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 A RECORD OF ACHIEVEMENT 
 
 The First Ten Months of Woodrow Wilson's 
 
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 A TEN MONTHS' RECORD 
 
 When Woodrow Wilson was a candidate for the Presidency, 
 he made certain definite promises to the American people. They 
 believed in him then. More than ever they believe in him 
 today, and no responsible man in the nation questions the fact 
 that he has made good. 
 
 This leaflet attempts to set forth very briefly the actual record 
 of President Wilson's administration during its first ten months. 
 It is a wonderful record of accomplishment, and is an earnest 
 fulfillment of the promises made before the election. 
 
 Mr. Irving T. Bush, the president of the Bush Terminal, of 
 New York, and a successful business man, forcibly emphasizes 
 the great achievements of this administration in these few lines: 
 "I believe that tha Democratic party has done more construc- 
 tive work in the last ten months than has been done in the ten 
 years before." 
 
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SOME PROMISES 
 
 "Back of all reform lies the means of getting it. Back of the 
 question what we want is the question: How are we going to 
 get it? The immediate thing we have got to do is to resume 
 popular government." — From a campaign speech by Woodrow 
 Wilson. 
 
 "We represent the desire to set up an unentangled govern- 
 ment, a government that cannot be used for private purposes, 
 either in the field of business or in the field of politics; a gov- 
 ernment that will not tolerate the use of the organization of a 
 great party to serve the personal aims and ambitions of any 
 individual, and that will not permit legislation to be employed 
 to further any private interest. It is a great conception, but 
 I am free to serve it, as you also are. I could not have accepted 
 a nomination which left me bound to any man or any group of 
 men. No man can be just who is not free; and no man who has 
 to show favors ought to undertake the solemn responsibility of 
 government in any rank or post whatever, least of all in the su- 
 preme post of President of the United States." — From Woodrow 
 Wilson's speech of acceptance. 
 
 "It is in the broad light of this new day that we stand face 
 to face — with what? Plainly, not with questions of party, not 
 with a contest for office, not with a petty struggle for advan- 
 tage. Democrat against Republican, liberal against conserva- 
 tive, progressive against reactionary. With great questions of 
 right and of justice, rather, questions of national development, 
 of the development of character and of standards of action no 
 less than of a better business system, more free, more equitable, 
 more open to ordinary men. practicable to live under, tolerable 
 to work under, or a better fiscal system, whose taxes shall not 
 come out of the pockets of the many to go into the pockets of 
 the few, and within whose intricacies special privilege may not 
 so easily find covert. The forces of the nation are asserting 
 themselves against every form of special privilege and private 
 control, and are seeking bigger things than they have ever 
 heretofore achieved. They are sweeping away what is unright- 
 eous in order to vindicate once more the essential rights of hu- 
 man life; and, what is very serious for us, they are looking to 
 us for guidance, disinterested guidance, at once honest and fear- 
 less." — From Woodrow Wilson's speech accepting the Demo- 
 cratic nomination. 
 
 "This is not a day of triumph: it is a day of dedication. Here 
 muster not the forces of party, but the forces of humanity. 
 Men's hearts wait upon us; men's lives hang in the balance; 
 men's hopes call upon us to^ say what we will do. Who shall 
 live up to the great trust?" Who dares fail to try? I sum- 
 mon all honest men, all patriotic, all forward-looking men, to 
 my side. God helping me, I will not fail them, if they will 
 but counsel and sustain me." — From the President's inaugural 
 address, taking the oath of office as President. 
 
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PERFORMANCE 
 
 1. For the first time in a generation the enactment of a tariff 
 law in which no special interest or lobby had any hand. — This 
 great measure unfettered industry and commerce, and deprived 
 monopoly of its control over production, distribution and prices. 
 It was honestly and intelligently written in behalf of all the 
 people of the nation, and the fact that it received the votes of 
 members of all parties in Congress, emphasizes its non-partisan 
 character. The admission is made everywhere that the new tariff 
 measure has more than met popular expectation. 
 
