Show IV Westerners W Work or Ot Out RecQ ReconstructiOn P th CONGRESS j PROVIDES ES DATA ATA FOR Ways Are Outlined for for j Adjusting Difficulties of Dark Hour I Utah Men 11 Bi Part Play a 0 PROBLEMS IS faced itt in getting tho the 1 United States from to a war Will a basis discussed discussed dis llis- dis- dis peace were v exhaustively cussed cussed by bj Utah delegates and nd those from Other states at the Mis Trans readjustment congress recently concluded cd its sessions at nt Omaha N Neb cu The rhe Utah delegates dele were Mayor W. W Wont Mont ont Ferry and Hl II H. l F. F Dicke both of Salt SaIL Lake and W. W IT ir Wattis Vattis of ot Ogden Ogder The Tho congress which lasted three days das I February IS IS 1 19 and 0 20 O attracted 1200 00 delegates from two twenty-two states stales The programs were comprehensive ivo tho the delegates reported and covered crell many activities The scope cope of or the sessions was revealed In tho report b by Mayor Perr Perry Ferry and Mr r Wattis who have re returned returned returned re- re turned from Omaha Departmental discussions numbered seventeen and the these e and other proceedings pro pro- were as follows 1 Civic Public Improvements and public health 3 2 Live e stock 3 Agriculture Farm larm po power er Farm lanti Improvements Dairy products product Farm press and agricultural colleges 4 4 Transportation Highways V W y 1 te s G 5 C. C Manufacturing 6 6 Naming 7 Grain exchanges 5 S. Investments and farm loans rj l. l Insurance 10 Building industry i. i 11 Foreign trade J r 12 Milling if 13 Rotary 14 Ad Advertising and selling 15 Lawyers 16 Automobiles 17 Water titer power Talk lj b by Addresses In each of or these departments departments departments depart depart- ments by experts were followed b by free Cree and frank discussion of oC the questions raised Resolutions were adopted and these su submitted to the clearance committee com corn The rhe addresses delivered delI says as a's s Mr Wattis were splendidly conceived anI and tho whole aim and spirit spirl of ot the congress con gress showed Itself to oo ye ma inai of ol abod a a. bod body of at me men cager eager to to 0 use uso me present opportunity for the building up of ot the tho life liCe and industry of ot tho the people o of the United States Stales While there them wore v ob obvious obvious oh- oh differences of or opinion the tue resolutions resolutions resolutions reso reso- adopted adopt lI by the congress which h are as ns follows express the opinion o oI of I the thc assembly Tho They are arc In part a as follows follows fol fol- fol- fol lows 5 nc Adopted League of or Nations Nations Ye We Indorse the tue principle of or a n. league of nations Wo We 0 believe It to bo be tho dut duty of or the public men nen of ot the United States to co operate In iii securing the adoption of or tho the moderate mother mother- ate and practical plan presented to the tho Paris conference employment Re of or Soldiers Soldiers We We he- he lIeve that both public anti and agencies should show the same sune concern concern concern con con- cern for the restoration of or the discharged discharged dis dis- charged soldier to his normal place lace in Mm tho that was uns shawn w n n un in inducting him into tho the military I service In order that the municipalities s ma may maybe be enabled to proceed with the this work of or recon reconstruction that must be met by hy local assessment in the cities we urge the railroad administration to recede tc-eJI from its pOC policy of or refusing the meet med such local on railroad properties In the cities where requIred by state laws We a also urge ure the enactment o 0 o federal fed ted eral oral legislation for the reclamation of oC the tho arid and waste lands in the Iho public domain domain and and the enactment of cC eta to o laws whereby the return returning returning- In soldiers nay may be given ghen employment In the preparation preparation prep prep- I of ot such lands for or s settlement and provided with assistance to make inako permanent homes when shen th j reconstruction recon period is passed p Resumption of or Industry We c do not favor fa a pause in the In Industrial In- In process to await some future future- readjustment of ot wa wages cs and prices oC or staples So far as public ImprovEments improvements improve improve- ments meats are arc concerned they should bo be resumed at once It is better that tho the public should absorb the increased cost If It any should hereafter appear than titan that general unemployment and consequent disaster disaster- and social disorder this dis order should follow We Ve believe belle also ahlo that the thc promoters of or private construction and business 8 enlargement should take heart o of or courage cournS- and should belle believe in tho Im tin mediate resumption of business s prosperity pros pros- p pent In the United States Good flood Both as a means of ot stimulating tho ho resumption of or Industry and arid removing romo he tho shadow of or unemployment ment from tho the Continued on Page lase 22 2 I CONGRESS GIVES DATA FUR FOR RECONSTRUCTION from froni Pa Page e 1 I 2nd Section working people and ali also o to servo O the broader and moro more permanent purpose supplementing the railroad lines and antI to develop de the tho Inland and