The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1916-10-25
'sll yEEa I AIlEn 'lF NR,
WILSON SAYS HE BELIEVES THAT
HE'CAN KEEP THIS COUNTRY
FROM HOKaORs OF
WAR.
Tells Crowd of Farmers, Engineers
and Architects He IS Convinced That
Firecatcrs VIII Not be Able TO Un-
seat Him I'M November.

! Long Branch, N. j., Oct. 21.--In a
speech devoted primarily to discus
sion of the need for economic pre-
paredness i'm the United States, Presi-
',ent Wilson told a delegation Of farm
crs. architects and engineers here to-
day that he did not expect the United
States to get into war.
II know that the way in which We
have preserved peace is objected to-"
said the president, "and that &C rtein
gentlemen say they would have taken
some other way that would inevitabl
have resulted In war. but am net ex-
pecting this country to get into war,
partly because i am not expecting
these gentlemen to have a chance to
make a mess Of IT.
Taking the work done by the ad-
ministration for the farmers as his
text Mr.. Wilson declared: Eve want
the privilege of representing the
whole force of the NATION" 3.
He demanded that men be put
through 'rhird degree in respect to
where they stand with regard to love
Qf the United States and SAID ne was
glad the campaign was nearly over
'bccausc Tam in a hurry to get down
to business again." 4fs
''Thdrc Is a great deal Of irrespon-
siblc talk being indulged in." deciar-
ed the president I'm discussing the
I'campaign. "Men are saying things
they know perfectly well they can not
make good on and It ,disturbs the ma,
tion's 'cohnsels.p On the 9TH of No,
vcmber we will call time"
Mr.. Wiiyon said tire Democratic
party had been trying to take the
gov~rnnfentc out OF the control of
smsh groups and square II with the
counsel Of the whole nation"
/ In detail he told of work being done
to mobilize the industrial resources of
the nation. saying lone of the great
lessons of the European war has been
that the economic coordination and
Ecooperation OF tho country is just as
Important as the military cooperation
Iof IT, s,r'Ns,t. ! : s,s s..s.t ,
I The occasion of the. presidents q, ad-,
EAx22 Wa re csas . Farmers,
Is architects Ana sHeineers from
PIV0W York. lea by q band. csune .,oy
the West End railroad station by
train and marched to the presidents
summer home TO hear.the address.
Farmers from New Jersey and other
nearby States came to the celebration,
kseveral hundred Of them in automo-
biles.
In his speech here today President
Wilson said in part:
I'VE owe this much to our Republi-
can predecessors. that they exercised
such long and systematic neglect that
II was necessary for us to ,undertas sc.
systematic performance. Things will
not wait forever 90 be performed. !,
Not only that, but circumstances will,
not wait upon everything that ough,
to be done: some Of the things mus,
be done and done promptly.
This administration has had the
singular advantage of having a great
body Of national sentiment behind i,
which hadyiong stood ready to supper,
such measures as II adopted. do
not know whether the Systematic
neglect to which / referred was de-
liberate or not. only know that II
was thoroughgoing and that an abso-
lutely free field was left for the pres
ent administration"
The president then reviewed the
benefits OF the federal reserve act anu
the rural credits act.
''The agricultural products of this
country" he continued. Judged by
our opportunities and our social and
our native capacity ought to be twice
what they are at present and instead
Of tho possibility of shortage. there
ought always to be the certainty of
expectation Of lnrge bodies of grain
from the United States. =.
| 81 do not wonder that the gentle
men out OF whose hands 1t has been
taken are uneasy because they are
genuinely OF the opinion that they
only know how to run the country. :.
The United States Is beginning to un-
derstand itself and 1t IS beginning to
understand these gentlemen. One OF
the great lessons of the European war
has been that the economic mobilixa-
tion of the country. the economic CO.
ordination and cooperation of 1t is
just as important as the corporation
OF 1t.
IL am not expecting this country to