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New-York tribune., 1919-05-21
Mary Minor Taxes
Called Unjusiifabie

Many of the minor taxes provided
for in the revenue legislation of 1917
and 1918, though no doubt made nee
essary by the pressing necessities of
the war time, can hardly find suffi-
clent justification under the easier
circumstances of peace, and can now
happily be got rid of. Among these,
hope you will agree, are the excises
upon various manufacturers and the
taxes upon retail. sales. They are un-
equal in the incidence on different
industries and on different individ-
uals. Their collection is difficult and
expensive. Those which are levied
upon articles sold at retail are large
ly evaded by the readjustment of re-
tail prices.
On the other hand, should assume
that it is eXpedient to maintain a
considerable range of indirect taxes.
and the fact that alcoholic liquors
will presently no longer afford
source of revenue by taxation makes
1T the more necessary that the field
should be carefully restudied in or
der that equivalent sources of rev
enuc may be found which it will be
legitimate, and not burdnesome, to
draw upon. But you have at hand in
the Treasury Department MANY ex-
perts who can advise you upon the
matters much better than l can. |
can only suggest the lines of per
manent and workable system and the
placing of the taxes where thew win
least hamper the life of the people.
There is, fortunately, no occasion
for undertaking in the immediate
future any general revision of our
system Of import duties. No serious
danger of foreign competition now
threatens American industries. Our
country has emerged from the war
less disturbed and less weakened
chan any of the European countries
which arc our 0mpetitors in manu-
facture. Their industrial cstablish-
ments have been subjected to greater
strain than ours, their labor force
to more serious disorganization,
New-York tribune., 1919-05-21
Stimulating Conditions
4,cdit Our Commerce

Peculiar and very stimulating con-
ditions await our commerce and in
dustrial enterprise in the immediate
future. Unusual opportunities will
presently present themselves to our
merchants and producers in foreign
markets and large fields for profit
able investment will be opened to
our free capital.
But it is not only of that that
am thinking; it is not chiefly of
that that l am thinking. MANY
great industries prostrated by the
war wait to be rehabilitated in many
parts Of the world, where what will
be lacking is rot brains or willing
hands or organizing capacity or ex-
perienced skill, but machinery and
raw materials and capital.
believe tha'. our business men,
our merchants, our manufacturers
and our capitalists viii have the
vision 20 see that prosperity in one
part of the world ministers to pros
perlty everywhere; that there is in
very true sense a solidarity of in
tereat throughout the world of enter
prise and that cur dealings with the
countries that have need of our
products and our money will teach
them to deem US more than ever
friends whose necessities we seek in
the right way to serve
New-York tribune., 1919-05-21
Return OF Wire
And Rail Lines

The telegraph and telephone lines
Will, of course, be returned to their
owners as soon as the retransfer can
be effected without administrative
contuslon; so soon, that is, as the
change can be made with least pos
slble rDconvenience to the public and
to the owners themselves.
The railroads will be handed over
to their owners at the end of the
calendar year; if | were in immedi-
ate contact with the administrative
questions which must govern the re-
transfer of the telegraph and tele
phone lines | could name the exact
date for their return, also.
Until | am in direct contact with
the practical questions involved, |
can only suggest that in the case of
the telegraphs and telephones, as in
the case of the railways, it is clearly
desirable in the public interest that
some legislation should be considered
which may tend to make of these
indispensable instrumentalities of
our modern life a uniform and CO.
ordlnated system, which will afford
those who use them as complete and
certain means of communication with
all parts of the country as has SO
long been afforded by the postal sys-
tenn of the government, and at rates
as uniform and intelligible Expert
advice is, of course, available in this
very practical matter, and the public
interest is manifest.
Neither the telegraph nor the tele-
phone service of the country can be
said to be in any sense a national
system. There are many confusions
New-York tribune., 1919-05-21
Genuine Deneocrati.ation
OF Industry rs Urged

