Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1913-12-04
ly and easily available and command
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when he will the capital by which to
suppoi- md expand his business. We
lag behind many other great countries
OF the modern world in attempting to
do this. Systems of rural credit have
been studied and developed on the
other side of the water while we left
our farmers to shift for them selves in
the ordinary money market You
have but to look about you in any
rural district TO see the result, the
handicap and embarrassment which
have been put upon those who pro
duce our food.
Conscious of this backwardness and
neglect on our part, the congress re-
Gently authorized the creation of
| special commission to study the vari-
Gus systems of rural credit which
have been put into operation in Eur
| ope, and this commission is already
prepared to report. Its report ought
to make ii easier for us to determine
| what methods will be best suited to
| our own farmers. | hope ard believe
| that the committees of the senate and
| house Will address themselves 10 this
matter with the most fruitful results.
and believe that the studies and re.
| Gently formed plans of the depart
meDt of agriculture may be made to
serve them very greatly in their work
of framing appropriate and adequate
legislation. 1t would be i6discreet
and presumptuous in anyone to dog
matize upon so great and many-sided
question. but | feel confident that
common counsel will produce the re-
| tS oil
Stop Private Monopoly.
Turn from the farm to the world of
business which centers in the city and
in the factory, and l think thai all
| thouChtful observers will agree that
the immediate service we owe the
business communities of the country
| is to prevent private monopoly more
| enectually than 1t has yet been pre-
! vented. think II will be easily agreed
! that we should let the Sherman anti
| trust law stand unaltered, as II is,
| but that we should as much as posi-
| BILE reduce the area OF that debatable
| ground by further and more explicit
| legislation: and should also supple
ment that great act by legislation
which will not only clarity II but also
facilitate It's administration and make
ii fairer to all concerned No doubt
we shall all wish, and the country will
expect, this to be the central subject
OF our deliberations during the pres
| ent session; but II is a subject so
many-sided and so deserving OF care
full and discriminating discussion that
| shall take the liberty OF addressing
YOU upon ii in special message at a
1nt thn,, ,l,
Importance that the business men of
this country should be relieved of all
uncertainties OF law with regard to
their enterprises and investments and
clear path indicated which they can
traNel without anxiety. 1t is as i'm
portant that they should be relieved
of embarrassment and set free to
prosper as that private monopoly
should be destroyed. The ways OF
action should BIZ thrown wide open.
turn TO subject which hope
can be handled promptly and with
out serious controversy OF any kind.
mean the method of selecting nomi-
nees for the presidency OF the United
States feel confident that |
do not misinterpret the wishes
or the expectations of the
country when | urge the prompt
enactment OF legislation which will
provide for primary elections through
out the country at which the voters of
the several parties may choose their
nominees for the presidency without
the intervention of nominating CON
VentlonS | venture the suggestion
mat this legislation should provide
'or the retention of party conventions
put only for the purpose of declaring
and accepting the verdict OF the pri-
maries and formulating the platforms
OF the parties; and ! suggest that
these conventions should consist not
OF delegates chosen for the single pur-
pose but OF the nominees for con
gress. the nominees for vacant seats
in the senate Of the United States. the
senators whose terms have not vet
closed. the national committees.
and the candidates for the presidency
themselves. in order that platforms
may be framed by those responsible
to the people for carrying them into
effect
Obligations to Territories
These are all matters of vital do.
mestic concern, and besides them. out
side the charmed circle of our own
national life in which our affections
command us. as well as our con-
sciences. there stand out our obiga-
tions toward our territories over sea.
Here we are trustees. Porto Rico.
Hawaii. the Philippines are ours. once
regarded as mere possessions. are no
longer to be seifshly exploited: they
are part OF the domain of public con-
science and OF serviceable and enlight-
ened craftsmanship. We must admin
ister them for the people who live in
them and with the same sense of re.