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Show PAGE TWO POST EDITORIALS II. C. HICKS, INCREASE OF ARJ4Y AND NAVY. . We have several times declared that the ter of national defense wav not''' a partisan Quen- tion. That such is the view of Congress is proved by the Boston byir poll which rewcls d .practical unanimity Adertiser, of feeling in faor of a stronger army and navj. This question-wa- s put to every representative Do you favor an inand senator in Congress: crease in the army and navy for defense preparedness ! From members of the House 188 replies were received. Of these 141 answered 2 yes, 12 answered yes with reservations, favored as increase of navy, but not of army, and 21 were noncommittal. Only 12 answered The replies came from 101 Republicans no. aid 85 Democrats. Of tlje Republicans, 81, and of the Democrats, 55 answered yea; 3 of the Republicans and 9 of the Democrat answered yes with reservations; 12 of the Republicans and f of the Democrats were rfoncominittal ; 2' of the Democrats but none of the Republicans were in favor of naval but not of army increase j and 2 of the Republicans and 10 of the Democrats Two Progressives responded no. answered " yea, Thirty-sireplies were received from irhich 19 came fromRepublicans and 17 front Democrats. Eighteen of the Republicans said yes unreservedly, and but one was noncommittal. Fourteen of the Democrats replied an increase of yea; 1, no, and 2 favoredtotal of 224 memnavy but not of army. Of the bers of Senate and House responding there were but 13 against navy and army increase and 11 of those were Democrats. ,While leas than half of either body responded. t this poll, it is quite apparent that both Republicans and Democrats are prepared to support any reasonable defense measures that may be offered by the administration. The most active opponent of such - measures, unless he has a change of heart, will be Congressman Kitchin, Democratic floor leader in the House, who writes to the Advertiser that he is opposed to the big naTy'and army program now being agitated with so much energy throughout the country, especially by the jingoes and manufacturers of war equipment and their subtle, ramified, organized He says, however, and powerful influences. that if the president insists upon the increase Congress will vote for it. This poll indicates that in this particular he is eminently right, and more, there will be no party division. ' - sen-ators,- of x ooo , Editor AND THE FARMERS. . were many 'queer things 'in Secretary MAdoo s speech 'lit tape Girardeau, but noth- ing mure- - ridiculous than his effort to convince the farmers that the policies of the Democratic rts of party are reip6niibleTbrlhe large-expofarm products. lie presumed a great deal on his hearers unfamiliarity with facts. Intelligent fanners know what is causing the great demand in Europe. They also know what was happening under the Underwood tariff before the war came to put a kindly check to its operations. The summary of foreign commerce of the Unite! States for the month ending July 31, 1914, floods the subject with light. Comparing the 1914 with the of months seven correspondfirst ing months of 1913, we find an importation of meat and dairy products" of $31,950,478 in 1914 as against $8, 275,327 in 1913. The total importations 6f breadstuffa had increased from $9,531,-06- 5 to '$21,554,700. The value of animals imported had increased from $5,643,491 to $12,905,-17For the first seven months of 1913, only $25,244 worth of corn was imported ; in 1914 the imports were valued at $5,643,492. In 1913 there had been only $32,606 worth of oats, but in 1914 Only $222,617 imports ' readied $3,356,741. worth of wheat was imported in 1913, while $1,341,258 worth came in in 1914. The total commerce was practically the same for the two periods. Bat the increase of imports was large. The excess of imports over export! dropped from $308, 624,462 to $60,338,789. Every element was against this country. For the first time in history eggs were being imported from China, where the hens are fed or. rice and the eggs are gathered by hired hands paid 10 cents a day. The fanners of Missouri were competing in the home market with the farmers of Canada and South America and the home market was being further ruined because the increased importations of manufactured articles ready for use were purchasing closing our factories and reducing-thin best of the .world. the .consumers power be able to borrow money Whether farmers will at-- 6 cent-otheir product as Mr. McAdoo per be known will by next year. But farmpromises, ers already know what the Underwood tariff was doing to them before the great war came. -- o O 0 An Aeroplane to Scour the - Heavens,' reads a headline in an exchange. Possibly a preliminary to an attack upon Mars. DEMOCRACY Ther The Smoke of the Smart Set cigarette. 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