HIE OMAHA DAILY BEE: TUESDAY, ArillL 7. 190S.
search tor pur enemy 'ln.ftoo mile away to
the fur 4iatnrniiltrt'". and, we couldn't
fet aay. Thus it Happened tjiat, when
th truly ff pMf ctm to be irlaned. wa
had firtaented to v- problem, tha settle
ment -'-of Men. fcs-ereail'yifTWtr e
national policy. Whmh if at tWlmt
those rto vr,;irif'd'.'4tl', crparisfon,
should have maJa tiiaaiselyea hoard. NVbra
did Mr Cryari. aianVift that tttna? '"ne
uaod everj effort to Wring ytHmt' a rat'lffca
tlon of the trity of fart., Without hlmjt
rould not bav TJeen 'ratified. With tils aup
port It ,va ruttflee? And then, after We
nad taken ovr'.Ilie'-itooreiKotyrof "TortO)
Rico and the. rhf!!riB' and Cuba, arid" '-,
turned out $Oaltlrn.i a jrtiarllaR ot the poo-'
pie of tho IslamlaV-and had taken the
only course positl)e for. the. benefit of
those jworte- ae nr ward, " we 'find Htm
condemning the edmlnistratlon with un-,
tinted bus fta- guilty of .a... departure
from tha prltvMpW f ( the" foundation of
our KOvernmant. k
FtrU ' rMltlR Nt Bar.
"After Aguinaldo, by an effort lasting:
ei-lt or nine rvmnth.?ln "the Thillpplnes,,
had demonstrate tltrt' Impossibility of or
ganising and maintaining ' government
that would fuinlHU. nay hope' to tli4 Ph 11
Ipplna pep4e-ef'a reasonably' pTogfeSslvf
and peaceful future, -Mr. Bryan and those
who atnod.with him by their apeeehe and
their conduct, VprolongAd tof more than a
year ana In t tha authority of the United
Stales, and .of -disastrous oonsermenecs to
the Philippine ;' Islands. And now after
right year of aucceaaful admlnlatratlon of
our dopendencleft In Which Porto Rico haa
bloasomed as a rose, and la more prosper
ous thin ever In her history, with a happy
million of people, and in which much more
slowly but atill progressively the rtill
Ijiplnra have moved to a condition of tran
quillity, and better and better government,
g atill hear condemnation of the course
laken from the man who In securing rati
fication of the treaty ot Furls made all this
possible and necessary.
"McKln'ry waa met at the outset with
the cry, 'You are perverting the consti
tution. You are departing from the funda
mental principles of our government. You
are assuming Imperial functions, and you
are taking from Old Olory the unique dis
tinction of waving over a free and Inde
pendent and self-governing people.'
"""" Beaalaa; of the deration.
"Tho contention that we are not a na
tion with power to govern a conquered
or purchased territory robs ua of a faculty
most Important for good to every sover
eignty: Bince the foundation of our gov
ernment, the people of the T'nited States
have been engaged In governing territories.
Rut It Is said that this was with( a view
ultimately to making them a part ot our
government. That begs the question. The
question la Whether We have power' to gov
crn other people for any time. We have
dona It for 100 years. We did It In tha caae
of loulslana. ,
"We have done It In the case of every
territory that waa subsequently admitted
to the United B tales, and we are doing It
today In the .government of New Mexico
and Arizona and Alaska. What Inherent
difference la there between the govern
ment of a territory and the government ot
a. colbny by the congress of the United
States? The statements In the Declaration
of Independence aa to the consent of tha
governed are to be construed In the light
of contemporary history. They are to be
made to apply to the embyro nation and
people which called them forth. They were
uttered by the representatives of man
whose ancestors for 1,000 years had been fit
ting, themselves for self-government. But
when that principle comes to be applied
to territories settled either sparsely or with
people utterly without experience In gov
ernmental affaire and so generally Illiter
ate aa to prevent in Intelligent exercise of
the franchise, then what the Declaration
of Independence represents Is an Ideal to
ward whjch one should work; not posi
tive declaration with reference to the policy
to be Imfuedlately adopted. That la shown
in the treatment we have given the terri
tories or the Unulted States before we had
colonies, and now In the treatment that we
are giving those colonies. If we assume
permanent control over a people merely In
the spirit of conquest, merely from the
lust of power, then we may be properly
denounced as Imperialists; but it we accept
temporary aoverelgnty over a people for
the benefit oft hat people and with the pur
pose of developing thetn to a self-govern-i
ing capacity and with the intention
of giving them the opportunity to
becomo independent when they shall show
themselva fit, then the charge that we
are Imperialists Is utterly without founda
tion. Cannot Be' Iselated.
"A nation like that of the United Stales,
with 80.000,000 of people, with resources un
exampled in the history of the world, with
ideaia aa high aa thoae of any nation, with
the earnest desire to sprsad the principles
of liberty and of popular government, can
not maintain a position of isolation with re
spect to the peoples of the world when
fate shall have thrust aome ot thcae peo
ples under tta control. We must assume
responsibility with respect to their develop
ment. We must exercise the power that the
Lord haa given ua for the purpose of as
sisting our neighbors. The policy of Isola
tion which would prevent us from exercis
ing our influence or'our direct control In
natters where we are capable of doing
good and advancing the world progress.
