St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1917-12-08

conducted in no other wey.
The same logic would lead also to
q declaration Of war against Turkey
and bulgaria. They are also the
tools OF Germany. But they are
mere tools and do not yet stand in
the direct path of our necessary &C
ton. We shall 60 wherever the ne
cessities of this war carry US. but II
seems to me that We should 60 only
where immediate and practical con-
siderations lead us, and no. heed any
others.
The financial and military meas
ures which must be adopted will sug-
gest themselves as the war and It's
undertaking develop, but will take
the liberty of proposing 20 you GER
tain other acts of legislation which
seem to me to be needed for the
support of the war and for the re-
lease of our whole force and energy
1t will be necessary to extend lii
certain particulars the legislation OF
the last session with regard to alien
enemies; and also necessary. be-
lieve, to create a very definite and
particular control over the entrance
and departure of all persons into
and from the United States.
Legislation should be enacted de-
fining as a criminal offeI5e every
wilful violation of the presidential
proclamations relating % alien enc
mics promulgated under Section
4,O67 of the revised statutes and
providing appropriate punishments;
and women as we'll as men should be
included under the terms Of the acts
placing restrictions upon alien enc
mics. 1t is likely that as time goes
on many alien enemies will be will
ing to be fed and housed at the eX-
pense of the government in the de-
tention camps and it would be the
purpose of the legislation have sug-
gested 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 Congress must go fur
Their in authorizing the government
| to set limits to prices. The law OF
| supply and demand, l am sorry to
say, has been replaced by the law OF
unrestricted selfshness. While we
have eliminated profiteering in sew
eral branches of industry 1t still runs
! impudently rampant in others. The
farmers, for example, complain with
4 great deal of justice that, while
the regulation of food prices restricts
their incomes, no restraints are
| placed upon the prices of most OF
| me things they must themselves pur-
| chase; and similar inequities obtain
On all sides.
| 1t is imperatively necessary that
the consideration of the full use Of
| the water power of the country and
also the consideration of the system
attic and yet economical develop
ment of such of the natural resourc
es of the country as are still under
the control of the Federal Govern
ment should be Immediately resum
| Gu <dAu d1AAl uceltCly dAu SOHoli III
lively dealt with at the earliest pos
sible moment. The pressing need O.
such legislation is daily becoming
more obvious.
The legislation proposed at the las
session with regard to regulated
combinations among our exporters
in order to provide for our foreign
trade more effective organization
and method of cooperation, ough
by all means to be completed at thi
session.
And l beg that the members o
the Houes of Representatives viii
permit me to express the opinion tina
it will be impossible to deal in an,
but a very wasteful and extravagan
fashion with the enormous appro
priations Of the public moneys whicl
must continue to be made, If the wa
is to be properly sustained, unles
the House will consent to return t.
its former practice of initiating an
preparing all appropriation bill
through single committee, in orde
1 that responsibility may be centered
expenditures standardized and mad