El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-12-07
HOPEFUL WAITING IS THE LATEST
SLOGAN Of. WILSON ON MEXICO
President Believes His Policy Will Be INDICATED, He
Says and That Peace Will Come Delivers His Annual
Address to Congress; Urges Preparedness for the
Country; Says the United States Is Neutral


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I hemisphere as a whole should enjoy a
/ like Independence and self-sufficiency,
! II It IS not TO be drawn into the tangle
! Of European affairs"
American Capital Must Help.
The task of building up an adequate
! merchant marine, Mr.. Wilson said,
must be undertaken ultimately by
( American private capital, but in the
meantime, he declared. every legal OBJ
| stacle standing in the way of the build
ing. purchase and American registra-
/ ton of ships should be removed and
| the government should undertake 10
| open routes, especially between the two
American continents. When the risk
has passed and private capital begins
! 10 find its way into these new channels,
he added, the government may with
draw
The president told congress that pro-
posals would be made during the com
ing session for the purchase or con-
struction Of ships 10 be owned and
directed by the government The
measure. he said, would be similar to
that submitted. to the last congress,
but modified in some essential par
ticulars.
The Needed Revenue.
In outlining the financial condition
Of the government, the president fol-
lowed closely the statement recently
given out by secretary McAdoo- He
said that the additional revenue re-
military and naval preparation would
be S93 500. 600 for the fiscal year 1917;
that II the present taxes were con-
tinued throughout this year and the
next there would be a balance in the
treasury Of about S76,50O. 600 at the end
of the present fiscal year and a deficit
at the end of the next year OF some
S112, 000, 600, reckoning in S62,00O,00O
for deficiency appropriations.
Proposing that the new bill should
be paid by internal taxation. the presi-
dent suggested mat by lowering the
present limits of income exemption and
the figure at which the surtax is i'm
posed and by increasing step by step
throughout the present graduation. the
surtax itself. income taxes as at pres
ent appOrtiOned would yield sums sur
ficient to balance the books OF the
treasury at the end OF the fiscal year
1917 without anywhere making the
burden unreasonably heavy
To Tax Automobiles.
He added that there were many ad-
dttional sources OF revenue when
Justly could be resOrted TO without
hampering the industries of the coun-
try or putting any too great charge
upon individual expenditure. he esu-
mated that a one cent tax per gallon
on gasoline and naphtha would yield
$4,000. 600, a tax Of so cents per horse
power on automobiles and internal ex-
tax on bank checks. probably $4,000
600, and a tax Of % per cent per ton
on fabricated iron and steel. probably
S10.000.000
to hope that no question in controversy
between this and other governments
would lead to any serious breach or
amicable relations, and that he was
sorry TO say that the gravest threats
against national peace and safety had
been uttered within the country's OWL
borders"
Of Ha4N
States. I blush to admit" he declared.
born under other flags but welcomed
under our generous naturalization laws
TO the full freedom and opportunity Of
America. who have poured the poison
of dislOYalty into the very arteries OF
our national life; who have sought to
bring the authority and good name Of
our government Unto contempt, to de-
strOy our industries wherever they
thought il effective for their vindictive
purposes. TO strike at them and to de
base our politics to the uses Of foreign
intrigue"
No federal laws exist to meet this
situation. said Mr.. Wilson, because such
a thing would have seemed incredible
in the past such creatures OF pas
sion, disloyalty and anarchy" he said.
must be crushed out. They are not
many but they are infinitely maiSn-
ment and the hand of our power should
close over them at once"
Nay Seek Outside Advice
Turning again to military questions,
the president said he might find it ad-
visable to call into systematic consul
tation with the directing officers Of
the army and navy, men of recognized
ability who are familiar, for example,
with the transportation facilities Of the
country and therefore competent TO
advise how they may be coordlnated
when the need arises those who can
suggest the best way 10 bring about
prompt cooperation among the manu-
facturers, and those who could assist
to bring the technical skill OF the
country to the aid of the government
in the solution Of problems Of defence
He said he might later ask congress
for an appropriation TO defray the eN-
penses Of such work
The president told the members he
might address them again later on
commercial conditions about which
much legislation has been passed, and
which are likely TO change rapidly
after the war when the nations OF
Europe again take up their task of /
commerce and industry. The most that
can be done now. he said, is TO make
sure that the necessary instrumental
tiles are at hand for securing adequate
Another CommiSSiOn Maybe.
Regarding the railroads, the presI-
dent said there had been reason to
fear that they could not cope much
longer with the transportation prob
lem. and suggested il would be wise
to provide for a commission of inquiry
present framed and administered were
as servfceabie as they might be in the
solution of the problem. He said that
the regulation of the railroads by
federal commission has had admira Bile
results and that the question was
whether there was anything else to be
done TO better the conditions under
which the railroads are operating.
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