International Falls press and border budget (International Falls, Minn.) 1909-1926
December 10, 1914 · Page 3 of 6
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TF^T •^•mr^ni l-ir^rtF* ct *w «.- .. yw*f mms i^Irf"iT* f«1 'J QNA1VFALLS PRESS GGO/i Ctw4^ a, BiiSiSBHSSB^ THE PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE importance has only to be looked iato THE CONVENTION GIVES live our lives as we will but wet mean you or THANKS* to be appreciated. tL-. lng friendship of states, ana tne unhampered A VOTE (Continued from page also to let live. We are, IndUd, a I.) JUDDE.PO* KNOWN freedom of all with whom Economy le Urjjed. MAKING true friend to all the nations of the IT WOULD BE A SELFISH Before I close, may I say a few TMK REAL TOBACCO CHEW, we deal. Let there be no misconception. MAW INDEED WHO WOULD world, because we threaten ^one,, words upon two toplcst, much discussed The country has been misinformed. KEEP TO HIMSELF GOOD able and useful commerce depends? covet the possessions ef none, desire out of doors, upon which* it la We have not been negligent NEWS LIKE THAT And how are we to get the ships If the overthrow of npne. Our friendship highly important that our. Judgments of national defense. We are not unmindful we wait for the trade to develop without can be accepted and is accepted should be clear, definite and steadfast. of the great responsibility them? To correct the many mistakes without reservation, because it :1s offered upon One of these is economy in government resting us. We shall learn ind by which we have discouraged in a Spirit and for a purpose expenditures. The duty of economy profit. by the lessons of every experience, and all but destroyed the merchant which no one need ever question or is not debatable. It is manifest marine of the country, to retrace the and every new circumstance suspect Therein lies our greatness. and Imperative. In the appropriations and what is needed will be adequately steps by which we have, it seems almost We are the champions of peace and we pass we are spending the money done. •.. deliberately, withdrawn our flag of concord. And we should be very of the great people whose servant® from the seas, except where here and Great Duties of Peace. jealous of this distinction which we we are—not our own We' are trustees there, a ship of war is bidden carry '. I close, as I began, by reminding have sought to earn. Just now we and responsible steV*rds'in the it, or some wandering yacht displays you of the great tasks and duties of should be particularly Jealous 'of it spending. The only .thing'debatable It, would take a long time and involves peace which challenge our best powers because it IS our dearest present hope and upon which we should be cartful many detailed items of legislation, and invite us to build what will .last that -this character and reputation to make our thought and purpose and the trade which we ought the tasks to which we can address may presently, In God's provlkence, clear is the kind of economy demanded immediately to handle would disappear ourselves now and at all times the bring us an opportunity to counsel of us. I assert with thegreatest or find other channels while we free-hearted xest and wlth all the t* and obtain peace In the world and confidence that the people of the debated the Items. est j^ifts of constructive wisdom we reconciliation and a healing fettlement The case is not unlike that which United States are not Jealous of the possess.' To develop our life and our of many a matter that has cooled amount their government costs if confronted us when our own continent recourses to supply our own people, and. Interrupted the friendship ief was to be opened up to settle they are sure that they get What they and the people of the world as their 1 THE POOP QU06E IS SLAP TO DO MIS FELLOWMEN A FAVOR nations. This is the time above all ment and industry, and. we needed need and desire for the outlay, that need arises, from the abundant plenty others .when we should wish and, resolve the money is being spent for Objects long lines of railway, extended means of our fields and our marts of trade: it gfets started every man on to keep Our strength by self possession, of transportation prepared beforehand, of which they approve, ^id that it. is to enrich^ the commerce of our own our influence by preserving the fob is soon using "Right-Gut" being applied with good business if development was not to lag intolerably states and of the world with the products our ancient principles of .action. and wait interminably. We lavishly sense and management of our mines, our farms, and our the Real Tobacco Chew: Each map has Ready for Defense. subsidized the building of transcontinental Governments grow, piecemeal, both factories, with the creations of our From the first we hare had a dear his friends—and so the circle widens. in their tasks and in the means by railroads. We look back thought and the fruits of our character—this and settled polioy with regard to upon that with regret now, because which those tasks are to be. performed, is what will hold our attention military establishments. We never "Right-Cut" earns that best of all the subsidies led to many scandals and very few governments are and our enthusiasm steadily, now have had, ind while we retail our of which we are anhamed but we organized, I venture to say. as wise Sraise, and. la the years to come, as we strive the quiet word from friend to present principles and Ideals we aever know that the railroads had to be and experienced business men would te show In our life as a nation