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Bm Mrtad s&vi Cff!9etit V'.'■ . Vvi!^' -'• ■" ■ ' FOR GREATER UEGUiAl? ARMY ! teC« be«*tis« of tt>* econoixiie re«|jwt' ««sto whicb the worM niut ijpeTi- tebir vltnesB witltiq tbe next geiftin- tloit, wkea peace sball baye st last M- •tuned ft hestthtul taslcs^ b> th# per- formance at theae tasks I \>eUeve tb« Americas ta desttijcd (o.^X tbelr pa^ 'ti^ie^er. .1 »^~ioieres^ to fix’ .^!'uttSatioa -jPrOspMt iu>w = unie»« >^ t!%p'it wlthia your Weir an4 permitrto|t full oi£>ii£caiice of it to command your thought 1 caO’ not flud the rigbt light In which to get forth the parttcalir' Blatter th.->t i’es atihe very front ot my wliole (iougit as I address you today. I mean- [>«- tionai detease. . A'o pue wHo really coicprcbendii tlifr ■ • ■■■ - .g" — . I spirit of Hie" great pejple for wh£)£S CKlien Soldiery part of His ' Plart-^J ye ??p'of(ired,to siieak can fail ti ProbJem of Commercial Mofcili3J2ticn.. pcrc.'j:.ve ^ tfeaf their r^ission is tor ■ Stated-b,s!oya!t/ Among ^us best , ^ ■ , ■ , the nraccicc 0“ the r.r‘s or i>c:ica Orm tain io-^ur >a. ■ Idei-I^rant. Thsy -Sfi ri'jL- sc'ili. or iiJSiro -ji;fr.\;jn)^ I tiiought i? of indrviiUiHl !iv'er5j|ja;id of —■ ' til? £rop iat-Ti', tiiat- suyitoi'is. life Washingiu;!, Dec. T.—Vresics’Ut y>'ii-, Hh. n^.tcnsored tiouglit that csuici;i;.’>3 ' .Kh'icli rl-ns Sens, a-atured sbs’l be son today d«livered the follpwii'.g. ines- ' it. toriqiiost and doiKtrJdn art! not iji ! carried out; bat.it dees make r.olinlte sase to tongress; . your rot1;o::h!i'. ^ or cgret-abie to oiir j and.-eriplicit a ; pri^gi’am. w'.iieh. has Gentlemen ol tUe Congress; Since i priiic-iiiles. But just becsyse ,v,'.e Ue- - heretofore be(.’;i cj;!y impIicH, lin.'U i’.'. tion'sl Life Sensiia Mcnac'e to Pcac.e.- flUMT, nrnriiMiM; m STRIKING POINTS fU rnJ^^iOEr^T ;:2SSA0E The dsAarbnent of war contemplate aa ttutUna iyw*t» ««,eie*a ««sMn' _ „ i for th* GOnpreasAai«M^ hkvy upM a fiiia) 6WM| «f. torw rf t)M raigtUar amty from to 7,t3t I w»tt»t -Hi > I any; py a i ^ adaMU|s of M . fompnhtajttlm plaii fer.«Hittli MrisngilfrfiggieKeiittiey, i Thf gffiMtgt ihreats a^ains^iMr natioitiit (Mace and catMy'Ha'to iKcn yt^.^4J*rithi>«.«ur «*ut bQ^r. it ^ mtffUMryJof naaona of .natiiiful effeleney arid developa^^^hat we alioultf‘4i«y.« a'fMBt msrchant martnt. it se«iiiia. to me .a dear dictate of prudent atatesmanship and frank finance wti^t w^ar» now to iindertake «we ahould pay aa we go. We ahould Im following an almost universal exaoiple of madam gAV- emmcnt It we were.ta draw the greater part, arjtv'eB the whole of tha revenues we .need from the income taxes, r i>v-. . ■ We have bee:i put tcj the test in the casse |ti^iC4' 8nd we have ctccsi tl;e test. VVhetl;;r we have l)sn.af'.ted'Mno4o:il|gi(thd«OuKe lisve purotied reaiiins to be £i:n. Otir *eujer."j.;»f-4hie-t«id*f>#ndenet and prosssKty of the rtcfis of Central and .Soi!C)>i^«Mei4ca' is not S'tjred.' • ■ 1. •" ^ b* m iMCi rmr »». WfeMMW. | m* Mmd, * That* ukM wM> tkia 4cm* itrnawtil It rnwiHf tfcat' wiiw for th» praaattt OecaJ y»*r «hlck I j i„to Ha o>«b bare already ^ea, dis«laaa our flaas- out of «r«at IMa ato«k> aoeh M i eial probten for the year 191T*. Aa- ! aoa^ «f tb« b««t as4 atrta taim InpoeM by tke ' .aleaMttta of that UtUa;M)t kovia »et *n« ttfe IW in a Ua3) 4ur,M ol4 »*i ~m4t «#«> m ^lf»^«iM*Wbnaaiit-tbat iM !»• af.tl)^j>res«t &HK»4NM» viU-fe>oMr muiom aad Mit |ii?0,ff44»6>6.78,'-tli^ IK^dlaburedroero^,']^^H^'^ew';#laiidard hj&ra'*^hat' WMk - tor th«; FawBW c«Mii >a«l a«»l> awk a«k(M «M aaeb tree cMew « about jtwsmty-Sva' Mfltli^; and t^^ ...^. mhM -^.et tiim to. ; the Mtfditiooal «qpoaditures fdr the Mmy and navy are autborlzed by the congress, the deficit" in the .^ene^ fund of ttie treitsQry ou Ih^^bixtistJt of Jun.fli, 1S2T; will be ueai^jftwo hUB- , ,d|!^ ^dUhiriy-Sve mllliocs. 'To:th!a -least,’ftfty ciillions shouid be rspresijnl a safe \vorkiji-3 bai- ixmaior CJia treasu.