Is narrow and aelfiah. We have a teeming,
sympathetic and highly nervoua community
embracing reprcaentativea from all the na
tions of the globe. We are a people that
pulaalea with throb of ayanpathy for our
moat distant fellpwmcn. ;and when fate
thruata an unfortunate . people upon "our
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must help hem 'on thelr-w'ayto Hoct-rtt and
htrfti.niinl at.1t BAir.MAiAnl Thlt lt,A
duly of his country as McKlnley saw lt.1
this was ina aip wbwn u was wining ia
take;-th's, the path which he was able ,td
-work fwt fir llin'oonflrnistlnn anil" ar
jirnvgi. of. wlj jrenn. nriilih,fl people .ofl.tpe
United State. "fviiat ""has ten 'tile' result'
In tha ITiilto?! ' .," nYaiaa nt r,la A-C.llo.l
colonial policy? Well, It haa Mdod to her
trad something over llr,nno.(XiO. r don't
think that ta -Important except as a be
Rlnnlnr. . Certainly the. exnenilHiire on ao-
rnuht of the pollry-bee been vastly more-than-
that. If.th governmMit pontinueg-it
frlenrllv tMlllrv inmrA. TMrtA TYInn mftA
r j . v..w .... - '
Til. 1 1 1 i . . . . I
i iiiuflinnB ana opens jier maraeis as wen
to the Philippine as to . Porto. Rico.- thla
trade will treble and quadruple 4n -a imar-
"T7 f"' .- iiuk'h vit nnr-
Velously short, time, o tiiat merely from
- . . - - . -.-
the atanrlnolnt nt- trmtortiil . nrntrpii ih
rnutua beneflla for, the people wsare help-
ln . twl ni......l.... M.lll V. . l. .-,,
Ing and ourselves will be nq.mean justlfl
cation for tho policy. , . ,
Lareer World Poirr.
- ,
, Again, our action In assuming our part
. ' "Bponaioiiiiy or me worm s power
ror the development of .tha. world, has.added
to otir Influence the world mnnnil mnA r, I
, ' , , i
tlnn,, T. "1UenU",, . " .I lntern-
tlohal councllf. . Bo arrest linn hern th 1
growth fhat the ' Imtfiedlate successor of
William McKlnley, Theodore Roosevelt, haa
been able to accomplish more In the preser
vation rff the peace of the 'world than any
president that ' ever administered or any
monarch that ever reigned. The Influence
that we are exerting In South America,
In Central America, In Europe and In
China la much of it the result of the policy
of expansion adopted under William Mc
Klnley. Our possession of the rhlllpnlne
makea us a neighbor to China. It gives
u a greater Interest In the development
of the enormous empire which Is only now
rousing Itself from Its sleep of centuries
to adopt alowly. but certainly, modern
Idea and to make Itself an empire of Im
mense population and Immense resources
and to secure an Independence from for
eign aggression. While It Is In this half
Infancy. If I may call It auch, we have In
duced the other nations to recognise with
us the principle that In the trade to be
extended by China to other natlona all
shall have an equal' opportunity'; In other
words, that the polley of the open door In
China shall be maintained for the benefit
of all. Can anyone deny that we are In a
position now to make our voice In favor
or auch a policy much more effecdve than
ever before? The part that we have as
sumed In developing other countries than
our own and taking over for a time the
control of these newly acquired dependen
cies a! adds to our prestige In those
oriental countries.
Greater Call for Wavy.
"It la said that thla policy has entailed
upon us the enormous burden of a naw
I believe it haa increa.cd the necessity
for a greater navy. I believe that narv
la the greatest insures, of peace that we
could have-a navy commensurate wl.h
our resources, and commensurate with
our coast line, and commensurate with
the number of dependencies we have and
commensurate with our population, and
commensurate with our Influence as a
world power. The expre.slon 'world
power haa been made an occasion for
ridicule-and eneers. but it ha. a real
STilflcance. It mean, a power with In-
that Influence Is wielded for the bet
terment of mankind, for th. uplifting
of 6ur unfortunate fellow creature, for
the maintenance of peace, for the encour-
moTJm1 0f rade' the promotion of
morality and clvillxatlon, w. may well
be proud to deaerve the name. The htgh-
irlm Hm W,'"am MKln.ey,for. th
gratitude ot hi countrymen I that, in spite
or the abuse and Contumely that was
'' Upon hlB for thla policy, he
Pltced.our country m the forefront or na-
People.- ClVl"ler "nd UP"fter of PP'
Word of Roosevelt.
"And then we come to the administra
tion of Theodore Roosevelt.. In addition
to hi. carrying out In every way the poli
cies adopted by William McKlnley. he has
broUght forward for the practical con
sideration of the people 'of the United
Btatea, a domestic danger to' our Institu
tion, and our clvillxatlon that waa ln
Idloualy aappmg tho moral roundatlona
of our aoclety and threatening to make u.
" Wtoer.cr. In which thoae who had
wealth and Industrial aucceaawere to b
Placed in a privileged class and given
practical exemption from the op.ratlona
of the lawa. Thl, waa the result of the
enbrmoua Industrial expansion or the coun
try and or a financial prosperity that ap
parently had no limitation at all. it had
lta eapeclal manifestation. in .... .
regard by the railroad, of the rule which
" rauroad. or the rule which
forbade" dlacrlralnatlon in rate as between
large and email shipper, and In the use
by Industrial corporatlona or eomblnatlona
of enormous accuaiulatlona of capital In
' "'iito ui inauiry manipulated
with ekilfully designed methorfa or dureas
to aunDreaa rAmntitinH I
Paeaae of Rate Bill.
