The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-06-23
Second Time that Executive
Has Made Personal Ad-
dress to Members.
NEW PERIOD Stat. h.,
EXPANSION !. T. soct
He. Contends That New Tariff Meas
,ure WIN, Open way-Argues That
Business Men Must be Given Free
dom From Trust Control Of Money.

Washington, June 23.-Bearing. a
personal plea for immediate acton
BY congress to revise the banking and
currency laws that business may be
aided. In meeting the tariff revision
President Wilson for the second time
vent to the house and personally read
bis address on the subject to both
houses Of congress assembled in Join,
session.: Although shorn of some OF
the novelty that attended his first ap.
.peafanee; when he upset presidential
traditions of over a century, today,
visit o. the president took on deeper
stgntheance.. On the first occasion
he delivered the long anticipated tarif,
meHsage. ,-.r
His address. was an, appeal to ev.
cry member Of the house and senate
to lay aside personal consideration
and sacrifice comfort and even health
IL necessary, to secure at once the re.
vision and reform Of the nations
banking system. Only in that way
he declared, could the country secure
the benefits Of the tariff revision. soon
to be completed.
His Message Today.
Mr.. Speaker, Mr.. President. Gentle.
men Of the Congress-:
~ under the compulsion Of what
eeemaS to me q clear and imperative
duty that have q second time this
session sought the privilege Of ad-
dressing you In person. know, Of
4 course, that the heated season Of ths
: year, - upon II. that work in these
snamte!s and inSths committee rooms
se.son lpngthens. that every con
and dsS4ftouaf ciunnsfo Oft. pefh2ps! ri fif4
AaeeA ol A9nae az US Afi1f f49fHttOns 04
psrsonats ffea1sM ss5ver., q licfate an early
c34 the AAllberations Of ths
se!s4, 80 81 tasrs IaEs occasioAs H. 4
touch 4us privately seem very Very small; nail;
when the work to be. done is SO press
Ing gtAad 80 fraught with big conse-
quenc9 that we know that we are not
At ltb4rty to weigh against It any point
OF pe4sonal sacrince. We are now IN
the pfesences of such an occasion. II
Z is aHsolutely imperative, that We
shouH give the business men Of this
country a banking and currency sys-
tenn $y means Of which they can make
use Pc the freedom Of enterprise and
of Individual initiative which we are
abort to bestow upon them.
i / Predicts New Expansion.
$. We are about to set them free; we
must not leave them without the tools
y
about to set them free by removing
thS trammels Of the protective tariff
Ever since the Civil war they have
waited for this emancipation and for
the free opportunities It will bring
With It. It has been reserved for US
to give At to them. Some fell in love.
indeed, with the slothful security Of
their dependence upon the govern
snent: some took advantage Of the
shelter o. the nursery to set up q
mimic mastery Of their own within its
walls Now both the tonic and the
discipline Of liberty and maturity are
TO ensue.s There will be some read
.3ustmentsiof purpose and point OF
view. = There will follow q period OF
expansion and new enterprise. freshly
conceived. It Ia for us to determine
now whether It shall be rapid and
I faciie and Of easy accomplishment.
! This5is can not be unless the resource
ful business men who are to deal with
the new circumstances are to have at
hand and ready for use the instru-
mentalities ana conveniences Of free
/, enterprise which Independent men
need when acting on their own initi-
atiye.
Duty IL Clear. .
Il 10 not enough to strike the shac-
kleS from business. The duty OF
statesmanship is not negative merely.
It 10 constructive also. We must
show that we understand what bust
ness needs and that we know. how to
supply It. No man, however casual
and superhclalsshis observation Of the
conditions now prevailing In the coun-
try. can fail to sec that one Of the
chief things business needs now. and
Will need increasingly asi It gains IN
n ~ssS, &c. =