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WJIIt BRINGS NEW TASKS AND DUTIES —__ President Pointt Out Big Prob lems Which Confront Congress. SWST OPER SATES OF TRADE •hips to Carry Goods to Imply Mar fcete Is Imperative Necessity— Our National Defense Use In Our Citisenry—Need of iconomy. Washington, Dec. I. —The new tasks «ad duties imposed upon the United States aa a result of the European war •ecupied the greater portion of Presi dent Wilson a message to congress read today before a Joint session of the two bouses. The message follows: Gentlemen of the Congress: The session upon which you are now watering will be the closing session of tthe Sixty-third congress, a congress, I wentur«- to say, which will long be re membered for the great body of thoughtful and conatructlve work which It has done, In loyal reaponse 4o the thought and needs of the coun try. I should like in this address to re wtew the notable record and try to ■nake adequate aasessment of It; but wo doubt we atand too near the work that has been done and are ouraelves OO much part of It to play the part of fclatoriana toward It. Moreover, our thoughts are now more of the future than of the past. While we have worked at our tasks of peace the circumstances of the whole age have been altered by war. What we have done for our own land and our own people we did with the best that was in us, whether of char acter or of Intelligence, with sober enthusiasm and a confidence In the principles upon which we were acting which 'sustained us at every step of the difficult undertaking; but It Is done. It has passed from our hands. It is now un established part of the legislation of the country. Its useful ness, it H effects, will disclose them ■elves In experience. What chiefly atrlkes us now, as we look about us during these closing days of a year which will be forever memorable In the history of the world, Is that we face new tasks, have been facing them these six mouths, must face them In the months to come—face them with out partisan feeling, like men who fcave forgotten everything but a com mon duty and the fact, that we are representatives of a great people iwhose thought Is not of us but of what America owes to herself and to all mankind In such circumstances as these upon which we look amazed and anxious. I Europe Will Nssd Our Help. "War has Interrupted the means of trade not only but also the processes of production. In Europe It Is destroy Ing men and resources wholesale and npon a scale unprecedented and ap . palling. There is reason to fear that the time la near, if It be not already at hand, when several of the coun tries of Europe will And it difficult to 4o for their people what they have hitherto been always easily able to do, many essential and fundamental things. At any rate they will need our help and our manifold services as they have never needed them before; and we should be ready, more lit and ready than we have ever been. It Is of equal consequence that the nations whom Europe has usually sup plied with Innumerable articles of manufacture and commerce can now set only a small part of what they for merly Imported and eagerly look to ug to supply their all but empty mar kets. This is particularly true of our own neighbors, the states, great and •mall, of Central and South America. Here are markets which we must sup ply, and we must And the means of ac tion. The United States, this great people for whom we speak and act, abould be ready, as never before, to aerve itself and to serve mankind; ready with Its resources, its energies, Its forces of production, snd its means of distribution. Ws Nssd Ships. It is a very practical matter, a mat ter of waya and means; We have the reeources, but are we fully ready to aee them? And If we can make ready what we have, have we the means at hand to distribute It? We are not fully ready; neither have we the meana of distribution. We are willing, but we are not fully able. We have the wish to serve and to serve greatly, geuer oualy; but we are not prepared as we ahould be. We are not ready to mo bilise our resources at once. We are not prepared to use them immediately and at their best, without dels) and without waste. To speak plainly we have grossly QUEER FOOD OF FILIPINOS Three Thousand Tons of Dried Grass hoppers Marketed Annually In Philippines. Dried grasshoppers are used as flood la the Philippine Islands," said Henry Jackson Waters, president of the college. In a talk before the agri cultural society of the Kansas State Agricoltuval college. "Three thou sand tons of miAopptn ers mar •rreJ In the way In which we have stunted and hindered the development of our merchant marine. And now, when we need ships, we have not got them. I have come to aak you to remedy and correct theae mistakes and orais ■iona. The time and the circumstances are extraordinary, and so must our ef forts be also. Use and Conssrvatlen. Fortunately,, two great measures, finely conceived, the one to unlock, with proper safeguards, the resources of the national domain, the other to encourage the use of the navigable water outside that domain for the generation of power, have already I«ssed the house of representatives and are ready for Immediate consider ation and action by the senate. With the deepest earnestness I urge their prompt paasags. And there is another great piece