"Both these abuses, Insofar aa they af
reet interstate commerce, were In the teeth
or two great federal atatutes, the Inter
atate commerce law and the . anti-trust
law By an appeal to the people and
stirring messeges to . congress. President
Roosevelt secured the passage of the so
called rata bill. : ' ,
"The rate bill i. not even now aa perfect
-a.. .. . . vcriec
" Bin o, ror mere are certain pow-
era that should be given to the Interstate
Commerce commission to make lta Jurladlc-
tllin tnnrtt f f n i ... ...
wuu muro rirectiva rnr th. r,,.rK .
which lt waa created. The president Instl-
rout
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A itrong Board of Directors that directs.
A competent Loan Committee to pass on arl loana.
A competent Auditing Committee, making regular
elimination.
Ali lnveatmenlg limited to first morgans on real
estate and municipal bonds.
All employees securefybcraded.
Cash In bank covered by Burglary Insurance.
A modern and complete office. s
Prompt and courteous atteutlon to customers.
A rest room and private office for use of depositors.
Advice and counsel of experienced officers.
A. savings account department
All facllltlea peculiar to a savlnga bank.
tuted prosecutions against th offending
innustrlal. combinations with Ail tha. Mgor
of hia nature. "Mncr) 'rfrtiairm To"l done.
Hut one' great object f tfie'prctd(Jt"a re
forms Iim been arromptls'nt'd." As "a moral
aEaeniog -Mwrved riot tee "on Hre great rail-y-y-
wrporotlon and- uiop-the great In
dustrial com)ifHtl;Hl -tha frOat thLVtlme
tm'; ttje; practice, of Igrmrtng the- tWn great
statute " to" w hich 1 ' have" referred must
cease. Totlay there are prncticalTyfm'o re
bates ami I here' l practically Ho oHnrlml
natimi by. the -railroad In favor Vf any
largo, shipper. The rallrpads today (or tho
f Iret .time ' In' their hlRtory'if' twenly or
thirty years are operating wlthln the law,
I 4n(rA that It !
na in tneir hearts the railroad men re
I J - ' - ,v " '
I . ......
Thcv are able to look their ncichbors In
the face and to assert that they are con-
auciing a lawiui Dullness. . jl oaay inp own-
r.r it. i -.. , i. t .niii ....
uctlng a lawful business. . Today the own
v . . .tic? 1 n i ftJ i uilliilllKllinia yj I vanta, o
I . , . ... -
in most Instancea making every effoft to
come wthln ,he Iaw lt interpreted by
I
the courts. Tim nrealdentlal warnlnas to
trusta and railroads in the message which
he has sent to congress have not been mere
uo una onii iu I
brutum fulmen. They have effected great
moral Improvement, and there rs to be
no retrograde step In this matter I don't
.
ror a moment mean to say that tnicnange
I" so permanent a not to require addl-
.. . . ... . . ..
tlonal safeguards which experience shall
ahow to be necessary to .prevent "recur
tence to former conditions. Indeed I' think
It 1 essential that certain changes be made
in the law aa they have been outlined by
the president In hi recent messagos. .
"I am In favor of placing the Interstate
commerce railroads under such limitations
with reference to the Issue of stocks and
bonda that there can be no repetition of the
scandals In the manipulation of railroads
In which great quantities of stock have
been Issued without tho resultant beneficial
effect to the railroads, by tho honest uso
of tile money thus represented and paid in
by a gullible public. I believe that such a
provision would not only prevent deceit of
tho public, but (and that Is the ground for
federal Jurisdiction) that It would greatly
aid the railroad In furnishing proper facili
ties for Interstate commerce. With the
government' approval of the Issue of
bonds and stocks we may be certain that
there would disappear that distrust of
American securities In European markets
which has had so much to do with the
present difficulty In the borrowing of
money by railroads.
"The ' remedy which the president has
suggested with referenco to the anti-trust
law is one which I think will commend
Itself to all the people when It Is fully un
derstood. Under the present authoritative
construction of the anti-trust law any com
bination in restraint of trade, whether
reasonablo or unreasonable, that Is,
whether useful for the ruihlle nr
otherwise, is made unlawful.
Propoaed Amendment to Law.
'The proposed amendment to tho law
offers to thoae combinations
interstate commerce the riffht to rome. tnrn
tho bureau of corporations at Washington
and to file their trade agreements showing
exactly what they are doing, and then If
the commissioner of the bureau say these
are reasonable trade agreementa tnd not
injurious to the public Interest they ahall
not be subjected to prosecutions, unless the
court ahall find that such trade agree
ment are In fact and in law unreasnnahi
Thl furnishes the stronoest motive rr nv
corporation or Combination engaged In In
terstate commerce, whose contracts and
trade Agreementa Involve the allahtent
question, for registering in the bureau of
corporations and making a full statement
ot the circumstance under which they are,
doing Business. It will necessarily have
a tendency to aeparate the sheep from the
goat. It will leave those arent nornnra.
Hons that do 4iot take, this lawful method
ot proving thelr legality under a dust.aus
ptcltlon of'vlolatlon of the anti-trust law
md will necessitate an' Immediate Investi
gation Into their methods. On the other
hand. It will leave wholly beyond and out
side of the operation of the luw those
myriads of comparatively, small corpora
tions who lo an Interstate commerco trade,
but who can not possibly effect anv mi
restraint upon such trade, upon whom It
would impose an Intolerable harden, 'to
compel them to register at Washlnaton
and to slve a complete atatement of oil
tho details of their business entirely un
important In affecting Interstate commerce.
