Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1913-12-11
DIRECT PRIMARY FOR
CHOOSING PRESIDENT
4. IS URGED BY WILSON
Need of Anti Trust and Rural
Credits, Is Shown in
His Message.
FAvORs FEDERAL RAILWAY
Chief Executive Maps Out Ambitious
Program for congress-WouId
Not Upset the Sher-
man Law.
fAvoRs FEDERAL RAILWAY

Oi the union, l take the liberty Of ad-
dressing you on several matters which
ought. as 1t seems to me, particularly to
engage the attention of your honorable
bodies, as of all who study the welfare
and progress of the nation.
1 shall ask your indulgence IL I venture
70 depart In some degree from the usual
custom. of setting before you In formal re-
view the many matters which nave en-
action of the several departments of the
government or which look TO them for
early treatment in the future. because the
Nst is long, very long, and would suffer
IN the abbreviation to which I should nave
70 subject 1t. i shall submit to you the
reports of the heads of the several de-
partments, In which these subjects are set
forth In careful detail. and beg that they
may receive the thoughtful attention Of
POUR committees and of all members of
the congress who may have the leisure
TO study them. Their obvious Importance,
as constituting the very substance of the
business of the government, makes COM
ment and emphasis on my part unneces-
0ary.
At Peace With World.
At peace eeu1 With all ai the 'n Morld' a to sa MANS is
happy manifestations multiply about us
OF q growing Cordiality and sense of COM
nun1ty of interest among the nations,
foreshadowing an age of settled peace and
good Will. More and more readily each
decade do the nations manifest their will
1ngness to bind themselves to solemn
aSdly W the processes OF peace, the
processes of ~frankness and fair conces-
sion. So far the United States has stood
at the front of such negotiations. She
Will, earnestly hope, and confidently be-
IeVe, give fresh proof of her sincere adj
Ference to the cause of International
friendship by ratifyfng the several treaties
OF arbitration awaiting renewal b. the
Senate: In addition to these, it has been
tho privilege of the department of state
20 gain the assent, in principle, of no less
ehan 81 nations, representing four-fifths
OF the population of the world, to the ne
gotiation of treaties by which it shall be
agreed that Whenever differences of in
terest or of policy arise which can not be
resolved by the ordinary processes of
aiplomacy they shall be publicly analysed,
discussed, and reported upon by a tri-
ounal chosen by the parties before either
nation determines its course Of action.
There is only one possible standard by
which to determine controversies between
the United States and other nations, and
that Is compounded of these two elements:
Our w 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 obligations
and the Interpretation of those already as
gurned.
D%enouncement of Huerta.
There is but one cloud upon our horizon.
That has shown Itself to the south of us,
and hangs over Mexico. There can be no
certain prospect Of peace in America UNI
General Huerta has surrendered his
- IA NiVHlGo lill1l IL Is
understood on all hands. indeed, that such
pretended governments will nor be coun-
or dealt with by the govern
xnent of the United States. We are the
friends of constitutional government in
America; we are more than it's friends,
we are its champions; because in no 9TH
sr way can our ~neighbors. to whom we
would wish in every way to make proof of
our friendship, work out their own ievel-
opment in peace and liberty. Mexico has
no government. The attempt to maintain
NNn NJ +ho lffy ~f f~,-ior l~., H.
down. and a mere military despotism has
been set up which has hardly more than
the semblance of national authority. 1t
originated in the usurpation Of Victorlano
Huerta, who, after a brief attempt to play
the part of constitutional president, has
at last cast aside even the pretense of le-
gal right and declared himself dictator.
As a consequence a condition of affairs
now exists in Mexico which has made it
doubtful whether eve the most element
ary and fundamental rights either of her
own people or the citizens of other coun-
tries resident within her territory can long
be successfully safeguarded. and which
threatens, If long continued. to imperil the
interests Of peace. order. and tolerable
Of US. Even If the usurper had succeeded
in his purposes. In despite Of the constitu-
don Of the republic and the rights of its
people, he would have set up nothing but
. precarious and hateful power, which
could nave lasted but q little while, and
whose eventual DOWNFALL would have left
the country IN d more OeplOIdUle COlulLlOn
than ever. But he has not succeeded. He
has forfeited the respect and the moral
support even of those who We're at one
time willing to see him succeed. Little
by little he has been completely isolated
BY a little every day his power and pres
tige are crumbling and the collapse is not
far away. We shall not | believe, be
waiting. And then, when the end comes,
we shall hope to see constitutional order
restored in distressed Mexico by the con-
cert and energy OF such of her leaders as
prefer the liberty Of their people to their
own ambitions.
Currency Reform.
4 I turn to matters of domestic concern.
You already have under consideration a
bill for the reform of our system of bank
Ing and currency. for which the country
waits with Impotence, as for something
fundamental to its whole business life
and necessary to set credit free from ar.
bitrary and artificial restraints. I need
not say how earnestly I hope for it's early
enactment into law. I take leave to beg
that the whole energy and attention of the
Senate be concentrated upon 1t till the
matter is successfully disposed of. And
yet I feel that the request is not needed
that the members of that great house
need no urging in this service to the coun-
try.
urgent necessity that special provision be
tn pending currency bill does the
farmers a great service. It puts them
upon an equal footing with other bust
ness men and masters OF enterprise, as
Il should; and upon It's passage they
Win and themselves quit Of many Of the
difficulties which now hamper them in
the field of credit. The farmers, Of
course, ask and should be given no spe-
cial privilege, such as extending to them
the credit of the government itself.
What they need and should obtain is
legislation which will make their own
abundant and substantial credit re-
sources available as a foundation for
Joint, concerted local action in their own
behalf in getting the capital they must
use. 1t is to this we should now adj
dress ourselves.
Need Of Rural Credits.
It has, singularly enough, come to pass
that we nave allowed the industry of our
farms to lag behind the other activities
of the country in it's development. l
need not stop to ten you how funda-
production of its food. Our thoughts
may ordinarily be concentrated upon the
cities and the hives of industry upon
the cries of the crowded market place
and the ciangor OF the factory. but it is
from the quiet interspaees of the open
valleys and the free hillsides that we
draw the sources Of life and Of pros
perity, from the farm and the ranch.
froln the forest and TIE t.ine. Without