of legislation which awaits and should receive the sanction of the senate: 1 mean the hill which gives a larger measure of self-government to the peo ple of the Philippines. I cannot believe that the senate will let this great measure of constructive justice await the action of another Congress. Its passage would nobly crown the record of these two ysars of memorable la bor. An Important Duty But I thin': that you will sgree with me that this does not complets the toll of our duty. How are we to carry our goods to the empty msrkets of which I have spoken if we have not the certain and constant means of transportation upon which all profit able and useful commerce depends? And how are we to get the ships. If we wait for the trade to develop with out them? The routes of trade must be actually opened—by many ships and regular sailings and moderate charges—before streams nt merchandise will flow free- and profitably through them. Must Open Qatea of Trade. Ifence the pending shipping bill, discussed at the last session, but aa yet passed by neither house. In may judgment such legislation Is Impera tively needed nnd can not wisely be postponed. The government must open these gates of trade, and open thetn wide; open them before it is altogether profitable to open them, or altogether reasonable to ask private capital to open them at a venture. It Irf not a question of the government monopolizing the field It should take action to make It certain that trans portation at reasonable rates will be promptly provided, even where the carriage is not at flrst profitable; and then, when the carriage has become sufficiently profitable to attract and engage private capital, and engage it In abundance, the government ought to withdraw* I very earnestly hops that the congross will be of this opin ion, and that both houses will adopt thin exceedingly lmportuut bill. The great subject of rural credits still remains to be dealt with, and It is a matter of deep regret that the difficulties of the subject have seemed to render it impossible to complete a bill for passage at this session. But It can not be perfected yet, and there fore there are no other constructive measures the necessity for which I will at this time call your attention to; but I would be negligent of a very manifest duty were I not to call the attention of the senate to the fact that the proposed convention for safe ty at sea awaits Its confirmation and that the limit fixed in the convention Itself for Its acceptance Is the last day of the present month Charting of Our Coaats. There is another matter of which I must make special mention, if I am to discharge- my conscience, lest it should esctu>e your attention. It may seem a very small thing. It affects only a single Item of appropriation. Hut many htitnau lives and many great enterprises hang upon it. It Is the matter of making adequate provision for the survey and charting of our coasts. It Is Immediately pressing and exi gent In connection with the immense coast line of Alaska. This is a matter which, as I have said, seems small, but Is In reality very ureat. Its Im portance has only to be looked Into to be appreciated. Economy It Urged. Refore I CIOHH, may I aay a few words upon two topics, much dis cussed out of doors, upon which It is highly Important that our judgments should be clear, definite and steadfast. One of these fa economy in govern ment expenditures. The duty of econ omy is not debatable. It is manifest and important.... In the appropriations we pass we are spending the money of the great people whose servant! we are—not our own. We are trus tees and responsible stewards in the spending. The only thing debatable and upon which we should be careful to make our thought and purpose, clear is the kind of economy demand ed of us. I assert with the greatest confidence that the people of the United States are not jealous of the amount their government coats tr they are sure that they get what they need and desire for the outlay, that keted In M*uila in a year. '•There Is a grasshopper plague every ten yeara in the Philippines," said President Waters, "and the problem of combating the graaahop perg in a warm climate like the Phil ippine* Is more difficult than In coun tries where cold weather isrres aa a check. "There are maay aores of unset tled country which jpnre as breeding places tor the grasshopp?m. The method used in capturing the grass hoppers is to organise a drive. - A THE ENTgRPRISI, WILLIAMSTOH, NORTH CAROLHTA. the money Is being spent for object! of which they approve, and thst it li being applied with good businesi sense and management. The sort of economy we ought U practice may be effected, and ought tc be effected, by a careful atudy and assessment of the tasks to be per formed; and tbe monsy spent oughl to be made to yield the beat possible returns In efficiency and achievement And, like good stewards, we should so account for every dollar of our ap propriations as to make it perfectly evident what it was spent for and In what way It was spent. It Is not expenditure but extrava gance that we should fear being criti cised for; not paying for the legiti mate enterprises and undertaklags of a great government whose people command what It should do, but add ing what will benefit only a few or pouring money out for what aeed not have been undertaken at