Bisbee daily review., 1913-12-03
FIRM, CONSISTENT AND
 FAIR IS PRESIDENTS
 MESSAGE ID CONGRESS
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which the farmer may make his credit constantly and easily available and command when he will the capital by which to support and expand his bus mess. We lag behind many other great countries of the modern world in attempting to d5 this. Systems of rural credit have been studied and developed on the other side of the water while we left our farmers to shift for themselves in the ordinary money market Yoa have but to look about you in any rural district to seq the result, the handicap and embar- rassment which have been put upon those who produce our food.
 BENEFITS TO BE BROUGHT
 Conscious of this backwardness and neglect on our part, the congress re gently authorized the creation of a special commission to study the var ious systems of rural credit which have been put into operation in Flu rope. and this commission is already prepared to report. Its report ought to make it easier for us to determine what methods will be best suited to our own farmers. I hope and believe that the committees of the Senate ana House will address themselves to this matter with the most fruitful results, and I believe that the studies and re gently formed plans of the Depart ment cf Agriculture may be made to serva them very greatly in their work of framing appropriate and adequat, Iegislation. It would be inliscrcet and presumptuous in anyone to doz- aatize upon so great and many-sided q question, hut I feel confident tha common counsel will produce the re, suits we must all desire.
 DEVELOP THE SHERMAN LAW.
 Turn from the farm to the world cf business which centers in the city and in the factory, and I think thst al thouchtsul observers VIII agree that tcc immediate service we owe the business communities of the country is to prevent private monopoly more i effectuaIly than it has yet been pre- l vented. think it will be easily agreed tra. ye should let-the Sherman anti trust law stand, unaltered, as It is' with es debatable ground about it, buy tlat we should as rlucA as poasi' ble rsI!ee the area cf that aebatab!e grornE by further and mere explicit legis:auon: and sh,'Iid also supp 'e' m.ut that great .,ct by legislation which will not only clarify it but also facilitate it administration and make it fairer to all concerned. No douE'
 We shall wish, and the country Wiii . expect. this to be the central sub
 iect of -ur deliberations during tne present session; but it is a subject
 SO manysided and so deserving oi careful and discriminating discussion that I shall take the liberty of a-' dressing you upon 1t in special mes sage at Q later date than this. 1t $ of capital importance that the busi
 ness men Of this country should Dc 1 relieved of all uncertainties of law
 with regard to their enterprises and
 investments and a clear path indicat
 ed which they can travel without an
 xiety. It is as important tat they
 should be relieved If embarrassment and set free to prosper as tat pri vate monopoly should be destroyed The ways of action should be throwr
 w.de open.
 PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARIES
 I turn to a subject which I hop; can be handled promptly and withou
 serious controversy bf any kind.
 mean the method of selecting nom
 inees for the presidency of the Unite,
 States. l feel confident that I do no misinterpret the wishes or the expect ations Of the country when I urge trt
 prompt enactment of legislation whicl
 wIl provide for primary election
 throughout the country at which thr
 voters of the several parties ma, choose their nominees for the Presi
 dency without the intervention 0 nominating conventions. I ventUr
 the suggest1cn tat this Legislation
 should provide for the retention o
 party eonvention4 Eut only for tn
 purpose of declaring and aeeeptin : the verdict of the primaries and fol i mulating the platforms of the parties and I suggest that these convention should consist not cf delegates chose l. for this single purpose, but of tn : nominees for congress. the nominee
 for vacant seats in the senate of tn United States. the senators who's s terms have not yet closed, the natioI l. al committees, and the candidates fo :. the presidency themselves. in orde
 that platforms may be framed D T those responsible 60 the people fc r carrying them into effect.
 JUSTICE TO TERRITORIES
 These are all matters of vital l nestle concern, and besides then
 outside the charmed circle of our os , national fife in which our affection 2. command us. as well as our. ee ? sciencss, there stand out cur obiig g tions toward our territories over se h Here we are trustees. Porto Rie
 I Esauyasf fha phfliDpineS are ours,