of us in the way she has
 both controlled and encouraged indus
 try. Above all, she has been far Tn
 advance of us in securing national
 cohesion, in requiring both from the
 great employer and from the man
 who tolls with his hands the fullest and most complete loyalty to the nation. She has not had to improvise methods of meeting crisis in industry and more than of meeting crisis in
 war. It would be well for our mere business materiality to ponder the
 fac twhat her success in peace has
 been due to her insistence upon the
 very qualities which have made her successful in war. The two move ments have gone hand in hand. Either
 would have failed without the other
 The question of the regulation of business so far to promote prosperity and insure the just distribution of it's
 blessings among employers and em- plOyes alike is vital factor in Amerf- canizing the immigrants. There is no
 doubt that hundreds of thousands
 flock to our shores with their imagi- nations infiamed for the freedom and
 justice they expect to find here. They
 give up their old homes and come here with high hopes of better living conditions and greater opportunities. The opportunities are undoubtedly here. But thousands of simple mind ed folk from the villages of Europe do not know how to find them. They are herded into industrial communi- ties. and either through the bad busi- ness conditions or through inhumani- ty and indifference they are forced to lead lives that disappoint every prom ise made to them by this nation. It is difficult to make good Americans of these people. The surest way toI win them is to redeem the promises of America. Give them social and in- 1ustrial justice. And this can be done only through the effective regulation of business.
 We should at once begin govern
 mental encouragement. and control of our intuition plants. To make war on them is to make war on the United States; and those doing so should be treated accordingly and all who en- courage them should be treated ac- cordingly. The existing plants should be encouraged in every legitimate way. and provisions made to encour- lge this continuance after the war. But it is most unfortunate that they ire situated as near the seacost. The establishment of muni;ion plants further inland should be in every way encouraged and promoted. Pittsburgh IS as far east as any plant should by rights be placed. This whole matter of providing ani regulating the out put of munitions is one in which Ge-many shou,l especially stand as OUT model.
 For adequat edefense We need a nigh efficient navy, a small efficient army Gone of a quarter Of a million men which, relatively to the popula- ton of the nation is no larger than the police force of New York City is l to the population of New York; and finally and most important of all q ! system of universal military training ih times of peace which shall be a basis for whatever service, military or civil, is needed in time of war.
 As regards the navy. the import ant point is to remember that it ! should be built up now and not ten years hence and not by a plan that will only find fruition ten years hence Even five years hence might be too late.
 But I do not believe in a large regular army. The proposed Contin- ental Army is an absurdity. If passed. | it may for a year or two prove a parti- | ally success fuI rival to the National Guard and attract some young men. 1 But serious-minded men who have their way to make in the world can not and ought not go into any such army. which proposes to penalize | patriotism by making the patriotic | men incur a heavy loss in time, or | in business training, or in opportuni- ! ty. or in all four. at a disadvantage | to his less patriotic ana | more selfish competitors and rivals. . believe that universal service would . be in every way beneficial to the state | and that it would be almost or quite | as beneficial from the standpoint of those who consider the interest of the . state in time of peace as from those | who are interested in the welfare of the state in time of war
 There should be military training. | as part of the high school education which should include all-round train ing for citizenship. This training should begin in the schools in serious | fashion at about the age of 16. Then between the ages of IS and q there | should be four or six months actual . service in the field with the cOlOrS.