THE TRYON NEWS, TR YON, N. C.
PRESIDENT WILSON SUBMITS HIS HUM.
TO THE CONGRESS
MENDS REVISION OF TAX LAWS AND SIMPLIFICATION OF THE
INCOME AND PROFITS TAXES; ALSO A LOAN TO ARMENIA .
AND INDEPENDENCE OF PHILIPPINES.
jOES NOT ENDORSE BONUS FOR SOLDIERS OF WORLD WAR
Inhere Did the President Refer to the League of Nations or the Peace
Treaty Fight, Except Perhaps by Inference In opening When He Quoted
Abraham Lincoln's "Let Us Have Faith that Right Makes Might, Ac."
U'ashingfton. President "Wilson's concrete recommendations to Congress
annual message were:
Revision of the tax lawa with, simplification of the income and profits
taxes.
Independent for the Philippines.
A loan to Armenia.
Economy in government appropriations and expenditures and creation
a "workable" budget system.
Cold storage and other laws affecting the cost of living, and the federal
licensing of corporations as recommended in previous messages.
Rehabilitation and training of disabled soldiers and satilors. The presi
dent di dnot endorse a 'bonus. -
Nowhere did the President refer to the League of Nations or peace treaty
fight, except perhaps, by inference in has opening when (the quoted Abraham
Lincoln's "Let us nave iaith that right makes might, and in that faith let us
dare to do our duty as we understand iL"
The President's message was trans-'
mitted toy messenger, the President
adhering' to his decision not to ad
dress Congress In person.
The President's message was not
read immediately in the senate, which
waited until it had disposed of rou
tine business. Secretary Tumulty was
imong the spectators in the senate,
occupying a seat on the floor. Public
galleries again were filled, and several
diplomats were present.
it
Washington. President Wilson's
cnual message to Congress follows:
Vaeii I addressed myself to per
forming the duty laid upon the presi
dent iy the constitution to present to
you an annual report on the state of
e Union, I found my thought domi
cated by an immortal sentence of
Abraham Lincoln: .
"Let us have faith that right makes
might, and in that faith let us dare
to do our duty as we understand it."
A sentence immortal because it em
bodies in a form of utter simplicity
and purity the essential faith of the
nation, the faith in which it was con
ceived and the faith in which it has
pwn to glory and power. With that
faith and the birth of a nation, the
Mh in which it was conceived and
the faith In which it has grown to
and power. With, that faith and
tt birth of a nation founded upon it
came the hope into the world that a
new order would prevail throughout
the affairs of mankind, an order in
vhich reason and right would take
precedence over covetousness and
force, and I believe that I express the
wish and purpose of every thoughtful
American when I say that this sen
tence marks for us in the plainest
manner the part we should play alike
in the arrangement of our domestic
affairs and in our exercise of influence
upon the affairs of the world. By this
faith and by this faith alone, can the
world be lifted out of its present con
cision and despair. It was this faith
which jtrevailed over the wicked force
of Germany.
This is the mission upon which de
mocracy came into the world. The
democracy is an assertion of the right
of tfie individual to live and to be
treated justly as against any attempt
upon the, part of any combination of
individuals to make laws which will
over-burden him or which will de
stroy his equality among his fellows
la the matter of right or privilege,
nd I think we all realize that the
'day has come when democracy is be
g put upon its final test. The old
orld is just now suffering from
canton rejection of the principle of
democracy; and a substitution of the
Principle of autocracy as asserted in
Che name but without the authority
and sanction of the multitude. This
1 the time of all others when democ
ttcy should porve its purity and its
ritual power to prevail. It is sure
v the manifest destiny of the United
cutes to lead in the attempt to make
wis spirit prevail
There are two ways in which the
United States can assist to accomplish
tos great object: -First, by offering
foe example within her own borders
f the will and power of democracy
, to make and enforce laws which are
questionably just and which are
iual in their administratoii-r-laws
i hich secure its full right to labor and
et at the same time safeguard the in
ity of property, and particularly
that property which is devoted to
e Cevlonmpsnt nf indnatrv and the
cr ea.se of the necessary wealth of
world. Second, by standing for
"ght and justice as towards indivij
Jjfcl nations. The law of democracy
for the protection of the weak, and
fo influence of every democracy in
foe world should be tor the protec
Jto of the weak nation, the nation
Mch is struggling towards its right
d towards its proper -recognition
privilege in the family of nations.