The object of all reform in this
essential matter must be the genuine
characterization of industry, based
upon full recognition of the right
of those who work, in whatever rank,
to participate in some organic way in
every decision which directly affects
their welfare or the part they are to
play in industry.
Some positive legislation is prac-
ticable. The Congress already has
shown the way TO one reform which
should be worldwide by establish
ing the eight-hour day as the stand
ard day in every field of labor over
which it can exercise control.
1t has sought to find the way to
prevent child labor, ana will, hope
and believe, presently find it.
1t has served the whole country by
leading the way in developing the
New-York tribune., 1919-05-21

and Inconsistencies Of rates. The
scientific means by which communi-
cation by such instrumentalities
could be rendered more thorough and
satisfactory has not been made full
use Of. An exhaustive study of the
whole question of electrical COM
munication and of the means by
which the central authority of the
nation can be used to unity and i'm
prove it, if undertaken, by the appro-
pirate committees of the Congress,
would certainly result indirectly,
even if not directly, in great public
benefit.
The emobilization of the military
forces of the country has progressed
to such point that it seems to me
entirely safe now to remove the ban
upon the manufacture and sale of
wines and beers, but I am advised
that without further legislation
have not the legal authority to re-
move the present restrictions. |
New-York tribune., 1919-05-21
Our. Ne,o Merchant Ships
viii Be Helpful Rirals

Our new merchant ships, which
have in some quarters been feared
as destructive rivals, may prove
helpful rivals rather, and common
servants, very much needed and
very welcome. Our great shipyards,
new and old, will be so opened to
the use Of the world that they Will
prove immensely scrviceable to every
maritime people in restoring much
more rapidly than would otherwise
have been possible the tonnage wan
tonly destroyed in the war.
have only to suggest that there
are many points at which we can
facilitate American enterprise in
foreign trade by opportunc lcgisla-
tion and make it easy for American
merchants to go where they will be
welcomed as friends rather than as
dreaded antagonists. America has
great and honorable service to per-
form in bringing the commercial and
industrial undertakings of the world
back 10 their old scope and swing
again, and putting solid structure
OF credit under them. All our lcgis-
lation should be friendly to such
plans and purposes.
And credit and enterprise alike will
be quickcncd by timely and helpful
legislation with regard to taXation
hope that the Congress will find
it possible to undertake an early re-
consideration of Federal taxes in
order 10 make our system Of taxa
ton more simple and easy of ad-
ministration and the taxes them
selvcs rs little burdcnsonc rs they
can be made and yet suffice to sup
port the government and meet all its
obligations. The figures to which
thosc obligations have risen arc very
great indeed, but they Arc NOT 50
grcat as to make it difficult for the
nation to meet them, and meet them,
perhaps, in single generation by
tnxcs which Will neither crush nor
discourage. These are not so great
as they seem, not so great as tho
immense sums We have had to bor-
New-York tribune., 1919-05-21
Some Tariff Changes
Considered Necessary

Nevertheless, there are parts of
our traffic system which need prompt
attention. The experiences of the war
have made it plain that in some cases
too great reliance on foreign supply
is dangerous, and that in determin-
ing certain parts of our tariff policy
domestic considerations must be
borne in mind which are political a
we'll as economic.
Among the industries to which spe
clal consideration should be given
is that of the manufacture of dye
Stutis and related chemicals. Our
complete dependence upon German
supplies before the war made the in
terrupton of trade a cause of excep-
tlonal economic disturbance. The
close relation between the manufact-
urer Of dyestutfa, on the one hand.
and of explosives and poisonous gases
on the other, moreover, has given the
industry an exceptional significance
and value.
Although the United States will
gladly and unhesitatingly join in the
programme of international disarma-
ment. it will, nevertheless, be a pol
icy of obvious prudence to make GER
tain Of the successful maintenance
Of many strong and we'll equipped
chemical plants. German chemical
industry, with which we will be
brought into competition, was and
may be again thoroughly knit
monopoly capable of exercising COM
petition OF a peculiarly insidious
and DANGEROUS kind
New-York tribune., 1919-05-21

row, added to the immense sums wa
have had to raise by taxation. would.
seem to indicate, for very LARGE
proportion of those sums were raised
IN order that they might be loaned
to the governments with which we
were associated in the war, and those
loans will, of course. constitn+a
assets, not liabilities, and will nor
have to be taken care Of by our
taxpayers.
The main thing we shall have to
care for is that our taxation shall
rest as lightly as possible on the pro-
ductiVe resources of the country, that
It's rates shall be stable, and that if
shall be constant in its revenue
yielding power. We have found the
main sources from which it must be
drawn.
| take it for granted that its main
stays will henchforth be, the income
tax, the eXcess-protits tax and the
estate tax. All these can so be ad-
Justcd to yield constant and adcquate
returns, and yet not constitute too
grievous burden on the taxpayer. A
revision OF the income tax has al
ready been provided for by the act of
1918, but think you Will find that
further changes can be made to ad
vantage both in the rates of the tax
and In the method OF its collection.
The eXcess-protits tax need not
long be maintained at the rates
which were necessary while the enor-
nous expenses of the war had to be
borne, but it should be made the basis
of permanent system which will
reach undue profits without dis
couraging the enterprise and activity
Of our business men. The tax on
inhertances ought, no doubt, to be
reconsidered in its relation to the
fiscal systems of the several states,
but it certainly ought to remain
permanent part of the fiscal system
Of the Federal government also
New-York tribune., 1919-05-21

