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PRESIDENT'S
MESSAGE
ArrrAL ixit legislation to
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t Washington. President Wllnon'i
jcrops, simplify the system of taxa
tion .built up during the war, contro'
(government expenditure by a budget
'system and care for the nation's sol
;diers and sailors who bare left thi
service.
! Though the president several times
Jeferred to the peace treaty and th
eague of nations he did not discuss
Itae treaty situation. He will do se
jl a later message. He also will
imessage to congress was devoted en
It I rely to the great problems confront
On the nation.
' Legislation was recommended to
kurb bolshevism in America, reduce
living costs, remove the grievances of
(labor which are causing industrial
(troubles, aid farmers to produce bigger
deal later wrth the railroad question,
'he Informed the legislators.
Much of, the message was devoted
jto discussion of the labor problem.
To solve it, the president said, cong
ress "must now help in the difficult
task of finding a method that will
ibriag about a genuine democratiza
tion of Industry based upon the fall
recognition of the right of those who
work, in whatever rank, to participate
in some organic wwy in every decision
jwhich directly affects their welfare."
' No better mean of doing this can
be found, the president declared, than
tT applying leglslat on to the principles
aet up in the labor section of the
'league of nations covenant. To gc
back to old standards of labor and
fti g available for tnem the cutovet
(d and unused lands In the west
W mera and food production: En
cvn ve the farmers, the president
urged and make rural life more ac
tive is a means of stimulating food
production. He included recommen
datlcns for developing the forest re
itourres and continuation of the build
ing of good roads.
, In the text of his message to cong
reus the president said in part:
"To the Senate and House of Itepre
sentatives:
"I sincerely regret that I cannot bt
present at the opening of this session
'of the conpress. I am thus prevented
from presenting in as direct a way at
I could wish the many questions that
are pressing for solution at this time
Happily, I have had the advantage of
jthe advice of the heads of the several
executive departments who have kept
in close touch with affairs in their de
tail and whose thoughtful recommen
Rations I earnestly second.
. "In the matter of the railroads and
,'the readjustment of their affairs grow
'lng out of federal control, I shall take
the liberty at a later date of address
ing you.
J "I hope that congress will bring to
a conclusion at this session legls'a
jtlon looking to the establishment of a
.budget system. That there should be
one single authority responsible for
lithe making of all appropriations and
that appropriation should be made
.'not Independently of each other, but
!wlth reference to one single compre
hensive plan of expenditure properly
related to the nation's income, there
can be no doubt. I believe the burden
f preparing the budget, must, in the
nature of the case, if the work (s to
be properly done and responsibility
concentrated instead of divided, rest
upon the executive. The budget bo
prepared should be submitted to anJ
approved or amended by a single com
mittee of each house of congress and
no. single appropriation should be
made by the congress, except such as
may have been Included In the budget
prepared by the 'executive or added by
the particular committee of congress
charged with the budget legislation.
"Another and not le,ss important
aspect of the problem Is the ascertain
ment of the economy and efficiency
with which the moneys appropriated
are expended. Under existing law, the
wares 1j ln:DOEs'.bIe. he said. Aee-loner
'antagonism betweea capital and labor I 0B,T udlt for ,h purpose of ascer-
must be ended, te declared, before ' ,ln3 whether expenditure have
real world stability can be accora- j been lawfully made within the appro
pllshed. Ia this the United States, he ' P"iatlons. No one is authorized or
said, is bid by the world unrest to "put ' elu'PPed to ascertain whether the.
'our own house In order" and "be ' raoner ha" been spent wisely, eco
,the first to lay the foundation stones" i nomlcally and effectively. The aud:
f Industrial peace. The president ' tor" hou,d be highly trained official
warned against anti-strike legislation
; "The right of Individuals to strike
:is Inviolate," he declared, "and ought
Inot to be Interfered with by any
process of government." But, he
with permanent tenure in the treasur.
department, free of obligations to or
motlves of consideration for this o
any subsequent administration, author
ized and empowered to examine into
todded that the government has the ' "d B,ake report upon the methods
'predominant right to protect all the j employed and the result obtained by
people against the challenging aggres- J a "ecutlve departments of the gov
sion of any single class. rnnnt- Their reports should be
: Analysis of labor's complaint, the nif to the congress and to the secre-
president told congress, shows It is ! lr' or tne treasury
based upon Justice. Capital, too, he
declared, has a right to an ade
quate return, and the government, he
fwarued, must never "play" capital and
ilabor against each other,
f The president suggested entabllsh
jraent of a tribunal before which dis
putes between capital and labor caa
be taken tor settlement. j
Blame for Unrest ;
Blame for the unrest in the coun-
ry was placed partly upon the senate
for Its failure to ratify the peace
treaty.
