The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.) 1903-192?, 1918-12-12

lite EARTH, MINI.
sound foundation for the financial
operations OF the year.
entirely concur with the secretary
Of the treasury IN recommending that
the $4,000, oeo, 900 needed in addition
to the 100000, 900 provided by ez-
listing law be obtained from the PROFITS
which have accrued and shall accrue
from war contracts and dfsknctdvely
war business, but that these taxes be
in 1918 or IN 1919 from business orig
mating IN war contracts. I urge your
acceptance Of his recommendation
that provision be made now, not sub
sequeatly, that the taxes to be paid n
1929 should be reduced from six to
four billions. Any arrangement less
definite than these would add elenen*s
Of doubt and confusion to the erit4saA
period Of industrial reaAjustAeat
through which the country must nsw
Immediately pass, and which No true
friend of the nations essential bas(
ness interests can afford TO DO respoa-
sibie for creating or prelensfng. Clear
ly determined conditions, clearly aAA
Simply eAarted, are Indispensable to
tho economic revival a0d rapid indus
trial development whtoh nay cent
IDENTIFY b expected il we asst new and
sweep al intefregatioa points away.
Pleads for Nary Program.
take Il for granted that the Goa-
Wess will oGrry out the Naval -
gram which was undertaken before We
entered the war. The secretary o6 ~
navy has submitted to your committee
for authsrization that part e the ~
gram which covers the building plans
of the nazt three years. These paRas
have been prepared along the hoss
and IN accordance with the DoAsJ
which the congress established, ut
under the exceptional conditions sf
the war, but with the intention sf a4-
herring to q definite method Of deveasp-
ment for the Navy. I earnestly roe
onnend the uninterrupted pursuit Ct
that policy. It would clearly DO IN
wise for us to attempt to adjust ss&
programs to q future world policy as
yet undetermined.
The question which causes the great
est concern is the question Of the Poa-
icy to be adopted toward the railroads.
frankly turn to yot, for counsel u1s1
it. have no confident judgment Of NJ
own. I do not see how any thoughffN
man can have who knows anything Ct
the complexity of the problem. It II
a problem which must be studied.
studied Immediately and studied With
cut bias or prejudice. Nothing /osa ~
gained by becoming partisan Of ~
particular plan Of settlement.
Railroads Up to Congress.
It was necessary that the adAto4s-
tration Of the railways should be taken
ever BY the government so 1sHg ~ tes
war lasted. n weald have been hsDos-
sfbls Otherwise to establish and carry
through under a single dfrosttcn ~
necessary priorfttes of shipments. Il
would have been impossible otherwise
to combine maximum production at the
factories and mines and farms WA
tho maxiRMm possible car supply t.
take tho products to the ports s1A
markets; impossible to route teooDo,
shipuents aad freight shipments w.
out ro1ard to the advantage Of OseA-
vaataSs Of Che roads employed; IN
possible to subordinate, when no4oo
sary, ~ questions Of eoAveafonoo -
the public necessity; impossible -
give the necessary financial support -
the reads from the public trsas~sv.
But all these necessities have Now
been served. and the question Is. what
IL best for the railroads and tor tes
public in the future?
Peace Treaty In Spring.
"Nxoeytional circumstances and e.
ceptional methods Of adnt1istrst1oa
wore not needed to convince ~ tAat
tho railroads were not equal b tAs
immense tasks Of transportation ~
posed upon them BY the RAPID sA1
continued development OF to inlus-
tries Of the coentpy. We knew Aa4
already. And we knew that NY wFs
unequal TO It, partly besasss sasar
full cooperation was rendered ~
possible BY law and talesv ssmIstsees1
made obligatory, 50 that It has bssa
impossible to assign to them ssvo1s
ly the traffic which best ossld be
carried BY their respective Mnss II
the interest of expedition and latisoal
economy.
I'VE may hoDe believe, Ter he
formal conclusion Of he war BY treaty.
BY tho time spriag has coma TwsatJ-
one months, to which the present esAr
troll Of the railways fs limited aftsr
formal proclamation Of peace sAaA
have been made, VIII run at To far
thest. I tale II for granted, CIV -
the January Of 1921.
/ Ran Revenue Prohles1s.
"The full equipment Of the raawsys
which the federal administration lad
planned could not bs completed VITA
in any such period. The present law
does not pesusit NE use Of the revs'
nues OF the several roads for ~