The Mena weekly star., 1913-12-04
Urges Enactment of Legislation to Make Farming a More Desirable
 and Efficient Business.
URGES THE MONEY BILL
Would Have Primary Elections to Select Candidates for President Let sherman Law Stand
 Employers Liability.

Washington, Dec. 2.-The follow ing Is President Wilson's complete delivered to Congress to- day:
 In pursuance of my constitutional duty to give to the congress informa- tion of the state of the Union" I take the liberty of addressing you on sey- eral matters which ought as it seems to me, particularly to engage the at tention of your honorable bodies, as of all who study the welfare of the ration.
 shall ask your indulgence If I ven- ture to depart in some degree from the usual custom of setting before you in formal review the many matters which have engaged the attention and called for the action of the several departments of the government or which look to them for early treat ment in the future, because the list Is long, very long, and would suffer in the abbreviation to which 1 should have to subject it. I shall submit to you the reports of the heads of the several departments, in which these subjects are set forth in careful de tail, and beg that they may receive the thoughtful attention of your commit tees and of all members of the con gress who may have the leisure to study them Their obvious importance, as constituting the very substance of the business of the government, makes comment and emphasis on my part un- necessary.
 Country Is at Peace.
 The country, I am thankful to say. Is at peace with all the world. and many happy manifestations multiply about us of a growing cordiality and sense of community of interest among the nations. foreshadowing an age of settled peace and good will More and more readily each decade do the na- tions manifest, their willingness to bind themselves by solemn treaty to the processes of peace. the processes of frankness and fair concession. So
 
 front of such negotiations. She will, earnestly hope and confidently be- lieve, give fresh proof of her sincere adherence to the cause of interna- tional friendship by ratifying the sev- eral treaties of arbitration awaiting renewal by the senate. In addition to these, 1t has been the privilege of the department of state to gain the as sent, in principle, of no less than 31 nations, representing four-hfths of the population of the world. to the ne- gotiation of treaties by which 1t shall be agreed that whenever differences of interest or of policy arise which cannot be resolved by the ordinary processes of diplomacy they shall be publicly analysed, discussed, and re- ported upon by a tribunal chosen by the parties before either nation deter mines its course of action.
 There is only one possible standard by which to determine controversies between the Knitted States and other nations, and that is compounded of these two elements: Our own honor and our obligations to the peace of the world. A test so compounded ought easily to be made to govern both the establishment of new treaty obli gations and the Interpretation of those already assumed.
 Huerta Must Let Go.
 There Is but one cloud upon our ho- rixon. That has shown itself to the south of us, and hangs over Mexico. There can be no certain prospect of peace in America until General Huerta has surrendered his usurped authority fin Mexico: until 1t Is understood on all hands, indeed, that such pretended governments will not be countenanced or dealt with by the government of the United States. We are the friends of constitutional government iu America; we are more than It's friends, we are its champions; because in no other way can our neighbors. to whom we would wish in every way to make proof of our friendship, work out their own development in peace and liberty. Mexico has no govern ment. The attempt to maintain one at the City of Mexico has broken down, and B mere military despotism has been set up which has hardly more than the semblance of national author ity. It originated in the usurpation of victoriano Huerta, who, after brief attempt to play the part of con stitutional president, has at last cast aside even the pretense of legal right and declared himself dictator. AS 2 consequence, condition of affairs now exists in Mexico which has made it doubtful whether even the most