The Marietta journal and courier. (Marietta, Ga.) 1909-1918, 1917-12-07

other nation. We must meet Ks force
1 with our own and regard the central
powers as but one. The war can be
successfully conducted in no other
way. The same logic would lead also
to a 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 action. we
shall 90 wherever the necessities OF
! this war carry us, but it seems TO me
that we should go only where imme-
date and practical considerations lead
us and not heed any others.
Proposes Legislation
The financial and military measures
which must be adopted will suggest
themselves as the war and its undertake
ings develop, but / will take the liberty
of proposing to you certain other acts
| of legislation which seem to me to be
needed for the support of the war anu
| for the release of our whole force and
energy.
It will be necessary to extend in GER
| tain particulars the legislation OF the
| last session with regard to alien enc
mics; and also necessary, believe, 10
create very definite and particular
control over the entrance and depart
ure of all persons into and from the
United States.
It is likely that as time goes on
MANY alien enemies will be willing to
be fed and housed at the expense or
the government in the detention camps
and it would be the purpose OF the
4 RI n
fine Offenders among them in penl-
| tentiaries and other similar 1nstitu-
tions where they could be made to
work as other criminals do.
Imprudent Profiteering
| Recent experience has convinced me
| that the congress must go further 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been replaced by the law of unrestra1n-
ed selfishness. While we have elimi-
mated profiteering in several branches
| of industry it still runs fmpudently
rampant in others The farmers, for
example. complain with a great deal
Of Justice. that. while the regulation
of food prices restricts their incomes,
1
of most of the things they must them
selves purchase and similar 1nlqul-
| ties 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 systematic and yet
economical development Of such natu-
! raj resources of the country as are still
under the control of the federal gov
eminent should be Immediately resum-
ed and affirmatively and constructive
| w dealt with at the earliest possible
moment. The pressing need OF SUCH
legislation is daily becoming more OBJ
| vious.
Appeals Against Waste.
| And | beg that the members of the
| House If Representatives will permit
me to express the "T i;lion that it will
| be impossible to deal in any but very
wasteful and extravagaHt fashion with
the enormous appropriations Of the
public moneys which must continue to
be made, if the war is to be properly
sustained, unless the House will con-
| sent TO return to irs former practice
of initiating and preparing all appro-
I
| tee, inorder that responsibility may be
centered, expenditure standardized
| and made uniform an1 waste and du-
plication as much as possible avoided.
| If I have overlooked anything that
ought to be done for the more effective
| conduct of the war, your own counse:s
| will supply the omIsSi01. What | am
perfectly clear about is that in the
present session of the Congress oar
whole attention and energy should be
concentrated on the vigorous, RAPID
and successful prosecution IF the
great task of winning he war
We can do this with all the greater
| zeal and enthusiasm because we know
| that for us this wa OF nigh principle,
debased by no selfish ambition of con-
quest or spoliation; because he know,
and all the world knows, that we nave
been forced into it to save The very
| institutions we live under from cor
ruption and destruction.
Teuton intrigue Scored
The purposes of the Central Powers
strike straight at the very heart Of ev-
erything we believe in; their methods
of warfare outrage every principle OF
humanity and of knightiy 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 disrupt the union Of the
States. Our safety would be at an end,
our honor forever sullied and brought
into contempt were we to perinit their
triumph. They are striking at the
very existence OF democracy and lib
erty.
It is because it is for us war OF
high. disinterested purpose, in which
ali the free peoples of the world are
banded together for the vindication,
OF right, a war for the preservation Of
our nation and OF all that it has held
dear, of principle and Of purpose that
we felt ourselves doubly constrained to
nropose for its outcome only that
which is righteous and of irreproach-
able intention. for our foes as we'll as
for our friends. The cause being just