Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1913-10-07
TARIFF BILL SIGNED
President Wilson Puts Signature te
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the leaders of united Democracy,
President Wilson signed the Under
wood Simmons tariff bill at 9.09 o'clock
tonight at the White House. Simulta-
neously kilograms were sent by the
treasury department to customs col
lectors throughout the country putting
into actual operation the first Demo-
cratic tariff revision since 1894. 6is
A happy group Of legislators. MEM
bers of the cabinet and friends encir-
cled the president as he smilingly sat
down. and with two gold pens, slowly
affixed his signature.
He presented to Representative Un-
derwood the pen that had written the
word Woodrow" and the one which
had completed the pame to Senator
Simmons.
! In impressive silence the president
rose and delivered in easy, natural
tones an extemporaneous speech that
brought prolonged applause. The pres
ident declared that the journey Of Leg
islative accomplishment had been only
partly completed; that great service
had been done for the rank and file Of
the country, but that the second step
in the emancipation of business was
currency reform. He earnestly called
upon his colleagues to go 'the rest OF
the journey" with fresh impulse.
Gentlemen, feel very peculiar
pleasure" said the president, ""in what
I have Just done by way Of taking part
in the completion Of great piece of
business, It Is pleasure which is
very hard to express in words because
the feeling that have Is that we have
done the rank and file Of the people OF
this country a great service. 1t Is hard
to speak Of these things without SEEM
Ing to go of into campaign eloquence,
but that is not my feeling. 1t is one OF
profound gratitude, that working with
the splendid men who have carried
this thing through with studious at
tention and doing justice all round. ]
should have had part in serving the
people Of this country as we have been
striving to serve them ever since I can
remember. "
II have had the accomplishment of
something like this at heart ever since
I was a boy and know men standing
around me who can say the same
thing-who have been waiting to see
the things done which it was necessary
to do In order that there might be jus
tice in the United States. and so 1t is
a solemn moment that brings such a
business to conclusion. tv 'a
Still Much to Do.
II hope will not be thought to be
demanding too much of myself or of
my colleagues when say that this,
great as 1t is, is the accomplishment
of only half Of the journey. We have
set the business Of this country free
from those conditions which have
made monopoly not only possible but
in sense easy and natural. But there
is no use taking away the conditions
of monopoly II also we do not take
away the power to create monopoly;
and 1t is financial, rather than mere
ly circumstantial and economic power.
"The power to control and guide and
direct the credits Of the country is the
power to say who shall and who shall
not build up the industries Of the
country, in which direction they shall
be built and in which direction shall
not be built. We are now about to
take the second step, which will be the
final step in setting the business OF
this country free. That Is what we
shall do in the currency bill, which the
house has already passed, and which i
have the utmost confidence the senate
will pass much sooner than some pes
simistic individuals believe. Because
the question, now that this piece of
work is done, will arise all over the
country for what do we wait? Why
should we wait to crown ourself with
consummate honor? Are we not self
denying that we do not wish to COM
plete our success?
"Most Offending Soul"
II was quoting to some Of my COL
leagues in the house those lines from
Shakespeare which have always ap-
pealed to me: IF 1t be sin to covet
honor then am I the most offending
soul alive and am happy to say that
do not covet 1t for myself alone.
covet It with equal ardor for the men
who are associated with me and the
honor Is going to come from them. /
am their associate. I can only COM
plete the work which they do. 1 can
only counsel when they ask my ad-
vice. 1 can come In only when the
last stages Of the business are reach
ed. And I covet the honor for them
quite as much as I covet 1t for my
self.
$50 feel tonight like man who is
lodging happily in the inn which lies
half way along the journey and that
in the morning we shall go the rest
of the way and sleep at the Journeys g
end like men with q quiet conscience,
knowing that we have served our fell
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