The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1912-12-07

| duCe Ol revolutionary QlSOTueT
The second advantage to the Unit
ed States is one affecting chiefly all
the southern and gulf ports and the
business and industry of the south.
The republics of Central America and
the Caribbean possess great natural
wealth. They need only a measure OF
stability and the means of financial
regeneration to enter upon an era of
peace and prosperity, bringing profit
and happiness to themselves and at
the same time creating conditions
sure to lead to a fourishing in
terchange of trade with this country
| wish to call your especial attention
to the recent occurrences in Mica
! ragua. for | believe the terrible events
| recorded there during the revolution
| OF the past Summertime useless loss
| Of life. the devastation Of property,
| the bombardment of defenseless cities.
| the killing and wounding Of women
and children, the torturing of non
combatants to exact contributions,
and the suffering of thousands of hu.
man beings-might have been avert
ed had the department of state,
through approval Of the loan conven
ton by the senate, been permitted to
carry out its now welldeveloped policy
Of encouraging the extending of fl.
nancial aid to weak Central American
states with the primary objects OF
avoiding just such revolutions by as
sisting those SrSbublics to rehabili.
tate their fnarces, to establish their
currency on stable basis, to remove
the custom houses from the danger
Of revolutions by arranging for their
secure administration, and to estab
lish reliable banks.
During this last revolution in Mica
ragua, the government of that repub
lie having admitted its inability to
protect American life and property
against acts of sheer lawlessness on
the part of the malcontents, and hav-
ing requested this government to as
sumo that Office, it became necessary to
land over 1000 marines and bluejack
cts in Nicaragua. Owing to their
presence the constituted government
attention wholly to its internal trou
bles. and was thus enabled to stamp
out the rebellion in a short space of
time. When the Red Cross supplies
sent to Granada had been exhausted
5000 persons having been given foos
In one day upon the arrival of the
American forces, our men supplied
other unfortunate, needy Nicaraguans
from their own haversacks. | wish to
congratulate the officers and men of
the United States navy and marine
corps who took part in re-establishing
order in Nicaragua upon their splen.
did conduct. and to record with sor-
row the death of seven American ma
rines and bluejackets. Since the |
re-establishment Of peace and order,
elections have been held amid condi.
tons of quiet and tranquility. Nearly
I'll the American marines have now
been withdrawn. The country should
soon be on the road to recovery. The |
only apparent danger now threatening
Nicaragua arises from the shortage
of funds. Although American bankers
have already rendered assistance,
they may naturally be loath to ad-
vance loan adequate to set the coun-
try upon its feet without the support
of some such convention as that of |
June, 1911, upon which the senate has |
not yet acted.
The president alluded briefly to the
enforcement of neutrality laws, to
Secretary Knox's visit to Central
America and to the unfortunate dis
turbances In Mexico. Continuing, the
message said:
Agricultural Credits.
A most important work, accom-
plished in the past year by the Ameri-
can diplomatic officers in Europe, is
the investigation OF the agricultural
credit system in the European coun-
tries. Both as means to afford relief
to the consumers OF this country
through more thorough develop
ment of agricultural resources and as
a means of more sufficiently maintain
ing the agricultural population. the
project to establish credit facilities for
the farmers is a concern of vital i'm
portance TO this nation. No evidence
of prosperity among wellestablished
farmers should blind us to the fact
that lack of capital is preventing a
development of the nations agricul-
tural resources and an adequate in
crease of the land under cultivation;
that agricultural production is fast
falling behind the increase in popula-
ton; and that, in fact, although these
well-established farmers are main
tanned In increasing prosperity be-
cause Of the natural increase in popu-
lation, we are not developing the in
dustry of agriculture. We are not
breeding in proportionate numbers a
race of independent and independence
loving land owners, for q lack OF
which no growth of cities can COM
pensate. Our farmers have been our
mainstay in times Of crisis, and in
future 1t must still largely be upon
their stability and common sense that
this democracy must rely to conserve
its principles of self-government.
The need of capital which American
farmers feel today had been expert
enced by the farmers of Europe, with
ago. The problem had been success
their centuries-old farms, many years
fully solved in the old world and it
was evident that the mers of this
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