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3 THE HH;HLAM)LK AISD SHELBY NEWS, Al'HIL 14, 1921. Complete Text Of Pres. Harding's Address To Congress - . .... ... ... ' . .. . t'.. Iw.'rifni ui-wiof.. n4 nitHlna fA ' Kjl Washington. Apri Harding's message to congress was as folic a : 'Members of the Congress: "You have been called In extraordi nary session to give your considera tion to national problems far too press ing to be long neglected. AVe face our tasks of legislation and administration amid condition as difficult as our gov ernment has ever contemplated. Und u our political system, the people of Mi United States have charged the new Congress and the new administration with the solution the ro-adjustmen's, reconstruction, and restoration which must follow in the wake of war. "It may he regretted that we were so Illy prepared for war's aftermath, so little made ready to return to the ways of peace, but we are not to be discour aged. Indeed, we must be the more firmly resolved to undertake our work with high hope and invite every far tor in our citizenship to join in the effort to find our normal, onward way again. "The American people have apprais ed the situation and, with that toler ance and patience which go with un derstanding, they will give to us the influence of deliberate public opinion which ultimately becomes the edict or any popular government. They are measuring some of the stern necessi ties and will join in the glvc-and-taks which is so essential to firm re-establishment. "First in mind must be the solution there are striking nuts in the impnr- jj president I ,ant fields of expenditure, receipts from internal taxes cannot sareiy ne per mitted to fall below 14.000, 000.000 hi the fiscal years 1922 and 1923. This would mean total internal tax colle--tions of about one billion less than in 1920 and one-half billion less than in 1921. "The most substantial relief from the tlx burden must come for the present from the readjustment of in ternal taxes, and the revision or re peal of those taxes which have become unproductive and are so artificial and burdensome as to defeat their own pur pose. A prompt and thorough going revision of the Internal tax laws, mad with due regard to the protection ot the revenues, is, in my judgment, a requisite to the revival of business H -tivltv in this country. It Is earnestly hoped, therefore, that the congress will be able t enact without delay a re vision of the revenue laws and such emergency tariff measures as are nec essary to protect American trade and industry. "It is of less concern whether In ternal taxation or tariff revision shall come first than has been popularly Im agined, because we must do both, but the practical course for earliest accom plishment will readily suggest itself to the Congress. We are committed to the repeal of the excess profits tax and the abolition of Inequities and un justifiable exasperations in the present system. "The country does not expect and will not approve a shifting of burdens. It is more interested in wiping out the necessity for Imposing tficm and elimi nating confusion and cost in the collection. "The urgency for an instant tariff "It Is little to b wondered that Ill considered legislation, the war strain, Buvernment operation 'n h':rtllpnnrss of com., and the ronrtlc!ln programs, or the luck of the: i, fo restoration have brought about a most tlliTr-ilt sit. untlon. muic doubly dlfaVul' by tho low title of business, All are so lntl- matoly relsted that no Improvement 1 "Th teatlon Immediate extension and u-n of the eovernment's hospital of luluntarv military training may offer I f.-rmor enm.y nor to our young manhood th" advantages : Amen, a s pus.! relief to the acrte conditions n.os. complained of, and the hospitiJ i.'.IU ins; program may be worked out M meet the needs ilkely to be urgent at ; the lime of possible completion. i "The whole proeram requires this will be nermanent ut!l -he railway , tnouttnuui V:"'""" re onaeated efflrlrr.lv at n cost within for we are embarking on me per orm that wh,l"h the traffic ran heir. "If we eon have It nitilrrstood that Congress has no sanction for govern ment ownership, that ('unarrest doe not levy taxes upon the people to cov er deficits In a service which should be self-sustaining, there will bo an ahy can bi-eausi our .tti- facilltles In army and navy will bi.r.rf of physical development, discipline, and ! turie as t- responsibility r"' the war oliim'tinem to service, ana coiminuie iiitu - - ' J"1" "!-. the army rerve !n return fur the alreeuy l--r l.