Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1913-12-10


githin her territory can long be sue
oessfully safeguarded and which
threatens. If long continued, to i'm
perii the interests OF peace. order and
tclerable life in the lands immedl-
ateIy to the south of us. Even If the
usurper had succeeded in his purposes.
IN despite of the constitution of the
republic and the rights of its people.
he would have set up nothing but a
precarious and hateful power, which
could have lasted but a little while,
and whose eventfuI downfall would
have left the country IL. a more de-
plorable condition than ever. Btu h<
has not succeeded He has forfeited
the respect and the moral support
even Of those who were at one time
willing to see him succeed Little by
little he has been completely isolated.
BY dttle every day his power and
prestige are crumbling and the col
lapse is not far away We shall not.
I believe. be obliged to alter our pol
icy Of watchful waiting And then.
when the end comes. we shall hope TO
see constitutional order restored in
distressed Mexico by the concert and
energy OF such OF her leaders as pre-
fer the liberty Of their people to their
own ambitions.
Currency Reform.
turn to matters Of domestic con.
Germ. Yeu already have rnder col
sideration a bin for the reform of our
system OF banking and currency, for
which the country waits with impati-
ence. as for sc;aething fundamental
TO its whole business life and neces-
sary 10 set credit free from arbitrary
and artificial restraints. need not say
how earnestly / hope for its cary en-
actment into law. ! take leav's 70 beg
that the whole energy and att milton
Of the senate be concentrated upon II
till the matter is sucC sssfully disposed
Of And yet feel that the request Is
not needed-that the members OF that
great house need no urging in this
service TO the country.
present to you, in addition, the
urgent necessity that special provision
be made also for facilitating the cred
its needed by the farmers OF the coun-
try The pending currency bill does
the farmers a great SERVED. II puts
them upon an equal footing with 9th
or business men and masters OF en-
terprise. as II should. and upon its
passage they viii find themselves quit
Of many OF the difficulties which now
hamper them In the field Of credit.
The farmers, OF course ask and
should be given no special privilege.
such as extending TO them the c III
Of the government itself What 4'ey
need and should obtain is legislation
which viii make their own abundant
and substantial credit resources avail
able as a foundation for Joint, con
certed local action in their own be-
half in getting the capital they must
use. It is to this we should now ad-
dress ourselves.
Allowed to lag.
II has. singularly enough. come to
pass that we have allowed the indus
try OF our farms to lag behind the
other activities of the country in its
development. | need not stop to tell
you how fundamental to the life OF
the Nation is the production OF It's
food Our thoughts may ordinarily
be concentrated upon the cities and
the hives OF industry, upon the cries
OF the crowded market place and the
clangOr OF the factory. but II is from
the quiet interspaGes of the open val
legs and the free hillsides that we
draw the sources OF life and of pros
perity. from the farm and the ranch,
FROM the forest and the mine, With
out these every street would be ST.
lent. every office deserted. every fac
tory fallen into disrepair. And yet
the farmer does not stand upon the
same footing with the forester and The
miner In the market of credit. He is
the servant OF the seasons. Nature
determines how long he must wait for
his crops. aud will not be hurried in
her processes. He may give his note,
but the season OF It's maturity depends
upon the season when his crop ma
lures. Hes at the gates of the market
where his products are sold. And the
security he gives Is of character not
known in the brokers' Office or as IA
military as It might be on the counter
OF the banker,
Efficiency in Farming.
The agricultural department OF the
government is seeking TO assist as
never before to make farming an efll-
Client business. of wide cooperative eff
fort. in quick touch with the markets
for foodsmffs The farmers and the
government will henceforth work to-
gether as real partners in this field,
where we now begin TO see our way
very clearly and where many intelli-
gent plans are already being put into
execution. The treasury OF the Uni
ted States has. by timely and we'll
considered distribution of its depos-
its. facilitated the moving of the crops
in the present season and prevented
the scarcity Of available funds too oft
en- experienced at such times. But
We must not allow ourselves TO de-
pend upon extraordinary expedients.
We must add the means By which the
farmer may make his credit constant
ly and easily available and command
when he will the capital by which TO
support and expand his business. We
lag behind many other great countries