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2 WILSON'S MESSAGE IS WARMLY PRAISED (Continued from Page One.) and declared himself dictator. At a consequence a condition of affair: now exists in Mexico which lias mad* it doubtful whether even the tnos elementary and fundamental right: either of her own people or of th* citizens of other countries residen within her territory can long be sue cessfully safeguarded, and whicl threatens, if long continued, to iin peril the interests of peace,.order am tolerable life in the lands immediate ly to the south of us. Even if th< usurper had succeeded in his pur poses, in despite of the constitutioi of the republic and the rights of it people, lie would have set up noth ing but a precalous and hateful pow er, which could have lasted but i little while, and whose eventua downfall would have left the countr; in a more deplorable condition thai ever. But he has not succeeded. II< has forfeited the respect and tin moral support even of those wh< were at one time willing to see liin succeed. Little by little he has beei romplotly isolated. By a little ever] day his power and prestige, are crum bling and the collapse is not fa away. We shall not, I believe. b< obliged to alter our policy of watch ful waiting And then .when the em comes, we shall hope to see constiu tional order restored in distress* < Mexico by the concert and energy o such of her leaders as prefer the lib ertv of their people to their own am bitions. DOMESTIC AFAIRS. I turn to matters of domestic con rern. You already have under con sideraOon a bill for the reform 01 our s\?tem of banking and currency for which the country waits with im patience, as for something funda mental to its whole business life anr necessary to set credit free from ar bitrarv and artificial restraints. ] need not say how earnestly I hop* for its early enactment into law. 1 take leave to beg that the whole en ergy and attention of the senate hi concentrated upon it till the mattei is successfully disposed 01. aihi vpi I feel that the request Is not needer ?that the members of that greai house need no urging In this servici to the country. I present to you. in addition, th< urgent necessity that special provis ion be made also for facilitating thi credits needed by the farmers of tin country. The pending currency bil does the farmers a great service. I puts them upon an equal footing witl other business men and masters o enterprise, as it should, and upon it passage they will find themselve quit of many difficulties which no\ hamper them in the field of credil The farmers, of course, ask an should be given no special privilege such as extending t othem the credi of the government itself. What the need and should obtain is legislatio which will make their own abundar and substantial credit resource available as a foundation for join concerted local action in their ow behalf in getting the capital the fp====== Bring the SANTi THEY will bi ENTIRE ST( prevail this e: RATCUFFE SHOE i '4?====== I must use. It is to this we should i now address ourselves. It has, singularly enough, come to j pass that we have allowed the industry of our farmers to lag behind the | other activities of the country in its development. 1 need not stop to tell you how fundamental to the life of j the nation is the production of its I _ food. Our thoughts may ordinarily ! 3 be concentrated upon the cities and * ! the lives of industry, upon the cries ? of the crowded market place and the t clamor of the factory, but it is from | s the quiet interspaces of the open j 3 valleys and the free hillsides that we ! t | draw the sources of life and of pros perity, from the farm and the ranch, i j from the forest and the mine. With out these every street would be silent, 1 every office deserted, every factory - | fallen into dispair. And yet the far9 mer does not stand upon the same - I footing with the forester and the i , miner in the market of credit. He s is the servant of the seasons. Nature | . determines how long he must wait . for his crops and will not be hurried i in her processes. He may give his 1 note, but the season of its maturity Y depends upon the season when his i , crop matures, lies at the gates of the 3 market where his products are sold, a And the security he gives is of a ) character not known in the broker's i office or as familiarly as it might be ) on the counter of the banker. ' HELPING THE FARMER. r The agricultural department of the 3 government is seeking to assist as ; . never before to make farming an effl- ! 