The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1921-12-23
MUST HELP WORLD
United States Cannot Stand
AIoof, Says President.
Message to Congress Tells Of Hope
In Conference-Outlines Changes
Needed in Tariff and Other Laws
Urges Federal Aid for Farmers.

afS Sk'St
Urges Federal Aid for Farmers.
MISUNDERSTANDING the great
and far-reaching contribution which
the American people must be prepared
10 make toward the economic and
financial rehabilitation OF a world still
stagsering under the disordered con-
ditions beQueathed by war. President
Harding voiced a solemn warning. in
the message he delivered Ia person to
congress. Tuesday. that mo permanent
read)ustments can be effected without
consideration OF our inescapable re-
l~atiopship to world anairs in finance
and trade"
traditions II we were unmindful of So
ctai. moral and political conditions
which are not Of direct concern to us.
but which do appeal to the human
terest Of a people blest with our ma
tional sympathies.' the President said.
The President emphasized that in
the main the contribution OF this re-
world must come through the initia-
tive OF the executive branch OF the
government but the best intentions
poses would fail utterly IL the sane
ton and cooperation OF congress were
not cheerfully accorded"
For the first time In years, since
the grim shadows Of the World war
first began TO gather over the Ameri-
can people,, congress listened to a
presidential message that was almost
tic issues confronting the American
nation, and which skipped over, ex-
cept in the most general way the seri-
Gus international questions facing the
American people.
Foreign Delegates There.
Standing on the simple platform be-
fore the speakers desk in the house
chamber, the President addressed him
self to a joint session OF and
to what was unquestionably the great
est and most representative gathering
Of the chosen Spokesman of the civil
lied peoples of the world ever held
in the eyntful history Of the Ameri-
can people.
The delegates OF the foreign nations
participating in the disarmament con-
ference, the brilliantly uniformed
members OF the diplomatic corps, were
assembled with the members Of the
senate and the house, the Presidents
cabinet and the United States Supreme
court, as the head of the American
nation laid down the program the
administration desired to car
ry out during the coming months Of
the present session.
Chief Points of Message.
The high spots Of the Presidents mes
sage We're:
flexible tariff legislation which would en-
able the President, through the federal
tariff commission, to meet effectively the
changing trade and Industrial conditions,
not only in this country, but abroad.
2. The urgent necessity of n general
policy Of transportation Of distributed in
dustry and Of highway construction to
encourage the spread Of our population
and to restore the proper balance be-
tween city and country"
3. The strong desire of the administra-
ton for further revenue revision and re
newed consideration of our tax program"
/ IpCnifa tho rinpyitah 1a Iiuarpappa ne nnin-
ion In seeking the reduction, amelioration
and readjustment of the burdens of taxa
ton"
Merchant Marine Expansion.
L. The expressed opposition of the ad-
ministration to the ~abrogation Of certain
commercial treaties proposed by the
Jones merchant marine act, On the
grounds that to denounce them would in
volve us in a chaos of trade relationships
and add indescribably to the confusion Of
the already disordered commercial world"
8. The expansion Of the American mer-
a marine under an administration
plan to be later submitted to congress
which. while contemplating mo greater
draft on the public treasury" than is pro-
vided by the Jones act, will appeal TO
the pride and encourage the hope Of all
the American people" In American ship
ping flying the American flag.
6. Early enactment Of the foreign debt
funding bill that the administration may
be clothed with ample authority to deal
with the $11 00, OO0.0OO foreign indebtedness
to the United States, which Is now denied
It and which is hindering readjustments
among our debtors and accomplishing
nothing for ourselves.
To Encourage Farmers.
Systematic encouragement of agriculture
by the development of adequate distribu-
ton and marketing facilities for agricul-
tural products and the adoption Of "co-
operative marketing programs" for that
purpose.
8. The early termination Of a great
volume of uneconomic and wasteful trans
portation" and a revision Of 1.-The existing
scheme Of adjusting freight rates" witt
adequate legislation to meet the serious
railroad problems, so vitality affecting the
welfare OF the American people.
8. Recommended a congressional appro-
p%riation to purchase food for the starving
Russians.
10. Suggested the ACCESSIBILITY of a con-
stitutional amendment TO prohibit the is
suance Of taX-free securities.
IL. Declared both corporations and labor
unions should be regulated and supervised
In the interests Of public welfare and sug-
gested quasi-1udicial tribunals to settle la
Dor disputes.
The President also announced that later
on he would make some recommendations
about renewed consideration Of the tax
program, involving further reductions and
the abolition Of "hindering burdens"
American Valuation.
When discussing the proposed tariff
legislation the President said concerning
a much debated feature:
There Is q manifest difference OF opin-
ion about the American valuation. Many
nations nave adopted delivery valuation
as the basis for collecting duties; that Is,
they take the cost OF the imports deliv-
cred at the port OF entry as the basis for
levying duty. 1t is no radical departure,
In view Of the varying conditions and
the disordered state Of money values, to
provide for American valuation, but
there cannot be ignored the danger OF
such a valuation brought to the level Of
our own production costs, making our
tariffs prohibitive.
1t might do so in many instances
where imports ought to be encouraged.
! believe congress ought well to consider
the desirability Of the only promising al
tentative, namely, a provision authoriz-
ing proclaimed American valuation, un-