Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1913-12-04

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within her territory can long be sue
oessfully safeguarded, and which
threatens, If long continued, to Inn
peril the interests of peace, order and
tolerable life in the lands immedi-
ately to the south of us. Even If the
usurper had succeeded in his purposes,
in despite OF the constitution Of the
republic and the rights Of its people,
ne would have set up nothing but a
p~recarious and hateful power, which
could have lasted but a little while,
and whose eventful downfall would
have left the country ia a more de-
plorable condition than ever. But he
has moi succeeded. He has forfeited
the respect and the moral support
ever of those who were at n time
willing to see him succeed. Little by
little he has been completely isolated.
By a little every day his power and
prestige are crumbling and the col
lapse Is not far away. We shall not,
/ believe, be Obliged to alter our pol
icy of watchful waiting. And then,
when the end comes, we shall hope to
see constitutional order restored in
distressed Mexico by the concert and,
energy of such of her leaders as pre-
fer the liberty of their people to their
own ambitions.
Currency Reform.
I turn to matters of domestic n
| Germ. You already have under con-
| sideration a bill for the reform Of our
system of banking and currency, for
which the country waits with impati-
ence, as for something fundamental
to its whole business life, and neces'
a r to set credit free from arbitrary
and artificial restraints. l need not say
how earnestly l hope for its early en-
actmeht into law. | take leave to peg
that the whole energy and attention
IF the senate be concentrated upon II
till the matter is successfully disposed
of. And yet l feel that the request Is
not needed-that the members OF ina
great house need no urging in TINS
service to the country.
1 present to you, in addition, thf
urgent necessity that special provision
be made also for facilitating the cred
it's needed by the farmers of the coun
try. The pending currency bill doe
the farmers a great service. 1t put
them upon an equal footing with otn
er business men and masters of en-
terprise, as it should; and upon u
passage they will find themselves qul
of many of the difficulties which nov
hamper them in the field OF credl'
The farmers, of course, ask an
should be given no special privilege
such as extending to them the credl
of the government itself. What the
need and should obtain is leglslatlo
which will make their W abundar
and substantial credit resources avail
/, able as a foundation for joint, col
certed local action in their own D.
J half in getting the capital they mus
! use. 1t is to this we should now a.
dress ourselves.
Allowed to Lag.
E, 1t has, singularly enough, come
| pass that we have allowed the indu
try Of our farms to lag behind u
/ other activities of the country in l
3 development. | need not stop to te
+ you how fundamental to the life
d the Nation is the production or
food. Our thoughts may ordinarl
be concentrated upon the cities al
Q the hives of industry, upon the crl
$ Of the crowded market place n q
9 clangor Of the factory, but 1t IS fro
9 the quiet interspaces of the open VI
|, leys and the free hillsides that y
p draw the sources of life and OF pre-
g perity, from the farm and the n
4 from the forest and the mine. wit
v out these every street would be
G lent. every office deserted, every IL
tory fallen into disrepair. And y
e the farmer does not stand upon !
s. same footing with the forester and 7
Il miner in the market of credit. ne
If the servant Of the seasons. Natu
e. determines how long he must wait
II his crops, and will not be hurried
IS her processes. He may give his no
n but the season of its maturity Deepen
~ upon the season when his crop =
lures, lies at the gates of the mari
e. where his products are sold. And
~ security he gives is of a character J
r. known In the brokers' Office OF as
miliarly as it might be on the coun
Of the banker.
es Efficiency in Farming.
er The agricultural department Of
OF government is seeking to assist
or never before. to make farming an
OF cient business, of wide cooperative
ed fort, in quick touch with the mark
TN for foodstuffs. The farmers n
IL government will henceforth work
Sc gether as real partners in this III
where we now begin to see our v
very clearly and where many int
10. gent plans are already being put
no execution. The treasury Of the I
ted States has, by a timely n "
of considered distribution Of its del
to Its. facilitated the moving of the or
itv in the present season and proven
nm the scarcity Of available funds too
cd en- experienced at such INES.
I'd we must not allow ourselves to
~ pend upon extraordinary expedite
-be We must add the means by which
farmer may make his credit const
III " and easily available and comm
,se when he will the capital by which
% support and expand his business.
70 lag behind many other great count
,rk of the modern world in attempting
do this. Systems of rural credit b
been studied and developed on
other side of the water while we
II farmers to shift for themselve
the ordinary none market.
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