West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1916-10-26


sarily prosper with the country, but
you would pay for the prosperity at
very considerable price That was
not added. but that was implied.
And the whole point OF view of our
legislation has been this. That a spe-
cial set OF men who thought they
could guide the nation better than
anybody else and preferred TO guide
IL In private. asked certain chief ben
ehciaries OF the tariff TO come together
and suggest what the schedules OF the
tariff should be. So that these gentle
men have the idea that have several
times pointed out. that 1t was best for
us to be i'm the hands OF guardians.
Now /, for one. came OF age some
time ago. and i decline to live as a
ward. insist upon living as a grown
up individual. ready TO take my part
in the counsels OF the nation and to
insist that / shall be considered pri-
marily along with the rest. and not
secondary"
The President then reviewed the
benefits OF the Federal Reserve Act
and the Rural Credits Act
The agricultural products of this
country" he continued, Judged by our
opportunities and our soil and native
capacity, ought to be twice what they
are at present, and instead OF the pos
sibility of shortage, there ought al
ways to be the certainty OF the expor-
tation of large bodies of grain from
the United States.
so that what we are trying TO do
all along the line is to establish CO.
operation, general development, COM
mon counsel and what | would be glad
to have you gentlemen understand is
that is exactly the formula that fits
everything that we have been trying
to do. We have been trying 20 take
the government OF this country out
Of the control and from under the
guidance of small groups and square
II with the counsel of the whole nation
We have been trying to make part
nership of 1t and. am glad to say, we
have succeeded.
81 do not wonder that the gentlemen
out OF whose hands Il has been taken
are uneasy, because they are genuine
ly OF the opinion that only they know
how to run the country, and IL
thought i was the only man living who
knew how to run the country / would
be very sorry to see it taken out of
my hands.
81 have a suspicion that has been
forced upon me by many experiences
that ! am not the only man, and what
has surprised some of these gentle
men is to discover how many others
there are who really understand the
United States. The United States is
beginning to understand these gentle
men. One of the great lessons OF the
European war has been that the eco
nomic mobilization OF the country. the
economic coordination and co-opera-
tion of it. is just as important as the
military cooperation of IT..
II am not expecting this country to
get into war. / know that the way in
which we have preserved peace is OBJ
jected to and that certain gentlemen
say they would have taken some other
way that would inevitably have result
ed in war but / am not expecting this
country to get into war. partly because
l am not expecting these gentlemen
TO have a chance TO make a mess of it,
But am very glad to take adyan-
tage OF the present concentration OF
the attention of the world upon the
problems OF war TO make il evident
to the country that these same pro
blems are the problems Of peace, so
far as they are economic problems
"The railway development Of this
country has never been studied as a
whole. for one thing There are a
great many things lacking in the
transportation facilities of the country
which are now going to be developed
In the new kind OF consultation which
we have established
The Congress has recently created
a Council OF National Defense. and
has associated with that council an
advisory committee OF seven men who
shall represent these same physical
and intellectual resources. A great
surgeon, a great engineer, a great
railroad man. a great manufacturer
All tue several kinds OF industries I'm
this country, at any rate, represented
for the purpose OF taking counsel with
the government itself at Washington
as TO how the resources Of the country
can be drawn together at all times IN
peace as we'll as in times Of war.
Because, my friends. I'm the imme-
diate future this country has got to
know itself has got TO draw upon it's
resources in The most intelpseut pos
sible way and has got TO make con
quest Of all those men who refuse to
cooperate u has got to subordinate
the individual interest and the indiyld-
ual greuD Of interest ts the general in
terestH
The President then told in detail Of
the work being done by engineering
medical and other scientific bodies In
organizing the resources Of the nation.
$50 from every quarter. my friends. Z"
he went on. this splendid thlng 10
happening, mat this country IS WeEa
ing up to IFS duty, to the mutual re-
sponsibility TO each other Of its eiti-
IONS. waking mn 10 the aanae of mart