The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1913-04-08
WILSON READ
/ HIS MESSAGE To
BOTH HOUSES
WANTS TO BE CONSIDERED A
PERSONALITY, NOT A
DEPARTMENT.
Closest Attention Given the Reading
Of the Document Which Is Re.
produced Below in Full.
(Ry Associated Press.)

Washington. april S.-President
Wilson stood on the speakers res
trum in the House and personally
read his first message to Congress
The galleries were packed with ma
tional figures, including Mrs. Will
son and her daughters. Admiral
Dewey occupied a seat on the foo:
of the House. The president was es.
corted to the capitol by his secretary
and secret service men. The packed
chamber gave close attention to tho
reading Of the message.
Wilson prefaced his message BY
saying: II am glad to have the op.
pcrtunity to address the two Houses
directly and verify for myself the
Impression that the president is e
person ard not a mere department
Of government, hailing CONGRESS from
scme isolated island Of jealous power.
sending messages, and not speaking
naturally and with his own voice.
That he is human being trying to
cooperate with other human beings
in common advice and after this
pleasant experience I sh'll feel quite
Informal in cur dealings with one an.
ether"
The presidents message follows:
To the Senate and House Of Repre-
sentatives:
| have called the Congress togeth-
er in extraordinary session because
a duty was laid upon the party now
In power at the recent elections
which It ought to perform promptly.
IN order that the burden carried BY
the people under existing law may
be lightened as soon 40 possible and
In order. also. that the business In.
tcrests Of the country may not bo
kept too long in suspense as to what
tho fiscal changes are to be to'which
they will be required to adjust them.
selves. It is clear the whole coun-
try expects tariff dulles must be ale
tered. They must be changed to meet
the radical alteration In the ccndi-
tions of our economic life which tho
country has witnessed within the last
generation. While the whole face
ard method of our industrial 2li
commercial life were being chanScd
beyond recognition the tariff sthcd-
. ulcs have remained what t.ey were
before the chance hnear, of have
, moved in the direction tNay '2"e
,Civen when no !ar"c cilcuMsi Il q
our industrial Development ~ What
| 1t Is today. Our task Is t9 square
| them with the actual facts. The
sooner that is done the s. oner we
slall escape from suffering frem tho
: facts and the sooner our men Of buri.
ness viii be free to thrive b. Ito law
OF nature fthe nature of free husl
noes, instead Of by the law of legls'
= lation and artificial arrangement.
e We have seen tariff legi.'ation
y wander very far afcld in our day
q ycry far indeed from the field IN
+. Which our prosperity rlistt have had
, a normal growth and stimulation
: No one who looks the facts s7rGrcfy
| in the face or kncws anythiar tha,
: lies beneath the surfcca G. r on
s can fail to perceive thc rtinc'p,e'
: rpon which recent tcriff Hesitation
1 has been based. We lonT IA r7ssed
e beyond the modest notion ct PRO
g tccting" the industries Of the coun'
e try and moved boldly forward to the
s iaea that they were entitled to the
r direct patronage CT the government
For a long time time so long that
I tic men now active In public policy
). hardly remember the conditions tha'
!. preceded tive have sought In oul
4 tariff schedules to give each groul
d OF manufacturers or producers wha
r Trey themselves thought that the!
4 needed in order to maintain prac
ls titally exclusive market as asains
the rest Of the world. Consciously q
j, unccnsciously, we have built up 81
D. Of privileges and exemptions from
10 competition behind which It was easl
By any. even the crudest, forms o
y combination to organize monopoly
20 until at last nothing Is normal. moth
A ine Is obliged to stand the tests d
" ef,c,ency and economy. In our wcr!l
OF big business, but everything gthrivs'
!. No. naneeeeoA ARA n cement ONLY 0eV