El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-10-19
WILSON OUTLINES
CONGRESS WORK
Letter is Endorsement Of
Democratic Administra-
ton; Plea for Votes.

Washington. D. C.. Oct ia letter
to majority leader Underwood, Of the
house, was made public by president
Wilson Sunday. in which the presi-
OF his administration thus far and out
lined the program for the next session
OF congress.
The president wrote the letter as an
endorsement Of all Democratic mem
bers Of congress in lieu Of speeches he
said he would like to make in every
congressional district. He predicted
victory for his party in the elections,
because every thoughtful man sees
that a change Of parties just now
would set the clock back. not forward"
and because "a practical nation is not
likely to reject such a team. full OF the
spirit Of public service, and substitute,
in the midst Of great tasks, either
party upon which deep Generalization
has fallen or a party which has not
grown 10 a stature that would warrant
its assuming the responsible burdens OF
state"
says People Well Served.
The legislative program begun IN the
present congress was declared by the
president TO have been begun ito de-
Stroy private control and set business
free" He said that the people Of the
country had been served by this con-
gress as they have never been served
before.
Outlining the work already accom-
pushed, Mr. Wilson mentioned the re-
form OF the tariff, the passage Of the
new currency bill, the antitrust bills
and handling Of foreign problems. He
said he doubted if there has ever been
finer exhibition of team work or Of
unhesitatinE devotion TO the fulfilment
Of party pledges"
BIameS Suppression Of Competition.
Pra1sing the new tariff bill, the pres
ident asserted that private control had
shown its sinister face on every hand
in America, had shown it for long
time, and some times very braZenly, IN
the trusts, and in the virtual domina-
ton Of credit by small groups Of men
He said that high prices did not spring
directly from the tariff. but out Of the
suppression Of competition, which
flourished more easily under the pro-
lection Of a high tariff He declared
that the panic which opponents OF the
new bill predicted. had not come and
that despite the European war. there
had been sufficient time to prove the
success Of the act
The trade commission bill and the
Clayton antitrust bill were spoken Of
as designed ''tO make men in a small
way Of business as free to success as
men in a big way, and to kill monopoly
in the seed" He added that 'monopO-
lies are built up by unfair methods OF
competition" which would be eliminat-
ed by the new legislation Monopoly
is TO be cut off at the roots he de-
clared-
No Dealings With Monopoly.
IF our party were to be called upon
to name the particular point Of princi-
pie in which il differs from its op-
ponents most sharply and in which
il feels itself most definitely sustained
by experience" continued the president,
I'VE should no doubt say that il was
this: That we would have no dealings
with monopoly, but reject il altogether;
while our opponents were ready 10 Z
adopt Il into the realms Of law and /
seek merely 10 regulate IL and moder-
ate 1t in its operation II is our pur-
pose to destroy monopoly and maintain
competition as the only effectuaI in
strument Of business liberty"
Justice has been done the laborer. de-
clared the president, and his labor is /
no longer TO be treated as II st were /
merely an inanimate object OF com
merce disconnected from the fortunes !
and happiness Of a living human being.
to be dealt with as an object Of sale I
and barter"
Democracy Of Credit.
Of the currency bill Mr.. Wilson said 4
we have created a democracy OF credit !
such as has never existed in this coun- 4
try before" He declared that credit 1
is now at the disposal Of every man /
who can show energy and assets and /
because control Of the system rests with 4
the government said cit is self govern /
ment as wei as democracy"
It was impossible to complete rural Z
credit legislation. the letter added, but i
he federal reserve act itself "facili- 4
-ates and enlarges agricultural credit i
70 an extraordinary degree-H
Wants Congress in Syrnpathy.
Speaking Of the program for the next I
lessiOn Of congress, the president men,
toned legislation for the building up I
II the American merchant marine and
the completion OF a great program for
he conservation Of our natural re-
ources and the development Of the
water power Of the country"
without a congress in close sympa-
ny with the administration" wrote the
resident "a whole scheme OF peace ]
nd honor and disinterested service %
he world cannot be brought to its full