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Wilson Fails to Mention League While
Tax Law Revision, Budget and Economy
Washington. .Dec. 7. President
Wilton's annual message t J con
gress follows: vv
"When I addressed myslf to per-
, forming the duty laid upoit the pres
ident hy the constitution t present
to you an annual report on the state
of the union, I found my thought
dominated by an immortal sentence
f Abraham Lincoln's.
"'Let us have faith that right
makes might, and in that faith let
us dare to do our duty as we under
stand it.' A sentence immortal be
cause it embodies in a form of iter
simplicity a.'id purity the csssential
faith of the nation, the faith in which
it was conceived and the faith and
the birth of a nation founded' upon
t it came the hope into the world that
a rc order would prevail through
out ihr affairs of mankind, an order
in !!ch reason and light would
take pii'. ?:; i:ce of covptpusness and
force, and I believe )! at I express
the wish and purn of every
thoughtful American .,':. mi I say
that this sentence niiiivt. lor us hi
the plainest manrrer the part we
fchould play, alike in the arrange
ment of our domestic affairs and in
cur exercise of influence upon the
affair nf the world.' Bv this faith
nnrt hv this faith alone, can the
world be lifted out of its present
confusion and despair. It was this
faith which prevailed over the
, wicked force of Germany. You will
remember that the beginning of the
end of the war came when the Ger
man people -found: themselves lace
i, fare with the conscience of the
world and realized that right wa;
everywhere arrayed against thi
wrong that their government was
attempting to perpetrate. I think,
therefore, that it is true to say that
hi. tvae the faith which won the
war. Certainly that is the faith with
which our gallant men went into the
field and out 04)011 the seas to make
ure of victory, -
Final Test of Democracy,
"Thi ia the- mission .uooil which
democracy came into the world. De-
mocracy is' an assertion of the right
of the individual to live ana to oe
treated justly, as against any attempt
on the part ot any combination of
individuals to make laws which will
overburden him or which will .de
stroy his equality among his fellows
in the matter of right or privilege,
and I think we all realize that the
day has come when democracy is
being put upon its final test. The
old world is just now suffering from
a wanton rejection of the principle of
democracy and a substitution ot tne
principle of autocracy as asserted in
the name; but without the authority
and sanction of the multitude. This
ii the time of all others when de
mocracy should prove .its purity and
its spiritual power to prevail. It is
surely the manifest destiny of the
United States to lead in the attempt
to make this spirit prevail.
"There are two ways in which the
United States can assist to accom
plish this great object: First, "by of
fering the example within her own
borders of the will and! power of deT
' mocracy to make and, enforce laws
whicJr are unquestionably just and
which are equal in their administra
tion laws which secure its full rigttf
to labor and yet at the same- time
safeguard the integrity of property,
and particularly of that property
which is devoted to the development
to industry and the mcrease of the
necessary wealth of the world.
Right Must Fervail.
"Second, by standing for right and
justice as towards individual na
tions. The law of democracy is for
the protection of the weak, and the
influence oj every democracy in the
-world should be fdr the protection
of the weak nations, the nation which
is struggling towards its' right and
towards its proper recognition and
nrivileee in the family of nations
tv, Tir,;t,i Starve fannnt refuse this
role of champion without puttirig the
sterna of rejection upon the great
and devoted men wno ojrougnt us
government into existence and estab-
lished it in the face of almost uni-
versal opposition and intrigue, even
in the face ot wanton torce, as tor
example, against the orders in coun
cil of Great Britain and the arbirtary
Napoleanic decrees which involved
tis in what we know as the war of
1812- ' , i
"I urge you to consider that the
display of an. immediate disposition
on, the part of congress to remedy
any injustices or evils that may
have shown themselves in our own
national life will afford the most ef
fectual offset to the forces of chaos
and tyranny which are playing so
disastrous a part in the fortunes of
the free people3 of more than one
part of . the world. The United
States is of necessity the . sample
ftpmnrracv of the world, and the
"l triumph of democracy depends upon
Urget Budget System.
' "Recovery from the disturbing an'!
sometimes disastrous effects of the
, late war has been exceedingly slow
on the other side of the water and
has given promise, I venture to say,
of early completion only in .our own
fortunate country; but even with us
the recovery halts and is impeded at
times and there are immediately
serviceable acts of legislation which
it seems to me we ought to attempt,
to assist that recovery and prove the
indestructible recuperative force of
a great government of the people.
