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Washington, April 8. President
Wilson's message, read today to the
senate and house at the beginning of
the extra session, was a brief, point
ed document setting forth in general
terms what congress is expected to do
In the matter of tariff revis._n. The
message was as follows:
To the Senate and House of Repre
sentatives:
I have called the congress together
In extraordinary session because a
duty was laid upon the party now in
power at the recent elections which it
ought to perform promptly, in order
that the burden carried by the people
under existing law may be lightened
•a soon as possible and in order, also,
that the business interests of the
country may not be kept too long In
•uspense as to what the fiscal changes
•re to be to which they will be re
quired to adjust themselves. It is clear
to the whole country that the tariff
duties must be altered. They must
be changed to meet the radical altera
tion in the conditions of our ecnomic
life which the country, has witnessed
Within the last generation.
While the whole face and method of
our industrial and commercial life
were being changed beyond recogni
tion the tariff schedules have re
mained what they were before the
change began, or have mdved in the
direction they were given when no
large circumstance of our industrial
development was what it is today.
Our task is to square them with the
actual facts. The sooner that is done
the sooner we shall escape from suf
fering from the facts and the sooner
our men of business will be free to
thrive by the law of nature (the na
ture of free business) instead of by
the law of legislation and artificial ar
rangement
Business Not Normal.
We have seen tariff legislation
wander very far afield in our day^
•ery far indeed from the field in which
•ur prosperity might have had a nor
mal growth and stimulation. No one
who looks the facts squarely in the
face or knows anything that lies be
neath the surface of action can fail to
perceive the principles upon which
recent tariff legislation has been
based. We long ago passed beyond
the modest notion of "protecting" the
Industries of the country and moved
boldly forward to the idea that they
were entitled to the direct patronage
of the government. For a long time—
a time so long that the men now active
In public policy hardly remember the
conditions that preceded it—we have
sought in our tariff schedules to give
each group of manufacturers or pro
ducers what they themselves thought
,that they needed in order to
maintain a practically exclusive
market as against the rest of the
World. Consciously or unconsciously,
we have built up a set of privileges
and exemptions from competition be
hind which it was easy by any, even
the crudest, forms of combination to
prganize monopoly until at last noth
ing Is normal, nothing Is obliged to
stand the tests of efficiency and econ
omy, in our world of big business, but
everything thrives by concerted ar
rangement. Only new principles of
action will save us from a final hard
crystallization of monopoly and a
complete loss of the influences that
quicken enterprise and keep inde
pendent energy alive.
1
It is plain what those principles
must be. We must abolish everything
that bears even the semblance of priv
ilege or of any kind of artificial ad
vantage, and put our business men
and producers under the stimulation
of a constant necessity to be efficient,
economical, and 'enterprising, masters
of competitive supremacy, better
workers and merchants than any in
the world. Aside from the duties laid
upon articles which we do not, and
probably cannot, produce, therefore,
and the duties' laid upon luxuries and
merely for the sake of the revenues
they yield, the object of the tariff du
ties henceforth laid must be effective
competition, the whetting of Ameri
can wits by contest with the wits of
the rest of the world.
Development, Not Revolution.
It would be unwise to move toward
this end headlong, with reckless
-haste, or with strokes that cut at the
Very roots of what has grown up
amongst us by long process and at
our own invitation. It does not alter
a thing to upset It and break it and
deprive it of a chance to change. It
destroys it. We must make changes
In our fiscal laws, in our fiscal system,
whose object is development, a more
free and wholesome development, not
revolution or upset or confusion. We
must build up trade, especially for
eign trade. We need the outlet and
the enlarged field of energy more
than we ever did before. We must
build up Industry as well and must
adopt freedom in the place of arti
ficial stimulation only so far as it will
ild, not pull down. In dealing with
the tariff the method by which this
may be done will be a matter ofjudf
ment. exercised item by item.
To some not accustomed to the ex
citements and responsibilities oi
.greater freedom our methods may in
some respects and at some points
seem heroic, but remedies may be
heroic, and yet be remedies. It is our
business to make sure that they are
genuine remedies. Our object is clear.
If our motive is above Just challenge
and only an occasional error of judg-
PRESIDENT WOOOROW WILSON PERSONALLY
READ HIS MESSAGE TO CONGRESS TODAY
ment Is chargeable against us, we
shall be fortunate.
We are called upon to render the
country a great service in more mat
ters than one. Our responsibility
should be met and our methods should
be thorough, aB thorough as moderate
and well considered, based upon the
facts as they are, and not worked out
as if we were beginners. We are to
deal with the facts of our own day,
with the facts of no other, and to
make laws which square with those
facts. It is best, indeed it is neces
sary, to begin with the tariff. I will
urge nothing upon you now at the
opening of your session which can ob
scure that first object or divert our
energies from that clearly defined
duty. At a later time I may take the
1'berty of calling your attention to re
forms which should press close upon
the heels of the tariff changes, If not
accompany them, of which the chief
Is the reform of our banking and cur
rency laws but just now I refrain.