antI farm commerce com corn merco merce of the country countr the tho work of ot constructing constructing con con- good roads loads should bo promptly carried on by the cooperation cooperation cooperation opera co tion of ot tho the federal and arid state governments governments govern govern- ments and anel local 1 communities Labo The change In business conditions makes maltes It more than ever er necessary to between bet establish peace and harmony labor and capital To this cud ed there thero should bo ho conference and mutual ais- ais ls- ls of or tho the difficulties that arise The Tho leading le representatives of or capital and labor should work out this problem problem lem together Wo We do not bellevo that any creed constructed b by labor or capital alone without consultation with tho the oth other r can reach a solution of or these difficulties The remedy cannot be bo found b by one ono alone but can be r reached ached only by mutual discussion by both Railroads Wo We are arc opposed to government ownership ownership ownership own own- and operation of or the tho railroads I Tho roads now operated b by the tho government government gov- gov should be returned as soon as possible to former private ownership ownership owner- owner ship hip and management subject to government regulation and supervision which will prevent pre tho abuse of or the past and secure to the public the tho greatest good to be bo derived from economic economic eco eco- e efficient and operative co-operative management man man- eliminating restrictive legislation legle- legle lation atlon that has heretofore hampered much needed Improvement ad Uld Trade Wo re recognize tho the vital Ital importance of ot our Inland waterways as an i integral in- in part of or our system of oC transportation transportation tation atlon which in the past has not nol served either cither the traveling tra public or othe etho movement of freight Wo 0 therefore urge irgo upon Congress immediate legislation legis- legis lation and appropriations to Improve e and antI extend these highways of oC commerce commerce com corn merce so as ns to afford In many sections of or the country tho the most economic route from interior points to the sea sea- board Wo 0 urge tho the enactment of ot laws and regulations res to improve foreign trade conditions We Yo hope that overseas commerce will to as great an extent as possible be carried in vessels of or American reg- reg stry We Ve urge tho the return to their owners of oC all all' vessels commandeered by y the tho government as soon as their service can n bo be dispensed with with We recommend that the vessels built by bythe bythe bythe the Emergency Fleet corporation of tho the United States Slates shipping board sh should uld under suitable conditions be service ser can b be bc dispensed with We believe 0 that Congress should Immediately immediately Im Im- im- im mediately address Itself to tho the problem problem lem of oC finding some method by which our ship owners can operate vessels flying the American flag laS In competition tion with those of other countries without lowering the standard of or livIng living liv liv- ing InS enjoyed by American seamen As an immediate necessity to enable our merchants and manufacturers to reach foreign n markets in fair fall competition competition com corn petition between different sections of or orthe the countr country and with other countries we urge the tho United States railroad administration to re establish tho export export ex ex- port and Import rates as tho the same same- existed prior to Juno 1918 1915 thus enabling enabling ling lInS' the pro producers of ot the country to ship through ports that hat offer tho the most t convenient and expeditious service To facilitate foreign trade we favor tavor provisions being made for the handling hand hand- ling hing of foreign acceptances of or our banking Institutions Fed Federal ml Regulation of ot II During DurinS' the period of ot the war tha tho national government go found It necessary nieces nieces- sary to adopt a policy of or regulating concerted d action In fields of production I lion tion and distribution of oC the materials necessary for tho successful prosecution prosecution tion lion of the war We e oppose any system of ot licensing an any private ato business and the taking over o by the government of oC the operation operation operation opera opera- tion of or any lines of or business or In Industry Industry Industry In- In built up and carried on b by private vate ato initiative We Ye recommend measures to bring about conversion of OC war risk Insurance insurance insurance ance into permanent form in cooperation cooperation oper co with companies organized under existing laws or under federal legislation legislation legis legis- lation enacted for that purpose In seeking to regulate the business of oC the tho country the government should be corrective and helpful helpful not not hostile hostile hos hoe tile and destructive Where here wrongs exist or orte are te suspected the tho Investigations In that are aro necessary to disclose and correct them thorn should be carried on along along- broad lines Wo We deprecate government government government gov gov- sanction charges charSes against ag busIness business bus bus- iness mess