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Wilson Appea Before House ? i nrnnniT 11 mn fivn\; rtittUML fLM L1MLI TO SECURE RESULTS PRESIDENT GOES TO THE CAPITOL HIMSELF. Carries His Demand for Currency i Reform into Congress.?Leaders Prepare to Present Bills. Washington, June 23.?A fixed determination to have currency legislation at this session of the house and senate today at President Wilson's text for the currency message, which he personntaly presented to congress assembled in joint session in the house chamber. Both democrats and republicans saw in the carefully worded appeal of the president an earnest conviction that the money situation must be dealt with before congress adjourns and preparations were made to begin committee work on the administration hill -n.-?hioh -will soon be introduced in the house by Representative Glass and in the senate by Senator Owen. From the rostrum of the house chamber the president in carefully nodulated tones that carr:ed his words to every corner of the chamber, read the brief message he had prepared. Crowded galleries, cabinet officials, senators and representatives, democrats and republicans, sat in intense silence as the president, with forceful earnestness told them: Tlnfr fn i JL'UVJ WV v. "It is plainly clear that it is our | duty to supply the new hanking and currency system the country needs and that it will immediately need more than ever. "We must act now, whatever the sacrifice to ourselves.. I should be recreant to my deepest convictions of public obligations, did I not impress it upon you with solemn and urgent insistence." The occasion was the president's second defiance of the customs of 100 years which 'had seen president's messages long, duil documents to be ironed to weary congressmen by a hoarse voiced clerk and the affair moved smoothly. The senate and house gathered in the house chamber where the galleries already had been -??Q-n/i fhci memhprs chatted I tin W UCU auu buv while they awaited tha president's' coming. The cabinet officers except Secretary Bryar. and Secretary Daniels, who with their wives occupied gallery seats, had places on the floor of the house. A joint committee lea, by Representative Underwood and Senator Kern, met the president and escorted him to the clerk's desk on *he rostrum. Mr. Wilson apparently was less nervous j iv. v:_ than when ne nrst iaceu uie uig aaseriblage of legislators to deliv-er his tariff address. As he spoke the gathering sat in attentive silence, marking carefully the points which the president's diction and intonation forced in their attention. When he had concluded there was a hurst of applause and he bowed his way out after shaking hands with Vice Prociri.PTit Marshall and Speaker Clark. At both hous-e and senate ends of the capitol and among both democrats and republicans tonight the conviction was deeply fixed that the president's solemn and earnest insistence on currency legislation would result in immediate activity in the legislative branch. Chairman Glass of the house banking and currency committee and Chairman Owen of the senate committee both conferred with the president after he delivered his I address and both prepared for the early introduction of the administration currency bill which now is being revised in some minor features of) phraseology. The bill will go into both houses this week. The first authoritative statement on nwc^ont's mpssapf* was critical. tuc JL/l VOIUVAAV w ? It came from Mr. Mann, republican leader of the house. He said the message was a fine "example of classical English, hut there is nothing more to it unless it he considered as a threat that patronage would be withheld until a banking and currency bill is passed." >Iann in a Pet. Representatives Mann critised the bill as "stolen" from th-e Aldrich monetary report with a few radical provisions taken from the Bryan platfnrm mixed in." Oil the senate side many republi-1 cans "were of the opinion that the president's message was a flat decl Continued on page 3. { ' ' [ irs in Person s of Congress HEED DUTY'S CAIL EVEN AT SACRIFICE I COUNTRY'S BUSINESS MUST NOT BE LEFT HELPLESS. President IVilson Points Out Importance of Immediate Action on Currency Lest Business Suffer. "Washington, June 23.?That the business of the country, free of the! shackling handicap of the protective tariff, must not be left helpless because of lack