The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1916-09-21


long peace during which this country developed ~ -
the very garden of the earth would IhI@A
possible without a navy.
The United States formerly thought lines
the Atlantic the Pacific realized that four the At
anc the Pacific and both sides of the Mississippi The and
importance of the interior coast lines thus concy
editor of IIarpers Magazine:
"The basin of the Mississippi the body of the the
other parts but members, important in themselves
poant their relations this Exclusive of the lake
square miles Texas and New Mexico which
poets form part of this basin contains square
miles. 1t would contain Austria four times Germany
Spain times times, or Italy ten
Conceptions formed from the basins Europe
ruy shocked when consider the Of the valley Of the
Mississippi sterile great
of Siberia the lofty pteau of central ASIA the mighty
of the Amazon adequate Latitude elevation and
rainfall all combine render Of the Mississippi valley
capable supporting population dwelling place
civilized man, 5 by upon our globe
But great is the Mississippi sufficient itself for it
needs the world for market For its comfort and enrichment exact.
NJ. ,,v, from people beyond the a
nNe Ioas mus. DC Nep' of gold the equva
Open to World Trade LAM, in rorobord;ao 7, i tbo-o
FORE prosperity both the the and Of
the miles back the country whose products eventually
dependent upon keeping all the
ports this interior coasne of the United States and free
munication with all the rest of the world
interruption the would be Immediately felt by
SELL Prices would instantly drop indus
would and hundreds thousands would be thrown out of
poymen The the artery of the nation and such vital
life of all the valley Figures do not reveal
picture magnitude the of the valley for the Of
freight going down thread the fabric of some
ddua elimination of effort the beginning
enterprise yet figures the best vehicle hand to briefly
dictate the extent Of its
For the 1901 1919 inclusive the combined exports and
ports passing along Mississippi Gulf Mexico and from
eign ports, amounted to 81 1887 ,469 tons.
what huge export and import trade
Gordon steel ships placed around the United States has been
placed around Germany? Whose business would remain unchanged
congestion would instantly follow products of the fields
and farms and manufactured articles would pile the storehouse and
railroad lines would be wholly inadequate to
feeble remaining markets might be discovered
land might be reached sahy Every umberman every
planter manufacturer workman laborer would Immediately
be affected Germany being choked by the steel collar of Eng
would the commercial life of the valley be raned by
standing off the mouth of the Mississippi river
government charged with the duty Of maintaining
merely sufficient keep the mouth Of the peaceful
but sufficient also of cotton Of RICE OF
live safely its destination foreign and to
see again money the merchandise that due the people
Mississippi valley for what they have exported The American navy
policeman of the high whose duty to that trade
kept open for American commerce.
when father family kept rifle the fireplace
defense of his home passed but the need of vigilance and
-. 80, ., precaution greater than
m'ssSspp' s""ey os today The Mississippi valley is of
Prize in Case Of War tratacc ;mnor,nce now inst a. il
the Rich in all that army needs does
suppose intelligent would nightly occupy both
for strategic and for the susenanee of its armies?
We ask for Indifferent treatment avert the danger of than
safeguard bodily health pestence threat
ene with half measures Common would de-
the raising barrier and the application of precauon
know could devise And no aymn would
responsibility what sufficient Is not dis
smallpox used wipe out whole villages but thanks to
adequate precautions of medical science practically unknown
Cholera used coast cities but keep out we do not
let arrive first and to drive out aeward The yeower
epems which urgd the southern towns passed with the
introduction Of scientific preparedness.
Now the conditions under which these diseases assad
developed silently nduousl Each the result of
small sanitary neglect the lack precauon Similarly
ger attack silently and is the result Of the neglect of
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