One of these is to prove that a great
democracy can keep house as suc
cessfully and in as business-like a
fashion as any other government. It
seems to me thatthe first step to
wards proving this is to supply our
selves with" a systematic method of
handling our estimates and expendi
tures and bringing them to the point
where they will not be an unneces
sary strain upon our income or
necessitate unreasonable taxation, in
other words,' a' workable budget sys
tem, and I respectfully suggest that
two elements are essential to such a
system; namely, not only that the
proposal of appropriations should be
in the hands of a single body, such
as a single appropriations committee
in each house of the congress, but
also that this body should be brought
into such co-operation with the de
partments of the government and
with the treasury of the United
, States as would enable it to act upon
a complete conspectus of the- needs
,. , . of the government ana the resources
I from which it must draw its in-
i . come, 1
"I reluctantly, vetoed the budget
bill passed by the last session of the
congress because of a constitutional
objection. The liouse of represelt
UUvcs subsequently modified the bill
in order to meet this objection. In
the revised form I believe that the
bill, coupled with action already
t.ikcn by the congress to revise its
rules and procedure, furnishes the
foundations for an effective national
budget system. I earnestly hope,
therefore, that one of the first steps
taken by the present session of the
congress will 1 to pass the budget
bill.
Finances Are Healthy.
The nations finances have
shown marked improvement during
tne last year. - 1 lie total ordinary
receipts of $6,694,000,000 for the fis
cal year 1920 exceeded those for 1919
by $1,542,000, while the total net or
dinary expenditures decreased from
$18,514,000,000 Jo. $6,403,000000. The
gross public 'debt which reached its
highest point on August 31, 1919,
when it was, $26,596,000,000. had
dronoed on November 30. 1920. to
$24,175,000,000. There also has betu
amarked decrease in holdings ot
government war securities by the
banking institutions of the country
as well as in the amount of bills held
by the federal reserve banks se
cured by government war obliga
tions. . C 1
.. "This fortunate result has relieved
the banks and left them freer to
finance the needs of agriculture, in
dustry and commerce. It has been
due in large part to the reduction of
the public debt, especially of the
floating debt, but more particularly
to the improved distribution o gov
ernment securities among permanent,
investors. The cessation of the gov
ernment's borrowings except
through short term certificates of in
debtedness has 'been a matter of
great consequence to the people of
the country at laree. as well as to
the holders of Liberty bonds and
Victory notes, and has had an impor
tant beaming on the matter of effec
tive credit control. -
"'The year has been characterized
by the progressive withdrawal of the
treasury' from the domestic credit
market and from a position of
dominant influence in that market.
The future course will necessarily
depend upon the, extent to which
economics are practiced and upon
the burdens placed upon the treas
ury, as well as upon industrial "de
velopments and the maintenance of
tax , receipts at a sufficiently high
level. , '
"The fundamental fact which at
present dominates the government's
financial situation is that seven and
a half billions of its war indebted
ness mature within the next two and
a half vears. Of this amount, two.
and a half billions are floating debt
and five billions Victory notes and
war savings certificates.
Must Reduce Expenses. .
"The fiscal program of the govk
crnment .must be determined witn
reference to these maturities. Sound
policy demands that the government
expenditures be reduced to the low
est amount which will permit the
various services to operate efficiently
niift that government recemts irom
taxes and salvaee be maintained suf
ficiently high to provide for -current
requirements, including interest ana
sinking fund charges on tne pumic
debt and at the .same , time retire
the floating debt iand part ot tne
Victory loan before maturity. w;tn
rigid economy., vigorous salvage op
erations and adequate revenues from
taxation, a surplus of current receipts
over current. expenditures can De
realized and should be applied to
the floating debt. All branches of
the government should co-operate
to see that this program is real
ized. - '
"I cannot overemphasifee the
necessity of-economy in government
appropriations and expenditures and
the avoidance Dy me congress 01
practices which take money from the
treasury by indefinite or revolving
fund aocrooriations,
ine estimates
for the present year show that over
a billion dollars of expenditures were
autnorizea oy me msi .ui'bv
' addition to the amounts shown
the usual compiled statements of
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Make Direct Appropriation.
"This strikingly illustrates the im
portance of making direct and spe
cific appropriations. Jhc relation be
tween the current receipts and cur
rent exenditurcs during the recent
fiscal year, as well as during the last
half of the last fiscal year, has been
disturbed by the extraordinary bur
dens thrown upon the treasury by
the transportation act, in connection
with the return of the railroads to
private control. Over $600,000,000
has already been, paid to -'the rail
roads under this act $350,000,000
during the present fiscal year; and it
is estimated, that further payments
aggregating possibly $650,000,000
must still be made to the railroads
during the current year. It is obvi
ous that these large payments have
already seriously limited the gov
ernment's progress in retiring the
floating debt.
Must Revise Taxes.
"Closely connected with this, it
seems to me, is the necessity for an
immediate consideration of the revi
sion of our ttlaws. Simplification
of the income and profits taxes has
become an t immediate necessity.
These taxes performed an indispen
sable service during the war. The
need for their simplification, how
ever, is very great, in order to save
the, taxpayer inconvenience and ex
pense and in order to make his lia
bility more certain ,and definite.
Other and more detailed recommen
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woald beery, vey happyy. This type Cadillac is now being exhibited by the J. II. Hansen ' Cadillac Com
pany.Aoyertemen v
dations with regard to taxes will no
doubt be laid before you by the sec
retary of the treasury and the com
missioncr ot internal revenue.
