The Penn's Grove record., 1919-12-12

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n~ificance and value.
although the United States Will
gladly and unhesitatingly join in the
program of international disarmament,
it will, nevertheless, be a policy of OBJ
vious prudence to make certain of the
successful maintenance of many
strong and w~ell-equipped chemical
plants.
"The German Chemical industry,
with which we will be brought into
competition, was and may well be
again, a thoroughly knit monopoly
capable of exercising a competition of
a peculiarly insid.ous and dangerous
kind"
During the war the farmer perform
ed a vital and willing service to the
nation. BY materially increasing the
production of his land he supplied
America and the allies with the in
creased amounts of food necessary to
keen their immense armies in the field.
He ~indispensably helped to win the
war.
But there is now scarcely less need
of increasing The production in food
and the necessaries of life. / ask the
to consider mean of encOur-
aging effort along these lines.
The Importance of doing everything
possible to promote production along
economical lines, TO improve market
ing, and to make rural life more at
tractive and healthful, is obvious.
l would urge approval of the plans
already proposed to the congress by
the secretary Of agriculture, to secure
the essential facts required for the
proper study of this question. through
the proposed enlarged programs for
farm management studies and crop
estimates.
Develop Natural Resources.
I would urge. also, the continuance
of federal participat on in the building
of good roads, under the terms of eX-
listing laws and under the direction Of
present agencies; the need If further
action on the part of the states and
the federal government 10 preserve
and develop our forest resources, es-
pecially through the practice of better
forestry methods on private holdings
and the extension of the publicly own
ed forests better support for country
schools and the more definite direction
of their courses of study along lines
related to rural problems; and fuller
provision for sanitation in rural dis
tricts and the building up of needed
hospital and medical facilities in these
localities.
Perhaps the way might be cleared
for many of these desirable reforms
by a fresh, comprehensive survey
made of rural conditions by a confer
ence composed of representatives of
the farmers and of the agricultural
agencies responsible for leadership.
I would call your attention to the
widespread condition of political rest
lessness in our body polite. The caus-
es of this unrest, while various and
complicated. are superficial rather
than deep seated.
Names Causes of Unrest.
Broadly, they arise from or are con
nected with the failure on the part of
our government to arrive speedily at
a just and permanent peace permit
ting return to normal conditions from
the TRANSMISSION of radical theories
from seething European centers pend
ing such delay, from heartless prof.
teering resulting in the increase of the
Vaccinations of passionate and male
VIOLENT agitatOrs.
With the return to normal condi-
lions, this unrest will rapidly disap-
pear In the meantime, 1t does much
evil. 1t seems to me that In dealing
with this situation congress should
not be impatient or drastic, but should
seek rather to remove the causes. 1t
should endeavor to bring our country
back speedily to a peace basis, with
ameliorated living conditions under
the. minimum of restrictions upon per-
sonal liberty that is consistent with
our reconstruction problems.
And it should arm the federal gov
eminent with power to deal In its
criminal courts with those persons
who by violent methods would abro-
gate our time-tested institutions.
With the free expression Of opinion