Cheyenne record., 1919-12-11

the manufacture of dyesruff, on the
one hand. and of explosives and poi
sonous gases on the other, moreover
has given the industry an exceptional
significance and value.
Although the United States will
gladly and unhesitatingly join in the
program of international disarmament
1t Will, nevertheless, be policy of OBJ
vious prudence to make certain of the
maintenance of many strong and well
equipped chemical plants. The German
chemical industry, with which we will
be brought into competition, was, and
may well be again, thoroughly knit
monopoly capable of exercising a com
petition of peculiarly insidious and
dangerous kind"
During the war the farmer per
formed vital and willing service tC
the nation. BY materially increasing
the production of his land he supplied
America and the allies with tie in
creased amounts of food necessary 10
keep their immense armies In the field
He indispensably helped to win the
war. But there is now scarcely less
needs of increasing the production In
food and the necessaries Of life. ask
the Congress to consider means of en-
cOuraging effort along these lines.
Gives Boost for Better Roads.
The need of doing everything pOssi.
BILE to promote production along eco
nOmical lines, to improve marketing
and to make rural life more attractlv.
and healthful, is obvious. would urge
approval of the plans already PROPOSED
to the Congress by the secretary of ag
riculture, to secure the essential facts
required for the study of this quts.
ton, through the proposed enlarged
programs for farm management stud
les and crop and estimates.
/ would urge, also, the continuance
OF federal participation in the buildin!
of good roads, under the terms Of ex
isting law and under the direction OF
present agencies; the need of further
action on the part Of states and the
federal government to preserve and
develop our forest reservOirc and sup
ply through the practice of better
forestry methods Oh private holdings
and the extension of the publicly
owned forests; better support fol
country schools and the more definite
direction of their courses of study
along the lines related to rural prob
lens; and fuller provision for santa
tion in rural districts and the build
ing up of needed hospital and medic;.
facilities in these localities.
| Political RestIessness.
Perhaps the way might be cleared
for many of these desirable reforms by
a fresh, comprehensive survey made OF
rural conditions by conference com
posed of representatives of the farm
ers and Of the agricultural agencies rn
sponsible for leadership.
| would call your attention to the
widespread condition Of political resc
lessness In our body polite. The
causes of this unrest, while variOu.
and complicated, are superficial rather
than deep seated. Broadly, they aris'
from or are connected with the tail
ure on the part of our government t.
arrive speedily at just and perna
nent peace permitting return to norma
conditions, from the TRANSMISSION Of rltl
ical theories from seething European
centers pending such delay, from heart
less profiteerlng resulting in the In
crease in the cost of living, and, lastly
from the Vaccinations OF passionate
and malevolent ngItators.
With the return to normal cOndi
tions, this unrest will rapidly disap
pear. In the meantime x does mTc'
evil. 1t seems to me that in dealing
with this situa:ion Congress should no
be impatient or drastic, but shOult
seek rather to re,n?,s Inc causes.
Courts Should Deal With Radicals.
1t should endeavor to bring OuI
country back speedily to II peace bnsi:
with ameliorated living conditions ul
der the minimum of restrictions upOr
personal liberty that Is consisten
with our reconstruction problems. Ant
1t should urn the federal g9.verniWnl
with power to deal in its crrhiua
courts with those persons VII, by viO
lent methods would abrogate the time
tested institutions.
With the free expression of opinion
and with the advocacy of orderly pO
litical change, however fundamental
there must he no Interference, but to
wards passion and malevolence tend
ing to incite crime and lnsurrectiOr
under guise of political evolution there
this end has been recommended by tht
attorney general and should be
enacted
In this direct connection w:Mld
call your attention to my recon.n,enda
tion on Aug 8. pointing out leg siativf
measures which would be effective ~