MESSAGE T0 SIXTY: THIRD CONGRESS Departs in Some Degree from the Usual Custom of Giving a Formal Review of Departmental Work MEXICO IS THE ONE CLOUD UPON THE HORIZON Hopes to See Constitutional Order Restored by the Concert and Energy of Such of Her Leaders as Prefer to Concentrate Upon Currency Bill Until Rural Credits to Farmers Advocated. Passed Washington, D, C.-—The annual ad dress of President Wilson, delivered at a joint session of the two houses of Congress at the beginning of the second gress, was as follows: Address of the President. Gentlemen of the Congress: In pursuance iny constitutional duty to “give to the Congress informa- tion of the state of the Union” 1 take the liberty of addressing you on several matters which ought, seams me, particularly to engage the attention of your honorable bodies, as of all who study the and progress of the Nation. I shall ask your of Lo welfare the you ters which tion and saveral ment or w treatment in Hist is of setting before in formal review the many mat- have engaged the atten called for the action of th departments of the Govern- hich look to them for early the fi the usual custom because long, very long, an iid fer in the abbreviatior should have to subject mit to you the reports of the several departmen these sub are ful detail, and beg that ceive the thoughtful atte: eominittes the Congress to st hem I'l ance, as constitut stance of ment on my The fs at peace many about sense of the shall heads which ects and of who may | dy t of and em business makes comment the with all na the assent nati re populiatic gotiation be agre of int can 1 Pro« fa yea publicly ported the part! controver and other of honor of nations these tw and our obligations the world. A test ought easily mas the establish of flzationsa those already assum There is but one «¢ horizon That has the of us, and fco. There can certain pros pect of peace in America until Gen. Hugrta has surrendered his usurped authority in Mexico: until it fs un derstood ail hands, indeed, that such pretended governments will not be countenanced or dealt with by the Government of the United States. We are the friends of constitutional gov. ernment in America: are more than its friends, we are its champions: because In no other way can our neighbors, to whom we would wish in every way to make proof of our friendship, work out their own de velopment in peace and liberty. Mex. fco haz no Government. The attempt to maintain one at the City of Mexico has broken down, and a mere mi'itary despotism has been set up which has hardly more than the semb'ance of na tional authority usurpation of Victoriano Huerta, who, after a brief attemnt to play the part of constitutional President, has last cast aside even the pretense of legal right and declared himself die tator. As a consequence, a condition of affairs now exists in Mexico which has made It doubtful whether even compounded Our own the peace compounded govern both to 80 to be ie to new treaty ob and the interpretation of loud upon shown iiself hangs be no our to % south over Mex on we rights either of her own people or of the citizens of other countries resi dent within her territory can long siccesasfully rafeguarded, and threatens, if long continued, to im-; _—- peril the interests of peace, order, and ! tolerable life in the lands immediately | to the south of us. Even if the usurper had succeeded in his pur poses, in despite of the constitution of the Republic and the rights of its people, he would have set up noth- ing but a precarious and hateful power, which could have lasted but a little while, and whose eventual would have left the country more deplorable condition than But he has not succeeded. He has forfeited the respect and the moral support even of those who were at one time willing to see him suc- Little by little he has been isolated. By a little every power and prestige are and the collapse is not We shall not, 1 believe, be alter our policy watch- And then, when the end shall hope constitu tional order restored distressed Mexico by the concert energy of | uch of her pref the iberty of their own | gmbitions. I turn to cern, You ideration a day his crumbling away, obliged to ful waiting comes, we of to see in and as to leaders fer their people of con- con- domestic under matters already have bill for the reform system of banking and currency, for which the country waits with im- patience, as for something funda- | mental to its whole business life and necessary to set credit free from ar- bitrary and artificlal restraits. I need say how earnestly 1 hope for its early enactment into law 1 take leave to beg that the whole energy and attention of the Senate be concentrated upon it till matter is successfully disposed of. And vet [ feel that the request is not needed that the Members of reat House need no urging service country. of not the that in this to the ¢ addition, the § 1 present urgent be m to you, in Heseusity also for gy by the The pending farmers a grea equal that speci: facil proy sion de ] farmer does the upon an footing men and in Sie credit. ask and privilege, S114 Your IINIMATLY of and work field, our way iarmers See many eady