. Real Reason for It.
'The real reason why the interstate rnm.
merce clause waa added to the constitution
was to prevent the placing of burdena by
the different states upon that business.
and It certainly would defeat tho purpose
of the clause, whether within It authority
or not, if tho government of the United
Btatea were to impose on all the compara
tively small firms and 4 corporations en
gaged In Interstate commerce business, for
wuum pracucauy inciuae ait business
oorPoratlon of very state, the burden of
"a'atry and Inquisitorial examination,
"The Pre8ldent ha taken a firm atand
tllV0T ot " Interstate commerce em-
tnt would practically Include alt business
ployers' liability act, compensation for em
' tuiupramuon ior t
P'0"" of tha overnment when Injured
the course of Its ti.rvir anH
In
tha course of It service, and auch an
amendment of -the Interstate commerce act
aa ahall exempt all labor organizations
trom prosecutions ror eomblnatlona in re
straint or Interstate trade which would not
be unlawful, either in the means used or
the end sought, at common law. He real
ises, a everyone must, the absolute ne
cessity fgr the organization or labor to
meet the power ot the organization of
capital in the constantly recurrinor contro
rcajm.-v j ing aivision aa Detween
W"8M 'nd dividend ot the Joint product
of c"P',al aml 'bor. He asserts with an
..ntih n .1 a t Y u , I. - t .
versy in respect to the division aa between
that no man can be above the law, whether
he be a member ot an Industrial comhln
Hon, a railroad corporation or a labor
union. He Insists that lt la possible and
necessary for the continued progress of
thla country that all theaa organisations
should continue, but should continue within
the law, and that where violatlona of the
luw occur, by either, they ahould promptly
restrained and prosecuted.
S Beformer la Bryan's Eye.
Mr. Bryan la troubled In hia mind with
reference to the atandlna; of various mem.
ber of tha republican party In respect to
the political lasuca ot the dav. I observe
that he doe not consider me a reformer.
Well, reform 1 a relative expression. It
depends upon the standpoint and view of
the observer. If rt form mm na t.. vr
Uryan, a I must Infer that It doea trom
the vgrioua positions that he has taken a
questions have arisen, the trie- and unlim
ited! coinage or ailver. th' iommni
ownership of railroads, the policy of scut
tle in t na ruutpplne islands and tha aban
donment of (hose people to the chaos of In
ternlcene atrlfe, the neceaslty for national
incorporation at Washlnaton of evcrv iini
company doing business between California
ana uregon, of In far distant atatea of the
union, howoer small and Insignificant
their buainess may be, a consequent ex
tension of national Intermeddling In, en
tirely innocent businesses the country over,
ir ha mean the reduction or the navy to
a point where thla couptry will be put in a
condition ot hetlessnesa In respect to all
foreign nations, if he means the reduction
of the army to the standpoint of pusillani
mity, if l e means to destroy all combina
tion of capital in any line of business la
whin more than 60 per cent of th visible
plant is managed by one corporation with
consequent Injury to the prosperity of the
country and the welfare of the hundreds
of thousand -of. wag earner that till
necessarily. involves, i km not a reformer.
I atill JbawbtSonXIriohce In the people of the
United 8tate nrl In the -machinery which
they through their lawmakers can create
for the puroMSe-of keeping combination of
capital wlilnie law, In so far a to
believe that the antMrlist law can be en
forced and tat th danger ot monopoly
may be rrcWrlly el iminated by such en
orrement. "The "principle of combination, of
capital Is essential1 to national growth. I
do not believe 1n US' regulation as distin
guished on the "one Side rrom government
and aa distinguishes on the othor trom It
destructlunV" -j
' Charter Alwaya Perpetaal.
"Mr. Bryan Intlmatea that I am In favor
of a perpetual grant to railroad companies
as distinguished from a grant for years,
and Instances a case In the Philippine
Islands In'Whlcti i approved an extension
by the commission ot a grant to a railroad
company tor lne years so as to make It
perpetual. Throughout this country, so far
as I know, the tncprpotatlon of steam rail
road I always perpetual, just as Is the In
corporation of other companies. It 1 o In
Nebraska." Steam railroads purchase their
right-of-way and hold It In fee forever.
It Is only where corporations enjoy some
thing which Is' in its nature a monopoly,
like the occupation Of public streets, that It
has been deemed wise In the past 10 limit
the extent -of these franchises to a series
of year like twentyflve of fifty, years.'ln
a slate like Nebraska, Where a company
can be Incorporated without any special
act to- construct maintain and operate a
railway, the perpetual grant to do so goes
without saying, in the Philippines a rail
road company owning and operating a road
of 120 mire had aclalm against the United
States of. over $2,000,000 for Injury to Its
property. The guaranty of a certain In
come to It by he United States, very soon
after the change of sovereignty, had railed
to assume, and was not therefore entitled
to a reversion of the railroad at the end of
the franchise. The railroad was owned by
persons who were willing In consideration
of an extension of their franchise of eighty
years to. a perpetual franchise, and cer
tain tax exemption) to walvo their claim
of 2,000,n0 agalnet-.the United States and to
agree to build and operate 400 mile more of
railway In tho Philippines and thfs without
the guaranty of Income which congre? had
authorized, the government to give In order
to secure such, construction.
Of the Highest Benefit.