 2. The action of the President in bringing about the enact- 
 ment of a currency reform act that meets the enthusiastic approval 
 of citizens of all classes throughout the nation, irrespective of 
 political beliefs. — The passage of this measure, initiated by Demo- 
 crats, which received the patriotic support of members of all 
 parties in Congress, is directly attributable to the strong stand 
 taken by the President, who aroused the public to its support, and 
 overcame the opposition which the big moneyed interests and the 
 advocates of a central bank organized. This currency reform 
 measure is one that makes it impossible for cabals of vast wealth 
 to precipitate panics in the nation and wreck values. It is a 
 measure that destroys and ends all connection between the United 
 States Treasury and special interests. In this connection it is 
 interesting to recall that seventeen years ago the Republican party 
 was put in control of the Government on a fight made on the 
 financial question, but it remained for a Democratic President to 
 initiate and urge a modern currency system that meets the busi- 
 ness needs of the nation. 
 
 3. The elimination of the lobby from the halls of Congress and 
 the seat of Government, as a result of the exposures made by 
 President Wilson, who, during the consideration of the tariff 
 measure, became convinced that it was his duty to emphasize to 
 the people of the nation the fact that outside interests were 
 attempting to exert a baneful influence in the construction of a 
 real tariff measure and other laws in the public interest. — The 
 President at once called public attention to the fact that a great 
 lobby was vainly endeavoring to shape the course of tariff legisla- 
 tion, and as soon as he did so, special committees were appointed 
 by both branches of Congress to investigate this lobby. The com- 
 mittees examined hundreds of witnesses and the evidence was 
 overwhelming as to the existence of a lobby. The result is that 
 legislation is about to be introduced to correct this abuse that has 
 prevailed for so long a time in Washington. By his stand on the 
 lobby, enlightened public opinion has again been put in the 
 saddle at the Capitol. 
 
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4. The perfection and operation of the first two amendments 
 to the Constitution since 1870; namely, the imposition of an 
 income tax, and the provision electing Senators by the direct vote 
 of the people. — The income tax measure, which is a feature of the 
 new tariff law, makes the fortunes of the rich bear their propor- 
 tionate part of the burden of taxation, and will bring into the 
 Federal treasury something like $100,000,000 a year. Hereto- 
 fore, the plain people of the nation have, through a vicious system 
 of tariff taxation, paid this share of the Government's expendi- 
 tures. The amendment providing for the election of Senators by 
 popular vote frees the United States Senate from possible control 
 by special interests, and makes possible the election by the people 
 of their representatives in the Senate at the polls. 
 
 5. The peace program of Secretary of State Bryan, who has 
 negotiated treaties embodying the principle of "postponement" 
 as an integral feature of international law, with the sole purpose 
 of divesting political conflicts of their inflammable character. — 
 Thirty governments, two-thirds of the whole number in existence, 
 have signified their acceptance of the treaties. So far, nine of 
 the treaties embodying the plan have been negotiated. 
 
 6. By his action in appearing at the Capitol and addressing 
 Congress in person on the state of the Union and its needs, the 
 President has given emphasis to his belief in a return to govern- 
 ment by public discussion, and an ending of government by secret 
 conferences and private arrangement. 
 
 7. The action of the President in bringing together representa- 
 tives of capital and labor, resulting in the prompt passage of the 
 Industrial Employees Arbitration Act by Congress, thereby pre- 
 venting a tie-up of railway passenger and freight trains east of 
 the Mississippi, and involving the position and suffering of thou- 
 sands of men. — The railway operatives on most of the big roads 
 had decided to strike, and complete suspension of railway traffic 
 was threatened within twenty-four hours, when the President 
 summoned for a conference at the White House representatives of 
 the conflicting interests, and members of the Senate and House. 
 This action resulted in the immediate passage by Congress, the 
 next day, of the act amending the Erdman Act, providing for 
 mediation, conciliation, and arbitration in controversies between 
 employers and employees. This legislation marked a new era in 
 the settlement of industrial disputes. It was initiated by the 
 President in the direct and simple methods he employs, without 
 the blare of trumpets, and has already resulted in the arbitration 
 of many differences between great quasi-public corporations and 
 their employees. More than 80,000 men and 54 railways were 
 involved in this threatened strike, which was everywhere char- 
 acterized as the most serious labor dispute with which the country 
 had ever been confronted. Speaking of the patriotic course pur- 
 
sued by the President in this matter, Representative Murdock, 
 the Progressive leader of the House, said : "Mr. Speaker, I think 
 nearly all men will commend the dispatch and determination 
 in the conduct of this measure, which has characterized President 
 Wilson's career. I favor this attempt to extend the arbitration 
 measure, because I believe it will bring peace in this particular 
 industrial line." 
 