1 cient business, of wide co-operative ! . effort, in quick touch with the mar- I 1 kets for foodstuffs. The farmers and j f the government will henceforth work . together as real partners in this . field, where we now begin to see our way very clearly and where many intelligent plans are already being put into execution. The treasury of " ; the tT?nited States has, by a timely " and vfell-considered distribution of ( its deposits, facilitated the moving of the crops in the present season and prevented the scarcity of available " ftinds too often experienced at such times. But we must not allow our" selves to depend upon extraordinary ' expedients. We must add the means by which the farmer may make his credit constanly and easily available " and command when he will the cap* V'al by which to support and expand " his business. We lag behind many . other great countries of the modern world in attempting to do this. Svs' terns of rural credit have been studied and developed on the other side of the water while we left our farm? ers to shift for themselves in the or" dinary money market. You have but to look about you in any rural dis? trict to see the result, the handicap and embarrassment which have been j put upon those who produce our food. f Conscious of this backwardness s and neglect on our part, the Congress s recently authorized the creation of a v special commission to study the vart. ious systems of rural credit which d have been put into operation in Eus, rope, and this commission is already it prepared to report. Its report ought y to make it easier for us to determine n what methods will he hest suited to it our own farmers. I hope and believe is that the committees of the senate and t, house will address themselves to this n matter with the most fruitful results, y and I believe that the studies and re I C -liilclvoii do \ CLAU: b GLAD to see HIB DCK of MERCHA] otire month. . It's Jl We have Br< JOATS " u r for the ladies 1 A A m _ A 1 latesi in styie, 0.00 COATS FOR $3?9?> IS for Ladies, EDUCAT01 THE LANCASTER NEWS, centlv formed plans of tho depart- c meat of agriculture may be made to j s serve them very greatly in their work 11 of framing appropriate and adequate 1 legislation. It would be Indiscreet ) 1 and presumptuous in any one to dog- ; <j matze upon so great and many-sided ! | a question, but I feel confident that ; r common counsel will produce the re- j 1 suits we must all desire. a ANTI-TRUST LAWS. )? Turn from the farm to the world 1 1 of business which centres in the city l ? and in the factory, and I think that 1 all thoughtful observers will agree , c that the immediate service we owe < the business communities of the coun- I * try is to prevent private mouopoly | f more effectually than it has yet been 1 prevented. I think it will be easily '< agreed that we should let the Sher- j 1 man anti-trust law stand, unaltered, j > as it is, with its debatable ground jf about it, but that we should as much 8 as possible reduce the area of that j j debatable ground by further and 1 more epllcit legislation; ann suouiu also supplement that great act by legislation which will not only clari- | fy it but also facilitate its administra- | tion and make it fairer to all con- | cerned. No doubt we shall all wish, | and the country will expect, this to he the central subject of our deliberations during the present session, but. it is a subject so many-sided and j so deserving of careful and dlscrlm- , mating discussion that I shall take ' the liberty of addressing you upon It : in a special message at a later date than this. It is of capital importance that the business men of this country should be relieved of all uncertain- | ties of law with regard to their enterprises and investments and a clear path indicated wyhich they can travel . without anxiety. It is as important that they should be relieved of em- j barrassment and set free to prosper | as that private monopoly should lie destroyed. The ways of action should , be thrown wide open. I turn to a subject which I hope can be handled promptly and without serious controversy of any kind. I mean the method of selecting nominees for the presidency of the United States. 1 feel confident that I do not misinterpret the wishes or the expectations of the country when I urge I the prompt enactment of legislation | which will provide for primary elec- | tions throughout the country at ' which the voters of the several parties may choose their nominees for ' the presidency without the interven- I tion of nominating conventions. I I venture the suggestion that this legislation should provide for the retention of party conventions, but only for the purpose of declaring and accepting the verdict of the primaries and formulating the platforms of the parties; and I suggest that these conventions should consist not of delegates chosen for this single purpose, but of the nominees for Congress, the nominees for vacant seats in the sen ate of tho United States, the senators : whoso terms have not yet closed, the i national committee, and the candidates for tho presidency themselves, j in order that platforms may be framed by those responsible to the people j for carrying them into effect. OUR DEPENDENCIES. These are all matters of vital domestic concern, and besides them, outside the charmed circle of our own national life in which our affections 5 HE IS rv 1 and so will YO SDISE. Here are JST WHAT YOU WANT3wn Sheeting 3^C leek Homespun 4^C iderwear Outing 7^C Full line of