-y, and twelve injl- lions.to inclurfo t!w i-sual deficiency esiiroataa in IPJ; a;i;i. therie additions, .wej-e suiipicibus nT'but^sM^es, ojir'o loallca MftctiOB acidBat tb« .sofenp went and peiopla who had wele6ioi«^ ’ and btntnmd th^' and seek to taa^ . this proud coontry soDce wuiT^ t hot-' bed of Maropeaa lakalai. A UtUa. while ago ^aucb a . thine would hi!tv» seeiaM lucnBdibtlt>-'iBaca(i*fe'‘U* var iDcreUi>le we-.ontdv'^wk-pVeiHirktldn tor, . We wpiii4‘>'jive .lS^''«fino«t a£!ia:2eili..t>lprei»»^ far tt; '-#s- If w« last had the privilege . ot addressing you on the state ot the XJnica the war ot niitioiis ou the oilier side O' the^ sea. which had llisii only hegun to disclose Its portentous proportious, has extend ed Us, threatenicg and sinister scope Until it bas swept within Us flaine . mand unnio;Gsted deve!oBJEi^ and j the .minds of t!:e two committees on '.'■’.sClstur bed . go\ craiujfti^., ot oiir own iiv'os upon our owti principles of right .an;l: lib.erty, we reseut,. from whatever quarter it jna.v obtne, the ag gression wo. ourselves will uot prac tice. We i’.’.Bist upon sMur^ty ia prose- some portion of every quarter ol tha ' cuting our self-choseh lines of nation- gtobe, not excepti.hg our own hemi sphere, has altered the . whole face of International affairs, and now presents a prospMt of reorganizallon and- re construction such as statesnien and al developraent. We do more than that. We demand it also for otliers. Question of Preparedness. Out of such thoughts grow all Our policies. We regard war merely as a peoplea bAve never been called , upon meaiis of assertip^ the rights of a peo- to attempt before. We have stood apart, studiously neu tral. tt v.as our manifest duty to do ao. Not only did we have no part or interest In the policies which seem to liave Tirought the conflict on; it was i'''>ssary, if a universal catastrophe avoided, that a limit should '■ the sweep ot destructive war L Eome part of the great family . .;,!i>n3 should keep the processes 01 i.Haee alive, it only to prevent col- leetivu economic ruin and the break down throughout thP world of the in dustries by which its populations are fed and sustained. It was manifestly the duty of the self-governed nations ot this hemisphere to redress, it pos sible, the ’balance of economic loss and confusion In the other, if they could do nothing more. In the day ot readjustment and recuperation we earnestly hope and believe that they *an be of infinite service. American Nations Partner*. In this neutraiity. to which they were hlddc^n not only by their separate life and their habitual detachment from the palttics of Burope but also by * clear tK'fcepMon ot international duty. tb^ states of America have be come conscious uf a new and mors vital commonlt.v interest and moral partnerslii;; in alfairs, more ciearly conaclous ot the tuaay cocimun sym pathies and fntereats and 'luties which bid them stand together. There v.as a tlra« in the early days >'( our imu great nation a:>d of the re- imblica figlitiiii; their way to Inde- iiemiencc in roHtral and South Amer ica when thr government of th« Unit ed Htati>s iiioked upon itself as in some sort the ciianlian o" the republics to the south of iic.r ai against any eu- croachmeii! s or ell'orta at political con trol from tUe other aide of the water; f^!t it its duty tu play the part eveh wit.hout invititiion from them; aiid 1 think Ihst we can claim that the task was vindertnkr'U with a true and dis- iiitcros-tci! -!;tliu«iaam for the freedom ot tile Americas anil the unmolested sclf-i;cv..nir.K:i>i of her iiKiependent l!Coples. But it. Kas aluay^ liiSicuIt to maintain siid; t- loie without OiTenae to the prile of the peoples ^.ho^e free- tlom of action we sought to proteet. and \vitho:it provoking serious niiscon- eptionsu of cur motives, and every thout;litfu! Duin of aifaira must wel- -onie the altered circumstances of the ’.»y ill whose light we now stand, willtlieu' is no claim of guardian- (ir tl;i.ight of wards but, instead. '»M and honorable association as of between ourselves and our pie against a^xresaion. And tv-e are aa Hercely jealous of coercive or