Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1916-08-03

route to America appealing to the imagination not
farreacng in its possibilities the feat of Columbus
in his of discovery in search Of path to the
wealth of India
We have more particularly in mind the manner in which
the rest Of the world is constantly discovering well as
the way in which continually discovering ourselves
Admiral Deweys famous words in Manila bay You fire
when ready, Grdey the quick signal for shot that
heard several times round the world Other nations sud
denly discovered power had taken it's place in world poll
tics They also awoke to the fact that America much
naval factor to be ckoned with in the days of Paul Jones
and Decatur and Macdonoug and Perry and Faagut and the
long line of naval heroes of our successive wars
As often happens after Americans have done some
thing big stood off and looked at ourselves in and adj
maton until it seemed as though nothing earth
could whip remained for the present European war to
help edscover ourselves and to appreciate our pacy IN
real effective preparedness The Villa was destined to
show us how pably weak As gaze into the Mex
lean mirror look as flat as we appeared tall when admng
This awakening has not been pleasant but promises to
have wholesome effects The physicians warning that you
have dangerous symptom is not agreeable but the shock
makes you ready submit to the remedy no matter how bit
ter or how painful.
tiona ease more than President Wilson In this he in
line with democratic traditions One of the pncpes OF &c.
ches OF the old world d Used as suppots ana maG dou2
oG Ths " o" S S State had e
this antipathy standing the part OF the SOUTH
ocIatic naIfy Mr. W.oa came naturally by his feeling
gardng nation go proud to ight alec j.; .,o, tho+
Europe is newly discovering America also IN way hat
promises enduring effects commercially and cconom-
icay and financially after the present war ends victor
Canbon a wel-known Frenchman has been studying this
country for few months ne is saying what all Europe is
beginning think of the United States never before 1t was
forced by the wal rely for things He says
of our country: at is of nmensity of complete and
magnificent whole, absolutely Incompatible
We of Vermont to boast Of our big projects like
the Vermont Marble company vast granite industries the
Fairbanks and Howe scale works the leading place of Yer
maple and This procvity will enable us to
appreciate some Of the things brought out in comment on
"Girard' boasts in the Philadelphia Ledger anent Cam
bon enthusiastic comments that Bethlehem can make more
Krpp armo plate than krupp itself can produce that pu
world that the United States Steel alone can turn
U5 moff Sti c n ocomo H works. f Familiar to Bur-
ngtonians through the of the amented John Con-
any other country in world that Pullman produce
than any shop outside Amerca that General tec
trio and Westinghouse not eQuaed by other electrical
concerns on earth that at least automobile factories
beat the rest of the world in this industry.
That is the sort Of discovery of America which will con-
nue impress Europe after this war is We are big not
only possibilities of var but also in our probabilities
individual projects and interests America is now the full
meght of publicity in the gaze Of the whole World II we
reap and harvests of the discovery of America
but do this to the full must constantly discover our
Public appreciation of national defencelessness fol
lowing our new discovery OF ourselves mas enabled US 10 sW
needed and we in fair to strike happy men
timism in 1888 and pathetic pessinllsm in 1915.
America is being Disagreed aneI by the powers Of the
old wo also IN way Thc d w a GGP he to respect o
ven ago Europe hugging itself with Joy over
fend itself without borrowing necessary money Eu-
rope. Now the shoe the other foot The richest ma
tons of Europe have been forced their knees in sup
the world has been shifted from London to New York
tense we have possibilities Of modifying industries for
the production Of arms and anmunition Before this war
part great guns and neXhstiby supply of ammunition
would play in modern warfare
advance and prepared accordingly All the powers of