The weekly tribune. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1918-1919, 1918-12-06

opnCnt of resources aS we have hltit-
cI;o lacked ST mu alton To undertake.
| partiCu arly direct your attention
TO the very practical plans which the
secretary Of Interior has developed IN
h'S annual report and before your
committees for the reclamation OF
arid swamp and cutover ands, which
Inwili if the states were wiling and
able to cooperate, redeem some 800
Gdh30 acres OF land for cultivation.
There arc "a / to be i5,000,Go0 or
% ,00O,0D0 acres Of land i'll the west
at present arid, for whose rec'ama-
tion wat L is available. II properly
conserved. There are about 23O, 0GO,-
600 acres from which the forests have
been cut, but whici. have never yet
teen cleared for the plow and which
lie vast" and Il ISOLATE. The e lie SCAT
tered all Over the union. And there
arc nelly S0.OGD,000 acres that lie
uusicr sWamps or s;:bI 1T tn period.
cal overflow, or too wet fur anything
hJi Grazing, winch s perfectly feaS-
ne - ir;.m mud protect and redeem,
Tho Congress can ut once direct
thousand of the returning soldiers
10 the reclamation Of the arid lands
which It has already mdert AIKEN, if
IT vii. but enlarge tho plans and the
appropriation which il has entrusted
to the Department of the Interior.
It Is possible in dealing with our
Unused Icnd 10 'eF.rt a great rural
and agricultural development which
WI afford the bet sort Of opportun-
ity to men who want TO help them
sc'ves AMI the $ cretary of the In
terror has thought the ross bic meth
DDS out in a way which is worthy ii
ytuT friendly attention.
! have spoken Of the control wE:Ch
must yet for 2uh.l', perhaps for u
long while, be exercised over shipp-
insc, herause Of the priority OF service
10 which our !CTceS ov, r5caS are en-
titled and which should also he dc-
corded The sh pmcnts which are To
save recently liberated peoples fron:
starvation and many devastated re
mlonS from permanent ruin. May
moi say i specia, word about the
NEEDS OF Belg um and Northern
France? No Sums Of money paid by
= r. Of indemnity viii serve of them
st,.ves to save them from hopeless
disadvantage for y-ars to conc.
tIm thing must be done than merely
find the Money. If they had money
and raw materials in abundance to,
morrow. they could net r.sumc their
place IN The industry of tho
world The vel-. important place
"a hold before The f amc of
w1r sNi pit across them, Many Of
their factories arc raZed to the
ground, Much cf their machinery Il
destroyed or has been taken away.
many Of the l. best workmcn are dead.
Their T. mPlc arc scattered and
Their market will he taken b. others
ana if they are not in sons special
WY assisted tn rebuild their factories
ami rep ace their lost Implements of
manufacture. They should not he left
10 The vic!esItudes IF the sharp compe-
tltInn fcT materials; aud for ind,I trial
facilities which Is now 10 set IN.
hope, therefore, that tho Congress
Will not lac unwilling. if It should be
com" necessary TO grant to soms.
aC"ncy u The War Trade Board tho
9Th! to " iahlISh prior ties of EXPORT
and supp Y for the benefit of these
people. whom W, have been so happy
10 assist IN saving from the German
terror and whom we must not now
tlellghtieSaIy 'cavc 10 shift for them
elves III 4 p tilcSs C0mpett tive mark
ct.
f"T The Stealing and facilitation
o. Our OWN domestic business read
IuStncntS meth ng is moro important
than the 'mmediat, determination If
the taxes thnt arc TO be levied for
1918, 1919 and 1929. Az much of the
burden cf tiXattCu must h. lifted
from hu 7nCSS - sound m-thods cf
hnarc NJ the Government will hermit.
and those who conduct the great nS-
sentlal indu5trIes of tn country must
nc told rs exactly as pc SHE what
o. cations TO the Go, eminent thev
WI be cTpecirtd to meet IN the years
immediately ahead of them. II will
be 81 serouS consequence ~ the
-S@'- - - u''t'g renewing all unceT-
talntIes IN th S matter n single dav
tch%Fr than TIL right process es of de-
bate justify. IL j., Idle TO IA K of
successful md confident business re-
construction before those uncertaini-
tic are reSolvd i.
II the war had continued il vouId
nave been necessary to raise At least
$500 ,3u",G00 by taxat N, p7vab'e in
Tie : ar 1919, hut the war has ended
aid | 5grce with the secretary of the
ireasury that It would be safe II
reduce the amount to S6.OnG 900 600
An immediate rapid decline in the ex-
penses Of the government is not TO
be locked for Contracts for war
supplies will, indeed be rapidlv can
ccl.ed and liquidat-d, but their inn
mediate liquidation WILL make heavy
drains on the Treasury for the
months Just ahead of us.
The maintenance of our forces ON
the other side o. the sea is still nee
essary. A considerable proportion of
those must remain n Europe during
the period of occupation, and these
whcll are brought home will be trans