The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1921-04-20
TEXT OF HARD|NG'S
SPECIAL MESSAGE
International And Domestic
Problems Discussed at
Length by President
REJECTS LEAGUE OF NATIONS
declares This Nation Will Have No
Fart in Existing Leaeue.-Recon-
mends Attention to Tariff and
Tax Revision and Railways.


President Harding's message to con-
grcSs follows:
Members of the Congress:
You have been called into eXtraOr-
dlhary session to give your cOnsidera- |
lloh to national problems far too press
ing TO be long neglected.
We face our task of legislation and
administration amid conditions as diff
icult as our government ever cOntem- |
plated.
Under our political system the peO-
pie of the United States have charged
the new congress and the new admin
lstratiOn with the sOlutiOn-the read
Justment, reconstruction and restOra-
ton which must follow in the wake OF
war.
Invite All to Join.
1t may be regretted that we were
So lily prepared for wars aftermath,
so little made ready to return to the
ways of peace, but we are not to be
discouraged. Indeed, we must be the
more firmly resolved to undertake our
work with high hope, and invite every
factor in our citizenship to join in the
effort to find our normal onward way
again.
The American people have APP
praised the situation and with that toll
erance and patience which go with
understanding they will give to us the
influence Of deliberate public opinion
which ultimately becomes the edict of
any popular government. They are
measuring some of the stern necessi-
ties and will join in the give and take
which is so essential to firm reestab-
liShment.
Home Problems.
First in mind must be the solution
of our problems at home, even though
some phases of them are inseparably
linked with our foreign relations. The
sureSt procedure in every government
is to put its own house in order.
l know of no more pressing prob
lem at home than to restrict our ma
tiOnai expenditures within the limits
of our national income, and at the
same time measurably lift the burdens
OF war taxation from the shoulders
of the American people.
One cannot be unmindful that econ
ony is much employed cry, most fire.
quently stressed in prediction. ap-
peals, butsit is ours to make it an
outstanding and ever-impelling pur-
pose in both legislation and admins
tration. The unreStrained tendencies
to needless expenditure and the at
tending growth of public indebtedness
extending from federal authority to
that of state and municipality and in
Guiding the smallest political subdivi-
sion, constitute the most dangerous
phase of government TODAY
Nation as ExempIar.
The nation cannot restrain except
in its own activities, but it can be
ememplar in wholesome reversal
The staggering load of war debt
must be cared for in orderly funding
and gradual liquidation. We shall
hasten the solution and aid effectively
in lifting the tax burdens if we strike
rcsolutely at expenditure.
1t is far more easily said than done
In the ferver of war our expenditures
We're SO little questioned, the emer.
gency was so impelling, appropria.
ton was SO unimpeded that we little
noted millions and counted the treas.
ury inexhaustible. 1t will strengthen
our resolution if we ever keep in mind
that 4 continuation of such a course
means inevitable disaster.
Our current expenditures are run.
ming at the rate of approximately So.
Oo.o0O,OOO, year and the burden is
nnbearable. There are two agencies to
be employed in correction: One il
rigid resistance in appropriation and
the other is the utmost economy in
administration. Let us have both.
have already charged department
heads with this necessity. l am sure
congress will agree and both congress.
and the administration may safel,
count on the support of all right mind
ed citizens. because the burden i,
theirs.
Thrift For All.
The pressure for expenditure, swell
ing the flow in one locality while
draining another, is sure to defeat the
imposition of just burdens and the eff
rect ef our citizenship protesting out
lay Will be wholesome and helpful.
wish 1t might find it's reflex in econo
my and thrift among the people them
selves, because therein lies quicker re
covery and added security for the flu
ture.
fhe estimates of receipts and ex
'ehdltufeS and the statements as t.
the condition OF the treasury whicl
the secretary of the treasury is pre-
pared to present to you will indicat,
what revenues must be provided il
0rder TO carry on the government.
business and meet its current require
mentS and fixed debt charges. Unles.
there are striking cuts in the import
ant fields of expenditures. receipt.
from internal taxes cannot safely b,
permitted to fall below $4,000 OOO. 90,
In the fiscal year 1922 and 1923.
Cost of Living.
One who values American prosper
1ty and maintains American standard,
OF wages and living can have no sym
pathy with the proposal that easy en-
Try and flood of imports will cheaper
our costs of living. 1t is more likel,
TO destroy our capacity to buy. Toda,
American agriculture is menaced anC
It's products~are down to prewar nor