Cheraw chronicle. (Cheraw, S.C.) 1896-2005, December 09, 1915, Image 4
PRESIDENT WILSON'S
MESSAGE
Continued From Page 1
e?w '-uifut places t:i t with
*i;.' '.?le ualta of tlu- iirmy.
Tii'li [>er1od of nnnun! trail.in;: would
e*?rtly exceed u-f r"?nth? In
the e?r.
Tlt? president says ii is up to the
?e rlotic young men of the country to
i**?t?md to this call.
COMPREHENSIVE PLAN
FOR GREATER NAVY.
Always L?had to It at Our Firtt and
Chief Llna of Defense.
The program which will Ik- laid DwFure
you by tba secretary of the nary
Ik similarly conceived. It Involves only
a shortening of the time within which
plans long matured shall he carried
- aut, but It does make definite and ex- i
plldt a program which h.i-i heretofore
baas only Implicit held in the minds of
the committees on na\ a! ah airs nud
disclosed la the debates of the two |
bosses, bat nowhere formulated or for |
oally adopted. It seems to me very
clear that It will be to the advantage
of the country for the congress to adopt
comprehensive plao for putting the
oevy upon a final footing of strength
and efficiency and to pi."-* that plan
to completion within t Ik* next five
yesra. We have always looked to the
nary of the country as our nrsi uiju
chief lino of defense; we have always
Men It to bo our manifest course of
prudence to bo strong on tbe seas.
Tear by yoar wo have been creating a
nary which now ranks verv !,iah In !
deed among the navies or t!??* maritime j
nations. Wo should now lefiuiu-ly de
term In e bow we shall Cv-mplete what
wo ha to begun and bow soou.
The program to be laid before you
contemplates the construction within
Are years of ten battleships, six battle
cruisers, ten econt cruisers, fifty deetroyers,
fifteen fleet -n;. varices,
alghty-fleo coast subraar.i. -. tour gun j
boots, one hoepltnl shl- two umromil
rlon ships, two fuel oil sidjw nnd one
repair ship. It Is propos. I thai ?>r this
aomber we shall tbe first >tui Piuvide
for tbe construction of two battleships,
two battle cruisers, three scour cruisers,
fifteen destroyers, five fleet submarines.
tweaty-flve coast submarines, two gunbests
and one hospital ship; tbe second
year two battleships, one scout cruiser.
t*? iWmvopi fnor fleet submarines.
fifteen coast submarines, one gunboat
ami one fuel oil ship; the ihi:vl year
two battleships, one battle cruiser, two
coat crulseni, five destroyers, two Poet
submarines and fifteen const ?mhmn
rtnee; the fourth year two battleships
two battle cruisers, two scout cruVers
ten destroyere, two tieei submarines,
fifteen coast submarines, one urumuni
lion ship and one fuel oil ship, and
the fifth year two battleships, one hat
tie cruiser, two scout cruiser*- fe-i de
atroyera, two fleet sub ::a, i' ?. t'f-eon
coast submarines, one minima!. meam
monition ship and one repair ship
Tbe secretary of the navy !? asking
also for tbe Immediate addition to the
personnel of the navy of T.rinb sailors.
2.500 apprentice seamen and 1.500 tna
rtnaa. This Increase would he sufTi
dent to care for the ships which arc
to be completed within the fiscal year
19IT and also for the number of men
which must be put In training to man
the ships which will be completed '
arty In 1918. It Is also nece-iviry that
lb* nnmber of midshipmen nt the Naval
academy at Annapolis should be
Inereascd by at least f500 in order t, ,
tbe force of officers should bo more
mpldly added to. and authority is asked
to appoint, for en?rin"crin? duties
only. approved graduates of engineering
college*. and for service in the nvl
tlon corps a certain number of men
taken from civil life.
If this full program should be curried
out should have built or hulldln.tr In
1921. according to the estimates of sur
rival and standards of classification
followed by the general board of the
department, uu eifcrlive navy cousbt
Ins of 27 battleships of rb fir t line, U
battle crulsere, 25 battleships of the
? ond line. 10 armored cruisers. 13
scout cruisr---. 3 first < la>s cruisers, 3
aeccjid ci'i.>.< cruisers. l'? tclass
cruisers, ICS destroyers. Is licit sub
murines, 157 coast submarine-. < ru n
itora, 20 gunboats. 4 supply ships, 15
fuel ships. 4 transports, 3 tenders to
torpedo vessels, 8 vessels o;' special
types nud two ammunition : ' . - i ':1s
would he a navy fitted : > <?:i; u vds
and worthy of our tradition
But niniics and instf.;: onts of ?i.r
are only part of what has t > >e < <}
Idcred If we are to ? < i: i !? ; -u
preme matter of national r-.-.i - i u
cy and security In ; 'i its aspects.
