Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1921-12-08
Rises Above Partisanship

IT HE President is entitled to credit for
1 rising above partisanship in Il number
of his recommendations rs to legislation
that would prove helpful to the country,
both by way of encouraging development
OF its resources and in the more efficient
administration of public affairs Included
under this head his recommendations
for legislation providing Federal aid for re-
claiming arid lands of tho West and the
recovery to husbandry Of the 100000
acres of cut-Over and swamp lands of the
south; his suggestion OF possible change
III the organic law so as to end the issue OF
hontaXable bonds which so long as high
taxes prevail absorb n largo proportion of
capital money needed in productive enter
prise: the encouragement of cooperative
marketing programs to facilitate tho distri-
button OF the produce of the farms; and
his proposal for the enactment OF labor
code applicable to labor disputes, to be fash
Toned somewhat on the lines OF the Kansas
industrial Court for the settlement of labor
troubles In that State.
In the land reclamation scheme, he puts
the development OF this unused national
wealth on a plane far above sectionulism as
well as partisanship. Thus. he gives his
Endorsement to a plan that had its concep-
ton i'll the genius OF the late Secretary
Franklin *. Lane. Secretary OF the Interior
i'll Mr.. Wilson's Cabinet. Aside from the
Wonderful work OF educating public senti-
ment to the sound business policy OF this
great undertaking wrought by Secretary
Lane the plan has been substantially in
dorsed by the Governors Of seventeen West
crn States as we'll as the Governors of sew
eral Southern States. a bill virtually en-
Oodying the plan outlined blythe President
was recently introduced by Senator McNary
and Is now pending for action. In urging
Federal aid for retaining the 100000
acres OF cut-over and swamp lands in the
South, which will become as valuable as
any farm lands we possess, the President
says; Congress has Il report of the sur
Ncy Of this field for reclamation, and the
feasibility is established. | gladly COM
mend Federal aid, by way OF advances.
where State and private participation is as
sured. Home-making is one of the great
est benefits which government can bcstow."
the need for some tribunal by which the
settlement OF differences between capital
and organized labor without resort to those
iorihs OF warfare recognized under the name
or strikes. lockouts, boycOtts and the like
becomes increasingly manifest. if the coun-
trys industries are to be operated at full
productive capacii- under satisfactory and
stable conditions OF employment
III recommending a change in the Consti-
tuition, which should he very thoroughly
considered before submission in order moi
Ia bear inequitably upon the rcfunding of
state and municipal debt, so as to end the
issue OF nontaNabc bonds, the President
says he suggests the consideration because
OF the drift of wealth into nontaxable Sc
curitics lis hindering the flow OF large cap
ital to our industries, manufacturing, agri-
cultural and carrying, until we are discour-
aging the very activities which make orr
wealth Unquestionably if continued high
! taxation is to prevail this diversion of can
! !'ai wealth from productisc enterprise will
grow apace with recurring issues of non
,aSapie securities Offering a steadily en-
iarGing field for it TO escape its just share
OF the public burdens