or organizations before the they have been sustained b by proof Price Readjustment Tho The government go of oC the United States In keeping its contract with tho the farmers of ot the country countr to maintain maintain main main- tam tain tho the price of ot wheat until June 1920 arrange through Its own agencies t td tal take e over overt overe the marketing of ot tho the entire wheat crop and should seek seel by means of generous g credits ex extended extended ex- ex I ex-I tended to tho the nations whoso whose food supplies supplies supplies sup sup- plies have o been depreciated by tho the war for the marketing of oC the surplus above e home homo requirements Whether In doing so 80 the government shall seek seck to Impose upon the tho domestic and foreign consumers b by means menns of ot Its control over o the distribution of oC tho the wheat crop and tho the needs of oC foreign I credits the tho guaranteed price paid to the producers of oC the tho wheat crop or shall dispose of oC the crop at a loss to bo be charged to tho the account of oC tho the war must be determined by conditions conditions condi condi- lions that thal will hereafter arise Pivotal Industries The pivotal pl Industries that came into life lICo or ot were vere enlarged at the re request request re- re quest of oC the l government to meet the necessities of oC should war now bo protected protected protected pro pro- h by proper measures against their collapse and ruin rutn because of sud den ending of ot war conditions Agriculture Wo We 0 recommend that tho the secretary of ot agriculture call can together representatives representatives tives of or organized agricultural bodies for or the creation of or a National Cham Cham- ber ben of ot Agriculture which which- shall serve as a clearing house for agricultural activities ac ac- ac particularly those relating to production and marketing We Yo urge upon Congress tho the Immediate Immedi Immedi- ate passage of or an amendment to the tho federal farm loan act Increasing the loan limit to 25 The farm bureau organizations should be b. increased and supported and we wo urge their extension wherever possible anti and their adequate support b by federal appropriation Wo 0 recommend d Un uniform 1 to rm en sanitary n i ta ry rules and regulations to govern GO tho the live stock so as to protect protect pro pro- the tho states Into which shipments I are arc made and at the same time to In Incur Incur Incur In- In cur the minimum of oC expense an and trouble to the tho shipper So far as possible pos poe sible these rules should a agree with tho ho rules of ot shipment laid down V b bYthe by bytho tho the bureau hureau of or animal I Industry Wo We believe that the tho live stock industry Industry indus Indus- tr try In tho west went would bo be stimulated by hy hya bya a T. system of or long credits on OD breeding stock In tho the semiarid regions of or the tho trans trans- Mississippi country there are aro millions of oC acres of or land lantI occupied and under cultivation cultivation cul cul- atlon where whore because of ot lack of oC sufficient suit suf moisture crop production is un uncertain uncertain uncertain un- un certain and anti averages approximately third one-third of or what Is possible We Wa urge urge- that this work be bo undertaken by the federal government Water We Wo recommend legislation looking to tho the carl early development of oC the water waterPoWer waterpower waterpower power now going colne to waste on tho the public ci domain om a In We e believe c that tho the people of or tho the western vestern states should be given tho the same Bamo right to develop the tho natural resources of or their states slates that has already ady been boen exercised b by tho the people of oC tho the eastern S states stales ta I es We denounce the exploitation of or the owners of or Liberty bonds by the tho promoters promoters promoters pro pro- of ot questionable enterprises enterprise Freight Rate Differentials We call the attention of oC Congress Cons and the United States railroad rl lon lion to tho fact that the advance in III freight rates rotes has hag changed tho the margin of oC differentials formerly applying to the shipment of oC western products with the practical effect of oC eliminating tho the established est market formerly open In Inthe inthe the east to the western producer While we do not nol question tho the wisdom of or the tho advance in freight rates no we urge urro that differentials applying to shipments west wesl of ot the Mississippi river be bo adjusted adjust adJust- ed so flO as to protect established mar mar- Utilities a ae We e recommend that careful consideration consid consid- oration be given to the present condition condition condition condi condi- tion of oC public utilities which have o facet faced difficult problems arising out of or orthe the war We Ye urge urse that fair treatment be given I en those companies so as to en enable enable en- en able ablo them to avoid bankruptcy to render yen ren der efficient service We Yo deplore the treatment now generally accorded them b by the regulating agencies of ot the local governments Fc Budget System Stem We recommend that a a. bud budget et system bo ho Inaugurated b by the tho federal government government govern govern- ment |