 8. The President's "Constitution of Peace" policy, resulting 
 in the voluntary breaking up of interlocking directorates which, 
 all admit, have been the backbone of the trust system. — With the 
 withdrawal of Mr. J. Pierpont Morgan and his partners from the 
 directorates of twenty-seven different corporations, there has been 
 followed in turn the retirement of George F. Baker and others 
 from interlocking directorates. They pursued this action in 
 advance of the statute prohibiting interlocking directorates soon 
 to be written on the Federal law books as a part of President Wil- 
 son's "Constitution of Peace" policy. 
 
 9. The action of the Secretary of the Treasury in depositing 
 $50,000,000 of Government funds in the banks of the South and 
 West to assist in the movement of crops. — Under previous 
 administrations this money has been made available for the banks 
 of New York, but the Secretary of the Treasury wisely decided 
 that it was in the interest of all the people of the nation to place 
 this money in the banks in those sections which produce the great 
 crops of the nation. And while extending the helping hand of 
 the nation in this way to the producers of the country, he required 
 the bankers to pay interest on deposits, which was not required 
 by past administrations on enormous deposits made in the great 
 banks of New York. 
 
 10. The action of the President in forcing upon the attention 
 of the people of the nation the necessity of a farm credit system, 
 so that the farmer can help himself. — Early legislation in this 
 direction is assured. 
 
 11. The granting of modified self-government to the Fili- 
 pinos in the development of our colonial policy. — Native Filipinos 
 have been granted control of both branches of the native legisla- 
 tive assembly, coupled with the promise of ultimate independence 
 when they show themselves capable of assuming all responsi- 
 bilities implied. 
 
 12. The foreign policy of the administration, which divorced 
 the Government from affiliation with the New York financial 
 interests that were parties to the six power loan to China. 
 
 13. President Wilson's program of cooperation with the busi- 
 ness interests of the nation, resulting in the elimination of the 
 
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American Telephone and Telegraph Company, popularly known 
 as the Telephone Trust, from control of the Western Union Tele- 
 ™h Company.-The Attorney General has been successful in 
 obteining an agreement from the telephone monopoly to dispose 
 ofit ^Western Union holdings. At the same time this corpora- 
 ?ion ^ohHgTted itself to never "acquire even a potentially competing 
 Ine and agreed to grant toll service to all independent lines m 
 
 he fvti"re g The telephone company has agreed to enter mo 
 traffic service with all independent companies for long distance 
 serv ice A there are twenty thousand independent telephone 
 companies in the United States, the importance of this "new trust 
 
 program" of the administration is at once apparent. 
 
 14 The policy of the administration, which has been termed 
 -diplomatic postponement," has been supported by public opinion 
 not onTy in America, but in Europe as well, because it is based 
 
 ^on morality and not upon '**??*^«^«£ I Z 
 is well reflected in the comment of Alfred H. Fried, the dis 
 t ingu shed German statesman and scholar, who lauds the Mexican 
 polfcy of the administration as "the supreme peace achievement 
 of the year." In this connection Mr. Fried says: -The manner 
 in which the United States Government delayed rushing into 
 precipitate action in the California-Japanese con roversy the 
 quaiel with Great Britain over the Panama Canal tolls, and he 
 situation with Huerta, is characteristic of the peace policy which 
 America deliberately pursues. ' 
 
 15 The action of the Postmaster-General in making the postal 
 service self-sustaining for the first time in the history of the 
 Government.-As a result of the business-like management of 
 this great public service department, a deficiency of $l,785,o<W.iu 
 has been converted into a surplus of $4,510,650.91. 
 
 16 The development and extension of the Parcel Post System 
 to a high state of perfection, which has resulted in a reduction of 
 rates and an extension of the limit of the size of packages so 
 that home life for the city man, as well as for the farmer has 
 been made easier and cheaper.— Another result has been that the 
 express companies have reduced rates all along the line, and have 
 been forced to resort to competition. All of this has created new 
 markets for farm and factory products, as well as merchandise 
 of all kinds. 
 
 17 The c^anp-e in the rules of the branches of Congress, which 
 brought an endte Cannon methods and gave the majority the 
 riffht to rule— This reform likewise provided for the selection 
 o* the committees of both branches of Congress by the members 
 themselves, and not by the dictation of one man. 
 
