Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1922-12-15
HARDING ANNUAL
MESSAGE CITES
MANY PROBLEMS
Rresident in Message to Con-
qress Takes Dry Stand.
SAYS LAW MUST BE ENFORCED
flo Call Conference Of Governors IN
Effort to Plan Means of Enforce
ment-AgricuIturai Relief Given
Foremost Piace-Wouid Abolish
Railroad Labor Board.


Washington, Dec. s. - President
EAarding appeared before congress with
his annual message on the state OF the
gnion. The following Is partial text
Esf what he said:
'srhere never again will be precise
the old order; indeed. / know OF no
one who thinks it to be desirable. For
isut of the old order came the war IT.
Beif, and the new order, established
and made secure, never will permit It's
occurrence.
ut is no figure of speech to say we
Have come to the test Of our civiliza-
don. The world has been passing-is
Today passing through great crisis,
The conduct Of war itself is not more
difficult than the solution the prob
TENS which necessarily follow.
Considers Home Problems.
Il am not speaking at his moment
,sf the problem In It's wider aspects of
world rehabilitation or Of international
relationships. The reference Is to our
own social. financial and economic
problems at home. These things are
mot to be considered solely as problems
apart from all international relation
ship, but every nation must be able
90 carry on for itself, else its interna-
aaonal relationship will have scant Inn
Dortance.
Doubtless our own people have
emerged from the World war tumult
Ness impaired than most belligerent
powers: probably we have made larger
progress toward reconstruction. .
Had we escaped the coal and railway
strikes, which had no excuse for their
Beginning. and less justification for
Nheir delayed settlement, we should
Nave done infinitely better. But labor
was insistent on holding to the war
heights, and needless forces of reac-
nfOn sought the prewar levels, and both
were wrong.
'sThe railway strike accentuated the
difficulty of the American farmer. The
arst distress of readjustment came to
ahe farmer, and 1t will not be a read
Iustment st to abide until he is re-
Aeved The distress brought to the
&armerd does not affect him alone. Agri-
cultural i'll fortune is a national Ill
fortune
Saved From Disaster.
This congress already has taken
Seognizance of the misfortune which
Drecipitate detiatiOn brought to Amer
bean agriculture Your measures of re-
lief and the reduction Of the federal
reserve discount rate undoubtedly
saved the country from widespread dis
aster. The very proof of helpfulness
already given is the strongest argu-
ment for the permanent establishment
of widened credits, heretofore tempo
sarily extended through the war finance
corporation.
"The farm loan bureau, which al
ready has proved it's usefulness through
the federal land banks, may well have
Its powers enlarged to provide ample
farm production credits as well as
enlarged land credits.
"In the last half of the year now
closing the railways, broken in car
&ying capacity because of motive
power and rolling stock. out of or
der. though insistently declaring to the
contrary. embargoed the farmers
shipments, or denied him cars when
fortunate markets were calling. Too
frequently transportation failed
while perishable products were turn
ing from possible profits to losses
counted i'm tens of millions.
Rail Problem Vital.
II know of no problem exceeding
I'm Importance this one of transport
nation. We have built 40 per
teent Of the worlds railroad mileage.
land yet find 1t inadequate to our
present requirements When we con-
template the inadequacy Of today, it
fS easy TO believe that the next few
decades will witness the paralysis of
bur tranSpOrtation-uSin social scheme
E0r q complete reorganization on some
NEW basis.
"Manifestly we have need to begin
ON plans To coordinate all trans
nortation facilities. We should more
leffectively connect up our rail lines
with our carriers by sea. We ought
TO reap some benefit from the hundreds
fof millions expended on inland water
WAYS. providing our capacity to utilize
las well rs expend. We ought to turn
tthe moturtruck into a railway feeder
and distributor instead Of a DESTROY.
ing competitor.
This transportation problem can
not be waved aside. The demand
for lowered costs on farm products
and basic materials cannot be ignored
Rates horizontally increased TO meer
Increased wage outlays during the war
imitation are rot easily reduced When
some very moderate wage reductions
were effected last summer there was
q per cent horizontal reduction in
rates. | sought at that time. In very
iinformai way, to have tie railway
managers to go before the interstate
;csanmerce commission and agree to q