The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1913-04-08
Wilson Delivers
Fist Message TO
the Law Makers


boldly forward % me idea hat they
were entitled 10 the direct patronage
Of the government For q long time-
a time 50 long that the men now active
in public policy hardly remember the
conditions that preceded ~ 80 have
sought ii our tariff schedules to give
each group of manufacturers or pro-
duCers what they themselves thought
that they needed 10 order to
maintain practically exclusive
market aB against the rest Of the
world Consciously or uueonsciously,
We have built up a set Of privileges
and exemptions from competition W
hind which It vas easy By any. even
the crudest. forms Of combination 70
organize monopoly; until at last Moth
ting is normal. nothing is Obliged to
stand the tests OF efhcieney and econ
omy. IN our world OF big business. but
everything thrives By concerted ar
rangement Only new principles Of
action Will save Us from final hard
capitalization of monopoly and a
complete loss of the Influences that
quicken enterprise and keep inde-
pendent energy alive.
It i- plain what those principles
must BE- Se must abolish everything
that bears even the semblance Of priv
aege or Of any kind Of artificial ad-
vantage, and put our business men
and producers under the stimulation
OF a constant necessity 10 be efficient,
economical. and enterprising, masters
Of competitive supremacy, better
workers and merchants than any in
the world Aside from the duties laid
upon articles which We do not. and
probably cannot. produce, therefore,
and the duties laid upon Injuries and
merely for the sake OF the revenues
they yield. the object Of the tariff du-
ties henceforth laid must be effective
competition. the whetting Of Anleri-
can wits BY contest with the wits Of
the rest OF the world
Development, Not Revolution.
II would be unwise to move toward
this end headlong, with reckless
haste, or with strokes chat cut at the
very roots OF what has grown up
amongst US by long process and at
our own invitation It does not alter
a thing to upset it snd break It and
deprive It Of chance to change II
destroys It. We must make changes
IN our fiscal laws, IN our fiscal system.
whose object IS development a more
free and wholesome development, not
revolution or upset or confusion We
must build up trade, especially for
eign trade We need the outlet and
the enlarged field Of energy more
I than we ever did before We must
build up industry as well and must
adopt freedom in the place Of arti.
fetal stimulation only SO far as It VIII
build, not pV, down In dealing with
/ the tariff the .attAod BY which this
may be done viii be a matter Of iudg-
ment, exercised item BY item.
To some not accustomed to the ex-
citements and responsibilities Of
greater freedom our methods may IN
some respects and at some points
seem hefolc, but remedies may be
heroic and yet be remedies, It Is our
business to make sure that they are
genuine remedies, Our object Is clear
n our motive Is above Just challenge
and only an occasional error OF judg-
ment Is chargeable against US, We
shall be fortunate.
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 it is neces-
sary. 10 begin with the tariff. | viii
urge nothing upon you now al the
opening Of your session which can OBJ
scure that first object or divert our
energies from that clearly defined
duty. At later time ! may take the
liberty of calling your attention . re-
forms which should press close upon
the heels Of the tariff changes. n not
accompany them, OF which the chief
is the reform OF our banking and cur
rency laws; but just nov I refrain
For the present, I 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 channels OF pros
perity to great people whom we
would serve to the utmost and
I fhrouoha444 10th -,.It o,,I Al.