For the present, I put these matters
on one side and think only of this one
thing—of the changes in our fiscal
system which may best serve to open
once more the free channels of pros
perity to a great people whom we
would serve to the utmost and
throughout both rank and file.
WOODROW WILSON.
The White House, April 8, 1913.
Rugby, N. D., April 8.—Last Satur
day night, P. L. Hawkins returned
from southern Minnesota with a car of
twenty-five Eolstein cattle. There
were twenty-five cows and a yearling
bull In the shipment and Monday
morning the cattle were taken out to
the Hawkins farm where the farmers
who had poled their funds were on
hand to take their respective number
of cattle.
The price of this carioad of stock
was about the eame as the selling
price of a giae tractor, but unlike the
tractor, six years hence the stock and
its increase will lb® worth upwards of
$10,000 besides having paid a goo 1
profit to the owners.
GREAT RECORD RESULTED FROM
MEMBERSHIP CAMPAIGN OF
LAST TWO DAYS.
The membership campaign of the
Devils Lake Yacht and Boat club has
resulted in forty new members and a
total amount of $400 in the treasury
with which to work, putting the club
In a good financial footing. The com
mittee fro mthe Yacht eluib will meet
with the Chautauqua board tomorrow
evening to mabe (arrangements for the
aquatic sports of the Chautauqua sea
son, which will be one of the features
of the coming assembly.
Ttoa&eaur
wusaZ
STOLEN FROM JAIL IN MONDAK,
WHERE HE WAS LYNCHED
FOR SLALING OFFICERS.
Mondak, Mont., April 8.—The body
of J. C. Collins, the negro who was
'vnclied after he had killed SUeriil
Cc.iiitney and I-^utv Sheriff Burg
nirisrer. of Sheridan county was cut
.town aad taken to tho jail early Sat
roay morning. It was intended that
'be body should be burkd that day.
On going to the pr.suL the o'iicers
"oirid the locks brokou find tho corp-e
gone. The authorities following a trail
leading frm -the jail to the river evi
dently made by some heavy body being
dragged over the ground. A tattered
shirt and one shoe worn by the slayer
bore mute evidence as to the final end
ing of the tragedy.
The body of Deputy Burmelster
was sent from Williston, N. D., where
he died, to Antelope, Mont., as was
the body of Sheriff Courtney. Sever
al negroes who worked at the con
struction camp where Collins was em
ployed disappeared from here Satur
day. It is thought they feaTed a race
war. The town was unusually quiet on
Sunday and no further trouble is now
looked for.
SONS OF NORWAY LAY PLANS
ENTERTAINING AMUNDSON
HERE SOON.
Plans for the entertainment of Rosld
Amundson the famous Norwegian eb
plorer and discoverer of the South
Pole, while in this city for his lecture
on April 22 are being -made by mem
bers of the local lodge of Sons of Nor
way. A committee will be appointed
at the next meetng of the lodge held
next week and this committee will lay
plans for entertaining the famous ex
plorer. It is expected that among other
things an elaborate reception will be
given in his honor.
Orders are coming in from a large
numlber of towns in this section of
tho staite. In view of the fact that
this is one of the very few places in
the state where Amundson appears
large crowds will undoubtedly arrive
from all over the northwest part of the
state.
GENERALLY CONCEDED AMONG
DEMOCRATS THAT HE WILL
LAND BIG JOB.
Grand Forks, April 5.—It is gen
erally conceded here and in Fargo that
W. A. Collins will be tho next United
States marshall in North Dakota to
succeed James Shea.
RATIFY ACT.
Hartford, Couii., April 8.—
The state legisi:i
ratified -the 'bill for the direct
election of senators. This is
last state to ratify the act.
EISBEE, N. D„ WILL SOON HAVE
A NEW $10,000 BANKING
BUILDING.
The Gram construction company ot
I his city secured th» contract today
for erecting the Citizens State Bank
building, formerly the State Bank of
America at Bisbee, N. D. The Ibuild
ng when completed will «owt 91b,000
Mr. Gram bids #5,472.63 for the con
traction work.
Architect Shannon of this city drew
Llie
plans for the new building and O.
F. Nelson, president of the bank and
Paul Krick one of the directors were
•n the city today to let the contract.
POPULAR REGISTER OF U. S.
LAND OFFICE HAS BEEN MAK
ING FREQUENT TRIPS.
Mr. and Mrs. F. E. Ilbberson
announce the engagement of
their daughter, Etliellyn to J.
