Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1913-10-17
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PRAio.NG WILSON


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IDNDAN. Oct l1-Presidont VIII
-uA- remarkable ability i'm keeping
t.. Democrats together in The framing
...f massage of q tariff LiU are widely
praised bv English papers, i'm com
u.uf.ug on the enactment Of The new
measure.
While hail;ug If as a steD toward
general oncuing of the worlds mar
krrs and commenting. according to
VARYING beliefs. rpon its essential fea-
turrs. all prominent npwsDaners unitp
I'm EXPRESSING admiration for the Dom
#oryatic chief executive and Rcpresen-
tatfya Oscar W. Underwood. Trainer of
the measure.
Tho Chronicle saws edit0rfallv.
1.-THE president has fought for and
won a policy of genuine fiscal reform.
n marks an epoch in the economic
and political history of the United
States. The nation, boldly asserting
IFS mastery over the unclean interests
that were nearly throttiing il. has
made an irreparable breach in the
monsfrous tariff wall. which thew had
reared. For President Wilson. the
passage of the new tariff is a great
personal triumph. No more remark
able man has reiened in the White
House since Abraham Lincoln.
'"The new tariff cannot fail in its
operation to make life easier to the
great mass of American people. bith-
erto feeced mercilesslv nv the big i'm.
terests.
"President Wilson is the real author.
He has shown unsuspected gifts of
character. Little did the peonle I'm
agine that the Intellectual giant would
be able to exert so remarkable an in
fuence over Congress and within a
year of his entry into the presidential
office have succeeded in inducing the
most protectionist country in the world
to take so big and decisive a step in
the direction of the free trade.
Men of intellect are ant to fail in
action simply because thew are inclin.
ed at the critical moment to reflect
rather than to act. President Wilson
is shining example of the contrary.
His calm strength and definiteness of
purpose contrast strikingly with the
boisterous energy and assertive ego
tism of Roosevelt Wilson stands to.
nav before the world az great states.
man and leader of men"
/ The Times saws:
"f it is launched on a falling mar
ket. the enactment of the Underwood
tariff law NAV prove pyrrhic victory.
If. on the other hand trade continues
brisk for the next two or three wears.
the question which dominated and dis
tracted American politics for more
than a generation NAV he MT on the
shelf for another decade Reasonable
nrotection NAV be accented az the got.
fled creed NJ the country and the nath
onened for the discussion and accom-.
nIishment of MANY overdue reforms
Meanwhile, nothing can undo the
fact that the American people have at
, length taken into their own hands di
rection of the fiscal policy of the ma
! ton. The passage of the Underwood
, bill is something more than a triumph
, for economic sanity. 1t is a triumph
for self government. 1t marks the
first time that the American electors
having voted at the polls for a reduc
ton OF the tarlH' nave seen thelr WISH
, es translated into legislation by theil
e representatives.
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