-rl formal and very earn- train1!!;. "N'etriy two and a ha!' years ago the World War cme to an end, and yet we find ourselves today in the techni cal state of war. though actually at peace, l-.iie Europe, is at technical ance of a sacrea obligation wnu-n :n peace, rar rrom tranquility ana nine volves the expenditure of billions in i progressed toward tne hoped-for restric tive half century before us. . . . Itlon. "During the great political rma. I "It ill becomes us to express Itn- the propoesl was made thst a llepnrt- patience that the European belegorenU . extreme men of Public Welfare should ne ire- are not yet :n full agreement, when ated. It was Indorsed and rominenilrd 1 we ourselves lave been unable to bring call , - . ., . , . i.OJ SO SirolUCI limi -iitw cuiioui uir'j uuuiun y iiiiu cl.i-.'i'i in "Freight -carrying charges have I mounted higher and higher until com merce la hslted and production dls of our problems at home, even though some phases of them are inseparably enactmnt, emergency in character and understood by our people tnat it is tor linked with our foreign relations. The surest procedure in every government is to put Its own house In order. "I know of no more pressing prob lem at home than to restrict our na tional expenditures within the limits of our national income, and at the same time measurably lift the burdens of war taxation from the shoulders of the American people. "One cannot be unmindful that econ omy is a much employed cry, most frequently stressed in pre-election ap peals, but it is ours to make it an out standing and ever-impelling purpose in both legislation and administration. The unrestrained tendency to heedless expenditure and the attending growth of public indebtedness, extending from Fedv-il authority to that of state an 1 municipality and including the amill- est political sub-division, constitute the most dangerous phase of govern ment today. The nation cannot re strain except in Its own activities, but it can be exemplar in a wholesome re versal. "The staggering load of war debt must be cared for in orderly fundin-r and gradual liquidation. We shall hi-i-ten ths solution and aid effectively in lifting the tax burdens if we strike resolutely at expendture. It is far mo''' aslly said than done. In the fever of war, our expenditures were so I't'.'.e questioned, the emergency was so im pelling, appropriation was so unim peded that we little noted millions and ' counted the treasury inexhaustible. U will strengthen our resolution if we ever keep in mind that a continuation of such a course means inevitable dis aster. "Our current expenditures are run ning at the rate of approximately five billions a year, und the burden is un bearable. There are two agencies to be employed in correction: One is rW id, resistance In appropriation and the other Is the utmost economy in ad ministration. Let us have both. I have already charged department heads with this necessity. I am sure Congress will agree; and 'both Con gress and the administration may safe- couraged. Railway rstes and costs of operation must be reduced. "Congress may well investigate ana let the public understand wharein our system and the Federal regulations are lacking in helpfulness or hindering in restrictions. The remaining obstacles which are the heritance of capitalistic exploitation must be removed, and la bor must join management in under standing that the public wnicn pays to vour attention and to sueReM favor-lour own relations to the foi nmlly pi u- i t ut powers able legislative consideration. ... ! claimed peace. I In the realms of education, pub-' "Utile avails in recital, g the causes ! lie health, sanitation, conditions of delay in Kan-ope or our own failure ! workers in Industry, t hief welfare, to asree. Ult tnerc- Is no longer ex- is tne piilinc to ne served, ami ""! . .(.,. co-ordination and with overlanninar of functions vhir i the emergency only, cannot be too much emphasized. I believe In the protec tion of American industry and it is our purpose to prosper America first. The privileges of the American market to the foreign producer are offered too cheaply today, and the effect on much of our own productivity Is the destruc tion of our self-reliance, which is the foundation of the Independence and good-fortune of our people. Moreover, imports should pay their fair share of our cost of government. "One who values American prosper ity and maintained American standards of wage and living can have no sym pathy with the proposal that easy entry and the flood of irnuorts will cheapen our costs of living. It is more likely to destroy our capacity to buy. Today American agriculture is menaced ana its products are down to pre-war nor mals, yet we are endangering our fun damental industry through the high cost of transportation from farm to market and through the influx of for eign farm products, because we offer, essentially unprotected, the best mar ket in the world. It would be better to err in protecting our basic food in dustry than paralyze our farm activi ties in the world struggle for restored exchanges. "The matuver revision of our tariff laws should be based on the policy of protection, resisting that selfishness which turns to greed, but ever con cerned with that productivity at home which is the source of all abiding good fortune. It la agreed that wo cannot sell unless we buy but ability to sell is based on home development and the fostering of home markets. There is little neuliment in the trade of the world. Trade can and ought to be honorable, but It knows no sympathy. While the delegates of the nations at war were debating peace terms at Paris, and while we later debated our part in completing the peace, commer cial agents of other nations were op ening their lines and establishing their outposts, with a forward lock of the ly