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

tober 2l.-President Wilson is glad
the campaign is nearly over-glad be.
cause the national councils are dis
turbed by the irresponsible talk" and
promises made by the Republicans
which they cannot make good. Smil-
ingly, yet with serious emphasis, the
President made this statement TO 1900
men and women, tillers OF the soil
who came here this afternoon to par
tieipate in Farmers Day" Mr.. Will
son said:
'On the 7th of November we will
call time. and say to each other, now
that the talk is over and all the things
said that will be regretted, let us sober
up. Let us stop this indulgence in
loose talk and get down to the solemn
business-for it is a very solemn bus
iness-of trying to comprehend our
general duty with regard to the nation
at large"
Only a few minutes before TO the
accompaniment OF kerchief waving by
ping by the men OF agriculture, MIR.
Wilson had remarked that he was mot
expecting this country to get into war, -
explaining II know the way in which
we have preserved peace is objected to
and that certain gentlemen say they
would have taken some other way that
inevitably would have resulted in war,
but am not expecting this country
to get into war, partly because 1 am
not expecting these gentlemen to have
the chance to make a mess Of it."
With Democracy retained in power
in the nation Mr.. Wilson enumerated
the instrumentalities of government
provided by his administration to
bring about preparedness for peace
in which the agricultural assets OF
America would be modified to the ul-
timatf6 Vantage of the farmer and
the country.
Pointing out how the grasping bank
er had been curbed in his dealings
with the farmers by the Federal aBnk-
ing Act and how the rural credits sys-
tenn has assisted, the President recall
ed that the bankers formerly thought
themselves influential except with the
authorities that run the heavens"
The Democrats. Mr.. Wilson insisted.
had taken the government from the
control of small groups" and squared
1t with the counsel of the whole ma
tion," so that all citizens could share
In the partnership, Referring to
the Republican bosses as those who
had considered themselves exclusively
fitted to direct the nations affairs, the
President remarked:
''If 1 thought / was the only man
living who knows how to run the
country, l would be very sorry to see
IL taken out Of my hands. l have a
suspicion that has been forced on me
by many experiences that / am not
the only man, and what has surprised
some Of these gentlemen is to discover
how many others there are who really
understand the United States. The
United States is beginning to under
stand itself and to understand these
gentlemen"
In providing vast appropriations for
the development of agriculture, the
President said, Democracy had phil
osophized that you cannot worship
God on an empty stomach; cannot run
the machinery of your physical system
unless there is fuel in the furnace.
The spirit Of the nation in some sense
comes from the feeling of the nation
al"
In the future, the President predict
ed, when referring to the "hyphenates.
those who do not think in terms OF
America, but in terms of other coun-
tries will have to go through "a per
Tod Of probation" and "be instructed
by cur precept and our example"
James d, Richdale,a Monmouth coun-
ty farmer, introduced the President
saying more had been done for rural
folks during the present administra-
tion than by all preceding It, After
the President spoke. the visitors were
entertained by folk songs by the
Misses Dorothy, Rosalind and Cynthia
Fuller. who few months ago gave q
Fecital at the white House.
IN his speech President Wilson said
IN part'
I'VE owe this much to our Republi.
can predecessors, that they exercised
such long and systematic neglect that
It was necessary for us to undertak,
systematic performance. Things viii
not wait forever to be performed. Not
only that but circumstances will no
wait upon everything that ought to b,
lgne some pf thes fhltgs f1aslo bj
Zone and done promptly "
@This administration has had tn,
singular advantage Of having a grea
body Of national sentiment behind /
ghieh had leng stoad ready TO suppor
such measures as II adopted de- no
not whether deliberate or not. I oni,
know that II was thorough going an,
that an absolutely free field was lef
for the present administration.
you, as farmers, never were told.
lase Il, chat you were getting the al
Fecl beneat % the tart1 Kou wet,
tela you were getting the indirect ben
snt. OF tho tariff You were gettinl
II with extreme indirection, becaus
you were getting II by having dutie
placed upon almost everything tha