The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1919-12-12

"The only way to keep men from
agitating against grievances is to re-
move the grievances"
Washington. -General recommended
tons on legislation TO combat the high
cost of living, labor unrest. radicalism
and REIMBURSEMENT of the nation to
peace-time basis were the features of
President Wilson's annual message.
The peace treaty, the President tod
Congress, will be discussed in a
separate message later, as will the
railroad question.
Tor the second time only, since the
President established the practice of
addressing Con@ress in person, his
message was read by the clerks.
The Presidents principal recon-
mendations were:
| Establishment of a budget system
for the national finances.
Reorganization of the taxation sys-
TEN with simpliiication of the income
and excess profits,
+ REIMBURSEMENT of the tariff system,
if necessary, to meet changed world
conditions and make the system con-
form with the fact that the United
States is 1.-THE greatest capitalist in
the world"
Relief for Soldiers.
Recognition and relief for veteran
soldiers of the world war, particularly
In the way Of government farms as
proposed by Ses rotary Lane.
Proper measures to foster the dye
stuffs industry built up during the
war to keep the United States indie
pendent Of foreign supply.
An enlarged program for rural de-
yelopment, 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 extensive reference to the peace
| treaty by saying that 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 ar
rive speedily at a "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
| from the increase of the cost of living,
lo- lx f1,n oh i,,n fNf
| passionate and malevolent agitators.
| With the return to normal conditions
this unrest will rapidly disappear"
| On the Cost of Living.
! The President renewed his recon-
| mendations for legislation to deal eff
! fectively with those persons who by
violent methods would abrogate our
! time tested Institutions"
| Several recommendations, some re-
newals of previous ones, wein made by
| the President to bring down the cost
of living. Among them were extern
sion of the food control law to peace
times for the emergency; regulations
for transportation of foods in inter-
state CONNIE. ce; cold storage law
modelled after the law in New Jersey !;
a law requiring marks to show the
length of time foods are kept In stor-
age, and law to secure competitive
selling and prevent unconscionable
profits" by federal license of corpora
tons selling food in interstate COM
MERGE
A long portion of the message was
devoted to discussion of tbs condi-
ton and rights of labor. "a definite
program to bring about an improve
ment In the conditions of labor and
bring about genuine democratization
of industry" was recommended.
"Remove Grievances"
"The only way to keep men from
agltating against grievances is to re-
move the grievances said the Presi-
dents message. At another point it
declared the seed of revolution is re-
preston"
THE establishment of the .princi-
pies regarding labor. laid down in the
covenant Of the League Of Nations,
said the message, offers BIS the wa,