count on the support of all right-! morrow's trade. It was wholly proper minded citizens, because the burden 'a 'and has been advantageous to them, theirs. The pressure for expenditure, j Tardy as we ar'u, it will be safer to hold swelling the flow in one locality while jour own markets secure, and build draining another, is sure to dcteat tne thereon tor our trade with tne worm. imposition of just burdens, and the effect of our citizenship protesting out lay will be wholesome and helpful. I wish it might find lis reflex in econ omy and thrift among the porde "A very important matter is the es tablishment of the government's busi "A very important matter is estab lished of government's business on a business basis. There was toleration of justice is the right anil will continue to be the right of aJI Uie people. "Transportation over the highways is leas Important, but the problems re late to construction and development, and deserve your most earnest atten tion, .because we are laying a founda tion for a long time to come, and the creation is very difficult to visualize in its great possibilities. "The Federal government can place no inhibition on the expenditure in the several states; but, since Congress has embarked upon a policy of assisting the states in highway improvement, wise ly, I believe it can assert a wholly be coming influence in shaping policy. "With the principle of Federal par ticipation acceptably established, prob ably never to be abandoned, it is im portant to exert Federal influence in de veloping comprehensive plans looking to the promotion of commerce, and ap ply our expenditures in the surest way to guarantee a public return for money expended. "I know of nothing more shocking than the millions of public funds wast ed In improving highways, wasted be cause there is no policy of mainten ance. The neglect is not universal, but it is very near it. There is noth ing the Congress can do more euecuve ly to end this shocking waste than condition all Federal aid on provisions for maintenance. "Linked with rail and highways is the problem of water transportation inland, coastwise, and trans-oceanic. . . . . In the emergency of war we have constructed a tonnage eqainng our largest expectations. , Its war cost must be discounted to the actual values of peace, and the large difference charg ed to the war emergency, and the pressing task is to turn assets in ton nage to an agency of commerce. "It is not necessary to say it to con gress, but I have thought this to be a bt'iittlng occasion to give notice that the United States moans to establish and maintain a great merchant marine. "Our differences of opinion as to a policy of upbuilding have been removed hi- the outstanding iact ol our imvuis builded. . . . Manifestly, if our laws governing American activities on tne seas are such as to give auvuniasc i those who compete witn us for me cai -rying of our own cargo and those which ought naturally come In American it toras through trade exchanger,, then the. spirit of American fair play will assert itself to give American carriers their equality of opportunity. This republic can never realize its righteous aspirations in commerce, can never be worthv the traditions of the early days of the" expanding republic until the mil lions of tons of shipping which wc now possess, are co-ordinated with' our in land transportation and our shipping has government encouragement, not covernment operation, in carrying our cargoes under our flag, under regularly operated routes, to every market in the world agreeable to American ckiuuj : proper amusement and recreation ie elimination of social vice, and ina"v I other subject!!, the government im i undertaken a considerable range o." .ie tivitif. ! assume the maternity bi!!. ' olrfiidy strongly approved, will be en ; act.Nl ' promptly, thus adding to ou , manifestation of human interest. Hut t hese U'.elr-rtakings have been scattered i ihrouarh rr.nny departments and bureaus much ritteiM merges ana mugnines vi.ii . . . To bring these various activities to gether in a :-lngle department, where the whole field could be surveyed, and where their inter-relationshlps could be properly appraised, would make tnr increased effectiveness, economy and in telligence of direct-i n . . . Tnere net-i be no fear of undue' centralization or of creating a Federal bureaucracy to dominate affairs better to be left in state control. ... ' "Somewhat rrlatrd to the foregoing human problems is the race uestion. Congress ought to wipe the stain of barbaric lynching from the banners ol' a free and orderly, representative de mocracy. We face the fact that many cuse for in. certainties respecting some , phases of our f're:gn relationship. In. the existing League of Nations, world- govening with its super-powers, this ; republic will hale no part. There CMti ' be no mismterpreiution, -.d there will! iie no betrayal of the deliberate ex- ', pression of the American people in thet recent election: and, settled in our de ! cision for ourselves, it is only fair to i say ;o the world in general, and to our ;s.soei:iies in war in particular, that Ihe League covenant can have no sane lion by us. "The aim to associate nations to pre v) nt wur. preserve peace, and promote ' c. i-ii :tiou. our people most cordially applauded. We yearned for this new instrument of justice, but we can have no part in a commital to an agency of ' force in unknown contingencies; wc can recognize no .super-authority. " "Manifestly the highest purpose of 1 the League of Nations was defeated I in linking it with the treaty of pea-je and making it the enforcing agency : of the victors of the war. Internation al association for permanent peace must be conceived solely as an instrii- meiiflify of justice, unassociated with est expre- v.n. -it wotilu be unwi'e to ui.d -rtake to make a statement of f-;iire policy with respect to European .'