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Show THE WEEKLY REFLEX, KAYSVILLE, UTAH ms TO 6E RETURNED TO OWNERS President in Cable Message to Congress Favors Repeal of Wartime Measure. Labor Legislation a Well as Defenders of Nation, Favors Repeal of Dry Law in Part and Adoption of Suffrage Amendment. Suggest Aid for Returning . President Wilson, in ferent destination. It must lead not merely to accommodation, but also to a genuine and partnership-baseupon a real community of interest and participation in control. For There is now, in fact, a real community of interest between capital aud labor, liut It has never been made evident In a( tlon. It can he made operative and manifest only in a new organization of Indu.strj. The genius of our business men and the sound practical sense of our workers can certainly work such a partnership out when once they realize exactly what it i that they seek and sincerely auopt a common purpose with regard to it. Labor legislation lies,, of epurse, chiefly with the states; butrthe new spirit and method of organization, which must he effected, fire not to be brought about by legislation bo much as by the common counsel and volunof capitalist, mantary ager and workman, legislation can go only afery little way In commanding wjrtit shall be done. The organization of Industry in a matter of corporate and individual initiative and of Washington. his message to congress on May LO, recommended Vejwal of tin 4L applies to prohibition law m fay wine and beer only: announced definitely that the railroad sj stems ami telegraph and telephone lines would be returned to private ownership; urged revision of war taxes, particularly to ubollsh the manufacturers and retail Bales excises; ami outlined generally a program respecting labor. These were the high spots" of the presidents message cabled from Paris. The presidents wiesage follow s ; Gentlemen of the (mgress 1 deeply regret my Inability to he wlio really desire u new relationship present at the o;enlng of the.extraor-diunr- j between capital und labor can readily session of congress, it still find a way to bring it about and perseems to ho my duty to take part in haps federal legislation can help more the counsels of the peace conference than state legislation could. and contribute what I can to the soAs to Rights of Labor. lution of the Innumerable questions to The object of uli reform In tills eswhose settlement it has had to address sential matter he the genuine Itself. For they are questions which democrat izu lion must of industry, based affect the peace of the whole world a full recognition of the right of and from them, therefore, the United upon those who work, In whatever rank, to States cannot stand apart. participate Jn Some organic way In evWhy Special Session Was Called. ery decision which directly uffects I deemed it my duty to call the con- their welfare or the part they are to gress together at this time because it play in Industry. Some positive legThe congress was not wise to postpone longer the islation Is practicable. which must he made for has already shown the way to one reprovisions , the support of the government. Many form, which should he by of the appropriations, wli.ch are ab- establishing the elght-hoday as the solutely necessary for the maintenance standard day In every field of labor of the government and the fulfillment over whlrit It can exercise control. It of Its varhsl obligations for the fiscal lias sought to find the way to prevent year lDIiH'.CU, have not yet been child labor and will, I hope, and bemade; the end of the present fiscal lieve, presently find It, It lias served year Is at hand; and action upon these the country by leading the way in deappropriations can no louger he pru- veloping the means of preserving and safeguarding life and health in dandently delated. It Is necessary, there-forthat I should Immediately call gerous Industries. It can now help your attention to this critical need. It In the difficult task of giving a new la hardly necessary for tue to urge form and spirit to Industrial organizathe several agen-cle- s that It may receive your prompt at- tion by of conciliation and adjustment, tention. which have been brought Into existPresident to Talk on Peace. ence by the difficulties and mistaken I shall take the liberty of address, policies of the present management of Ing yon on my return on the subjects Industry, and by setting up and develwhich have most engrossed our. atten- oping new federal agencies of advice tion and the attention ofjte world aad information may serve as a whiqh during these last anxious months, clearing house for the best experiments since the armistice of last November and the best thought on this great waa signed, the