being put Treas of by The 188, iry the and de the and pre of available funds enced at times crops resent season ented Care ity often experi such But we must not a ourse! depend upon extraordinary exped| ms, We must add means by whi the farmer may make his credit constantly and easily available and command when he will the capital by which to support and expand his busi We lag behind many other couniries of the modern to do this have heen the other 100 ow ves to the ness great in attempting rural credit developed on water while we left cur farmers i themselves in the ordinary You have but to look | rural district to see the result, the handicap and embar rassment which have put upon those who produce our food Conscious of this backwardness and neglect on our part, the Con- gress recently authorized the crea- tion of a aspecial commission to study the various systems of rural eredit which have been put into op- and this commis sion ia already prepared to report Its report ought to make It easier for us to determine what method: will be best sulted to onr own farm Systems of | studied and glide of the to | for money market about you in any heen ers. I hore and belleve committees of the Senate and House will address themselves to this mat- ter with the most fruitful results, and I belleve that the studies and recently formed plans of the Depart- ment of Agriculture may be made to serve them very greatly in their work of framing appropriate and adequate legislation. It would indiscreet and presumptuous in any one to dogmatize upon so great and many-slded a question, but 1 feel confident that common counsel will produce the results we must all de- sire, the farm to the world 38 which centers in the city the fac and I think that ghtful observers will agree that the immediate service we the busine: communities of country is to prevent private mon- effectually than it has prevented I think it will agreed that we should let antitrust law stand, with its debatable about it, but that should possible reduce the area debatable ground by further explieit legislation; and should also supplement that great act by legislation which will not only clarify it but also facilitate its ad- ministration and make it fairer to all concerned. No doubt we shall all wish, and the country will expect, this to be the central subject of our deliberations during present but it is a subject so many- and rving of careful discriminating discussion that | take the liberty of addressing it In a special message at date than this. It is of capi- importance that the of t¢ country should be re- of all uncertainties of law regard to their enterprises and investments path indi- cated which they can travel without anxiety. as important that they should be relieved embar- rassment and set free to that private monoply should d The rown Turn from of busine in thou tory, the more been be eg the rman unaltered, as it is wo much as of that and more the session; sided dese and shall you HO upon tal business men with and a clear of prosper as be de- strove action be th RE £2 % F WAYS Oi wide open hot with- king promi } troversy of any thod of selecting Presidency of I feel interpret the confident wWislies ations of the » geveral Romine ©n the Are loited lomain of pul and enl We must adminlat wl ive in them gervicea hie er them and of responsibil. peo NO enough Hawaii as toward our own an to oursé ties of and affection. but e of our duty towa more dificult and We can satisfy reat Der form ans Phil debat ppines is a able matter the obligations of generous justice toward the people Rico giving them the ample and familiar rights and privileges our citizens In our own territories and our obligations toward the peo. ple of Hawaii by perfecting the pro- visions for self-government already granted them, but in the Philippines we must go further We must hold steadily in view their ultimate inde- pendence, and we must move toward the of that independence as ne the way can cleared foundations thoughtfully aid. under the authority upon the President by grees, 1 have already accorded the people of the islands a majority in both houses of their legislative body by appointing five Instead of four native citizens to the membership of the commission 1 believe that in this way we shall make proof of their capacity in counsel and their sense of responsibility In the exer cire of political power, and that the gueccess of this step will be sure to clear our view for the steps which are to follow. Btep by step we hould extend and perfect the svs. toy of gelf-government in the isl vig, minking test of them and modi 'v'ng them as experience discloses thelr successes and their fallures; of Porto accorded own time steadily be rnd the and permanently Acting con- Cone # that we should more and more put under the control of the native citf- zens of the archipelago the essential life, their local instrumentalitios of government, their schools, all the common inter ests of thelr communities, and so and experience set up a government which alr the world will fee suitable to a people whose under their control hope and belleve, we to the counsel to be are own At last, 1 are of y¥ thelr coun hy fo gain confidence 5 experience, rather than and own, we shall them and ible and 1 arn how be how soon it to withd Let us with wise ion once and set tread firm nnd out upon it from it fident wander not or linge: A duty Alaska which ing very should say a cerns both terial deve The people of Alaska the fuil Territorial ment, Alas i should be unlocked. One key to it is a rallways. These Gov- should itself build and ad and the ports and term ft should control in interest of all who wish to use them for the service and development of the coun try i seems to be imperative; perhap double duty, for the itical and ti lopment of Territory glven very and pol the should form of ka, as be govern. 