Evening journal., 1916-06-14

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same motive that inspired the Fed
eral Reserve Act this administration
has devoted itself TO the stimulation
Of American industry. agriculture
and trade through all the agencies
Of government
II has given a new meaning and
new force 20 the laws restraining
big business from Sitting competi-
ton
II has created trade commission
to afford to business generally a
more direct and prompt admins
tration of the laws relating to busi-
ness
II has established government rep
resentatives throughout the world
/ whose sole duty is TO foster the OK
pansion Of American trade
! II has created closer union Of
! economic commercial and financial
interests between the United States
and the nations Of South America.
| II has declared in language that
no court and no employer can mis-
understand that "the labor Of a
human being is not a commodity or
article Of commerce" and that no
employer can compel his men to
work for him against his will
1t has freed the farmer from the
chains Of a financial system which
was devised for business and not for
! farming and has enabled him to sell
his product at prices that compen-
safe him for the sweat of the har-
vest. the tilling OF the soil.
Time does not allow me 10 enumer-
ate all the laws. all the activities
which will establish this admins
tration in our economic history as
the most humane since Lincoln's and
the most progressive sine Jeiferson's.
The Tarln.
i. But | cannot close this brief and
inadequate review OF what the pres
ent administration has accomplished
without advertlng 10 its courageous
and statesmanllke solution Of tn,
nations tariff problem.
|, The Underwood tariff enacted b,
this administration has banishe,
I. greed from the gates Of our port
and written justice into our tarii
schedules.
|, or all the tariffs we ever enacte
= this is the falrest and the best.
. Until the foreign war reduced i'm
{ portations no new tariff was evei
, more satisfactory The highest pro
tective tariff ever written woul,
probably have given us no NOR,
revenue during this European wal
and a higher tariff on raw materia
would have hampered our manufac.
turers. a higher tariff on the necessi
ties Of life would have placed
woeful burden on the poor man in
the conditions which the war abroad
has brought about.
BY the Underwood law this admin
istration has taken the tariff out o
politics; by the new Tariff Commits
sion It proposes to take politics ou
Of the tariff. -
The Man.
Americanism and peace. prepared
, ness and prosperitys--these are tn,
/. issues upon which the Democrat,
party stands. and the heart o
Z Democracy swells with pride tina
7. Is more than a pride OF party. a.
: II halls the man, who has asserte,
Z this Americanism. assured this peace
= advocated this preparedness and pro
I. duced this prosperity.
The man who is President OF tn
United States today has measure
up TO the best traditions of a grea
. office.
/. He has been wise with a wisdor
4 that is STEPPED in the traditions o
= his country. with a wisdom that ha
+, been discipline by training an
! broadened by instruction. sss
He has added strength to Ameri
cas- courage and mingled mere
: with Americas strength.
He has fastened the brakes O
I justice upon the wheels Of power
( he has lifted the mlsts from the tenn
. pie where our liberties are enshrinet
And when the history OF these day
comes to be written. and the childrei
Of tomorrow read their nations story
, when time shall have dispelled al
, misconception. and the years shal
I have rendered their impartial verdict
one name will shine in golden splen
: dor upon the page that is blackenel
/ with the tale of Europe's war, on
name viii represent the triumph o
a American principles over the hosts o
h darkness and Of death
d That name will be the name OF thl
great President who has made De
It mocracy proud that he Is a Democrat
Z. and made Americans proud that he Il
IS an American
W IL will be the name OF the studen
Id and the scholar who has kent hi
es country true to its faith in a tim,
ey ,na' tried mems souls. the name o
n me statesman who has champione,
an 'ne cause of American freedom
es wherever he found it oppressed. tn,
ed name OF the patriot who has i'm
or planted his country's flag ON IN,
ms highest peak 10 which humanity ba
he yet aspired; the name thai carrie,
AZ the torch Of progress to victory ono
ut and viii carry it 10 victory apain
sir the name OF Woodrow Wilson pres
dent and President to he.
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