Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1918-12-05

tho $1,000. 600, 900 needed IN sddition
to the $4,000. 000.00 provided ~ "a.
listing law be obtained from the profits
which have accrued and shall accrue
from war contracts and distinctively
war business. but that these taxes 30
confined to the war profits accruing
In 1918 or In 1919 from business orig.
mating In war contracts. urge yuuf
acceptance OF his recommendation
that provision be made now, not sub
sequently, that the taxes to be paid In
1920 should be reduced from six TO
four billions. Any arrangement less
definite than these would I'D elements
of doubt and confusion to the critical
period IL industrial readjustment
through which t1.s country must now
Immediately pass. and which no true
friend Of the nations essential busi-
ness interests can afford to be respon-
sible for creating or prolonging. Clear.
ly determined conditions, clearly and
simply charted. are indispensable to
the economic revival and rapid indus.
trial development which may cona-
IDENTIFY be expected II we act now and
sweep all Interrogation points away.
Pleads for Navy Program.
take /. for granted that the con.
gress will carry out the Naval pro-
gram which was undertaken before We
entered the war. Tho secretary Of the
navy has submitted to your committee
for authorization that part of the pro
gram which covers the building plans
Of the next three years. These plans
have been prepared along the lines
and in accordance with the policy
which the congress established. not
under the exceptional conditions Of
the war. but with the intention Of id.
herring to definite method Of develop
ment for the Navy. earnestly rec.
ommend the uninterrupted pursuit Of
that policy. 1t would clearly be un.
wise for US to attempt to adjust our
programs to future world policy a.
yet undetermined.
The question which causes the great
est concern is the question of the pol.
icy to be adopted toward the railroads.
! frankly turn to you for counsel upon
1t. l have no confident judgment of my
own. / do not see how any thoughtful
man can have who knows anything of
the completely Of the problem. 1t IL
a problem which must be studied,
studied Immediately and studied with
out bias or prejudice. Nothing can be
gained by becoming partisan Of any
nm ~ nlor ~ ont<1ornon<
Railroads Up to Congress.
1t was necessary that the admins.
tration Of the railways should be taken
over by the government 30 long as the
war lasted. 1t would have been impos-
sible otherwise to establish and carry
through under single direction the
necessary priorities of shipments. 1t
would have been impossible otherwise
to combine maximum production at the
factories and mines and farms with
the maximum possible car supply to
take the products to the ports and
markets; impossible to route troops,
shipments and freight shipments with.
out regard to the advantage or disad-
vantage Of the roads employed; i'm.
possible to subordinate, when neces-
sary. all questions of convenience to
the public necessity; impossible to
give the necessary financial support to
the roads from the public treasury.
But all these necessities have nov,
been served, and the question is. VIII 4
is best for the railroads and for
public in the future!