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the War Trade Board other agency The right Of fixing export
priores 10 assure shipment food 10 starving people abroad
As to taxation the President ndorSed ;he plan for levyng
s6ooooooooo and for notifying the public advance that the
1920 levy will be S4,ooooooooo
The threeea naval building progamm. ndoed because
the President said would be unwse to attempt adjust the American
programme future world policy yet undetermined
Paying tribute the peoples conduct he spoke particularly
of work Of and again appealed for Woman Suffrage by
Federal amendment
The President concluded after speaking ogo minutes and LET;
the chamber amidst applause limited TO the Democratic side Interrupt
tons of the address for questions which had been threatened by some
Republican members Of the House did not maeialize
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LEGISLATOR REVEALED
As DAIRY LEAGUE AGENT

That o member OF the New York
Legislature was a paid agent OF the
Dairymen's League. was brought out to-
day when District Attorney Swami be-
gan an inquiry into the milk situation
IN New York City. The Investigation
is being held before Chief Magistratet
william McAdoo.
Albert Manning, Secretary Of the
Dairymen's League, the first witness,
testified that League members had been
active In obtaining legislation at AL
bany favorable to their interests. lie
admitted that George NJ. Tyler, mem
bcr OF the Legislature, was manager Of
the Leagues branch ONCE in Rochester
at 80 a day. b.
Manning said that as late as 1915 the
farmer was receiving only i'@ cents
quart for milk; and that through the
Leagues efforts the producer was now
receiving ITO cents quart. Accord
ing to the witness, an increase OF one
cent a quart means an increase revenue
Of s., noe, 900 year TO the producer
from New York city alone, I'm the last
three wears, he said, the increase had
cost New York CITY consumers S20.-
OOn. 600
Roswell d. Cooper, President OF the
Dairymens League, Will be the prln-
cipnl witness Tomorrow,
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TEXT OF WILSON'S SPEECH
AT JOINT SESSION OF CONGRESS;
HIGH PRAISE FOR FIGHTERS
Thanks God That They Went Into Battle Just
at the Critical Moment When Fate of
World Hung in Balance.

reach similar figures in August and
September-in August 2S9.570 and In
September 257,t3s. No such movo.
ment Of troops ever took place before
across 5000 miles OF sea, followed by
adequate equipment and supplies, nd
carried safely through extraordinary
dangers of attsck-danEer which
were alike strange and infinitely diff
ficult 10 guard against In all this
movement only 75S men were lost 10y
enemy attacks--63O OF whom were
upon single English transport which
was sunk near Orkney islands.
need not ten you what lay
back Of this great movement Of
mon and material. u 10 not in.
Vldious 10 cay that back OF IL lay
q supporting organization OF the
industries Of the country and Of
all it's productive aetlvities-mors
complete, more thorough in
method and effective in results;
more spirited and unanimous in
purpose and effort than any
other great bslligersnt had ever
been able TO effect.
We profited greatly by the ex-
perience of the nations which had
already been engaged for nearly
three years in the exigent and exact
ing business. their every resource and
every executive proficiency taxed to
the utmost. We were the pupils.
But We learned quickly and acted
with q promptness and a readiness
OF cooperation that Justify our great
pride that we were able TO serve tho
world with unparalleled energy and
quick accomplishment.
HIGH PRAISE FOR THE METTLE
AND QUALITY OF THE MEN.
But II Is not tho physical scale and
executive efficiency OF preparation.
supply. equipment and despatch that
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. WASHINGTON. Dec. 2.-Follow-
ing is tho text OF the address deliv-
cred to-day by President Wilson at
che joint session OF Congress.
Gcntlemen OF the Congress: The
wear that has elapsed since 1 last
stood before you TO fuinli my con-
sbltutsonai duty 70 give TO the Con-
vress from time 70 time. information
ON the state OF the Union has been
90 crowded with great events. great
woocsscs and great results that !
cannot hope TO rive you an adeduate
picture OF It's transactions or OF the
far-roaehing changes which have
been wrought In the life of our ma
tlon and Of the world.
You have yourself witnessed these
things, as I have. II is too soon 10
assess them; and we who stand In
thu midst OF them and are part OF
them are less qualified than men OF
another generation viii be 70 say what
they mean or even what they have
been.
But some great outstanding facts
are unmistaiSabie and constitute in a
sense part OF the public business
: with whicK Il is our duty to deal. To
state them Is 10 set the stage for the
legislative and executive action which
must grow out OF them and which
we have yet to shape and determine.
DESCRIBES THE GREAT MOVE.
MENT OF TROOPS TO { EUROPE.
"A year ago We had sent lt5,iss men
overseas. Since then We have sent
1,t5o,b13. an average OF le2,5l2 each
month. the number In fact rising In
May last TO 2t5.s5i. In Juno 10 27s.7s0.
in July 10 so7.is2 and continuing TO
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TRIBUTE TO WOMEN SHOULD Be
EQUAL SUFFRAGE.

