Show PREPARE IN TIME OF PEACE Wasn't it Washington who said to his people In uIn time of peace pence prepare for war 1 When congress again assembles It would seem a otter better sentiment will prevail regarding the development cIe of ofa a merchant marine for the tho United States Within the next two weeks tho the naval fleet of this country will start pa its cruise to tho the Pacific ocean It will bo ho attended and served by br ships owned and chartered by foreign- foreign es The spectacle Is sufficiently embarrassing embarrassing em em- b in time of or peace I would be perilous or impossible in time of war Winthrop L. L Martin a careful observer has written the following As 8 s ou outS our l' l battleship Sleet Heet steams along the tho coast of South America It will not once see the Stars and Stripes flying from an nn American steamship regularly regular engaged In South American trade be beyond beyond be- be yond ond the mouth of ot tho the Orinoco river or In the tho 1 Pacific south of tho the Isthmus of Panama Not one single bale of or American 4 goods goes to Brazil or Uruguay Uruguay Uru Uru- guay gua or Argentina or Chile or Peru Ina in ina ina a steam vessel flying the flag of ot tho the United Status and the tho Stars arid and Stripes are arc absolute strangers to those thoo waters save sa as the they ma may be borne born at the peak of some lone lono and wandering sailing vessel or flown at the staff of at a manof man- man of- of ol of N ar Here Store Is a staggering bow blow to our national national national na na- na- na pride and a vivid warning warning- to our I national lawmakers For though we I can hire tho the use of foreign ships and foreign sailors to conO convoy and supply I our fleets in peace we cannot lawfully or sate safely or decently tho do 10 th this Is in case of ot war wal Our plight ht in an actual outbreak out out- break breal of ot hostilities s would bo be as morti tying and as disastrous as that of or Russia Rus itus- ida ala In her encounter with Japan The czars czar's government had built hullt a 11 mighty nav navy but it lied had totally neglected Its merchant marine and did not possess the Indispensable supply ships It did not possess a reserve of trained and hardened sailors and the tho holter bolter cruise and final destruction of s armada was a direct result of Russia's Russia s stupidity and Now is the time to begin bogin an establishment Us which will win render unnecessary unnecessary sary the employment ment of foreign ships And AncI if It a war should cornel comes there thore will wUl willbe willbe be an end of ot the peril because there will be lie American ships in numbers and tonnage sufficient to servo serve the needs of or the United States But war warIs Is not the tho normal condition When our congress shall shaH give to American shipping the tho aid it should have the fleets o of commerce will be American ships They ThoY will m bo be owned by Americans They will fly the American flag wUl be bc answerable answerable answer answer- able to Americans Anti And nd they will be beat beat beat at all aU times subject to the call can of the tho government whether the need be bc for lor peace or for war It will cost the tho government go some millions of dollars a year ear until American Ameri Amen can shipping shall have ha developed by fostering care came to tho the splendid strength which will make mako It able to stand against tho the marine equipment of or any nation In tho the world And AncI every dollar dollar dollar dol dol- dol- dol lar larot of ot the thc expense will como come back to th the people as prosperity has resulted from tho the kindred policy of or protection to American industries B By that wise tl 10 i I system the Industries of this nation nations I have grown enormously Our manufacturers manufacturers manufacturers manu manu- dominate every country on earth And tile the condition of the American Amen Ameri I. I I can Ul workmen has bas risen as the tile volume of American manufactures has ad nd So it will wUl be bo with the shipping Interest In In- terest It can car not prosper without diffusing prosperity e everywhere throughout tho the United States States to to eYer every cH city and ancI home and ancI Individual Protection tion to American industries made prices a little higher in this country but tho the people were better ablo able to pa pay the price A subsidy for American shipping will mean a n. trifling ing tax which all the tho people will have to share in pa paying ing But Dut the compensating sating benefits will make mako them better able to pay it and the final result will provide them a n. merchant marine which will bo be a power In peace and anda a defense In time of or war This is of the duties dc 01 one ono devolving ng upon tho the congress of at the United States |