Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1919-12-04
MS NOTE
READ TO CONGRESS
WILL PRESENT SEPARATE MES.
SAGE ON LEAGUE OF MA.
TTONs AND RAILROADS


SAGE ON LEAGUE OF MA.
TTONs AND RAILROADS
The general recommendations On
LEGISLATION to comtat the cost u
living, labor unrest, radicalism and .
rehd}ustment Of the nation to peace
time basis were the features of Pres
idont Wilson's annual message to
congress delivered at Washington
Tuesday.
The peace treaty, the president
told congress, will be discussed In
: separate message later, as Will
the railroad question.
For the second time only since
the president established the prac-
tee OF addressing congress In per-
non his message was read by the
clerks.
A long portion of the message was
devoted to a discussion of the condi-
Hens and rights OF labor. "A def
inlfe program to bring about an Inn
proyement in the conditions Of lab
or." and "bring about genuine
DEMONSTRATION of industry" was
recommended.
The only way to keep men from
aeitating against grievances Is to
remove the grievances said the
preoident's message. At another
point It declared ''the seed OF revo-
luton IL repression"
ssThe establishment Of the princi-
.Dles regarding labor, laid down In
tha covenant Of the league OF ma
! iionsy;s uoId the message, -ofIers M
tAo way to Industrial peace and con-
c1liaffon. No other road lies open
to q. Governments
must recognise the right Of men to
aar9uln~Uslascti&ely for humane OBJ
5ocfs. Labor no longer
must be treated as commodity.
s"The right Of individuals, to strike
q inyi0late," continues the message
'sand ought not to be interfered
Nfth BY any process Of government,
~ there Is q predominant right
ard that is the right of the govern
Uent to protect all of its people and
to assert its power and majesty
Aeainst the challenge of any class.
The president was referring to the
gOvArnment's recent injunction
AGAINST the coal strike.
The message closed with pointed
reference to radicalism and red doc
trines and referred to Russia today
With its blood and terror" as
painful object lesson of the power
ofsminoritiss."
There are those in this country"
said the message, who threaten d.
rect action to force their will upon
majority, 1t makes lit
tie difference what minority 1t is,
whether capital or labor or tiny 9TH
or class, no sort of privilege will
ever be permitted to dominate this
Orderly processes, the message de-
clared, were the only ones by which
relief and reform could be obtained.
Those who would propose any 9TH
Or methods of reform IRE enemies Of
this country the message said.
LET those beware who take the
ahorter road OF disorder and reyo-
The president renewed his recon-
effectively with those persons who
xby violent methods would abro-
GATE our time-tested institutions.
The president made his most ex-
tensive reference to the peace
treaty by saying the causes of un-
rest "are superficial rather than
deep-seated" and that they arise
from or are connected with the fail
ure on the part Of our government to
arrive speedily at q just and perma-
nent peace, permitting return to nor
NAL conditions, from the TRANSMISSION
Of radical theories from seething Eu-
ropean centers pending such delay,
from heartless profiteering resulting
9ffpm the increase Of the cost Of liv-
ing. and lastly from the malevolent
sgitators. With the return to nor
nal conditions this unrest will rap
Idly disappear" an4sel