therefore recommend that the act
approved November 21, 1918, entitled
AN act to enable the Secretary of
Agriculture to carry out, during the
fiscal year ending June so, 1919, the
purpose of the act entitled An act
to provide further for the national
security and defence by stimulating
agriculture and facilitating the dis
tribution of agricultural products
and for other purposes" be amended
or repealed in so far as it applies to
wines and beers
l sincerely trust that shall very
soon be at my post in WASHINGTON
again TO report upon the matters
which made my presence at the peace
table apparently imperative, and to
put myself at the service of the Com
gress in every matter of administra-
tlon or counsel that may seem to de-
mand executive action or advice.
WOODROW WILSON.
May 20. 1919.
New-York tribune., 1919-05-21
The Presidents Message to Congress s

means Of preserving and safeguard
ing life and health in dangerous in
dustries.
1t now can help in the difficult
task of giving a new form and spirit
to Industrial organization by coor-
dlnatlng the several agencies of con-
citation and adjustment which have
been brought into existence bv the
difficulties and mistaken policies of
the present management of industry.
and by setting up and developing new
Federal agencies Of advice and in
formation which may serve as a
clearing house for the best expert
ments and the best thought on this
great matter, upon which everv
thinking man must be aware that the
future development of society direct
ly depends.
Agencies of international counsel
and suggestion are presently to be
created IN connection with the leaono
OF nations in this very field: but if
is national action and the enlightened
pollcy of individuals, corporations
ana societies within each nation that
must bring about the actual reforms
The members Of the committees on
TABOR IN the two houses hardly will
need suggestions from me as to what
means they shall seek to make the
Federal Government the agent of tho
whole nation in pointing out and, if
need be- guiding the process of re-
organization and reform.
New-York tribune., 1919-05-21
Returning Soldiers Must
Receive Our Aid

am sure that it is not necessary
lor me TO remind you that there is
one immediate and very practical
question of labor that we should meet
IN the most liberal spirit. We must
see to it that our returning soldiers
are assisted in every practicable wav
to ind the places for which thew
are fitted in the daily work of the
country
This can be done by developine
and maintaining upon an ADEQUATE
scale the admirable organization ere
ated by the Department of Labor for
placing men seeking work, and it
also can be done, in at least one
very great field, by creating new op-
portunities for individual enterprise.
The Secretary Of the Interior has
pointed out the way by which re-
turning soldiers may be helped to
flnd and take up land in the hitherto
undevcloped regions Of the country
which the Federal government has
already prepared or can readily pre-
pare for cultivation, and also on
many OF the cutover or neglected
areas which lie within the limits of
the older states, and l once more
take the liberty of recommending
very urgently that his plans shall
receive the immediate and substan-
tial support Of the Congress.
New-York tribune., 1919-05-21
''Ee Hare Gone Too Far
In Our Present Direcgi0u''

We cannot go any further in our
present direction. We have already
gone too far. We cannot live our
right life as nation or achieve our
proper success as an industrial COM
munity if capital and labor are to
continue to be aAtagonistic instead
Of being partners; if they are to
continue TO distrust one another and
contrive how they can get the bet
ter of one another, or what perhaps
amounts to the same thing, calculate
by what form and degree of coercion
they can manage to eXtort on the
one hand, work enough to make en-
terprise profitable; on the other, ius-
tice and fair treatment enough to
make life tolerable.
That bad road has turned out a
blind alley. 1t is no thoroughfare
to real prosperity. We must find
another, leading in another direc-
ton, and to a very different destina-
ton. 1t must lead not merely to
accommodation but also to a genu-
inc cooperation and partnership
based upon a real community of in
terest and participation in control.
There now is, III fact, real COM
munity of interest between capital
and labor, but it never has been
made evident in action. 1t can be
made operative and manifest only in
a new organization of industry. The
genius Of our business men and the
sound practical sense of our work
ers certainly can work such a part
nership out when once they realize
exactly what it is that they seek and
sincerely adopt a common purpose
with regard to it.
Labor legislation lies, of course.
chiefly with the states; but the new
spirit and method of organization
which must be effected are not to be
brought about By legislation so much
as by the common counsel and volun-
tary cooperation Of capitalist, man
ager and workman.
Legislation can go only a very
little way in commanding what shall
be done. The organization of indus
try is matter of corporate and in
divdual initiative and of practical
business arrangement Those who
really desire new relationship be-
tween capital and labor readily can
find way to bring it about, and
perhaps Federal legislation can help
more than state legislation could.
New-York tribune., 1919-05-21

