The Ordway new era., 1917-12-07

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to me to be neeued Tor the supper.
| OF the war ana Tor tne release Oh our
whole force and energy. l..
II viii be necessary TO exteho ~
certain particulars the legislation VI
the last session with regard 10 aiien
enemies, ana also necessary, oeie'o'
to create a very defthlta ana pari.u
lar control over the entrance anu uo
parture OF all persons into ana iroih
the United States.
Legislation should be enacted deilh
ing as criminal oftense every WHhu'
violation of the presidential proeiai,
tions relating TO alien enemies proluuf
gated under section 4ObI OF the Nv
vIsed Statutes and providing approprr
ate punishments, and women rs Wsn
as men should be included under .no
terms of the acts placing res'ra'i'.
upon alien enemies, Ii is llhelS tn"'
as time goes on many alleh eheliiies
will be willing to be fed ana houseu
at the expense OF the government ID
the detention camps. and 1t would oe
the purpose of the legislation ! nave
suggested to confine offenders among
them in penitentiaries and other SIM
liar institutions where they could d
made to work as other criminals do'
Recent experience has convinced me
that the Congress must go iurther III
authorizing the government 10 set iii'',
its to prices. the law oil supply anu
demand, | am sorry 10 say, mas been
replaced by the law OF unrestrained
selishness. While we have elimin-
ated profIteerlng in several branches
of inaustry il still runs impudently
,-v,I in pth
example, complain with great deal
OF justice that, while the regulation oil
food prices restricts their incomes. no
restraints are placed upon the prices
OF most of the thlngS they must them
selves purchase: and similar inlquities
obtain on all sides.
1t is imperatiyeiy necessary that the
consideration OF the full use or the
water power OF the country and also
the consideration of the systematic
and yet economical development OF
such of the natural resources OF the
country as are still under the control
OF the federal government should be
imme ediately resumed and affirmative
ly and constructively dealt with at the
earliest possible moment. The press
ing need of such legislation is daily
becoming more obvious.
The Legislation proposed at the last
session with regard TO regulated COM
binations among our exporters, in Or
der to provide for our foreign trade
a more effective organization and
method of cooperation, ought by all
means to be completed at this session.
And l beg that the members of the
House of Representatives Will permit
me to express the opinion that it will
be impossible TO deal in any but a
very wasteful and eNtravagant fashion
With the enormous appropriations OF
he public moneys which must con.
Linue to be made il the war is to be
sustained, unless the House
will consent to return to its former
practice of initiating and preparing all
Appropriation bills through single
in order that responsibility
may be centered, expenditures stand
ardized and made uniform and waste
and duplication as much as possible
avoided.
Additional legislation may also be-
come necessary before the present
Congress again adjourns in order to
effect the most efficient coordination
and operation of the railway and other
systems of the country;
but to that | shall, If circumstances
should demand. call the attention Of
the Congress upon another occasion.
If / have overlooked anything that
ought to be done for the more effec-
tive conduct of the war, your own
will supply the omission.
What | am perfectly clear about is
that in the present session of the
Congress our whole attention and
10 aI hp
vigorous, rapid and successful prose-
cution OF the great task OF winning the
war.
We can do this with all the greater
zeal and enthusiasm because We know
that for us this is war Of high prin.
cipfe. debased by no selfish ambition
of conquest or spoliation; because we
know, and all the world knows, that
We have been forced into it to save the
very institutions we live under from
corruption and destruction.
The purposes of the Central Pow
ers strike straight at the very heart
of everything we believe in; their
methods of warfare outrage every
principle Of humanity. and of knightly
honor; their intrigue has corrupted
the very thought and spirit of many
of our people; their sinister and Sc
cret diplomacy has sought to take our
very territory away from us, and dis.
rupt the union of the states. Our
safety would be at an end. our honor
forever sullied and brought into con-
tempt were we to permit their tri
umph. They are striking at the very
existence of democracy and liberty.
1t is because 1t is Tor us a war of
high, disinterested purpose, in which
all the free peoples of the world are
banded together for the vindication
Of right, war for the preservation OF
our nation and of all that it held dear
of principle and Of purpose. that we
felt ourselves doubly constrained to
propose for its outcome only that