Show RAILROADS TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE TO BE RETURNED foi TO OWNERS president in cable message to congress favors repeal I 1 of wartime measure suggests labor legislation as well as 28 aid for returning defenders of nation favors repeal of dry law in ili part and adoption of suffrage amendment wilson in III ills 2118 message to lu collore m in it MII LO 20 recommended repeal of fit tile ehno prohibition law ii sn mo fur far us As it ti 11 wine anti beer oil only d dell bitely lull tile lie rAll rond sy and telegraph and would mould be t to ID urged it a revision it chlon of war taxes dives to abolish tile lio and I 1 if tall sales miles excises s and gell orally it pr rv elithor these were tm elligh spills of ili kllc ebbit d from anili tito massago rono fillon vii of tho IKI congress I 1 deeply regret ili iny inability to 11 in be Iiii uit nt lit ilav ope lillig of ill tin ex tillor y se ploll or C con congles gres jl it still hill cents lit li lio ill my 1113 duty to lilke in III tho tic counsels of the lit pollee confer ellet and what ial I 1 call to in ill lir no MI letlon of tile glnn ill whose it ing tall to sm vor they 1110 erect tile jf if tile to adrid and nd front froin klicin I 1 alic I 1 c L stand why special session was called 1 I dc cincil it in 1113 ionti to lo 1111 tile ain gross gloss lit tills time little it was riot not wise abo to po sitione lo ligI alic ill provisions which ho bo cowit for tile of the ainu of lie im it ip roll oat I 1 oils ellch lidi tire III ili isol net essory for tile ilio of tile ho lilliene aind the of its garled obligations for tile year 1010 1020 have riot not yet mt liven ini atle tile end of lilt alio beit i eit lloil year Is nt lit iland anti achon apon sheso appropriations fun till no Jo kiiker ligel liu bo iiii 1111 11 11 dently delayed it is 14 line fore oro that lint I 1 should fiill till your attention to lo tills cl itlear iia d it la 13 adly y for mo 1110 10 0 o ino that it inny revelee your lour prompt nt lit president to talk on peace I 1 shall take ilio liberty of lit ilan hs ing you eill on my lily return n on oil the lip which lino have most engrossed hiir ill litten tion lion and tile tho attention of t alio lit orld during these lust last anxious nn 1 I lace tile he armistice of last NoV sei elliber ilir ans as signed tile anotle monts ments which amit form forill till hit matter of tho alm present treaties of pace t and nl of our action it in the jill 11 rutt irp it hu be prema irina tuio taro to discuss tl iiii or to a judgment about berido they alp are brought lit to their complete forilla tion by tile lie agreements which inn ilow being sought lit tho lift pence inbae or of the conference I 1 shall iloilo hopu to illy them before ion oil lit in us its lecta acts its as roon poon us its arrangements have acen ocen reached I 1 needs advice I 1 hesitate lic tl tiit to venture tiny any opinion or press any recommendation willi ith regard to legislation whilo kittle absent front from tile united states St and out of dally daily with alli sources of if information mid counsel I 1 mil jim t ton ion on scions dona that I 1 need after so long nn jill absence front f to sok seek tile advice of those wilo VIM have I in constant contact ath ilotti ostle aroh items arid who lave inu kronn elvill at wild front f i oin lily day to aln I 1 list ilist I that it will very ury soon noon lo bo 10 possible for no mo to to do no M hut but thero aro several joi for to which wh lili I 1 feel that I 1 allay and indeed musti must even now direct aiu yolly attention if in fit only gendral borins of e them I 1 shall I 1 diiro tire say lie be doing doglii little moro than conr own on thoughts I 1 liopo iloilo that 1 I speak your judgment also the question of labor tin the iuculan iu cUlon liedl stands tit lit tile lu front or of nil jill othene lit in imry every country neild t aliu pres ent int great aw 11 hendl Is lilt alif question it if labor and I 1 iiii all spoils of it with alth as ai great lid ad val lill 0 O while lillo engrossed in III tile he vol isId erazim of interests mch lil cli nil all les alike us As 1 I could kulil lit homo anti tile interest Inte iest which naturally most affect iny illy thought bec bacatio atio tile alicy are tile interests of our own OM people ily by uio lite quo tion of labor I 1 to ilo riot not manix the of efficient industrial production product loil the question or r liow laboi Is to bo be obtained anti nindo it ef lit in the great process of sit sua arid whining success amidst commercial nud and industrial rivalries I 1 inebnit that much grenter ond anti more vital tal question n low flow ire are iiren arid women who to the dally labor of tile iio 01 id to obtain lin lilt pi lit in tile conditions of their labor to baniad bo Ii appler ani to bo be served better fly by the it it tit ties arid the industries which their labor sustains arid advance el how illo tit flioy to be given their right advantage as citizens briars would mako make life tolerable wo we cannot KO go tiny further lit in our present direction wo we havo have pone gone too far wo cannot llo live our right I 1 ire UN As it n liati oll or achieve our proper success ns As till nil Indu industrial industria capital and labor areto to lo ile 10 antagonistic instead of being part partners