The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1913-12-24
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Ition win seek q peaceful solution of
1.-THE problems relating to: business. AT
lone place: he said: we have slowly
been coming to tiisSttme which has
NOW, happily, arrived when there is a
common recognition Of the things
lthat it Is undesirable should be done
In business and the things that 1t is
desirable should be done. What We
are proceeding to- do now IS to or
gantse our peace, is to make our pros.
perity not only stable but free IL
have an unimpeded momentum
at another point the president
said; MEN are no longer resisting
the conclusions which the nation has
iarriyed at as to the necessity Of re-
adjustments Of its business. Bust
ness men Of all sort are showing their
lwillingness to come intothis arrange
lment which venture to characterize
las, the constitution OF peace"
The final action Of congress was
taken when the senate yesterday aft
ernoon adopted the conference report
lby a vote OF 43 to %. Three, RepuD-
l1icans, Norris of Nebraska, Jones of
washington, and Weeks Of Massa chu-
|setts, and one Progressive, Poindex-
ter Of Washington. voted with the
Democrats for the bill. The closing
debate in the senate was marked by
. very spirited exchange between
Bristow of Kansas and Owen of Okla
/ homa, in which the former deliber'
ateiy charged the latter with legisla-
ton to his own personal gain.
President Wilson's Speech.
President Wilson, while signing
the bill. said: - y ,,t..
LAS for the bill itself, ! feel that
we can say It is the first Of a series
/. of constructive measures by'swhich
1.-the Democratic party WIFI show that
Hit knows how to ser1t tIiei COUNTRY. In
Calling 1t the first of2aseries fof con-
!; str1ctIve nreasuresntR not say
i thatiI lii not casting ally reflections
on tile great tariff bill which proceed,
ed it. The tariff bill was meant tc
remove those impediments to Amerl
can industry and prosperity which
had so long stood in their way. II
was a great piece of preparation fol
the achievements of American com
merce and American industry which
are certainly to follow.
4 "Then there came upon the heel o
f it this bib which furnishes the ma
: chinery for free and elastic and un
0 controlled credits, put at the dispose
: OF the merchants and manufacturer
i Of this country for the first time II
4 fifty years. was refreshing M,
: memory on the passage of the Ma
: ttonal Bank Act which came in tw'
pieces, as you know, in February 0
1868 and in June of 1854. 1t is jus
so years ago since that measure suit
liable for that time was passed, and !
has taken us more than q generation
\ and a half to come to an understand
Il ing as to the readjustments which
, were necessary for our own time. Blu
we have reached those readjustments
! l, myself have always felt when tn
. Democratic party was criticised a
I not knowing how to serve the bust
ness interests of the country tina
There was no use of replying to tina
I in words. The only satisfactory re
, ply was in action. We have writer
the first chapter of that reply.
To Make Prosperity Stable.
eve are greatly favored BY the cir
cumstances of our time. We come a
the end Of day OF contest, at thu
end Of day when we have been scru
tinizing the processes Of our business
scrutinizing them with critical, ant
sometimes with hostile, eye. We have
slowly been coming 10 this time
which has now, happily, arrived
when there is common recognition
: Of the things that Il is desirable
,, should be done in business and the
things that 1t is desirable should be
done. What we arc proceeding to dc
now is TO! organize our peace, Is tC
fftaKe0bur prosperity mn only stable
! Ibut free toohaves uiE'THimpfdTd mo
intntuh. ltIis9dsS''hAvtoas Ithdt II
ought not need tJ'Ue staleu 2:'@'
]. nothing can be good Hf6rtlle country
which is not good for all Of the coun'
try. Nothing can be for the interest
of the country which Is not In the
interest Of everybody; therefore the
Iday of accommodation and Of conces-
sion and of common understanding
is the day of peace and achievement
of necessity. We have come to the
beginning of that day.
"Men are no longer resisting the
conclusions which the nation has
arrived at as to the necessity of read
lustments OF its business. Business
men of all sorts are showing thetr
I willingness to come into this ar
rangement, which venture to char
acterize as the constitution of peace
So that by common counsel and by
J Tho accommodating force, of co-opera'