The Columbus dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 19??-1922, 1919-12-07
PRESIDENTS
MESSAGE READ
TO CONGRESS
SUMMARY OF IMPORTANT
REC0MMEN ID ATI0NSs
WANTS DEM0CRATIZA-
TION OF INDUSTRY.
RADICALS SCORED
Peace Treaty To Pc Treated In
Separate Message; Also
Railroad Situa-
tiOn.

recommendations on legislation to
combat the cost of living, labor unrest
radicalism and a readjustment of the
nation to peace-time basis were the
features of President Wilson's annual
message to congress, delivered today.
The peace treaty, the president told
Congress, will be discussed in separ-
ate message later, as will the rail-
road question.
For the second time only since the
president established the practice of
addressing Congress in person, his
message was read today by the clerks
The presidents principal recon-
mendations were:
Establishment of budget system
for the national finances:
Reorganization of the taxation sys-
tenn with simplifcation of the in
come and excess profits.
Readjustment of the tariff system,
if necessary, to meet changed world
conditions and make the system con-
form with the fact that the United
States is the greatest capitalist in
the world"
Recognition and relief for veteran
soldiers of the world war, particular
ly in the way of government farms as
proposed by Secretary Lane.
Proper measures to foster the dye
stuffs industry built up during the
war to keep the United States inde-
pendent of foreign supplies.
An enlarged progral for rural de-
velopment IL feeognftiyrl Of the farm
ers' part in the war.
Measures (which will remove the
causes" of political restlessness in
our body polite"
At this point the president made his
most extensive reference to the peace
treaty by saying the causes for the
unrest "are superficial, rather than
deep-seated," and that they "arise
from or are connected with the fail
ure on the part Of our government to
arrive speedily at just and perman-
ent peace, permitting return to nor
NAL conditions from the TRANSMISSION
of radical theories from seething Eu-
ropean centers, pending such delay
from heartless profteering resulting
from the increase of the cost of living,
and, lastly, from the Vaccinations of
passionate and malevolent agitators.
With the return to normal conditions
this unrest will rapidly disappear"
Radicals Are Scored.
The president renewed his recon-
mendations for Legislation to deal eff
fectively "with those persons who by
violent methods would abrogate our
time-tested institutions"
Several recommendations, some re-
newals of previous ones, were made 4
by the president to bring down the
cost of living.
Among them were extension of the
food control law to peace times for
the emergency; regulations for trans
portation Of foods in interest of COM
merce; a cold storage law, modelled
after the law n New Jersey; a law
requiring marks to show the length /
of time foods are kept in storage, and
a law to secure competitive selling
and prevent unconscionable profits"
by federal license of corporations /
selling food in Interstate commerce.
A large portion of the message was
devoted to a discussion of the condi-
tion and rights of labor.
Regarding Labor Unrest.
"a definite program to bring about
an improvement in the conditions of
labor" and bring about "a genuine
characterization of industry" was rec
commended
"The only way to keep men from
agitating against grievances is to re-
move the grievance" said the pres
ident's message. At another point it
declared "the seed Of revolution is
repression"
"The establishment of the principles
regarding labor, laid down in the
covenant of the League of Nations"
said the message, "offers US the way
to industrial peace and conciliation.
No other road lies open to us. Gov
ernment must recognize the right of
men to bargain collectively for hu-
name objects. Labor must no