all or might have been postponed or better and more economically conceived aad car ried out. The nation la not niggardly; It Is very generous, ft will chide us only if we forget for whom we pay money out and whose money It is we psy. These are large and generaf stand ards, but they are not very difficult of application to particular Cases. The Natural Defense. The other topic 1 shall take leave to mention goes deeper Into the princi ples of our national life and policy. It la the subject of national defense. It cannot be discussed without first answering some'very searching ques tlona. It la said In some quartera that we are not prepared for war. What Is meant by being prepared? It la meant that we are not ready upon brief no tice to put a nation In the Held, a na tion of men trained to arms? Of courae we are not ready to do that; and we shall never be In tine of peace ao long aa we retain our pres ent political prlnclplea and Instltu tlona. And what la It that It la sug gested we ahould be prepared to do? To defend ourselves againat attack? We have always found meann to do that, and shall And them whenever It is necessary without calling our peo ple away from their necesaary tasks to render compulsory military service In times of peace. Allow me to apeak with great plain ness and directness upon thla great matter and to avow my. convictions with deep earnestness. I have tried to know what America Is, what her people think, what they are, what they moat cheriah, and hold dear, I hope that some of their finer passion* are In my own heart, aome of the great conceptions and deslrea which gave birth to thia government and which have made the voice of thia people a vofce of peace snd hope and liberty among the peoplea of the world, and that, apeaking my own thoughta. I ahall, at least in part, apeak theirs alao, however, faintly and Inadequately, upon this vital matter. Fesr No Nation We are at peace "with all the world. No one who apeak* counsel baaed on fact or drawn from a juat and candid Interpretation of realltlea can nay that there la reason for fear that frritn any quarter our Indepen dence or the Integrity of our territory la threatened. Dread of the power of any other nation we are Incapable of. We .are not jealoua of rivalry In the Itelda of commerce or of any other peaceful achievement. We mean to live our Uvea aa we will; but we mean also to let live. We are, Indeed, a true friend to all the natlona of the world, because we threaten none, covet the possessions of none, dealre the overthrow of none. Our friend ship can be accepted and is accepted without reservation, because it Is of fered in a spirit and for a purpoae which no one need ever question or suspect. Therein lies our greatness. We are the champions of peace and of Concord. And we should be very Jealous of this distinction which we havj® Wight to earn. Just now we Bhould be particularly Jealous of it, because it is our dearest present hope that this character and reputation may presently. In God's providenc«. bring us an opportunity to counsel and obtain peace In the world and reconciliation and a healing settle ment of man a matter that has Pooled and Interrupted the friendship of nations. This ia the time above all others when we should wish and re solve to keep our strength by aelf-poa session, our Influence by preserving our ancient prlnciplea of action. Raady for Defense. From the first we have bad a clear and settled policy with regard to military establishments. We never have had, and while we retain our present principles and Ideals we never shall have, a large standing army. If asked, are you ready to defend yourselves?- We reply, most assured ly, to the utmost; and yet we shall not turn America Into a military camp. We will not aak our young men to spend the best years of their lives making soldiers of themselves. There Is another sort of energy in us. It will know how to declare Itaelf and large shallow tank ts constructs which baa wings of galvanised iron The tank la filled with keroaene The natives then start the drive three or four mllbs away and close In gradual ly, driving the grasshoppers before them into the t&nk. The grasshop pers are then dried and sent to mar -In§J/ If the Filipinos would use Profes sor Dean's method of poisoned bran mash, it would prove more effective, believes President Waters, than the ay*tern which la used. make itself effective should occasion ti-tae. -And especially vhen half the world la on fire we shall be careful to make our moral insurance against the spread of the conflagration very definite and certain and adequate la deed. Let us remind ourselves. therefore, of the only thing we can a* c." will do. We must depend in every time of national peril, la the future aa la the past, not upon a standing army, nor yet upon a reserve army, but upon a citizenry trained and accustomed to %rms. It will ba right enough, right American policy, based upon our ac customed principles and practices, to provide a system by wbich every citizen who will volunteer for the training may be made familiar with the use of modern ansa, the rudi ments of drill and maneuver, and the maintenance and sanitation of campe. We should encourage sueh training and make 'it a means of discipline which our young men will learn to value. It is right that we should prm vide it not only, but that