Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-09-09
President Attempts to EX-
plain Why Living Costs
Are High.
NO RELIEF UNTIL
TREATY is RATIFIED
Such is Arugment of President in Dis
oussins Present Conditions-Calis
Senators Who Oppose Treaty Isnor-
ant and Blind to Conditions and
Their Remedies-Sees Europe Look
ing to America For Guidance.

st. Paul, Sept. 9.-The cost of living,
President Wilson told the Minnesota
Legislature today, Is largely due TO n
world situation" growing out of tn,
sacrifices and waste OF the war.
Back Of tnat, added the president,
lay the fact that ,he world Lad not ye.
learned what the peace status wouhl
be. The world is not going to settle
down." said he. until 1t learns wha;
part the United States is to play in
the peace"
He continued that this was the only
nation which Would have enough free
capital in the near future to rehabili-
tate the world economically.
The legislature, which began ycstcr-
day, an extraordinary session TO con
slider the high cost of living and other
subjects, received the president with
cheers. He was introduced by Cover
nor J. a. a. Burnquist. who said Min
ncsota hoped there would be some ar
rangement to prevent future war.
= Peace First Need.
First of ALL MIR. Wilson said. it was
Of the world going by the establish
ment Of peace. After that, he contin-
ued. there We're domestic adjustments
that must be made. mentioning among
other things that railway facilities in
this country were not equal to the de-
mand.
Having established a world settle
ment economically, Mr.. Wilson declar-
ed it was imperative that there be an
arrangement to insure that nobody
monkey with the process set up
Turning to the relation of labor and
capital, the president said tf.ii labor
ing men everywhere were dissatisfied
with relations to their employers. That
was true abroad. he added in larger
measures than in the United States.
Refer ring to the treaty provision for
an international labor organization,
Mr.. Wilson said here was a way TO
bring a definite solution to the prob
lens. He ASSERTED that In this solution
the United States was expected by the
world to set the standards and lay
down the principles.
AS q basis of the solution, the
president suggested that the interests
Of labor and capital must be reorga-
nized as Identical and the two ought
to be reasonable enough to get togeth-
er. When it was realized that labor
was not commodity and n real CO.
operation had been established, pro-
duction would increase "by leaps and
bounds" and that would be one ele-
ment in reducing the cost Of living.
Says We Are Ignorant.
The United States. the president
said. had been provincial" in past
years in its economic relations to the
world. There must be change, he
urged, II the United States were to re-
habilitate the world. And 1t was
necessary to accomplish that rehabili-
tation, Me added "if you are going to
carry your trade to the ends Of 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 ignorance" OF
world affairs. he declared. that pre-
vented some men from seeing that
point. There was applause when he
remarked that he did not think either
Of the senators from Minnesota was
afflicted with that state OF mind. ANY
man with open eyes could see the ine-
vitable role the United States must
play in world affairs" said the presi-
dent, and must realize that 1t was n
case of welcoming or surrendering to
the facts"
Mr.. Wilson said he had seen condi-
tions on the other side Of the water
and knew first hand what confidence
the world reposed in America. He said
he had been glad that the problem
was world one and not one or do
mestic politics, because he would be
ASHAMED" Of himself IL he made such
subject partisan one He added,
however, that II he were "schemng
politician" and any one wanted to
present him with this issue as a plat
form, he would be glad to accept it.
Borah to Bo at Fort Dodge.
Fort Dodge, Sept. 9--tSenator Borab
of Idaho will speak at Fort Dodge,