4 gstorshouse and system of the ernment minister, inals itaelf the and | people, of rallways is only thrusting storehouse and lock and opening How the tempting resources guntry are to be exploited is tter, to which 1 of from time to tention, for It is must be worked out construction first step; Is key the back the jut the only the in the throwing the door of the « another ma the liberty ing your at which considered but It is con to shall take time a policy by i call ilages, nol upon ines of practical expedie part of lem of ervation 1 wit uno! pon our We } general pre a freer hand in Alaska thar ave WO! in the the prine whereve @ problem in of iple and IE out tl States the r' we the resou them vide employ that will wo be ie veg to toy and justice omes firs l.aw is the machinery for as it political ita realization nd i ital only ex presse Government, 1 sions of that congress arned and considered ourselves, among other prompt alleviation of the very unsafe unjust, and burden conditions which now surround the employment of sallors and render it extremely dif. ficult to obtain the services of spirited and competent men such as every we ought to address things, to the some and brought to port May 1 not express the very real pleasure I have experienced in coop erating with this Congress and shar ing with it the labors of common service to which it has devoted it self so unreservedly during the seven months of nncomplaining con centration upon the business of legls ution? Surely it is a proper and vertinent part of my report on “the state of the Union” to express my ad. miration for the diligence, temper, and the full nublic duty which manifested by both has already been the Houses; mpertient intrusion of myself into the sieture if 1 say with how much and ow constant satisfaction I have walled myself of the privilege of put. ng my time and enargy at thelr dls yosal alike in counsel and In action, § COMMERCIAL Weekly Review pw of Trade and Markzst Reports. ¥ Dun's Review says: “Trade conditions are the unseasonably light money, especially in the Bouth and West there is a little more inquiry. The recession in iron and steel is more pronounced than in pre- vious weeks, Curtailment of opera tions in that industry has increased end working forces are iderably reduced, with buyers showing a position to hold off for i prices. “Current demands from the rail- roads are disappointing and the fall- ing off in consumption has also ex- tended to less fmportant lines, ] reflected in demand for East; in the cons mr Gig while there has been no check to the declin- Ing tendency in quotations. In cop- per the situation continues one of ex- treme dullness and substantial con cessions are offered from the values previously prevailing. “Fallures numbered 373 in United States, against 312 last and 37 in Canada, compared with & year ago.” the year, 12 Wholesale Markets NEW YORK.—Wheat—Spot firm; No. 2 red, nominal ¢. |. f. New fork export basis nominal $.0. bh. sfioet. No. 1 96 f. b. afloat Cor steady, old low, 83¢. elevator domestic Butter—Creamery seconds factory, current make, seconds Cheese—Steady; State, whole daisies, held, 16@ 16% Eggs—Irregular; re 28@2%¢c.; grades 20Q26%c State, Pennsylvania ered whites, 964760 ed whites, 40@5 Live poultry Chic 13@13c¢ fowls, 13¢c., Dressed weak ern chickens, 471 v vino and §0c Northern Duluth, : wv Spot No seconds, Western Kens, 116019 Ai is fy ale Oats—Na standard fy ireah for uote track, domestic J mothy No. 1 ard, $18.50 2 17.2 3, $16.00@ 16.50; C $17.50: No. 1. $17.00: 16.00; heavy, $160 No. 1, $17.00@17.50; 18.00 Butter creamery good, 294 3k NO Mixed over ery, fancy, choice, 31@32¢c creamery, prints k blocks, 32@34c.; Maryland and Penna. abe. ladies, rolls, Cheese 18%e Eggs-Maryiand, Pennsylvania and nearby firsts, 38¢c.; Western firsts, 38: West Virginia firsts, 37038: Southern 38: recrated sand rebhandled eggs creamery, NG oan, “hE 20. an 22g 4c Jobbing lots, per 1b. 18@- firsts, 36; is@le. higher Live Poultry Chickens heavy, l4c.: do., small 13¢.; old roosters, 10¢c.; young. 146- 16c. Ducks, 13@14¢c. Gease-—Nearby, l4¢.; Western and Southern, 126013¢.; Kent Island, 15@16c. Pigeons, per pair--Young, 20¢.; old, 20¢. Guinea fowl, each--Old, 402.; young, 62%e. Turkeys—Young, 8 lbs, and over, 17Q- 18¢.; old, 17¢c. Old hens, to medium, Live Stack KANSAS CITY, MO.--Hogs—Bulk of sales, $7.050Q7.90; heavy, $7.50Q packers and butchers’, $71.70Q light, $7.50Q 85; pigs, §6.25@ 0.85; 1.90; "» o ote Cattle-