Maryland independent., 1921-04-22
LA PLATA. MARYLAND, APRIL p, 1921.
HARDING READS HIS
MESSAGE TO CONGRESS
President Puts Home Affairs to
FrOnt-Revision Of Burden
some Taxes First.

oOittO IdNOo y hSts
Washington. - President Hnrdings
principal recommendation to Congress
In his first, annual address included the
following:
Foreign relations: No separate peace
with Germany "on the assumption
alone that these would be adequate"
The wiser course would seem to be
F.. to engage under the existing
treaty, assuming, Of course, that this
can be satisfactorily accomplished by
such explicit reservations and modin-
cations as will secure our absolute
freedom Of Inadvisable commitments
and safeguard all our essential inter
ests j. No helpful society Of ma
tlons can be founded on justice and
committed to peace until the covenants
re-establishing peace are sealed by the
nations which were at war"
Taxation; Readjustment Of internal
teNNS oiu AtNieipi VI INpeHA u eaN'S
taxes which have become unproductlve
and are so artificial and burdensome
as to defeat their own purpose"
Tariff: Instant tariff enactment,
emergency in character and under
stood by our people that 1t is for the
emergency only"
Railroads.: Efficient operation "at
cost within that which the traffic can
bear railway rates and costs Of
operation must be reduced" ..
'The remaining obstacles which are
the heritance of capitalistic exploita-
tion must be removed and labor must
Join management In understanding
that the public which pays is the pub
lie to be served and simple Justice is
the right and viii continue to be the
right of all the people"
Good roads: The strengthening of
laws governing federal aid.
Merchant marine: Private monop-
olies tending to prevent the develop
ment Of needed facilities should be
prohibited Government-owned facili-
ties wherever possible, without unduly
interfering with private enterprise or
government needs, should be made
available for general usages,"
Aviation: Regulation by the federal
government and encouragement of avi-
alton for development for military aud
civil purposes.
Service men: The American people
expect Congress unfailingIy to voice
the gratitude of the republic In gen
erous and practical way to its defend
ers in the World War. The immediate
extension and utilization of govern
ment hospital facilities to bring relief
to the acute conditions most complain
ed Of
Public welfare. Coordination of va
rious government agencies now work
ing on the snbJect and Endorsement of
the pending maternity bill.
Lynching: Congress ought to wipe
the stain of barbarie lynching from
the banners Of a free and orderly rep
resentatiye democracy. A proposal for
commission with representatives of
white and black races to study and re-
port on the subject" the President
said, "has real merit"
Army and navy: Early consideration
Of pending appropriation bills was
urged "The government is in accord
with the wish to eliminate the burdens
Of heavy armament" said the Presi-
dent. "The United States will ever be
in harmony with such a movement to-
ward the higher attachments of pence.
But we shall not entirely discard our
agencies for defense until there Is re
moved the need to defend. We are
ready to cooperate with other ma
tlons to approximate disarmament, but
merest prudence forbids that we dis
arm alone.
National finance: "The staggering
load of war debt must be cared for in
orderly funding and gradda! Iiquida.
tlon. We shall hasten the solution ana
aid effectively in lifting the tax bur-
dens II we strike resolutely at expendi-
ture."
Administration Enactment of ma
tional budget system and general re-
ductions by efficient management Of
the cost Of government.
Business: LESS of. government in
business as well as more business In
government. There is no chal-
lenge to honest and lawful business
success. But government approval of
fortunate, untrammeled business does
not mean liberation Of restraint of
trade or of maintained prices by un-
natural methods. Anxious as we
are to restore the onward flow of busi-
ness it is fair to combine assurance
and warning in one utteranee."
Agriculture: "The maintained retail
costs in perishable foods cannot be
justified. =. Reduced costs of basic
production has been recorded, but high
cost of living has not yielded in like
proportion. Without the spirit
Of hostility or haste in accusation of
profiteering some suitable inquiry by
Congress might speed the price read
| 1ustment to normal relationship"