New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-05-20

preparedness through universal SER
vico would turn out to be the best pos
sible school of practical civics. In
such a school all men who are Amer.
cans in spirit would get together ana
learn TO work together, so as 10 insure
cooperation among our people IN sociai
and industrial life. Such cooperation
will secure not merely liberty ana OPP
portunity, but also the sense OF oollga-
tion-which is just as important as the
other two.
The civilian training camp movement
started at Plattsburg, and now IN ses
sion at Fort Oglethorpe, is the great
civic movement of Amerlcsnism' Wheh
crystallized along the lines OF uniVet.
sal training for universal service IL
will become the most powerful aeehe
for national democratic progress IN our
land.
Our Young men need discipline.
There can be nothing better for them
than such training. IL would set tnem
un physically. 1t would give them
knowledge of sanitation, OF cleanliness.
They would learn regularity OF HABITS,
abstinence, obedience, self-respect ana
resnect for others. They would learn
20 handle and command men, and to
oct along with them. They would be-
come infinitely more competent 1or the
dailv tasks of American life.
In many respects Germany furnishes
us an example we shall do well 10 heed,
for she secures her people good gov
ernment, orderly government and SUB,
stantial economic justice combined
with high industrial efficiency. We OF
the democracy hold that while GOOD
Government is essential, what the
world needs is TO learn TO govern itself.
The worst men in any civilization are
those who neither control themselves
nor are controlled by others. In the
long run lack of self-control means
that there must be control from out
side. But the best men are the men
who exercise self-control. The high
est civilization can only exist IN the ma
ton that controls itself.
Our purpose must be to secure inc
efficient government of the people that
is found in Germany, but to make u
spring from the people themselves. Dy
training them in individual and collec-
tive self-control, IN self-reliance, IN
power Of cooperation for common
end, and ability to develop national
unity for the good of the whole nation.
Above all, we must INSIST upon aD-
solute Americanism. II within our own
ranks we are split into a dozen Jang-,
ling nationalities, severed by Old
World antipathies. our chance FOR ma
tional greatness will vanish.
We believe in cooperation between
the nation and industry; we wish to
help and not to hamper industry. We
recognize that in the modern world
there can be no great national business
success save by the fullest use of the
great organizations demanded by mod
ern industry; but we believe in in
sisting that these great organizations
are used to work for the largest pos
sib!e means of social and industrial
Justice for the workers and for the
general public.
We do not believe that preparedness
for national power lies wholly in guns
and ships and armed men. We believe
that we must organize our industries
for defence in time of war as one result
of organizing them for the most et-
fective production Of the necessities
of life in time of peace. Such produc-
ton must be on the largest scale, with
government cooperation and govern
ment regulation; there must be organ
ization both for capital and labor.
There must be a deliberate purpose