Th..r? ? ? nthor rrrnnf npit tni'v; \vllir?h I
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will be thrust upon our at tout ion
whether we will or not TJore K fur
example, a very pressing question of
trade and shipping involved In this
great problem of nutloual adequacy
It la necessary for many weighty rea
oca of national efficiency and <ie\cl
patent that we should h:nv n groin
merchant marine. The gr< at?. w? ham
fleet we once used to ma!:** lis ri. h.
that great body of sturdy sailor; wha
used to carry our flag into i . < ,-y a.
and who were the pride and - t a i":c
bulwark of the nation, we i.
driven out of existence by iiu w tn-al.u
neglect and Indifference and by a hope
lessly blind and provincial policy of
so called economic protection, it is
high time we repaired our mistake unci
resumed our ccmiucrcl:;I indo;r: r
ob the seas.
;
I With n view to meeting these ;?rc :
j ins: necessities of our commerce and
[ availing: ourselves nt the earliest p.- hie
moment of the present unpnr.iileie :
opportunity of linking the two A:;..::
ens together in bonds of mutual inter
est and service, an opportunity which
may never return again If we mi. s it
now. prop:i:.;i!s will Jo mde to t!:e
present ronyro<5?: f w the pvr
construction of ships to he owned and
directed Ly the govemuient similar to
those mad.- to the last congress, but
modified in some essent'.ul parvicv.lAVs
I recommend these proposals to you
for your prompt act?.ptance wiih the
more confidence heca. e every month
that has elapsed since the former pro
posals wore made lie-: made the tie
eessity for such action more ami more
manifestly Imperative That nrml was
then foreseen. It is now acutely foil
and everywhere roali.ed by those lot
wboin trade is wuiti::but who can
Had uo conveyance for their gbo.ls. 1
Hid a.<i .> n ::< !j i atensted hi the par
lie units of i'h' program as 1 am in
taking imiiiediaic advantage of die
great opportunity whi h awaits us it
we will but act in this emergency. In
this nmttor. as in all others, a spirit ot
common compel should prevail, ami
out of it should come an early solu
tion of this pressing problem.
SHOULD A2REE ON POLICY
IN THE PHILIPPINES.
Reoommencis Early Adoption of Measures
Giving Them Fuller Justice.
The president recommends the early
adoption of bills for the alteration and
reform of the government of the Phil
ippines and for rendering fuller polit
leal justice to the people of Porto Itico.
which were submitted to the SixtyI
third congress The president refers
! to the Increased cost of carrying out
the plans for the armed forces of the
I nation and tells of the fiscal problems
confronting the government.
On tlie 80th of June last there was
i an available balance in the general
fund of the treasury of $104,170,103.78
The total est mated receipts for the
year 191G, on the assumption that the
emergency revenue measure passed b,\
the Inst emigre's will not be extended
beyond Us present limit, the 31st of
December, 1913. and that the present
duty of 1 cent per pound on sugar will
be discontinued after the 1st of May
1910, will be $1170.303.000. The balance
of June last and these estimated rev
enues come therefore to a grand total
of $774,033,003.78. The total estimated
disbursements for the present fiscal
year. Including twenty-five millions for
the Panama canal, twelve millions for
probable deficiency appropriations and
$30,000 for miscellaneous debt redemptions,
will be $733,891,000. and the ha!
once in the general fund of ?!ie treas
ury will be reduced to $2<M;4-1.t::i3.7H
The emergency revenue ac t il' eontln
ued beyond its present time Hniltntion
would prodn e during the half year
then rem tuning about forty-one millions.
The duty of 1 cent per pound
on 6ugnr If continued would produce
during the two months of the fiscal
year remaining after the 1st of May
about fifteen millions. These two sums,
amounting together to fifty-six mil
lions. If added to the revenues of the
second half of the fiscal year would
yield the treasury at the end of the
year an available balance of $70.0-14
005.78.