dic tatorial power within our own nsitioti as ot agression from without. We will not maintain a standing army ex cept tor uSies whi 'i are as necessary in times ot peace as in times of war; and we shall always see to it that our military peace establishment is no larger than is actually and continu ously needed tor the uses ot days In which no enemies move against U8. But we do believe in a body ot free citizens ready and suQlcient to taXe care of themselves and ot the govem- mente which they have set up to serve them. But war has never been a mere mat ter ot men and guns. It is a thing of disciplined might. If our citizens are ever to fight eSectively upon a sudden summuns. they isust know how mod- Daval .affairs and disclosed i.i t’.ie da bates of the two houses bwl sOv.'liore formulated or fonnaUy ad.oiJto.d. It seems to iiie very clear that It v ill ba to the advantage of the country tor the consre.ss to sdtipt a compTehen- aive plan for. putting, the navy upon a final footing of strength and sffi- ciency and to press that plati to com pletion within the iiext five j'^ars. We have always looked to the navy of the country as our first &iid cliief line of defense; we have always seen it to be our manifest course ot pru dence to be strong oh the seas. Vear by year we have been" creating a navy which now ranks very high indeed among the oavies of the maritime na tions. We should now delinitely de- tennine ;iow we shall compl''’te what we have begun, and how soon. The program to t)e laid before you contemplates the couatriietion within five years of ten battleship.'!, si^i bat tle crulse.'s, ten scout cruisers, fifty destroyers, fifteen fleet submarines, eighty-Uve coast submarines, tour inui- hoats, one hospiUI ablp, two ammuoi- tion ships, two fuel oil xhJps, and one regular repair ship. It Is proposed that of this number we shall the first year provide for the construction of two battleships, two battle cruisers, three b "it criUaern, SftMi destroyers, tiTe fleet »jhmarine8, tweaty-Sv-« cott&t of other nations in rivalry of their own trnde, and ero. ivithoiit means to e.ttt’tid bur «on»ti’ejTe even wSere the doOrs ars! wi.iat »jis**aad oHr goods desired. Sucho* 'sfttofibn is not to be endiii-ed. It Is of iJapltal. i:;iport- ahce not only that the TJnitod states wbiild make a. total deiicit of soine’ two huntired and !!f.i!oty Sflvc!! mJlllons, If (lift presont titxcs E>;ould be.eontinUed throUKliout tiiis vaar and tlis ne.a, lioirftSTn there L-a a balnnco in.; the: trenstiry of eouit’ seventy-sis' and a half ujfilions at the end of tho-prea- eat ftscal'.vear, and a de.lclt at the end of the next year of only some fifty millions, or, raclconing in sii:ty;two ihiilious for deflcicncy appropnalidns shoptd^ be .its-owt^ carrier ou the seas ; ^ safe treasury bclan^ at the end aod.oEioj^ the ^onomlo Independenca j j'car, a^.tota? .deficit, of some which only an adequate merchant ma- ■ hundred and twelve millions. The rine would give It, btif also that the Aiherican hemisphere as a should enjoy a. lihe Independence and self-sufficiency, if It U cot to be drawn ... comrades, and aeijbbons; . C*it tWi IFi ugly and locredlble thing has' ^tual- ly come about and we are wiiUout Edociiata federal .laws to deal ' with It. J urge you to enact.such laws at tb*' earliest, possible moment and feel that in doi»(? so I ariij Urging, you. to do nctlwg less titan sava ih^Hocutr and self-respect :ef the nsHpn.’^ Such crea tures of passion, disloyalty, and'a:i- arehy must, be crushed out. They-isir* not many, but t'jcy are infinitely niallgnaiit, and'the band of our po^er .