Show i I And the st spangled star r d banner in triumph shall wave wa j I Oer O'er the land of the the- the free free freo and tho the home homo o of the brave bra Building Reserve Power EN N NEVER EVER B before has it necessary for tho the United J j States 3 to exert her full Lull economic strength As a n ai i r result sult wo we o were unconscious of the powerful weapons i within our gra grasp grap p until wo we entered war War Var has opened our eyes t to the tho latent tho-latent latent p possibilities of ot the United States As we Wc see for tho first time timo in history a R need for our I t undeveloped strength Vc we turn our attention to our nat nat- i oral resources I With this thi realization war is bound hound to bring us to toan an ern era of development de which will increase the strength I and standing standing- of the nation in the world Development j of our natural wealth is hound bound to follow the discovery f that the world needs tho the products which we can produce I We Ve are stopping to look ourselves over for the first time since the Ule revolutionary rc days War has bas taught us the strength to be found in e economic development eo rit and we ar are seeking strength Alad Al- Al Tready ad we are beginningS ng to develop p power which has bos been locked Mocked in the natural vaults of the mountains for years We Ye are about to put our water power to work ork a and d this 1 b- b precedes development of natural resources to which we have been indifferent in the past The demands of or war show us where wo we are arc weak as we wc seek t to maintain our standing in the worl world o We Ye are removing ing those d defects by developing new strength in ill bringing ing our ur natural wealth from its mountainous vaults We V c are re just beginning to exert our strength As the will ill become war Avar progresses e ses the tho development movement more and more moro apparent We Ve arc are not all agreed as to the tho development processes Some mistakes are being heing made but it is certain that we are l becoming comin stronger as we e become cognizant cognizant cognizant cog cog- of the strength h which heretofore has remained d dormant The development movement mo applies not only to our vast 1st iron coal conI and copper deposits but hut to the agricultural life as well elJ Time was when rhen we e were content content content con con- tent to have our farmers cultivate their acres Now we wesee s see sc ace c a need of greater acreage and we are encouraging our people to get back to the producing side of life Every branch of American lifo life is going going- to be stimulated stimulated as a result of the war with Germany The development development develop develop- ment meat movement will go hand in hand with the war program program pro pro- gram but it will ivill not reach its height until after peace Has lias been established War is teaching us to look to the thc future and as a n result we are seeking the need of backing back back- ing lag our economic strength with a reserve power equal to any emergency |