what shall have, a large standing army. lend. built, arid if we had it to do over again organize them if they had a clean liberty :and tbe inspirations of an If asked, are you ready to defend we should of course build them, but sheet of paper to write upon. Certainly emancipated spirit may do for, men It's mellow, full-bodied tobacco yourselves? We reply, most assuredly, in another way. Therefore I propose the government of the United and. for societies, for Individuals, for to the utmost and yet we shall another way of providing the means States is not. I think that it is generally seasoned and sweetened just enough. states, and for mankind. not turn America into a military of transportation which must precede, that there should be agreed The taste is fine and it lasts. camp. We will not ask our young not tardily follow, the development a systematic reorganization and reassembling Skunks Yield $3,000,000 a Year. men to spend the best years ef their of its parts so as to secure of our trade with our neighbor states The skunk brings annually to the Take a very small chew—less than one-quarter the lives making soldiers of themselves. of America. It may seem a reversal greater efficiency and effect considerable trappers of the United States .about old size. It will be more satisfying than a mouthful There is another sort of energy in us. of the natural order of things, but it savings in expense. But the three million dollars. It stands seoond of ordinary tobaeco. Just nibble on it until you find It will know how to declare itself and is true, that the routes of trade must amount of money saved in that way in Importance only to the muskrat4 the strength chew that suits you. Tuck it away. make Itself effeotlve should occasion be actually opened—by many ships would. I believe, though no doubt Then let it rest. See how easily and evenly the real among our fur-bearing aalmals. arise. And especially when half the and regular sailings and moderate considerable in itself, running, it may tobaoco taste eomea, how it satisfies without grinding, how The value of a skunk In the raw world is on fire we shall be careful 'much.less you have to spit, how few chews you take to charges—before streams of merchandise be. into the millions, be relatively for market averaged from about twenty-five to make our moral insurance against Jbe tobacco satisfied. That's why it is The Real Tobacco will flow freely and profitably small-'small, I mean. In proportion to cents to $3.50 in December, Cktw, That's why it costs less in the end. the spread of the conflagration very Tirrrrwv* the total necessary outlays of the through them. 1912, and usually runs higher. d»3nite and certain and adequate indeed. It It a ready elww, eat fine end thort shred so that yoa won't have government. It would be thoroughly .if. Must Open Gates of Trade. In 1911 2,000,000 skins were exported to grind on it with your teeth. Grinding on ordinary candied tobacco ft V- makea Hence the pending shipping bill, worth effecting, as every saving would, you spit too much. to London alone. Although this Let us remind ourselves, therefore, Th» lasts-pf pan, rich tobacco does not need to be covered np with molaascs and discussed at the last session, but as great or small. fur is not very popular In America, mi lieonse. Notice how the salt brings out the rich tobacco in "Right-Cut." of the only thing we can do or will I taste yet passed by neither house. In my Our duty is not altered by the scale Europeans favor it, because It wears One small chew takes the place of two big $ da We must depend In every time of the savings. But my point is that Judgment such legislation is imperatively well and has a luster which'makes it chews of the old kind. of national peril, in the future as in the people of the United States do needed and can not wisely be rival the Russian sable In appearance. the past not upon a standing army, not wish to curtail the activities of WEYMAN-BRUTON COMPANY postponed. The government must nor yet upon a reserve army, but upon this government they wish, rather, open these gates of trade, and open The Mexican 8tatee. BO a citizenry trained and accustomed Union Square, New York to enlarge them and with every enlargement. them wide open them before it it Mexico consists pf 22 states and ter» to arms. It will be right enough, right a with the mere growth, indeed. altogether profitable to open them, or rttories and is politically federated IO?STAMP5 fBUY FROM DEALER OR SEND T0JUS American policy, based upon our accustomed of the country Itself, there must altogether reasonable to ask private republic, its constitution being patterned principles and practices, to come, of course, the Inevitable Increase capital to open them at a venture. after that of the United State* provide a system by which every of expense. It is not a question of the government of America. The population ef the citizen who will volunteer for i9oo. ii,C97.ooe. The sort of economy we ought to monopolizing the field. It should take country in w.e» Oa practice may be effected, and ought to account pf the strenuous life of Mexico action to make it certain that transportation the training may be made familiar at reasonable rates will be be effected, by a careful study and for several years past It is likely that with the use of modern arms, the nidiments promptly provided, where the assessment of the tasks to be performed Its present population is not much la ou 11 Never even of drill and maneuver, and the and the money spent onght •xcess of that of 14 years ago. carriage is not at first profitable and