The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-10-22
in Which All Par
ticipate Versus Combination
in Which the Few Benefit
HEAR
FARMERS DAY" SPEECH
Illuminating Description OF the
Manner in Which Beneficial
ries of Tariff System Have
Dictated Policies in Past

Shadow Lawn. \. j.. Oct III
President Wilson expoundcd the
merits OF the Federal reserve act
and the rural credits system to
5000 farmers and their friends
here today. He urged the farm
ers to join In the general scheme
W preparedness which has been
Undertaken and said: II am not
expecting this country to get
into war partly because ! do not
expect certain gentlemen to get
In and make IA mess of things
Referring to the campaign. Mr..
Fison said ne was glad 1t was near
over.
There has been too much loose
hlk,' he declared. Let US sober up
Ind get down TO business again. Our
E1ations with the resi- of the world
Re 10 he .incop parably more intimate
the years to come. That Is the
eason We are submitting certain men
b the third degree concerning where
,ey stand on world politics
Tho main points OF the Presidents
dcress follow
Iasfore mas been done fer the farmer
Ii these last three and half years
bar was ever attempted before. part
Il because in Some OF the earlier gem
EHiENE SIlS tffEtGS va tafekA+f "FAN ~
Xreat that II did not seem 10 demand
RATIONAL attention but also because
> attention OF the country has been
ka-4eeIi trafsa }2 tNe leadership of men
Urn a special polnt ~ view,
y Tito "Eu,tIrcNt" Benefit.
Il ean Illustrate the putut 90 yiew
= tire way n whtah thu tariN mas
i treated Tou-as farmers never
ere told. take 1t. that soV ~are
..s tt,.t air-,i 1vrtnAt Of the tariff.
,vcgr &hitiar % with extreme in
ERECTION. be'ause you were getting i.
b having duties placed upon almosi
tt.t rA had tu use, and
era} ore tn- ru,t ~ almost every
kinr seu had 60 uso was enhanced mud
eu were promised hardly more thar
bis that II The country prospered, you
bona necessarily prosper with the
runtry but you would pay for the
Prosperity al very considerable
Flee That was not added but that
as implied
And the whole point of view OF
;r legislation has been this--that a
peeiaf set OF men. who thought they
build guide the nation better than
|nyhody else and preferred TO guide
h. in private. asked certain chief
enef1ciaries OF the tariff 10 come to-
neither ana NfgEFSi WHAT Lilt SCDFu-
les of the tariff should be. and then
contribute the literature and the
sppart of the orators and also the
her instrumentalities of propaganda
kemake the country believe that IL
hese men who planned the tariff were
rh the rest of the country would
hare their riches.
Impugns Only Their Good Sense.
AZ am not impugninE the motives
these men Some OF them. many
them. may have had high and pa
Ftotic motives. But I am ready to
npugn their intelligence. They did
"a know that unless a nation Ia lifted
something like symmetrical move
bent. the whole mass participating
the upIift. II does not sufYice to lift
y and benefit certain parts OF 1t.
1.-THE object of the government Is
artnership common counsel, every
ody in the participation Of which
kads TO the construction OF legisia-
on So that these gentlemen have
Al the idea that it was best for us
he~in the hands OF guardians. Now
for one have come OF age some time
ge and I decline 10 tive as a ward.
insist upon living as grown-up
n<vidual and TO insist that l shall
considered primarily along with
he rest and not secondary.
THE task OF this administration.
be~efore, has been to see that the
hrmer did. not get the benefit that
as handed down. but get the benefit
hitch was directly distributed on the
kyel upon which all citizens ought
stand.
aYou have got to have money to
arry you along when there Is moth
hg coming in that will sell for money
on have never before had the proper
heans OF utilizing your real assets.
hero are no more real assets in the
ndrtry than yours.
Cooperation Needed.
- ar'"r oil that does not meet
NJ difficulty that began describing
''T operation among
rmers And therefore more interest
n st,il are the successful efforts that
Az recently been made by the De-
.r-saant of Agriculture to guide the
~sSs'r = hts rural organization. which
hi bring him into cooperation, to
nniy him with the scientific in
srnstion of the world with regard to
inning. not only In written form but
the form of demonstrations
"rhe recent legislation and the re-
Int appropriations of Congress make
nossble to put two demonstrators
"a experts in every rural county of
"a union. In order that by way of
hpnstration in the neighborhood it
N the scientific knowledge and ex-
.rience OF the world In agriculture
Mould be carried to the farmer. No
.rh tremendous educational ma
slnery was ever created before in this
buntry.
Two Farming Essentials.
.sThere are two things necessary to
AXE farming business so far as
aafag the crop is concerned. You
pnr best price and you have got to
fContinued on Second Pass.)