"It was therefore of the highest benefit
to the Philippine Islands that thla grant of
a perpetual franchise merely to do busi
ness, not to hold any public road or mon.
opoly, but merely, to do business, should
be granted to. thl railroad In order to se
cure tha Inestimable benefit to the Phil
ippine people . of rthe construction of 400
miles more, of road. Had a government
guaranty a authorized by congress been
Insisted upon. It would have Imposed upon
the Philippine government the contingent
payment of 8A0no a year for thirty year
Instead of that w-hieh nbw they secure, tha
construction of 400 mile additional without
the assumption of a guaranty ot a single
cent. Until we Tvent there. In that whole
140,000 square miles, there was butr a single
railroad or 120' mile. Now in the single
Island 6t Luifin,' through thla arrangement.
we ahall have.no mile. There I a cmplete
power reserve in the government to reg
ulate the rate for' the benefit of the peo
ple, and there Is In the congress of the
United' State reserved by law and especi
ally mentioned In th charter, complete
powef to amend',1 repeal or modify the
franchise as congress shall aee fit. Such a
result "may 'exclude 'me from the class of
rerormer7'b!rt" hope' It my be the basis
tor' a clarrn',45i'have benefited the Phll
I'ppne (n; Veasure. "" ' '
t-r v- ''f-nii nf 1 1 . . v ;
datura,! ateaoareea Preserve. .
"Aiming i,ih, great measures of the Roose
velt administration in the future will be
counted, the movement toward the preser
vation., of our, natural resource. In thl
yountry. Included In this I the present
movement which has gathered fore
throughout the country in favor of a
more extended and comprehensive plan for
the Improvement of our waterwary. The
enactment of the. lawa for irrigation and
the reclamation cf arid lands, : the enact
ment ot lawa for the preservation of our
forests, careful: restriction for the preven
tion. of waste 4 n all public grants or lajida.
the preservation for national Income and
benefit of an -lnterestln all water power
developed by the Improvement of navigable
stream. ' . i
'The- conservation of our ' natural re
source .is, believe;' a question 'or funda
mental Importance 'to tho United States
now; We hart reached a point Where we
can not go tm- Ignoring 'the consequences
of the" future welfare of tho nation which
are Inevitable'' from 'the contluance of
past practice. Our national development
of wealth, power, population and average
well-being haa'- been due first of all to
the advantages which nature bestowed
upon us. Without the resources which
make labor productive In thl country,
American enterprise, energy and skill
would not in the past have been, able to
make headway against hard conditions.
No more will our children and their chll
drcry be able to make headway. It we leave
to them an Impoverished country. Our land,
our' waters, our minerals, and our forests
are the aource trom which come directly
or Indirectly the livelyhood of all ofu.
How are we using, them? And what doe
the conservation movement propose that
we should do with them?
$ Mala Sapport of Nation.
"Agriculture haa alwaya been the main
support ot tha nation. Our yearly produc
tion of wealth from the soli ataggera the
Imagination in lta total. And we are learn
ing how to farm well. Our farmer are
prosperous, not merely because their land
I rich, but also' becauaa they are pro
gressive and appreciative of the practical
Mothers are at their wit's
end many times trying to
find a safe, nourishing food
for the baby that's just been
weaned. This is an import
ant epoch in the1 little one's
life and on securing proper
food d e p e n d s the future
growth of the child.
Grape-Nuts soaked in hot
milk, then cooled to the right
temperature, with a little
sugar, meets the require
ments of the newly weaned
child in 99 cases out of 100
perhaps an even hundred!
Try a teaspoonful, soften
ed to a paste with a little of
the hot milk and then all
mixed together half a cup
ful. It's safe because Grape
Nuts is made only of wheat
and barley and bailed from
12 to 16 .hours. It's a great
food fof babies or grown
ups. "There's a Reason.' '
value of the best knowledge. Scientific
method have added enormously to the re
source Which our frtntna lanria rrmaHttil
But we must go farther still In applying
the bet scientific use of our farms. Too
milrh Is Inst each vear Ihrnnah tha artlntt
of the rain In robbing the land of Its best
element. Nltroaen and aoll re poured
each year into the sea in quantities al
most bevond our oownr In mmnralienri
The Mississippi river alone laya down In the
Uulr Of Mexico twice tha vntnmo of earth
material Which muat t mnv4 In thn nrhnU
work of opening- a way from the Atlantic
in me Faetric through the Tanama canal.
In tho upland parte of the state south of
Pennsylvania and east of the Mississippi
nw square miles yearly are estimated to be
lost to agriculture aa rnmnletelv aa thnnah
they were blotted from the map. In actual
fact this land Is swallowed un bv tha aea
Waste like thl Is going on all over the
country, and much of It Is preventable.
jvo one ran travel throuah tha initwi
State using hi eye without seeing how
much preventable waste Is taklnar n!a.
To any one farmer his own loss may seem
small. It Is nevertheless areater than he
think. If Jt were poaalble to exempt all
rarrn land from taxation farmer would
think It decidedly worth while. Yet those
who are best able to form a correct eatl-
mate consider that the streams run ..,.
with more value from the farms of the
country than tho -tax collector takes In
irom them.
Other Beside the Farmer.
tui otnera are affected besides the
farmers. This is why the question of
erosion tan not be left to the agrlcul
iuri experte to work out as a purely
rarrn promem. It must be approached
frcm the standpoint ot the public good.
The Individual farmer may think he can
afford to let some of his capital wash
away. Whether the country can afford
to suffer the loss a Question nf tha h.r
uso of the first of our great resources
inu. kui wnatcver our answer to that
may be, there can be but one answer to
the question whether the country cbji af
ford to have the land in its waters.
