St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1913-12-06
SPEAKS OF HUERTA's GOVERN
MENT AS FAILURE, BUT
NOT OF INTERVENTION.
RECOMMENDS ANTITRUST
LAW REMAIN UNALTERED
Recommends Means by Which Farm
er May Obtain Money for
His Operations.

/ Washington, Dec. 2.-The Pres1.
dents message, read before Con.
gress to-day, omits the details Of re.
ports of the various departments and
confines itself to current topics
Chief among these is the subject OF
relations with Mexico, on which II
says:
There is but one cloud upon oul
horizon. That has shown itself to
the south of us, and hangs over Mexi-
CO. There can be no certain prospect
Of peace in America until Gen. HUI
erta has surrendered his usurped au
thority in Mexico; until it is under
stood on all hands, indeed, that such
pretended governments will not be
ceuntenanced or dealt with by the
United States. We are the friends
Of constitutional government in
America; We are more than its
friends, we are its champions; be-
cause in no other way can our neigh
bors 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
government. The attempt to main
tain one at the City of Mexico has
broken down, and mere military
despotism has been set up which has
hardly more than the semblancdkof
national authority. It originated in
the usurpation of Victoriano Huerta,
who, after q brief attempt to play
the part Of constitutional Preaideut,
has at last cast aside the pretense of
legal right and declared himself Die
tator. As a consequence, cOndi-4
tion Of affairs now exists In Mexico
which has made 1t doubtful whether
even the most elementary and fun
damental rights either of her own
people or of the citizens Of other
countries resident within her terri
tory can long be successfully safe
guarded, and which threatens, il long
to imperil the interests of
peace, order and tolerable life in the
lands Immediately to the south OF US.
Even il the usurper had succeeded in
his purpose, in despite of the Consti.
tuition Of the republic and the rights
Of its people. he would have set up
nothing but precarious and hate
hui power, which would have lasted
but a little while, and whose event
lal downfall would have left the
country In a more deplorable condi-
ion than ever. But he has not sue
seeded. He has forfeited the respect
md the moral support even Of those
who were at one time willing to see
lin succeed. Little by little he has
been completely isolated. BY a lit
lie every day his power and prestige
ire crumbling and the collapse is not
ar away We shall not, believe,
oe obliged to alter our policy of
waiting And then, when
he end comes, we shah hope to sec
order restored in dis
ressed Mexico by the concert and
Energy of such of her leaders as pre- /
er the liberty of their people to the +
,wn ambitions"
The message urges the concentra
ion of effort on the currency bill IN |
IL it is enacted, and that a system !
Il rural credits be provided: declar-
IS the industry of the farms has been I
lllowed to lag behind others, say re: 7
The, Agricultural a Department Of the. t
government is seeking to assist as I
lever before to make farming an |
,ficient business, of wide and coop I
|rative effort, in quick touch with ths +
markets for foodstuffs. The farm !
rs and the government will hence /
Orth work together as real partners
q this field, where we now begin to
zee our way clearly and where rlanT
intelligent plans are already he t
,ut into execution The Traasurss-
# the United States has. by a t,nelv
nd well-ccnsidered distr button of /
IS deposits, facilitated the moy .ng eff 7 7
IS crops in the present season and i
the scarcity Of avaiiab
unds too often experienced at such
ines. But we must not allow our
elves to depend upon extraordinary
We must add the means
y which the farmer may make his i
redit constantly and easily avail I
BILE and command when he will the
apital by which to support and ex-
and his business. We lag behind
many other great countries of the +
lodern world in attempting to do
his.''
The President urges that the Sher-
ian antitrust law stand unaltered; 3
nd asks enactment of legislation for 4
electing nominees for the Presidency /.
j primaries. +
On insular possessions he says:
No doubt we shall successfully I
nough bind Porto Rico and the Ha- 7,
vaiian Islands to ourselves by ties
justice aud interest and affection,
Ut the performance of our duty to-
ard the Philippines is a more dif-
cult and debatable matter. We can g