The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-12-02

recommendations on legislation to com
bat the cost of living, labor unrest, rad
icalism and readjustment of the ma.
tion to peace etime basis were the fea.
lures of President Wilson'S annual
message to Congress delivered to-day.
The peace treaty, the president told
Congress, will be discussed in sep
aratc message later, as win the railroad
question.
For the second time only since the
president established the practice Of
addressing Congress in person, his mes
sage was read to-day by the clerks
The presidents principal recommen-
dations were:
Establishment of a budget system
for the national finances
Reorganization of the taxation sys.
tenn with simplfication Of the income
and excess profits.
Readjustment Of the tariff system, if
necessary to meet changed world con-
ditions and make the system conform
with the fact that the United States is
the greatest capitalist in the world y
Recognition and relief for veteran
soldiers of the world war, particularly
in the way of government farms as
proposed by Secretary Lane.
Proper measures to foster the dye
stuffs industry built up during the war
TO keep the United States Independent
of foreign supply.
An enlarged program for rural devel-
opment in recognition Of the farmers
part in the war.
Measures which "will remove the
causes" of political restlessness in our
body polite"
AT this point the president made his
most direct reference to the peace
treaty by saying the causes for the
unrest "are superficial rather than deep
seated" and that they arise from or
are connected with the failure on the
part of our government to arrive speed
lily at a just and permanent peace, per-
mitting return to normal conditions,
from the TRANSMISSION Of radical theories
from seething European centers pend
ing such delay, from heartless profiteer-
ing resulting from the increase of the
cost of living and lastly from the ma
chinations Of passionate and maleyo-
lent agitators. With the return to
normal conditions, this unrest will rap
idly disappear"
The president renewed his recon
mendation for legislation to deal clfec-
lively with those persons who by VIC.
lent methods would abrogate our time
tested institutions"
Several recommendations some re.
newals Of previous ones, were made by
the president to bring down the cost of
living, Among them were extension of
the food control law to peace. times for
the emergency; regulations for trans
portation of foods in interstate com
merce cold storage law modelled
after the law in New Jersey; a law re-
quiring marks to show the length of
time foods are kept in storage and a
law to secure competitive selling and
prevent unconscionable profits by fed
eral license of corporations selling food
in interstate commerce.
A long portion of the message was
devoted to a discussion of the condi.
tion and rights of labor. "a definite
program to bring about an improve.
ment in the conditions of labor and
bring about genuine characterization
of industry" was recommended.
"The only way to keep men from
agitating against grievances is to re-
move the grievances said the presi.
dents message At another point it de-
clared that "the seed of revolution is
passion,
The establishment of the principles
regarding labor laid down in the cove
nant Of the league of nations" said the
message, offers us the way to indus
trial peace and Cancellation. No other
road lies open to us. Govern
ments must recognize the right of men
to bargain collectively for humane oh.
jects, Labor must no longer be
treated as a commodity"
''The right of individuals to strike is
lnviolate,' continues the message, "and
ought not to be interfered with by any
process of government, but there is q
predominant right and that is the right
of the government to protect all of its
people and to assert its power and ma.
jesty against the challenge Of any
class"
The president was referring to the
governments recent injunction against
the coal strike.
The message closed with a pointed
reference to radicalism and red doc.
trines, and referred 10 Russia to-day
with its blood and terror as d pain
ful object lesson Of the power of mi.
norities,"
"There are those in this country
said the message, who threatened di.
ract action to force tbair will unon q