The Elk Mountain pilot., 1918-12-12

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- AAps esase6euaayl 1ee9ne -
ideaia which they kn1w - - -
ideals Of their country; 4 Aaye
| - I>xprees thoee ideals
itepfed my stptements - t6en ~
substance <Of their own t1eN "a
purvpse, - !ths assscaAted eeS1:
meats have accepted 49, Oue n ~
tAen to ses Il 10 far - n - bqk
that - falss ef mistakea inteEpretes
don u put upon them and no possible
effort Omitted to realise them.
It b now nay duty to play my full
| part In making good what they e9Hsd
In their life's blood to obtain. ! can
think Of no call to service which coule
transcend this.
pSalsse War AessselsA
Never before have thers bseu agen-
cies II existsnce II this country which
knew - much a IL held of supply.
Of labor sh1 It 16dpAtry ~ the war
industEies board, dc war trade board.
the Labor dspart1uept the food admin
tstrattou and the fuet Administration
have known aneo thslf labors became
thoroughly systeaRattssd: and they
have not been ise1ated agencies: they
have besn directed bz m@n who rep
resented ths peEuAenent departments
ef the govesnmeot ard - have been
the centers Of uAi9ed and cooperative
action. It has been the policy Of the
executive. therefore, sines the armIs-
tice was assured (which II IN effect
complete submisaiOn Of THO enemy) to
put the knowledge Of these bodies At
the disposal, of the business men of
tho country and TO Offer their intelli-
gent mediation ut every point and in
every matter where It was desired. 1t
u surprising hew fast the process Of
return to q peace footing has moved
In the three weeks since the fighting
stopped. II promises to outrun any In
Quiry. that may b. instituted and any
aid that may be offered. It will not be
easy to direct It any better than II
will direct itself. The American busi-
neas man u of quick initiative.
The ordinary and normal processes
Of private initiative win not. however.
provide immediate employment for all
Of the men Of our returning armies.
Those who are Of trained capacity.
those who are skilled woekmen, those
who have acquired familiarity with e.
tabiished businsssss. those who arc
ready and willing - 90 10 the farms,
ali th0ss whose aptitudes are known
er will be sought ont by employees will
nnd NO dinculty. II is safe to ny. In
finding place and employment, But
there viii be others who will be at
loss where to gain Q livelihood un-
less pains are taken to guide them
and put them In the way Of work.
There win bs . large floating re-
siduum Of labor which should be left
wholly to shift for itseaf It seems to
me Important. thersfore, that the de-
veiopaasnt of public works Of every
sort should ~ created, for unskilled
labor In particular. and that plans
should BE- made for such Developments
Of our unused lands and cur natural re-
sources - We have hitherto lacked
stimulation 10 undsetake.
ctsss presassai Plane
particularly ahset yoar attention
- tie practical plans u1ich the &c
rotary of the interior has d1sve3eped in
his annual report ana before year cen
mittses for tie reciamAaso. -sf arid.
swamp and eutevee lands WAieA night.
II eAe SlAtes sWFe Willlae' ~ lie to
co-opsrate, redeem some 900000.0U0
acrss of land See e1tvatiGa- TAsrs
are said to bs 1Aooa000 q 30000.000
aeres of lard in tAe Wet at
present arid. for whose reclamation Va.
ter u available. II prapsriy feoasessed.
There ere about 2oO0000o0 ACRES trom
which tie ferssts have been eat but
which have nsvse yst bsea cleared for
thS plow. ard WhieA II waste and dee
olats. Thsse ~ ssatbsred an over the
Unioa. Ard thQe ass nearsy eQOo0.-
600 acre. q ND eDat hs undsr swamps
or subject I'd psgtodieal overflow or
too wsk ~ eneeAlng bat sraxlng
which Il u paf1bel1y feasible to drain
and peUtect end se0eeEn.
The congreDs can at once direct
thousands of he returning soldiers
to the reclamation Of the arid lande
which It has alfesay undertaken, II
It win bot enlarge tie plans and the
appropriations Which It has intrust-
ed to the department Of the In
terror. It IL possible In dealing
with our unused hand to effect = great
rural and agricultural Development
which win AFFORD the hest sort Of op-
portunity to men who want to help
themselves. and the secretary oe the
interior has thought the possible
methods out In way which u worthy
Of your most frispdly attentiou.
Preblsm 1esnsswte One.
So far a. our doanestic affairs are
concerned the problem OF our peturu
| to peace 10 q problem o6 economic