of commercial weapons but mush l>e supplied with a currency system that would meet the needs of the times and permit progress was the main theme of President Wilson's address 0:1 the currency problem, delivered today by him in person. President Wilson told congress that the only question at issue was whether the time for action on the currency had come. That the moment had arrived he doubted not, he said. Duty, even though it involves some personal! - ? -- j- t? 3 mi,? I aiscomiori, must De iuimieu. me, business of the country, 'he pointed!, out, should not be left even for a 11 time without an effective system of 1; currency which might permit it to |: take advantage of the freedom from the restrictions of the tariff. i He said: i Time to Act. '1Mr. Speaker, Mr. President, Gentlemen of the Congress: It is under 1 the compulsion of what seems to me a clear and imperative duty that Iw have a second time this session sought 1 the privilege of addressing you in per- i son. I know, of course, that the heat- ed season of the y^ar is upon us, < that work in these chambers and in < the committee rooms is likely to he- ] pome a burden as the season length- " ens, and that every consideration of J j personal convenience and personal ? comfort, perhaps, in the cases of j health even, dictate an Sarly conclu- < sion of the deliberations of the ses- j sion; but there are occasions of pub- j lie duty when these things which j touch us privately seem very small; when the work to be done is so press- ] ing and so fraught with big conse- | quence that we know that we are not 1 at liberty to weigh against it any ] point of personal sacrifice. We are ( now in the presence of such an oc- j casion. It is absolutely imperative t that we should give the business men of this country a banking and currency system by means of which they can make use of the freedom of enterprise and of individual initiative which we ar'e about to bestow upon them. "We are about to set them free; we 1 must not leave them without the tools ] of action when they are free. We < are about to set them free by remov- ?' ing the trammels of the protective 1 tariff. Ever since the civil war ' they have waited for this emanci- 1 pation and for the free oppor- i tunities it will bring with it. It l^as 1 been reserved for us to give it to i them. Some fell in love, indeed, : with th* slothful securtiy of their dependence upon the government; < some took advantage of the shelter of < the nursery to set up a mimic mastery of their own within its walls. Now both the tonic and th-e discipline of liberty and maturity are to ensue. There will be some readjustments of purpose and point of view. There will follow a period of expansion and new enterprise, freshly conceived. It is for us to determine now whether it shall be rapid and facile and of easy accomplishment. This it can not be unless the resourceful business men who are to deal with the new circumstances are to 'have at hand and ready for use the instrumentalities and conveniences of free enterprise which independent men need when acting on their own initiative. c- fA flin ! It IS 11U L CllUUgll LU oniric I.UV j shackl-ss from business. The duty j of statesmanship is not negative i merely. It is constructive also. We must show that we understand what business needs and that we know 'how to supply it. No man, however, casual and superficial his observation of the conditions now prevailing in the country, can fail to see that one of the < chief things business needs now, and j will need increasingly as it gains in i scope and vigcr in the years immedi-': ately ahead of us, is the proper 1 means by which readily to vitalize 1 its credit, corporate and individual, ! and its originative brains. What will < it profit us to be free if we are, not < to have the best and most accessible j < instrumentalities of commerce and ] enterprise? What will it profit us to j "be quit of one kind of monopoly il J we are to r- main in the grip of another and more effective kind? How are we to gain and keep the confidence of the business community unwrp Irnrtiv nrvn* Vir>lVi I C5 '3 NY C O U W CAXtAC *' "W 'VIA V '? *4N/ ? T W VAA to aid and to protect it? What shall we say if we make fresh enterprise necessary and also make it very difficult by leaving all else exc?pt the tariff just as we found it? The tyrannies of business, big and little, lie