Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-05-20

WILSON MESSAGE
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raw materials needed TO supplement
and enrich our own abandoned sup
plies.
New Fields Of Manufacture.
Nevertheless. 'here are parts of our
tariff system which need prompt atten-
ton. The experiences " the war have
made II plain that in some places too
great reliance on foreign supply Is
dangerous. and that In determining
certain parts OF our tariff policy dom
este considerations mus, be borne In
mind which ace political as well as
economic. Among the Industries to
which special consideration should be
given Is thai of the manufacture OF
dye stuffs AMI related 'cremicals. Our
complete dependence uron German
supplies before the war made the In
terruption OF trade cause of excep-
tioral economic disturbance. The
close felation between the manufac-
ture OF dye s;uffs and of explosives
and poisonous gases on the other,
moreover has given thc industry an
exceptional significance and value.
Attic the United States will gladly
ana unhesitatirgly join in the pro-
gram Of international disarmament 4,
will nevertheless be a policy of obvious
prudence to MAKE certain of the sue
cessful maintenance of many strong
and well equipped chemical plants. Tho
German chemical industry, with which
we will be brought into competition.
was and may we'll be again thorough
lyknit monopol; capable of exercising
q competition-6f a peculiarly insidious
and dangerous kind.
Steals Republican Thunder.
THE United States should however
have the means Of properly protecting
itself whenever our trade is dscriI,l-
mated against by foreign nations. In
order that we may be assured OF that
equality Of treatment which We hope
to accord and to promote the world
over. Our tariff laws as they now
stand provide no weapon for retaliation
In case other governments should, en-
act legislation unequal in its bearings
on our products as compared with the
products OF other countries. Though
we are as far as possible from desir-
ing to enter upon any course OF retail
alton. we must frankly face the fact
that hostile legislation by other ma
lions is not beyond the range Of pos
sibiity and that 1t may hare to be met
by counter legislation.
THE subject has, fortunately, been
exhaustively investigated by the Unit
ed States tariff commission. A recent
report a that commission has shown
very clearly that we lack and that we
ought 70 have the instruments neces-
sary for the assurance of equal and
equitable treatment. The attention of
the congress has been called to this
matter on past occasions and the Se't
measures which are now recommended
by the tariff commission are substan-
TALLY the same that have been spE-
gested by previous administration.
recommend that this phase of the tar
if question receive the early attention
Of the congress.
Pleads For Suffrage.
"Wiil you not permit me, turning
from these matters. to speak once
more and very earnestly OF .he p-o-
posed amendment to the constitution
which would extend the suffrage to
women and which passed the house Of
representatives at the last session Of
the congress. 1t seems 10 me that
every consideration of justice and Of
public advantage calls for tho inme-
date adoption OF that amendment and
its submission forthwith to the legis-
lators Of the several states Thruout
all the world this long delayed extern
sion Of the suffrage Is looked for. In
the United States longer. believe,
than anywhere else. the necessity for
it, and the, Immense advantage Of it to
the national life. has been urged and
debated by women and men who saw
the need for il and urged the policy of
1T when it required steadfast courage
to be so much beforehand with the
common convictions: and I, for one,
coret for our country the distinction
Of beiEg among the first to act in a
great reform.
To Return Traffic Lines.
1.-THE telegraph and telephone lines,
will. Of course. be returned to their
owners SO soon as the retransfer can
be effected without administrative
confusion SO soon, that is, as the
change can be made with least pos
sible inconvenience to the public and
to the owners themselves. The rail-
roads will be handed over to their
owners at the end of the calendar year.
II I were in immediate contact with
the administrative questions which
must govern the retransfer of the tele-
graph and telephone 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 teIe-
graph and telephones. as in the case of
the railways, 1t Is clearly desirable in
the public interest that some legisla-
ton should be considered which may
tend to make of these indispensable
instrumentalities Of our mo6/rn life,
uniform and -ordinated system
which will afford those who use them
az complete and certain means Of COM
| munications with all parts of the
country as has SO long been afforded
~ ;r:S:ta! syste.o nf the government
and at1rates as uniform and Ineligible.
Expert advice Is, of course. available in
this very. practical matter, and the
public interest Is manifest. Neither the
telegraph nor the telephone service of
the country can be said to be in any
sense a national system. There are
many COMMISSIONS and Inconsistencies
Of rates. The scientific means by
which communication by such instru-
| mentallties can be rendered more
| thorough and satisfactory, has not been
ma de, full llae M An exhaustive study