International settle- matter, which every thlaklng man upon ment which must form the subject must be aware that the future devel. matter of the present treaties of pence opmenf of society directly depends. and of our national action In the ImNational Policy, mediate future. It would be premaAgencies of International counsel ture to discuss them or to express a Judgment about them before they and suggestion are presently to be creare brought to their complete formula- ated in connection with the league of tion by the agreements which are now uations in tills very field ; hut it is nabeing sought at .the peace tithle bf tional action aud the enlightened policy the conference. I shall h opt to lay of Individuals, corporations and societhem before you In their many; as- ties within each nation that must about the actual reforms. pects as soon as ammgeimitsvhave bring The members of the committees on been readied, , labor In the two houses will hardly Needa Advice, need suggestions from me as to what I hesitate to venture any opinion or means they shall seek to make the press any recommendation wftTi regard federal government the ugeut of the to domestic legislation whlM absent whole nation In pointing out and, If from the United States ami out of nhed be, the process of guiding dally touch with intimate sgurees of and reform. Information und counsel, I am con. Must Aid Returning Soldiers. acloua that I need, after so long an I am sure that It Is not necessary absence from Washington, to seek the advice of those who have remained for me to remind you that there Is and very practical In constant contact with domestic prob- vine Immediate lems and who have known them close question of labor that we should meet at hand from day to day; and I trust In the most liberal spirit. We must that It will very soon be possible for see to it that our returning soldiers 'me to do so. But there are several Mre assisted In every practicable way questions pressing for consideration to to find the places for which the,? are which I feel that 1 may ami Indeed fitted In the daily work of the counmust, even now direct jour attention, try. This can be done by developing if in only general terms. In spenklng ami maintaining upon an adequate f them I shall, I dare say, he doing scale the admirable organization crelittle more than speak- your own ated by the department of labor for thoughts. I hope that I shall speak placing men seeking work; ami it can ' also he done in at least vine very great your judgment also. field, by creating new opportunities for The Question of Labor. Individual enterprise. The question which stands at the Land for Nations Defenders. front of all others in every country The secretary of the Interior has amid-- t the present great awakening is the question of labor; and perhaps pointed out the way by which return1 ran speak of it with as great ading soldiers may be helped to find and undevelvantage while engrossed in the consid- take up hind lu the hitherto vvhleh-therate u of Interests which affect all oped regions of the country countries alike ns I suld at homo ami federal government lias prepared or amidst the interest which naturally van readily prepare for cultivation ami most affect my. thought, because they for many of the cutover or neglected are the interests of our own pimple. areas which He within the limit of By the question of labor I do not the older states; and I once more take mean the question of efficient Indus- the liberty of recommending very urtrial production ; the question of how gently that his plans shall receive the labor is to be obtained and made ef- immediate and substantial support of fective in the great process of sus- the congress. taining populations and winning sucForeign Trade. cess amidst commercial and Industrial Peculiar and very stimulating conrivalries. I mean that much greater ditions await our commerce and indusand more vital question, how are men trial enterprise in the Immediate fuand women who do the daily labor of ture. Unusual opportunities will presthe. world to obtaiuprogresaive Im- ently present Themselves to our merprovement in the conditions of their chants and producers in foreign marlabor, to he made happier, and to be kets and large fields for profitable Inserved t letter by the communities and vestment will he opened to our free the industries which their labor sus- capital. But it is not only of that tains and advances? How are they that I am thinking; it It not chiefly to he ghen their right adautage as of that that I am thinking. Many great citizens and human beings? industries prostrated by the war wait to he rehabilitated in many parts of Would Make Life Tolerable. We cannot go any further in our the world where whatvMH1 