POPLINS, SERGES and * WOOLENS THE RIGHT PRICE i SHOES for ALL; Aisc lys LOOK for the It LEADS THE Where You Get DECEMBER 5, 1913. ouimand us, as well as our cou- admin 1 clences, there stand out our obliga- nals it ions toward our territories over sea. terest iere we are trustees. Porto ltieo, for tin lawaii, the Philippines, are ours, iu- the coi leed, but not ours to do what we | But (lease with. Such territories, once only tl egarded as mere possessions, are no in the onger to be selfishly exploited; they , throw 1 ire part or the domain of public con- the doi iclence and of serviceable and en- Ces Qf ightened statesmanship. We must is ano idminlster them for the people who take tl ive in them and with the same sense calling >f responsibility to them as toward policy >ur own people in our domestic well-ct iffairs. No doubt we shall success- theory ully enough bind Porto Kico and the expedb Hawaiian Islands to ourselves by ties proble >f justice and interest and affection, a freer >ut the performance of our duty to- , jem jn vard the Philippines is a more difil- the Un :ult and debatable matter. We can object satisfy the obligations of generous touch ustlce toward the people of Porto Gf the tico by giving them the ample and There amillar rights and privileges accord- I ns bet, >d our own citizens in our own lerri- ojes. f ories and our obligations toward tho difTere jeople of Hawaii by perfecting the j t),p r, irovisions for self-government al- ; ,l5,p,j. eady granted them, but in the uped. 1 Philippines we must go further. We ; narrov nust move toward the time of the in- j :igains lependence as steadily as the way can ' muniti >e cleared and the foundations! Worke< houglitfullv and permanently laid. | C0HSi0i Acting under the authority con- SOurce erred upon the President by Con- sipate tress, I have already accorded the doubt; jeople of the islands a majority in . rpguln joth houses of their legislative body ceptab jy appointing five instead of four ment8 mttve citizens to the membership of to he commission. 1 belie\ e that in J natlon his way we shall make proof of their apacity to counsel and their sense our ro >f responsibility in the exercise of ; |)urpo?. jolitical power, and that the success ,,.1Sy. if this step will b esure to clear our ( ^hr , iew for the steps which are to fol- | jpiport ow. Step by step we should extend j that, v ind perfect the system of self-gov- j jn rjo< rnment in the islands, making test 0 >f them and modifying them as ex- Pnu|Dll jerience discloses their successes and I p.!on . heir failures; that we should more ; rpn(jor ind more put. under the control of i .. ( he native citizens of the archipelago min' he essential instruments of their life, heir local instrumentalities of gov- . irnment, their schools, all the com- s,.rv.l( uon interests of their communities. jJps ind so by counsel and experience set ' lp a government which all the world . ; . will see to be suitable to a people whose affairs are under their own EMI control. At last, I hope and believe. ^yp we are beginning to gain the confiilence of the Filipino .peoples. By _rov|d their counsel and experience, rather pmp|0 than by our own, we shall learn how v hest to serve them and how soon it wj'jj p will be possible and wise to withdraw ^loso our .supervision. Let us once find nf ^ G tlin nnth nnd set out with firm and 1 . .. confident tread upon it. and we shall eXDorj not wander from it or linger upon it. DUTY TO ALASKA. We A duty faces us with regard to meetii Alaska, which seems to mo very justlc< pressing and very imperative?per- accom haps I should say a double duty, fos nomic it concerns both the political and the first, material development of the terri- reallz; tory. Te people of Alaska should be pressc given the full territorial form of gov- An ernment, and Alaska, as a store house discus should he unlocked. One step t oit safety is a system of railways. These the don a government should Itself build and goveri JOW AT H ?U. for HE has RED a FEW of the M.AH -The RIGHT GOODS at th Knickerbocker ^ Pants for Hoys 1 Nuii^ - - SJh* Men's Pants 89c Extra good value in Men's Suits all wool $8.95 Come and get one. > SHOES for the BABIES. POINTING Finger WAY the BIGGEST BAI ster, and the ports and termi-1 slons of that should itself control in the in- 1 and conaidei of sill who wish to iiKfl thorn ntirsolvos ill I (l? Hid I *3 PUK". * III r? in Oil ??? j Lant part of the work of con- The tax ion of human life and energy I October 15, en nearer to our interest than one per ce enervation from waste of our jn January, lal resources. ruary and LOVERS' LIABILITY LAW. In school 1 U I 1 5 I W v owe it. In mere justice to the two (2) ml v employes of the country, to ^os. 2> 3, e for them a fair and effective and 48 8p yers' liability act, and a law jn districts !e can stand by in this matter 23 21, 31 e no less to the advantage of four H who administer the railroads 24, 33 i country than to the advantage (5) mHiB. >se whom they employ. The special ti enee of a large