.itairs '" sue, i a declaration of a state of peace. ; In. torreslmg trie laili.ie of the eaecu t'Ve, in neuotiaiirig u;e m jl Important treaty in tie- l.::-:ory of to- nation, to recognize the :oi,-'ii'jt:oii.il powers of the .senate, w. wouid K" to the o;her e.jirtliy oi.vctioi.atiic, it "ii- ress or the senate srouiu asxuine iae lull.", on of It.e execut.ve. bur ionics; cuty is tne ire. rMion of the c.hs'i ol each. no. I the promo tion ol lac sp.rit o! co ox r -111.111 so essential to our ronoiiMi weliare. "It wa';id be idle lo il.-c'-.-e mr sep. .-.late lieatli..-- i-f p.aee wi;h central power.-; on l no assumption that ti.ese .lone would be H.'aij.!. 1. .-ill. - lie situation is invoi-. j.i tr.'M our pea.-e c ga k uieiit s cam. ., i .'. a. 'he old world relations!'!,! :al la' s.-fa-nrTts already effecto 1. nor i it j vliM'.le in do so in prefer', ing our own l ights and contracting on futue eUi' kmj.itps. "Tlie wise course would seem to be the acceptance ol the eonlini.ili n of on rights tnd interests as already pro vided and to engage under tile exist ing treaty, assuming of course, that tliis can ne satisfactorily accomplished bv such explicit reservations and modi no helpful society of nation can tie founded on justice and committed to peace until the covenants re-estahllsh-me peace are sealed by the nations wiiieh were at war. To such accom plishments to the complete re-estab-l.sninent of pence and its contracted relationships, to the realization of our aspirations for nations associated for world helpfulness without world gov eminent, for world stability on which humanity's hopes arounded. we rfhall suitress ourselves, fudlly mindful of 'he Inch privilege and the paramount duty of the L nited States in this criti cal period of the world." MAKE DECISIONS OF UTMOST IMPORTANCE I'ans. Apri! 13 (Hy The Associated I'ress.i I leeisiuiis of the utmost im portance regarding Germany will be soL.rit bv the supreme allied council nt a conf. i-. ru e to be held, probably in Paris, eariy in May. The conference l retarded iy France as decisive, it is '.. el.lled here. There js speculation in this city whe tl.er President Harding's policies, as outlined before Congress yesterday, do not foreshadow the presence of a L nited States representative. Marshal Foch, f'.eneral Weygand and other military authorities have been holding a series of conferences at which they have discussed action which the supreme council may even luallv decide upon. In the course of the debate tn tne man reparations, premier onana De clared: "The time for words has passed. We must now revert to acts.' .. Ill ...... gh..,!..!, ttlllfli. I ilom from i.udvisable commiliiieiils and 'Chamber of Deputies yesterday on Gr safeguard all our essential interests." "Neither Congress no.- ti" people needs my assurance that a regue.st to negotiate needed treaties of peace be us superfluous and unnecessary as it is technically ineffective, and I know in my own luart there If. none v-ho would wish to embrrass the ex--cr.tive in the performance of iiis duty, when we are all so '.;"r to tm-'ii disappointments and delay into gratifying accomplishment. "Problems to our fort ien relations illions of people of African descent : the passions of yesterday, and not , ' bear upon relating present and future,' ANNIVERSARY IS OBSERVED. Charlottesville. Va.. April 13. The 178th anniversary of the birth of Thom as Jefferson was observed today at the University of Virginia, of which he was the founder. Citizens of the com monwealth were urged in a proclama tion by Governor Davis to Join with the University in honoring the mem- are numbered among our population, i constituted as to attemot the dual func and that in a number of states they ; jions 0f a political instrument of the constitute a very large proportion of j conquerors and of an agency of peace, the total population. It is unnecessary There can be no prosperity for the to recount the diflicullies coincident j fundamental purposes sought to oe to this condition., nor to emphasize i achieved by any such association so the fact that it is a condition which long as it is an organ of any partieu- cannot be removed. There has been I lar treaty, or committed to the attain suegestion, however, that some of its , merit of the special aims of any nation or group of nations. "The American aspiration, indeed, fe world aspiration, was an association of nations, based upon the application of justice and right, binding us in con ference and co-operation for