maintenance and sanitation of camps. then, when the carriage has become to be made to yield the best possible We should encourage such training Wisdom From Thomas. returns in efficiency and achievement Sufficiently profitable to attract and and make it a means of discipline The thoughtful look on young engage private capital, and engage it And, like good stewards, we should which our young men will learn to as* face betrayed thai he had a few so account for every dollar of our ap» in abundance, the government ought value. It is right that we should provide questions to ask. As soon aa Mrs. to withdraw. I very earnestly hope propriations as to make it perfectly it not only, but that we should Every Convenience Boardman had .gone, he asked them. With evident what it was spent for and In that the congress will be of this opinion, make It as attractive as possible, and "Mother," said he, "do you like to and that both houses will adopt what way it was spent so Induce our young men to undergo kiss Mrs. Boardman?" It is not expenditure but extravagance this exceedingly Important bill it at such times as they can command "No, dear." The great subject of rural credits that we should fear being criticized a little freedom and can seek the "Do you think Mrs. Boardmaa likea for not paying for the legitimate still remains to be dealt with, anil physical development they need» for to Uss you?" enterprises and undertakings of it is a matter of deep regret that the mere health's sake, if for nothing "I don't think she does." a great government whose people difficulties of the subject have seemed mora Every means by which such "Then, why do you and she always to render It impossible to complete command what it should do, but adding things can be stimulated Is legitimate* Idss when you meet?" what will benefit only a few or a bill for passage at this session. But and such a method smacks of true "I don't know, dear." pouring money out for what need not it can not be perfected yet, and therefore American Ideas. It Is a right toov TICKBT "Don't you think Sirs. Boardmaa have been undertaken at all or might there are no other constructive that the National Guard of the states 0PPICE5 would rather you didn't Idas herf* have been postponed or better and measures the necessity for which I should be developed and strengthened •Si "I have no doubt of It." more economically conceived and carried will at this time call your attention by every means which is not inconsistent "Wouldn't you rather Mrs* out The nation is not niggardly to but I would be negligent of a with our obligations to our man didn't Mss you?" it is very generous. It will chide us very manifest duty were I not to call own people or with the established "bh, very much rather." ..., only if we forget for whom we pay the attention of the senate to the fact policy of our government And this, A "Then," said young Thoi money out and whose money it la we that the proposed convention for safety also, not because the time or occasion elusively, "that must be why.' pay. at sea awaits its confirmation and specially calls for such measures, but These are large and general stand* that the limit fired in the convention because it should be our constant policy Godin Dray Line & Transfer ards, but they are not very difficult of Itself for its acceptance is the last to make these provisions tor our THE SALOON'S application to particular cases* day of the present month. The conference national peace and safety. END IN SIGHT More than this carries with it a reversal In which this convention originated Tkos. Godin, Proprietor. The National Defense. vl was called by the United of tlie whole history and character The other topic I shall take leave to States the representatives of the of our1 polity. More than this, mention goes deeper into the principles At best a different verdicts at United States played a very influential proposed at this time, permit me to of our national life and poliey. DRAYAGE AND WOOD SAWING part indeed in framing the provisions say, would mean merely that we had It is the subject of national defense. I the polls would have meant only a of the proposed convention and lost our self-possession, that we ha4 DONE AT ANY TIME—^AT PRICES It cannot be discussed without first postponement. For the movement those provisions are in themselves been thrown off our balance by a war answering some very searching questions. THAT WILL PLEASE. for the most part admirable. It would with which we have nothing to do, which this year enlists hardly be consistent with the part whose causes cannot touch us, whose It Is said in some quarter* that we Washington, Oregon and Colorado we have played in the whole matter are not prepared for war. What is very existence affords us opportunities PHONE 115—CALL 7. soon will enlist the country to let It drop and go by the board of friendship and disinterested meant by being prepared? la it meant as If forgotten and neglected. It was that we are not ready upon brief notice service which should make us as a whole. States not yet ripe ratified in May last by the German ashamed of any thought of hostility to put a nation In the field, a for it are rapidly or slowly getting or fearful preparation for troubla government and in August by the tion of men trained to arms? Of parliament of Great Britain. It marks This is: assuredly the opportunity for course we are not ready to .do that ripe. Even the casual obser-* which a people and a government like a most hopeful and decided advance and we shall never be In time of ver of the trend of thought must in international