The Weston leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946, 1914-12-11
PRESIDENT WILSON'S MESSAGE TO
FINAL SESSION OF 63RD CONGRESS

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Gfsss ils passage vosld hobly etowh ne
record of thsss two years " msmofAbie
iut . ihinh you vii AErss with me
that this does not oonpis,s the toll of our
daly How are We 10 carry our goods 70
ths empty marksis u which have spoken
n Ss have not the shipsf How are 10 10
build Up great trade 70 We have no, the
tion upon which all profltabls and useful
| 1ummsrrs dspsndsf And h0S are us 20
g, ,hs ships 70 =. wait Tor the trade 70
nag Mast %. Restored 10 ssas.
To correct the msny mistakes bJ which
| We have discouraged and all but destroyed
| ne merchant marine of the country. 20
rsifaos the steps By which We have. u
4 flag from the seas sHcspt uhsTs. here aud
thsfs, . shiB of war ts blddsn carr II %
take a Ions tins and insoiss many detailed
Items of legislation. aud the trade which
10 oUaht Immediately TO handle would dis.
appear of flhd other ehanSsls uhils Ne de-
The ease is not unlike that which con.
ftphisd us When our 0un continsnt vas 10
bs opened up 20 settismsnt and Industry
and We nsadsd Ions lines of railway. sH.
| tended means Of transportation prepared
| beforehand, " development sAs not 20 lag
tntolsrably and walt intsfmInAbiy. We law
tshly Subsidized the buiidinG Of uanscon.
tinsntaI railroads We look back upon that
Win fssfst nos, because the subsidies led
TO many scandals Of which We are ashamed
but Ne knou that the railroads hsd 70 be
10 shouli Of course build them. but IN
smother uAT. Therefore ! pToposs another
pay of providing the means Of transports.
tlpn. which must pfsesds. not tardiiy fol-
Low. the Development Of our trade with our
hslHhbor states Of America II may sssIn
reversal Of the natural order OF thinHs.
but II n true that the routes OF trade must
be ArtuAiiy opsned--by many ships and reg
uisf sAillnEs and moderate ehArEss-bsfofs
streams u msFehAndss will FLOW freely aud
pHofitabiy through them.
shipping bili Imperative.
Hence the psndihE shipping bill discussed |
at the last session, but a. yet paAssd b.
Hsithsr house In my JudSmsnI such lsEls. |
lauoa 10 lmpsrailysiy needed and cannot
open these gates of trade And open them |
wide. open them bsfsvs u 10 altogether |
pfptlisbis 10 epsa them. or altogether rss- |
sohabis 10 ask pnSats capital 10 epsn than
Al . vshtare. IL 10 not . question Of the
uoFsrnmsnt mohopoiaing the field. u
should take action 70 make u esriain that |
promptly provided. even where the carriage |
10 not at first protitablsi and then. uheh |
the carriage has become suffielsntlty prof.
liable 70 s,ir.s' ana shsaIs private sspi.aL
meat ought TO withdraw. ! earnestly hope /
that the Congress win be Of this oplnion.
and that bota houses will ADOPT this sE-
epedtnEly Important bill
Raral Credits Deferred.
Ths great subject Of rural credits stili 70.
mAias TO bs dealt with. and II IL . matter
ot deep regret that the difficulties Of the
subject have seemed TO reader u impoaaibls
to complete q bill for passage 81 this session.
Hut IJ eaAnot be perfected yet and there.
fore there are no other oonsifuetiSs meas
uFrs the necessity for which I will at this
time call your attention TO. but I would be
HeEiiEsnt Of . manifest duty we're ! not 70
call tho AtteRttoE OF The Senate 10 the fact
that the proposed eonSsntiea for safety 81
ilnit fixed In the eonvsnIion itself for It's
aeesPtsnee 10 the last day Of the present
ysniion originated pas called By the United
States the representatives Of the United
states played . very Influential par, indeed
10 framing tho provisions Of the proposed
and those provisions arc In
themselves for the most part admirable.
II would hardly be consistent With the part
Ss have played In the whole matter TO Jet
Il drop and 20 by the board a. u forgotten
and Neglected. II was ratified 10 Nay last
BY the German government And In August
BY the Parliament Of Great Britain. II
IN International eiyiiinstion. We should
hos our earnest good faith In . great mat
sr BY adding our own acceptance Of H.
Coasts should ne charted. |,
There 10 aaothsr matter Of which must
make special mention, IL I am TO discharge
ny copscisnee, lest II should escape your
attention. u may seem q small thing, II
'tfects only . single item OF appropriation.
lut mAny human lives and many great en- |
4 making adequate provision for the survey |
md eharting Of cur coasts. II 10 Immediate
'hd exiEspt Ia connection with the Immense
han that Of the United states themselves.
houRh II iA also Important, Indeed, with
eEard 20 the older coasts OF tbs continent. I
ys eannet use our arsat Aiaskan domain;
heir many hidden dangers are not thor !
uEhiy surveyed and chArtsd, The work IL !
neemple,s at almost every point, shlps and
uppased 10 be weIi-khoWn main ehanneia
ys have not provided adequate vessels or &
deaua,s machinery for the survey and
hartInE, We have used old vessels that 9
'cre not big enough or strong enough and o
'hich were 90 nearly unaeaworthy that our y
inspectors would not have allowed private
wnara 10 send them TO sea
This in matter which. as I have said. Z
Gems ANAL but 10 In reality very great G
Ia Importance has emily 20 be looked into v
0 be appreciated.
Economy Is Icnjoined.
before so.s may y,i ,ay S,,o. few WORD;
oprn, upon which u IL highly important Z,
hat our judgments should be clear. definite
nd steAdfaatf n
one OF these IL economy in Government y
expenditures. The duty OF economy Is not b
ebatabla II Ia manifest and imperative, q
n the appropriations We pass wo are u
pending the money OF the great people n
hose servants we are--n0t our own. We a
70 trustees and responsible stewards In tho a
pending The only thing dobatable and n
pom which ws should be careful TO make d
ur thought and purpose clear 10 tho kind a
economy demanded OF ua assert with n
no greatest confidence that the people OF a
le United States are not jealous OF the a
mount their Government costs IL they are m
iro that they get what they need and de- In
70 for the outlay that the money Is beins n
,cnt for objects OF which they approve II
nd that Il 10 being applied with good buSi- "
esa sense and mAnAgement o,
Governments grow. piocomeai. both in their 81
asks and in the means by which those Al
Iaks and In tho means by which those tasks
70 to bo performed. and very few govern =,
snts are organized, venture 10 say, as Wise " "
nd experienced business men would organise y,
lem II they had q clean sheet OF paper to ~ y
rite upon, Certainly tho Government OF ~ y
10 United States In not. I think that II II y,
onerally agreed that there should be q a
reorganization and rcassembling ~ y,
Its parts 30 rs to secure greater efficiency ny
nd effect considerable saving in expense. n
nut the amount OF money saved In that -
ay would, I believe, though no doubt con- y,
derahle in itselt, running, Il may he, into y,
iiiliona. be relatively amall--Rmall, ! mean, ~
proportion 10 the total necessary outlays y
the Government. II would be thoroughly ~
reat or small. Our duty IL not altered ~
' the scale OF the saving. ~
Eecessitiss Net CurtaIied. M
My point II that the people OF the United vi
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