Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1916-05-11
SENATOR CUMMINS
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he had given much study to the rural
credits bin now in congress. and that
while it did not fully meet his views
il was q recognition and would nc
doubt result in the proper legisla'
ton.
Complete preparedness" said the
senator. lies in preparedness for
peace as well as in preparedness for
war. The fundamental element for
preparedness is not in the navy. nor
yet in the army, but the essential
feature is in the spirit OF the people.
Arms and munitions are OF little
value in the hands Of people who
are not willing to fight for their coun-
try, and the nation must work to-
ward complete justice for her people
as well as toward the construction of
armies and the building Of navies,
The laboring man, whether he work
with his hands or his brain. must re-
ceive what he earns"
The great prosperity which the
senator said was now over parts OF
the country was attributed to busi-
ness revived because of the European
war, and in spite of the conditions
produced by a democratic admins
tration. Before there could be last
ing prosperity, said the speaker, there
must be the establishment OF sound
principles of prosperity and a return
to a tariff policy that will make for
a real and lasting prosperity.
A navy of reasonable" strength
for both the Atlantic and the Pacific
coasts was advocated by Senator
Cummins. Time had proved. he said
that even with the completion of the
Panama canal single feet, to be
moved from coast to coast as it might
be needed, would not suffice, and ne
favored the building Of a navy 'for
each. The military strength, he said,
should be ample to make impossible
any attempted invasion of the United
States. and he decried a condition
that would permit marauding band:
of Mexicans to cross into the land Of
Old Glory and kill our men, womer
and children as ruthlessly as they
have been doing under the Wilson
mexican policy"
OF absorbing interest to the people
of Oregon were the remarks OF th'
senator upon features of conservation
of natural resources. and the though
of unlocking the west" as he ex
pressed it, will long remain with nj
audience. He saw prosperity for tn
west and the development Of its re
sources as closely allied one with tn
other, and he demanded that tn
public domain go into the hands o
the men who wanted II for honest de
velopment.
Water power" he said. can no
be conserved without use. Waite
power not used is wasted, and al
water power belongs to the state an
the state should be allowed to develo
Il. The United States should gran
to each state rights Of way over th
public domain to make the powe
available"
The transportation question cam
In for discussion. being called esp'
cfAlly through reference to the actio
OF the city OF Grants Pass In voting
bond issue to start building OF raj
road to the coast. This the senate
characterized as a most notable e.
hibition OF public spirit. and he sal
that he felt like taking his hat on
to a community made OF the stun th'
Grants Pass and Josephine count
had been proved to be made OF.
Following the meeting at the par
a number OF citizens lunched VIII
Senator Cummins at the Josephir
hotel, and Immediately after he lie
by auto for Ashland, where be wi
billed for an address at four o'cloc
in the Chatauqua hall. This evenir
he will speak at Medford. and wi
then continue to the northern po
tion OF the state. where he will col
tinue his campaign till the 18th. prin
ary election day.