Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-04-08

Washington. April s.-President
Woodrow Wilson today communicated
his first message to the Sixty third
congress-, convened in extraordinary
session. 1t was an unusually brief
document. dealing exclusively with the
need for a thorough, moderate and
well-considered revision Of the tariff.
The president drew attention to the
banking and currency laws but re-
Trained. he said. from urging. for the
present, any other legislation that
might divert the energies of congress
from its clearly defined duty" toward
the tariff question.
Cut Out Special Privilege.
The message referred to no particu-
lar schedule. mentioned no rates. and
included no statistics. It was an enun-
citation of the presidents principles on
tariff revision. His specific views and
ideas as to rates and duties, it has been
generally accepted. will be contained in
the tariff bill itself which he is now
considering in detail The presidents
decision to put the weight Of the adj
ministration's influence behind the bill
with its various schedules as drawn
by the house ways and means commit
tee caused him to omit specific refer
ence to tariff rates until the measure
was finally agreed upon in the opening
days Of the present session.
The message urged that special pri-
vilege and exemptions from COMPETE
ton be cut out of the nations tariff
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ITO square with the facts as they are"
tention to the party's pledge for tar
iff reduction.
Text Of tho Message.
The message follows:
To the Senate and House Of Repre-
sentadves:
have called the congress together
In extraordinary session because q
duty was laid upon the party now In
power at the recent elections which It
ought to perform promptly in order
that the burden carried by the people
a. soon as possible and in order. also.
that the business interests Of the eoun.
try may not be kept too long in sus.
pense al to what the fiscal changes
are to be to which they viii be re0uir-
ed to adjust themselves. 1t 10 clear
to the whole country that the tariff
duties must be altered. They must be
changed to meet the radical alteration
in the conditions of our economic life
which the country has witnessed With
in the last generation. While the
whole face and method of our indus
trial and commercial life were being
changed beyond recognition the tariff
schedules have remained what they
were before the change began or have
moved in the direction they were CIV
en- when no large circumstance Of our
industrial development was what it Is
today. Our task Is to square them
with the actual facts. The sooner that
IL done the sooner we shall escape
from suffering from the facts and the
sooner our men Of business will be
free to thrive BY the law Of nature
(the nature Of free business) instead
of by the law Of legislation and arti'
fetal arrangement.
How Tariff Has Grown.
We have seen tarin legislation wan.
der very far afield In our day-very far
indeed from the field In which our
prosperity might have had a normal
growth and stimulation. No one who
looks the facts squarely in the face or
knows anything that lies beneath the
surface Of action can fail to perceive
the principles upon which recent tariff
legislation has been based. We long
ago passed beyond the modest notion
Of protecting" the Industries Of the
country and moved boldly forward to
the idea that they were entitled to the
direct patronage Of the government
For long ums-a time 20 long that
the men now active in public policy
hardly remember the conditions that
preceded tive have sought In our
tariff schedules 70 give each group of
or producers what they
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