we should make it as attractive as poeaibla, and so Induce our young men to undergo it at such times as they can command a little freedom and can seek the physical development they need, for more heslth's sake,' if for nothing more. Every means by which such things can be stimulated is legitimate, and such a method smacks of true American ideas. It is a right, too, that the National Guard of the states should be developed and strengthened by every means which is not incon sistent with our obligations to our own people or with the established policy of our government. And this, also, not because tbe time or occasion specially rails for such measures, but because it should be our constant pol icy to mske these provisions for our national peace and safety. More than this carries with It a re versal 'of the whole history and char acter of our polity. More than thla, proposed at this time, permit me to say, would mean merely that we had lost our self-possession, that we had been thrown off our balance by a war with which he have nothing to do, whose causes cannot touch us. whose very existence affords us opportun ities of friendship and disinterested service which should make us ashamed of any thought of hostility or fearful preparation for trouble. Shipa Our Natural Bulwarks. A powerful navy we have always regarded us our proper and natural tneanv of defense; and it baa always been of defense that we have thought, never of aggreasion or of conquest. Hut who shall tell ua now what sort of navy to build? We ahall take leave to be strong upon the seas, In the future aa in the past; and there will be no thought of offense or of provo cation in that. Our ships are our natural bulwarks. When will the ex perts tell us Juat what kind we ahould construct—and when win they be right for ten yeara together, If the relative efficiency of craft for differ ent kinds and uaea continuea to change as we have seen It tmange under our very eyes In these last few months? Hut I turn sway from the subject. It la oot new. There la no new need to dlasuss It. We ahall not alter our attitude toward It because some amongst us are nervous snd excited. We shall easily and aenalbly agree auch a policy of defenae. The ques* tion has not changed its aspects be cause the timea are not normal. Our policy will not be for an occasion. It will be conceived aa a permanent and settled thing, which we will pur aue at all seasons, without haata and after a fashion perfectly consistent with the peac* of the world, the abid ing friendship of statrfs, and the un hampered freedom of all with whom we deal. Let there be no misconcep tion. The country has been mliln formed. We have not been negligent of national defense. We are not un mindful of the great reaponaiblllty resting upon ua. Wa ahall lepra and profit by the leeaon of every experi ence and every new circumstances; and what ia needed will be adequately done. Grest Dutlss of Psacs. I close, aa I began, by reminding you of the great tasks and duties of peace which challenge our beat pow ers and Invite us to build what will last, the tasks to which we can address ourselves now snd at all tlmea the free-hearted test snd with all the fin est gifts of constructive wisdom we possess. To develop our life and our resources; to supply our own people, and the people of the world aa their need arises, from the abundant plenty of our fields and our marta of trade; to enrich the commerce of our own states and of the world with the prod ucts of our mines, our farms, and our factories, with the creatloas of our thought and the fruits of our charac ter—this Is what will hold our atten tion and our enthusiaam steadily, now and In the years to coma, as we strive to show in our Ufa aa a nation what liberty and the Inspirations of an emancipated spirit may do for meu and for societies, for indlvlduala, far states, and for mankind. Russian Woman Martyr. Mrs. Catherine Breahkovsky, known as "Baboushka," or grandmother to the Russians, has been ordered to some point on the arctic circle, after having been Imprisoned at Irkutsk for trying to escape. She la seventy years old and was sentenced to the life of a convict because of her anarchistic activities. Several years ago she made a lecture tour of the United States. Is kw aa asset or a llskHit frmmoNAL SUNMrSdKJOI LESSON Of KO SELLERS. Acting Director at Sunday School Coutw.) LESSON FOR DECEMBER 13 THC GREAT COMMISSION. LEMON TEXT—Matt. M:IS-I»; Lake M: M-M. OOLDEM TEXT—Lo, I am with TOO al ways. erea ail* tbe ead of the world.— Matt. Mm Thla leaaon consist* of two para graphs which oonstltute what might ha termed two commlaaloaa or two parts of the Ores* Commission. There are four dlatlnct accounts of the final com mands of oar Lord to hia disciplea, each presenting a different phase at the work ha committed to Ids follow ers. In this leaaon wa have for our consideration two of thass aspects which ought aot to be confused. I. The Appearance In Jerusalem, Thomas Being Absent. Luke (1) The Reaurraetsd Lord, w. 3S-4S. The Emmaus disciplsa reported to the disciples, and thoss gathered with them In Jerusalem, the things they had experienced, eepedally la the brsaklag of bread. This oocurred lata In the evening (ass Luke 14:11, M). While they, and ths othere, wars ra ti earning the many things that had ta ken plaoe on that first eventful