and tbs is clearly not the time to
seek m organized advantage.
The work O. mere reconstruction
Will, | am afraid, tax the capacity
and the resourcoa Of their people for
years to come. So far from there
being any danger or need of accentu-
ated foreign competition, it is likely
that the conditions of the next few
years will greatly facilitate the
marketing Of American manufactures
abroad. Least Of all should we de-
part from the policy adopted in the
tariff act of 1913 of permitting the
tree entry into the United States of
the raw materials needed to supple
ment and enrich our own abundant
supplies.
New-York tribune., 1919-05-21
Labor Question Stands
In Front OF Al Others

The question which stands at the
front Of all others N every country
amid the present great awakening is
the question Of labor; and perhaps 1
can speak Of it with as great advan-
'aec while engrossed in the consid-
era.iaa G. interests which affect all
countries alike as I could at home
III amid the interests which natu-
al most Affect my thought, be-
cause they are the interests OF our
eFn people.
b. the questions Of labor I do not
mean the question Of efficient in
dustrial production, the dfestion of
how labor IS to be obtained and made
effective in the great process of sus-
New-York tribune., 1919-05-21

tanning populations and winning sue
cess amid commercial and industrial
rivalrios. | mean that much greater
and more vital question, how are
the men and women who do the
daily labor of the world to obtain
progressive Improvement in the CON
ditions Of their labor, to be made
happier and to be served better by
the communities and the industries
which their labor sustains and ao-
vances? How are they to be given
their right advantage as citizens
and human beinpS?
New-York tribune., 1919-05-21

Tie jdl tert Of President Wilson
ressoge to Congress- as '"''ed ir0'
Paris, follows::
Gentlemen of the Congress:
s,sn)y regret my inability to be pres
W. nt the opening of the extraor-
1;na4v session of the Congress. 1t
III seems to be my duty to take
art in the councils OF the peace
,nfsrence ana contribute what l
.n 90 the solution Of the innumera-
~, questions to whose settlement it
sas had to address itself. For they
.,n ouestions which affect the peace
>, .bs whole world. and from them,
'sorefore. the United States cannot
stand apart.
deemed it MY duty to call the
c.rcress together at this time be-
,.,se il was not wise to postpone
,.neer the provisions which must be
n.Se for the support of the govern
msnt. Many Of the appropriations
,r,,ch are absolutely necessary for
no maintenance Of the government
I'D the fulflment of it's varied obli-
mtons for the fiscal year 1919
,o9O have not Yet been made; the end
q The present fiscal year is at hand;
nd action upon these appropriations
r.n no longer be prudently delayed
!, ,s necessary, therefore, that
.bould Immediately call your atten-
,,oo 70 this critical need. 1t is hard
" necessary for ne to urge that it
NAV receive your prompt attention.
I shall take the liberty of address
iag you on my return on the sub
;.cts which have most engrossed
mr. attention and the attention of
,sp world during these last anxious
nontbs. since the armistice of last
November was signed. the interna
,ioDal settlements which must form
the subject matter of the present
treaties Of peace and of our national
action in the immediate future. 1t
would be premature to discuss them
or to express a judgment about
them before they are brought to
their complete formulation by the
agreements which are now being
sought at the table of the confer
ence. shall hope to lay them be-
fore you in their many aspects so
soon as arrangements have been
reached.
hesitate to venture any opinion
or press any recommendation with
regarl 10 domestic legislation while
absent from the United States. and
GU. of daily touch with intimate
sources Of information and counsel.
/ an conscious that need, after
50 long an absence from Washing
ton. to sesh the advice of those who
have remained in constant contact
with domestic problems, and who
have known them close at hand from
day to day; and trust that it will
very soon he possible for me to do
Sc.
But there are several questions
pressing for consideration to which
| feel that may and indeed must
even now direct your attention. ii
only in genera terms. In speaking
q them shall. dare say, be doing
little more than speak your own
thoughts. hope that shall speak
logr own iudgment also.
New-York tribune., 1919-05-21

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