"What the streams and rivers of the
United States are worth to It Is beyond
calculation. Almost In on bound there
ha leaped before us a tact realised by very
tew until within the last three or four
years, that aa natural resources our water
wsyse are hardly developed If at all. In
spite of the fact that the nltetd State
has spent since 1SU0 over 1450,000.000 in river
and harbor Improvements, .our waterway
are lees nsvtgable now than they were
a century ago. Commerce has to a largo
extent forsaken them fo rthe less econom
ical road of Iron. Only when the power
of the railroad to carry traffic become
overstrained was It brought home to us
that we had been short sighted In neglect
ing due development of water transpor
tation. ' Along with the realisation of thl
there is also dawning a new perception
of the value of our streams as sources
of power a perception which ha led to
a flood or applications to congress tor the
right to construct development plants.
Inflaeaee of Electricity.
"Electricity is likely to be for the twen
tieth century what steam was to the
nineteenth. Our railroada, our factories
and our municipal lighting, heating anl
transportation systems will Increasingly
depend on electricity, developed not from
coal, but from water oower. The rhmn.
which the possession of " methods for
transporting and applying electricity will
bring about are likelv to be aimo.t ravn.
lutlonary In our Industrial life. It is of
vium importance that the nation ahould
be prepared both to make the m3at of Its
water power and to aea to It while they
are yet public that they shall be used In
the way which will bet serve the nnhiin
Interest. ', , t . . . , . , ,,. v ,..
"As to the duty of tha nation in m-nvM
ror the future, which will In no long time
be the present, when the nation win ha t,
traits for the forest products necessary
10 us industrial lire, there I now, happily,
no longer question. It onlv nnuim .-I
carry through the work to Vfhtch we have
already defnitely set our hands, of doing
all that we can o late in the day to make
the best use of th remnant of our great
ioresi wealth still left to ua: tn .
top to the conversion Into unproductive
waste of the land capable of growing
tree to better advantage than any other
crop, and to conserve and equalize by
means of a forest cover the rtreamflow
necessary to irrigation, power develop
ment, waterway transportation, harbor
Improvement and municipal use. With
out forests, mountainoua regions become
aource of devastation on an appalling
scale. From, the scarred elopes slit Is
swept Into reservoir and river and flood
are poured upon lowland farm and buy
cities. Both the nation and the statoa
should take action with foreslghted per
ception of the need and the great interests
Involved.
Foundation of the Platform.
'I have thus sonn over tha rinim. ni n..
republican party led by McKlnley and
Roosevelt to the continued confidence of
the people. Tho success with which they
met the problems Of the Snanlah war ih.
benefit of the policy of national expan
sion, vne steps taken to arouse the con
science of the Deoule aaralnat tha i,io..
nee of railroad and great industrial com
binations, the measures adopted to aup
presa thla lawlessness, the leaiaiatinn
promote irrigation and the" agitation now
oing on, at tne instance of the admlnla
tratlon, for the conservation of the natural
resources of the Ui.lted Btatea in th.
ervatlon of forests, the Improvement of
our waterwaya, the preservation In the
puuno interest or ungranted coal and oil
land and of water power created by the
improvement of national waterway ti...
and the other measure which I have men
tioned for the betteiment of the wage
earner and the promotion of hia rlghta to
organlxe conetltuto a platform upon which
We can eafely appeal to the American peo
ple for a continuance of power."
WHITE! TALKS OF HOB9T DOLLAR
Kansas Editor Make Them Sit Ip
and Take .Mo tire.
In hi own interesting style William
Allen White, the KmporU editor and phil
osopher, entertained the audience with hi
speech on "The Roosevelt Policies and the
Honest Dollar." Mr. White said:
Generally speaking, taking the country
by and large and allowing for a few mil
lion exceptiona, the people of this nation
during the last thirty years of the nine
teenth century devoted themselves to mak
ing a more or lesa honest dollar. And
again, speaking generally and allowing for
a few an almost negligible few Irregu
larities by thieves in and out of Jail, the
dollars that were made were reasonably
hnneat dollars. And, finally, speaking gen
erally asain. and also allowing tor the ras
cality of perhaiw less than 10,o0 notable
plunderers, the dollars made by those who
accumulated them by wholesale and In car.
load lots were Jusl as honestly acquired
as the dollars made by doing business In
a small way, by tne dozen or by the gross,
retailing money In broken package. The
lethlca of the time, frankly, were tho
ethic of the time, and as the time la pass
ing, let ua admit frankly that ihey were
the ethics of all of us, those of you who
succeeded In storing away fortune and
thoaa of ua who keep our accounts In the
reel
feonie played the game better tiian nthera
but practically all of us played by the
same rules, and tha object of th game
waa to win the prise, which alwaya
a large, round, shining dollar. According
to the rulea of tha game, when a man had
a dollar in hia possraaion It was Ills dol
lar, and the gentleman who reached for
that same dollar and only grabbed th
thin and unsatisfactory atmosphere had no
rlariita in the matter that the owner of the
dollar waa bound to respect. Therefore, In
those halvon daya. gentlemen who spent
valuable time explaining how they might
bav won. generally aiidrraaad ihaU- re
marks to the empty air an caught the
next train. For In those dnys thl was a
busy world and people had li" time to
spend listening to the minority report.