— cquivaieui», uisu cunuae uur&etvea cu into t^e tangJe 6f Burcpean 1 the prcMem of providing 1112,000.000 ern fighting lu done, and what to do | 8ttbinartne8» two sunbdAt8> and on« when the summons comes to render themse'tves itnmediately available and immediately efllective. -4nd the gov ernment must be their servant in this matter, must supply them with the training they need to tako care ot themselves nnd of It. It Is with these ideals in mind that the plans ot the department of war hospital ship; the second year, two battleships, one scout crtitser, tea dA> stroyers, four fleet submarines, fifteen coast submarines, one gunboat, aad one fuel oil ship; the third year, two battleships, one battle cruiser, two scout cruisers, five destroyers, two llaet submarines, and fifteen coast submarines; the fourth year, two bat- for more adequate nr?tionai defense tleshlps, two battle crulsera, two scout were conceived wlilcli will he laid be- cruisers, ten destroyers, two fleet sub- tore you, and which 1 urge you to jnarines, fifteen coast subtnarinea, one sanoilon and put into offett as soon ammunition ship, and one fuel oil as they can be properly scrutinized | ahip; and the fifth year, two battle- and diecusited. They seem to me the i ships, one battle cruiser, two scout ps.stfiniiil first stops, and they seem 10 mi' tor the iirosciu sufBcient. Larger Army Plan. They contemplate an increase ot the standing force of the regular army from its present sticngih of ri,0'.23 officers and W:i,0S-7 enlisted men of all services to a s!r«!Sth of ',13S officers and l.W.TOT enlisted men. or I-SI.SI:;. all i.oid, all services, rauic and file, hy ili,? addition j he of Bfty-two oniij;i!!i('s of coast arti)lc.-y. .“iftcon c.-inipaaies of 01131- iieers. ten rejtlnisnts of infantry, four rr,i?inu'iit.'« of held tiriillery, and four aer« stjuadron.s. l.':'.^:dos 750 oiljcers required for a grf-;i( varietj- of e.vfra service, ospeeialiy the all duty of training th riti.ten forco of ivhicli I shall presf.'iitly speaic. 7!>2 iioucommi.’isionetl oSieeis for .sorv- iee ill drill, recruiting and the like, and the necessary ouota of en listed men for the quartermaster corps, the hospital corps, the ord nance department, and other similar auxiliary services. These are the ad ditions necessary to render the army adequate for its present duties, duties cruisers, ten destroyers, two fleet sub marines, fifteen coast submarines, one gunboat, one ammunition ship, and one repair ship. More Men for the Navy. The secretary ot the navy ia asking also for the Immediate addition to tho personnel of the navy of 7.500 sail or*. l.JOO apprentice seatnen, and 1,500 marines. This increase would sulHcient to care for the siiips which are to too lomtileted wit!i- iij !he ilar-al year 1317 and also for the nnnihcr of men which must be put in trainins to man tl;-' siiips which will he co’r,ph?t»‘;l oarly in lOiS. it is also necessary that the numbe:' ot niidshlil important j men at the Naval academy at Annap olis Khoiild be increased by at least three hundred If this full program should be car ried out wc should have built or build- iBg i!i 1921, according to the estimates of survival and standards of classifi- Without such Independence the whole question of oar political uoity and self-determtnation Is very seriously clouded and compllMted fnde^. Moreover, ire can develop no tnie or effective American policy withoct ships of our own—net ships of. war, but ships of peace, carrying goodt and carrying much more; creatliig friend ships and rendering indispensable services to all interests on this side the 'water- Must Provide Ships, 'With a view to- meeting these pressing necessities ot our commerce and availing ourselves at the earliest possible moment ot the present uo* paralleled opportunity of linking tha two Americas together in bonds of mu tual interest and service, an oppor tunity which may never return again it we miss it now, proposaia will be made to the present congress for the purchase or construction ot ships to be owned and dirai;;ed by the govern- ment similar to those made to the last consresE. but modified in tome essen* tial particulars. 1 recommend these proposals to you for your prompt at- ccptance uith the more confidence because every month that has elapsed ifince the former proposals were mad* has m.iide the necessity for such action more and more manifeBtly imperative. That need was then foreseen; it is i:o*' acutely felt and everywhere real ized by those for whom trade is wait- iiiB but who -nn find no conveyanca t:>r tlii'ii goods. 