Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-09-09
WORLD SITUATION
BLAMED FOR HIGH
COSTS BY WILSON
Tells Minnesota Legislature Sacrifices
and Waste of War Responsible;
Ignorance of Peace Status Helps
INTERNATIONAL LABOR BODY
WOULD SETTLE WIDE UNREST

st. Paul, Mimi. Sept. 9.-The cost
of living President Wilson told the
Minnesota Legislature to-day is large
ly due to "a world situation" grow
ing out of the sacrifices and waste OF
the war.
Back of that, added the President,
lay the fact that the world had not
yet learned what the peace statute
would be.
The world is not going to settle
down." said he, until it learns what
part the United States is to play in
the peace"
He ontinued that this was the only
nation which would have enough frec
capital in the near future to rehaoll-
itate the world economically.
The Legislature, which began yes
terday in extraordinary session to
consider the high cost of living and
other subjects. received the President
with cheers. He was introduced by
Governor Rurnquist, who said Mime
sofa hoped there would be some ar
rangement to prevent future wars.
The President congratulated the
Legislature on it's ratification yester-
day of the Federal woman suffrage
amendment.
Set Commerce Going
First of all. Mr.. Wilson said, 1t was
the nations duty to set the com
merce of the world going by the es-
tablishment of peace. After that, he
continued, there were domestic ad-
justnents that must be made, men
tioning among other things, that rail-
way facilities in this country were
mot equal to the demand.
Having established a world settle
ment economically, Mr.. Wilson de-
clared it was imperative that there
be an arrangement to insure that no
body monkey with the process" set
up.
Production Would Help
Turning to the relations OF labor and
capital the President said that labor
ing men everywhere were dissatis-
fed with their relation to their en-
ployers That was true abroad. he
added, in larger measure than in the
United States. Referring to the
Treaty provision for an international
labor organization, Mr.. Wilson said
here was a way to bring definite So
luton to the problems. He asserted
that in this solution. the United
States was expected by the world to
set the standards and lay down the
principles.
AS a basis for the solution, the Pres
ident suggested that the interests OF
labor and capital must be recognized
as identical and the two ought to be
reasonable enough to get together
When it was realized that labor was
not a commodity and a real cooper
alton had been established, produc-
tion >would increase by leaps and
bounds, and that would be one ele-
ment in reducing the cost of living.
L. s. Provincial
The United States, said the Presi-
dent, had been provincial" in past
years in it's economic relations to the
world. There must be a change he
argued, If the United States We're tc
rehabilitate the world.
That was why. he continued, the
cost of living was a world problem
and was wrapped up in the Peace
Treaty 1t was Just downright ig'
norance" of world affairs, he declared
that prevented some men from seeing
that point. There was applause when
he remarked that he did not thinl
either of the Senators from Minneso-
ia was afflicted with that state OF
mind.
Any man with open eyes," coulC
see the inevitable role the United
States must play in world affairs
said the President and must realize
that it was case of either "welcom-
ing or surrendering" to the facts.
Mr.. Wilson said he had seen con
.ditions on the other side of the wa.
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