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18. The extension of the Pure Food Act to meat inspection, so 
 that the American consumers of meat will receive the benefits 
 of the application of this law to the meat products which are 
 offered them for consumption. 
 
 19. The inauguration by the Department of Agriculture of a 
 system of markets, whereby scientific and modern business 
 methods will be applied towards the elimination of waste in 
 transporting and distributing farm products. This new work 
 is being directed by trained men who are cooperating with pro- 
 ducers and distributors, to the end of getting products into the 
 hands of consumers with the least necessary cost. 
 
 20. The action of the Secretary of the Navy in forcing the 
 armor plate trust to submit in competition bids for armor plate 
 and for iron and steel used in the construction of Battleship No. 
 39, which effected a saving on these materials of ^782,117; and 
 similar efforts which secured a saving on projectiles of $1,098,460. 
 Other savings bring the total savings well over $2,000,000. 
 
 21. An extension of the special delivery system by the Post- 
 master General to the Parcel Post. 
 
 22. The action of the Secretary of Agriculture in extending 
 the work of that great department to the home life of the farmer, 
 so as to bring about a better knowledge of farm domestic condi- 
 tions, and to experiment with labor saving devices and methods. — 
 This is the first effort yet made in this country to help the woman 
 on the farm, to whom the Department has addressed fifty-five 
 thousand letters with the hope of securing information that will 
 prove beneficial in every way to farm lice. 
 
 23. The action of the Commissioner of Indian Affairs in giving 
 the protection of the law to Indian children, thereby safe- 
 guarding their property interests, and in eliminating graft and 
 privilege in the administration of the affairs of these wards of 
 the nation. — Under this administration favoritism has been wiped 
 out in the leasing of oil and other lands owned by the Indians. 
 
 24. The formation of a new public land policy by the Secretary 
 of the Interior, which combines conservation and the proper use 
 of the lands of our national domain. — This policy is one that lies 
 between those things advocated by the exploiter and those 
 advanced by the conservationist who would conserve by with- 
 holding from use. His policy is that the land should be used for 
 the purpose for which it is best fitted, and that it should be dis- 
 posed of by the Government with respect to that use under such 
 conditions as to prevent monopoly, and under certain well defined 
 restrictions and limitations. To this policy the West is reconciled. 
 
The people no longer wait for a return to the old policy of "land 
 is land" without respect to classification and the proper uses to 
 which it should be devoted. 
 
 25. The enactment of the Lever Bill for farm extension work, 
 which it is confidently believed will double the productiveness 
 of American farms, and therefore add more to the general wealth 
 than could be accomplished by any other means. — This measure 
 received the votes of members of all parties, as have all the admin- 
 istration measures. It is intended to carry diiectly to the farm 
 all the scientific discoveries made by the Department of Agricul- 
 ture and the State agricultural colleges. When it is recalled that 
 nine billions of wealth were created by the farmers of the United 
 States last year, the importance of the measure can not be ove:- 
 estimated. The system proposed in the bill has been applied for 
 years by the principal nations of Europe, with results as pro- 
 nounced as those hoped for in the United States. 
 
 26. The action of the President in emphasizing the necessity 
 of a primary system for the selection of nominees for the Presi- 
 dency, — There is every reason to believe that this great reform 
 will receive favorable consideration at the hands of Congress, and 
 find a place upon the statute books. 
 
 27. The action of the administration in sending representa- 
 tives to the International Congress in London, which has resulted 
 in conclusions endorsed by the Governments of the world for the 
 better protection and safety of passengers and property at sea. 
 
 28. The early enactment of the Alaskan Railway Bill, already 
 passed by the Senate, behind which the President and the admin- 
 istration took a firm stand, and which it is confidently believed 
 will make Alaska one of the most productive and prosperous 
 northern countries of the world. — This measure provides for the 
 construction of one thousand miles of railroad, under the direction 
 of the President, at a cost not exceeding forty million dollars. 
 It is the first great step toward the development of the latent 
 resources of Alaska, and is hailed as one of the greatest moves 
 made by the Federal Government for the encouragement of the 
 people of the Far West. 
 
 29. The action of the Secretary of the Navy in putting into 
 effect a system of academic, vocational and technical instruction 
 for the benefit of the enlisted men aboard every ship in the navy 
 and shore stations, so as to increase their efficiency, and to equip 
 the men behind the guns for promotion in the service. — Enlisted 
 men have enthusiastically embraced this opportunity to better 
 equip themselves in the work immediately before them, which will 
 
also put them in a better position to fight the battle of life if 
 at any time they should retire from the naval service of the 
 country. 
 