be lacking war-tim- e -- world-wide- uf e, reor-ganizatl- - e Jl, presents direcliont . bandiMdy isLnot .hxalnsor orTiling experienced skill, capncity but nxaehluery aud raw materials, ami vv Wo-ha- ve gone too far. W e cannot in o our right life as a nation" or achieve our proper success as an industrial community 7 capital and iabor are to continue to be antagonistic instead of being partners; If they are to continue to distrust one another and contrive how they can get the better of one another. Or, what jierhaps amounts to the same thing, calculate by what form and to of coercion they extort, on the one hand, work enough to make enterprise profitable: on the other hand, justice and fair treatment enough to make life tolerable. That bad road has turned out a blind alley. It Is no thoroughfare to real prosperity. We mud find another, leading in another direction and to a very dif de-gre- - cair-manag- e- e I believe that our business men, our merchants, our manufacturers and Our capitalists will have the vision to see .that prosperity in one part of the world ministers to prosperity where; that there is in a very true sense a solidarity of interest throughout the world of enterprise and that one stealings, -- w U4x iLo countries Thai have need of our products and our money will teach them to deem us more than ever friends whose neces'i-tie- s we seek in the right way to serve. Our Merchant Marine. Out new merchant ships which have In some quarters been feared as destructive rivals, may prove help rivals. capital. cv-e- rj gram of International 'disarmament it will, nevertheless, he a policy of obvious prudence to make certain of the maintenance of many successful strong and well equipped chemical plants. The German chemical Industry, with which we will be brought Into competition, , was and may well he again, a thoroughly knit monopoly capable of exercising a competition oil a peculiarly Insidious and dangerouq kind. j A Weapon of Retaliation, The United States should, moreover, have the means of properly protecting itself whenever our trade Is discriminated against by foreign nations, in order that we may be assured of that equality of treatment which we hope to accord and to promote the world over. Our tariff laws, as they now stand, provide no weapon pf retaliation In case other governments should enact legislation unequal In its bearing on our products as compared with the products of other nations. Though we are, as far as possible from desiring to enter upon any course of retaliation. vve must frankly face the fact rather, and common servants, very much needed and very welcome. Our great shipyards, new and old, will be bo opened to the use of that 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 warr I have only to suggest that there are many points at which we can facilitate American enterprise in foreign trade by legislation and make it easy for American merchants to go where they will be welcomed as friends rather than as dreaded antagonists. America lias a great and honorable service to perform In 'bringing the commercial and industrial undertakings of Hie world back to their old scope and swing again and putting a solid structure of credit under them. All our legislation should he friendly to such plans anil purposes, Taxation Reforms, ' And credit ami enterprise alike will I'C. quickened by timely am! helpful legislation with regard to taxation. I hope that the congress will find it possible to undertake- an early reconsideration of federal tuxes in order to make our system of taxation more simple and easy of administration and the taxes themselves as little burdensome as they can he 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, hut they are not so great nation ton take to meet them and meet them, perhaps. In a single generation, by taxes which will neither crush nor discourage. These are not so great as. they seem, not so great as the Immense sums vve have had to borrow, added to the Immense sums vve have had to raise by taxation, would seem to Indicate; for a very liiiya proportion of those sums were raised in order that they might he loaned to the governments with which we were associated In the war, and those loans will, of course, constitute assets, not liabilities, and will not have to he taken care of by our -- that hostile legislation by other - by-th- The main thing we shall have to care for Is that our taxation shall rest as lightly ns possible on the productive resources of the country, that its rates shall he stable, and that It shall be constant In Its revenue jlelding pqwer. We have found the main sources from which it must be drawn. It take it for granted that Its mainstays will henceforth he the income tax, the excess profits tax and the