The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-12-04

| lnCtuueQ unuer the terms OF the acts
placing restraints upon alien
enemies.
Should Be Made TO Work.
1T is likely that as time goes on
many alien enemies will be willing
to be fed and housed at the expense
OF the government in the detention
camps and IL would be the purpose
\ cf the legislation / have suggested
TO confine offenders among them in
| penitentiaries and other similar
| institutions where they could be
made TO work as other criminals
do.
Recent experience has convinced
me that the cor Eress must 90 fur
ther in authorizing the government
| TO set limits 10 prices. The law OF
supply and demand, / am sorry TO
say, has been replaced by the law
/ Of unrestrained solfishness. While
we have eliminated pFOateeFing IN
several branches Of industry IL stil1
runs. impudently rampant In others.
| The farmers. for example. complain
with a great deal OF justice that.
while the regulation of food prices
restricts their incomes, no restraints
are placed upon the prices OF most
OF the things they must themselves
purchase; and similar incquities OBJ
tained on all sides.
Use Of Water Power.
1T is impeTatively necessary that
the consideration OF the full use OF
the water power Of the country and
also the consideration OF the sysfe-
matte and yet economical Develop
ment Of such Of the natural re-
sources Of the country as are stiil
under the control Of the federal gov
ernment should be Immediately re-
sumed and affirmatIvely and con-
stFuctively dealt with at the earliest
possible moment. The pressing need
OF such legislation is daily growing
more obvious.
The legislation proposed at the
last session with regard 10 regulated
combinations among our exporters.
in order TO provide for our foreign
trade a more effective organization
and method of cooperation, ought
by all means TO be completed at this
session.
Avoiding Extravasanes.
And i beg that the members OF
the house of representatives will per-
NIT me TO express the opinion thai II
will be impossible to deal in any way
but O very wastefuI and extrayagant
fashion with the enormous appr0-
pFfations OF the public monies which
must continue TO be made, IL the war
is to be properly sustained. unless
the house will consent 10 return to
its former practice OF initiating and
preparing all appropriation bills
through a single committee, in order
that responsibility may be centered.
expenditures standardized and made
uniform and waste and duplication
as much as possible avoided
Additional legislation may aisS
become necessary before the presenf
congress adtourns In order 10 erfeet
the most efficient coordination and
operation OF the railway and other
transportation systems OF the coun-
try; but to that 1 shall. III cireum-
stances should demand. call the at
tention OF congress upon another oc-
casion.
If / have overlooked anything
that ought to be done for the core
effective conduct Of the war, your
own counsels will supply the omis-
sion. What am perfectly clear
about Is that In the present session
of the congress our whole attention
and energy should be concentrated
on the vigorous and rapid and sue
cessful prosecution OF the great task
Of winning the war.
Know Cause Is just.
greater zeal and enthusiasm because
we know that for us this is a war
Of high principle, debased by no
selfish ambition Of conquest or spoi-
ations because we know, and all the
world knows, that we have been
forced into Il to save the very in
stitutions We live under from cor
ruption and destruction. The pur-
poses OF the central powers strike
straight at the very heart OF every
thing 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 secret
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 gullied and brought into con-
tempt were we to permit their tri-
umph. They are striking at the very
existence OF democracy and liberty
slt is because Il is for ~ a war
Of high, disinterested purpose, in
which al the fres peoples Of the
world are banded kouekhar for
the Nindieation Of right. a war
for the preservation of cur ma
tien and Of all that IL has held
dear Of principle and Of purpose,
that ws feel ourselves doubiy
constrained 20 propose for its
outcome eniy that which IL
righteous and Of irrapreaehabls
intention, fer our foes as well as
for cur friends. The cause being
just and holy the setkiemenk
must be Of like motive and quail
tkys For this we can finht, but
for nothing less noble or less
worthy Of cur traditions. For
this cause we entered the war
and for this cause will ae battle
until the last gun is fired.
Il have spoken plainly because
this seems to me the time when ii
is most necessary to speak plainly
In order that All the world may know
that even in the heat and ardor of
the struggle and when our whole
thought is Of carrying the war
through TO its end we have not for-
gotten any ideal or principle for
which the name OF America has been
held in honor among the nations and
for which Il has been our glory %
contend in the great generations that
went before US. "A supreme moment
Of history has come. Thn eyes us
the people have been opened and
they see. The hand or God Is laid
upon the nations. He win show them
favor, deVOutiy believe. only il they
rise 70 the clear heights of His own
justice and mercy
Germans Take O. vacqueris.
Berlin. Dec. 4. via London.-Baden
troops yesterday stOrmed and held
Ia. Yacquerie. southwest of Cambraf.
it is announced officially. Five huH-
dred prisoners are said 70 have bean
taken