The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1923-06-29

independence day will also be celebrated altet
4 fashion all over he world. For America Is q
world power nowadays and its sons ana uauSh-
:ers are many in most parts of the earth. And
wherever they are, they will gather in honor or
he Star-Spangled Banner. For example, 5O chi
cagoans visiting Gothenburgs tercentennlai VIII
give Sweden an object lesson in Fourth OF july
celebrations. Wherever Old Glory floats, there
will be some sort Of observance Of the day the
homeland celebrates.
Moreover, all the peoples Of earth, with few ex-
reptions, will be in sympathy with these celebra-
tions, for 1t Is coming more and more TO be un-
1erstood that American independence ana liberty
stand for n worldwide idea.
There is one thing, however, that every good
American should DO on independence day. Re
affirm his view Of patriotism. We have come up
from a humble beginning through storm and stress
to the first place among the nations Of earth. We
should make firm resolve on the Fourth of July
that we will not lose that proud eminence through
the enervating influence of wealth and luxury and
neglect Of patriotic duties. We should try to
realize how fast history is making ir these mod
ern days and resolve to help in making it along
lines Of progress.
Frank w. MOndell Of Wyoming, majority floor
leader Of the house, closed a continuous service
of 13 terms at the end Of the last congress. These
words from his farewell address give us q hint
of how fast history is making in America:
AT the close of this congress / shall have
served my constituents as a member Of the con-
gress Is terms, or 26 years, and % years shall
have elapsed since / first visited this chamber as
O member elect. Twenty-eight years is a brief
period in the tides of time. but 1t Is a long period
In the life of a Ian and a considerable period in
the life of q nation when important history is in
the making. My service here has been under six
MISUNDERSTANDING, Mckinley, Roosevelt, Taft,
Wilson and Harding; and under five speakers
Reed, Henderson, Cannon, Clark and Gillett. Dur
ing the period since my service began we have
fought two foreign wars; we have extended our
boundaries and our Jurisdiction from the CONT
nent Of America to the islands Of the eastern and
western seas and to the farthest Orient; we have
united the two great oceans at Panama. We have
during this period, through the force Of our moral
influence and without intent or purpose on our
part, passed from the condition Of an Isolated
and somewhat unimportant western COVER TO a
position Of acknowledged supremacy In potential
power and In high moral influence.
AT home, measuring our activities by expendi-
lures. we have progressed from an annual outlay
of half q billion to the expenditure in a period Of
war and stress of thirty-three billions In a twelve
month, and to a present annual outlay Of nearly
four billions. In my first session Of congress we
discussed with apprehension OF unjustlfable ex-
travagance a naval expenditure Of less than $780,
900, 600, the beginning Of an effort to revive our
navy from the moribund condition into which 1t
fell following the Civil war. Today our naval
policy contemplates a fleet equal to any afOat.
In those days a river and harbor appropriation
approximating S15,0OO,OOO was considered a wild
extravaganza, as compared with the $50, 5O0, 900 Of
he present year. -