within the field of credit. We know that. Shall we not act upon the knowledge? Do we not know how to act upon it? If a man can not make his assets available at pleasure, his assets of capacity and j character and resource, what satis-! faction is it to him to see opportunity beckoning to him on every hand, when o:hers have the keys of credit in their pockets and treat them as all but their own private possession?! It is perfectly clear that it is our duty! to supply the new backing and cur-' rency system the country needs, and tbat it will immediately need it more than ever. Question of Time. "The only question is, Wh-en shall j we supply it?now, or later, after the demands shall have become reproaches that we were so dull and so slow? Shall we hasten to change th-e tariff laws and then be laggards about making it possible and easy for the country to take advantage of the change? There can be only one answer to that question. We must act now, at whatever sacrifice to our- | selves. It is 3, duty which the cir cumstances iorDia us iu pusiyuuc. ?, should be recreant to my deepest con- j victions of public obligation did I not j press it upon you with solemn and j urg-ent insistence. "The principles upon which we1 should act are also clear. The coun- i try has sought and seen its path in j this matter within the lagt few years j --sees it more clearly now than it! Eiver saw it before?much more! j Nearly than when the last legislative i proposals on the subject were made. We must hav-e a currency, not rigid as now, but readily, elastically responsive to sound credit, the expanding and contracting credits of everylay transactions, the normal ebb and iow of personal and corporate dealings. Our banking laws must moblize reserves; must not permit the concentration anywhere in a few lands of the monetary resources of :he country or their use for specula- j :ive purposes in such volume as to linder or impede or stand in the way }f other more legitimate, more fruit:ul uses. And the control of the sys:em of banking and of issue which 3ur new laws are to set up must be public, not private, must be vested in :he government itself, so that the i Danks may be the instruments, not :he masters, of business and of. individual enterprise and initiative. "The committees of the ccr^ress to fvhich legislation or tnis cnarauLer 10 referred 'have devoted careful and iispassionats study to the means of iccomplishing these objects. They aave honored me by consulting me. They are ready to suggest acticn. I have come to you, as the head cf the government and the responsible leader of the party in power, to urge action now, while there is time to serve the country deliberately and as we should, in a clear air of common counsel. I appeal to you with a deep conviction of duty. I believe that you share this conviction. I therefore appeal to you with confidence. I am at your service without reserve' to play my part in any way you may call-: upon me: to play it in this great enterprise of exigent reform which it will dignify and distinguish us to perform and discredit us to neglect." - I "LIFE OF^AOtENS. Dr. Wallace Engaged in Research Work in Washington in Connection With Book. Washington, June 19.?Dr. D. D. Wallace, professor of history and i economics in Wofford college, is in Washington for several days engaged j in research work in the library of' congress and in the historical division of the Carnegie insitute for scientific research, in connection with a work which 'he will shortly publish, will later go to New York, where "The Life of Henry Laurens." He will later go to New York, where some of the data which he desires can be found. Dr. Wallace has been spending his - A- r -/NT.ArAl C O Q _ spare xiiue ior scvciai > m,unuu , sons in th's work, which will be a distinct addition to the historical and biographical 'iterature of South Carolina and of the whole nation. Much Df the matter included will have a close bearing on the affairs of other colonies 'preceding the revolution, especially Massachusetts, New York md Virginia. The book will be something over 400 pages in length, and I TheNe\ Cl V/OJL</lLC4i "T|jhe Ban) ram ZM ^iu PUT-5 In h IN the d needs business-1 i J. est ways Make yoi or month] of your bi bank. Ct 4 YOU wil NOW Health and .