One cause of tks unrest, the presi
dent asserted, is "the failure on the
part et our govsranent to arrive
speedily at a just aid permanent peace,'
permitting retura to normal condi
tions." , ;
While congress' should deal wlth
the activities of reds and agitators,'
the president advised against action
"either Impatient or drastic." He'
urged that the causes of unrest be
sought and removed and outlined them,'
thus: -
"The causes of this unrest, while
various and complicated are superfi
cial rather than deep-seated. Broadly!
they arise from, or are connected with'
me taiiure on tne part or the govern-;
ment to arrive speedily at a Just and'
permanent peace from the trans
fusion of radical theories from seeth
ing European centers from heart)
less profiteering, and lastly,'
from the machinations of malevolent
agitators."
Stronger laws against anarchist'
should be enacted at once, he urged.'
High cost of living: The president
appealed again far enactment of the!
comprehensive program be .proposed'
at the special session to lower living
costs.
Budget system: Wilson opened his
recommendations with the hope that
a budget system will be established.:
which will put the preparation of ap-
propriatlon estlaia'es uuder direction!
t the president and provide for an
audit system to determine whether)
the money has been economically!
spent
Taxes and tariff: Immediate neees-1
slty dictates simplification of the ia-!
come and profits taxes, the president!
said. He warned that if Income and)
profits tax rates are left too high they
may prove obstructive to business and
not productive of revenues. j
He also warned against a tariff too
I the.
f this!
to r
nigh for Europe's manufacturers.
Tariff legislation protecting th
chemical and dye industries of
country against German efforts
(aim the market is, however, neces-
sary, the president said. '
' Soldiers' Aid '
t
Wllsea repeated his request for leg
islation to provide farms tor soldiers
JJe recpjnjnended again legislation
"I trust that th congress will give
Its immediate consideration to the
problem of future taxation. Simplifi
cation of the Inco'jie and profits taxes
has become an Immediate necessity.
These taxes performed indispensable
service during the war. They must,
however, be simplified, not only to
save the tax payer inconvenience and
expense, but in order that his liability
may be -made Certain and definite.
"With reference to the details of the
revenue law, the secretary of the
treasury and the commissioner of in
ternal, revenue will lay before you
for your consideration certain amend-,
ments necessary or desirable in con
nection with the administration of the
law recommendations which have
my approval and support.
"It Is of the utmost Importance that
la dealing with this matter the pres
ent laws should not be disturbed so
far as regards taxes for the calendar
year 1820. payable in the calendar
year 1921. The congress might well'
consider whether the higher rates of.
Income and profits taxes can In peace
times be effectively productive of
revenue, and whether they may not;
on the contrary be destructive ot busi
ness activity and productive of waste
and Inefficient There Is a point at
which In peace times high rates of
income and profits taxes discourage
energy, remove the incentive to new
enterprise, encourage extravagant ex
penditures and produce Industrial
stagnation with consequent unemploy
ment and other attendant evils.
"The problem is not an easy one.