if they tire to continue to distrust uno one another and contrive con tilie ile liow hoy taley call get the better of one another or bilat aitt perhaps to tho balne thing ly by what form fonn arid ilc de gree of if coercion they can manage inui uiKo to extort on oil the onu one hand work mark to make enterprise on tho other hand justic euid fiill treatment enough enA igli to maho I 1 ufa ife tolerable that bad road lina has turned out a blind alley it Is 18 bat LO tho rough fare to F arstil pros we must nud find another leading la another direction euid ta ti a 6 very ery dlf dif ferent destination it must load lead not morely merely to accommodation but also to a genuine operation cooperation co opera alon and bribed upon it real community of interest and in hi control contro I 1 for operation cooperation co there Is now lit in fact at real mil coin unity of interest between and labor lull but it ailts lilts never liven made cal dent in ilk notion action it call lu ile opera live an nicil arest only in 11 nou new ol gall of industry the kendus of our met arid and tile lie sound practical sello m ansu of out workers vor kira call eert allily work such it parnel out olit when 11 once clivy 4 ly what it 1 Is t unit at alny 1111 y mck st M ck and ly it 11 cornmon r alth to it li ills of oi irso chiefly willi the aliu stoles lint bilt if now flow mid iDil of which br be fire riot not to bo be bro tight about ly by legislation so willell Il lell us jig hy by tin ill common counsel co lingel and colim and tiny tary co o obern t loll 1011 of clip lial st dinall ligi 1 arid bol killain legislation em go i only it avry littin way ili command ing what lio lie done tito alio orvaill or gaill bation of industry lit in a matter of cor pol 1111 and individual and of III liti ill phoso who alifi really disiro di siro it new rel and labor call readily and find a way iby ti it bring liln it about and per 1 call hell anoro llian state could As to rights of labor tho ilio object of if nil lilt I reform crol in tills this PS inetter must lc he tile gentillo gentil dt allot of industry rinsed apoll it ii full fall of tile right of r eiloo alio tl io who work in III whatever 11 to lini in III some organic nylly lit in ov rry directly III estly affects their welfare or tile part they 1110 0 to play pho in III industry sollie positive log Ishi ashition tion Is 14 practicable tito congress contros j 1111 lim 4 1111 vady shown the eny to 0 o one ro re forill which should liu ile horld alde by the eight hothir lay day ns As the standard lily lay in III every flold field of labor over elleh it call exer elso control it lias sought litto to find tin the wity to prevent child iwillor and will I 1 hope arid bo be find it it lius lias served like by leni lengling ling tile way in III IL de tile ingalls or oc preserving and life and health in ill dnn dan get karons its industrial s it call now help hell ll 11 in 1110 difficult it 10 of I 1 f g ivi 11 g it now new forill and to industrial tion ly ilk co tile ngen alts alt A of nil ciul adjustment which liivi beell brought into exist anco by tile and policies poll cloa of tile present or of industry anti by up ill arid devol devel aping alik new federal agencies ot of advice and nd information which inny serve ns as n charing for alto lit best lif st experiments file best thought on oil this great buffler ler upon which lil cli every thinking man inan alast ile be boio that tho the fuluio level ofFo of clety directly depends national policy agencies of international counsel and suggestion tire presently to bo be c tie ancl in connection wit alth tile ol of nations lit in this lila very deiy lold field but it Is na lional action and tile enlightened policy of if individualist IndIvIdual st corporations arid ties tle within ench nation that lint bring about the hie actual reto iiii the members of the on oil labor in tile two to bouges will hardly livel fi filin illo 1110 us its to what they shail seek to make till tho fe lelal government tile agent of lite tl aholo nation in ili pointing out and all if need bo be guiding tile process of leor and reform it form must aid returning soldiers I 1 lint iiii that lint it la Is not necessary necess nry for lite ino to you ion that there Is ono one and very ry practical question of labor that vo v should meet tn ili thu the most liberal spirit t wo inest sew set to it that our returning soldiers sold leis tire nio lit in every euri ill wily to find tile places for which elivy tire ino illicit in ili tile bo dally work ork of the court conn try ti this call nil ho bo by developing acm and upon an all adequate scale scald tile admirable ere cro abed by the department of abor tin for pricing well seeking work it and lit it can call nho also lie ile dono done lit in ot lit tell least st onu one ve cay ry graat held by renting new liew opportunities for individual enterprise land for nations defenders tho secretary of file liu interior has anted out tile way by which returning Hold lers allay he bo holp Lil to and take up land in fil tile hitherto un devol opeil regions of tile country whis whish h tile federal government lins lias prepared or vall can readily prepare for cultivation and nicil for ninny many pt of tile alio or neglected areas arcus which llo lie within tile limits of the lio older states