The Mena weekly star., 1913-12-04
PEACE UNTIL
 |fRIA LETS 60 ISSiIjRIPED POWER
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 and fundamental right
 her own people or or the
 ~ ., other countries resident
 or O. territory can long be sue
 ' n'' safeguarded, and which
 if long continued, to i'm. Q interests of peace, order ana
 l,s life life in the lands immedi-
 ,be south of us. Even if the
 sod succeeded in his purposes
 ,,,a of the constitution of the
 1 and the rights of its people nd have set up nothing but a
 0us and hateful power, which
 .vo lasted but a little while
 hooe eyentful downfall would
 oe the country in a more de .., o condition than ever. But hs
 succeeded. He has forfeited '.spect and the moral support
 .t those who were at one time \. ,o see him succeed. Little by
 has been completely isolated.
 ,,ttle every day his power and 1|se are crumbling and the ool-
 not far away. We shall not. .ye be obliged to alter our pol '- vatchful waiting. And then, , he end comes, we shall hope to Institutional order restored in |. .eed Mexico by the concert and
 of such of her leaders as pre- |5e liberty of their people to their ambltions.
 Currency Reform.
 ;urp to matters of domestic con you already have under con .tion a bill for the reform of our ' of banking and currency, for .k the country waits with impat' as for something fundamental, X whole business life and neces'
 lo set credit free from arbitrary .rtifcial restraints. l need not say Earnestly l hope for its early en- |ont into law l take leave to beg he whole energy and attention .s senate be concentrated upon II 1e matter is successfully disposed Ind yet l feel that the request Is Ieeded-that the members of that 4 house need no urging In this ke to the country.
 sresent to you, in addition, the 6t necessity that special provision sde also for facilitating the cred Ieded by the farmers of the coun- . .The pending currency bill does hrmers a great service. It puts |upon an equal footing with oth- bsiness men and masters of en- Ise, as it should; and upon It's |ge they will Ind themselves quit any of the difficulties which now Ter them in the field of credit. farmers, of course, ask and |d be given no special privilege, as extending to them the credit |e government itself. What they and should obtain is legislation D will make their own abundant Bubstsntial credit resources avail as q foundation for joint, con ld local action in their own be- |in getting the capital they must
 It Is to this we should now ad- ourselves.
 Allowed to Lag.
 has, singularly enough, come to that we have allowed the indus ,f our farms to lag behind the activities Of the country In its Iopment need not stop to tell how fundamental to the life of Nation is the production of its
 Our thoughts may ordinarily oncentrated upon the cities and lives Of industry, upon the cries e crowded market place and the 'or of the factory, but it Is from luiet interspaces of the open val and the free hillsides that we
 the sources of life and of pros y, from the farm and the ranch the forest and the mine. With. these every street would be si- every office deserted. every fac lallen Into disrepair. And yet farmer does not stand upon the footing with the forester and the : ID the market of credit. He Is servant of the seasons. Nature mines how long he must wait for 'rops' and will not be hurried in processes. He may give his note, ne season of its maturity depends
 me season when his crop ma ' Hes at the gates of the market ? ms products are sold. And the my ne gives is of a character not n in the brokers office or as fla IVY as it might be on the counter e banker.
 Efficiency In Farming.
 e agricultural department of the inment is seeking to assist as before to make farming an efi- Uusiness, of wide cooperative ef- Ill quick touch with the markets Oeostuifs. The farmers and the 'hment will henceforth work to- 1T as real partners in this field. we now begin to see our way clearly and where many intelli- piSns are already being put into ,uoh' The treasury of the Uni '.a'es 's has, by timely and we'll. 1s,eu ,",,'. ulstribution of it's depos- the moving of the crops 's present. season and prevented ea'el'y Of available funds too oft ye,iehced ,,' at such times. But aust not allow ourselves to de ~pVh extraordinary expedients. 1us' add the means by which the v, may make his credit constant. 'I easily available and command ,n. ae VIII the capital by which 10 oh. ' ana expand his business. We N@lUU npnN.