number of the ;^) mm abundantly proves that. 32, 46 and ought to devote ourselves to mills. In < lg pressing demands of plain ten (10) e ? like this as earnestly as to the special tax Iillclimnnt r>f nnlltienl nrwl ocn- Kl~ 91 reforms. Social justice comes half (2%) Law is the machinery for its between th' ?tion and is vital only as it ex- are subject >s and embodies it. three ($3) international Congress for the and all m sion of all questions that affect ages of 21 i at sea is now sitting in Lon- one dollar t the suggestion of our own nment. So soon as the concluH iUCED the PRICES fY LOW PRICES xs e RIGHT TIME and at RIC Ladies9 Coat ? Suits in styles up-to-dat< some going at It will pay to call and gei Over Our DOOR. IGAIN for the LE 40 a service and development of prompt allev intry and its people. ' unjust and the construction of railways is which now t le first step; is only thrusting of sailors a key to the storehouse and , difficult to i ng back the look and opening spirited and or. How tlie tempting resour- every ship i the country are to be exploited haudled anc ther matter, to which I shall | May I no le liberty of from time to time piea8ure I h your attention, for it is a erating with which must be worked out by jnK w|th it t msidered stages, not upon | v|ce> to wh , but upon lines of practical so unreserv< ency. It is part of our general m0nths of \ m of conservation. We have tlon upon tli hand in working out the prob- gureiy it is Alaska than in the states of part of my r lion, and yet the principle and unUm" to e are the same, wherever we tjie dtltgenc it. We must use the resources tjie fuu com country, not lock them up. which has need be no conflict or jealousy foQth the ween state and federal author- may not i or there can be no essential intrusion ol nee of purpose between them. jf j gay witl psources in question must Vie stant satlsft but not destroyed or wasted; Beif Gf the but not monopolized upon any time and < v idea of Individual rights as au^e jn coll t the abiding interests of comes. That a policy can be ? d out by conference and con- q i 1 which will release these re- QUUbCl s and yet not jeopardize or dis them. I for one one have no and it can be done on lines of ' rouP tion which need be no less ac- Croup is le to the people and govern- tacks chlldi of the states concerned than very apt to people and government of the proper ret at large, whose heritage nothing bet resources are. We must bend King's New nnsels to this end. A common berlain, of ?e ought to make argreement about his c severe atta ee or four matters of special would die, Lance and significance I beg a certain re ou will permit me to mention covery is, w dng. on it for ci bureau of mines ought to be So can you. >ed and empowered to render tie should 1 uore effectual service than it druggists, s now in improving the condi- Philndelphk >f mine labor and making the more economically productive I .... Tl,la I o nn oil- 1 congress can be learned i 1 red we ought to address 'M nonj? other tilings, to the iation of the very unsafe, burdensome conditions .urround the employment nd render it extremely obtain the services of competent' men such as leeds if it is to be safely I brought to port, t express the very real ave experienced in co-opi this Congress and sharhe labors of common serich it has devoted itself ?dly during the past seven incomplaining concentrale business of legislation? a proper and pertinent eport on "the state of the xpress my admiration for e, the good temper, and prehension of public duty already been manifested houses; and I hope that ie deemed an Impertinent . :Vrl ' myself Into the picture i how much and how con icuon i nave avanea myprivllego of putting my pnergy at their disposal nsel and in action . ibe for The News. aiul Cough Remedy. a terrible disease, it at- . pen so suddenly they are ^ > choke unless given the nedy at once. There is ter in the world than Dr. Discovery. Lewis ChamManchester, Ohio, writes ihildren: "Sometimes in cks we were afraid they but since we proved what medy I)r. King's New Disre have no fear. We rely oup, eouglits and colds." 50c and $1.00. A bot5e in every home. At all H. E. Bucklen & Co., ii and St. Louis. TAX NOTICE. books will be open from 1913, to March 15, 1914. nt penalty will be added , two per cent in Febseven per cent in March. 1 districts Nos. 1, 4, 5, 6, and 4 3 a special tax of Ills is levied. In districts 7, 8, 19, 22, 26. 34. 45 >clal tax three (3) mills. Nos. 10. 11. 17. 18, 20, , 39, 42, and 47 special i) mills. In districts Nos. ind 36, special tax Ave In districts No. 14 ix six and one-half s. In districts Nos. 12, 4 9 special tax eight (8) llstrlct No. 38 special tax allls. In district N >. 40, eleven (11) mills. In dls- A I in A inu auu u u 17- 1 mills. All male citizens e ages of 21 and 66 years to a capitation tax of dollars for road purposes, ale citizens between the and 60 years are liable for poll tax. T. L. Hli.TON, County Treasurer. EfI I of OUR rhich will ;ht prices. t OUR prices .st pay ^ 4