The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-12-05

~" huhS"iy 10 Hob ucNifiR upon I've Wv
initiative or in response to the wishe
; and feelings Of its own peoples, but a
THE instrument of another nation. w
! must meet its force with our own an
: regard the central powers as but one
The war can be successfully conducts
} in no other way. The same logic woul
!, lead also to a declaration Of war agains
Turkey and Bulgaria. They also ar
the tools of Germany. But they ar
mere tools and do not yet stand In tn
direct path of our necessary action. w
shall 60 wherever the necessities of tbi
war carry us, but it seems TO me tina
we should go only where immediate ant
practical considerations lead us and no
heed any others.
Stricter Alien Enemy Laws.
The financial and military measures
which must be adopted will suggest
themselves as the war and it's under
ltakings develop, but / will take the lib
erty Of proposing to you certain Other
acts of legislation which seem to me Il
be needed for the support Of the wal
and for the release of our whole force
and energy. 1t win be necessary TO ex'
tend in certain particulars the legisla.
tion Of the last session with regard to
alien enemies; and also necessary, | be-
ieve, TO create a very definite and par.
| ticular control over the entrance and de-
parture of all persons into and from the
United States. Legislation should be
enacted defining as criminal offense
every willfnl violation Of the presidential
proclamation relating to enemy aliens
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revised statutes, and providing appro-
pirate punishments; and women as well
as men should be included under the
terms of the acts placing restraints upon
alien enemies. 1t is likely that as time
goes on many alien enemies will be will
ing to be fed and housed at the expense
of the government in the detention camps,
and II would be the purpose Of the legis
lation l have suggested TO confine often
ders among them in penitentiaries and
other similar institutions, where they
could be made to work as other criminals
do.
Profteering Impudently Rampant.
Recent experience has convinced me
that the Congress must 90 further in
authorizing the government to set limits
to prices. The law of supply and de-
mand, | am sorry to say, has been re-
placed by the law of unrestrained selfish
ness While we have eliminated prof
iteering in several branches of industry
it still runs impudently rampant in 9th
ers. 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 themselves purchase and sim
liar inequities obtain on all sides.
1t is imperatively necessary that the
of the full use of the wa
ter power of the country and also the
of the systematic and yet
economical development of such Of the
natural resources OF the country as are
stll under control of the federal govern
ment should be resumed and Affirmative
" and constructiyely dealt with at the
earliest possible moment. The pressing |
need Of such legislation is daily becom.
ing more obvious.
The legislation proposed at the last
session with regard to regulated comb.
nations among our exporters in order to
provide for our foreign trade more ef-
fective organization and method of co.
operation, ought by all means to be com
Dleted at this session. And ] beg that
he members OF the House Of Represen-
atives will permit me to express the
opinion that it will be impossible to deal
n any way but very wasteful and ex
ravagant fashion with the enormous APP
of the public moneys which
must continue to be made, II the war is
% be properly sustained, unless the
House will consent to return to its for
ner practice Of initiating and preparing
III appropriation bills through a single
Committee, in order that responsibility
nay be centered, expenditures standard.
zed and made uniform, and waste and
duplication as much as possible avoided.
Additional legislation may also become
necessary before the present Congress
diourns in order TO effect the most
fiicient coordination and operation of
he railway and other transportation
ystems of the country; but to that
hall. if circumstances should demand,
all the attention OF Congress upon an :.
Their occasion :
If ] have overlooked anything that !
ught to be done for the more effective /.
Dnduct of the war your own counsels
ill supply the omission. What / am
erfeetly clear about is that in the pres
Mt session Of the Congress our whole
ttention and energy should be concen
rated on the vigorous and rapid and (
Iccessful prosecution of the great task {
winning the war.
We can do this with all the greater ?
al and enthusiasm because we know
rat for us this is war Of high prin- n
pie, debased by no selfish ambition of z
inquest or spoilation because we know, n
nd all the world knows, that we have a
zen forced into II to save the very in
itutions we live under from corruption :
I'd destruction. The purposes of the
ntral powers strike straight at the
nv heart Of everything we believe in;
leir methods of warfare outrage every
'inciple of humanity and of knightly =.
NOR; their intrigue has corrupted the
,ry thought and spirit of many Of our A
,ople; their sinister and secret diplo-
acy has sought to take our very terri 9
nv away from us and disrupt the union
the states. Our safety would be at an
d, our honor forever sullied and
ought into contempt, were we to per-
il their triumph. They are striking
the very existence of democracy and
,erty.
End Must Be as Just as Cause.
Il is because IL is for us war of high,
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