The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1919-12-05
DIVERSIFIED LAWS
URGED IN MESSAGE
President Wilson Raps
Promoters Of Violence
in the Nation
CUT COST OF LIVING

Washington.-The presidents mes
sage to congress, read In the senate
and the house on Tuesday, December
2, follows: So
To the senate and house Of represen-
tatives:
sincerely regret that cannot be
present at the opening Of this session
Of the congress. I am thus prevented
from presenting In as direct way
as could wish, the many questions
that are pressing for solution at this
time. Happily, / have had the advan-
tage Of the advice Of the heads of
the several executive departments.
who have kept in close touch with af-
fairs In their detail and whose thought
full recommendation earnestly sec.
ond.
In the matter of the railroads and
the rsadjustment Of their affairs grow
ing out of federal control I shall take
the liberty at later day Of address
ing you.
l hope that congress will bring to
conclusion at this session legislation
looking to the establishment of bud
get system. That there should be one
single authority responsible for the
making Of all appropriations and that
appropriations should be made not in
dependently Of each Otner, but with
reference to one single comprehensive
plan Of expenditure properly related
to the nations income, there can be
no doubt. / believe the burden of pre-
pairing the budget must, in the nature
of the case, IL the work Is to be prop
erly done and responsibility cOncen-
trated instead of divided, rest upon
the executive. The budget so prepared.
should be submitted to and approved
or amended by a single committee of
each house of congress and no single
appropriation should be made by the
congress except such as may have been
included in the budget prepared by the
executive or added by the particular
committee Of congress charged with
the budget legislation.
l trust that the congress will give
Its immediate consideration to the
problem of future taxation. Simplifi-
cation of the income and profits taxes
has become an immediate necessity.
These taxes performed indispensable
service during the war. They must,
however, be .simplified, not only to
save the taxpayer inconvenience and
expense, but in order that his liability
may be made certain and definite.
Trade Exchange Necessary.
The time has nearly passed for in
ternational governmental loans and
1t will take time to develop in this
country market for foreign securi-
ties. Anything, therefore, which would
tend to prevent foreign countries from
settling for our exports by shipments
of goods into this country could only
have the effect of preventing them
from paying for our exports and there
fore Of preventing the exports from
being made. The productivity of the
country greatly stimulated by the war
must find an outlet by exports to for
eign countries and any measures TAX
en- to prevent imports will inevitably
curtail exports, force curtailment of
production, load the banking machinery
of the country with credits to carry
unsOld products and produce indus
trial stagnation and unemployment.
If we want to sell, we must be pre-
pared to buy. Whatever, therefore,
may have been our views during the
period of growth of American business
concerning tariff legislation, we must
now adjust our own economic life to
a changed condition growing out of
the fact that American business is full
grown and that America is the greatest
capitalist in the world.
q, For Soldier Relief.
am sure 1t is not necessary for me
again to remind you that there is one
immediate and very practicable ques-
ton resulting from the war which we
should meet in the most liberal spirit.
1t is a matter of recognition and re-
lief to our soldiers. can do no bet
ter than to quote from my last mes
sage urging this very action:
1--WE must see to 1t that our return
ing soldiers are assisted in every prac-
ticable way to find the places for which
they are fitted in the daily work of the
country. This can be done by develop
ing and maintaining upon an adequate
scale the admirable organization Gre
ated by the department of labor for
placing men seeking work; and it can
also be done, in at least one very great
field, by creating new opportunities for
individual enterprise The secretary
of the interior has pointed out the
way by which retusning soldiers may
be helped to find and take up land in
the hitherto undeveloped regions Of
the country which the federal govern
ment has already prepared or can
readily prepare for cultivation and also
on many of the cutover or neglected
areas which lie within the limits of
the older states; and once more take
the liberty of recommending very ur-
gently that his plans. shall receive the
Immediate and substantial support Of
the congress-"
In the matter of tariff legislation, I
beg to call your attention to the state
ments contained in my last message
urging legislation with reference to the
establishment of the chemical and
dyestuffs industry In America:
"Ameng the industries to which spe-
cial consideration should be given is