Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-04-12
THE PRESIDENTS MESSAGE.

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The message that President wilson
read to congress Is not a document
that stands out in any way from tne
commonplace. President Wilson IS Ike
all political. theorists r e tracer.
He~ refuses to see but n side Of q
business proposition. In reading the
message we realize that some men get
in behind the statement that they are
talking in general and not In detall;
again, that is the talk Of the tneorist
and not Of the practical man.
President. Wilson. says, "our men:oI
business will beMfree to thrive by the
law of nature instead Of by the law
of legislation and artificial arrange
ment." That is some more theory about
how We would like to have it, instead
of the way it really is. Will President
Wilson please tell US how we are go
ing to ret away from legislation and
artificial arrangement when the coun.
try ID over stocked with men ana
women trying to ride into office on
rantinx campaigns in which they
promise that they will keep up e
laws Of LEGISLATION and artificial ar
ranxement? Will he tell us how IN
these days of direct primaries ana
legislatures and, congresses q iaoor
unions and senates and banking COM
binatfons and theorist reformers, we
are going to escape the law OF legls'
lation and artificial arrangements.
President Wilson says that "
must put our; business men ana pro-
ducers under the stimulation OF q con
slant necessity to be elilcient,
economical and n~enterprising, masters
Of competitive supremacy, better work
ers and; merchants than any IN the
world. 80 Tx 49,
Now we want to just say to the
nresident that il he will analyze that
abatement, take It out In the back'yar
and fspread 1t on the ground n look
at It from all angles he will 1tnd tnat
e will cover quite some territory.
n President Wilson can put into
some mems heads, and this 1ncluoes
men who are working by the DAY as
vellsas men who are conducting busl-
ness the idea that they can only u G
ceed nv being more progressive, IN
dnstrtous and working harder than
their competitors, then his efforts IN
that, direction will be worth wnlle.
He says we uucI OuHu ~
a~specially foreign trade. President
wilson knows that IL we are to puild
nm a large foreign trade, we Will nave
to do Just exactly what his
orators always speak Of with a cold
and clammy chill on their vocal hords
when they say that sometimes tne
American manufacturers sell gooos
cheaper abroad than at home.
Now. that is just exactly what al
the manufacturers of all the foreign
countries do. furthermore, their gov
enments instead Of discouraging that
practice. do encourage it. The Ger
man manufacturer in effect is told by
hia government, "Get control OF Ger
ain markets no matter how low you
have to sell the goods In order TO
crowd out competitors from all coun-
tries" The German government makes
nm this loss somewhat along the lines
that It subsidies It's steamship lines.
The government owns the railroads OF
germany. and through the channels OF
freight charges it helps all OF It's
manufacturing industries.
We honestly and sincerely hope that
Mr.. Wilson will be able to heal all
the Ills he refers to, but we o t that
he seeks to cure them all with one
medicine, and that is, cut Oft the
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