And so the world wscard oh, and we
were all a part of It. ami all reasonably
proud of It. and thla la no time to rake
over th tin tana covered by the statute
i'J limitation and revive tha famous suit
of the not naainst tha kettle I'nr tmlav
tha rtlheteehth centurir business methods eif
a business mnh like Mr, t'arnegi have no
more vuai interval lo tlio world tlisn th
love affair of ftolnmon. Indeed, the fact
mat Mr. Carnegie pursued the dollar, "un
certain, coy and hard to ' get, In those un
regenerate days, using more assiduity than
tact, may be met with the counter state
ment that Solomon'a multifarious court
ships are piobably more or less open to
question under our rlgoroua twentieth cen
tury standards. Yet Solomon and Mr. Car
negle had their places in this world. And
probably while both had the acquisitive
spirit, each paid his penalty for It. and it
la doubtful whether Solomon had more
trouble reducing his Vnst accumulation of
wives man Mr. Carnegie Is having in get
ting rid of his money And It Is likely that
me loiry ot Solomon In acquiring a inou
sand Ives at least 9X o fwhom were
almost unnecessary, and to all Intents and
purpose useless, and In a way superfluous
-nun tne equal folly of Mr. Carnegie in
garnering nia hungry, vicious Inlerest-ersn
Ing, useless millions It la likely that the
vain follies of these two well-meaning and
otherwise admirable men will be equally
Inexplicable to an enlightened posterity.
For, in the years that are coming, the lust
ror money and the love for many women
will be set down by normally constituted
pttsona aa twin follies that bring their own
punishing cares. It Is not at all likely that
we will ever lose either the Croesus or tho
flirt In this world. But sS the centuries go
by they will appeal to our tolerance rather
than to our admiration.
For the whole civilized world I coming
into a new era. It la an era distinct from
the era of the nineteenth century aa the
reformation was distinct from the mtnme
ages. - This new era ia manifest in Kussia,
aa well aa In Kansas: in England as well
aa in Nebraska. And though certain classes
of business, men may sniff at reform In
politics, thu'place where real reform atarted
ana the pinco where today It la most et
fetitlve, In In business. Whether commerce
will admit It or not, the chief concern of
business today la not so entirely the ac
cumulation of wealth as It was In the lat
ter part of the nineteenth century, hut In
stead one of the chief concern of business
Is the distribution of wealth.
The so-called Iloosevelt policies are not of
Koosevelt a invention. Hut he Is the great
voice of the spirit of the age. He Is a
great follower: he is not leading In this con
test, but he is directing with courage and
wisdom and kindness the American section
of the worldwide struggle for distributive
justice.
But it Is not of tomorrow's possibilities,
but of today'a realities that we should talk
now. For the American business man is
about to face a serious problem. Educa
tion Is making the laborer restless In the
social and economic condition wherein he
finds himself. 11" is going to rise out of
that condition. That fact may as well be
put dqwn as settled. The American la-borera-ln
fact, the laborer all over the
world, "HO longer will remain a low casts
citizen. Whether the employer likes It or
not, the laborer la rising, and so long
as printing presses turn, so long will he
keep rising. And rising, he will demand
a greater and greater share of tho Joint
product of labor and capital. The partner
ship between labor and capital In every
industrial 'concern must he reorganised.
and In that reorganization, the right of the
worthy laborer to hia Job. must be pro
tected as rigidly a is the right nf capital
to Its Interest. The right of capital to In
corporate and bargain with labor, should
be only aa sacred as the right of labor to
Incorporate and bargain with capital.. Prop
erty rights should be held sacred, under tne
'aw, and the right to a living wage should
be recognised - by law. The last century
spent much of Its commercial energy per
fecting the Incorporated dollar, thla century
should rend the same energy perfecting
the federated man. The last century was
a century of Individualism; the present
one must be one of fraternallsm. This I
no Utaplan dream. Labor 1 better paid
today than ever it waa before in the world,
because, on the whole, labor knowa more.
And aa the year pass labor will know
more and more. Therefore the question
before the American buslnes man, tlio ques
tion before the commerce of the world. Is
this: Shall labor rise aa a class, or will
commerce have sense enough to let laborers
rise as Individuals? In oilier words shall
the world turn to the progrsm of the
socialist, or shall the business men, re
sponding to tho spirit ot the age In their
own hearts, ' widen the opportunities of
such Individuals aa they themselves meet
and deal with, by giving them a larger
share in the Individual profile of each in
ert! Hal' concern T ' '
The Question Is hot political. It political
phases are but reflections of its business
aspect. Rsscntlatly it Is a business ques
tion, to be settled by business men, both
In overall and in sack coats. That em
ployera aee this problem and recognise tta
deep meaning Is evidenced by the fact that
capital In many places is providing for
service pensions to those who remain long
In one employment; also thst profit shar
ing plans are being adopted by many con
cerns, and further, that many corporatlona
are so formed that the laborer may share
In dividend. Scores of other plans are In
vogue though rather sporadically, which
mirror the quickening conscience of com
mercialism that is moving the world. But
these Isolated cases of a belated conscience
must multiply. They must become univer
sal. Otherwise, the laborer will continue
to organize along class lines, and to develop
a class spirit, which certainly Is not a
brotherly spirit, and wh'ch certainly win
delay the coming of good will among men;
but unless the stronger brother shows thst
the spirit of fraternallsm la. In him, allows
that he cen curb hia greed toward his
Weaker brother, the weaker brother must
neu be blamed for hardening his heart to-
wara tne stronger, selfish brother, ana
going It alone, . .,
thl question or the menace of socialism
is not polntra-not yet. lt is still a ques
tion between man and man a moral ques
tion. It will be answered when the In
stinct which Is Impelling the rich man to
give In phllshtrophy to tha tew, sliull go
further, . and keep - him from taking ao
much In profits from the many. For lawa
will avail little until the spirit or brother
hood among men In this nation Kiowa
deeper Into the national life deeper even
than It la today; and tonav it I deener
than ever It was before. But it must sink
Into Mm heart of the rich man until he la
willing -to give not merely hia surplus, but
that snlrH of brotherhood must move the
rich man aa It moves the poor man who
lavs down his tools, gives un his lob, and
with heroic faith In irnd's ultimate gtind
peas strides. thu"h '' eilw suffer, thst
his brothtr at a Vier b.nc'i nay e'
justice and thrive
AHMV AD "NAVrJOHW C. HIWIV
Soldier and Sailor and Flag Are One
and Inseparable.
