Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1919-05-21


 question receive the early attention
 of the congress.
 Viii you not permit, turning from
 these matters, to speak once more
 and very earnestly or the proposed
 amendment to the constitution which Fd would extend the suffrage to women
 and which passed the house of repres-
 entatives at the last session of the
 congress? It seems to me that every
 consideration of justice and of pubic 4 advantage calls for the immediate q adoption of that amendment and it's
 submission forthwith to the legisa- ture of the several states Through out all the world this long delayed extension of the suffrage IS looked tor; Tn the United States, longer, l { believe than anywhere else, the nee < essity! for it, and the immense ad- {, vantage of it to the national life, has Nbeen" urged and debated by women isand men who saw the need tor it and urged the policy of it when It requir- ed steadfast courage to be so much beforehand with the common convict ion; and l, for one, covet for our coun- try the distinction of being among the first to act in great reform.
 To Return Lines.
 The telegraph and telephone lines will of course be returned to their owners so soon as the re-transfer can be elIecsed without administrative, confusion so soon, that is, as the change can be made with least pos- siblc lnconvience to the public and to %l,o roads will be handed over to their owners at the end of the calendar year; if l were in direct contact with the administrative question which must govern the rc-transfer of the telegraph and telephone lines 1 could name the exact date for their return also. Until l am in direct contact with the practical questions involved l can only suggest that in the case of the teiegraphs and telephones as in the case ot the railways, it is clearly desirable in the public inter- est that some legislation should bel considered which may tend to make i of these indispensable instrumentali- ties of our modern life uniform and co-ordinated system which will af- ford those who use them as complete and certain means of communication with all parts of the country as has ESQ long been afforded by the postal system of the government and at rates as uniform and ineligible. Ex- pert advice is, of course, available in this very practical matter, and the public interest is manifest. Neither the telegraph nor the telephone ser vice of the country can be said to be i'll any sense a national system. There are many confusions and inconsistent cies of rates. The scientific means by which communication by such instru mentalities can be rendered more thoroughly and satisfactory has not |been made full use of. An exhaustive! study of the whole question of cleo trical communication and of the means by which the central authority of the nation can be used to unify and improve it, if undertaken, by the ap- propriate committees of the congress would certainly result, indirectly even if not directly, in a great public bene- fit.s
 ', Remove Pro Ban. | r The Rehabilitation of the military forces of the country has progressed to such point that it seems to be ] entirely safe now to remove the ban upon the manufacture and sale off wines and beers but l am advised ! that without further legislation have not the legal authority to remove the present restrictions. therefore recom- mend that the act approved Novem- 1 Der 21, 1918, entitled:
 An act to enable the secretary of 1 agriculture to carry out, during the 1 fiscal year ending June 30, 1919, the | purposes of the act entitled An act to provide further for the national | security and defense by stimulating agriculture and facilitating the dis l tribution of agricultural products and for other purposes" be amended or repealed insofar as it applies to | wines and. beers.
 l sincerely trust that. I shall very soon be at my most in Washington again to report upon the matters ] which made by presence at the peace table apparently imperative, and to | put myself at the service of the con- gress in every matter of administra- ton or counsel that may seem to de- mand executive action or advice.
 (Signed) Woodrow Wilson. l If you have something to sell, a