The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-05-14
By FRANKLIN K. LAME,


are the legitimate heritage Of our
own generation and Of the genera
tions to come. To conserve these
great resources wisely is to make
such use Of them as Will give us our
measure of tho heritage without de-
stroying the rights of the genera
lions unborn. and our rlght-hc
tight of this generatlon--to such use
and enjoyment is no greater and no
less than that Of the generations OF
the past or those to come.
To be truly prepared for war is
to be fully prepared for peace.
Should BE Independent.
This preparation. in its best sense.
involves the fullest use and co-ordi-
nation OF all the natural resources
and Industrial attainments and ac-
uytloa Of the nation. There Is no
good reason Why the United States,
with its wealth OF resources. Its lead
crship in science aud invention and
It's pceraRc Of labor brains and dem
ccratic ideals. should be dependent
upon any other nation or country for
any Of the things necessary to either
the fullest enjoyment OF peace OF the
most complete preparedness for. I'M
desired conflict.
Behind complete preparedness
whether industrial or military. must
be the complete machinery OF an in
Gustrial nations life. Today we
must be the complete machinery Of
IN industrial nations life. Today
we produce most of the commodities
which make for this preparedness.
To produce most of the commodi-
ties which make for this prepared
ness. To produce the others is very
largely a matter of developing those
resources we have neglected. and in
the forefront of those neglected re-
sources are our water powers.
The day of the pioneer. of his
prairie schooner, and of his COM
bats with wild animals and savage
men, is past. There is no uncon-
Guered West. Our frontier has been
moved to the sunset. The glamour
of that pioneership, marked by ply
steal courage and adventure has run
its course. We are past. and happily
past, the days OF sensational gold
strikes and land booms. OF those fe-
verish struggles for sudden wealth
which marked in tales OF romance
the pages of our earlier history.
Last year California produced
more gold than during any former
years of its history, but this pro-
auction was accompanied by none of
adventure. and drama of the days of
the Forty-nlner.
Conquest of the Air.
The development of Alaska prob
ably means as mucn to this future OF
cur nation. az did the cession OF Tex
az. hut Its accomplishment Is a mat
TEL of building roads and mining coal,
not a triumph of arms or diplom-
acy.
our greatest conquest of the air
rleans not the perfection of the larg-
est or speedlest flying machine. but
the extraction from the atmosphere
OF that life giving element-nitro-
which Is essential TO replenish
the plant foods in our soil and main
tain our agricultural production.
We must feed the earth and keep II
sustained or II will cease TO feed US.
This magic OF extracting the nitro
gen from the air depends upon the
development Of cheap power. which
means wafer power, and the cheaper
this power is produced the more var
led and consequential will be the
benefits derived from its use.
More than forty per cent OF the
potential water power of the United
states lies in the comparatively mar