the pre vention of war and pointing the way to a higher civilization and interna tional fraternity in which all the world ,-jghts mgiir, snare, in rejecting ine icaxnc iiavp to difficulties might he ameliorated by a humane and enlightened considera tion of It, a study. of its many aspects, and an effort to formulate, ,if not a policy, at least a national attitude of mind calculated to bring about, the most satisfactory possible adjustment of relations between the races, and of each race to the national life. One proposal is the creatiofi of a commis sion embracing representatives oi uum races, to study and report on the entire subject. The proposal has real . T Am .nnirineo f S n t In mil. tual' tolerance, understanding.' charity. I !? . which we would mos recognition' of the intel-dependence of '.v J- wish i o he c the races, and the maintenance of the rights of citizenship lies the road to righteous adjustment. "It is needless to rail your attention to the unfinished business inherited from the preceding congress. The appropriation bills for army and navy will have your early consideration. "Neither branch of the government can be unmindful of the call for reduced expenditure for these departments of our national defense. The . govern ment is in accord with the wish to eliminate the burdens of heavy arma ment. The I'nited States ever wil! ever be in harmony with such a movement toward the higher attain ments of peace. Hut we shall not entirely discard our agencies fur defense until tiiero is removed the need to defend r.nd are of such a nature, tnai tne ail important future must U3 deliberately considered, with greater concern than mere immediate relief from unhappy conditions. We have wi'nessed. ? ea. we have participated in th.: supremely tragic episode of war. bur. our deeper concirn is :n the continijii.tr life of na tions and the development of civi lization. "We must not allow our vision to be impaired by the conflict among our selves. The weariness at home and the disappointment to the world have been compensated in the proof that this republic will surrender none of the heritage of nationality, but our in international relationship be asserted; they require covenant and uttering that rejection I tablishment in compacts of amity; our to our own people and to the world, we make no surrender of our hope and aim for an association to promote would most heart- onceived in peace and dedicated to peace, and we will relinquish no effort to bring the nations of the world into such fel lowship, not in the surrender of na tional sovereignty but rejoicing in a nobkr exercise of it in the advance ment of human activities, amid th compensations of peaceful achieve ment. "In the national r fcrenduin to which I have adverted, we pledged our efforts toward such association, anil the pledge will be faithfully kept. In the plight of policy and performance, we told the American people we meant to seek an early establishment of peace. The United States alone among the Allied and associated powers ion- cry of the great Virginian and many came here for the Founder's Day exercises. PK.NN. RAILROAD CELEBRATES. New York, April 13. The Pennsyl vania Railroad celebrated its seventy fifth birthday today. Flags flew from every Pennsylvania station, train and building and whistle cords on every' locomotive and shop of the system were ordered loosed for half a minute at noon. part in readjustment and restoration cannot be ignored, and must be defined. "With the super-governing league definitely rejected and with the world so informed, and with i the status of peace proclaimed at home, we may proceed to negotiate the covenanted relationships so essential to the recog nition of all the rights everywhere of our own nation and play our lull part in joining the peoples of the world in the pursuits of peace once more. Our obligations in effecting European tranquility, because of war's Involve ments, are not less impelling than out part in the war itself. This restora tion must be wrought before the hu man procession can go onward again. We can be helpful because we are moved hy no hatreds and harbor no fears. Helpfulness does not mean en tanglement, and participation in eco nomic adjustments does not mean spoil SI RSTANTTAL AGREEMENT. Washington, April 13. (J3y the Asso ciated Press.) The French government, in replying to Secretary Hughes' notes to the four great powers regarding man dates, is understood to have expressed substantial agreement with the Ameri man government's intention that the United Staets has surrendered none of its riehts in the former German over seas possessions through its failure to become a party to the treaty or Ver sailles. ASPIRIN Name "Bayer" oa Genuine We are ready fo co-operate with other he permitted lo continue. To establish nations to approximate disarmament, j ti,P siai f technical peace w ithout tinues in a technical state of war c0rship for treaty commitments which against the central powers of Kurope. , (o not concern us, and in which we This anomalous condition ought not to I will have no part. "In an all-iriipelling wir.h to do the themselves, because therein lies Quick-1 the easv-Kolne. unsystematic method er