 30. As the result of prosecution under the anti-trust laws, this 
 administration, through the Attorney General, has brought about 
 a dissolution of the Union Pacific and Southern Pacific merger, 
 and at the same time caused the surrender by the Pennsylvania 
 Railroad of its large holdings in its competing rival, the Baltimore 
 & Ohio. — Insisting that dissolutions required under the anti-trust 
 laws should be effectual and free from the fundamental defects 
 of the plans adopted in the Standard Oil and Tobacco cases, the 
 Attorney General succeeded in having written into the decree 
 in these cases that the stock of the Southern Pacific owned by the 
 Union Pacific should be placed in the hands of a surety company 
 for sale to the public. As a result of this action the two great 
 transportation monopolies of the East and West were forced to 
 dissolve. 
 
 31. The prosecution against a number of combinations in the 
 enforcement of the anti-trust laws has characterized the course 
 of the Department of Justice, though the fair and just attitude 
 of the administration in bringing about settlements of these cases 
 out of court has resulted in many of the indicted appearing at 
 the Department of Justice with the object of adjusting differences, 
 and bringing their businesses within the law. — Some of the re- 
 cent prosecutions undertaken for the enforcement of the anti-trust 
 laws are directed against the American Can Company, against the 
 Reading Company, charging that it restrains and monopolizes the 
 sale of anthracite coal; against the Quaker Oats Company, to 
 enjoin an alleged combination to restrain and monopolize inter- 
 state trade and commerce in oatmeal products and by-products; 
 against the Eastman Kodak Company, to restrain monopolizing 
 in the manufacture and distribution of photographic supplies; 
 and against the Terminal Railroad Association of St. Louis, to 
 enjoin a combination to suppress competition in the transporta- 
 tion of soft coal. 
 
 Many other plans and policies have been worked out for 
 increasing the welfare and happiness of the citizen, which will 
 enter the list of administration achievements before the present 
 Congress completes its labors. Important among these is the plan 
 outlined by the Secretary of Commerce for the creation of a corps 
 of commercial attaches to foreign countries, whose mission will 
 be to increase the trade opportunities of American exporters. 
 
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 1 "A NEW ERA DAWNING UPON ALL 
 
 OF US" 
 
 WHAT HUGH CHALMERS, THE AUTOMOBILE MANU- 
 FACTURER AND A LIFE LONG REPUBLICAN, 
 THINKS OF THE PRESIDENT AND 
 HIS ADMINISTRATION. 
 
 Jackson, Mich., January 22. — More than 600 attended the 
 fifth annual meeting of the Chamber of Commerce banquet at 
 Masonic Temple last night. Hugh Chalmers, of Detroit, the 
 automobile manufacturer and one of the most successful busi- 
 ness men in the nation, was the principal speaker, his theme 
 being "Civic Salesmanship." He made a big hit when he said 
 in conclusion: 
 
 "There is a new era dawning upon all of us. We have come 
 to the parting of the ways, and we have taken the right one. 
 I have always voted the Republican ticket, but I ask you if 
 Wilson has done a single thing which might hurt a business 
 man. The tariff has been revised, as he promised to do, and 
 as we ought to have done; the currency bill has been passed, 
 and the bankers all over the country commend it, and in his 
 last message, can anyone read in it anything but a purpose 
 of fairness to all, expression of wisdom and timely considera- 
 tion? 
 
 "Let us have peace and confidence in ourselves rather than 
 devote ourselves to the regeneration of any party, and doing 
 so I confidently believe the year 1914 will be one conspicuous 
 for its development." — Detroit News. 
 
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 WORDS BACKED UP BY DEEDS 
 
 "For sixteen long wearisome years all the Democrats could do was 
 to promise what they would accomplish if they were given power. 
 It took us all that time to convince the American people that we 
 were earnest in our expressions. Now all that is changed. We can, 
 with pride and pleasure, talk about what we have done and also 
 about what we intend to do." — Speaker Champ Clark. 
 
 "A UNANIMOUS CHORUS OF PRAISE" 
 
 "The President's trust message is meeting with a practically 
 unanimous chorus of praise. If there are dissentients, they are dis- 
 creetly silent. Conservatives and radicals vie with one another in 
 commending the President's proposals." — The New York Globe, In- 
 dependent Bull Moose. 
 