The least tribute wo can pay
them 10 60 make them tho c1uala OF
mon In political rights as they have
proved themselves their equals in
every field OF practical work they
have entered, whether FOR thcm-
selves or for their country, These
great daNs OF completed achievements
would be sadly marrcd were We 90
omit that act of justice, l5osldcs the
immense practical services they have
rendered. the women uf the country
have been moving spirits In the sys-
tcmltic economies by which our
people have voluntarily assisted "a
supply the suffering peoples OF the
world and the armies up0n every
front with food and everything else
that We had that might serve the
common cause, Tho details Of such
a story can never be fullN written,
hut VIC carry thcm az our hearts and
thank God that we can say that. we
arc the Eiusncn Of such.
And now we are cure OF tho
great triumph for which every
sacrifice Mas made. Il has come.
come in it's oompletenoss, and
with tho pride and inspiration
Of these days OF achievement
duiek within US. we turn to the
tasks OF peace aaain--a peace Sc
cure auairSt the violence OF IRE.
fpontihlo monarehs and arbi.
tious military ooteries, and made
ready for a new order for no"
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PRESIDENT AND PARTY
EXPECTED To ARRIVE
Ar BREST ON DEC. II
Wilson Visit to France viii Be Dis
tinctly an Event Of State and He
Will Be Nations Guest.

PARIS. Dec. Col. william w.
Harts. military aide to President VII
son at the White House until August
last. when he Joined the American
forces at the front. will have entire
direction OF the arrangements for the
arrival and visit here OF the President
and OF the material requirements OF tho
American delegates to the Peace Con-
gress, both at Paris and at Versailles.
with Lieut.. Col Whitney as chief OF
staff and a largo force of assistants
plans are being worked out in CO.
operation with the French authorities.
under the general supervision Of Gen.
Tasker II. Bliss, American military
member OF the Allied War Council.
President Wilson will be the guest Of
the French nation from the moment he
steps on French soil and its wishes
will take precedence concern ng the de-
tails Of his entertainment. other heads
Of nations have come as military chiefs,
but the Presidents visit will be dis
tlnctly an event OF state.
The squadron OF American dread.
nought and dcstroyers which will go to
sea to meet the ship carrying President
Wilson. with its cstorting warships. viii
take its course for a rendezvous fixed
for the two fleets on the high sets at
a designated point OF longitude and lati-
tude. The course will be southerly
one. for the avoidance OF heavy
weather.
II is expected that the President, with
the united fleets. win arrive at Brest
on the afternoon OF Dec IL. Admiral
Mayo win command tho escort squad
ron across the Atlantic. The Admirais
rag will Fly from the Battleship Penn
syiyania. .....
American troops viii tax part So
.Ac visit az "a" ~. ,iGent as escort
and guards OF houor. but their parttct
patton will be subject 60 the wishes
| Il the French Government. Gen. PERISH
ing has given orders that all the Off
GERS and men required be placed at the
service of those in charge of the ar
raugements The details cover many
branches. including automobile es-
corrs and guards for the trips to Yer
sailles. Calais and to the front and f,T
state functions.
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TO KEEP NATION INFORMED BY WIRELESS AND CABLE