A fundamental change has taken place
with reference to the position of
America In the world's affairs. The
prejudice and passions engendered by
decades of controversy between two
schools of political and economic
thought the one believers In protec
tion of American industries; the other
believers in tariff for revenue only
must be subordinated to the single
consideration of the public Interest
in the light of utterly changed condi
tions. Before the war, America was!
heavily the debtor of the rest of the
world and the intsrest payments she
had to make in foreign countries on
American securities held abroad, the;
expenditures of American travelers
abroad aad the ocean freight charges
she bad to pay to others, about bal
ance the value of her pre-war favor
able balaace ot trade. During the war
America's exports have been greatly
stimulated and increased prices have
Increased their value. On the other
hand she bas purchased a large pro
portion ot the American sureties pre
viously held abroad, has loaned some
nine billions ot dollars to foreign gov
ernments and has built her on .hi-v
Our favorable balance ot trh !j t
thas been greatly increased nt K
rose has, been depved of th j nw m-
leetTng ft heretofore exTsflhg. Su
4 can have only three ways ot
etlng the favorable balance of trade
peace times: By Imports into this
country of gold or of goods, or by es
tablishing new credits. Europe Is In
no position at the present time to ship
gold to us nor con M we contemplate
large further imports of gold Into this
country without concern.
"The time has nearly passed for In
ernaltonal governmental loans and It
jwiu take time to develop in this coun
Itry a market for foreign Sureties
'Anything, therefore, which would tend
to prevent foreign countries from
settling for our exports by shipments
of goods Into this country would only
have the effect of prevent them from
paying for our exports and therefore
of preventing the exports from being
made. The productivity of the coun
try greatly stimulated by the war,
must find an outlet by exports to for
eign countries and any measures taken
to prevent imports will Inevitably cur
tail exports, force curtailment of pro
duction, load the banking machinery
of the country with credits to carry
unsold products and produce indus
trial stagnation and unemployment.
If we want to sell we must be pre
pared to 'buy. Whatever, therefor,
may have been our views during the
period of growth of American busi
ness concerning tariff legislation, we
must now adjust our own economic
life to a changed condition growing
out of the fact that American business
Is full grown and that America is the
greatest capitalist In the world.
"No policy of Isolation will satisfy
the growing needs and opportunities
et America. The provincial standards
and policies ot the past, which have
held American business as it In a
straight Jacket, must yield ana give
way to the needs and exigencies of
the new day in which we live a day
full of hope and promise of American
business, if we will but take advan
tage of the oportunitles that are ours
for the asking. The recent war has
ended our Isolation and thrown upon
ua a great duty and responsibility
The United States must share the ex
panding world market. The United
States desires for Itself only equal op
portunity with the other nations of
the world and that through the process
of friendly co-operation and fair com
petition the legitimate Interests of the
nations concerned may be successfully
and equitably adjusted."
FELL TO ROOSEVELT'S SPEAR
Big Devilfish a Victim of the Colonel's
Love ef Sport, Either on .
Sea or Land.
The fomp of the late Col. Theodore
Roosevelt n- n Wg game hunter Is will
known, but ' vn equally as adept at
killing bit; fish of he sea, according to
Russell J. Coles, noted big-fish killer.
Attracted by one of Coles' article
ibout killing the ccvllflsh, the colonel
appea'td to Mm f.-r Instruction In the
irt After taking veral land lessons,
aslflg a rpear wirii which he sow an
Afrlaa kill a lien, he finally became
wpert, and Mr. CV.es formed a party
te hunt the devilish off. the coast of
riorida, in Punta Gerda, March 25,
1917. ,There the colonel killed his first
devilfish, hitting the huge creature,'
which weighed many tons, Just two
inrfcM from the spot Indicated on a
drawing by Coles, and driving the
Par two feet four Inches through the
heaviest and boniest structure of the
Ash. The celonel was standing on the
f a swall beat traveling nine miles
aa hoar, aad ttie fish was earning to
ts, e beat at Oie rate of 15 or It
an heur, nvlmmlag abeat four
r alz feet uader water. Had the
toUnel missed his alas the fish would
have been able, with one of its sfde
taa, te upset the boat and drown the
lehnmec. An hour after his first
eaten the colonel killed a second devil
ish, which was the second largest
devilfish ever killed. Mr. Coles Is a
scientist who hss hunted devilfish for
sooro than 20 years.
came
Auberge du Pigeon.
Strasbourg. French once more, la
nnfoldlng, like a rose to the sun. T.ie
old life has begun again, as it wis
lived before the Interruption In 1871.