recovery and added security for the; of handling our tiscal affairs, when in future, direct taxation held the public unmind "The estimates of receipts and ex-'ful of the Federal burden. But there penditures and the statements as ;j Js knowledge of the high cost of gov the condition of the treasury which lernment today, and high cost of living the Secretary of the Treasury is pre- j js inseparably linked with high cost of pared to present to you will indicate government. . There can. he no com what revenues must be provided inlplete correction of the high living cost order to carry on the government s i until government s .cost is notaoiy re- business and meet its current require rnents and flxed-debt charges. Unless Millions Use "Getslt" For Corns Stop Fain Instantly Remove Corns Completely, Everybody, everywhere needs to know what millions of tolas have already learn ed about "Gets-It," the guaranteed pain- End Your Com With "Cett-lt," less corn and callus remover. Any corn, no matter bow deep rooted, depurti aulekly when "Gets-It" arrives. Won erfully simple, yet simply wonderful, because all soreness stops with the first application. Get rid of your corn and wear shoes that fit. Big shoes simply mske corns grow bigger. Your money beck It "Gets-It" falls. Inilt on ths gxnuine. Costs but a trifle everywhere. Mfd. by E. Lawrence A Co., Chicago. Sold in Shelby by Paul Webb. Seaboard Air Line Railway arrival and departure of passenger trains at Hhelhy, . t'. Between No. Ar. Lv. no. 7:42aJ34 Rutherfordton '-'0"CL.! Jisl!! I Wilmington -Itulelgh'Sl . f.Mp 6:34p 16 Rutherfordton -Monroolnll :Ca All trains dully. . Vn r. eoniieels at Monroe with No. ii 'nlu niehmnnil. SHU iriKlon New York, 'and with No. 11 for Atlanta anScheduUsWpubllshed as Information and ......nluH 111,1 buo.o..-. . r.. 11 . .iron. "' ' hmsrl. Agent, shflt, . t. (Iiarlottr, N. t. duced. "Lot me most heartily ennunend the enactment of legislation providing for the national budget system. Congress has already recorded its belief ill the budget. It will be a very great satis faction to know of its early enactment. so that it mav be employed in estab lishing the economies and business methods so essential to the .minimum of expenditure. "I have said the people we meant to have less of government In business as well as more business In govern ment. It Is well to have It understood that business' has a right to pursue its normul, legitimate and righteous way unimpeded, and it ought to have no call to meet government competition where all risk Is borne by the public treasury. There Is no challenge to honest and lawful business success. But govern ment approval of fortunate, untram melled business does not mean tolera tion of restraint of trade or of main I ained prices by unnatural methods. It is well to have legitimate business understand that a just government, mindful of the interests of all the peo ple, has right to expect the coopera tion of that legitimate business in stamping out the practices which add to unrest and inspire restrictive legis lation. Anxious as wc are to restore the onward How of business, it is fair to combine assurance and warning in one utterance. "One condition In the business world mav well receive vour innulry. Defla tion has been in prigress but has failed to reach the mark where it can be pro claimed to the great mass of consum ers. Reduced cost of basic, production has been recorded, but high cost of living has not yielded in like propor tion. For example, the prices on grains and livestock have been deflated, but the cost of bread and meats is not ade quately reflected therein. It is to be expected that non-perishable staples will be slow in yielding to lowered in Ices, hut the maintained retail costs in perishable foodg cannot be justified "I have asked the Federal Trade Commission for a report of its observa tions, and it attributes, in the main, the failure to adjust consumers' cost to basic production costs to the ex-chanc-a of information bv 'onen price associations,' which operate, evidently within the law, to the very great ad vantage of their members and equal disadvantage to the consuming public. Without the spirit of hostility or haste in accusation of profiteering, some suit able inquiry by congress might speed the price readjustment to normal re lationship, with helpfulness to both producer and consumer. A measuring rod of fair prices will satisfy the coun try and give us a business revival to end all depression and unemployment. "The great Interst of both the pro ducer and consumer Indeed, all our In dustrial and commercial life, from agri culture to finance In the problems of transportation will find its reflex in your concern to aid re-establishment, to restore efficiency, and bring trans portation cost Into a helpful relation ship rather than continue It as a hind cranes to resumed activities. "It is proper to invite your attention to the importance of the question nt radio communication and cables. To meet strategic, commercial, and politi cal needs, active encouragement .should be given lo the extension of American owned and operated cable and radio ser vices. . . . "Private monopolies tending to pre vent the development