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CALAMITY HOWLER CRUMBLES 
 
 Hartford. February 1. — Although a few months back Ebenezer J. 
 Hill, a Payne Republican and a Ways and Means Committee mem- 
 ber when a member of the House, was the loudest calamity howler 
 for New England, his Terryville factory, the Eagle Lock Company, 
 will tomorrow extend its time to thirteen hours a day. 
 
 Still another commentary on the present business situation is 
 found in the announcement tonight that the Yantic Woolen Mills.* 
 which went up with a big bang, will be out of the bankruptcy 
 "woods" this week. — New York American. 
 
 GREATER THAN THE PANAMA CANAL 
 
 By MORETON FEEWEN 
 
 (An international authority, who enthusiastically approves the cur- 
 rency law.) 
 
 Moreton Frewen, an international writer on economical problems, 
 tariffs and exchanges, in analyzing the new currency legislation 
 says that it is a bigger thing by all odds for the world's trade 
 than the construction of the Panama Canal. He adds: "Here is 
 Uncle Sam with the power over a hundred Morgans entering the 
 bill discounting business, and prepared to do the world's business. 
 Therefore, every banker knows that stringency and contraction have 
 disappeared and that a new day has dawned. 
 
 "Could there be anything more striking to show the internation- 
 ality of these money problems than that a local act should have re- 
 stored confidence and vigor to every bourse in Europe? What was 
 done Christmas week will make money cheap here and business will 
 expand for a long time. It will have an effect for at least four years. 
 
 "The passage of the American currency act was a greater discovery 
 than half a dozen new African gold fields. Four or five years hence 
 we may all have to walk warily. Meantime let us thank Washing- 
 ton for the Santa Claus visit to millions of anxious bedsides." 
 
 PROGRESSIVE PRAISE OF THE PRESIDENT 
 
 "If there is any paper that is supporting Mr. Wilson's admirable 
 legislative program more steadily than our own. we cannot recall it. 
 Collier's is in the same position as most of the progressive papers, of 
 which the Kansas City Star is typical. The Star the other day ended 
 a review of President Wilson's achievements during the past year 
 in these words: 
 
 " 'A remarkable man. a great leader, an effective statesman. The 
 country is just coming to realize the quality of Woodrow Wilson." 
 
 "We wish we had thought of these words first. Looking backward 
 over President Wilson's work at the end of a year, we find it possi- 
 ble to speak of it with unabated enthusiasm." — Collier's Weekly. In- 
 dependent Bull Moose. 
 
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A GREAT LEADER AND STATESMAN 
 
 THE KANSAS CITY STAR, THE LEADING BULL MOOSE PAPER 
 IN THE WEST. GIVES THE PRESIDENT HIGH PRAISE. 
 
 "President Wilson is on the eve of obtaining the enactment of the 
 second great measure of his administrative program. Tariff revision 
 is now followed by currency reform. 
 
 The President's name is used in connection with this measure 
 because it is primarily Mr. Wilson's measure. When President 
 Taft left office the enactment of a currency bill seemed as far away 
 as ever. 'When will there be currency reform?' was asked a lead- 
 ing banker. 'Possibly after another panic,' he answered. 
 
 Congress was still in the midst of the tariff bill when President 
 Wilson went to the Capitol and addressed the houses on the neces- 
 sity of following tariff revision with currency reform. 
 
 Seasoned politicians smiled at his rashness. But they found they 
 had misjudged the caliber of the man. With patience, intelligence 
 and force he set to work preparing the way for an adequate cur- 
 rency bill. Congressmen were pulling in a dozen different direc- 
 tions on the subject. There was no consensus of opinion. But the 
 effective, quiet gentleman at the White House gradually got his 
 organization into line. 
 
 Time after time there were revolts that threatened the success 
 of the measure. Influential men kicked over the traces. But the 
 President brought them back. Always on the job, never flustered, 
 never losing his temper, but never for an instant forgetting or 
 allowing others to forget his main object, he finally got the bill 
 through both houses. 
 
 It was an impossible task. But Wilson did it! 
 
 After all his previous career forecasted his success. At Princeton 
 he made a great fight for democratic institutions. As Governor of 
 New Jersey he brought one of the worst boss ridden States of the 
 Union into line for progressive measures. 
 