"It is my privilege to draw to the
attention ot congress tor very sym
pathetic consideration the problem
of providing adequate facilities for
the care and treatment of former
members of the military and naval
forces who are sick or disabled a
the result of their participation in
the war. These heroic men can
never be paid in money for the scrv
ice they partriotically rendered the
nation. Their reward will lie rather
in realization of the fact that they
vindicated the rights of their coun
try and aided in safeguarding civil
ization. The nation's gratitude must
be effectively revealed to them by
the most ample provision for their
medical care and treatment as well
as for their vocational training and
placement. The time has come
when a more complete program can
be formulated and more satisfac
torily administered for their treat
ment and training, and I earnestly
urge that the congress give the mat
ter it earlv consideration. The sec
retary of the treasury and the board
for vocational education will outline
in their annual reports proposals
covering mescal care and rehabili
tation which I am sure will engage
vour earnest study and command
your most generous support.
Urges Dye Protection.
.Permit me to emphasize once
more the need for action upon cer
tain matters upon which I dwelt at
some length in ray message to tne
second session of the Sixty-sixth
congress. The necessity, for example,
of encouraginir the manufacture of
dyestuffs and related chemicals; the
importance of doing everything pos
sible to promote agricutltural pro
duction along economic lines, to im
prove agricultural marketing and to
make rural life more attractive and
healthful; the need for a law regu
lating cold storage 111 such a way as
to limit -the time during which goods
may be kept in storage-, prescribing
the method of disposing of them if
kept beyond the permitted period
and requiring goods released froR
storage in ajl cases to bear the date
of their receipt.
"It would also be most serviceable
if it were provided that all goods
released from cold storage for inter
state shipment should have plainly
marked upon each package the sell
ing or market price at which they
went into storage, in order that the
purchaser might be able to learn
what profits stood between him and
the producer or the wholesale dealer.
Indeed, it would be very serviceable
to the public if all goods destined for
interstate- commerce were made to
carry upon every packing case whose
form made it possible a plain state
ment of the price at which they left
the hands of, the producer. I re
spectfully call your attention also to
the recommendations of the message
referred to with regard to a federal
license for all corporations engaged
in interstate commerce.
In brief, the immediate legisla
tive need of the time is the removal
of all obstacles to the realization of
the best ambitions of our people in
their several classes of employment
and the strengthening of all instru
mentalities by which difficulties are
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Recommending
in His Message
to be met and removed and justice
dealt out, whether by law or by some
form of mediation and conciliation,
I do not feel it to be my privilege
at present to suggest the detailed and
particular , methods by which these
objects maybe attained, but I have
faith that tne inquiries of your sev
eral committees will discover the
way and the method. '
"In response to what I believe to
be , the impulse of sympathy and
opinion throughout the United
States, I earnestly suggest that the
congress authorize the treasury of
the United States to make to the
struggling government of Armenia
such a loan as was made to several
(f the allied governments during the
war; and I would also suggest -that
it would be desirable to provide in
the legislation itself that the expendi
ture of the money thus loaned should
be under the supervision of a com
mission, or at least a commissioner
from the United States, in order
that revolutionary tendencies within
Armenia itself might not be afforded
by the loan a further tempting op
portunity.
Philippine Independence.
"Allow me to call your attention
to the fact that the people, of the
Philippine islands have succeeded m
maintaining a stable government
since the .last action of the congress
in their behalf, and have thus ful
filled the condition set by the con-
gress as precedent to a consiaera
tion of granting independence to the
islands. I respectfully submit, that I
this condition precedent having been
fulfilled, it is now our liberty and
our duty, to keep our promise to the
people of those islands by granting
them the independence which they
so honorably covet. I
I have not so much laid before
you a series ot recommendations,
gentlemen, as sought to utter a con
fession of faith, of the faith in which
I was bred and which it is my sol- I
emn purpose to stand by' until my i
last fighting day. I believe this to ;
be the faith of America, the faith 1
of the future, and of all the victories i
which await national action in the
days to come, whether in America
or elsewhere."
Wilson Awarded
' NJntipl Pparp Pri7
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Copenhagen Dec. 7. (Bv The :
Associated Press.) Announcement
is made that the Nobel peace prize
will be conferred on President Wil- ,
son of the United States on Decern-!
ber 10. . .-
The Nobel peace prize carries with '
it a grant of about $40,000. which is
one-fifth of the annual interest on
about $9,000,000 left for that purpose
by Alfred B. Nobel, tne Swedish
scientist and the inventor of dyna
mite, who died in 1896. ' -
The only two Americans who have
in the past received the Nobel peace'
prize were Theodore Roosevelt, in
1906, and Elihu Root, in 1912. '
Named Land Registrar.
Washington, D. C. Dec. 7. (Spe
cial Telegram.) Mack C. Warring
ton was nominated today to be reg
istrar of the land office lat Broken
Bow, NebK
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