< one always. I I . The Clemson k ENROLLMENT OVER 800?VALUI AND A THIRD-OVER 90 Degree Courses: Textile Industry; Architectural Engii Short Courses on Grading; Four-Weeks Winter Co if' , " Cost per session of nine mo: L/vdU water, board, laundry, and tion, .if able to pay, $40 00 extra. Tc I Agricultural Course, |i 17.55; Four-'W I Scholarship and Entrance I Agricultural and Textile Scholarship; arships. Value of Scholarships $100 dents who have attended Clemson Cc sitv, are not eligible for the Scholars! applicants.) (Scholarship and Entrance Examin; I -oerintendent of Education on July u J- ? NEXT SESSION OFENS Write at once to W. Clemson College, S. C., for Catalog, J you may be / will probably be illustrated. Just when it will be off the press has not yet been determined, but it will be within a few months. The work is practically completed except in so far as slight revisions may be necessary as a result of the data secured in Washington and New York, and the citations of the authorities consult cu. Learned His Lesson. A young man walking through a foreign quarter of New York stopped with an amus'ed smile in front of a small eating place, on the window of which was painted in whitewash, "JLam stew.The proprietor from his doorway asked what the joke was, and the mnBrnmmmmmmKBKmmmmammamausmm tfhwrv .Savin TIIVIIJ k/UTIU tock k That Always Has T & Copyright 1909, by C. E. Zimmerman Co.?No. 57 laily run of busi to transact bu ike manner. C i is to bank yoi ir deposits dail; \r a/rnvrlinor fr? t ,J J MVWA VIAAAg ?iV usiness. Select ill and talk to u 11 need money in aft while you are ma strength does not 40 o on savings dep i [ricultural College i OF PROPERTY OVER A MILLION TEACHERS AND OFFICERS (seven courses). Chemistry; Mechanitrical Engineering; Civil Engineering; neering. se n Agriculture; Two-Year Course in y; Four-Weeks Winter Course in Coturs* for Farmers. aths, including all fees, heat, light, two complete uniforms, $133 45. Tui>tal cost per session for the one year reeks Course, all expenses, $10 00. ixaminations: 5. and 51 one-year Agricultural Schol00 per session and Free Tuition. (Stu>llege, or any other College or Univerbips unless there are no other eligible itions will be held by the County Su- j ft a r?i V.4.) at ^ a? uii > SEPTEMBER 10, 1913. M. RIGGS, President scholarshiD Blanks, etc. If you delay, crowded out. young fellow explained about the missing "b" in "lamb" and was thanked for the correction. The next day, passing the same restaurant, he found that, while tJhe bill of fare had changed, the spelling les' son had not been forgotten. The proprietor was now offering "Clamb Chowder."?Everybody's. The Sins of the Father. Tommy came home from school very morose. "Well, my son," observed his fath er cheerfully, "how did you get on at school today?" Johnny said that he had b?en whipped and kept in. "It was because you told me the wrong answer," he added. "Last night __L ore Rank t/Ullil $50,000 he Money" Sjfc= I \hJ?TV }J)M iness, one siness in a )ne of the ur money. y9 weekly he volume the right s about it. er life. Save I king money. remain with tosits. . v v 1785 1918 COLLEGE OF CHARLESTON South Carolina's Oldest College 129th Year Begins September 26th, Entrance examinations at all the county seats on Friday, July 11th, at 9 a. m. ' I Full four year courses lead to the B. A. and B. S. degrees. A free tuition scholarship is assigned to each county of the State. Spacious buildings' and athletio grounds, well equipped laboratories, unexcelled library facilities, and the finest museum of natural history In the South. Expenses reasonable. For terms and nafalnimo Harrison Randolph, Pres. 5-29-10t. SEABOARD AIR LOE. Effective April 27,1913. r (Subject to Change without Notice.) >'ot Guaranteed. No. 4 Lv. Columbi? 5.50 a. hl No. 18 Lv. Columbia 4.00 p. m. Xn. 2 TjV. Columbia 6 25 n m No. 36 Lv. Columbia 7.45 p. m. Southbound. No. 19 Lv. Columbia 7.00 a. m. No. 1 Lv. Columbia 12.10 p. m. No. 21 Lv. Columbia 5.00 p. m. No. 3 Lv. Columbia 12.20 a. m. Trains 1 and 2, Florida-Cuba Special. Trains 3 and 4, Seaboard Fast Mail. Ti>n?na 10 nni? OC Uornla* Innol 11 aino J.<j auu o\t9 iiamict xuvai* A Aomo 19 and 21 Savannah local. Ticket Office 7225 Main St. Phone 574. C. E. Boisseau, Jr., City Ticket Agts., Columbia S. O. J. S. Etchberger, Trav. Pass. Agent. C. W. Small, Dir. Pass. Agt. Savannah, Ga.?Adv. I ask'ed you how much was $1,000,000, and you said it was a h?1 of a lot. That isn't the right answer."?New York Post.