The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1919-12-13
WILSON'S MESSAGE
READ TO CONGRESS
LABOR UNREST AND HIGH
COST OF LIVING is
DISCUSSED.
General Recommendation for
Return Of the United State,
To Peace Basis.

| Washington.-A diversified proerau
| W restore peace time business stat
US revise the tax system. curb I'M
| rest reduce the cost of living and rec
lily iaoor and farming conditions. was
| recommended by President Wilson
| luesday in his message to the new
session Of congress.
The president asked for new tariff
laws based on the nations changed
reiation TO the rest of the world. sug
gested that the income and excess
profits tax schedules be simplified
advocated steps to improve rural con
ditions and promote production and
declared for a genuine democratiza.
tlon OF industry to protect both Ia.
Dor and capital
The presidents principal recommen.
dations were
Establishment of a budget system
tor the national finances
REPRESENTATION OF the taxation sys.
tenn, van simplification oil the income
and excess profits.
ACCOMPLISHMENT OF the tariff system.
IL necessary, to meet changed world
conditions and make the s. stem con
form with the TACT tnat the tnlted
States is the greatest capitalist in the
world
Recognition and relief for veteran
soldiers OF the world war, particularly
III 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 Independent
of foreign supply.
An enlarged program for rural de-
velopment IN recognition 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 failure
on the part of our government to ar
rive speedily at a just and permanent
peace, permitting return to normal con-
ditions. from the TRANSMISSION of radical
theories from seething European cen
tiers pending such delay from heartless
profiteering, resulting from the in
crease of the cost Of living. and lastly
from the Vaccinations of passionate
and maIevolent agitators.
With the return to normal conditions
this unrest will rapidly disappear.
Several recommendations, some re-
newals OF previous ones, were made
by the president to bring down the
cost of living. Among them were ex-
tension of the food control Law to peace
times for the emergency; regulations
for transportation of foods in inter
state commerce; coal storage law
modelled after the law in New Jersey;
a law requiring markets to show the
length of time foods are kept in stor-
age. and law to secure competitive
selling and prevent uncomfortable
profits by .federal license of corpora
tons selling food in interstate COM
merces
Clerks Read Message.
For the second time only since the
president established the practice Of
addressing congress in person his mes
sage was read today by the clerks.
To the Senate and House Of Repre-
sentatives:
II sincerely regret that lean not be
present at the opening of this session
of the congress | 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 advantage OF
the advice of the heads of several
executive departments who have kept
In close touch with affairs IN their
detail, and whose thoughtful recon-
mendations / earnestly second.
IN the matter of the railroads and
the readjustment of their affairs grow
Mig out of federal control shall take
the liberty of later date Of address
ing you.
II hope that congress will bring to
a conclusion. at this session, legisla-
tion looking to the establishment OF
a budget system. That there should
be one single authority responsible for
the making Of all appropriations, and
that appropriations should be made
not independently Of each other, but
with reference to one single compre-
hensiye plan of expenditure proper
" related to the nations income. there
can be no doubt. believe the bur-
den of preparing the budget must, In
the nature of the case, If the work Is
to be properly done and responsibility
instead of divided. rest
upon the executive. The budget SO
should be submitted to and
or amended by single com
mittee of each house OF congress and
NO single appropriation should, be
Some Distance.