Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1916-07-07

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tories over time in order TO produce
munitions of war for the entente al
lies; we believe in the application of
the golden rule in our dealings with
nations, just as much as in our deal
ings with individuals, or each other;
we are opposed TO the construction of
a large and expensive navy, and in the
investing of billions of dollars in a
defense program, which in our mind
is more likely TO provoke war than
it is to avoid war; we are in short,
opposed to war as an institution, and
| particularly in the pursuit of world
power and world commerce. We be-
lieve that America is the best country
on earth, and that it is big enough and
rich enough, If properly developed, to
satisfy the most unreasonable ambi-
tons, and we believe that the influence
that is behind the agitation for ex-
IRENE preparedness is the financial i'm
terests Of the country that will bene-
| fit from the contracts for large sup
plies of munitions and for battleships
We favor, if an increase of defense is
necessary, the ownership and opera
ton of such plants by the government,
so that the nation may obtain these
| defenses at cost, and the working
people may receive fair remunera-
ton for their labor.
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All this we believe, and vet it does
not prevent us from entertaining the
opinion that we owe a grave duty TO
the citizenship we hold in this, the
best and greatest nation on the earth.
and should that duty even call that we
offer our lives for the maintenance of
BUR national honor and safety. we
should not hesitate to make the sac
rifice. Had 1t not been for the pat
riotism and sacrifice of our Revolu-
tionary heroes, these United States, as
free and Independent republic. would
never have been called into existence
Without the patriots Of Lincoln's adj
ministration, they would have been
divided and perhaps have drifted into
decay and ruin; without the watchful
willing protection Of each succeeding
generation, the civilization and pro.
rress that has been ACCOMPLISHED
must vet be lost. A nation that will no,
rive reasonable protection to its citi.
) 2ens, that will not uphold the honor Of
its name and flag, will soon become g
jeer and byword among the nations
of the world. And when such condi.
) tions confront us, we believe that il
, is the part Of good citizenship to vol.
unteer its service for the good of the
nation.
, We are most earnestly and sincerely
) in harmony with the sentiments ex
pressed during the Fourth of Jul,
, celebration in Parowan this week b,
! the Honorable MILFORD Day and tn,
, Rev. c. s. Rice, both Of whom, while
advocating peace made an eloquent APP
, peal to the young men of this county
: to not be found wanting in true pat
riotism when a condition arose thai
made their services necessary, anc
each called attention to the very ser
ious state Of affairs that exists il
, Mexico, and to our duty as a nation il
this connection.
The advocacy of peace does not sig
Nifty cowardice or the shrinking of the
duty of true citizenship, and in tn,
E call that is now being made for re
, cruits for the citizens training camp
' at Salt Lake it would give us pleasur,
, to see Iron county send its full pro
: portion, according to population.
: Let us not be like those men of Sab
Lake, who make big halloo for pre-
= pardness, parade around and bristlt
up their feathers, but when it comes
TO volunteering, are conspicuous fol-
their absence, and depend upon catch
; ing the stragglers from other state:
! and the outlying districts that have
, been attracted by the big noise. We
} don't approve of bluffing. Neither dc
we believe in a gigantic program OF
national preparedness but we do believe
in true patriotism. and we also believe
that a crisis has been reached in the
Mexican trouble that calls for firm
and decisive action.