White Pine news weekly mining review. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1910-1920, 1918-03-03

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People Rack or War
The American people are back of
this wal and intend TO see it through
10 victory. They are patriotic and
loNal and in deadly earnest. They
want to know what is being done and
what needs TO be done, and they wan
Ii done quickly and right. They insis,
ina the country be thoroughly pre-
pared Tor any emergency and for
winning the war. They will eoun-
tenance no neglect or delay.
blind to Vital Defect
They are blind to this II vital and
serious defect in our national defense
system. and so is our government.
They must be awakened to its neces-
sity and Importance and then hey
VIII demand thar this work be done
at once Our government will do II
when once 1t realizes its importance
and the actual conditions. Our GOV
eminent and people are awake TO the
great danger that c~onfronts us. and
the enormous task ahead of US. Our
government Is doing wonderful work
aud putting forth magnificent energy
and efforts In preparing for and carry
Ing on the a Its various depart
ments are speeding up TO the maxi
mum In prosecuting It. Weak points
are being strengthened where found,
and a vast amount of constructive
work Is being done. Huge armies are
being trained and equipped, and
quantities. of munitions are being
made. Millions of tons of ships are
being built and many thousands of
aeroplanes Coast Notifications are
l.eing strengthened and business and
industry are being speeded up and
co-ordinated Farmers and stock
raisers are responding to the govern
ment's call for more food for our
people. army and allies. The people
OF the whole country are responding
nobly to the governments call. They
are giving and ~loaning their money
b. the billions. They are awake to
the situation aud are going ahead IN
grim earnest.
Should Provide for Roads
Now with all this great work going
on, involving the expenditure of bill
lions Of dollars. and with other bill
lions coming in. l. il right that the
expenditure of a least 10000, 900
on the highways running across Ne
yada and a comparatively small num-
Der OF millions of dollars on the high
ways of a few of the other western
states should be withheld, when by
spending this money on the weak
places in our highway system the one
weak point In our system of national
defense could be made strong and
cur country made safe? This work
should not be ignored and delayed
longer. The failure of our govern
ment to see and remedy this weak
ness Is due to ignorance of the real
conditions as they exist. and the
danger that confronts us by delaying
this important work. Delay longer
NAV mean a heavy price In the lives
OF IA soldiers and the loss of untold
wealth and property, to a nothing
OF the hardships to our people, ana
the possible very existence OF III
nation.
Can Accomplish work
The various governmental depart
ments are overwhelmed with WORK
and details. but the speeding up
which they are undergoing because
of urgent necessity makes them bet
ter able to master difficulties ana
new conditions that arise n | say
without hesitation that when our
government takes hold of this great
work with its great energy and aoiii-
~. Il can and will accomplish IL. IL
does not fail when once 1t bends It's
great energies to master a problem.
II will have the entire support ano
assistance of the American people.
Does the government expect the
states on the Atlantic and PACING
coasts to build the coast defenses and
Notifications or the navy that guards
their shores? No. That Is govern
ment work and the government does
II and the people pay for 1t. II is for
the safety of the whole nation. why
then should the government ask Tor
expect the sparsely settled western
states to build the military highways
across their borders when these high
wavs are a necessary part of the sys-
ten of national defense and soreiy
needed now, and needed by the people
the whole country as much as by
the people In these states?