The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1920-12-10
PRESIDENTS MESSAGE
HEARD IN CONGRESS

mESSAAE
HEARD IN CONGRESS
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wards individual nations. The law Of
democracy in the world should be
fon the protection Of the weak ma
ton, the nation which is struggling
towards its right and towards its
proper recognition and privilege in
the family Of nations.
Can Not Refuse.
The United States can not refuse
this role Of champion without put
ting the stigma Of rejection upon the
great and devoted men who brought
its government into existence and es-
tablished It in the face of almost uni
versal opposition and intrigue, even
in the face Of wanton force as, for
example, against the orders in coun-
ell Of Great Britain and the arbitrary
Napoleonic DEGREES which involved US
in what we know as the War of 1872.
I urge you to consider that the dis
play Of an immediate disposition on
the part Of the congress to remedy
any iniustices or evils that may have
shown themselves in our own ma
tional life will afford the most eff
fectual Offset TO the forces Of chaos
and tyranny which are playing so
disastrous q part in the fortunes of
the free peoples Of more than one
partsof the world. The United STATES
IS Of necessity the sample democracy
of the world, and the triumph OF de-
naoeracy depends upon its success.
sRecovery from the disturbing and
sometines disastrous effects of the
late war has been exceedingly slow
on the other side Of the water and
has given promise, ! venture to say,
OF early completion only in our own
fortunate country; but even with us
the recovery halts and is impeded at
times and thsre are Immediately
serviceable acts Of legislation which,
Il seems to me; it ought to attempt,
to assist that recovery and prove the
mdestructible, recuperative force OF
IS great government of the people.
One of these IS to prove that a great
democracy can keep house as sue
cessfu1ly and in as businesslike a
fashion as any other government. 1t
seems to me that the first step to-
mards proving this is TO supply our
selves with systematic method of
handling our estimates and expendi-
tures and bringing, them to the point
where they viii not be, an unneces-
sary strain upon our income or ne
cessitate unreasonable taxation; in
other words, a. workable budget sys-
tam, and respectfully suggest that
twp elements are essential to such q
system; namely, not only that the
proposal Of appropriations should be
ii the hands Of q single body, such as
i single appropriations committee IN
each house Of the congress, but also
ta,at this body should be brought into
,such cooperation with the depart
aaents Of the government and with
the treasury Of the United States as
would enable It to act upon COM
plete eonspectus Of the needs Of the
government and the resources from
which it must draw its income. re-
nctantly vetoed the budget bill
passed by the last session of the
congress, because Of a constitutional
objection. The house Of represents
tives subsequently modified the bill in
order. to meet this objection. In the
revised form ] believe that the bill,
coupled with action already taken by
the congress to revise its rules and
procedure, furnishes the foundations
for ali effective national budget syss-
tenn. Iyearnestly hope, therefore,
that one Of the first steps taken by
the present session of the congress
will be TO pass the budget bin.
Finances Improve.
The nations finances have shown
marked Improvement during the past
year. The total ordinary receipts Of
$6,694, ,000, 600 for the fiscal year
1920 exceeded those for 1919 by ST.
542, ,0o0, 900, while the total net or
dinary expenditures from $1S,514,-
900, 900 to $6.4o3, ,ooo, goo. The
gross public debt, which reached its
highest point on August 81, 1919,
when it was s26.5s6, 100000, had
,3.nr,o3 IN Nnvennher 20. 1920. to