Sherman McClory of Devils
Lake, N. D. The wedding will
take place the latter part of the
month.—Minneapolis Journal.
While Devils Lakers were wondering
about frequent trips to the Twin Cities
to care for business matters, it is evl
dent that the above item taken from
I the Minneapolis Journal was the im
portant business matter, under consid
eration, by Register McOlory of the
United States land office In this city.
Were it not for the fact that Mr.
McClory baa kept the matter well Un
der the unexpected, scoop, an article
a column in length might have been
written about this esteemed young an
The World reporter has the promise
however, of securing the exact date be
fore the Minneapolis Journal, and this
in a measure will settle differences
'have arisen due to the unexpected
scoop.
FARMERS GENERALLY ARB OP
POSED TO PLAN ADVANCED
BY COMMERCIAL CLUB.
The board of county commissioners
failed to pass favorably on the matter
of securing a better fanning expert
for Ramsey county when the propose
tion was presented to them yesterday
afternoon by a numlber of business
men of Devils Lake.
The board had received t- petitloh
from a number of farmers indicating
that they did not want the better
farming proposition in this conny, and
in view of this fact the commissioners
turned down the propostion unani
mously.
The Commercial Club, according to
Secretary Kenner, is willing to coop
erate with the farmers in any (other
agricultural educational plan that is
deemed advisaible, letting the matter
of. the better farming proposition drop
for the present, since it -wouM
possible now to accept the proposition
in the time alloted.
The diversity of opinion in Ramsey
county eaused the county commission
ers to take the action they did and
since they could not attempt anything
of the kind without twMity-five per
cent of the tax payers of the county
signing the petitions^ the step they
took is a wise one.
Ramsey county with its right agri
cultural resources, known as the ban
ner county of the Lake Region, where
prices rank with the best In North Da
kota in land values, will through Its
development eocietes gain much bene
fit in the line of agricultural education
according to several members of the
commissioner board, who think tha^
the educational system at present will
serve the purpose that the better farm
ing idea attempts to accomplish.
WOMAN CAUGHT IN THE ACT IN
SCOTLAND TODAY—DAMAGE
WAS $15,000.
London, April 5.—Two suffragettes
were ciaught in the act of setting fire
to a grand stand at Ayre, Scotland,
which resulted in $15,000 damage and
might have cost many liveB if the
women had not been captured 'and
warning given.
P. J. McClory returned home this
-morning from Minneapolis where he
has Ibeen for the past several days.
Mrs. McClory and daughter Miss Mar
garet who have been spending the
past several months in San Diego are
at present in Minneapolis visiting as
the guests of friends but' will return
home tomorrow.
DEATH OF THREE RESULTED—
NEGRO WAS WANTED FOR
MURDER IN ARKANSAS
SHERIFF THOMAS COURTENAY, A
BROTHER OF JOHN COURTE
NAY OF THIS CITY.
Mondak, Mont., April 5.—Thomas
Courtenay, sheriff of New Sheridan
county, in Montana, was shot and in
stantly killed (by J. E. Collins, a ne
gro, employed with the Union Bridge
and Construction company, two miles
from Mondak.
The negro was wanted In Kansas for
murder and was arrested by Courte
nay. Dick Burmaster, deputy sheriff
wbB also shot and died at ten o'clock
last night.
Courtenay, Burmaster and another
deputy named Edwin Wilson went to
the bridge company office yesterday
•afternoon, Wilson entering the room
where the negro, Collins, was, to place
him under arrest. Collins succeeded
in drawing a revolver and covering
Wilson, disarmed him and then rushed
out in to the yard.
Collins shot Courtenay and Burmas
ter when they tried-to arrest him and
then escaped Into the dense woods
along the Missouri river. He was pur
sued and later, seeing that he was sur
rounded, he returned to the company's
office and gave himself up. He was
taken at once to Mondak and lodged
in jail.
About 9 o'clock last night a mob
stormed the jail and took Collins out
and hanged him to a telephone pole,
where the body hung until this morn
ing, when it disappeared.
Sheriff Courtenay had only lately
taken office, the new county and
this was his first arrest
Thomtais Courtenay who was killed Is
a brother of John Courtenay of ©evils
Lake, a mail cleTk on the Great North
era railroad his ran being between
Devils Lake and Grand Forks.
An.
other brother, Ben Courtenay em
ployed with the Northwestern Tele
phone company at Grand Forks Is also
well known In Devils Lake.
ALL TRAINS FROM WEST AM?
