The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1915-12-08

principle TO your confederation: that
We should put into early operation some
provision for rural credits which viii
ado 10 the extensive borrowing faclff-
ties already afforded the farmer by the
reserve Bank Act. adequate tnstru-
,nentalities by which long credits NAV
he obtained ON land MORTGAGES: and thai
We should study more caref,,Ilv than
they have hitherto been studied the
IlEht adaptation OF our economic ar
i"hgements TO changing condltionR
Many conditions about which we have
repeatedly legislated are being altered
from decade 10 decade n is evident
under our very ewes. and are likely 10
SSha,nse even more rapidly and more rad
lcally IN the days Immediately ahead OF
Us. when peace has returned 10 the
world and the nations OF Europe once
more take up their tasks Of commence
ana industry with the energy OF those
VINO must besttr themselves to build
anew. Just what these changes win
oe no one can certainly foresee or con
ndently predict. There are no caicu-
tsole. because no staoie. clements in
the problem. The most we can do n 10
make certain that we have the neces-
sarN instrumsntalities OF Information
constantly at our service so that we
may De sure that we know exactly what
we are dealing with when We come TO
act n II should be necessary to act
at all. We must frst certainly know
what II Is that we are seeking 10 adapt
ourselves TO. / may ask the privileg &c
OF addressing you more at length ON
this important matter a Iittie is,ar q,
your session. "
Transportation Problem.
IN the meantime. may I make this
suggestlon? The transportation prob
ing one in this country. There has from
time 10 time OF late been reason TO fear
that our railroads would not much long
Ds eble 10 cope with Il successfully
IS AT present equipped and co-ordinated
suggest that ~ would be wise TO pro-
~. TOT commission OF inquiry 60 as
.IrtSih by a thorough canvass OF the
Whoie question whether our laws as at
present framed and administered are
as serviceable as they might be in the
- Soiutloh or The problem. II Is obvious
~ problem that lies at the very foun-
dation OF our efficiency as a peopie
Such an inquiry ought 20 draw out every
ClIeumstance and opinion worth consid-
trihf' ana We need to know All sides
or the matter n we mean TO do any
thing In the field Of federal leRisIafion.
10 ohS, l am sure. would wish 10 take
the railways OF the country by federal
commission has had admirable results
and has fully Justified the hopes and
expectations Of those by whom the mol
icy OF regulation was originally, pro-
posed. The question Is not what Should
we undo IL Is. whether there IL any
US with effective means IN the very
process OF regulation. for betterins the
conditions under which the raiiroads
, ase ope rated and Tor making them more
while IL seems to me that n might be
the part % wisdom. therefore before fur-
ther legislation in this field IL attempt
ed TO look at the whole problem OF co
ordination and efficiency in the fuI
hght or a fresh assessment OF cfrcunn-
stances and opinion. as n guide TO deal
ing with the several parts OF 10.
For what we are seeking now. what
IN my mind II the single thought of this
message. Is national efficiency and Sc
curity We serve great nation we
should serve ~ in the spirit OF its pecu-
llI genius II - the genius OF com
mon men tor self-governmenf industrv
Justice. liberty and peace. We should
see 70 u that IL lacks no Instrument no
tacility or NiEor OF law. to make "a suffi-
clent 20 play ats part with energy safe
", and assured success. In this we are
no partlsans but heralds and prophets
OF a new age
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