will but enlarge the plans and the ap-
preparations which 1t has entrusted to
the Department OF the Interior. IL Is
possible in dealing with our unused
land to effect a great rural and aGrl-
cultural development which will at
ford the best sort OF opportunity TO
men who want TO help themselves, and
the Secretary OF the Interior has
thought the possible methods out in a
way which is worthy of your most
friendly attention.
have spoken OF the control
which must yet for a whils--per-
haps for a Iona while-be exer-
oissd over shipping because OF
the priority Of service TO which
our forces overseas are entitled
and which should also be accorded
the shipments which are TO save
recently liberated peoples from
starvation and many dsvastated
reuions from permanent ruin. May
not say q special word about the
needs Of Belgium and Northern
Franee7 No sums Of money paid
by way Of indemnity will serve OF
themselves TO save them from
hopeless dissdvantaus for years
to come. Something more must
90 uoHo NaU "o'oJ '"e WV
money.
If they had money and raw ma
terials in abundance tomorrow, they
could not resume their place In the
industry OF the world to-morrow--the
very important place they held be-
fore the flame of war swept across
them. Many of their factories are
razed to the ground. Much OF their
machinery Is destroyed or has been
taken away. Their people are scat
tered and many OF their best work
men are dead. Their markets will ba
taken by others II they are not IN
some special way assisted TO rebuild
their factories and replace their lost
instruments OF MANUFACTURES.
They should not be left 10 the
vieissitudes Of the sharp oofnpe-
tition for materials and for indus
trial facilities which is now to set
in. ! hope, therefore, that the
Congress will not be unwilling, IL
IL should become necessary, to
arant 10 some such agency az the
War Trade Board the right 20 et-
tabIish priorities Of export and
supply for the benefit Of these
people whom we have been SO
happy 20 assist in saving from
the German terror, and whom we
must not now thoughtIsesly leave
20 shift for themselves in a pitt
less eompetitivo market.
WILSON'S PROGRAMME FoR
LEvYINo NEW TAXES.
For the steadying and facili;ation
OF our own domestic business read
justments nothing is more important
than the Immediate determination OF
the taxes that are TO be levied for
1918. 1919. and 1920. As much OF the
burden OF taxation must be lifted
from business as sound methods oi
financing the Government will per.
init, and those who conduct the great
essential industries OF the country
must be told as exactly Ps possible
what obligations to the Governmen
they will be expected to meet in thu
years Immediately ahead Of them. u
will be OF serious consequence to thu
country TO delay removing all un'
certainties in this matter n single day
longer than the right processes OF de.
bate Justify. II IL idle TO talk Of sue
| cessful and confident business recon,
struction before those uncertaintie.
are resolved.
II the war had continued Il woull
t..
Continued on Ninth Page.)
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QUIRIRAL PREPARES
TO HOUSE WILSON'S
Apartments in Royal Palace in,
Rome Being Made Ready for
Their Visit.

ROME. DC. .. - Apartments are
being prepared in the Royal Palace
OF the QuirinaI for the disposal OF
President Wilson and Mrs. Wilson
during their stay In the Italian capt.
tai. according to the Messaggero.
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VOTES $4,000 FOR ARCH.
board OF Aldermen Authorizes Spe-
cIRI bond Issue.

4. The Board OF Aldermen this after
noon unanimously passed a resolution
calling for an $4,000 Issue OF special
revenue bonds, for the construction OF
a temporary memorial arch for our sol
ders and sailors about to return.
The arch Is 10 be erected In Fifth
Avenue between 24th and 18th Streets.
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FINE SPIRIT SHOWN BY THE
ENTIRE NATION.

And throughout IL nll. how fine
the spirit OF the Nation was. What
unity of purpose, what untiring zeal.
What elevation OF purpose ran
through all It's splendid display OF
strength, its untiring accomplish
ment have said that those OF us
who stayed ut home to do the work
of organization and supply will al
ways wish that we had been with the
men whom We sustained by our labor,
but we can never be ashamed.
II has been an inspiring thing TO be
here In the midst Of fine men, who had
turned aside from every private in
terest OF their own and devoted the
whole of their trained capacity TO the
tasks that supplied the sinews OF the
whole great undertaking. The patriot
ism, the unselfishncss, the thorough
going devotion and distinguished ca
pacity that marked their toilsome
labors day after day, month after
month. have made them tit mates aud
comrades OF tho men in the trenches
! and on the sea.
And not the men here in Wash
ington only. They have but directed
, the vast achievement Throughout
| innumerable factories, upon innum-
cradle farms, in the depths OF coal
mines and iron mines and copper
, mines, wherever the stuffs OF indus
! try were TO be obtained and prepared.
In tho shipyards. on the railways, at
the docks, on the sea, In every labor
that was needed to sustain the bat
! tie lines. men have WED with each
other TO do their part ana do It well.
They can look any man-at-arm in
the face and say, I'VE also strove
to win and gave the best that was In
us to make our fleets and armies
sure OF their triumph"
And what shall We say Of tho wom-
en-ot their instant intelligence.
lqulckcning every task that tn,y
touched; their capacity for organlza-
ton and operation, which gave
their action discipline and enhanced
the effectiveness OF everything they
attempted; their aptitude at tasks 10
which they had never before set thor
hands; their utter self-sacrfcc alike
ssrSs ~ e5Itrrsr. St71 In FT74i l9ST
result Is beyond appraisal. They have
added a new lustre TO the annals OF
American WOmauhOO0
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DIED.