estate tax. All these can so be adjusted to yield constant und adequate returns and yet not constitute a too grievous burden on the taxpayer. A revision of the Income tax has already1 been provided for by the act of 1918,, but I think you will find that further changes can be made to adi vantage, both in the rates of tax anu the method of it! collection. , The excess profits tax need not long he maintained at the rates which were necessary while the enormous expenses of the war had to be borne; but it should he made the basis of a permanent system which will reach undue profits without discouraging the enterprise and activity of our business , The tax on inheritance ought, no doubt, to be reconsidered In its relation to the fiscal systems of the several states, hut it certainly ought to remain a penuuneut part of the fiscal system of the federal government also. Minor Taxes. Many of the minor taxes provided for In the revenue legislation of 1917 and 1918, though no doubt made necessary by the pressing necessities of wartime, could hardly find sufficient justification under the easier circumstances of peace and can now happily he got rid of. Among these, I hope you will agree, are the excises ijon various manufacturers and the taxes upon retail sales. They are unequal in the Incidence on different industries ami on different Individuals. Their collection Is difficult and expensive. Those which are levied upon articles sold at retail are largely evaded by the readjustment of retail prices, (hi the other hand, I should assume that It is expedient to maintain a t considerable range of indirect taxes; and the fact that alcoholic liquors will pfet.en.t-lno longer afford a source of revenue by taxation makes it the more necessary that the field should he carefully restudled In order that equivalent sources of revenue may he found which It will be legitimate ami not burdensome to draw vijon. But you have at hand In the treasury department many ex peris who can advise you upon the matters much better than I can. I can only suggest the line of a permanent and workable system, and the placing of the taxes where they will least hamper the life of the e . y people Import Duties. There Is, fortunately, no occasion for by the appropriate comundertaking In the- immediate future undertaken, any general revision of our system of mittees of the congress would certainOur country has ly result, indirectly even if not directImport duties. In a great public benefit. emerged from the war less disturbed ly, of and than any the Wines and Beers. . European countries which are our comThe demobilization oUihe military petitors in manufacture. Their indus- forces of the country has progressed trial establishments have been subjected to greater stratathan oursrthetr to iuck. a4KiinttIiaLit seeuiato me now to remqve the ban labor force tk a more serious disor- entirely safe the manufacture sale of upon not Is this ana the wines ami beers, hut I amand clearly ganization advised that time to seek an organized advantage. without further legislation I have not Advises Tariff Changes. the legal authority to remove the presNevertheless, there are parts of our ent restrictions. I therefore recomtariff system which need prompt at-- j mend that the act approved November tentlon. The experience of the war 21, 191 s, entitled A act to enable the have made it plain that In some eiww secretary of agriculture to carry out, too grant reliance on foreign .supply j during diuxJiscal year. ending dune SO, Ls dangerous, and that In determining 1919, tie purpose of the act entitled certaiu parts of our tariff policy do- An act to provide further for the namestic considerations must he borne tional security and defense by stimuIn mind which are political as well as lating agriculture and facilitating the economic, distribution of agricultural products Among the industries to which spe- and for other purposes, he amended cial consideration should he given is or repealed In so far as it applies to that of the manufacture of dyestuffs wines and beer. and related chemicals. Our complete I sincerely trust that I shall very dependence supplies be- soon he at my post in Washington fore the war made the Interruption to report upojLjuteasures. which or trade a' cause cT exceptional ee e again made my presence at the peace table morale disturbance. The close relation apparently Imperative ami to put mybetween the manufacture of dyestuffs, self at the service of the regress in on the one hand, and of explosives matter of administration or every and poisonous gases on the other, counsel eem to demand that moreover, has given the industry nn executive actionmay or ndv'ce. , exceptional significance and value. AlWOODBOn iX. IVIS though the United