 As President he went into office with a comprehensive program 
 of legislation devoted to what he called "the new freedom"— to 
 opening the door of opportunity to all men. 
 
 The first of his measures to lessen the power of special privilege, 
 the tariff revision, he pushed through with intelligence and dis- 
 patch. The second is now virtually out of the way. The third a 
 
 measure for national Presidential primaries— is bound to pass, for 
 small bore politicians who might oppose it have no desire to go 
 up against such an effective President. 
 
 A remarkable man. A great leader. An effective statesman. The 
 country is just coming to realize the quality of Woodrow Wilson. ' 
 —The Kansas City Star (Bull Moose). 
 
 A NEW LIGHT 
 
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 "What we are purposing to do is not to hamper or interfere 
 with business as enlightened business men prefer to do it, or in 
 any sense to put it under the ban. The antagonism between 
 business and government is over. We are now about to give ex- 
 pression to the best business judgment of America, to what we 
 
 know to be the business conscience and honor of the land." 
 
 From the President's recent message to Congress. 
 
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PRAISES CURRENCY BILL 
 
 FORMER SENATOR HOPKINS. REPUBLICAN FROM ILLINOIS. 
 COMMENDS WORK OF ADMINISTRATION. 
 
 Republicans, as well as Democrats, are praising the President for 
 his active policy and sincerity, according to former United States 
 Senator A. J. Hopkins, a Republican, of Illinois. 
 
 "Business," said Senator Hopkins, "has shown a decided improve- 
 ment since the first of January. I have observed this on all sides. 
 In a large measure I attribute the improvement to the passage of 
 the currency bill, which, when analyzed, is not a Democratic 
 measure. The present Congress improved on the Aldrich bill in 
 taking the Federal reserve board out of the control of the bankers. 
 As I view it, the new board created by the currency law should 
 become, and doubtless will become, as independent a governmental 
 body as the Interstate Commerce Commission or the United States 
 Supreme Court. 
 
 "The currency bill was not a partisan measure. It had the 
 approval and support of many Republicans, even if Republican 
 members of the Senate did not vote for it."- -The Washington Post 
 (Independent). 
 
 "STIMULATES COMMERCE" 
 
 HIGH FOREIGN AUTHORITY SAYS TARIFF AND CURRENCY 
 
 BILLS WERE TWO MOST IMPORTANT EVENTS OF 
 
 PAST YEAR IN COMMERCIAL WORLD. 
 
 London, January 21. — The United States tariff act and the cur- 
 rency bill passed by the American Congress were the most important 
 events of the year 1913 in the commercial world, declared Sir Felix 
 Schuster, Governor of the Union of London and Smith's bank, in 
 his general review of the financial and trade outlook, read at the 
 annual meeting today. He continued: 
 
 "These two measures must have far-reaching consequences, for 
 they have made the United States a more formidable competitor 
 than ever before, not only as regards international commerce, but 
 as threatening London's position as the center of international 
 banking. 
 
 "If, as appears probable, the differences between the United 
 States Government and the large trading corporations which have 
 been weighing so heavily on enterprise for some years past, can 
 be adjusted in an equitable manner, a new era of progress and de- 
 velopment seems to be in store for the United States. This is a 
 matter which can not fail to be of vast importance to British trade 
 and to the money markets of Europe." 
 
 AS TO A FEW NON-PATRIOTS 
 
 Mr. Wilson's latest address to Congress and its acceptance by the 
 business intrests have brought more gloom to the Republican stand- 
 patters who have been hoping for the selfish good luck of bad luck 
 to the country. — The Kansas City Star (Bull Moose). 
 
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A PEACE POLICY WITHOUT 
 PARALLEL 
 
 The State Department has had to deal with more important 
 questions than usually fall to the lot of that Department in 
 any one year. The Japanese question, arising out of the 
 passage of an anti-alien land law in California, has been 
 under consideration for nine months and has occupied a con- 
 siderable portion of the Secretary's time since May when, at 
 the request of the President, he visited California to urge 
 that the subject be left to diplomatic treatment. While 
 the incident is not yet closed, negotiations are progressing in 
 a manner satisfactory to both countries. 
 
