The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1914-12-08

discussed at the last session. out.
In my Judgment such legislation
Is imperatively needed and can not
wisely be postponed The government
open them wide. open them before II
Is altogether profitable 10 opeD them,
or altogether reasonable 10 ask private
capital TO open them AZ a venture -. ~
monopolizinE the neld. II should take
action 20 make II certain that trans
portation at yoasonable rates VIII De
promptly provided, even where the
carriage Is not at tlUst profitable, and
then, when the carriage has become
sufficiently profitable 10 attract ana
engage private capital and engage u
I'm abundance, the government ought 20
withdraw, l very earnestly hope that
the congress VIII be of this opinion.
and that both houses will adopt this
exceedingly important bill
Rural Credits.
Rural credits also came in for con.
siderable attention, as did the safety
at sea provision. or these subjects
the president said:
The great subject OF rural credits
still remains 70 be dealt with. and III
Is matter OF deep regret thar the
difficulties OF Ihe subject have seemed
to render IL Impossible 10 complete
bill for passage at this session But
10 can not be perfected yet and there
fore there are no other constructive
measures the necessity for which VIII
at this time call YOU. attention To,
but | would be negligent or a very
manifest duty were | not 20 call the
attention OF the senate To the fact
that the proposed convention for safety
at sea awaits its confirmation and that
the limit fixed in the convention itself
for its acceptance Is the last day or the
present ws"S month t The SqatesenSse ia
called by the United States; the repre-
sentatives OF the United states played
a very influential part indeed in fran
ing the provisions OF the proposed con-
vention; and those provisions are in
themselves for the most part admir-
able. II would hardly be consistent
whole matter to let il drop and 10
by the board as II forgotten and neg
leoted II was ratified In May last
August by the parliament OF Great
Britain. II marks a most hopeful and
decided advance In International civil
lization. We should show our earnest
good faith in a great matter by adding
our own acceptance OF IL
Economy Needed.
A strong appeal for true economy
was made by the president who de-
clared:
The duty OF economy is not deba-
table. 1t Is manifest and imperative
In the appropriations we pass We are
spending the money OF the great peo-
own, We are trustees and responsible
stewards in the spending The only
thing debatable and upon which We
should be careful 10 make our thought
and purpose clear Is the kind OF econ
omy demanded or US. i assert with the
greatest confidence that the people or
the United states are not Jealous or
the amount their government costs III
they are sure that they get what they
need and desire for the outlay, that
the money as being spent for objects
being applied with good business sense
and management.
1t is not expenditure. but extraya-
gance that we should fear being criti-
cized fori not paying for the legiti-
mate enterprises and undertakings or
a great government whose people com
mand what IL should do, but adding
what Will benefit only few or pour
Ing money out for what need not have
been undertaken at all or might have
been postponed or better and more
conceived and carried
out. The nation is not niggardly; II
Is very generous. II Will hide US only
II we forget so for whom We pay money
These are large and general standards,
but they are not very difficult OF APP
plication to. particular cases.
tnely conceived the one 10 unlock.
with proper safeguards, the resources
of the national domain. the other to
waters outside that domain for tho
generation or power. have already
passed the house OF representatives
and are ready for immediate consider
alton and action by the senate. With
the deepest earnestness / urge their
prompt passage, In them both We
turn our backs upon hesitation and
makeshift ana formulate a genuine
policy Of use and conservation, In the
best sense OF those words.
Philippines Independence.
And there is another great piece OF
which awaits and should
receive the sanction OF the senate. l
mean the bill which gives a larger
measure OF self-government TO the peo-
pie or the Philippines. How better, In
this time OF anxious questioning and
perplexed policy, could we show our
confidence in the principles Of liberty,
as the-source as we'll as the express
sion OF life how better could we dem
onstrate our own self-possession and
steadfastness In the courses OF justice
and disinteredness than by thus go
ing calmly forward 20 fulfill our prom
Uses 10 a dependent people, who Will now
look more anxiously than ever TO see
whether we have indeed the liberallty,
the unselfshness. the courage, the
faith we have boosted and professed.
! can not believe that the senate VIII
let this great measure OF constructive
Justice await the action OF another
congress It's passage would nobly
crown the record OF these two years
OF memorable labor.