The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-05-20

President Wilson'S message res ON
mends:
Repeal Of the wartime prohibition
act.
Creation Of federal agency OF ad-
vice and Information as clearing
house for suggested improvements In
industrial conditions.
Maintenance of the United SSates
employment service.
Adoption of the iand-for-soidiers bill
sponsored by Secretary Lane.
Legislation to facilitate American
enterprise in foreign trade.
Reconsideration of federal taxes TO
relieve the burden, particularly on pro-
-ductivc resources, making incomes, ex-
cess profits and estimates the main-
stays of steady taxation.
Against general revision Of import
duties, but for protection OF the
American dye industry.
Adoption of the suffrage amend
ment.
Return of tho telegraph and teie-
phone lines to their owners under
more co-ordinated system.
Return of railroads under more
uniform system.
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WASHINGTON, May 20.--President
wilson's message to congress follows:
Gentlemen of the congress:
l deeply regret my inability to be
present at the opening OF the extra
ordinary session of congress. 1t Will
seems to be my duty to take part IN
the counsels of the peace confer ence
and contribute what l can to the So
luton of the innumerable questions
of whose settlement it has had to ad-
dress itself; for they are questions
which affect the peace of the whole
world and from them, therefore the
United States cannot stand apart. l
deemed it nv duty to call congress
together at this time because it was
not wise to postpone longer the PRO
visions which must be made for &
support of the government. Many of
the appropriations which are absolute
ly necessary for the maintenance OF
the government and the fulflllment of
it's varied obligations for the fiscal
year 1919-192O have not yet been made
The end of the present fiscal year
is at hand; and action upon these ap-
preparations can no longer be prud-
emily delayed 1t is necessary there
fore that I should Immediately call
your attention to this critical need.
It is hardly necessary for me to urge
that it may receive your prompt at
tention.
I shall take the liberty Of addressing
you on my return on the subjects
which have most engrossed our at
tention and the attention of the world
during these last anxious months,
since the armistice Of last November
was signed, the international settle!
ments which must form the subject
matter of the present treaties of
peace and Of our national action IN
the imm ediate future. 1t would be
premature to discuss them or to ex-
press Judgment about them before
they are brought to their complete
formulation by the agreements which
are now being sought at the table oe
the conference. I shall Nope to lay
them before you in their many as
pects so soon as arrangements have
been reached
/ hesitate to venture any opinion or
press any recommendations with re-
gard to domestic legislation while aD-
sent from the United States and out
of daily touch with intimate sources
of information and counsel. l am con
scious that need, after so long an
absence from Washington, to seek
the advice of those who have remain.
ed in constant contact with domestic
problems and who have known them
close at hand from day to day; and
trust that 1t will very soon be possible
for me to do so. But there are sever
al questions pressing for ccnsidera
ton to which I may and indeed must
now direct your attention in general
terms.
In speaking of them, I shall, dare
say. ha doing little Inors than spaal