Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-09-09
PRESIDENT SAYS HIGH LIVING COST /
DUE To THE WORLD SITUATION
Addresses Minnesota LegIsIa-
ture, Assembled to Probe the
High Cost Of LiVIng--Is Greet
ed With Cheers After Explain
Ing Situation.

ST. PAUL. Mimi, Sept. 9:-Presi-
dent Wilson's special train arrived at
the st. Paul Union station at 0
o'clock. The President was officially
welcomed to Minnesota by Governor
]. A. Burnquist, and the twin city
by Mayors L. c. Hodzhon and J. C..
Myers.
He received an ovation when he
entered the Hall of Chambers at
10:17 o'clock this morning.
The cost of living, the President
told the Minnesota legislature, today
is largely due to "a world situation"
growing out of the sacrifices and
waste of the war. Back of that, he
added. lay the fact that the world
had not yet learned what the peace
would mean.
The world IL not going to settle
down." he said, until 1t 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 rehabili-
tate the world economically.
The legislature which began in an
extraordinary session to consider the
cost of living and other subjects, re-
ceived the president with cheers. He
quist, who said in Minnesota, there
would be some arrangements to pre-
vent future wars"
The president congratulated tho
legislature and on its ratification yes
terday on the federal women suffrage
amendment.
First of all, Mr.. Wilson, said 1t was
the nations duty to set the commerce
of the world going by the establish
ArNf ne a ~
tinued, there were domestic adjust
ments that must be made. Making
among other things that railroad IA
cilities in this country were not equal
to the demand.
Having established settlement eco
nomically Mr.. Wilson declared 1t was
imperative that the arrangement to
insure "that nobody monkeys with
the process" be set up.
Turning to the relation of labor
and capital, he said that laboringmen
everywhere were dissatisfied with
their relation to their employers. Re-
ferring to the treaty provision for an
international labor organization he
said he has q way to bring definite
solution to the problem. He asserted
in this solution the United States was
expected by the world to set the
standard and lay down the princi-
pies.
Az a basis for the solution he sug-
gested that the interest of labor and
capital must be recognized as identf-
cal and the two ought to be reason
able enough to get together. When
1t was realized that labor was not g.
commodity and real cooperation
had been established production
would increase by leaps and bounds
and that would be one element In re-
ducing the cost of living, he said.
The United States, he continued.
had been "provincial' in past years In
it's economical relation to the world.
There must be change argued II
the United States were to rehabilitate
the world.
That was why he continued the cost
of living was worlds problem and
was wrapped up in the peace treaty.
1t was "just down right ignorance
of world affairs he declared that pre-
vented some men from seeing that
point. There were applause when he
rem ark ed that he did not think either
of the senators from minnesota were
afflicted with that state of mind.
"Any man with open eyes could see
the inevitable roll the United States
must play in world aqffairs." he said,
"and must realize that it was case
of either welcoming or surrendering
to the fact"
He siad he had seen conditions on
the other side of the waters and knew
first hand what confidence to world
reposed in America. He said that he
been glad that the problem was a
world one and not one of domestic
politics because he would be ashamed
of himself If he made such a subject
a partison one. He added, however,
that If he were "a scheming politi-
cian," and any one wanted to present
him with this issue as a platform he
would be glad to accept 1t.