BANrER.--At Peekskill y. ". Dec. !
In her 2oth wear. ELLEN BAXTER, wife
OF Philip Baxter and DAUGHTER Of John
ana Ellen o'Brien o'shea.
Funeral Tuesday at ASSUMPTION
Church. Pcekskill. $40 A. NJ. Intsrment
Peeksklr. y. Y.
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WANTS SOLDIERS TO AID IN
REclAIMlNG ARID LANDS.

The Congress can at once dlrect
thousands OF the returning soldiers 10
the reclamation OF the arid lands.
which n has already undertaken II II
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foundations Of justice and fair
dealing.
SEEK INTERNATIONAL JUSTICE.
NOT MERE DOMESTIC SAFETY.

We are aboL' TO give order ana or
ganiZation to this peace, not only for
ourselves but for the other peoples OF
the world as well. 20 far as they will
suffer us 20 serve them. II Is inter-
national justice that we seek. not do
mestic safety merely. Our thoughts
have dwelt OF late upon Europe-upon
Asia, upon the Near and the Far East
very little upon the acts OF peace
and accommodation that wait 10 be
performed at our own doors.
While we are adjusting our rela-
tions with the rest of the world is IL
not OF capital Importance that we
should clear away all grounds of mis-
understanding with our Immediate
neighbors and give proc: OF the
friendship we really feel? hope that
the members of the Senate will permit
me 70 speak once more of the un-
ratified treaty of friendship and ad-
justmont with the Republic of Colom-
bia. ] very earnestly urge upon
them an early and favorable action
upon that vital matter. l believe that
they will feel. with me. that the stage
of affairs Is now set for such action
as will be not only Just but generous
and In the spirit OF the me- age upon
which we have so happily entered.
SO far as our domestic affairs are
concerned, the problem of our return
TO peace Ia n problem OF economic
and Industrial readjustment. That
problem is less serious for us than II
may turn out TO be for the nations
which have suffered the disarrange-
ments and the losses Of the war long
er than we. Our people. moreover. do
not wait to ba coached and led. They
know their own business. are quick
and resourceful at every readjust-
ment. definite in purpose and self
reliant In oction
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the gallant men who fought u
aiven their opportunity TO win II
otherwise. but for many a long
day we shall think ourselves
Accurs'd we were not there,
ARd hold our mnnhoods cheap while
any speaks that fought
with these at ST. Mlhiel or Thierry
The memory OF those days OF trump
ant battle will - with these tortu-
nate men to their graves. and each
will have his favor1te memory. old
men forget: yet all shall be forgot
but he'll remember with advantages
what feats he did that day.
What we all thank God for with
deepest gratitude is that our mon
went in force into the line Of bat
tie at the critical moment when
the whole fate Of the world
seemed to hang in the balance
and threw their fresh strength
into the ranks Of freedom in time
20 turn the whole tide and sweep
Of the fateful struagle-turn Il
once for all, so that theneeforth
il was back, back, back for their
enemies, always back, mover again
forward. After that IL was only
a sesnt four months before the
commanders Of the Central EN-
pires knew themselves beaten
and now their very Empires are
in liquidation.
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ACTING NOW WITH WAR HON.
oRS TAKEN OFF.

But the moment we knew the armis-
tlce to have been signed VIC took the
harness off Raw materials upon
which the Government had kept It's
hard for fear there should not he
enough for the industries that sup
piled the armies, have been released
and put into the general market again,
Great industrial plants whose whole
output and machinery had been taken
over for uses OF tho Government, have
been Set free 10 return 10 the uses to
which they were put before the war.
II has not been possible TO rem 1re
so readily or 50 quickly the control
of foods'uffg and shipping, because
the world has stiil TO he tcd from our
Ciauarics and the ships are still need
ed 80 send supplies TO our men over
seas and to bring the men back as
fast ~ the disturbed conditions on
tho other side OF the wotcr permit,
but even there restraints are being
relaxed az much as possible and more
ana more as the weeks 20 by,
Never before have there been agen-
| ciCs In existence In this country
which kncw 90 much OF the field OF
| supply, of labor and of industry as
the Wpr Industries Board, the War
| Trade Borrd, the Labor Department,
kthr food Admlplstration and the Fuel
ADMINISTRATION have known since the
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WORK MUST BE PROVIDED FOR
MANY MEN.

