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MESSAGE FROM
THE PRESIDENT
READ BY CLERK
Important Legislative Recom
mendations Made in Docu
ment Sent From Paris.
LABOR UNREST CHIEF POINT
Necessity for Intelligent Dealing With
Situation Which Constitutes Men
ace to World Pointed Out
Domestic Measures to Be
Dealt With.
Washington, May 20.The message
of President Wilson, cabled from
Paris, was read to the congress today
by Patrick J. Halligan, the reading
clerk of the house. Substantially, it
was as follows:
"Gentlemen of the Congress: I deep
ly regret my inability to be present at
the opening of the extraordinary ses
sion of the congress. It still seems to
be my duty to lake part in the coun
sels of the peace conference and con
tribute what I ca*n to the solution of
the innumerable questions to whose
settlement it has had to address itself
for they are questions which affect the
peace of the whole world and from
them, therefore, the United States can
not stand apart. I deemed it my duty
to call the congress together at this
time because it was not wise to post
pone longer the provisions which must
be made for the support of the govern
ment. Many of the appropriations
which are absolutely necessary for the
maintenance of the government and
the fulfillment of its varied obligations
for the fiscal year 1919-1920 have not
yet been made the end of the present
fiscal year is at hand and action upon
these appropriations can no longer be
prudently delayed. It is necessary,
therefore, that I should immediately
call your attention to this critical
need. It is hardly* necessary for me to
urge that it may receive your prompt
attention.
"I shall take the liberty of address
ing you on my return on the subjects
which have most engrossed our atten
tion and the attention of the world
during these last anxious months.
Domestic Legislation.
"I hesitate to venture any opinion
or press any recommendation with re
gard to ddmestic legislation while ab
sent from the United States and out
of daily touch with intimate sources
of information and counsel. I am con
scious that I need, after so long an ab
sence from Washington, to seek the
advice of those who have remained In
constant contact with domestic prob
lems and who have known them close
at hand from day to day and I trust
that it will very soon be possible for
me to do so. But there are several
questions pressing for consideration to
w^liich I feel that I may, nnd Indeed
must, even now direct your attention,
if only in general terms. In speaking
of them I shall, I dare say, be doing
little more than speak your own
thoughts. I hope that I shall speak
your own judgment also.
"The question which stands at the
front of all others in every country
amidst the present great awakening is
the question of labor and perhaps I
can speak of it with as great advan
tage while engrossed in the considera
tion of Interests which affect all coun
tries alike as I could at home and
amidst the interests which naturally
most affect my thought, because (hey
are the interests of our people.
Rights of the Worker.
"By the question of labor I do not
mean the question of efficient indus
trial production, the question f how
labor is to be obtained and made effec
tive in the great process of sustaining
populations and winning success
nmidst commercial and industrial ri
valries. I mean that much greater and
more vital question, how are the men
and women who do the daily labor of
the world to obtain progressive im
provement in the conditions of their
labor, to be made happier, and to be
served better'by the communities and
the industries which their labor sus
tains and advances? How are they
to be given their right advantage as
citizens and human beings?
"We cannot go any further In our
present direction. We have already
gone too far. We cannot live our
right life as a nation or achieve our
proper success as an industrial com
munity if capital and labor are to be
antagonistic instead of being partners.
If they are to continue to distrust one
another nnd contrive how they can get
the better of one another, or what per
haps amounts to the same thing, cal
culate by what form and degree of
coercion they can manage to extort
on the one hand w*** enough to make
enterprise profitable, on the other Jus
tice and fair treatment enough to
Rats Harm Airplanes.
An inspector In the aerial depart
ment of the bureau of construction
nnd repair In Washington writes In
American Machinist:
"It has been noticed that since the
use of casein glue at the Burgess plant
the rats have increased in alarming
numbers. After the workmen quit in
the evening the rats immediately ap
pear on the floor and make a raid on
the casein glue cans. In the opinion
of this office this could be very serious,
as no doubt rats could destroy a wing
make life tolerable. That bad road
has turned out a blind alley. It is
no thoroughfare to real prosperity.
We must find another, leading in an
other direction and to a very differ
ent destination. It must lead not
merely to accommodation but also to a
genuine co-operation and partnership
based upon a real community of inter
est and participation in control.