civilization. We peace so loifg as we retain our present burs were raised up, the. opportunity, should show our earnest good faith not Only to apeak but actually to em* see that it is a nation-wide movement. political principles, and Institutions. in a great matter by adding our own body and exemplify the counsels of And what' is it that it is suggested acceptance ot it peace and amity and.the-lasting concord we should be prepared to do? Washington could with wisdom To defend ourselves against attack? which is based on justice and fair Charting of Our Coasts. We have always found means to do and generous dealing. There is another matter of which have waited yet awhile ancL con11 8hlps Our Natural Bulwark*, *. .,•*:• •,I that and shall find them whenever it I must make special mention, if I am tinued its adherence to local option Is necessary without calling oar people A powerful navy we have always to discharge my conscience, lest It away from their necessary tasks regarded as our proper and- natural should escape your attention. It may and home rule. to render compulsory military service means of. (defense and it hap always HASPEaS seem a very small thing. It affects $ut it is all over, and there isr WHISKEY in times of peace. .been of defense that we have tltought^ only a single Item of appropriation. no profit ifi speculating jupon what Allow me to speak with great plain: never of aggression or of conquest, But many human lives and many shpukf have been! or might have ness and directness1 upon thU great But who shall tell us now what sort great enterprises hang upon it XOCK SPRING WATER matter and to avow my convictions of navy to build We shall take leave It is the matter of making adequate been done. thing dreadedr with deep earnestness. I have tried to be strong: upon the iseas, in 'the provision for the survey and charting as tending seriously to .effecfc to 'know what America la, what her future as In the past and there wlll of our coasts. material epiiditions has npf a.ct-t people think, what they are, what he no thought pf offense or of provo-. It Is immediately pressing and exigent ually, happened 'and is beyond rc« they most cherish, and hold dear, 1 cation in. that Our ships .arer our in connection with the immense UNOCRWOOO HAS5ELBARTH, Locd Agents hope that some of their finer passions natural bulwarks. When will the' experts call. Washington soon 1wi|l berl coast line of Alaska. A coast line are in my own heart, some Of'the tell us just what kind #e should greater than that of the United States a dry state and is destined coirije great conceptions and desires which construct—and when will they be themselves, though it Is also very to remain a d^r state. That. it gave birth to this government and right for ten years together, Jf $he Important indeed with regard to the Will have the company of all the which have made the voice of this relative. efficiency of Craft o| different older coasts of the continent We iasai people a voice of peace and hope and kinds and uses, continues .t» states in the union in a fe^.shpjrt,, cannot use our great Alaskan domain, liberty among the peoples of the change as we have seen It change years is as sure as anything of ships will not ply thither. If those .laia fo totrtO'j hrizti a world, and that speaking my own under over very eyes In these last coasts and their many hidden dangers the future!can be foretold. thoughts, 1 shall, at least: lu part few month*? are not thoroughly surveyed and While |^he stringent, law'^di^ speak theirs also, however, fointly and Bui, 1 turn, away from the subject charted. It is not .new. There la no new need, not .even aim to proliibit dnipdng^ inadequately, upon this vital matter. The work Is incomplete at almost to dlscuir it We shall not alter Our of obtaining loquor fro|m the oujt^ Fear No Nation* •very point Ships and lives have '.O ,-yt viii O'liSZ-lll. attitude toward it becauie §6me We are at peace with an th* world. been lost in threading what were supposed side, it does cpntemp^ate th^. alsoiute amongst :tas are nervous and excited. No one who speaks counsel baaed' to be well-known main cham suppression ,o£ the saloon*' We shall easily and senslbly agree on fact or drawn from a just and nels. We have not provided adequate the peqpleiV verdict upon a policy of defense,. Th* que?-, By AND SEWER WORK PROMPTLY DONE vessels or adequate machinery for the candid interpretation of realities tlon has, not changed itsaspects1be-^ o|E that institution arer definitely can say that there is reason for fear survey and charting. We have used ESTIMATES cause the tinges are not normal. Our PURjififfilD 'dN MoRT 'NOTICE that from any quarter our Independence and finally i^nmbere^ It will gi old vessels that were not big enough or the integrity of our territory policy wm Inot be for. an Occasion.'' or strong enough and which were so There is nought ^o do l^iit to ?nee^ of the. It will be conceived as, a permanent ts threatened. Dread poweir nearly unseaworthy that our Inspectors the situation cli^ei fi4ly and inalc| and settled thing, which we will pursue of any other nation we are Incapable would not have allowed private Falls ^he necessary readjustment jn Minn. Phone ati at all seasons, without haste ,and ot We are not jealous, of rivalry in InteinatiOnal owners to send them to sea. This is the of any other flutter which, as have said, fields commeroe orof after a fashion perfectly obiulstent businesslike way.—^SeatUe Post. iti 4 a I aeems achievement We apmm to] fmall. but If la very with the seace of the worUL the ahld- «jityr Its pa7ft