1 am not so much in- li-K'fVt'il in the purticulnrs of tlia pro- Rl'uni as , am in taking immediiite ad vantage c: thu great opportunity which awaits us T we will but act In this i.niergency. The plans for the aruiid tore-; s ot the uatioti which 1 have outlined, ! for the jp^aeral policy ot adequate jireparalioa for mobiliOTtion and di>- fenso iuvolve of vuiii'se very luri;o ad ditional expondittiros of mo:iey—«.\- 1 lienditlires w’.;iclt will coiis:iU;rislr.y c». j ceed the esiiciaii U reve',uii. s u" Iho should close over them at once. They . obvious moral of tho figures la that It have formed plots to .destroy prppeny, wbola I jg ^ pliain counsel 0.? prudence to cou- they have entered into conspiracies’ I tinue all of the preesnt taxes or their against the neijtrality ot the gorairn- equivalents, and. confine ourselves to ment, they have sought to pry Into every confidential. tr^tectlon ot ito goverameut ta order to serve interesta alien to onr own. It Is possible to* deal with these things very effectually. ' 1 need not suggest the terms in trhlch they may be dealt With. Are Disgrace to the f^atlon. I wish that tt cottld be aald that only a few men, aisled by mistaken sentiments of allegiance to the goraTD- of new revenue rather than $297,000,- 000. . New Sources of Revenue. How shall we obtain the new reve nue? It seems to me a clear dictate of prudent statesmansbtp and frank finance that in what we are now, 1 hope, to undertake, we shonid pay 4s we go. The people of the country are entitled to knoiy just what burdens of j mehts under which they were bom, taxation they are to .carry, and to know from tee outset, now. The new' bills should be paid by Iittcmal taxation. To what sources, then, shall we turn? This is so. peculiarly a question which tbs gentlemen of the house of representatives arc expected under the Constitution to propose an answer to that you will hardly expect iqe to do more than discuss it in very gen eral terms. We should be following an almost unlrerssil example of mod em gOTernment if we were to draw the greater part or even ttie whole of the revenues wc need from the in come taxes. By somewhat lowering tha present limits ot exemption and the figure at which the surtax shall begin to be Imposed, and by increasing, step by step throughout the present gradu ation, the surtax Itself, the income taxes as at present apportioned would yield s-jms sufficient to balance Uie books of the treasury at the end of the fiscal year 191? without any where making the burden unreason ably or oppressively heavy. The pre. cise rockontnga are fully and accurate ly set out in the report ot the secre tary ot the treasury which will be im mediately laid before you. And there are many additional sources of revenue 'which can justly oe j resorted to without hampering the in- j dufitries ot the country or putting any too great charge Ujion individual ex- 1 penditure. A one per cent tax per : gallon (in >;asoline and iiaptha would i yield, at the present estimated pro- I ductioii, f lU.OuO.iiOO; a ta* of 50 cents } per hiorso power on automobiles and j ! iutorii.'l e^plosioti engines. $1.^,U00,- I giivi'i-ijuu'!jt. it iii luado my duty by | ^ stamp ta.’i ou bauk checks, i law, v,li,'-i!cver tl:.e sstiniatc-s of os- j proijaljly JlS.OOO.Oi'O; a tax ot 25 cents ! IKvi.iriitui'i! il't' e'.,;.i^!'.;vvhs of | pjg 5^^,!, s-jq^o&O.OOO; a tax ' levi'ii!),'', 10 ('aii ilu- uf the ; -^j r-cnts per loll on fabricated Iron - iOiigrpss to the iiii-l ami hUsE-.'.si nry i steel, probabiy $!0,000,000. In a means of nii-etin;i :no d>jfic'it''ncy that i country ot great industries like tlila it ; of the department, an effective navy consisting of 27 battleships, of the first line, 6 battle cruisers, 25 battleshliis of the second line. 10 armored i-.ruis- ers, 1.1 sroiit cruisers, i first-class ici. ncrth and south. Our ccncem for | our own continental coasts and bor-j cralsers, ;; second-class eriiisers. 