"Labor legislation lies, of course,
chiefly with the states but the new
spirit and method of organization
which must be effected are not to be
brought by legislation so much as by
the common counsel and voluntary
co-operation of capitalist, manager,
and workman. Legislation can go only
a very little way in recommending what
shall be done. The organization of in
dustry is a matter of corporate and
individual initiative and of practical
business arrangement. Those who
really desire a new relationship be
tween capital and labor can readily
find a way to bring it about .and per
haps federal legislation can help more
than state legislation could.
Industrial Democratization.
"The object of all reform In this
essential matter must be the genuine
democratization of industry, based
upon a full recognition of the right of
those who work, in whatever rank, to
participate in some organic way In
every decision which directly affects
their welfare on the part they are to
play in industry. Some positive leg
islation is practicable. The congress
has already shown the way to one re
form which should be world-wide, by
establishing the eight-hour day as the
standard day in every field of labor
over which it can exercise control. It
hns sought to find the way to prevent
child labor, and will, I hope and be
lieve, presently find it. It has served
the whole country by leading the way
in developing the means of preserv
ing and safeguarding life and health
in dangerous industries. The mem
bers of the committee on labor in the
two houses hardly need suggestions
from me as to what means they shall
seek to make the federal government
the agent of the whole nation in point
ing out, and if need be, guiding the
process of reorganization and reform.
Duty to Returning Soldiers.
"I am sure that it is not necessary
for me to remind that there is one
immediate and very practical question
of labor that we should meet in the
most liberal spirit. We must see to It
that our returning soldiers are assist
ed" in every practicable way to find
the places for which they are fitted in
the daily work of this country. This
can be done by developing and main
taining upon an adequate scale the ad
morable organization created by the
department of labor for placing men
seeking work and It can also be done,
In at least one very great field, by cre
ating new opportunities for individual
enterprise. The secretary of the In
terior has pointed out the way by
which returning soldiers may be helped
to find nnd take up land in the hither
to undeveloped regions of the country
which the federal government has al
ready prepared or can readily prepare
for cultivation, nnd also on many of
the cutover or neglected areas whleh
lie within the limits of the older
states and I once more take the lib
erty of recommending very urgently
that his plan shall recelve'the immedi
ate and substantial support of the con
gress.
Future Commerce.
"Our new merchant ships, which have
in some quarters been feared as de
structive rivals, may prove helpful rlv-
aJs, rather, and common servants very
much needed nnd welcome. Our great
shipyards, new nnd old, will be so
opened to the use of the world that
they will prove Immensely serviceable
to every maritime people in restoring,
much more rapidly than would other
wise have been possible, the tonnage
wantonly destroyed In the war. I
have only to suggest that there are
many points at which we can facili
tate American enterprise In foreign
trade by opportune legislation, and
make it easy for Araericen merchant
ships where they will be welcomed as
friends rather than as dreaded antag
onists.
"And credit and enterprise alike will
be quickened by timely and helpful
legislation with regard to taxation. I
hope that the congress will find it pos
sible to undertake an early reconsid
eration of federal taxes. In order to
make our system of taxation more sim
ple and easy of administration and the
taxes themselves as little burdensome
as they can be made and yet suffice to
support the government and meet all
its obligations^ The figures to which
those obligations have arisen are very
great indeed, but they are not so great
as to make it difficult for the nation to
meet them, and meet them, perhaps, fh
a single generation, by taxes which
will neither crush nor discourage.
They are not so great as they seen*,
not so great as the immense sums we
have had to borrow, added to the im
mense sums we l*r^e had to raise by
taxation, would seem to indicate for
a very large proportion of these sums
were raised in order that they might
be loaned to the governments with
nnnel In their attempt to get the glue.
It is suggested that some poisoning be
introduced Into the glue or something
be done to make the casein g'.ue less
delicious to the taste of the rodents.
It would be dangerous to leave ma
chines in storage which were made up
with casein glue."
Naming a Trie.
In a civil court of North Carolina
a judge was hearing a lawsuit regard
ing some road construction matters In
which three contractorsgrandfather,
which we were associated In the war.
nnd those loans will, of course, consti
tute assets not liabilities, and will not
have to bo taken care of by our tax
payers.
