The times-herald. [volume] (Burns, Harney County, Or.) 1896-1929, 1919-09-06
WILSON ANSWERS
SENATE QUERIES
sAvs He SEES NO REASONABLE
, OBJECTION TO RESERVATIONS
I ON LEAGUE or NATIONS.
MEETING At WHITE HOUSE
President Asserts United States Sur.
renders no Powers and May
Withdraw at VIII.

washlneton.- President Wilson and
the members Of the foreign relations
committee Of the senate met at the
White House Tuesday TO discuss the
peace treaty.
The president opened the discussion
by impressing on the senators the ur.
gency of prompt ratification OF tho
treaty without amendments and with.
out reservations that would require re.
submission OF the treaty to the other
signatorics. especially Germany.
Tho president said that the interest
OF every class Of people. the farmers
Industrial workers and employers. do
manded prompt ratification TO the end
that stable conditions OF Industry. ag.
riculture aud employment be rc-estab.
lishcd.
The presidents address. which was
In effect an address to the country,
follows.
II hope that this conference will
serve To expedite your consideration
OF the treaty of peace. her that you
will pardon and indulge me II again
urge that practically the whole task
Of bringing the country back TO normal
conditions OF life and industry waits
upon the decision OF the senate with
regard to the terms OF the peace.
Early Ratification Urged
II venture thus again 10 urge my
advice that the action Of the senate
with regard 10 the treaty BE- taken nj
the earliest practicable moment. be.
cause the problems with which we are
face 'o face IN the readjustment of
tho life OF tho nation are OF the most
pressing and critical character. and
will require for their proper solution
the most Intimate and dlaintcrestod
cooperation OF all parties aud all In
forests. and cannot be- postponed with.
out manifest peril 10 our people aud
20 all the national advantages We hold
most dear.
"The copper mines of Montana. Ari
zona, and Alaska. FOR example. are
being kept open and IN operation only
Mt a great cost aud loss. In part upon |
borrowed money. the zinc mines oi /
Missouri. Tennessee and Wisconsin /
are being operated AT about one half |
their capacity: the lead OF Idaho. Illi. |
nois and Missouri reaches only por /
tion OF It's former market. there IA an
Immediate need for cotton betting, and
also for lubricating oil. which cannot |
be met. all because the channels of |
trade are barred by war when there
ls no war. The same In true ~ raw
cotton. OF which the central empires
alone formerly purchased nearly four
million bales. and these are only ex.
Amples. There IN hardly a single raw
material. a single important food
stuff. or n single class of manufactured
goods which In not In the same case.
Dur full, normal. profitable production
waits on peace.
military Plans Delayed.
sour military plans OF course walt
lpon II. We cannot inteiligentiy or
risely decide how large a naval or
military force we shall maintain or
'ur policy with regard 10 military
raining Ia 10 be until we have peace
lot only. but also until we know how
'eace In to be sustained. whether by |
he arms Of single nations or by the
concert OF all the great peoples. And
here Is more than that difficulty In.
oiyed. The vast surplus properties
Il the army include. not food and
lothing merely. whose sale will affect
Iormal production. but great manu-.
acturing establishments also, which
hould be restored TO their former
ses, great stores Of machine tools,
nd all sorts Of merchandise which
nust lie idle until peace and military
olicy are definitely determined.
THE nations that ratify the treaty.
uch as Great Britain. Belgium and
rance, will be I'm position TO lay
heir plans for controlling the markets
I central Europe, without competl.
on from us. II we do not presently
CT We have no consular agents. no ,
rade representatives there TO look !
fter our interests.
uture OF Europe Remains Uncertain.
There are large areas OF Europe q
hose future viii lie uncertain and
fashionable until their people know \
10 final settlements OF peace and the !
'rces which are TO administer and
wtain II. Without determinate mar. q
cts our production cannot proceed :
ith intelligence or confidence. There :
In be no easy or normal industrial 1.
'edits because there can be no conf. /
ent or permanent revival OF business.
here can be no stabilization OF wages d
scause there can be no settled condi. y
on OF employment. y
Every element OF normal life n
nongst us depends upon and awaits d
10 ratification OF the treaty OF peace, 9
I'd we cannot afford to lose a single
lmmer's day by not doing all that !!
Q can to mitigate the winters suffer =
x. which, unless we find means to g
event II, may prove disastrous to i!
large portion OF the world. and may, d
Its worst, bring upon Europe con. g
tions even more terrible than those p