The additional revenues ivuui.-cd to
carry out tlie program of niiiit try and
naval proptiratlon of w!i'"!i i have
spoken would. as at present e imati- l
bo for the tiseal year 1017 S'vj.scti.o t
Those figures. taken with tbe figures
for tbe present fiscal year which 1
have already given, disclose our linan
eial problem for tbe year 1017 As
suming that the taxes Imposed bv the
emergency revenue net and the nres
ent duty on sugar are to be dlscontln
tied and that the balance at the close
of tbe present fiscal year will be only
$20,014,005.78. that the disbursements
for the Panama ennn) will again he
about $251; A000 and that the nddl
tlonal c v;? "li'ures for the army and
navy are authorized by the congress
tbe deficit in l' e general fund of the
treasury on the :!0th of June. 1017
will be nearly *235.000.000. T<> this
sum at least $"0,000,000 should bo add
ed to represent a safe working balance
for tbe trensury and $12,000,000 ro include
tbe usual doll ieucy estimates i i
1017, and tLce additions would make
a total deficit of some $297,000,000. If
the present taxes should be continued
throughout this year and the next,
however, there would be a balance In
the treasury of some $70.30:\o 0 a!
tlx* end of the present fiscal year and
u deficit nt the end of the next year of
only some r".u< t.000. or. reckoning in
$ti2.G0U.0( o for deficient upriations
and a safe treasur ice nt
the end of the year, a t? w h >
some $112,000,000. The e :
of the figures is that It is ; < i
- el <?f prudence to contlr. of the
present taxes or their en *s mm
confine ourselves to the problem of
providing $112,000,000 of new revenue
rather than $297.000.0'K).
rJow shall we obtain the new revenue?
We are frequently reminded
that there are many millions of bonds
which the treasury is authorized under
existing law to sell to reimburse the
sums paid out of current revenues for
the construction of the Panama canal,
and it is true that bonds for the
amount of ?222.4112,000 are now available
for that purpose. Prior to 1913
tfl3S.Oo0.000 of these bonds had uc::eilir
h,.<,n snl.l to ree.iUO the GXIK'Udl
turcs at the isthmus. and now constitute
a considerable item of the public
debt, But I for one do not believe
tbat the people of this country approve
of postponing the payment of their
bills. Borrowing money is shortsighted
finance. It can l?e justified only
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: wben permanent, things are to bo accomplished
which many generations
will certainly benefit by and which It
| 6eems hardly fair that n single general
tlon should pay for. The objects we
are now proposing lo spend money for
cannot be so classified, except in the
sense that everything wisely done may
be said to be done In the Interest of
posterity as well as In our own. It
i seems to me a clear dictate of pru
j dent statesmanship and frank finance
that in what wo arc now, I hope, about
to undertake we should pay as we go
The people of the country are entitled
to know just what burdens of taxation
they are to carry and to know from the
outset now. The new bills should be
paid by luternal taxation.
NATION'S SECRET FOES
SHOULD BE CRUSHED.
Gravest Danger to Country Comet
From Within Our Own Borders.
The president says that the precise
reckonings of the problem to be met
are set forth in the report of the secretary
of the treasury.
I have spoken to you today, gentlemen.
upon a single theme, the thor
ough preparation of the nation to care
for its own security and to ifiake sure
of entire freedom to play the luipar
*tnl ... .1^ Im IliimlMtlllAHA ii.wl It. tho
11*11 ITJir HI UIIO IIVIJI I .-l I 'lll'l c CI 1J Li IIJ IUC
world which we all believe to bave
been providentially assigned to it I
bave bad in my mind no thought of
any Immediate or particular danger
arising out of our relations with other
nations. Wo are at peace with all the
nations of the world, and there is reason
to hope that no question in controversy
between this and other gov
ernments will lead to any serious
breach of arnical>'e relations, grave as
some differences of attitude and policy
huve been and may yet turn: out to be
I am sorry to say that the gravest
threats against our national peace and
safety have been uttered within our
own borders. There are citizens of the
United States, I blush to admit, born
under other flags, but welcomed under
our generous naturalization laws to the
full freedom and opportunity of America.
who have poured the poison of disloyalty
into the very arteries of our
national life, who have sought to bring
the authority und good name of our
government into contempt, to destroy
our industries wherever thev thought
it effective for their vindictive purposes
to strike at them and |to debase
our politics to the uses of loEQlgn intrigue.
Their number Is noi great as
compared with the whole number pf.
those sturdy hosts by whic i our ns-j
tlon lias been enriched in r* cent generations
out of virile foreij n stocks,
but it is great enough to have brought
doon dlsf'raoo nnnn us nn<f to have
utuue it i.ect. snr.v that flLg should
promj tly make use of procefcjfl of law
by which V. c i:; v b^.nriy^jj^thplr
corrupt distempers. "*r^???
