The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1921-12-06
PRESIDENTS MESSAGE EXPRESSES
Hope RESULTS FROM CONFERENCE

Washington-(B A. P.)-President
Harding today Informed congress,
In his first annual message that a
most gratifying world accomplish
ment by the arms conference is not
improbable. The message was de-
livered by the president in person in
the chamber of the house in the pres
ence OF the delegates to the confer
ence and mot of the diplomats regu-
larly stationed in Washington
The president discussed world condi-
tions, saying that the world restora-
ton program will have to be worked
out by the nations more directly con-
cerned and added that the United
States will help unselfishly because Of
the compensation in the consciousness
OF assisting; selfishly, because Of
commerce and international ex-
changes in trade which marked our
high tide of fortunate advancement,
is possibly only when the nations of
all continents are restored to stabler
order and normal relationship.
Wants Permanent Tariff
The president urgently recommend
ed an early tariff and foreign debt
refunding bills. He announced that
later on he will make recommenda-
tiOns about a renewed consideration
of the tax program, involving fur
ther reduction and the abolition of
hindering burdens. He suggested
consideration by congress of an
amendment to the constitution to end
the issue of nOn-taxible bonds The
president declared announcement of
commercial treaties as directed under
the Jones act would involve us in a
chaos of trade relationships and
indeScribably to the confusion of an
already disorganized commercial
world, and asked time to submit al
Tentative measures. The plan of re-
imbursement,~ at no other cost than
contemplated in the existing act, will
appeal to the pride and encourage the
hope of all American people, he add
ed
Disavowing any desire to enlarge
executive powers, the president
recommended that tariff rates be
made flexible to meet changing con-
ditions by giving the president auth
ority. to proclaim additional duties.
Affecting Capital and Labor
Other recommendations included |
plans for conferences, mediation, ar
bitration and judicial determination
in controversies between capital and
labor; federal aid in the form of ad-
vances for reclamation of lands
where state and private participation
is assured; appropriation necessary
to supply the American relief admin
istration in Russia with ten million
bushels of corn and one million bush
els of seed grains.
Big Reduction i'm ExDenSeS
Washington-(By A. P.)-Presi-
dent Harding's message to congress
the budget for the fiscal
year ending June 80, 1922, says:
"It will be noted that the estimated
ordinary expenditures for 1922 show
a reduction of $1,513, ,537,6 ,6S2, com
pared with the actual ordinary ex-
for 1921; and that the esti-
mated ordinary expenditures for ]
1923 show a reduction of SAT- ,7O4 ,239
dinary expenditures under the budget
actual ordinary expenditures for 1921 .
Including transactions in the prin-
cipal of the public debt and invest /
ments of trust funds, the total esti- {
mated expenditures for 1922 show a
reduction under the total actual ex- !
penditures for 1921 of $1,570, 0,118,323,
and the total estimated expenditures |
Tor 1923 show a reduction of $462, ,167,- {
,39 under the total estimated expendi- :
,ures for 1922, making a reduction in I
.otal expenditures in the estimated !
budget for 1923, as compared with I
he total actual expenditures for 1921,
If $2,032, 1885, 1862. 4