States will gladly and unhesitatingly join In the pro May 20, 1919. IT DOESN'T HURT ; With fingers i j an I Corns lift out and kidneys for year," say John Barnett 30 Virginia Place, Buffalo, N. Y, Sometime I felt that I would burn up with fever, but every now and then would have a evere chilL Often my clothes were wringing wet with perspiration. The kidney seunwere cretion natural in color and odor and burned terribly,' At night my shoes were eo tight on my feet that I could hardly get them off and my hand! swelled so I couldnt-- , hold a teacup. My back! Oh, how it Bmett ached! I walked with two cane and was all bent over like an aged man. When the terrible pain shot through my kidneys, &y knee would give way and many time I had to be lifted to my feet by people on the street. I didn't care whether I lived or died, I wa go miserable. I finally used Doans Kidney Pills and they cured me of all kidney trouble. Doant made me strong and well. -- Pain? No, not one bit! Just drop littfe Freezone on that touchy corn, Instantly it stops aching, then you lift that bothersome corn right off. Yes, magic Costs only a few cents. Your druggist sells a Try Freezune to rid your feet of sufficient tiny bottle, a Sworn to before we, 1 A.,A. WILCOX, Corn, of Deeds. Get Deaaa at Any Store, 60e a Boa 1 DOANS com between the toes, and calluses, without one particle of pain, soreness orirrl-tatloFreezone Is the mysterious ether discovery of a Cincinnati genius. AV FOSTER40L&URN CO. BUFFALO. N. Y. n. Value of Canadian Farm Land. In the annual report of the CanaWhat Esau Sold. dian bureau of statistics, recently isBobby was entertaining the air pilot sued, It appears that the average value who was waiting to see his sister. of fawn land In the dominion, includFancy, said Bobby, flying ma- ing improved and unimproved land, chines are mentioned In the Bible. buildings, was $46 an acre , In IT)1S. Are they really? asked the inter- The average was $44 in 1917, $41 in ested sub. 1916, $40 In 1915, and $38 in 1914. Well, In his sermon this morning the vicar said that Esau sold his heir-Bhl-p Catarrh Cannot Be Cured LOCAL APPLICATIONS, as they to his brother Jacob, replied by cannot reach the seat of the dmeas. Bobby. Stray Stories. Catarrh Is a local disease. ieatlv influ- enced by constitutional condt .ons. HALLS CATARRH MEDICINE will cure catarrh. Cutlcura for Sore Hands. It Is taken internally and acts through on the Mucous Surfaces of th Soak hands on retiring in the hot suds the BloodHALLS CATARRH MEDICINE System. Cuis composed of some of the best tonic of Cutlcura Soap, dry and rub in combined with some of the best Remove surplus known, tlcura Ointment. blood purifiers. The perfect combination Ointment with tissue paper. This Is of the Ingredients In HALLS CATARRH MEDICINE is what produces such wononly one of the things Cutlcura will do derful results in catarrhal conditions. if Soap, Ointment and Talcum are used Druggists 75c. &Testimonials freei F. J. Cheney Co., Props.. Toledo, 0. for all toilet purposes. Adv. MERELY PIECE DOLING OF LOOKED LIKE LABOR WASTED Course Taken by Germany Resembles Closely Neat Trick That Is Credited to Sheridan. - Boards Visit Over, Small Boy Couldnt-SeFurther Necessity for So Much Soap antd Water. The Germans, by fooling us with German bolshevism, hoped to escape the payment of war Indemnities, said a congressman. It reminds me of a story about Sheridan, the spendthrift playwright. Gunter; the confectioner, left his statement with Sheridan one morning, and a few hours later Hanson, the Ironmonger;' called. Hanson was very pressing on the subject of his account. He harangued and he harangued. Sheridan, broke, as usual, paced the floor In despair. But suddenly an Idea struck the spendthrift and he said : You know Gunter? One of the safest men In London, Hanson replied. Then you will be satisfied if I give you his bill for the amount? Certainly. Sheridan thereupon handed the Ironmonger Gunters neatly folded account, snatched up his hat and rushed He was a new little boy at the orphanage and was much Impressed by all the scrubbing and cleaning he saw dore there, more so because he had -- forth. d. They are That so? children. They even obey their par- Yes. ents." e come from a home in which disorder and dirt had held sway. He could not understand it; more than that, it irritated him, and when he got the steps job of scrubbing the dining-roohe was almost ready to leave. But just then came a new excitement to the home. The board was coming to make Its annual tour of inspection and the cleaning was douGet ready for the board. was bled. the home watchword, It seemed, and he, being very human, decided to stay until that big event was over. The day of visiting came and passed. The