Albuquerque morning journal., 1913-11-20
PREDICTS NEW ERA
Of PROSPERITY
FOR FARMER
Secretary Daniels, in Kansas
City Speech Declares Pres
ide0t Is Boss Ridden, but
Says Conscience Is Boss,

faf enaHtHa lQuRNht SPECIAL AKAnrp WlnNl
Kansas city Mo. N0v. ta-A new
era IF prosperity and good living for
the farmer under the new tariff law
was prophesled BY Josephus Daniels.
secretary Of the navy. speaking at the
nineteenth annual John Jay banquet
of the Kansas City Commercial club
here tonight The back TO the farm
movement. now dormant would. he
said, be revived In earnest under the
improved conditions that are in store
for the dweller in the country
The new tariff law" said secre-
tary Daniels which viii remove from
the farm the excessive charges for
every article needed In cultivation and
IN the home. will cheaper living for
the farmer. The new currency bill
thar VIII soon be law, will be follow
cd by wise legislation providing for
rural credits and for effective laws
which viii be put into execution
against an forms Of monopoly.
These blessings are almost IN sight
and their gradual unfolding viii mean
new and better day for the dwellers
on the farms And. Of course. when
the farmers are prosperous. their
prosperity is Of the sort that reaches
out into the cities aud the towns and
makes them prosperous also.
Products Of the farm are bringing
better prices, and we may look to
see increased interest in the raising
Of cattle. sheep and swine
"Mr Underwood is right, when he
says that the benefits OF tie tariff
cannot be realized suddenly But one
benefit will come in that whenever
the beef trust, for example, puts the
price up too high the products II the
Argentine Republic will come in to
compete with trust prices
Good country schools being built
and patronized everywhere, the build
ing Of good roads. which is the pass
sion Of the hour. and the utilization
Of the automobile for the country
families to come in close touch with
their neighbors-these are things that
are making possible the return to the
farm"
Secretary Daniels spoke Of the sig
nifIcanee Of the completion Of the
Panama canal and warned his hear
ers that they must not think now that
the last great obstacle in the path Of
advancing civilization has been SUR
mounted Tie said the arid lands OF
the west the swamp lands Of The south
and the flood districts 6f the Mis-
souri, and the Mississippi presented
similar great tasks. He said that de-
vastating floods prevalent in the
Mississippi valley had rendered use-
less magnificent alluvial bottom
lands and said It was a duty 70 make
the Mississippi navigahle for vessels
drawing twenty to twenty-four feet
Of water. SO that the necessities of
life may be carried at smaller cost
Secretary Daniels praised President
Wilson for his stand on The tariff and
currency question.
"The currency bin VIII stand for
ever between the American people
and such money panics as have been
experienced frequently in the past,
he declared President Wilson IS the
most boss ridden president we have
ever had" he continued, "and the
boss whose every dictate he oheys Is
his conscience. In determining great
policies his boss rules him He Is weak
and poweress ia the presence of the
boss--a tool in IFS hands
"one day n friend asked the presl-
dent why he did not do Il certain
thing. lie replied i cannot do it, my