Recovery from the disturbing and
Retime disastrous effects of the.
ate -war has ben exceedingly slow on
e other side of the water and has
!'c Promise. I venture to say. of
"y completion only In our own for-
-'ie country; but even with us thei
-"v.UVerV hoH J 1 i A A
iceable acts of legislation which
seems to me we ought to attempt, to
assist recovery and to prove the inde
structible recuperative force of
great government of the people. One
of these is to prove that a great de
mocracy can keep house as success
fully and an as business-like a fashion
as any other government. It seems to
me that the first step towards proving
this is to supply ourselves with a sys
tematic method of handling our esti
mates and expenditures and bringing
them to' the point where they will not
be an unnecessary strain upon our in
come or necessitate unreasonable tax
ation; in other words, a workable
budget system, and I respectfully
suggest that two elements are essen
tial to such a system ; namely, not-
only that the proposal of approprm
tions should be in the hands of a sin
gle body, such as a single appropria
tions committee in. each house of the.
congress, but also ' that this body
should be broguht into such co-operation
with the departments of the gov
ernment and with the treasury of the
United States as would enable it to
act upon a complete conspectus of the
needs of the government and the re
sources from which it must draw fts
income. I reluctantly vetoed the
budget bill passed by the last session
of the congress because of a consti
tutional objection. The house of rep
resentatives subsequently modified
the bill in order to meet this objee
tiocu In the revised form, I believe
that the bill, coupled with action al
ready taken by the congress to revise
its rules and procedure furnishes the
foundations for an effective national
budget system. I earnestly hope,
therefore, that one of the first steps
taken by the present session of the
congress will be to pass the budget
bill.
The nation's finances have shown
marked improvement during the past
year. The total ordinary, receipts of
$6,69,4000,000 for the fiscal year 1920
exceeded those for 1919 toy $1,542,
000,000 while the total net ordinary
expenditures decreased from $18,514,
000,000 to $6,403,000,000. The gross
public debt, which reached its high
est point on August 31, 1919, when i
was $26,596,000,000, had dropped on
November 30, 1920, to $24,175,000,000
- The fundamental fact which a
present dominates the government's
financial situation is that seven and
a half billions of its war indebtedness
mature within the next two and a half
years. Of this amount, two and a
half billions are floating debt and five
billions victory notes and war sav
ings certificates. The fiscal program
of the government must be determin
ed with refrence to these, maturities.
Sound policy demands that govern
ment expenditures be reduced to the
lowest amount which will permit the
various services to operate efficiently
and that government receipts from
taxes and requirements, including In
terest and sinking tuna cnarges on
the public debt, and at the same time
retire the floating debt and part of
the victory loan before maturity.
With rigid economy vigorous salvage
operations and adequate revenues
from taxation, a surplus of currency
receipts over current expenditures
can be realized and should be applied
to the floating debt. All branches of
the government should co-operate to
see that this program Is realized.
I cannot over-emphasize the neces
sity of economy in government ap
propriations and expenditures and the
avoidance by the congress of prac
tices Which take money from the
treasury by indefinite or revolving
fund appropriations. The estimates
for the present year show that over
a billion dollars of expenditures were
authorized by the last congress In
addition to the e mounts shown in the
usual compiled statements of appro
priations.- This strikingly illustrates
the importance of making direct and
TPrtifl ftoOTooriations. The relation
between the current receipts"iand cur
rent expenditures of the government
during the present fiscal year, as well
as during the last half of the last ns
cal year, , has been disturbed fcy the
extraordinary burdens thrown upon
in connection with the return of the
railroads to private control.
Closely connected with this, it
seems to me, is the necessity for an
immediate consideration of the revi
sion of our tax laws. Simplifying of
the income and profits taxes has be
come an immediate necesiity. These
axes performed an indispensable
service during the war. The need for
heir simplification, however, is great
in order to save the tax payer incon
venience and expense m order to
make his liability more certain and
definite. Others and more detailed
recommendations with regard to taxes
will no doubt be laid before you by
he secretary of the treasury and the
commissioners of internal revenue.
It is my privilege to draw to the at
tention of congress for very sympa
thetic consideration, the problem of
providing adequate facilities for the
care and treatment of former mem
bers of the military and naval forces
who are sick jor disabled as the result
of their participation in the war.
These heroic men can never be paid
in money for the service they patri
otically rendered the nation. Their
reward will lie rather in realization of
the fact that they vindicated the
rights of their country and aided in
safeguarding civilization. The na
tion's gratitude must be effectively
revealed to them by the most am'ple
provision for their medical care . and
treatment as well as for their voca
tional training and placement. The
time has come when a more complete
program can be formulated and more
satisfactorily administered for their
treatment and training, and I earnest
ly urge that the congress give the
matter Its early consideration. The
secretary of the treasury and the
board for vocational education will
outline in their annual reports pro
posals covering medical care and re
habilitation which I am sure will en
gage your earnest study and command
your most generous support.
