The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1913-12-02

his purposes, in despite OF the consul
tuition of the Republic and the rights
of its people, he would have set up
nothing but a precarious and hatefui
power, which could have lasted but
little while, and whose eventual down.
fall would have left the country IN
more deplorable condition than ever
ant he has not succeeded. He has
forfeited the respect and the moral
support even Of those who were at
one time willing to see him succeed.
Little by little he has been completely
isolated. BY a little every DAY MS
novver and PRESTIGE are crumbiin9 and
the collapse Is not far away. we
shall not, I believe, be obliged to altar
our policy of watchful waiting. And
then. when the end comes. we shall
hone to see constitutional order re-
stored in distressed Mexico by the
concert and energy of such OF her
leaders as prefer the liberty OF their
people to their own ambitions.
Matters of Domestic Concern.
turn to matters of domestic con-
Germ. You already have under consld-
Grafton bill for the reform of our
system of banking and currency, for
which the country waits with 1mpa-
tience, as for something fundamental
! TO its whole business life and neces-
sary to set credit free from arpltrary
and artificial restraints. | need not
saw how earnestly hope for its early
enactment into law. | take leave to
beg that the whole energy and atten-
I ton of the Senate be concentrated
upon it till the matter is successfully
disposed of. And yet I feel that the
reouest is not needed-that the Mem
hers of that great House need no urg'
ing in this service to the country.
present to you, in addition, the
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 does
the farmers a great service. 1t puts
them upon an equal footing with other
business men and masters of enter
prise, as it should; and upon its pas
sage they will find themselves quit Of
MANY of the difficulties which now
hamper them in the field of credit
The farmers, of course. ask and shoulc
be given no special privilege, such as
extending to them the credit of The
Government itself. What they need
and should obtain is legislation which
will make Their own abundant and
substantial credit resources available
as a foundation for joint, concerted
local action in their own behalf in get
ting the capital they must use. 1t /:
to this we should now address our
selves.
1t has, singularly enough, come t
pass that we have allowed the indus
try of our farms to lag behind thu
other activities of the country in it
development. | need not stop to tel
you how fundamental to the life o
the Nation is the production of it
: food Our thoughts may ordinarily b
concentrated upon the cities and tn
hives of industry, upon the cries O
the crowded market place and tn
clangor of the factory, but it is fror
the quiet interspaces of the open va
: leys and the free hillsides that W
draw the sources of life and of pro
} perity, from the farm and the iancl
: from the forest and the min4. Wit
out tt sse every street would be silen
i every office deserted, every factor
y fallen into disrepair And yet tt
farmer does not s. and upon the san
i footing with thf"forester and the mi
y er in the nlarltct Of credit. He is Il
= servant of the seasons nature d
I termines now long lie must wait f
/ his crops, and WI not be hurried
her processes. He may give HIS not
3 br.t the season Of its maturity depen
u upon the season when his crop m
lures, lies at the gates OF the mark
where his products are sold. And Il
security he gives IS of a character n
! Known in the brokers' office or
Familiarity as it might be on the cou
ter of the banker
To Make Farming an Efficient
Business.
+ The Agricultural Department of Il
, Government Is seeking to assist
r never before to make farming an I
u fcient business, of wide cooperate
. effort, in quick touch with the ma
kets for foodstuffs. The farmers al
the Government will henceforth wo
a together as real partners in The fiel