Elbert County tribune and Elbert County banner., 1920-12-10

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 indispen-
sable service during the war. The
need for their simplification, howev-
er. is very great in order to save the
taxpayer Inconvenience and expense
and in order to make his liability
more certain and definite. Other and
more detailed recommendations with
| regard to taxes will no doubt be laid
before you by the secretary of the
treasury and the commissioner of in
ternal revenue.
ut is my privilege to draw to the
attention of Congress for very sym
pathetic consideration the problem
of providing adequate facilities for
the care and treatment of former
members of the military and naval
forces who are sick or disabled as
the result of their participation in
the war.
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These heroic men can never be paid
In money for the service they patriot
lcally rendered the nation. Their re-
ward will lie rather In realization OF
the fact that they vindicated the rights
OF their country and aided In safe
guarding civilization. The nations
gratitude must be effectively revealed
to them by the most ample provision
/ for their medical care and treatment
as well as for their vocational training
and placement.
"The time has come when n more
complete program can be formulated
and more satisfactorily administered
for their treatment and training, and
| earnestly urge that Congress give the
matter its early consideration.
THE secretary of the treasury and
the board for vocational education will
outline In their annual reports propos-
nls covering medical care and rehabi-
lltation which 1 am sure will engage
your earnest study and command your
generous support.
Requests Aid to Farmers.
Permit me TO emphasize once more
the need for action upon certain mat
ters upon which 1 dwelt at some length
I'm my message to the second session
of the Sixty-slxth Congress: The ne
cesslty, for example, of encouraging
I the manufacture of dye stuffs and re-
lated chemicals; the Importance of do
ing everything possible to promote ag-
riculturnl production along economic
lines, TO improve agricultural market
Ing and to make rural life more attrac-
tive and healthful the need for law
regulating cold storage In such n way
ms to limit the time during which goods
may be kept In storage, prescribing the
method of disposlng Of them II kept
beyond the permitted period and re
quiring goods released from storage in
all cases to bear the date of their re
ceipt 1t would also be most service
able II it were provided that all goods
released from cold storage for inter
state shipments have plainly marked
upon each package the selling or mar
lset price at which they went into stor-
age, In order that the purchaser might
be able to learn what profits stood be-
tween him and the producer or the
wholesale dealer. Indeed, 1t would be
very serviceable to the public If all
goods destined for Interstate commerce
were made to carry upon every pack
ing case whose form made 1t possible
a plain statement of the price at which
they left the hands Of the producer. /
respectfully call your attention also to
the recommendations of the message
referred to with regard to federal
license for all corporations engaged in
nterstates commerce.
"In brief, the immediate Legislative
need of the time is the removal of all
obstacles to the realization of the best
ambitions of our people and the
Strengthening of all instrumentallties
by which difficulties are to be met and
removed and justly dealt out, whether
by law or some form of mediation and
conclliatlon. ! do not feel 1t to be my
privilege ut present to suggest the de-
tailed and particular methods by which
these objects may be attained, but |
have faith that the Inquiries of your
several committees viii discover the
way and method.
Loan to Armenia Urged.
"In response to what 1 believe to be
the impulse of sympathy and opinion
throughout the Ohlteu States, ehrn-
estiy suggest that the Congress au-
thorize the treasury of the United
States to make to the struggling gov
ernment OF Armenia such a loan as
was made to several of the allied gov
ernments during the war; and 1 would
also suggest that 1t would he very de-
slrnble to provide In the Legislation it.
self that the expenditure of the money
thus loaned should be under the super