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Show GET HACK TO OUR VANTAGE GROUND BEFORE BE-FORE THE CONFERENCE. If this country has learned any lesson nt nil in the Inst three years It has learned the importance of prepnredness. Never again will we be excusable excus-able If we pursue a policy of wntchful wnltlng. Wc hnve lenrned to npprcclnto the foresight of such men ns Theodora Roosevelt, Leonard Wood, . Augustus P. Gnrdncr nnd Richmond P. Hobson. ' They urged us to prepare for a possible war. Let us have the wisdom now to heed the advice of those who nre urging us to prepare for a certain cer-tain pence. Why should wc neglect tariff legislation legis-lation until our reprcsentntlvcsjdt at the council! of tho nations, thus hnndlcapping ourselves by approaching tho discussion of peace terms as free traders 7 Europe and Asia want free access to our markets. mar-kets. They have cheap labor and low standards of living. It will be their desiru to nrrangc pence terms which will preclude the adopttlon of a protective pro-tective tariff In America. Protection Is one of our permanent policies. Wc should get back upon our usual vantage ground before the peace conference shall be called. |