' Permit me to emphasize once more
he need for action upon certain mat
ters upon which I dwelt at some length
in my message to the second session
of the sixty-sixth congress: The neces
sity, for example, of encouraging the
manufacture of dyestuffs and related
chemicals: the importance of doing
everything possible to promote agri
cultural production along economia
lines, to improve agricultural market
ing to make rural life more attractive
and healthful; the need for a law regu
lating cold storage In such a way as
to limit' the time during which goods
may be kept in storage, prescribing
the method of disposing of them if
kept beyond the permitted period, and
requiring goods released from storage
in all cases to bear the date of their
receipt. It would also be most service
able if it were provided that all goods
released for interstate shipment should
have plainly marked upon each pack
age the selling or market price at
which they went into storage, in order
tnat the purchaser might be able to
learn what profits stood between him
and the producer or the wholesale
dealer. Indeed, it would (be very ser
viceable to the public if all goods des
tined for interstate commerce were
made to carry upon every packing
tease whose form made it possible a
plain statement of the price at which
they left the hands of the producer.
I respectfully call your attention, also,
to the recommendations of the mes
saM referred to with regard to a
federal license for all corporations en
gaged in interstate commerce.
In brief, the immediate legislative
need of the time is the removal of all
obstacles to the realization of the best
ambitions of our people in their sev
eral classes of employment and the
strengthening of all instrumentalities
by which difficulties are to be met and
removed and justice dealt out, wheth
er by law or by some form of medft
tion and conciliation. I do not feel it
to be my privielge at present to sug
gest the ! detailed and particular
method's by whrch these objects may
be attained but I have faith that the
inquiries of your several committees
will discover the way and the mehod.
In response to what' I believe to be
the impulse of sympathy and opinion
throughout the United States, I earn-
e&ty suggest that the congress autho
rize the treasury of the United States
to make to the struggling government
of Armenia such a loan as was made
to several of the allied governments
during the war; and I would also sug
gest that it would be desirable to pro
vide in the legisation itself that the ex
penditure of the money thus loaned
should be under the supervision of a
commission, or at least a commis
sioner, (from the United States, in or
der that revolutionary tendencies
within Armenia itself might not be af
forded by the loan a further tempting
opportunity. '
Allow me to call your attention to
the tact that the people of the Philip
pine islans have succeeded in main
taining a stable government since the
last action of the congress in their
behalf, and have thus fulfilled the con
ditions set toy the congress as prece
dent to a consideration of granting in
dependence to the islands. I respects
fully submit that this condition prece
dent having been fulfilled, it is now
our liiberty and our duty to keep our
promise to the peope of those islands
by granting them the Independence
which they so honorably covet.
I have not so muchlaid before you a
series ot recommendations, gentlemen.
as sought to utter a confession of
faith, of the faith in which I was bred
and which it Is my solemn purpose to
stand by until any last fighting day. I
believe this to be the faith of America,
the faith of the future, and of all the
victories which await national action
in the days to come, whether in Amer
IMflOVED UKiTOKM INTERNATIONAL
Lesson
(By REV. P. B. FITZWATER. D. D.,
Teacher of English Bible in the Moody
Bible Institute of Chicago.)
(. 1920. Western Newspaper Union.)
LESSON FOR DECEMBER 19
THE BIRTH OF JESUS.
LESSON TEXT Luke 2:1-20.
GOLDEN TEXT For unto you is born
this day in the city of David, a Saviour,
which is Christ the Lord. Luke 2:11.
ADDITIONAL MATERIAL Matt 1
and 2.
PRIMARY TOPIC The Gift of the
Baby Jesus.
JUNIOR TOPIC The Shepherd and the
Angels. '
INTERMEDIATE AND SENIOR TOPIC
A Savior Born.
YOUNG PEOPLE AND ADULT TOPIC
The Significance of the Incarnation.
CJrito Us a Son .
life
s
Given
SP.f'
Kaixe meynell
I. The Birth of the Savior (w. 1-7).
1. The time of (w. 1, 2). It was at a
time when the Jews were coming un
der control of the Roman power. In
the providence of God, the birth of
Christ occurred at a time when all
the systems of religion and morality
were tottering upon their foundations.
It was at a time, indeed, when a new
force was needed .to be brought into
the world. Furthermore, it occurred
at a time which was the most suitable
for the introduction of the gospel. The
whole world being undier one rule
made it possible for ministers to move
from city to city and from country to
country without molestatton.
2. The place of (vv. 3, 4). It took
place at Bethlehem as the prophet had
foretold some seven hundred years be
fore (MIcah 5:2). A little while previ
ous to this it seemed very unlikely that
the words of Micah would come true.
Mary, the mother of Jesus, was in
Galilee, miles away from Jerusalem.
God moved the emperor to enforce the
decree of taxation just at the time to
cause Mary to be at Bethlehem at the
proper time. Little did the emperor
realize that he was an instrument in
the hands of God to carry this out.
