The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-08-30

land prove by their eagerness for the
foreign business and their rapid sx-
pansion OF II that they can AFFORD 10
! do 80 even with the additional cost
OF me ocean freishts II was a
very natural act on the part OF the
Democratic congress- therefore. TO put
AGRICULTURAL implements on the free
list TO put fence wire also on the free
list. and the baGging and ties which
the Southern farmer needs and uses
for his cotton. II added lumber snd
laths and shingles and leather ana
shoes and salt and meats, thinking
not of the farmer alone. but Of all or
us who are struggling to live and pay
our bills. But such changes did not
comport with the ideas and plans of
the trustees and the president vetoed
the free list [ daresay he was right
from his point OF view, for he repre-
sented the trustees and not the peo-
pie
The trustees represent also the big
bankers in whose hands our banking
systcm lies TO be manipulated, ana
no Republican administration, no Re
publican congress, has attempted 20
/ serve the farmer as he ought to te
served in the matter " credits II is
practically Impossible for the farmer
to borrow money on the Kind of Sc
curities ordinarily demanded AT the
banks II does not serve ms pur-
pose to borrow il for the short periods
insisted upon by most bankers. lie
needs, rather long credits. and ne
needs them on his own Kind Of sc
t.urity He can't be mortgaglng ms
farm every time he needs a little
money other countries have dis
covered how to assist him. An ad-
mlrab!e system OF agricultural SO
clettes has been developed in ireland,
and An excellent one in Germany
and the present Democratic congress
has done nothing better than TO pro
vide for q careful investigation OF TINS
-4b4e-t with Jew 10 =eeFtt action
/ so that the law may be fitted 10 the
creation Of these new instruments OF
! business which the farmer so ht'fh
needs and ought to have.
| Moreover, everything that relax"s
! our present stiff and stupid system or
/ tariff taxation not only multplies the
/ markets in which the farmer may
| buy, but also brings the farmer very
/ near to his naural partner and as
| sociate, the merchant. The meF~
! chants, by the way constitute another
! large class of consumers Their IN
| terest ia to see trade quickened ana
varied and multiplied the world over,
4
farmer SO are the manufacturer.
=, II they, but saw the real meaning or
! our time and the real limitations
within which they are pent up. II
| our markets are not multiplied and
our doors are not thrown open,
| do not see how the farmer and most
of the rest of us are to avoid oeths
| overwhelmed by the rising tide =
| domestic prices. We are told that
.4vA,, ha
| II you will look into the matter you
will find that II Is not 80. They are
rising in high tariff countries, but
not in low tariff countries.
And If the farmer Is indeed
partner with the rest OF us, we snaii
give him good roads and better trans
portat,on. and We shall link the mar
kets and the fields together in every
J possible way.
For the task of opening the doors
of our own government to the peo-
pie and letting them not only see
how its affairs are conducted, but
actually take part in them Is very
big and varied task Indeed. II gov
eminent is indeed partnership, "
{ must serve every interest that 1t can
serve We are beginning to look INTO
J these matters and to set things riRht
e that were manifestly wrong, because
} We ieetInS WIN ala hsAS 'STe -
I the world the great moral impulse OF
| our time. We are getting that sense
/ of social responsibility without which
no government Ii enlightened ana ne
: people free. 1t Is the demand Of
y our time that all private proht. /"
q whatever business earned, should bt
= linked with morals and With the IN
Il terests Of humanity. We intend no
= only to see that men are dealt WIFI
d Justly, but that they are helped hh
r NAMELY, that children are not suffer
Y ed TO stunt their growth by untime'
Y " la that-wetnen- ar- shtcfdec
Il against carrying too long the crue
t burden Of modern industrial work
II that men and women alike are re
e stricted to reasonab BILE hours OF lab u.
a that their strength is safeguarded ny
9 proper sanitation, and that then
II lives are protected from injury b,
p every device which can make theil
y occupations safe
"a II is happy circumstances tina
Il the pure air Of the countryside is be
> ginning 10 blow through our affairs
ri that by many means OF quick ant
e easy transportation the farm ts be
g ing made neIghbor to the city an(
that the calm thought Of the unheed
Id fields. the thought of men in iittl'
y haulets and remote homesteads, i
e becoming part OF the thought OF tn
II nation as II never was before, w
q shall be happy people only VIII
- we are "A anited people when class i
- not set against class, when no MAJ
d seeks any privilege except the priv
d i!oee~pf common service.