TURNED AT BISMARCK—AP
PROACH TO BRIDGE AWASH
Bismarck, N. D., April 8.—All the
Northern Pacific trains are being stop
ped and turned at Bismarck, as the
west approach to the bip Northern
Pacific Ibrldge over the Missouri river
is under water for a dlotance of a
mile and a half, and no trains have
been run into Mandan from the east
since last Sunday morning and it will
probably be Wednesday before traffic
is resumed. On the north branch
there are three small bridges out and
all trains have been annulled and on
the BIsmarck-Mott branch, trains will
run only from Mott to the first sta
tion south of Mandan unil the water
goes down.
The railroad company had moved
about
600
laborers and a number of
engines from Bismarck, when signs of
liigh water showed, to have them
feady to get the track in shape when
the water goes down.
The government station in Bis
marck shows water eighteen feet
above the high level, but there is no
danger here as the city is high above
the river. The Dogtown and Syndi
cate residents in Mandan, who moved
out a week ago, have not yet been
able to return, and may not go back
for three days.
The water is running free here,
and no ice Is getting down and, un
less there, is na unknown gorge down
less ther els an unknown gorge down
tonight.
MINNEAPOLIS JOURNAL GIVES
AN ACCOUNT OF PROGRESS IN
THIS CITY.
In the Minneapolis Journal of Sun
day appears the following interesting
item with reference to building in Dev
':1s Lake:
Public interest centers in an armory
auditorium which is being handled by
the -Commercial club and other civic
/rranizatlons of the city. According to
present plans this will cost $35,000 an'l
will serve for conventions, auto shows,
the mid-winter fair and a scorft of
other events.
To fill the demands for more modern
lats, F. P. Mann has signiged his in
dention to erect a building that will
cost in the neighborhood of $50,000.
Plans have been completed for a
T. Case threshing dep't, all preliminary
arrangements having been completed.
Material for tho Soo station, a brick
and stone structure, will be on the
ground just as soon as the frost is out
tnd work will be rushed to completion.
A new structure for the light plant
costing about $25,000 will be ready
for occupancy within a month. An ele
gant new Methodist church is also be
ing financed.
These structures are assured. Pos
sibly half a dozen other business hous
es will be erected, while the demand
for homes will necessitate the erection'
of many houses.
Over the lake region in general
building will be greater than the av
erage, substantial schools and churches
being planned.
DECISION RENDERED FOR PLAIN
TIFF IN CASE OF CANFIELD
VS. OROMMETT.
Judge Buttz rendered a decision in
flavor of the plaintiff in the case of
Canfield vs. Crommett, which was ar
gued in district court chambers yes
terday. The case involved the lease
on land, and Judge Buttz held that the
defendant had held the lease the year
previous.
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COUNTIES WILL HAVE TO WAIT
TILL BILLS ARE PAID BEFORE-.
THEY CAN REALIZE
Some of tho county officers over the
state have started to wonder why they
have not as yet received any money
from the automobile tax fund. The
fact is that .there is no money for
distribution as yet and probably will
not be for a time more. The cost of
the tags have to be paid out of the
fund created by the sale of tagB and
as there were 12,000 of them ordered:
by former Secretary of State D..
Norton, to be delivered before .Feb
ruary 1 an 1 be paid for at that time
th(-re was not enough money on bar,4:
and has not been enough take .n to
pay for them.
Secretary of State Thomas Hall said'
when tasked about the condition of
the iund "owing to the arrangement
for the payment of the tags, It has
boen impossible for me to make aviy
distribution or* the funds to ths var
ious counties, as the registration to
diato has 'been very light and we have
not been able as yet to clean up this
account, but as soon as this is done, I
hope -tc begin without delay the re
mittance of the amounts due to the
various count?3s of the state."
FOR THE FIRST TIME NETV THIRD
PARTY WAS IN POWER AT OP
ENING OF SESSION.
Washington, April 4.—For the first
time, the new third party, held sway
in the house of representatives, as was
the case this morning when only a
score of progressives arrived for the
opening of the session and proceeded
at once to hold a caucus.
The house wiae packed with women
onlookers, interested in Progressive
legislation. As a result of the caucus
Victor Murdock was selected as tho
Progressive candidate for speaker.
It was also decided to have a com
mittee appointed to name committees
to have charge of the progressive leg
islation in the house.
•WILL ANNOUNCE WINNERS OP
FIVE REASONS FOR ATTEND
ING CONCERTS.
Mrs. W. H, 8. Foster, Dr. F. J.
Pierce and H. J. Kenner have been
selected as the jndges in the World
contest for school children which came
to a close yesterday. The winners of
•the contest giving the five best reasons
for attendance at the Minneapolis
Symphony orchestra, concerts will be
announced next Monday.
Ole Ohnstad and J. T. TheodoTson,
representatives of the Bmerson-Brant
ingham company returned last evening
from Fargo where they have been for
the past several days on business.
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