day, Jeaus himself suddsnly appears In their mldat without the opening of a door and asks thsm of their thoughts. Once before he had thua searched them (Luke f:4€, 47), but now ths oc casion is quite different fear of the Jews had orowded them into this room. but no cloaad door except that of the human heart can keep out the risen Lord. Simon's report (ch. 24:34) and that of the Emmaus disciples were not sufficient to allay their fear. Pear at this visible evldenoe of the supernat ural Is true of us all. but when Jeaus truly la present there is peace no matter what may be the turmoil with out, or the fear within. Man of Flesh and Bone. This appearance was a demonstra tion that it was he himself, and to add proof upon proof he first showed them his pierced hands and feet, and then called for fish and ate It before, and doubtless with, them. Jesus Is today a man of flash and bona aa much aa when ha walked Galilee's hllla. Hla blood be poured out upon Calvary. The evidence of the literal, physical resurrection of Christ is oo overwhelm ing that the unbeliever does violence to his reason not to accept It. (2) The Aaeended Lord, w. 44-49. This coming of Jaaua and hla message of peace and assurance brought also a commission that this great fact be told to others. The event recorded In these versea did not occur in Jeru salem but upon Mount Olivet and oon stltutes the final appearance of Jesua. As ha had done often before, so now he sets his seal upon the Old Test** meat, expreasly speaking of Its books under their accepted three-told divi sion (v. 44). In these there are be tween three and four hundred iirect. not to spaak of the Indirect, prophe cies concerning him. What we need la to have the Holy Spirit that we may "understand" (v. 45). the purpose of his life and death. Jesua taught hla dlaclplea what that purpose la (v. 47), vl»„ the "remlaaloa of sins," baaed on the sura ground of hla finished work. This, and thla alone. Is the goapel and It Is to be preached In his name unto all nations —a missionary suggestion— but beginning at home, In Jerusalem. Verse 49 tells us of that other needed preparation to make us effective wit nesses, the enduement of the Holy Spirit Some Disciples Doubted. 11. The Appearance to the Eleven In Galilee, Matt. t>: 16-20. Thla event took place much later than that men tioned in the first part of the prevloua section. Aa we carefully read thla aectlon It suggests that Jesus wan somewhat removed from the dis ciples, yet their vlalon was ao clear that they worahlped him. though soma doubted. Drawing near to the dis ciples he first of all emphaalsee hla aupreme authority. "all power In given unto ma." and on that authority he eommlaatoned them to their work of dladpilng "all natlona." Mark's ren dering of thla commission (It: IS, II) la more inclusive, "to the whole crea tion," including nil of man's welfare, nodal aa wall aa spiritual. For Jesus thus to claim authority and to ssnd forth his ambaaaadora and still not be "the very God of the vary God" Is to stamp him either aa an lmpoator or n lunatic. Because all power la hla, therefore the obligation and the ao» eompanylng Holy Spirit who will eat able ua to tench the thlnga ha ban com manded. There Is bnck of the com mission "all power" and accompany ing it a bleaeed fellowship, "La, I am with you all the days." The sad thing la that attar Marty two thouaand years we have carried out so poorly the great commlastoa. And lastly the disciple la not to go In his own strength or wisdom. His parables describe tally the ate upon which the dlaclplea were entering. Aa they went forward and ua we "follow tat their train." to devote ourss»>ss to the enterpriaea of hla klngdoaa, fee do dnred that he would ha with them and with ua untn the time of the eocaun matlon of the age. "When we so his way, ha goee mm way j but If we go oer own we so II i&iM " . „ »V i- CHOICEST TOBACCOS Just mtanl choice leaf skill fully Wended that is whst makes so many friends for FATUfA Cigarettes. §tm ttinsr.'A'lWfi&SMit?. "DbtincUoelg InibUaal" The worry («ra cum t lot of •» Mctwuy trouble. RUB-MY-Tisir ■ Will euro your Rheumatism and all kinds of aches and pains—Neuralgia. Cramps, Colic, Bpralas, Bruises, Cols. Old Sores, Barns, etc. AntlsepU* Anodyne. Price 15a-—Adv. If a man is seasick it's natural tar him to want the earth. To Oet Rid of Pimple*. 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Is there no way of preventing this sad occurrence V Cant Se Done, Ha was a member of a regimental band, and he did not forget to brag about it "Why, maa. we can play the moat In tricate airs at sight," he was saying. "Indeed!" said the unbelieving li» tener. "I should like to hear you play tha airs the drum major puts on." , Why Money Is Pamlnlna. Teacher —In Prencb money la fesd nine. Can anyone tell me why? Pupil—Tes, ma'am; because It talk* If only sensible women were permit ted to marry there would probably ha more old bachelors In the world. ~ ~ Moat women have an idea that mea~ couldn't get along without these. To Build Strong Children Supply their growing bodies with right food, go that Brain* and Muscle, and Bone devel opment may evenly hslsnre Grape-Nuts POOD was originated to supply, is proper proportion, the very elements reouired b? tha human body tor growth and repair. 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