Delaware City press. (Delaware City, Del.) 1913-19??, 1913-12-05

1t doubtful whether even the most
elementary 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, II long continued, to Inn
peril the interests of peace, order and
tolerable life In the lands immedi-
ately to the south of us. Even II the
usurper had succeeded in his purposes,
In despite of the constitution of the
republic and the rights of its people,
he would have set up nothing but
precarious and hateful power. which
could have lasted but little while,
and whose eventful downfall would
have left the country in more de-
plorable condition than ever. But 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 little every day his power and
prestige are crumbling and the col
lapse is not far away. We shall not,
believe. be obliged to alter our pol
Icy of watchful waiting. And then,
when the end comes, we shall hope to
see constitutional order restored in
distressed Mexico by the concert and
energy of such of her leaders as pre-
fer the liberty of their people to their
own ambitions.
Rush Currency Bill.
I turn to matters of domestic con
Germ. You already have under con-
sideration bill for the reform Of our
/ system of banking and currency. for
which the country waits with impati-
ence, as for something fundamental
to its whole business life and neces-
sary to set credit free from arbitrary
and artificial restraints. need not say
how earnestly l hope for its early en-
actment into law. take leave to beg
that the whole energy and attention
of the senate be concentrated upon it
till the matter is successfully disposed
Of And yet feel that the request is
not needed-that the members of that
great house need no urging in this
service to the country.
l present to you, in addition, the
urgent necessity that special provision
be made, also for facilitating the cred
its 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 en-
terprise, as 1t should; and upon its
passage 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
should be given no special privilege
such as extending to them the credit
Of tho government itself. What they
need and should obtain Is Legislation
which make their own abundant
and 8 Gial credit resources avail
able az a foundation for joint, con
certed local action In their own be
half in getting the capital they mus
use. 1t is to this we should now ad
dress ourselves.
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 1T
development. I need not stop to tel
you how fundamental to the life o
the Nation is the production of it
food. Our thoughts may ordinaril.
be concentrated upon the cities AM
the hives of industry, upon the erie
of the crowded market place and tn
clangor of the factory, but it is from
the quiet interspaces of the open val
leys and the free hillsides that W
: 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 s
lent, every office deserted, every fac
} tory fallen into disrepair. And we
: the farmer does not stand upon tn
same footing with the forester and tn
: miner in the market of credit. He
the servant of the seasons. Natur
determines how long he must wait 70
! his crops, and will not be hurried /
her processes. He may give his not,
: but the season OF its maturity depend
upon the season when his crop m;
lures, lies at the gates of the marke
= WHERE HIS prOOuctb are sOlu' Anu III
. security he gives is of character nc
known in the brokers' Office or as Il
!, miliarly as 1t might be on the counte
of the banker.
y The Farming interests.
n The agricultural department of til
d government is seeking to assist 9
d never before to make farming an eff
4 Client business, of wide cooperative e
9 fort, In quick touch with the market
t for foodstuffs. The farmers and tt
8 government will henceforth work t
9 gether as real partners in this feel
o where we now begin to see our we
o very clearly and where many intel
X gent plans are already being put I'M
o execution. The treasury of the UI
l. ted States has, by a timely and we
g considered distribution of its depo
n It's, facilitated the moving of the crol
N in the present season and preventt
q the scarcity OF available funds too o.