The Weston leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946, 1914-12-11
Washington. ID. C.-Preaident vii.
sons message. delivered 10 congress
Tuesday, Ia M follown!

hsh hhNAsekNf w NshtaNs'
Tuesday. 10 M follows;
dsRilsmsa ot the Censtsssi The ssssloi
unsn which gou are nov entering viii b'
the ciosins session " the dld ConGTssa
CanHtsas. Nsniuts 10 say, Witch ~il
lens bs rsmsmbsrsd for the stsai tod
- thauGhifui ahd constructive work Nhitt
~ has done In loiAt response 10 tbs
thuuNht ana nstds of the cgantfgt ] should
its In this address 10 review the hoiahl'
ferurd and tff Go make adequate assess
msnt % II, but no doubt We stand too
Isaf the uoth that has been done and as
ourselves too much part oi " To piAJ tbs
Moreover our thoughts are nos more OF
the future than ~ the past. while Ne
have ~ofksd az our tasks of pssSs. the
circumstances ~ the Shals aHs have beer
allsred b. VAR
New TASKS Are raced.
what We have done for our osh land
and fuf our asH people We DID With lhe
beet lhst vas In Ne, uhslhsr % ehaIsslsf
and q coincidence Ia the principles upon
whieh No Nsfe aftinH Witch sustained us
at ever stsV u the dinicuit undertaking.
hasds n IL noe an established part Of
tho legislation u tho cuuntDf iis useful
ross, ts srscls Sill disclose themselves IN
What ebipn, strikes us now. as We look
shout us dufins these flnsihH days OF
Jsaf ~hish Will be- forever msmotabls IN
the hlstoff Of the Surii, 10 that We face
ha~ TASKS have hssn facing them these
sis monihs must face tlsm IN the mohths
20 seine folsS them Without partisan
feeling. ihs moh Who have forgotten eNsrJ.
tblHs bul a eBmmuh duiy aud the fact
that 30 afa representatives. Of tTsat
people whuss thauEht IL not ot us but o.
what America owes 90 hufssh ana TO All
mAhhiRd In such circumstances a. these
gBon which Ne took amaSsd and AaEious
Earope win Need oar Help.
War has interrupted the means of trade
no, pnlf tut siso the process Of produe,
resources Wholesale and ugaa a sssis un,
ptsgdsStsd and appalling There is rsa.
Ah W fear that the time is hsHf. ~ "
ssuhSi,s. sGl % ~ kufsss sin nsS il difileuit 10
do for thoiF people shat lher have hlhetto
sssh si-s,. s..ils sSis 10 s'nasS az, ',,ss ss,.
ihaf viii need our help and our mAniiola
services ss they have never needed 'hsm
fvsdy thah 40 have ever been
lIis ot eauAi consequences that the Sa.
tiuus whom Europe has UsuAiiy supplied
wttb innumsfsbip articles ef manufacture
shd eammsfes. - which they are IN con.
stsht hsed aHd Without shirh their seoheinlo
nos ss' sSi, snail par, sf Shs, they Tor.
meflY Imported and eagerly took 20 ua 10
supply their Aii bu, smhiy markets
Nov Markets Must he savpiird.
This 10 particularly true Of our awn neigh
ss ss Ss ss.S saa,s ssts. s, ana ISsI is Ines ~
trade have hithSFto run chiefly aihwart
the ssas not 20 eur ports but 90 the ports
% Great nti,Aia ahd ~ the older con
tiBsat % Europe DO not stap 10 inquire
ehY. af tn make any comment on pFahahle
chussa what Interests as Just hoS 10 not
the espisaAltan. hut the fact abd our dnB
and appprlunily IN the presence Of H. Here
ere markets Whieh Ne must supply and
for Nbieh mus, flnd tho mssns Of aetlsn |
rhA uhitsd states THE great people TOT
whom ws sneak and act, should be ready. |
as hssrF before to serve Hssf and serts |
manhindi ready with its resources is
energies, tts forces Of production, ana Hs
means af dlstflbuitna,
II 10 a practical matter. . matter OF ~Ays
and neaRs We have the resources. hul
are ws fuily ready TO use ihsmf Ana u
wa saa make ready what Ne have, have We
tho means al hand 10 tlsir'baie III We
are never fully ready, nsitbsr have we the
ws are not fully able We have the wsh
10 serve ana 10 serve greatly. generously.
bat We are net prepared as We should De
AZ anea We are not prepared TO use them
Immediately and t their best. without de-
lay aad without waste
Eryers Mus, Ne Corrected.
TO speak PLAINLY, wa have grossly erred
tn the way IN which we have siunted and
hindeFed tha development OF our fnerchsnt
have not got thsm. We have rear after
year debated. without end or conclusion.
the bsot policy 90 pursue with regard TO
pa wsfs Of cur National domain in the rich
states Of tho West. when We should have
acted! and they are stiti locked up, The
ksy 10 sttii turned upon them. the door shut
fast at which thousands Of vigorous mea,
fun Of ihttiAtive, knock eiAmeropsly for ad'
mittanes The watoFpowsr OF our nAViHable
slreama outside tho National, domain also.
worked and planned for generations. 10 suli
not used Aa II might be. because wa viii
made do not tntsliiaentiy balance sneour.
AEanaat against restraint. We withheld eS
regulation. Il,
corrsst these mistakes sad omlssiona even
at this short session OF a conEFcs which
Would certainly seem to have done all the
work that could reasonably se expected o.
and 90 mut our efforts es
also. .
Cniocking Of Resources Urged.
Fortunately. two great measures. finely
tho ono 20 unlock. Win proper
an afSEuafds the resources OF tho National
damaIn, the other TO encourage the use OF
tho naViEabia waters outside that domain y
for generation OF power. have already .
are ready for immediate consideration and
action by the Senate With tho deepest
enrnuatnesa urge their prompt passage, In
lion and maksshin and formulate genu-
Inc policy Of use and conservation, ~ tho
hest aense OF those words. We owa tho one
Western country for whose free and syn.
lomntie development, as Il seems TO me. y
our legislation has done no little. but also
10 the people Of tho nation ~ a whole; ana
We aa clearly owe the other In fnifillmeM
of our repeated promises that the water.
power OF the country should In fact as well
aH In name be put at the disposal OF great
which can mako economical ana
profitable use OF u. the rights Of the public
being adequately guarded tho while. and
monopoly In the use prevented.
To have begun such measures and not
completed them would indeed mar tho rec.
lrd OF this great conErosa very seriously.
hope and confidently believe that they wiz =
Ana there ia another Ereat piece OF legia-
alton which awaits and should receive the /.
anction OF tho Senate. mean tho bill /.
which gives larger measure OF selfsEov- '
,rnment 10 the people OF tho Philippines
How better. In this time OF anxious
questioning and pcrploxed policy, could we Q
how our confidence in the principles of lib
,rty as the source as well aa the express
lion OF iife7 How better could we demon
trate our own self. possession and stead
aatneas In the courses OF justice and dis
than by thus going calmly
Onward TO fuifili our promises TO depend Q
mt people, who will now look more anx-
ousiy than ever TO sec whether we have
indeed tho lberality. the unseifiahness, the
courage, the faith We have boasted and pro-
'sssedR cannot believe that the senRtel
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