Yellowstone monitor. [volume] (Glendive, Mont.) 1905-1928, 1913-04-10

| the world Consciously or unconscious
| ~ we have built up a set of privileges
and exemptions from competition be-
hind which ii was easy by any. even
the crudest. forms of combination to
organize monopoly. until at last moth.
ing is normal. nothing Is obliged to
stand the tests of efficiency and econo
my. in our world of big business, but
everything thrives by concerted ar.
rangement Only new principles of
action will save US from final hard
crysta Ilization Of monopoly and a com
plete loss of the influences that quick
en- enterprise and keep independent en-
ergy alive
Must Abolish Privilege.
1t is plain what those principles must
be. We must abolish everything that
bears even the semblance of privilege
OF of any kind OF artificial advantage
and put our business men and pro
ducers under the stimulation of a con
staut necessity TO be efficient. econom
ical and enterprising. masters of com
petitiye supremacy. better workers and
merchants than any in the world
Aside from the duties laid upon arti
cles which we do not and proba bly,
cannot produce, therefore, and the
duties laid upon luxuries and merely
the object of the tariff duties hence.
forth laid must be effective Compel
ton. the Whetting of American wits by
contest with the wits Of the rest of the
world
1t would be unwise to move toward
this end headlong. with reckless haste
or with strokes that cut at the very
roots of what has grown up among
us by long process and at our own in
vitatiOn. 1t does not alter thing to
upset it and break it and deprive it of
chance TO change 1t destroys it
We must make changes in our fiscal
laws, in our fiscal system. whose OBJ
ject is development. more free and
wholesome development, not revolution
or upset or confusion We must build
up trade, especially foreign trade. We
need the outlet and the enlarged field
Of energy more than we ever did be-
fore We must build up industry as
we'll and must adopt freedom in the
place Of artificial stimulation only SO
far as it will build. not pull down In
dealing with the tariff the method by
which this may be done will be Il mat
ter of Judgment. exercised item by
item To some not accustomed to the
eXcitements and responsibilities of
some respects and at some points seem
heroic. but remedies may be heroic
and yet be remedies. 1t is our busi-
ness to make sure that they are genu-
inc remedies Our object Is clear, If
our motive is above just challenge
and only an occasional error of judg.
ment is chargeabIe against us we shall
be fortunate
Thorough, but Moderate.
We are called upon to render the
country a great service In more mat
ters than one. Our responsibility
should be met, and our methods should
be thorough, as thorough as moderate
and well considered, based upon the
facts as they are, and not worked out
as if we were beginners, We are to
deal with the facts OF our own day
with the facts of no other. and to make
laws which square with those facts
It is best-indeed, 1t is necessary-t0
begin with the tariff | will urge moth
ing upon you now at the opening OF
your session which can obscure that
first object or divert our energies from
that clearly defined duty At later
time | may take the liberty Of calling
your attention to reforms which should
press close upon the heels of the tarlH
changes, if not accompany them, OF
which the chief Is the reform of our
banking and currency laws, but just
now / refrain. For the present ] put
these matters on one side and think
only of this one thing-of the changes
IN our fiscal system which may best
serve to open once more the free chan.
| neIs of prosperity to great people
whom We would serve to the utmost
and throughout both rank and file.
WOODROW WILSON.
The White House, April s 1913