10 >jliliors. in the interest of ail Amer- ! which it has to perform not only upon it may be wi.-^.i’ ur possible for lae to suggest. 1 an ; .-ady to hc!ic'.’« that it would ho niy d:.;.. to do so in any case; and 1 feel parti; .larly hound to epeak of tlie mailer wh.->i it api-wars that the deficiency will di.'cctly out of the adojitiii;^ by the congress of meas- eatiou rollowed by the general board j j niyse!i' urge it to adopt. the Independence and prosperity of the statea ot Central and South America is net altered. We retain unabated the spirit that has inspired us through- otn the whole life of our government •JUt wWeh was ao trankly put into words by Tresldent Ifonroe. We still mean aWays to make a comtooa cause ot national independence and ot po- Ittlcal UbsTty in Ameriea- Attitud* Toward Mexico. We have been put to th* test in the case of Mexico, and we have stood tbe test Whether we have benefited Mexico by the course wa have pursued remaint to b« seen. Her fortune* are In her oaen hands. B9t we' have at least provsd that we will not take ad vantage at tar in her distress and iia- Aartake to l/atgosti upon her an order aad gertrnment ot our own choosing. Ve will aid and befriend Mexico, but we -If ill not coerce her; and our course with regard to her ought to be sufS- cleat proof to all America that we seek 00 political suzerainty or selfish control. The moral is, that the states ot Amcrica are not hostila irlTals but co operating; friends, and that their grow ing .sente ot cotnmunlty ot interest, alUsc- in matters polltltnd and In mat ters ooonomie. is likely to give them a xew tlgslficance as Csctaia in intar- oational affairs and In tbe political hist; ry of the world. D; urlng tb* America* Together. '1 . ra is, 1 venta** t« Boiat oat, an «P-' H algnificanco jost new attaeh- inr . I tbta -vtt»l« vatiar «( Arawttc the ^aniota togathcr ia beads tt hM- anhla partnership and mutual advsn ders and at our interior army pasts, but also in the Philippines, in the Hawaiian islands, at the isthmus, and in Porto Rico. By way of making the country ready to assert some part of Its real power promptly and upon s larger scale. third-class t-rulsers, )0S destroyers, 18 fleet submarines. 157 coast submarines, S mvifam > 20 gasboats, 4 supply Bblpa, tS fuel ehipe, 4 transporta, S tenders to toryedo vessels, S vea- sets of specUd types, and 2 aBimnai- tten ships. This would be a aary fit- should occasfoc arise, the plan also j to our needs and worthy of onr contemplates supplementing the army by a force of 4CO.OOO disciplined cltl- sens, rataed to Inereieents of 13S,- 000 a year throui^out a period of three years. Tills It Is proposed to do by a process of enlistment un der which the senricsahle men of th*. country would be asked to bind theqi- telvcs to serve with the t»lors for psr- pose of training 'for short periods thronghout thr«i! yearii. and to com* to the colors - at call at any time throughoot - an additional "furlough"' period ot three years. This force of 400,000 men would be provided with personal sccoutrements as fast aa enlisted snd their eqpipment for the field made ready to be sup plied at any time. They would be assembled for training at stated in tervals at convenient places ia asso ciation with suitable units of tbe regular army. Their period of annual training would not necessarily exceed two montha in tb? year. At least so much by the way ot preparation for defense seems to me tB be absolictely ImperatlTe now. W* cannot do loos. Th* Naval Prtgram. The progi'am which will b* laid be fore by th* secretary at the navy is sitniHtriy conceived.' It Involvaa anty a shortening of the time wlUita traditions. But armies and instmments of war ara only part of what ha* to be con- ctdared If we are to isassidcr tha s»- prame matter of aatieaal wWiiaflcjaa- cy and secnrity In all lit. lliera are othor great mattaa WkMi -srfll be thraat npos oor attMttios whether w« wa) or not. Thavp ia, tgr «xaraple. a very (iretsing qn««tlatt at trade and shipping InTotrad In this great problem ot natioaal adsQORey. tt Is necatsary for nany weighty rea-' -•^llow i!io. il'Oretore, to spcalc briefly of the prcsMi! state cf the treasury and of ilii' f.sr a! i.A l.