The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1919-09-09
PEACE STATUS
OF WORLD TO
Be DECIDED
BY AMERICA
Cost of Living Due to World
Situation, Wilson Declares
in Address Before Mime
sofa Legislature.
DEPENDS ON TREATY
(By Associated Press1

ST. PAUL, Sept. 9.-The cost Of lfv-
sofa legislature today, is largely due
to "a world situation" growing out of
the sacrifices and wastes If the war.
Back of that, added the president. lay
the fact that the world has not yet
learned what the peace status would
be.
The world is not going to settle
down." said he, until it learns what
part the United States Is TO play in
the peace"
He continued that this was the only
nation which would have enough free
capital in the near future to rehAbil+
tate the world economically. :
Must Set Commerce ooine.
The legislature, which began~yester-
day an extraordinary session to con-
slider the high cost Of living and other
subjects received the president with
cheers. He was introduced by Cover
nor J. A A. Burnquist, who said Min
nesota hoped there would be some ar
rangement to prevent future wars
The president congratulated the leg
islature on it's ratification yesterday
of the federal Voman's suffrage
amendment.
First of all, Mr.. Wilson said. Il was
the nations duty to set the commerce
of the world going by the establish
ment Of peace. After that, he con-
| tinued, there were dom adjust
ments that must be made, mentioning
among other things that railway facil-
tiles in this country were not equal
to the demand.
Labor Dissatisfied.
Having established a world settle
ment economically, Mr.. Wilson declar-
ed it was imperative that there be set
up an arrangement to insure that no
body monkey with the process"
| Turing to the relations Of labor and
capital, the president said that labor
ing men everywhere were dissatisfied
with their relations to their en-
ployers.
That was true abroad he added. in
larger measure than in the United
States.
| Referring TO the treaty provision for
| an international labor organization.
| Mr.. Wilson said here was a way to
bring a definite solution to the prob
lens He asserted that in this solu-
tion the United States was expected
by the world to set the standards and
ldy uO"I tHC pI Ao DdSc
for the solution. the president suggest
ed that the interests of labor and cap
ital must be recognized as Identical
and the two ought to be reasona BILE
eonugh to get together. When II was
realized that labor was not a commod-
ity and a real cooperation had been
established. production would increase
"by leaps and bounds" and that would
be one element in reducing the cost
of living.
United States "pro~lnctaI."
The United States, the president
said, had been ''provinciar' in past
years in it's economic relations to the
world. There must be a change. he
argued. If the United States were to
trehabilitate the world.
This was why, he continued, the
cost OF living was a world problem and
was wrapped up in the peace treaty.
1t was Just downright ignorance" of
world affairs he declared. that pre-
vented some men from seeing that
point.
ANY man with open eyes," could
see the inevitable role the United
States must play in world affairs, said
the president and must realize Il was
a case of either welcoming or sur
rendering" to the facts.
Mr.. Wilson said he had seen condi
tions on the other side Of the water
and knew frst-hand what confidence
the world reposed in America.