"The main thing we shall have to
care for is that our /taxation shall
rest" as lightly as possible on the pro
ductive resources of the country, that
its rates shall be stable^ and that it
shall be constant In its revenue-yield
ing power.
"Many of the minor faxes provided
for In the federal legislation of 1917
and 191S, though no doubt made neces
sary by the pressing necessities of the
war time, can hardly find sufficient
justification under the easier circum
stances of peace, and can now happily
be got rid of. Among these, I hope you
will agree, are the excises upon vari
ous manufactures and the taxes upon
retail sales. They are unequal in the
Incidence on different industries and
on different individuals. Theiy collec
tion Is difficult and expensive. Those
which are levied upon articles Bold at
retail are largely evaded by the read
justment of retail prices. On tbi* other
hand, I should assume that It is ex
pedient to maintain a considerable
range of indirect taxes and the fact
that alcoholic liquors will presently
no longer afford a source of revenue
by taxation makes it the more neces
sary that the field should be carefully
restudled in order that equivalent
sources of revenue may be found
which ot will be legitimate and not
burdensome to draw upon.
Import Duties Correct.
"There is, fortunately, no oce.sslon
for undertaking in the immediate fu
ture, any general revision of ou sys
tem of import duties. No serious dan
ger of foreign competition now threat
ens American industries. Our country
has emerged from the war less dis
turbed and less weakened than any of
the European countries which are our
compejitors in manufacture. So far
from there being any danger or need
of accentuated foreign competition, it
is likely that the conditions of the
next few years will greatly facilitate
the marketing of American manufac
tures abroad. Least of all should we
depart from the policy adopted In the
tariff act of 1913, of permitting the
free entry into the United States of
the raw materials needed to supple
ment and enrich our own abundant
supplies.
Asks Woman Suffrage.
"Will you not permit me, turning
from these matters, to speak oncq
more, and very earnestly, of the pro
posed amendment to the Constitution
which would extend the suffrage to
women and which passed the house
of representatives at the last session
of the congress? It seems to me that
every consideration of justice and of
public advantage calls for the imme
diate adoption of that amendment nnd
its submission forthwith to the legis
latures of the several states. Through-,
out all the world this long-delayed ex
tension of the suffrage is looked for.
"The telegraph and telephone lines
will, of course, be returned to their
owners so soon as the retransfer
father and sonwere concerned. One
of the engineers who testified was ask
ed how he designated the three men
of the same name. HIS reply made ev
eryone, including the Judge, laugh.
"I called them Grandpap. Pap and
Papoose," he said.Youth's Compan
ion.
Only Real Wealth.
True wealth consists rather of
wealth of character than wealth of
dollars. Great possessors are batter
than great possession?
THE TOMAHAWK. WHITE EARTH. MINN.
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be effected without administrative
confusion so soon that is, as the,
change can be made with least pos
sible inconvenience to the public and
to the owners themselves. The rail
roads will be handed over to their
owners at the end of the calendar
year if I were in immediate contact
with the administrative questions
which must govern the retransfer of
the telegraph and telephone lines, I
could name the exact date for their re
turn also. Until I am in direct con
tact with the practical questions in
volved I can only suggest in the case
of the telegraphs and telephones, as
In the case of their railways, It Is
clearly desirable in the public inter
est that some legislation should be
considered which may tend to make
of these Indispensable instrumental
ities of our modern life a uniform and
co-ordinated system which will afford
those who use them a complete and
certain means of communication.
"The demobilisation of the military
forces of the country has progressed
to such a point that it seems to me en
tirely safe now to remove the ban up
on the manufacture and sale of wine
and beers, but I am advised that with
out further legislation I have not the
legal authority to remove the present
restrictions. I therefore recommend
that the act approved November 21,
1918, entitled, 'An act to entitle the
secretary of agriculture to carry out
during the fiscal year ending June 30.
1919, the purposes of the act entitled
"an act to provide further for the na
tional security and defense by stimu
lating and facilitating the distribution
of agricultural products." and for
other purposes,* be amended or re
pealed in so far as It applies to wines
and beers.
