The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1921-12-09
PRESIDENT ASKS
NEW COURSE ON
WORLD ISSUES
Harding's Message Predicts
Dawn of Peace.
AID TO WORLD is PLEDGED
Distinguished Gathering of NotabIes
Hear His recommendations to
Delegates to Arms
Farley Occupy Seats on
Floor of the House.

Washington, Dec president Har-
ding informed congress in his first an-
nual message that "a most gratifying
world accomplishment" by the arms
conference sis not improbable"
The message was delivered by the
President in person in the chamber of
the house and in the presence of the
delegates to the conference and most
of the diplomats regularly stationed In
Washington.
At the outset the President discussed
world conditions, saying: "a world
restoration program would have to be
worked out "by the nations more di-
rectly concerned" The United States
will help he added, ''unselishly bet
cause there is compensation in the con-
seriousness of assisting; selfishly be-
cause the commerce and international
exchanges in trade, which marked our
high tide of fortunate advancement,
are possible only when the nations OF
all continents are restored to stable
order and normal relationship"
Congress Must Cooperate.
The President emphasized that '1n
the main the contribution of this re-
public to restore normally in the
world must come through the initia-
tive of the executive branch of the
government, but the best intentions
and most carefully considered pur-
poses would fail utterly if the sane
ton and the 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 American
people, congress listened to presiden-
tial message that was almost entirely
devoted to the grave domestic issues
confronting the American nation, and
which skipped over, except in the most
general way, the serious international
questions facing the American people.
Has Distinguished Audience.
Standing on the simple platform be-
fore the speakers desk in the house
chamber, the President addressed him.
self to a joint session of congress,
and to what was unquestionably the
greatest and most representative
gathering OF the chosen spokesman of
the civilized peoples of the world
ever held in the eventful history Of
the American people.
The delegations Of the foreign ma
lions participating in the disarmat
ment conference, the brilliantly uni
formed members of the diplomatic
corps were assembled with the MEM
hers of the senate and house, the
Presidents cabinet and the United
States Supreme court, as the head Of
the American nation laid down the
program the administration desired
congress to carry out during the COM
ing months of the present session.
High Spots in Messages.
The high spots of the Presidents
message we're:
% The imperative need of elastic
and flexible legislation which would
enable the President, through the fed
eral tariff commission, to meet effect
lively the changing trade and Industrial
conditions, not only in this country,
but abroad"
(2) The urgent necessity of a gen.
eral policy of transportation of dis
tributed industry, and of highway con-
struction to encourage the spread Of
our population and to restore the prop
er balance between city and country
(3) The strong desire of the admin
istration for further revenue revision
and renewed consideration of our tax
problems. despite the inevitable diver
gence of opinion seeking the reduc-
ton, amelioration and readjustment of
the burdens of taxation
To Aid Merchant Marine.
(4) The expressed opposition of the
administration to the abrogation of
certain commercial treaties proposed
by the Jones' merchant marine act on
the grounds that to denOunce them
would Involve us in a chaos of trade
relationships and add indescribably to
the confusion of the already disor-
dered commercial world"
90 The expansion of the Ameri-
can merchant marine under an admin
iStration plan to be later submitted to
congress which, while contemplating
mo greater draft on the public treas
ury' than is provided in the Jones act,
will appeal to the pride and encourage
the hope of all the American people"
in American shipping flying the Ameri-
can flag.
(6) Early enactment of the foreign
debt funding bill that the administra-
ton may be clothed with ample au-
thority to deal with the $11, OOO, OOO,-
900 foreign Indebtedness to the United
States which is now denied it, and
which is hindering readjustments
among our debtors and accomplishing
nothing for ourselves.