But there will be others who will Re
at a loss where to gain n livelihood
unless pains are taken to guide them
and put them in the way of work.
There will be n large floating residu-
UNI OF labor which should not be LEFT
wholly to SHIFT for itself. II seems 10
me important, therefore, that the de-
velopment OF public Works OF every
sort should be promptly resumed, In
order that opportunities should be
created for unskilled labor in parlic-
uiar and that plans should be made
Cor such developments OF our unused
lands and our natural resources ns
we have hitherto lacked stimulation
10 undertake. .,
I particularly direct your attention
10 the very practical plans which the
Secretary OF the Interior has devel-
oped in his annual report and before
vour committees for the reclamation
of arid. swamp and cut-over lands
which might. II the states were VIII
ing and able 10 cooperate, redeem
some 500, 100000 acres OF land Tor
cultivation. .,,.
There are said to be tliteen or
twenty million acres OF land in the
WeSt nt present arid, for whose
reclamation water Is available. II
nroperly conserved. There are about
two hundred and thirty million acres
from which the forests have been
cut but which have never yet been
cleared for the plow and which lie
waste and desolate. These lie scat
tered all over the Union and there
are nearly eighty million acres OF
iand that lie rrder swamps or SUBJ
ieot to periodical overflow or toe
wet for anything but grazing. wh'cr
II is rerfectlv feasible TO drain and
protect and redeem.
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AMERICANS WON'T STAND FOR
LEADING STRINGS.

Any leading strings we might seek
to put them in would speedily be-
come hopelessly tangled because they
would pay no attention to them end
go their own way. All that we can
do as their Legislative and Executive
servants is to mediate the process OF
change here, there. and elsewhere as
me may.
have heard much counsel as
to the plans that should be formed
and personally conducted to a
happy eonsummation, but from no
quarter have ] seen any general
scheme Of "reeonstruetion" emerge
which I thought IL likely we could
force our spirited business men
and self reliant laborers 10 .sc-
cspt with due pliancy and obedi-
ence.
While the war lasted we set up
Many agencies 10y which to direct
the industries of tho country in the
services II was necessary for them
10 render, by which TO make sure OF
an abundant supply OF the materials
needed. by which To check under
takings that could for the time be
dispensed with ard stimulate those
that were most serviceable in war,
by which to gain for the purcha sing
departments OF the Government a
certain control over the prices OF
essential articles and materials, by
which to reclaim trade with alien
| enemies. make the most OF the avail
able shipping and systematic finan-
cial transactions, both public and
, -! n se--S0 ll5t theoe- would be no
unnecessary conflict or confusion
bv which in short. 10 put every ma
terial energy OF the country in har-
ness to draw the common load and
mako Of US ono team In the accom-
nlishn,cpt 81 n nreat task
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A recupeiGuW dist n 'n1yenIA son,ats
usIlsd nllki ssD a-sss'ls.~-AasI
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abOrs become thoroughly systema-
tized. And they have not been isolated
agencies. they have been directed by
men who repre- sontod the permanent
departments of the Government and
so have been the centres OF unified and
CO cooperative action. II has been the
policy OF the Executive therefore,
since the afmislicc was assured
(Which Is IN effcct a CONF plote sub
mission Of the enemy, to put the
knowledge OF these bodies at the dis
posal OF the business men Of the
country and to offer their intelligent
mediation at every point and In every
matter where II was desired.
n is surprising how fast the
process Of return 20 a peace foot.
inu has moved in the three weeks
since the lighting stopped. II
promises 10 outrun any inquiry
that may be instituted and any
aid that may be offered. II will
not be sasy TO direct u any bet
ter than Il will direct itself.
The American business man 10 OF
quick initiative.
The ordinary and normal processes
Of private initiative Will not, however,
provide immediate employment for all
OF the men OF our returning armies.
Those who are OF trained capacity,
those who ore skilled workmen, those
who have acquired familiarity with
esta abllshed businesses. those who are
ready and willing TO go TO the farms,
oil those whose aptitudes are known
or will be sought out by employers
will find no difficulty. Il Is safe to
say, In finding place and employment.