next morning the new youngster sought the matron. - Now that them boards has been 'here, I dont see no use of scrubbing them steps so often do you? he aske. m -- Appropriate. Outside Brussels is a large monument of a German general. When the allies started to advance last year, some wit placed a handbag with the words To Berlin printed on, In the outstretched hand of the monument. Ominous. Very Likelyl What killed your case In court V I guess It was the fact of Its a short circuit court." I dont notice anything of a music rack about here. Just wait until be-in- g you hear Sallie begin to play." I -H-H - M -I -I-hH -H -H - H - H - M - M -l - H- H-H-H -H - I - H- I- M - M -M- I - F Is Your Table Drink A Real Part of the Meal? - . Theres no food value in coffee or tea. They are only accompaniments to the " xneaL POSTUM CEREAL d upon-Germ- Hiseraile From Kidney Trouble. Doans Hade Hr. Barnett Strong and Well. "I auffered untold agony with ray costs only few cents - - Suffered for Years na- tions Is not beyond the range of possibility and that It may have to be met by counter legislation. This subject has, fortunately, been Unitexhaustively Investigated ed States tariff commission. A recent report of that commission has shown very clearly that we lack and that we ought to have the? Instruments neessary for the assurance" of equal and eqult- able treatment. The attention of the congress has been called to this matter on past occasions and the measures which are now recommended by the tariff commission are substantially the same that have been suggested by previous administrations. I recommend that this phase of the tariff question receive the early attention of the congress. Favors Woman Suffrage. Will you not permit me, turning from these matters, to speak once more and very earnestly of the proposed amendment to the constitution which would extend th suffrage to women aud 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 immediate adoption of that amendment and Its submission forthwith to the legislatures of the several states. Throughout the world this long delayed extension of the suffrage. is looked for; in the united States, longer, 1 believe, than anywhere else, the necessity for it an.d the Immense advantage of It to the national life has been urged and debated by women and men w ho saw the need for it and urged the policy of it when It required steadfast Courage to be so much beforehand with the common conviction; and I, for one, covet for our country the distinction of being the first to act in a greut reform. s Return Railroads and Wires. The telegraph and telephone lines will, of course, he returned to their owners so soon as the restranfer can be effected without administrative confusion, so soon, that is, as the change cun be made with least possible inconvenience to the pulic aud to the owners themselves. The railroads 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 namet the exact date for their return also. Some Needed Legislation. Until 1 am in direct contact with the practical questions involved I can only suggest that in the ease of the telegraphs and telephones, us in the case of he railways, it is dearly desirable in the public interest that some legislation should be considered which may tend to make of.the.se Indispensable instrumentalities of our modern life a uniform and coordinated system which will afford those w ho use them as complete and certain means of cotufjuni-cutio- n with all parts of the country as has so long been afforded by the postal system of the government and at rates aa uniform and Intelligible. Expert advice is, of course, available in this very practical matter ana the public interest is manifest. Neither the telegraph nor the telephone service of the country can be said to he in any sense a national system. There are many confusions amt inconsistencies of rates. The scientific means by which communication by such Instrumentalities can lie rendered more thorough aud satisfactory has not been made full use of. An exhaustive study of the w hole question of electrical communication and of the means by which the central authority of the nation can be used to unify and Improve It, If taxpayers. less-weakene- OFL - op-port- ue men. LIFT CORNS S , is part - , of the meal and a right royal ? part, as one well .knows who enjoys a hot cup of this snappy. drink. Invigorating full-flavor- ed Why do hundreds of thousands of Americans nowdrink Postum in pref-erence to coffee? : - ; - The better health from in your home will telL- a 10 days trial - - Postum is boiled just like coffee (15 minutes after boiling begins), is a bev- , crag-of rich, delicious "flavor, and economical Q " ' Two sizes, usually sold at 15c and 25c. 1 1 1 I 1 1 Ml ip : : j |