"I sincerely trust that I shall very
soon be at my post In Washington
again to report upon the matt***-**
which made my presence at the peace
table apparently Imperative, and to
put myself at the service of the con
gress In every matter of administra
tion or counsel that may seem to de
mand executive action or advice.
"WOODROW WILSON."
Northfield.Carleton was beaten in
the first intercollegiate baseball game
of the season by Mankato Commercial
College, 3'to 1.
Moorliead.Clay county exceeded its
Victory Loan allotment by .$40,300, ac
cording to reports received by A. H.
Costain, county chairman.
Long Prairie.Ground has been
broken at the courthouse for the foun
dation for the soldier monument to be
erected this summer and donated to
Todd county by William E. Lee.
Virginia.Statistics on the pro
posed normal training department for
the local high school have been sent to
the state department of education by
Principal Nathaniel J. Quickstad, and
Virginia will receive state aid for the
department.
Minneapolis.William H. Schafer,
having diverted $500,000 from fourteen
state banks and two mortgage compa
nies which he controlled, entered a
plea of guilty in Hennepin county dis
trict court, ending his trial. He will
be sentenced May 31.
Chisholm. The village council
heard both sides of the controversy
between the congregations of the New
Russian and the Serbian churches as
to burial plots in the village ceme
tery and the matter was adjusted to
the satisfaction of both.
Eveleth.Victory bond subscrip
tions continue to come in now, amount
ing to $218,000 which places Eveleth
considerably over the top, of which
$150,000 was voluntarily subscribed.
The three solicitors doing the best
will get a German helmet each.
Virginia.It is estimated the school
census will shov 3,000 children below
16. For several days 120 teachers of
the local district have been making a
census of hemes. Last year's census
showed more than 4,000 children. Re
ports AVIU be lv.celved from the Home
stead, Farmstead and other schools In
the outlying districts.
Red Lake Falls.Although an oil
tank wason, weighing over 7.000
pounds, passed over his abdomen, Dal
ton Morin, 4, son of Oscar Morin of
this city lives and will recover. The
accident happened in front of the Mor
in home and In the sight of his father,
who was unable to prevent it. The oil
tank was a trailer to a gas tractor.
Waseca.At a special meeting of the
city council a site for a new hospital
was selected. It is centrally located,
being only a block from the court
house. The city and county combin
ed have donated ?30,000 toward the
project and the balance needed will
be raised by popular subscription.
The intention is to complete the build
ing this summer.
International Falls.Fred Wheaton,
C. M. Andrist, P. W. Viesselman and
Senator Glen Waters of Minneapolis
were here as a committee of stock
holders of the American Traction com
pany, wkieh owns the interurban line
between this city and Ranler. The line
is not being operated at this time. Re
organization of the company is to take
place soon, when it is expected service
will be renewed.
St. Paul.The first influenza death
reported to the state board of health
in several weeks was recorded at
Brookpark, Pine county, where an out
break of the disease began ten days
ago. One report indicated about twen
ty-five cases of influenza in the vil
lage and the message added no in
formation, save7
that one death had
occurred. This is the only outbreak
known to exist in Minnesota, health
adthorities said.
Minneapolis. Minneapolis millers
declare that although the 'United
States Grain corporation may provide
the mills with less expensive wheat
from Canada, they did not believe it
would be possible to reduce flour
prices sufficiently to make decreased
bread prices possible. Millers declare
that if the grain corporation purchases
only a small quantity of wheat from
Canada, as announced, the supply will
not be sufficiently large to bring about
reduction in flour prices.
Sandstone.Chester McArdle and
Hector Dyckman, two boys about 15,
left home to go fishing in the river.
Soon after dinner the McArdle boy re
turned home alone, hatless and with
wet clothing. Later he left home and
took the train to St. Paul. He wrote
to his parents that he was not coming
back. Efforts were made to And him,
but no trace of him has been found.
Nothing definite is known but It is
supposed that Hector in same way was
drowned, and Chester, fearing the
blame would be cast upon him, decided
to floe.
