The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-09-07

Interests against her advantage. Parties will fare well enough without nursing, If the men who make them up and the serve cause and set great people forward on the path to liberty and peace.n
 President Wilson's letter, in full. reads as follows
 September 1. 1914. My Dear Mr. Doremus:
 'I have read your letter of Sepetmber with a keen appreciation of it's import ance. It appeals to me as the leader of the party now in power with peculiar force and persuasiveness. The close of a very extraordinary session of Congress Is At hand which has, I venture to say been more fruitful in important legislation of permanent usefulness to the country than any session Of Congress within the mem ory Of the active public men of our gen. eration. great constructive programme has been coffied through for which the country has long waited, and has been carried through with the approval and support of judicious men of all parties: and We have abundant reason to congrat- ulate ourselves upon the record that has teen made during the busy r months we nave devoted to our great legislative work. Certainly, in ordinary circum- stances, if We were free to disengage our selves for the purpose, we would be war ranted in now directing our energies to great campaign in support of an appeal to the country to give us the encourage ment of its indorsement at the autumn elections.
 A Sincere Appeal
 twe coub go to the country with q very sincere appeal in which there need be no prstense or boast of any kind but a plain statement of things actually accomplished which ought te be. and I think would be, entirely convincing. It is record which shows us at peace with all the world; the questions which plagued busi- ness with doubt and uncertainty and ir- responsible criticism out of the way, thoughtfully settled and disposed of; the apparent antagonism between government and business cleared away and brought to an end with the plain reckoning ac- complished; the path of sure-footed ad- justment clear ahead of us, prosperity is certain to come by means which all can approve and applaud.
 Moreover, there is programme of an other kind ahead of us to which it is inspirting to look forward--a programme Tree from debate except as to the best means by which to accomplish what all desire. The great questions immediately ahead of us are the building up of our merchant marine with all that that means in the development and diversified uon Of our foreign commerce and the systematic conservation and economic use of our national resources subjects much talked about but little acted upon. Here are other great pieces of construe- tlve legislation waiting to be done to which we could turn without any contro- yersy except, as have said as to the best ways of doing them.
 T believe that ways can be found to do these things readily enough if the country will give us its generous support and trust us to do them; and 1t would have been genuine pleasure to me to ask to be given again colleagues such as have had in the two houses of Con gross during the present memorable ses- sion. l trust that there will be many occasions upon which may have the priv ijege of calling the attention of my fel- low countrymen to the fine and unselfish service which has been rendered them by their present representatives, ready at all times to respond to any appeal which spoke convincingly of the public welfare
 But in view of the unlooked-for inter-