Arizona republican., 1911-10-29
That is the Opinion of Gov ernor Woodrow Wilson, of New Jersey, Express ed Yesterday at Fair in Texas.
COMPLIMENTS THE
 LONE STAR STATE
Says People of This Coun- try Are Suspicious of Business Conditions and Endeavors to Show Prop CT Remedy.

DALLAS, Texas, Oct. 2S.-In an address delivered at the state fair here this afternoon, Governor WOOd- row Wilson of New Jersey, promi- nently mentioned as the probable candidate of the democratic party for president in 1912, dealt with several economic questions of present-day interest. The address of Governor Wilson follows:
 I feel very keenly the pleasure and the stimulation of facing this great audience, drawn from so many parts of this imperial state. An audience that represents Texas, represents a good deal of what is characteristic of the force and initiative of modern times. Texas seems. from the first, to have had the capacity and to have obeyed the impulse of a state able to care for it's own people. and to look forward to the future in the regula- tion of it's own affairs. All the coun- try recognizes it as one of the most progressive states of the Union, state where things move forward from measure to measure without vacillation and without fear.
 It is interesting to note in how many matters now occupying the foreground of our thought in Amer ica Texas has set a notable example, It was in Texas, for example, that the commission form of government for cities was originated. a reform which has gone so far already to- air raf chaos and misgovernment.
 Texas led the way in railroad reg ulatiOn. Her railway commission was one of the very first that es- tablished the method, now accepted everywhere, for the determination of the relations between our communi- ties and public service corporations.
 Texas also undertook, at an un- usually early date, the regulation of the issue of stocks and bonds by corporations. particularly by railroad companies, and I understand that the regulations she initiated have result ed very satisfactorily, indeed. The people of Texas know whom to fol- low and what to do under their lead ership. They have shown them selves enlightened, progressive, con- fident, capable of achievement. It is such things as these that stimulate the imagination in facing a great company of her representative citi- zens like that gathered here today.
 There was a time, but three or four years ago. when men who stood high in the counsels of the nation
 
 was to become of the powers of the states?" pressing the inquiry, not be- cause they entertained any jealousy of those powers. but because, appar- ently, the states were not inclined to exercise them, were lethargic and indifferent in the presence of cOndi- tions which needed thoughtful and effective remedy. But such talk has ceased, the states have asserted themselves. each state is attempting systematic treatment of it's own problems, studying them from the point of view of its own people, and adapting the remedy to the circum- stances. Texas led the way in this renaissance of the functions of the states, but all the country is now quick with the new life, and Amer ica is beginning once again to realize the happy circumstance that our di- versified conditions can be met with out any futile attempt to apply a too uniform remedy. Our states are our testing grounds, and they have full power and authority to make trial of the remedies which commend themselves to them. In many things it is desirable. nay imperative, that we should cooperate and bring about as nearly as possible uniform regula- tion. But in others we shall be strong only when we adapt ourselves most perfectly to the variety of our people. of our soil. of our products. of our social and economic develop ment.
 The states are the political labora- tories of a free people. Their self adjustment is the most vital process of our life. The danger of a too