St. Paul.Farmers of the Northwest
borrowed $28,564,700 from the govern
ment on long time first mortgages,
through the Federal Land bank of
St. Paul, since Its establishment, ac
cording to the monthly statement of
the Farm Loan board in Washington.
The St. Paul bank stands sixth in the
list of Federal Land banks of the coun
try In the amounts given out during
the month. The Federal Land bank
of Omaha leads in amount of loans
closed, totaling $3,007,200. Houston
runs a close second, with $1,500,544
and Spokane third, with $1,390,600.
Moose Lake.There was general re
gret here over the .announcement of
the death In St. Louis, a few days ago
of Martin Larson, proprietor of a local
creamery, one time mayor, who died
while being treated for injuries sun
tained in the great fire of last Octo
ber, from which he never recovered.
Virginia.A third operation on Paul
Zemer. New Richmond, Wis., who had
his legs broken at Firbanks in Decem
ber, 1917, while employed by the Dun
ka River Lumber company, was per
formed at the Lenont hospital, when
a piece of bone grafted on to his
right leg.
Make This Test For
Acid-Stomach
There are millions of people who- what acid-mouth does to the, teeth*
suffer almost daily from the horrors how It eats right through the hard
of an acid-stomachindigestion sour, enamel and causes them to decay,
gassy, stomach distressing heartburn Think then of the havoc that must
sickening food-repeating painful be caused by excess acid in the stgn
bloat nnd that miserable, puffed up, acht
lumpy feeling after eating. Many of Even if you are not suffering any
these people have tried treatment after Immediate stomach pains, but are rot
treatment medicine after medicine feeling just as fit and fine as you
others have gone to doctors and atom- should, you should by all means make
ach specialists and some to hospitals, this test: Go to your drug store at
but In spite of all of their efforts they once and get a big box of EATONIC.
have obtained no lasting relief or a It Is in the form of pleasant-fasting
permanent cure, tabletsyou eat them like a bit ox
These symptoms simply mean odd- candy. EATONIC Is prepared for Just
stomach. If allowed to run on, they one purposecorrecting acid-stomach
are very likely to cause a lot of seri- by driving out the excess add.
ous trouble. Dyspepsia, rheumatism, EATONIC literally absorbs the excess
gout, lumbago, sciatica, splitting head- acid. It brings Instant relief from
ache, dizzy spells, nervousness, sleep- the pains of Indigestion, heartburn,
lessness, mental depression, melan- belching, sour, gassy stomach, bloat,
cholia, a feeling of Hstlessness and etc. It makes the stomach pure, syect,
all-gonenessthese are just a few of cool and comfortable, puts It In anor-
the disorders which can be traced to mal, healthy condition, so that your
acid-stomach. Ao a matter of fact, food Is properly digested. You need
acld-stomnch Is often the direct cause every bit of strength you can*posslbly
of those almost Incurable conditions get out of the food you eatand
known as catarrh of the stomach, in- EATONIC helps you get it.
testlnal ulcer, and cancer of the, stom- Don't put this test off If you value
ach. The lives of those who suffer your future good health and happl-
Irom these serious troubles are noth- ness. Yon run no chance at all be-
ing short of daily agony. Surely, cause EATONIC Is absolutely guar-
then, you must see how important It anteed to give you relief or your drug-
Is to go at once to the seat of the gist will refund your money. Tb
trouble'acld-stomacn. You know cost Is a mere trifle.
Very Naturally.
Gert-What did Myrt do when she
'ound out you said she was homely?
MabelOh, sho got real ugly about
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FOR YOUR AClPSTOMACHH)v
If a man is wide awake during,tb
day he can afford to sleep at night.
Most of us are willing to take up.
our cross, but it must be a gilt one.
Counterfeiter Caught! The Few York health authorities had a Bi
Ira'manufacturer Mtntenoad to the penitentiary for selling thread
the United States millions of Talcum powder" tablets an Aspirin Tablet*,
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Don't ask for Aspirin Tabletssay "Bayer!"
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Don? forget that the "Bayer CrW is your only
protection against dangerous counterfeits.
Don't fail to say to druggist:
"I want 'Bayer Tablets of Aspirin*
in a Bayer package." The genuine!
Bify only the regular Bayer pack
age with the safety "Bayer Crcee"
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