-!rriis which the lEOXt y^.ar will prohjihly di:..ch>8e. State of the Finances. On the thirtieth of June last there was ao available balance in the gen- ei«l fund ot the treasury ot UA.7t. The total t-atimated reeeipts for the year lilll. cn tbe assaatptiw that the emergency revenue atesaors passed b; the last congress will mot ba «(taadad bmnd it* present limit, th* tUity-firA %f Dseember. iSit, tkat^e present doty of ons cent per K*uS on *Bga.T wta ha discontihMA after the first of May. lhl(, will |t7S4W.SM. Th* baiaa«* ot Juna last •ad tteae estimated r^aBssa «ok«, thetaSora. to a graadt total of |7T4,- iS6.t0s.T(. Th* total esiliaate^ bnneateate for th* prssent fiscal tvtft, incJudiag tU.000.COO lor the Pwuuaa caaal, tl3.OM.000 tor probabu d*- llclaaey approprtattoas, and - fM.- MW for mtoeallaaeons debt redent]^ tons of naUonal tScleney tad derol-' »7M.4*3.«00; sad opment that we should hav« a gt«at' of tha merchant marine. I will he reduced to. tHO.jjM.- It is high time wa repaired oor mis-' Tha emmi^ey raventte act. tt take and reaomad o«r commercial Inda- ■ e®finned bayoad tta pretent tinu Ugt- pendenca on the seas. j nation, would pr^, the }uU Need of Merchant Marine. I For It is a ,ne«ton of Indepaad- “* «ae*. If other nations go to war or aaek to hamper aach other's eoat- marRe. our merchant*, it s«eBW, ara at their mercy, to do with as they plaase. We muct aa* their shipa, and- nta them as they, datermine. We ha'va, aot ships enon^ olt our owa. Wa caaaot haitdle our owa comaerca on the aeas. Our inMptndenca ia (wna-' on sugar, it continued, would prbdaea during the two months of the fltaal year reaalalng after the first ot Hay. shout tlS>00A,0Q0. These ;wo cnw, aatoenting together to f5(,0«0,0M, tt addtd to the revenues of th* sao^ ban of th* fiscal year, woaid yt«t« tha traoanry at tha «a ot tha yaar aft asallaUe halaaea «t t7«.««4,«CC.?l. The additional raranaaa r*««diad daJ, and It on^ on land p^. wttUa; uh^^rmuSd^ m a^^t Mm *** ***?>'«•*•*•«• »t whMi 1 Uta ta he pam^ittad. to tuia avaa tat saipa g^^al|aa, would, as at pf^baat estlaMt^A, ought to be easy lA distribute the bur dens of taxation without malting them anywhere hear too heavily or too ex clusively upon any one set of persocis or undertalfings. What is clear la, that the industry ot this generation should pay the bills of this generation. I have spoken to you today, gentle men, upon a singk’ theme, thp thor- | ough preparation ot the nation to cars tor its own security and to make sure ! of etitire freedom to play the impartial j role in this hemisphere and in the world which we all believe to hava been providentially assigned to it. 1 had. been guilty of disturbing tbe toU- possession and misrepresenting tho temper. and princlplet of the country*' during these days of terrible war. when it would seem that every mao who was truly an American woaM | Instinctively, make it bis duty and his pride to keep tJio scales of judgment »ven and prove hltaself a partlaaa o{ no nation but his own. Bat it cannot. There are *om* men among us, and many resident abroad who, though bom and bred In tbe United States and calling themselvai Amerlcaaa, have so forgotten theauelves and their honor as sitlsens as to put their paaslonat* sympathy with one or th* other side in the graat Kuropeas oon- fllct above their regard, for the paaea and dignity of th* linited States. Thay also proach and practice disloyalty. No laws, I suppose, can reach cor- ruptlons of tbe mind snd heart; but I should not speak of ethers wlthoat also speaking of these and expreaatajt" the even deeper humilUitlon and scorn which every self-possessed and thoughtlully pstiiotlc American must feel when ha thinks ot them and ot the discredit they are dally bringing upon us While we speak ot the preparation ot the nation to make sure Of her security and her oftective power wa must not fall Into the patent