Arizona republican., 1913-12-03
PRESIDENT WILSON READS ,
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even the pretense of legal right and declared himself dictator. As a con- sequence, condition of affairs now exist in Mexico which has made it doubtful whether even the most ele- mentary and fundamental rights either of her own people or of the citizens of other countries resident within her territory can long be sue cessfully safeguarded and which threatens, if long continued, to i'm peril the interests of peace, order, and tolerate life in the lands immedi- ately to the south of us Even if the usurper had succeeded in his pur- poses, in despite of the constitution or the republic, and the rights of it's people, he would have set up noth ing but a precarious and hateful pow CT, which could have lasted but lit tie while and whose eVentful downfall would have left the country in a more deplorable condition than ever. But he has not succeeded. He has for fetied the respect and the moral sup port even to those who were at one time willing to see him succeed. Lit tie by little he has been completely
 
 power and prestige are crumblng and the collapse is not far away. We shall not. I believe, be obliged to all ter our policy of watchfuI waiting. And then, when the end comes, we shall hope to see constitutional ord CT restored in distressed Mexico by the concert and energy of such of her leaders IS prefer the liberty of their DaODlp O their OW0 hitiOnS
 I turn to matters of domestic con cern. You already have under con sideratiOn a bill for the reform of our system of banking and currency, for which the country waits with impa- tlence, as for something fundamental to it's whole business life and neces- sary to set credit free from arbitrary add artificial restraint. l need not say how earnestly I hope for it's ear ly enactment into law I take leave to beg that the whole energy and at tention of the senate be concentrated upon it till the matter is successfully disposed of. And yet I feel that the request is not needed-that the members of that great house need no urging in this service to the country
 I present to you, in addition. the urgent necessity that special provi- sion be made also for facilitating the credits needed by the farmers of the country. The pending currency bill does the farmers a great service. It puts them upon an equal footing with other business men and masters of enterprise. as it should; and upon it's passage they will find themselves quit of many of the difficulties which now hamper them in the field of
  and should be given no special priv ilege such as extending to them the credit of the government itself What they need and should obtain is 1egis- lation which will make their own abundant and substantial credit re- sources available as a foundation for joint, concerted local action in their own behalf in getting the capital they must use It is to this we should now address ourselves.
 It has, singularIy enough. come to pass that we have allowed the in dustry of our farms to lag behind the other activities of the country in it's development. I need not stop to tell you how fundamental to the life of the nation is the production if it's food. Our thoughts may ordinarily be concentrated upon the cities and the hives of industry. upon the cries of the crowded market place and the clangor of the factory. but it is from the quiet interspaces of the open valleys and the free hillsides that we draw the sources of life and of pros perity, from the farm and the ranch from the forest and the mine With out these every street would be si- lent. every office deserted. every fac tory fallen into disrepair. And yet the farmer does not stand upon the same footing with the forester and the miner in the market of credit. He is the servant of the seasons. Ma ture determines how long he must wait for his crops. and will not be hurried in her processes. He may give his note but the season of it's maturity depends upon the season when his crop natures. lies al the gates of the market where his pro- ducts are sold. And the security he gives is of a character not known in the brokers office or as familiarly as it might be on the counter of the banker
 The agricultural department of the government is seeking to assist as never before to make farming an eff ficient business, of wide cooperative effort. in quick touch with the mar kets for foodstuffs. The farmers and the government will henceforth work together as real partners in this field, where we now begin to see our way very clearly and where many intelli gent plans are already being put into execution. The treasury of the United States has, by a timely and well con sidered distribution of it's deposits, facilitated the moving of the crops in the present season and prevented the scarcity of available funds too often experienced at such times. But we must not allow ourselves to depend