Show I Mr Wilson Loves Brevity rT HE lIE President is if is an evident believer ill in the theory that brevit Y T I is the soul of wit Ills His inaugural address was tho simplicity of its diction and the tho absent absence of tho usual prolixity his tariff message V Washington announces is in m tabloid form in ing only a few minutes for its perusal Having del determined what he ho wishes s to sa say and to leave leavo unsaid Mr r. r Wilson Vilson emulates the classic in burdening his words with their maximum of meaning and limiting tho the number of them That however er b by no means made the tho inaugural address remarkable remarkable re re- for what it said rather was it amazing for what it did not specifically outline His tariff message to Congress will tb the country hopes be moro definite One would prefer to peer inside the Presidents President's Presidents President's Presidents President's dents dent's mind to read there what ho he hopes and plans and nud tho the channels of cleverness through which he be means to pass to reach his goal The Tho forthcoming message will win be bo mu mush h more morp interesting if Mr Wilson ilson forsakes the tho generalities of statesmanship and employs the blunt language o of the tho man who has made plans and expects to win with them then Ho lie Ie ca advise Congress to rid our tariff system of its inequalities and to deprive the tho special interests of their tariff advantages ad but that wil not satisfy our curiosity since sinco those terms are arc irritatingly flexible What we want to know is as ns to the designs he harbors against lead lend and wool and sugar If there is js to bo ho a tariff storm his bis must be bo the hand to release it upon the people wo we are aro undecided whether to dig elig a n cyclone c cellar and nd wo vo cannot mend d our irresolution u unless the tile I President makes his Ius tariff message specific and definite I 1 i |