The Kadoka press and Kadoka reporter. [volume] (Kadoka, S.D.) 1910-1923, 1917-12-14

nave Just addressed 10 your IL Is not.
u IS in fact the inevitable logic OF
what l have said Austria Hungary is
Tor the time being not her own mis-
treSS, but simply the vasSal Of the
German government. We must face
me facts as they are and act upon
them without sentiment i'm this stern
business The government of Austria
hungary is not acting upon its own
initiative or In response TO the wishes
and feelings Of fits own peoples. but as
The instrument OF another nation. We
must meet its force with our own and
regard the central powers ms hut one.
The war can be successfully conducted
in no other way.
As to Turkey and Bulgaria.
THE same logic would lead also 20
o declaration Of war against Turkey
aud Bulgaria. They also are the tools
OF Germany. Eut they are mere tools
and DO not vet stand iu the direct path
OF our necessary action. We shall gu
Wherever the necessities of this war
carry MS, but IL seems To me that We
should go only whore immediate and
practical considerations land us and
uo' heed any others.
THE financial and military meas
urcS which must be adopted viii sug-
gcSt themselves rs the war ana it's nm
.dor.akingS 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 and for the release of our
whole force and energy.
ut viii be necessary to extend i'm
certain particulars the legislation of
the last session with regard to alien
enemies; and also necessary. be-
lievc, to create very definite and
particular control over the entrance
and departure OF all persons into and
from the United States
Legislation should be enacted de-
tning as criminal ofrcnSe every winml
violation of the presidential proclama-
lions relating TO alien enemies Iiromu-
gated under section 40G7 of the Re
viSed Statutes and providing appropri.
ate punShments; and women as well
as men, should be included under the
terms of the acts placing restraints
upon alien enemies. y IS likely that
rs time goes on many alien enemies
viii be willing to be fed and housed
at the expense of the government i'm
the detention camps. and il would be
the purpose of legislation | have sug-
gestcd TO confnc offenders among
them in penitentiaries and other sim
ilar institutions where they could he
made to work as other criminals do.
Go Further in Fixing Prices.
Recent experience has convinced
me that the congress must 90 further
in authorizing the government to set
limits 10 prices The law OF supply
and demand. l am sorry f. say. has
been replaced by the law of unrestrain-
cd selishneSs. While we have elm
mated profteerlng in several branches
OF industry, it still runs impudcntly
rampant in others. The farmers. for
example, complain with 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 them
selves purchase, and similar niquIties
obtain on all sides.
at Is imperatively necessary that the
consideration of the full use Of the
water power Of the country ana 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 he
resumed and afIirmativnly
and constructively dealt with ar the
earliest possible moment The press
ing need Of such legislation is daily be-
coming more obvious.
A Word to the lawmakers.
''The legislation proposed at the last
session with regard 20 regulated com
binations among our exporters, in or
der TO provide for our foreign trade
more effective organization and meth
cd of cooperation, ought by all means
to be completed at this session.
"And beg that the members Of the
house OF representatives will permit
me 10 express the opinion that IL will
be impossible To deal i'm any but very
wastcful and eXtrayagdnt fashion with
the enormous appropriations Of the
public moneys which must continue To
he made, if The war is To be properly
sustained. unless the house will con
sent TO return 20 its former practice
of initiating and preparing all appro-
priation bins through single commit
tee, In order that responsibility may
be ccntercd. expenditures standardized
and made uniform and waste ana du-
plication as much gs possible avoided.
additional legislation may also he
come necessary before the present con.
gresS again adjourus in order to effect
the most efficient coordination and op-
Grafton of The railway and other treas
portation systems Of the country; but
TO that shall If circumstance should
demand. call the attention OF the con
gress upon another occasion.
Concentrate on Winning War.
"If / have overlooked anything that
ought 70 be done for the more effective
conduct of tho ,t-ur ,s,rr o,,-v cn,,,gaIs,