The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1919-05-31
SENDS
SHORT MESSAGE
FROM EUROPE
,,.,ss to Congress Is Read by
Regular Reading Clerk.
Vol AIMS HIS STAY ABROAD
..,v. Duty Makes Absence OF
np 'I rxecutiye Necessary-Sub-
'. -, Of Labor Unrest Dealt
,m.h ExhaustiveIy-Sugges-
tons for Domestic
Legislation.

Legislation.
lexington, May 2O.-For the first
o' N history a message from the
l',ant Of the United States, cabled
Europe, was read to the congress
''Jly. 1t was as follows;
~. .r.otIemen of the Congress: l
VI. W." regret my inability to be pres
. :, at the opening of the extraordl-
'. y. '. session of the congress. 1t still
. ~ 10 be my duty to take part in
I. .orpsel Of the peace conference
y ..ntribute what l can to the sot.'
~ ;, tho iDnumerable questions to
yso,e settlement it has had to adj
-, Itself; for they are questions
Ds,,s affect the peace of the whole
I'D and from them, therefore, the
,Y@aa States cannot stand apart. l
80 # my duty to call the con-
y. ,oootber at this time because it
MT wise to postpone longer the
D,o,sIons which must be made Tor
1, rnnOrt Of the government. Many
I Ne appropriations which are abso-
.,.Iv necessary for the maintenance
\ be government and the fulflllment
h tts varied obligations for the fiscal
,,,Y 10000 have not yet been
r.ls, the end Of the present fiscal
g., j, at hand; and action upon these
.,orOratlons can no longer be pru'
KIM delayed. 1t is necessary, there
=, that I should Immediately call
81, attention to this critical need.
|, /, hardly necessary for me to urge
tbn It may receive your prompt at
endon
4 shall take the liberty of address
h. ron on my return on the subjects
VsFb have most engrossed our at
SsrHoD and the attention of the world
hiring those anxious months, since
h. srpistice of last November was
sr6ed. the International settlements
Ebjcb must form the subject matter
\ the present treaties of peace and
n ON national action in the immedi-
atp future. 1t would be premature to
BIpuss them or to express a judg-
rent about them before they are
brought to their complete formulation
y the agreements which are now be-
hi sought at the table of the confer
sace. | shall hope to lay them before
lou IN their many aspects so soon as
arrangements have been reached.
Rights Of the Worker.
The question which stands at the
fOat Of all others in every country
nlda the present great awakening Is
be question Of labor; and perhaps I
aa speak Of 1t with as great adVan-
age while engrosSed in the cOnsidera-
loa Of interests which affect all coun-
flss alike as l could at home and
mldst the interests which naturally
post afect my thought, because they
Pc the interests of our own people.
81 the question Of labor l do not
aean the question of efficient indus
rial production, the question of how
aDoE Is to be obtained and made eff
ectEe 10 the great process of sustain
g populations and winning success
midst commercial and industrial
i'alneS ! mean that much greater
% more vital question, how are the
en and women who do the daily Ia
% q the world to obtain progressive
Improvement In the conditions of their
DOT to be made happier, and to be
eHst better by the communities and
Ae Industries which their labor sus-
lAs and advances? How are they to
gwen their right advantage as clti-
eos aad human beings7
We cannot go any further in our
resent direction. We have already
ne i0o far We cannot live our right
y y nation or achieve our proper
aeses as an Industrial community If
lpla and labor are to continue to
!. '4,sonlstlc Instead of being part
~ L they are to continue TO dis.
uN one another and contrive how
w an get the better of one another.
au' perhaps amounts to the same
ssleulate by what form and de-
coercion they can manage TO
Wy o the one hand work enough
II, a-ss enterprise profitable. on the
IS stce and fair treatment enough
!. -As Ilie tolerable. That bad road
S.,. salaea out a blind alley. It is no
H., 1 sl to real prosperity. We
49,. y - another, leading in another
~. s.a0a ald to very different desti-
ss ssn i must lead not merely to ac-
san .,ooatl0n, but also to a genuine
In !. U, and partnership based
. n zeal community of interest and
@nOa 10 control.
5p, N.Y. J. Y now in fact real com.
N, ~ So :. interest Z between capital and
\, 1 ~ 1 has never been made evi.
Il, - action 1t can be made oper-
SlllatinD NJ ,,5.., uh new Or
B ~. men and the sound, nroc.
BIZ r,ss :. Oar Workers can certainly
N , ssa partnership out when once
q ,s sJ,lle exactly what it is that
ID pp,1 . ana sincerely adopt a com,
q' gaspose with regard to It ~
legislation lies. of course
'Oh 4 FINANCIAL POINT