Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1912-08-08
WILSON TO Fight
BATTLE ON LOWER
TARIFF PLATFORM
Reduction OF import Duties and
Conservation Are Made Key
notes OF Speech OF Ac-
Ceptance.
MUST BUILD FOR FUTURE
Business That Concerns Com
mon People Has Been Ad-
ministered By Selfish In
terests, He Says.


Sea C.irl. \. j.. Aug. S.--C;"y. Wood
TOW Wilson. of New Jersey was Of
ficially Informed today that he had
ssaen chosen by the Baltimore conven-
-tion as th, nominee for the presidency
on thf. democratic ticket.
Governor Wilson was notified by
Senator iect Ollie James, of Kentucky,
who emphasized as he said. that The
govrrnol lla,i obtained the honor un-
tramsmecd by obligations and unem-
har.ased Wy affiliations OF amy kind.
we nl1,s. speak" he declared by
wa OF preface. mot to catch votes
but To satisfy the thought and con-
science. Of a people deeply stirred BY
tfs, conviction that they have come !"
a c.itical turning point in their moral
and poi.ica! development.
This is New Age.
s'plainlN it is a new age. he went
on lit requires self restraint not to
attempt too much. and yet 1t would he
,s'pNar'iN 70 attempt too little In the
broad high, of this new day we stand
fac TO face with what PLAINLY.
not with questions of party, not with
q contest for office. not with petty
strilgsle tor advantage With grea,
questions OF right and of justice,
rather questions oil national develop
,,e,t. of the development OF char
atte, ard OF standards of action no
l.ss than ot ii better business system.
'.'re forces of The nation are assert
ins themselves against every form of
special privilege and private contro'.
ARD arc seeking bigger things than
,ses hsvc ever heretofore achieved
Tariff and Banking.
'''lhPrn arc two great things to do.
,ni. is to set up the rule of justice
aaa of right in such matters as the
tariff. the regulation of the trusts ana
ths prevention of monopoly. the adap-
tation of our banking and currency
la%s tn The Very uses to which onr
people mist put them. the treatment
os those Who do the daily labor In
<,,r factories and mines and through
ont all our great Industrial and COM
,lercial undertakings. and the political
life of thu people of the Philippines. for
whom we hold governmental power in
trust for their service. not onr own.
The other. the additional duty is the
great task of protecting our people and
oui, resources and OF keeping open to
the whole people the doors of ooportu-
nifty through which they must. genera
tinr by generation. pass If they are to
make conquest of their fortunes in
health. in freedom in peace and in
ssnntentnlent. In the performance of
this second great duty we are face
and of Development. questions OF for
tsts aud water powers and mines and
VIZ waterw;t:>. Of the building cf an atle
4iuase merchant marine.
National Neglect.
I'VE have got into trouble III recent
Years chiefly because these large
things. which ought to hav" been
handled by taking counsel with as
large a nii'nb brr of persons as possible,
because they touch every interest and
the life. OF every class and region have
in fact been too often handled in pri-
vate conference. They have been set
tied by Nerl small and often delibcT-
ateiN exclusive groups of men Who
Undertook to speak for the whole ma
tian. or, r;tt,ler. for themselves in the
terms Of til" whole rationNalN hon
s4sl.s ii i.lss be. bNt very ignorantly
sometimes. and very shcltsight"dla. too
-. POOR substitute for genuine com
mon counsel No group of directors.
economic, or political can speak for a
people. 1'he% have neither the point
s3f view nor the Knowledge Oar diff
s:itt IS not that wicked and designing
men have plotted against MS, but that
our common affairs have been deter
Gilned upon too narrow View. and by
too private AN initia tive Our task now
is TO effect q great readjustment and
get the forces of the whole people once
more into play. We need ma revolt-
tion: we need no excited change, We
need onlS d new point of view and Il
new method ard spirit OF counsel
Tariff System of Favors.
"Ihe tariff question. as dealt with
In our time at any rate has not been
business Ii has been politics Tariff
schedules have been made up for the
purpose ot Keeping is large a number
as possible Of the rich and Influential
manufacturers of the country in IA
good il.lmor with the republican party.
which desired their constant financial
support The tariff has become q sys-
tenn of favors. which the pliraseology
OF the schedule was often deiibera tely
sontriveo: to conceal Who when yo,.
come down to the hard facts of the
matter have been represented In recent
years when our tariff schedules We're
being discussed and determined not
on the floor of congress. for that is
not where they have been determined
but in the coinmitte" rooms and con
ferences? That is tan heart of th..
whole affair. Will you. can YOU. bring
the whole people into the partnership,
or not?
Would Proceed Slowly.
we 60 not ignore the fact that tho
business OF country like ours is tx
ceedingiy sensitive 10 changes in leg =
islation of this kind. II has been built
up. however. i'll ill-advisedly. and its
foundations must not be too radically
or too suddenly disturbed When VIZ.
act we should act with caution and
prudence. like men who know what
they are about. and not Xix" those in
love with a theory IT is obvious tnat
the changes we make should be made
only at such u rate and in such u way
as will least Interfere viii, the normal
and healthful course of commerce. and
manufacture, But we shall not on that
account act with timidity. as If we did
not know our own minds. for we are
certain OF oilr ground and Of cur OBJ
sect. There should De an Immediate re
vision and il Should be downward un-
hesi;atlngl" and steadily downward.
Other Side of Picture.
",The nation as a nation has grown
immensely rich. She is Justly proud of
her industries and of the genius of her
men of affairs. They can master any
thing they set their minds to and we
have been greatly stimulated under