ot needed facil ities should be prohibited. Government-owned facilities. wherever pos siolci without unduly interfering with private enterprise or government needs should be made available for general uses. Particularly desirable Is the pro vision of ample cable and radio sen lces at reasonable rates for the trans mission of press matter, so that tlm American reader may receive a wide range of news, and the foreign realc receive full accounts of American na tivities. The dally press of all coun tries may well be put In position to contribute to international understand ing by the publication of interesting foreign news. "Practical experience demonstrates tho need for effective regulation of both' domestic and International radio operation if this newer, means of In tercommunication is to be fully util ized .... "Aviation is inseparable from either the army or the navy, and the govern ment must, In the interests of nation al defense, encourage its development for military and civil purposes . . . The national advisory committee CO'.' aeronautics, in a special report on this subject, has recommended the estab lishment of a bureau of aeronaut!" in the Department of Commerce for the Federal regulation of air naviga tion, which recommendation ought to have legislative approval. "I recommend the enactment of lea islation establishing a bureau of aero nautics In the Navy Department to centralize the control of naval activi ties in aeronautics and removing Ue restrictions on the personnel detailed to aviation in the navy. "The army air service should b? continued as a co-ordinate combatant of the army, and its existing 0rgani7.11-! tlon utilized In co-operation with other j agencies of the government in the cs- tablishment of national trans-continen- j tal airways, and in co-operation with j the states in the establishment of local airdromes and landing fields. "The American people expect Con-1 gress unfailingly to voice the gra'i- 1 tude of the republic in a generous and practical way to Its defenders in tin world war, who need the supporting arm of the government. Our very I111-1 mediate concern is for the crippled 1 soldiers and those deeply needing the ! belolnir hand of government. Conscious ! of the generous intent of Congress, j and the public concern for the crippled j and dependent, I Invited the servics 1 of a volunteer committee to inquire in to the administration of the Bureau or War Itlsk Insurance, the Federal Board for Vocational Training and other agencies of government in caring for the ex-soldiers, sailors, and marines of the World war. . . . "This committee has recommended and I convey the recommendations t you with cordial approval, that all gov ernment agencies looking to the we' fare of the ex-service men should be placed under one directing head, go that the welfare of these disabled sav iors of our civilisation and freedom may nave me most eincieui uuect.Li. j bu( inereset prudence forbids that we disarm alone. "The naval program, which had its beginning in what seemed the highest assurances of peace, can carry no threat after the latest proof of our national unselfishness.. The reasonable limita tion of personnel may he combined withj with economies of administration to lift the war. burdens of excessive outlay. "The War Department is reducing the personnel of the army from the maximum provided by law in June 1920 to the minimum directed by Congress in a subsequent enactment. When further reduction is compatible with national security, it may well have the sanction of Congress, so that a system further delay. I should apnrove a inf latory resolution by congress to that effect, with the qualifications essential to protect all our rights. Such acAion would oe the simplest keeping of faU i with ourselves, and could in no sen'se be construed as a desertion of those whom we shared our sacrifices m for these powers are already at peace. "Such a resolution should undertake to do no more than thus to declare the state of pence, which all Anieric-i craves. It musi add no difficulty in effecting, with just reparations, the restoration for which all Europ" yearns, and upon which the worlds recovery must be founded. Neither can render no effective servi. inanity until we prove anew our own capacity for co-operation in the co ordination of powers contemplated in the constitution, and no covenants which ignore our associations in the war can be made for the future. Most. most and best for our own repuiiiic end maintain its high place among na tions and at the same time make the fullest offering of justice to them. I shall invite in the most practical way the advice of the senate, after acquaint ing it with all the conditions to be met and obligations to be discharged, along with our own rights to be safe-guarded. Prudence in making the program and confident co-operation in making it ef- . 1,...'. o.tr.,,- w.. lerme ciiu.ui u "".""-V .1.;., , .,!, v.rnhA Toothache. 1.1 Oil- 1 Kia, ....... Warning! 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The Highlander and Shelby News (Shelby, N.C.)
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Feb. 14, 1921, edition 1
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