Houses are throning open their shat
ters and hanging up once" familiar
signs. Ope of them, the Pigeon Inn.
one of the glories of Strasbourg with
Its painted wood carvings. Its old
windows and curious ship decorations,
has reopened Its doors. It was built
In 1331 and began Its career under the
sign of "Au Pigeon." Then lajer the
sign changed to "Au Pigeon Blans"
and for' two centuries the Inn was the
rendezvous of the university students.
After 1870 the sijn was tsken down,
the Pigeon Blanc s hospitality ceased
and the house became the headquar
ters of a Roman Cuthollc society. The I
days of Its ecclesiastical Importance j
are happily over. The Inn becomes '
the "Pigeon Blwno" once ncore, open-1
lng a new chapter of Its long history '
under true Alsatian management !
Christian Science Monitor.
Rather Warm in the Deepest Well.
The deepest well In the world Is:
six and one-half miles southeast of:
Fairmont. W. Va, drilled by the Hone !
Natural Gas company of Pittsburgh. I
It is 7.579 feet deep. The well had to ,
bo abandoned because the drilling
tools stuck In the drill hole, the csble
parted and left the tools and 4.000 feet '
of cable In the hole.
G. E. Van Orstrand of the United
States geological survey, Informs ht
i Scientific American that the tempera
ture at 7,000 feet was 172 degrees
! and the rate of increase was one !e
, tree In 51 feet. At this late the boil
I lng point would be reached at about
. 10,000 feet below the surface.
Once again the husband
staggering home late.
"Oh, John, have you been drink
ing again?" sobbed his' wife as she
caught a whiff of alcohol.
"No, dearie; you wrong me. I've
been eatln frogsh' legsh. and. you
shmell the hops." Bursts and Duds
Some roBes are known by the
cheeks they decorate. Exchange.
Proud of
His Eversharp
WHEREVER you see Ever
sharp, you know that
back of it is a proud owner.
And Eversharp not only means
pride of possession; It means
pride la writing because Ever
sharp writes right to the point,
alwayB.
Eversharp is really unique,
combining as it does the skill
of the Jeweler artisan with the
dexterity of the mechanical
craftsman. You would scarce
ly believe that such superb
writing comfort could be en
compassed In so graceful a
pencil.
Eversharp is always sharp
never sharpened. It carries
enough lead for a quarter mil
lion words. And when the lead
supply runs out a quarter re
news it -enough for a quarter
million words more ten thou
sand words one cent!
Eversharp establishes a new
writing standard sure writ
ing, smooth writing, easy-to-read
writing. You're never
without lead and never without
a clean-cut writing point.
That's why there's always such
Justifiable pride In Eversharp
not forgetting its matchless
outer beauty.
There's an Eversharp style
for all for pocket, chain, or
lady's handbag. Prices start
as low as $1. Get one today
for a lifetime of pencil pride
and wondrous writing comfort,
fort.
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If You Want N
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Her
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hold A Canary Bird
We have several high quality, pedigreed birds that will stand
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You will have no difficulty in securing feed as wc keep a 'full
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Alliance Floral
Company
Envelopes to fViantclhi
Use envelopes to match the color of your
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We can supply you with fine letterheads
printed on Hammermill Bond and furnish
envelopes to match in any of the twelve
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Remember we are letterhead specialists. You
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Let Us Show You What We Can Do
ANNO UNCING
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Change of Ownership
We have purchased the business of the Alliance Billiard Parlor at 115 Box
Butte avenue, and will endeavor to conduct the business along the same lines
as the former owners did.
We have recently engaged three shifts of Union Cooks and Waiters and have
put our Lunch Counter in a position to serve its patrons with anything in the
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way of meals that they may desire. Our Steaks are all specially selected for
the purpose of pleasing our customers. It will always be our aim to give you
what you want, when you want it and just the particular way you desire.
We are especially well located to handle the trade of the railroad employes
and extend a special invitation to them to visit our establishment whenever
they have the opportunity.
In addition to our Lunch Counter, Pool and Billiard Tables we have a fine
selection of Cigars and Tobaccos. They are in exceptionally nice Christmas
packages and we are making
A Special Price From Now Until Xmas
Jackson & V alios
JACKSON, of Alliance Candy Store
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