General John C. Cowln aroused enthusi
asm in an address on "The Army and
Navy Forever," saying:
A perfect form or government Is linnos-
sible of realisation.. That which is suitable
for one pwupla ma not be for anotner.
That which may be auitable for a people
at one time at another ix rlod. of new con
ditions and Industry and commerce, of
great social and political unrest, may seem
lununinrniauy aeiecuve.
Wherever else our opinions differ, no
matter how irreconcilably arid panalonately.
the great mass of the men and women nf
our land, of the employes and employers
suae, or i a nor ana or capital, unanimously
raise their voices agulnat anarchy and its
crimes and unanimously agree that the
governments powerful hand should setae
this monster and crush it.
Limit the power of the national govern.
ment and the hope of the liberty ot man
kind ia gone. Abridge the power ot the
nation, granted through the wisdom of
our fathers, maintained' and sanctified by
the blood of millions, and you will loosen
the cords that unite these state, sheavaa
reaped and hound together In the harvest
of death. Limit the national nuwer and
the permanency of the union will- have de
purted forever. Outside the strength and
permanency of the union there is Hull
hope and little worth In tha future of the
republic.
No matter what or when'the menace of
the nation may be, whether arising from
political, commercial or social unrest, from
anarchy and asHasainullon of constitute 1
authority or other lawlessness, there Is one
body of men, ever self-sacrificing under
every condition, loyal to the government,
with, whom love of country haa ever ben g
laasion, so tnit wnatever nominal inns and
njustlce they have had to bear they never
swerved them from loyalty lo tha nation.
In tha momentous times, ' when duikiieas
curtained the hills and the tempest was
abroad in Uf anger, when the plow stood
still in the field of promise and briars cum
bered the gardens of beauty, when the
brave began to Icir tha power of man
and the pious to doubt the favor of God,"
these men were loyal to their country
body of men with that faith In loyalty that
make martyra and hrrors, the soldiers
and sailors of the republic.
It v.aa the soldlaia and aailora that
"bionrlit forth" this new nation. It waa
the soldier and aallors who gave this na
tion "a new birth Of freedom. It was the
soldiers and saliurs. who, with their blood
and their lives, saved ihls government of
the peepm from pensntng rrom the earth.
And when peace came at last the aurvlv.
m aoidiara and aaiiuia c( iu north and
of the south went out Into civil life anoV
eiMI pursuits. Hie grandest body ot CHI
sen the world over knew. They t arrle.t .
to their homes a sentiment that inado more,
for cementing tho union than all the recon
struction acls of loiiKrcM. , .'
It waa Lee. the soldi, t. " w hoi sent his-''
bfnve comrades home with the Injunction,
bo peaceable and law-abiding clllscns, snit
no order given by t lint christian warrior. '
ss their beloved commander in war, waa
move faithfully obeyed. ''
It wn tJranl. the soldier, who said "LcC
u have peace.''
It was McKlnley, the fnldier, who In the
asony of bis heart, to avoid bloodshed and
tlio sacrifice of lite, labored so faithfully
and so earnestly to avoid a war wltu
Spain, tuiping, and brlleving, that diplo
macy might be successful in the object
sought.
It was tht. soldiers and sailors who car
ried the ark of humanity Into Cuba, who
gave liberty to Us people, who removed the
yoke of Spain from the Philippines.
Prominent officers in all ourwars be
came presidents of the fulled States, and
tliH history of Un republic shows thst their
administrations were never surpassed, and.
Seldom equal. -d. In what made for the lib- '
erty and wclfme of all the people. '
Our fathers provided by the constitution
for n mint la to execute the lews, suppress
insurrection and repel Invasion. This gram)
body of citizen soldiery is one of the most'
important fhdors In our national life, tho'
tiulit hand nf the states and the union, the ,
nation mighty guard to avoid war, or
when war shall come; a splendid forum of '
loyal citizenship, of law and of ordr.
The army, navy and the National (lusr.l
are schools and example Hint make for
the uplifting of the moral and social wel
fare of the people; that make for right-
cousncss. In no other community is the
moral code so strictly enforced. Offlcct
and soldiers would be tried and dismissed,
from service for moral offenses that pasa i
almost unnoticed elsewhere. Knturnlng tn
civil life it Is the exception that one la.'
found In the criminal class.
The uniform of the soldier and sailor and
the flag of the republic are one and In- .
separable, and an auch recognized by nil
the civilized people of the .earth, except
some of the people ot our own country.
This uniform Is entitled to the. same hono"
and tho same respect from every American
under every condition and everywhere us
the flag hearing the Stars and Stripes.
The welfare of the republic, a shown
hy the InMory of the country,, under every
consideration, roqulrca a well-equipped
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