error of supposing that hor real stretigth' comes from armaments and mnrn sate- . guards of written law ' What is more important Is, that th«r Industries and resources ot the coun try should ho available and ready for § mobilization. The tranaportatiosi problem is an exceedingly serious and presslug one in this count!?. There has from liiiu: to time ot iato been reoaoa to fear that our railroada woul^ tiot much longer be able to cope witS> it succssstuUy, as at present equipped and co-ordained. I suggest that it would be wise to provide tar a com mission of inquiry to ascertain by a thorough canvass of the whole qii*a> tion whether uur laws aa at preaaat framed and administered are as turr- iceable as they might be in tho sOta- tion of the problem. It Is obviously a problem that Ilea at tbe very founda tion of our elBciency as a people. Saeh an inquiry ought to draw out evaty circumstance and opinion worth coa- sldering and 'wa need to know all aldaa of the matter If we meaa to do an9- have had In aiy mind no thought of ; thiag.in the fieM ot federal leglalatlaB. any lamedlat* or particular danger arising oat of »W i-^UtUuw with other aationa Wa ara at peace with «tll tha aatioas of tha world, and tba«e to raapoa to hope that no i}a«ftioa la s«ntroTersy between this and other gevammenta wilt lead to any scriaita hnaeh ot anlcaMe relattea*, ^ve as waia differsneea t,t aCtltaAt^ ssd sollcy k«Te basa aadaay yet tura out to i»e. i am sorry to aay t^t the gravwt tJtnwts against ear. airfioaal peace so4 safety have b«*a attired within w- trnik borders.' Theice are iftticena at the Halted Stataa, I Mnsh to irtmlt. bora nader ollwr ftags hut welcomed aade? our gmarous nataratisatiiHi laws to the fnil freedom and oppor- taaity oi Ajserica, who have poured the poison ot dlaloyalty into the vary arteries of our aationiU tfe; who hava •onght. to brtag the authority sad good name of our govammeat &kto oeateinpt. to destioy our industries wkeravar they thought it effective for their Tlndictive purpoaos to strike at them, and to debase onr polities ta tJta Bses ot foraiga tntrigue. Their aamber is not great~h« compared with th* whole number of thoae ttardy 1uMt» by which our nation has been enriched la r*e«at geaeratlotta out ot TlrUe foreign HoekB; bet it la grcfit pMmgh to have biouc^jt d«*p dlagrac* ayoa an and to bav«^ ma4c tt sary that wa akefaM pmmptly "iMka aa* ot vroocesee of law by whi«^ w« may be parsed et their corrapt •!*- tempers. America aevtMr witnesaad Negulatlen af Railroads. No oae, I am anre, would wish W ti^ any baekw«t4 stw. The tagala- tlaa ot the taUwaye at th* coustry hy federal commission haa had admlnfeia raaultk aed ha* fully Jaatiaed ..4k» hopaa and aspectsUoaa et thaa* Me- whom tha pettcy et tafalailoa -waa origicalty proposed. Tb* ^neetkw Ht not shonid we. OBdef It It, whbSw^har* la aaythtag «daa wa caa do tut would sapfdy u* with aKectira meana in the very pmasa of 'raguMk’^ tion, tar betteriag the randttloas oa- (fer whieh the railro(de are operat4^ and fer making them more useful serr- ants of tbe country as a whole. It seems to dte that it might be the port of wisdom, therefore, before further legUlation In this field is attempted.'to look at the whole problem o^ co-ordina tion and elBcieacy In the fniriight of li tresh assessment of circumstance and opinion, aa a guide to dealing with the seraral parts of It. For wbat we are seeking now. wh«{ in my mind Is tha single thought af this message, is luUlonal etBdeaoy 4Md aacnrlty. We atw* a gms* *e#o*. W* tf.vuld serve tt la th* sidrit «(its peculiar genius. It ia the feaiaa of commoa men for lett-eoveraawt, fa- dnstry. JusUce. llhmm^mAjpWa. Wa should see ta It miSfm taatni- m*at. *o fhciltty lav, ta make it aufiMsat ^ iMr || tan arttt •nargy, i^afety aa^ lawiKeeeeae, U thla wa are 00 |«alds aad piophets ot f fciw a|£
The Twice-A-Week Dispatch (Burlington, N.C.)
Standardized title groups preceding, succeeding, and alternate titles together.
Dec. 10, 1915, edition 1
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