The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1921-04-01
WOODROW WILSON--HOW HISAD-
MINISTRATION WILL BE VIEWED
The Wholesome Legislation PassedAThe Peace
Treaty. Republicans Set Against Treaty Regardless
President Overlooked Practical Politics.
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J done were: The Federal Reserve
Banking law; the Farm Loan Bank
law: reduction Of the traif which
| took off some of the profits of the
| big manufacturers and made goods
cheaper for the consumer while at
| the same time enlarging the markets
| for the products of the farmer; the
child labor law; the repeal of the law
3iving the ships Of the big capitalists
Of this country free use Of the Pana-
ma Canal built with the money of
The taXpavers-theSe and many 9th
er measures made the big interests
take d step or two down and tended
to give every man and Jerv interest
> square deal. The Federal Reserve
'?nk law is enough to entitle Wood
IVY Wilson to the undying gratitude
of his countrymen if he had done
nothing else. For a generation the
farmers had been resOluting and ask
ing for cheap money from the gov
ernment. The Republican party had
talked about cheap money during
election time but it was left to
Democratic President to meet the de-
mand and the needs of the farmers
with the Farm Loan Bank.
Undoubtedly during the admins
tration of Woodrow Wilson the
farmers cot more for their products
R,d enjoyed higher degree of bust
ness freedom and prosperity than
ever before in the history Of the
country.
No man who is entitled to remain
out Of a lunatic asylum will deny
that Wilson had greater problems;
more worldwide complications and
more greed and selfishness to deal
with ard more untravelled paths to
trod than any former President. Yet
he met every situation with a wisdom.
with a vision and with a degree of
far-seeirg craftsmanship that was
beyond the power and ability of any
ordinary mortal.
4 little more than a year after he
entered the White House. the Euro
pean war started which brought on
complications that tried his soul and
made him toss on his pillow at night
time. 1t was bred in his bones to
steer clear of European allignments
He wanted no war. He knew his
people wanted no war. All Wilson
asked of the European beligerents
for the United States was to be let
alone and this government would let
them alone. Germany got more and
more aggressive The Kaiser was
drunk on his lust for power, and
Woodrow Wilson's patience, his toll
erance and forebearance-his sin
cere desire to avoid a clash, served
TO egg the mad German war lord on
Our ships were sunk; our commerce
was destroyed and finally our men.
women and children were killed on
the high seas where they had right
to be.
The notes of Woodrow Wilson to
the German government protesting
against these encroachments have
never been eXcelled in clearness of
thought, chasteness of diction, purity
of English and strength of statesman
ship. They are among the worlds
classics in state-craft. Future gen.
erations will point to Woodrow Will
sons state papers and public utter
ances as among the worlds greatest. |
Nowhere, not at any time, did he |
overlook anything taught by Wash
lngton and handed down to the pres
ent generation, but in each and ev-
cry case did he present the Ameri-
can viewpoint almost as one annoint-
ed for the mission he was perform
ng.
When war was no longer unavoid-
able. he went into it with the heart
If a father, the. brain Of statesman
Ind patriot and with the sword of a
~arrior-he went into win and to
yin in the very shortest time and
hereby save the lives of the great
st number Of American BOYS.
The Kaiser gives Woodrow Wilson
'redit for giving him the knockout
,unch. The Kaiser gives Woodrow
wilson credit for sowing seeds of
ascension and discomfort among the
ierman people and thereby making
imperative that peace be sued for.
England and France say that Wilson ,
made it possible to whip the Ger
mans and their Austrian-H ,
nd other confederates in the war. In |
citing his view to the German peo- ]
lie, Wilson preached the doctrine Of !
quality of man and justice in gov 4
rnment and people, and opposi-
ion to self-appointed war-lords rul-
1g. Thus it was when the Armistice
,as signed that both the Allies and
he conquered were looking to Will
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