The Detroit times., 1913-04-08

, jealous power sendlng messages, not
speaking naturally and with his own
foic. hat he Is human being try
ing TO cooperate with other human
/ beings i'm common service After
this pleasant eNDerience. I shall feel
quite normal IN all our relations with
one another
To the senate and House 90 Repre-
have called the congress together
ia extra ordinary session because
duty was laid upon the party now IN
power ar the recent elections which II
ought 10 perform promptly, I'm order
thar the burden carried bN the people
unoer existing law may be lightened
as soon as possible AMI IN order; also,
that the business interests Of the
country may not loo kept too long in
suspense ~ 60 what the fiscal changes
arc 20 b. 10 which they will be re-
CURED 10 adjust Themselves. IL IL clear
Ia the whole country that the tariif
duties must he altered They must he
changed To meet the radical alter
alton in the conditions az our econ
omic life which the country has wit
While the whole face and method Of
our industrial and commercial life
were eeins changed beyond recog .
uon. the iarin schedules have remained
what they We're before the change be
gan. or have moved in the direction
they were given when no large cir
cumstance OF our Industrial develop
m'nt was what il is today our task
Ia TO square them with the actual
facts The sooner that is done the
cner We shall escape from suffering
from the facts sand the sooner our men
OF business Will be free 10 thrive by
the law OF nature tthe nature Of free
husiness) instead OF by the law ~ leg
!slanon and artificial arrangement
We nave seen tarin legislation wan
der very far areld In our day-very
"a ff,Ia 81. a hg-l, nv
prosperity might have had a normal
growth and stimulation No one who
looks the facts sQuarcly in the face or
knows anything that lies beneath the
the principles upon which recent tariff
legislation has been based We Ions
ago passed beyond the modest notion
OF protecting the industries or the
the idea that they-were- entitled TO the
direct patronage OF the government.
For a long time--a time so long that
the men now active In public policy
preceded tive have sought-in our
tarin schedules to give each group or
manufacturers or producers what they
themselves thought that they needed
In order 10 maintain practically eN-
elusive market as against the rest OF
the world Consciously or unconscious
~. We have built up set q! privileges
and exemptions from competition be
the crudest. forms or combination to
organize monopoly: until at lnst,noth-
ing IS normal. nothing Is obliged 10
stand the tests OF efficiency" and econ
omy tn our world OF big business. but
everything thrives by concerted ar
arrangement Only new principles OF ac-
ton will save you from a anal hard
capitalization OF monopoly and com
plete loss OF the influences that quick
en- enterprise and keep Independent en-
ergl alive.
II is plain what those principles must
be. We must abolish everything that
bears even the semblance OF privilege
or OF any kind OF artificial advantage,
and put our business men and produ-
GERS under the stimulation OF con-
slant necessity to be efficient. economi-
cal. and enterprising. masters OF COM
petitive supremacy. better workers and
merchants than any in the world. Aside
from the duties laid upon articles
which We do not. and probably can not,
produce. therefore. and the duties laid
upon Injuries and merely for the sake
OF the revenues they yield. the object
tof the tariff duties henceforth laid
must be effective competition. the
whetting OF American wits by contes,
with the wits OF the rest or the world
1t would be unwise to move toward
this end headlong, with reckless haste
or with strokes that cut a. the very
roots OF what has grown up amongst
us By long process and at our own in
vitation IL does not alter a thing 70
upset IL and break II and deprive II OF
| a chance to change 1t destroys IL. Ws
must make changes in our ascal laws
in our hscsl system. whose object IL
development a more free and whole
some development, not revolution ol
upset or confusion. We must build VI
! trade, especially foreign trade. We
need the outlet and the enlarged field
OF energy more than we ever did be-
for We must build UP industry as
we'll and must adopt freedom IN the
place OF artificial stimulation only 81
far as II will build, not pull down. In
which this NAV he done will be n mat
ter OF Judgment. exercised Item by
Item. To some not accustomed To the
excit~ments and responsibilities o!
greater freedom. our methods may In
some respects and at soma points seem
heroic. bat remedies may be heroic
and yet be remedies. IL Is our bust
ness 10 make sure that they are genu-
Inc remedies our object IL clear II
our motive H. above just challenge and
only san occasional error OF Judgment
10 charKeabie 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 De met and our methods should
be thorough. as thorough as moderate
and well considered. based upon the
facts thev are, and not worked out
as II 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.
1t IN best. indeed II Is necessary. TO be-
gin with the tariff. I will urge moth
Ing upon you now at tho opening OF
YOUR session which can obscure that
first obtect-nr-dixe energies from
that clearly defined duty Al later
time I may take the liberty Of calling
your attention 10 reforms which should
press close upon the heels OF the tariff
changes. ~ not accompany them, or
which tho chief IL the reform 81 our
banking and currency laws; but Just
now 7 refrain. For the present. put
these matters on one side and think
only OF this one thing-aof the changes
in our fiscal system which may best
serve To OPEN once moro the free chan
neis OF prosperity 20 great people
whom we would serve 20 the utmost
and throughout both rank and Ale.
At 1918 D. m, the house adjourned
until Thursday at noon.
Recovering in ita own chamber.
after the jointe session in the house.
the senate adjourned until tomorrow.
after a few minutes Of routine bust
ness.