Middletown transcript., 1920-12-11

ernment's progress in retiring the fiOat-
ing debt. -
Closely connected with these, It
seems to me, is the necessity for an
immediate consideration of the revi-
sion Of our tax laws. Simplification
Of the income and profits taxes has
become an immediate necessity. These
taxes performed an Indispensable serv-
ice during the war. The need for their
simplifcation, however, is very great.
in order to save the taxpayer fncon-
venience and expense and in order to
make his liability more certain and
definite. Other and more detailed rec
concentrations with regard to taxes
will no doubt be laid before you by the
Secretary Of the Treasury and the
Commissioner Of Internal Revenue.
It is my privilege to draw to tho
attention Of Congress for very sympa-
thetic consideration the problem Of
providing adequate facilities for the
care and treatment Of former inem.
bers of the military and naval forces
who are sick or disabled as the result
Of their participation in the war.
These heroic men can never be paid
in money for the service they patriot
ically rendered the nation.
Their reward will lie rather in real
ization of the fact that they vindicated
the rights of their country and aided
in safeguarding civilization. The ma
| tion's gratitude must be effectively re-
vealed to them by the most ample pro-
vision for their medical care and treat
ment as we'll as for their vocational
training and placement.
The time has come when more
complete program can be formulated
and more satisfactorily administered
for their treatment and training, and
earnestly urge that the Congress give
the matter its early consideration.
The Secretary Of the Treasury and
the Board of Vocational Education
will outline in their annual reports
proposals covering medical care and
rehabilitation which am sure will
engage your earnest study and COM
mand your most generous support.
Permit me to emphasize once more
the need for action upon certain mat
ters upon which dwelt ut some length
in my message to the second session
of the Sixty-sixth Congress. The ne
cessity, for example. of encouraging
the manufacture of dyestuffs and re-
lated chemicals, the importance of do
ing everything possible to promote ag-
ricultural production along economic
lines, to improve agricultural market
ing and to make rural life more at
tractive and healthful; the need for a
law regulating cold storage in such
way as to limit the time during which
goods may be kept in storage, prescrib-
ing the method of dispOsing of them
if kept beyond the permitted period,
and requiring goods released from
storage in all cases to bear the date Of
their receipt.
It would also be most serviceable IL
it were provided that all goods releas-
ed from cold forage for interstate
shipment should have plainly marked
upon each package the selling or mar
ket price at which they went into
storage, in order that the purchaser
might be able to learn what profits
stood between him and the producer
or the wholesale dealer. Indeed, it
would be very serviceable to the pub.
lie if all goods destined for interstate
commerce were made to carry upon
every packing case whose fl m made
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price at which they left the hands of
the producer. l respectfully call your
attention also to the recommendations
of the message referred to with regard
to Federal license for all corpora
tions engaged in inte erstatc commerce.
Wants Labor Legislation.
In brief, the immediate legislative
need Of the time is the removal of all
obstacles to he realization of the best
ambitions of .ur people in their 3cv-
eral classes of employment and the
strengthening of all instrumentalities
by which difficulties are to be met and |
removed and justice dealt out, wheth-
er by law or by some form of media
tion and ccnciliation. l do not feel
it to be my privilege at present to
suggest the detailed and particular |
methods by which these objects may |
be attained, but have faith that the !
inquiries of your several committees |
will discover the way and the method.
In response to what l believe to be |
the impulse Of sympathy and opinion
throughout the United States, l ear
nestly suggest that the Congress au-
thorize the treasury Of the United |
States to make to the struggling gov
ernment of Armenia such loan as |
was made to several Of the allied gov
ernments during the war. and would
also suggest that it would be desirable
to provide in the legislation itself that
the expenditure of the money thus
loaned should be under the supervision
of commission, or at least a commits
sioner, from the United States, in or
der that revolutionary tendencies with
in Armenia itself might not be afforded
by the loan a further tempting oppor-
tunity.
Allow me to call your attention to
the fact the people Of the Philippine
Islands have succeeded in maintaining
a stable government since the last ac-
ton of the Congress in their behalf.
and have thus fulfilled the condition
set by the Congress as precedent to IL
of granting independence
to the islands. respectfully submit
that this condition precedent having