3. The circumstances of His birth
(v. 7). The surroundings were the
most humble sort. The Almighty Crea
tor condescended to take upon Himself
humanity to be born In a manger,
becoming the poorest of the poor, that
none might be hindered from coming
to Him.
II. The Birth of the Savior An
nounced (vv. 8-14). .
1. To whom (v. 8). His birth wis
announced to the shepherds who we
keeping watch over their flocks
night. The glorious gospel message
was first sounded forth to them. This
shows that poverty is no barrier - to
the reception of the blessed gospel.
God does not reveal Himself mainly to
the princes and great men of the earth.
but oftentimes these things are con
cealed from such, and disclosed to the
poor. "Hath not God chosen the poor
of this world, rich in faith and heirs
of the kingdom, which he hath prom
ised to them that love' him?" (James
2:5). Their being busy with the
duties of this life did not prevent
them from being favored with this
glorious message from God. Moses,
Gideon, Amos and Elisha were called
by the Lord from the busy activities
of life. The Lord never calls the idle ;
he has no use for the lazy man.
2. By whom (v. 9). The first gospel
sermon was preached by the angel of
the Lord. This exalted being has part
in the announcement of" the plan of
salvation. No doubt angels earnestly
sympathize with poor, fallen, sin
cursed men.
3. The nature of the message (vv.
10-14). It was good tidings .of great
joy. Surely this was a gladsome mes
sage. It was good tidings because the
darkness of heathendom which had for
so long covered the earth was begin
ning to vanish. The casting out of
Satan, the prince of the world, was
about to take place. Liberty was now
soon to be proclaimed to those who
were in bondage. The way of salva
tion was now about to be opened to
all. No longer was the knowledge of
God to be confined to the Jews, but
offered to the whole world. So glori
ous was this good news that a multi
tude of the heavenly hosts appeared,
joining in the song of praise.
III. The Prompt Investigation of the
Shepherds (vv. 15, 16).
They did not stop to argue or ques
tion, though no doubt these things
seemed passing strange to them, but
they hastili went to Bethlehem where
they found everything just as repre
sented. Tpey had the privilege of
first gazing: upon the world's Savior,
the Lord of glory. They returned with
gratitude in their hearts, praising God
for all these wonderful things which
He had. revealed to them.
IV. The Shepherds Witnessing (w.
17-20).
They could not remain silent.. They
were Impelled to tell the good news.
All who have truly heard the good tid
ings of salvation- through Jesus Christ
must tell it to others. These shepherds
went back to their work pralsjng God.
Christian Faith.
' Christian faith is a grand cathedral,
with divinely pictured windows
standing without you can see no glory,
nor can imagine any, but standing
within every ray of light reveals a
harmony of unspeakable splendors.
Praying.
No one will pray for the perfected
heart earnestly, perseverlngly, beller
ingly, until he accepts1 God's Word
fully that It Is a positive command and
an immediate duty to be perfect'
GIVEN, not lent,
And not withdrawn-once sent,
This Infant of mankind, this One,,
Is still the little welcome Son.
dear,
a soner
NEW every year,
New born and newly
He comes with tidings andT
The ages long, the ages long;
.
EVEN as the cold
Keen winter grows not old,
As childhood is so fresh, foreseen,
And spring in the familiar green.
SUDDEN as sweet
Come the expected feet.
All joy is young, and new all art,
And He, too, whom we have by heart.
THE
FIRST
CHRISTMAS
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(Luke 2: 1-14)
ND IT came to pass in those days, that there
went out a decree from Caesar Augustus, that
&ii the worm shnnirt be tazea. w
(And this taxing was first made when
Cyrenius was governor of Syria.) .
- And Joseph also went np from Galilee,
out of the city of Nazareth, into Judea, unto V'
the city of David, which is called Bethlehem,
(because he was of the house and lineage of
David).
To be taxed with Mary his espoused ,
,. wife, being great with child.
And so it was, that While they were there.
the days were accomplished that she should be delivered.
And she brought forth her first-born son, and wrapped .
him in swaddling clothes, and laid him in a manner; because
there was no room for them in the inn..
And there was in the 'same country shepherds abiding in
the field, keeping watch over their flock by night.
And lo, the angel of the Lord came upon them, and the
glory of the Lord shone round about them; and they were sore
afraid.
And the angel said unto them: Fear not; for behold I
bring you good tidings of great Joy, which shall be to all
the people. ; ; '
For unto yon is born, this day, in the city of David, a
Savior, which is Christ the Lord. v-
And this shall be a sign unto you; Ye shall nd the babe
wrapped in swaddling clothes, lying in a manger.
And suddenly there was with. the angel a multitude of
the heavenly host praising God, and saying, .
Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, good
will toward men. . t
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Bar. Andrew Murray. '