Carroll County democrat. (Huntingdon, Tenn.) 188?-1971, 1913-06-27

Washington, D. C.-Fov second
time since his inauguration President
Wilson appeared before joint ses.
sion Of the two houses of congress,
His message on banking and cur
rency reform system was delivered in
a clear, deliberate and distinct voice.
He said:
Mr.. Speaker, Mr.. President, Gentle
men Of the Congress:
1t is under the compulsion of what
seems to me a clear and imperative
duty that have second time this
session sought the privilege of adj
dressing you in person. | know, of
course, that the heated season of the
year is upon us, that work in these
chambers and in the committee rooms
is likely to become a burden as the
season lengthens, and that every con
sideration of personal convenience
and personal comfort, perhaps, in the
cases of some Of us, considerations of
personal health even, dictate an early
conclusion of the deliberations of the
session; but there are occasions of
public duty when these things which
touch us privately seem very small;
when the work to be done is so press
ing and so fraught with big conse-
quence that we know that we are not
at liberty to weigh against 1t any
point of personal sacrifice. We are
now in the presence of such an occa-
sion. 1t is absolutely imperative that
we should give the business men of
this country banking and currency
system by means of which they can
make use of the freedom of enterprise
and of individual initiative which we
are about to bestow upon them.
We are about to set them free; we
must not leave them without the tools
of action when they are free. We are
about to set them free by removing
the trammefs of the protective tariff.
Ever since the civil war they have
waited for this emancipation and for
the free opportunities it will bring
with it. 1t has been reserved for us
to give 1t to them. Some fell in love,
indeed, with the slothful security Of
their dependence upon the govern
ment; some took advantage Of the
shelter of the nursery to set up a
mimic mastery of their own within
It's walls. Now both the tonic and
the discipline Of liberty and maturity
are to ensue, There will be some
readjustments Of purpose and point of
view. There will follow a period of
expansion and new enterprise, fresh
ly conceived. 1t is for us to deter
mine now whether it shall be rapid
and facile and Of easy accomplish
ment This it can not be unless the
resourceful business men who are to
deal with the new circumstances are
to have at hand and ready for use the
and conveniences of
tree enterprise which independent
men need when acting on their own
initiative.
It is not enough to strike the
'hackles from business. The duty Of
Craftsmanship is not negative merely.
It is constructive also. We must show
hat we understand what business
needs and that we know how to sup
ply it. No man, however casual and
superficial his observation Of the con-
litions now prevailing in the country,
can fail to see that one of the chief !
Kings business needs now, and will
iced increasingly as it gains in scope
ind vigor in the years Immediately
lhead of us, is the proper means by |
which readily to vitalize its credit, |
and individual, and its orig
native brains. What will it profit |
IS to be free II we are not to have |
he best and most accessible instru-
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