America never ^ ^Ki anything
like this before. 11 u^^BdVeamed it
possible jlmt meu swoflFfco its own
eltizeusblp. uieu drawnwflB of great
free stocks such ns suppMR some of
the bc.it tun] strongest eleme its of that
little, but fftrtv heroic, nntloi that in a
high (lay of old staked its v ?ry life to
free itself from every eut inglement
that had darkened the fortuies of the
older nations and set up a new standard
here?that men of such Origins and
such free choices of ullegitmce would
ever f-nn in malign reaction ugalnst
the government and people who had
wcl -onu-1 and nurtured thetn and seek
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to '!; !.i this ['rotnl countrysmce more
a !..> : -1 of Ki.ropean passion. A little
while ago such a thing would have
seemed incredible. Because It was incredible
we made no preparation for
It. We would have been almost
ashamed to prepare for it. as if we
were suspicions of ourselves, our own
comrades and neighbors! Rut the ugly
and incredible thing has actually come
about, and we arc without adequate
federal laws to deal with it I urge
yon to enact such laws nt the earliest
possible moment anil feel that in doing
so I am urging you to do nothing less
than save the honor and self respect
of the nation. Stich creatures of passion.
disloyalty and anarchy must be
crushed on They are not many, but
they are Infinitely malignant, and the
hand or onr power should close over
them nt once. They hnve formed plots
to destroy property, they hnv? entered
uno ? ouspine . .; i.,aii:>; tuc neutrality
of the government, tiny Imve sought
to pry i;:'o every confidential transact
ion if tiie government in order to
serve Inter sis alien to our own. It is
possible Ij ut-g! with tli e tilings very
effectually. I need not suggest the
terms in which they may be dealt with
I wish that it could he said that only
a few men. misled by mistaken sentiments
of allenianee to the governments ,
had been |
. - jssessiou
. < iper and
principles <t' the country during these
days of terrible war. when it would
seem that every man who was truly an
American would instinctively make It
his duty and Ids pride to keep the
scales of judgment even and prove hintsell'
a partisan of no nation but tiis
own. Hut it cannot. There are some
Wen among us and many resident
abroad w! >. though horn and bred in
tin; I..,.. 1 Slates and cnllius tln-iu
silviv. Americans. have so forgotten
themselves and Iheir honor as citizens
as to { i iheir passionate sympathy
vrit'i -)iiO or the other side hi the ereut
Enron an eoMlIct above their regard
for the p. tic and dignity of the Cuifed
State-, t hey also preach and prnctiee
(lisloyair;.. No laws, 1 suppose, can
reach corruptions of the uilud and
heart, bt.i 1 .-h .dd not speak ot others
without hi.- spcuIAng of lUe.?u niltl e.\
pretsito: t' . .on deeper hutniiia'.t >o
and . t)-ii v l.j'li every self possessed
sttiU.V more cnreruuy iu;m iuc,y ?u?
hitherto been studied the right adapts
tion of otir economic arrangements fc
changmg conditions.
Mnu.v conditions about which w
hare repeatedly legislated are beini
altered from decade to decade. It 1
evident, under our very eyes and ar
likely to change even more rapidl,
and more radically in the days Imrae
diately ahead of us when peace ha
retuiT.ed to the world and the nation
of Europe once more take up the!
tasks of commerce and industry witl
the energy of those who must bestl
themselves to build anew.
REGULATIONS TO MEET
RAILROAD PROBLEM
Needed to Make Lines More Usefu
Servants of Country.
Id the meantime may 1 make thli
suggestion? The transportation prob
lem Is an exceed!vgly serious nn<
pressing one in this country. Then
has from time to time of late beeu rea
son to font- tltnt our railroads woul<
not much longer bo able to c-ope witl
it successfully, as at present equlppee
and co-ordinated. 1 suggest that i
would be wise to provide for a com
mission of Inquiry to ascertain by i
thorough canvass of the whole ques
tion whether our laws us ut presen
framed and administered nre as serv
iceable as they might be in the solu
tion of the problem. It is obviously
a problem that lies at the very foun
datlon of our efficiency as a people
Such an Inquiry ought to draw ou
every circumstance and opinion wortl
ttmgteg and we need to know
all sides of the matter if we mean t<
do anything in the field of federal leg
[elation.
