The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-07-03
The new STRUGGLE
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lions? If the main body of our citi-
zenship cares only for what 1t can
squeeze out of this country, and not
for what may be put into 1t or sacri-
feed for II, how can we expect to
nut patriotism into the Croats or
Huns? Why should we blame them,
when their motives are precisely the
same as the motives Of the politicians
who frame our appropriation bills,
and the motives of the citizens who
elect them? Do you suppose that our
frantic scramble for the main chance
is lost upon the immigrant?
This lack Of cohesiveness is shown
In the strife of classes. whose inte'-
ests are thought to conflict, and who
are only bent upon securing prIyil-
eyes for Themselves. The employer
looks out for himself, the laborer
sees only the interests of labor. the
farmer only those of agriculture. 1t
is farm credits which interest him
lust now, to the exclusion Of national
defense. No one seesm to think of
the whole, or OF the relation of all
these parts to the whole. A famous
railroad magnate Of former days be-
came notorious when he consigned
the public to place not to be found
on the worlds map; but the train
men who when recently reminded OF
the possible consequences Of their
proposed strike to the public, lower
ed themselves to the level of his sell
fishness and indifference, when they
said, THAT does not concern u.s." No
one has any conception Of a nation
whose interests are greater than
those of a class or section. Mr..
Brooks Adams tells US that mo or
ganized social system, such as we
commonly call national civilization,
can cohere against those enemies
which most certainly beset 1t, should
1t fail to recognize as Its primary
standard of duty the obligation OF
the individual man and woman to
sacrifice themselves for the whole
community in time of need"
Third. AS a result OF this situa-
ton. there is a lack of that patr'o-
tism which takes in the whole coun-
try, and all the people and not simply
locality or interest.
1 have spoken Of what are called
"pork-barrel" appropriations which
are made for the benefit Of constitu'
ents and Of local communities, in
stead of for the benefit Of the entire
country. This Is one Of the privileges
to which our politicians in Congress
cling with death-grip.
In the decade and half from
1900 to 1915, the country appropriate
ed for naval purposes, $1,656, O00,-
600; during the same period Ger
many expended $1,137,OOO,OO0. BY
our log-rolling methods Of congress
sional control of military expendi-
lures, we actually secured few
good ships, and also, and mainly, a
great many worthless naval acces-
series. Germany by approaching the
subject in a scientific way built up
a real, efficient navy, which STANDS
second in the naval registers Of the
world.
They were building battleshlps
and increasing personnel; we were
erecting such luxurles as the coallng
station at Frenchman's Bay, Maine,
which was abandoned after $640,00O
had been wasted; a $1,122,OOO dry
dock ut Portsmouth which could not
be reached by first class ships until
$745,O0O had been spent to blast a
channel to 1t. After we had that
dock, It occurred to us that some
time or other, 1t might be conven-
lent for a ship to reach 1t, so we
made the channel! Another shame
full waste was the $2,275,OOO yard