Evening star., 1916-10-22

forced upon me by many experiences,
that I am not the only man, and what
is to discover how many others there
are who really understand the United
States. The United States is beginning
to understand itself, and 1t is beginning
to understand these gentlemen. One of
the great lessons of the European war
has been that the economic mobilixa-
ton of the country, the economic CO.
ordination and cooperation of it, is just
as important as the military co-opera-
ton of 1t.
sSame Problems in War and Peace"
II am not expecting this country to
get into war. I know that the way in
which we have preserved peace is OBJ
jected to. and that certain gentlemen
say they would have taken some other
way that would have inevitably result
ed in wAr, but am not expecting this
country to get into war, partly because
am not expecting these gentlemen to
have a chance to make a mess of it.
But am very glad to take advantage
OF the present concentration of the at
tention Of the world upon the problems
of war to make it evident to the coun-
try that these same problems are the
problems of peace so far as they are
economic problems.
THE railway development of this
country has never been studied as a
whole. for one thing. There are a great
many things lacking in the transporta-
tion facilities of the country which are
now going to be developed in the new
kind of consultation which we have es-
tablished.
Council Of Defense.
THE Congress has recently created a
council of national defense and has as
sociated with that council an advisory
committee of severnl men, who shall
represent these same physical and in
tellectual- resources great surgeon,
a great engineer. great railroad man,
a great manufacturer; all the several
kinds of industries, in this country, at
any rate, represented for the purpose of
taking council with the government it,
self at Washington as to how the re-
sources of this country can be drawn
together at all times-in times of peace
as we'll as in times of war. Because.
my friends, in the immediate future
this country has got to know itself, has
got to draw upon its resources in the
most intelligent possible way. and has
got to make conquest of all those men
who refuse to cooperate. 1t has got to
the individual interest and
the individual group Of interests to the
general interest"
Work Of Organizing Resources.
The President then told in detail of
the work being done by engineering,
medical and other scientific organiza-
tions in organizing the resources of the
nation.
$50. from every quarter. my friends
he went on. this splendid thing is hap
pening. that this country is waking up to
its unity, to the mutual responsibility to
each other Of its citizens, waking up to
the sense of partnership and cooperation
and coordination which has, by inten-
tion, at any rate, and, 1 hope, by per-
formance. been the impelling motive of
the present administration. We want to
have the privilege of representing the
whole force of the nation.
THAT is our interest in agriculture.
That is the reason we recently appro-
priated $36. 200, 900 to these various under
takings that ! have been describing, as
against only s24.000.0oO in previous ad-
That is the reason we
have worked upon this philosophy:
Must Have Fuel in Furnace.
"You cannot worship God on an empty
stomach. You cannot be a patriot when
you are starving. You cannot run the
machinery of your physical system unless
there is fuel in the furnace. The spirit of
the nation. in some sense, comes from
the feeling of the nation.
II am glad, my fellow citizens, that