 The Mexican problem has been even more difficult to handle 
 because of the proximity of Mexico and the large number of 
 nations interested. Representations have been made almost 
 daily both to the Huerta Government and to the Constitu- 
 tionalists for the protection of foreigners and foreign property; 
 and the actual loss of life has been remarkably small consid- 
 ering the disturbed conditions in Mexico. The country is 
 solidly back of the President and the State Department in the 
 effort to secure, without forcible action on the part of the 
 United States, a restoration of constitutional government in 
 Mexico. 
 
 These are the two most important questions which have 
 come before the State Department during President Wilson's 
 term, but there have been minor insurrections to deal with in 
 China, Santo Domingo, Venezuela and Haiti. 
 
 While the State Department has been giving attention to 
 the international difficulties which have arisen, it has steadily 
 pursued a peace policy which has now passed the period of 
 experiment. Seven treaties have been signed providing for 
 investigation of all questions of every character and nature 
 whatsoever, and four other treaties have been agreed upon, 
 making a total of eleven that carry out a new idea for the 
 promotion of peace. Besides these eleven nations, twenty 
 others have endorsed the principle and a number of these 
 are considering the details of the treaty. The first year of 
 the President's administration, therefore, will be marked by 
 this foward step, which is probably without parallel in its 
 influence upon the world's peace. 
 
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WHAT SENATOR _LA FOLLETTE SAYS 
 
 Extracts from the Senator's weekly, in which he approves achieve- 
 ments of the administration. 
 
 "The United States h?.s not recognized Huerta. The Americar 
 people, aside from the few who have financial and speculative in 
 terests in Mexico, sustain President Wilson." 
 
 "The first important act of the State Department under Secretary 
 Bryan is the rejection of the dollar diplomacy policy of Taft ant 
 Knox. Humanity is to be placed higher than property in our inter- 
 national affairs. Patriotism is to be given precedence over profits. 
 National honor is to count for more than trust aggrandizement." 
 
 "President "Wilson's speech at Mobile last week emphasizes anew 
 the sordidness of dollar diplomacy, and gives fresh promise of a new 
 deal in our relations with our neighbors to the southward. 'Human 
 rights, national integrity and opportunity as against material in- 
 terest.' That is the President's conception of 'the issue which we 
 now have to face.' That policy, faithfully followed, will lift our 
 treatment of the smaller republics of South America from the low 
 plane of greed to the high plane of honor." 
 
 "Mr. Voter, you already owe a debt to the President. When Pres- 
 ident Wilson read his message to Congress he took the first great 
 step since the days of Washington to make American government as 
 effective as parliamentary government elsewhere. * * * A few 
 Presidents have been big enough to see over the Treasury building 
 and fathom the devices of the legislature, but President Wilson has 
 stalked forth and entered the halls of Congress in person." 
 
 "The country is indebted to President Wilson for exploding the 
 bomb that blew the lid off the Congressional lobby. He hurled his 
 short-fuse missile directly at the insidious interference with tariff 
 legislation, but it resulted in uncovering the whole works. He 
 touched it off at a time and in a way to force a Congressional in- 
 vestigation." 
 
 "Mr. Wilson's recommendation for the nomination of Presidential 
 candidates by direct vote strikes at the root of a great wrong. If 
 government is to be brought back to the people it is quite as im- 
 portant to make the Executive department serve public interest as 
 it is to make the Legislative Department serve public interest." 
 
 "Upon President Wilson falls the burden of all that his immediate 
 predecessors in office left behind them as a result of an effort to 
 establish national prosperity through the benign influence of the 
 Morgans, the Harrimans. and big business generally." 
 
 THE TARIFF AND BUSINESS 
 
 We are rejoiced to find this in the Providence (Pv. I.) 
 "Journal: " 
 
 "The Dartmouth Manufacturing Corporation of New Bedford. 
 Mass., which does a business of $6,000,000 a year, has paid 
 dividends averaging more than 16 per cent annually for sev- 
 eral years past. Its directors have voted to issue $800,000 of 
 common stock, for the supposed purpose of broadening its 
 markets. Quantities of Dartmouth fine goods are being sold 
 in London and Paris already, and it is expected that other 
 European markets will be invaded by its agents during the 
 ensuing year. The New Bedford cotton manufacturers have 
 good reason for their optimism if they can successfully invade 
 European cotton manufacturing countries." 
 
 Certainly this information is accurate, for in the list of the 
 "Journal's" stockholders the name of that high priest of Re- 
 publican doctrine, ex-Senator Nelson W. Aldrich. leads all the 
 rest. Collier's Weekly (Bull Moose). 
 
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