arid I 1 once more take tile liberty of very lit lir gently that lila ills plans shall receive tile immediate arid substantial support of tile alio congress foreign trade peculiar and very stimulating ron coil awalt our arid and indus trial lit in tile alio immediate aa future unusual opportunities will pies pi es antly present themselves to our nii it chants and producers lit in forel git titar aur bets anti larro large helda fields for ln ili vestment will bo be opened to our free capital lilt hut it Is not only of that that 1 ani am thinking it it riot not chiefly ut of that that I 1 am thinking many treat great industries prostrated liy ily tile war wall wait to ile be rehabilitated lit in many parts of tile world where what will ile w lacking Is ili not brains or willing liand hands 4 or organizing gan izing capacity or experienced skill but machinery and raw wate materials rials and tA cal pital I 1 believe that our bu giness wen nun our merchants our manufacturers and id our capitalists will linao lave the vision to yoo see that prosperity lit in otto ono part of jho world ministers to prosperity OY ev that tl elcio la in it n very tru trim 6 sell benso so it a solidarity of interest throughout tile world of enterprise and that our dealings willi the countries that havo need of our oar products anti and our Il lolley will vill leach to us its more than ever whoso choso i t ties wo seek eel lit in llin right way to serve our merchant marine our new merchant ships which aiato in onto omo quarters been feared hs ilo do rivals may liay prove help rivals rather and common servants very much needed and very welcome our great shipyards now new and old will bo be so opened to tit alio uso of hat world that flint they will provo immensely serviceable to every maritime people lit in restoring much more rapidly than would other also have been possible the alio tonnage wantonly destroyed desti oyed in the war I 1 havo only billy to suggest that there tire 1110 many mail points it at which wo HO call facilitate amer idin fain enterprise lit in foreign trade by b op legislation arid mako make it easy for foi american merchants to po go ahm they will bo be welcomed jim as lends rather than us its dreaded antagonists america has ban a great and ho it to per forin lit in bringing llie lilt commercial und arid industrial figs of file world buck back to their old ampf oil and swing suing again and putting it solid of credit under theitis all pat legislation bo be such plans and purposes taxation reforms and credit arid so alike will in ill icilda bcd by bi timely and helpful 1119 I 1 with regard to taxation ta atlon I 1 liopo hope that the congress longi oss will find it pos po filble to undertake till nn early foll 0 of texes nty lit in order older 10 lo ninke our oin eystein of more moio still slin lite iilo binl mid of anti ill alio 0 taxes it t as little as they call bo be made and yet tt to wn support tile lie government and nicca eel nil all iti ilg obligations tito figures to which phoso obligations leavo lave arisen aro are V vr n V great t mit ln doLtl but they at niu riot not to so great us its to make it difficult for the nation to meet them and meet thein berlini ier perli lini lips in it t generation Benir atlon ly by taxes which will viii neither crush nor 1101 dReo urge those aro aiu riot not eo 0 o great as they seem riot not so 90 great icat is as tins tile ellse sums 0 we o have bifid aind to liono borrow added to tile fill I 1 inciso inc iio bums wo we have linao had to lalic by taxation ta atlon would seem to indicate for foi it 11 very large proportion of those imae were raked lit in order older that hut they might I 1 bp be loaned to tile governments willi which wo we were associated in ili the war ai arid those loans will of co course linse con coll riot not find and will riot not inno have to bo be taken tire of by our taxpayers tito main thing wo we shall chall have haio to enre for Is that our taxation shull rest kit ni AS its as Ims sible on oil the 1 trees of tile country that its rates ile 10 stable stal lr arid that it shall lie bo COMs in its lovlimo yielding power wo vo havo hao found alio lie main sources frol aiom which it mast bo be drawn it take it for granted that its main saps will lien ile 10 tile income lii coine tn til tit alio decess lits tax ta arid tile ts trite tax tn all cheso ann till so sm be adjust cil to tn yield lold constant anti adequate ro ic thins and yet ift not constitute a too grievous butt lett on oil tile taxpayer taia yei A revision of tile the income tax tills lias 1111 eady been provided for by the net of 1018 but I 1 think you ou will find that further changes can ile be nia madeko deto nil vantage MUi tage both lit in tile the rates of tax and the tha Ille of its collection tito ex ass profits tuv tax need riot not long bo be maintained tit at tina lie rates which the ell 0 anions expenses of the war nr lind ind to be borne but it should bo be made enado the basis of a 11 permanent system which will reach I 1 uy title profits without 1 lie 10 arid and activity of our business men tito til nt on inheritance ought no doubt to bo be reconsidered lit in its ita rela cioll to tile tho inseal systems of tile rev sc eral santes but it certainly ought to remain 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