The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1927-12-08
FARMERS NEED AID
TO MARKET CROPS
President, In Message, De-
clares Subsidy In Price
Fixing Wrong System
SUGGEST FLOOD PLAN
Oppose Equalization Fee Of
McNary Measure-Con-
tinued Economy Urged


tinued Economy Urged
Washington, Dec. Calling up
on the people to continue "stern
self-deial" in national expendi-
lures, President Coolidge laid be-
fore Congress today moderate
program of expansion for its de-
tense and natural resources.
In a message which touched up
on virtually all of the legislative
issues which have aroused interest
and speculation, the President pre-
scented views differing only in minor
details from major problems OF
farm relief, taxation, flood control
foreign relations and the state of
the army and navy.
Informing Congress that he had
not changed in his opposition of
the McNary-Haugen farm relief
bill with it's equalization fee, he
recommended instead a federal
farm loan board with a revolving
fund to build up cooperative mar.
keting and aid in the disposition
of crop SURPRISES. On tax revision
he stood by the treasury's program.
The navy, he said, should be ex-
banded by the addition of cruisers.
submarines, airplanes and carriers
as, we'll as the development of the
merchant marine as a second line
of defense.
He recommended that flood con-
troll be confined this year to the
lower Mississippi river, with pro-
vision for adequate bikes, emergen-
cy spillways and aides to naviga-
ton; cautioned that this problem
should be met by viewing it as a
separate, national question with
out attempts to link it with other
proposals for river control and ex-
pansion; and suggested that the
people enjoying the benefits of land
reclaimed by government built
dikes share a partial, although per-
haps lighter, burden of its expense.
Construction of a dam Boulder
Canyon in the Colorado river was
favored by the President, who eau
toned, however, that every other
possibility should DE exhausted be-
fore the federal government be-
comes engaged in the power BUSH
ness. Muscle Shoals, he said,
should be sold to private interests
providing the revenues are dedi-
Gated to agriculture, through re-
search for methods of more eco
nomical production of centralized
fertilizer.
Contending that the country had
attained a prosperity never exceed
ed and therefore was in a position
to enjoy some Of the benefits which
result from economy, Mr.. Coolidge
presented the spectre, nevertheless,
of large national debt and warn
ed that until the revenue now di-
rected toward its reduction could
be diverted to internal improve
ments and national development,
the people must continue to sacri-
fee and the government must con-
tinue to economic.
s'The Secretary of the Treas
ury," the President said, "has
recommended measure which
would give US a much better bal
anced system of taxation and with
out oppression produce sufficient
revenue. 1t has my complete sup
port.
The President reiterated his be-
lief in high protective tariff, de-
claring that any reduction of the
levies would work a hardship on
industry and agriculture alike.
Although but one paragraph of
his message was devoted to prohi-
bition, the President emphasized
the need for both the people and
public officials to "observe the
sanctions of this constitutional pro-
vision and its resulting laws" Re.
calling that Congress and the state
'fwith one or two notable excep-
tions" have passed adequate laws
for enforcement of the eighteenth
amendment, Mr.. Coolidge declared
that "the federal authorities pro-
posed to discharge their obligation
for enforcement to the full extent
of their ability"
Railroad consolidation is neces-
sary to the welfare of both agri-
culture and industry, the President
said in recommending that furth-'
er legislation to facilitate this un-
der the supervision Of the Inter-
state Commerce Commission he
passed without further delay. He
also restated his desire for legisla-
ton which would permit him to act
during strike.
Justifies Foreign Policy
Although the message was de-
voted almost exclusively to domes-
tic affairs, the President did inform
Congress again that American in
PREVENTION in foreign lands was
merely for the purpose of protect
ing the lives and property of this
country's nationals. He defended
the administrations policy in Chi.
ma and Nicaragua and expressed
the belief that the controversy with
Mexico over oil and land laws, by
ga firm adherence to our rights
and a scrupulous respect for the
sovereignty Of Mexico" would be
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