The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1921-04-22
PRESIDENT HARDING
OUTLINES POLICIES
Declares America VIII Have
No Part in the Existing
League of Nations.
SEPARATE PEACE is DEMANDED
Calls Upon Congress to Adopt ResoIu-
ton Ending War With Germany and
Suggests Measures to Lower
Taxes and Reduce Prices Of
Goods to Consumers.

Washington, April 12--The text Q
President Harding's message to col
gress follows:
Members of the Congress:
You have been called into extraor
binary session TO give your considera
ton to national problems far too press
ing to be long neglected
We face our task of legislation ant
administration amid conditions as diff
ficult 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
Istration with the sOlution--the read
Justment, reconstruction and restora-
tlon 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 ap-
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 edct of
any popular government. They are
measuring some of the stern necessi-
ties and viii join in the give and take
which is so essential to firm reestab-
Hshment
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 l
is to put its own house in order. l
L know of no more pressing prob [
lem at home than to restrict our ma [
tional expenditures within the limits /
of our national income, and at the {
same time measurably lift the burdens I
of war taxation from the shoulders |
of the American people. {
One cannot be unmindful that econ Q
omy is much employed cry, most fire. a
luentiy stressed in prediction ap- II
peals, but it Is ours to make ii an f.
and ever-impelling pur- a
pose IN both legislation and admins a
ration. The unrestrained tendencies
% needless expenditure and the at m
ending growth of public Indebtedness ii
extending from federal authority to fl
hat of state and municipality and in b,
luding the smallest political subdivi- c.
ion, constitute the most dangerous dl
hase of government today. &C
Nation as Exemplar. pl
The nation cannot restrain except OF
its own activities, but it can be Ill
in wholesome reversal. is
The staggering load of war debt 10
iust be cared for in orderly funding pl
nd gradual liquidation. We shall er
asten the solution and aid effectively ca
lifting the tax burdens if we strike Ju
at expenditure.
1t Is far more easily said than done.
the ferver of war our expenditures mi
ere so little questioned, the emer- an
ency was so impelling, appropria- ur
on was so unimpeded that we little pr
)ted millions and counted the treas ini
y ineXhaustible. 1t will strengthen tic
lr resolution If we ever keep in mind tn,
at continuation of such a course of
edilS inevitable disaster. tal
Our current expenditures are run
ng at the rate of approximately So has
100000 year and the burden is sor
bearable. There are two agencies to mil
employed in correction: One is MOI
I'D resistance in appropriation and of
z other is the utmost economy in me-
Let us have both. fy
We already charged department rev
ads with this necessity. | am sure emf
lgress will agree and both congress
4 the administration may safely n
INT on the support of all right mind d,c
citizens, because the burden is md
IRIS. an.
Thrift For All. Of
he pressure for expenditure, swell I'm
the flow in one locality while men
lining another, is sure to defeat the tran
position of just burdens and the eff lati,
of our citizenship protesting out a hi
will be wholesome and helpful. | II
h 1t might find its reflex in econO- cons
and thrift among the people them cove
es, because therein lies quicker re- of c
cry and added security for the flu or I
:. have
he estimates of receipts and ex- situi
ditures and the statements as to low
condition of the treasury which mate
secretary of the treasury is pre- will
I'd to present to you will indicate are
{ revenues must be provided i'm in tn
r to carry on the governments
ness and meet its current require =,
is and fixed debt charges. Unless IL.
c are striking cuts in the import ' o"i.s
fields of expenditures, receipts nv NJ,
! internal taxes cannot safely be NY
lltted to fall below $1,000 100000 49,
he fiscal year 1922 and 1923. or =
Cost of Living. h,,;IS
le who values American prosper Fre
nd maintains American standards NOM
ages and living can haze no SYM moro,
Y with the proposal that easy en- couro
md flood of imports will cheaper onera
costs of living. 1t Is more likely Cor
stroy our capacity to buy. Today let IN
'ican agriculture is menaced and systei
roducts are down to prewar nor lacklr
yet we are endangering our fun restri