No one. I am sure, would wish t<
take any backward step. The regula
tion of the railways of the country bj
federal commissfou bus had admlrabh
results and has fully justified tb<
hopes aud expectations of those bj
whom the policy of regulation wai
originally proposed. The question li
not. What should we undo? It ii
whether there is anything else we cai
do that would supply us with effeetiv<
means, in the very process of regu
lation. for bettering the conditions un
der which the railroads nre operatec
and for making them more useful serv
ants of the country as a whole. II
seems to me that it might bo the jiari
of wisdom, therefore, before furtbei
legislation in this field is attempted
to look at the whole problem of co-or
dinntlon and efficiency in the full llghi
of a fresh assessment of circumstance
j and opinion, as a guide to dealing witt
: the several parts of it
I For what we are seeking now. whni
! In my mind Is the single thought of
this message, is national effi'-iency and
security. We serve n great nation,
We should serve It in the spirit of Its
peculiar genius. It Is ihe genius o 1
common men for self government, industry.
Justice, liberty and peace. We
should see to it that It lacks no instrument.
no facility or vigor of law,
to make it sufficient to play its part
with energy, safety and assured success.
in this we are no partisans but
heralds and prophets nf n new age
?
;; character. ;
;; it is not what a man gets, but )
what a man is, that counts. He
!! should think first of character
" and then of condition. He that
.. has character need have no fear .
|| of his condition. Character will |
.. improve condition.?Beecher.
COUGHS AM) COLDS ARE
. DANGEROUS
Few of us realize the danger o
Juuyhs and Colds. We consider tnen
common and harmless ailments. Hov,*
e\er statist ire tell u.s every third per
- a dies <>l' a limy ailnient. Dniitreroui
Itirneltinl and Limy diseases follow
a oeyleeted rold. .Vs your body stray
u!es against ci>ld aerms. no better aid
a i l?e had than I?r. Kiny's New Dis very.
Its merit lias been tested by
ild and yeiiinr. In use over 15 years,
let a bottle to-d?>. Avoid the risk
of serious rainy ailments. I?rnyyists,
Alligator and Crocodile.
The alllyator is more stoutly built
than 'lie cromdlle. Irs head is more
blunr. and It is not as virions.
and thoughtfully patriotic ?.merlcai
most feel when be thinks of them am
of the discredit they are dally brlngini
upon um.
What Is more important Is that th<
Industries and resources of the countrj
should be available and ready foi
mobilization. It Is the more impera
tively necessary, therefore, that w<
should promptly devise means for do
ing what we have not yet done?tha
we should tjh'e intelligent federal ait
and stimulation to industrial and voca
tlonal education, as we have long don<
In the large held ot' our ngrivultuva
Industry; that ut the same time tha
we safeguard and conserve the natura
resources of the country we shoult
put them at the disposal of those whi
will use them promptly aud lutelll
gently, as \vas sought to he done li
the admirable bills submitted to th
last congress from Its committees 01
the public lands, bills which 1 earnest
ly recommend In principle to your con
sideration; that we should put int
enrly operation some provision fo
rural credits which will add to the ei
tensive borrowing facilities alread;
Afforded the farmer by the reservi
bank act adequate instrumentalitle
by which lon^ credits may be obtained
on land raortv:a^e? and that we aboul<
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15th October until 31st day olTax
levy for State?
Ordinary County
Constitutional school.
j County Roads
Total levy _ **
Special Loc
Cheraw Graded Special.. 3 mills.
Marburg . 4 u
Orange Hill ? l(
Pat's Branch * i(
Pee Bee 3 44
Stafford * 44 '
Cheraw (Outside) 3 ^
Bethel * it
Chesterfield 4 44 *
Parker 4
Pine Grove ? <4
Shiloh 3 t
Snow Hill 4 44
Ruby ? tt
Vaughan 4 44 *
Wamble Hill 4 44
White Oak 4
c Black Creek j> (<
' Cross Roads 6 4<
Center 4
t Mt. Croghan? ??
. New Hope 1 44
I Wexford 4 44
Winzo 1
Buffalo ?
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\ Buffalo 2 ^
hive Forks :
Mangum - <(
Pag'dand " 44
Plains 4
Center Grove 0 44
; Friendship 4 4<
Jefferson 5 ^
Long Branch. 4 4<
) Jefferson (Outside).. ..2 ^
Green Hill 4 44
Middendorf 3
! McBce ^
; Sandy Run 4 {4
Union 3
! Alligator (Outside) 2 ^
' Bay Springs 4 <4
Bear Creek 2
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Methesaa *
Juniper 3
. Patrick: 3 "
, Pat Pond 2
Lewis 3
Ouslev .7 "
Palmetto 3 "
r Wallace 3
Steer Pen 5
For Pack Indebtedness and Ex'ci
School: Chesterfield School Pistrii-f
and Rubv 5 mills.
Chcraw Township, special levy of '
i.-r'Ps for Road Bonds.
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