Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1914-07-04
Il Consider 1t Patriotic to Re-
spect Country Honor More
Highly Than Prosperity
The MEXICAN PEOPLE
NEVER HAD A LOOK-IN
Our Flag Represents Justice
and Right to Other People
as Well as to Ourselves

Philadelphia, July 4.-President Will
son was the principal figure in the
Fourth of July celebration here today
and his speech was by far its most i'm
pOrtant feature.
The president delivered it from the
grandstand in Independence Square,
standing before the old colonial table
on which the Declaration of Independ-
ence itself was signcs. An audience
of thousands heard it.
"rhe Declaration Of Independence, -
said the chief executive, twas not
Fourth of July oration. 1t was declar-
alton cf war. 1t was a very specific
document concerning the business of
the day-not the business of our day.
"The declaration means nothing to
us unless we append it to what we
think our liberty consists of. We must
translate it to fit .our conditions. If
we would revitalize It, we must fill it
with n bill of particulars for 1914"
Then the president proceeded to fur
nish the bill of particulars" of which
he spoke He dealt first with the new
currency law.
bad Law Proves Good.
"It was universally admitted" he
said, "that the banking system of this
country needed to be changed. When
we started to change it we met with
hardly anything but criticism and op-
position from the bankers. But as soon
as the act was passed there was uni
versal applause from them. If it was
wrong the day before it was passed,
why was it right after it had passed -
Next the speaker came to Mexico.
What" he asked, care we going
to do with the influence and power Of
this nationi
eff we used it for our own aggran.
dizement, it would mean that we ex-
pected other countries to suffer what
we did in 1776.
There is none more interested than
| in the future OF America 8 business,
but If American enterprise in foreign
countries, and especially in countries
which are unable to resist us, takes the
shape of imposing upon the masses of
their people, it ought to be stopped.
You know what big problem there
is in Mexico. Eighty-five per cent of
the people have never had loOk-in
in the affairs OF, their government. Do
you suppose that circumstance has not
been in my thought?
Honor Demanded Tolls Treaty.
"When Americans once know what
is at stake in Mexico, they will know
what ought to be done there.
60 would be ashamed of this flag"-
and the president pointed to the stars
and stripes-"if it were permitted to
do anything outside America that we
would not permit it to do here.
81 consider il patriotic to respect
the country's honor more highly than
its prosperity.
"The Panama canal tells treaty may
have been a mistake, but it's meaning
was unmistakable. Honor demanded
that we sacrifice something to show VIC
knew what that meaning was.
81 do not think it hurts any one
seriously. / am not enthusiastic for
subsidies or monopolies, but am en-
thusiastic to keep America s name un.
sullied.
Popularity is not always patriot
ism. It is patriotic to serve the coun
try by not selling our souls.
Not Holiday in '76.
"The Fourth of July, 1776, was NOT
holiday. Those men knew that il
they failed they would be hanged fol-
treason, but they knew the way tc
success was to show they were NOT
afraid of anyone except God and his
judgments.
'If did not believe that the mora
Judgment would be final in the minds
Of men as in the mind Of God. / would
not believe in popular government. But
l do believe in democracy, not only foi
the United States, but for other eoun
tries which are struggling for their lib
erty.
"To drink Of this original fountain
of liberty is TO renew the blood in {
mans veins.
"My dream is that as the worlC
comes to know America better, il als'
will drink Of this fountain and receive
from America moral strength"
The president arrived in Philadelphi;
from Washington az l0:30 a. m. AM
left on the return trip at 1920 p. m.