ntfuiRiiqniiM ' " ' p" w-rf v! 6 PRESIDENT Plans of Secretaries Garrison and Dan iels Indorsed Government Must Lead in Shipping Program. "Hyphenates" Attacked WASHINGTON', Doc. 7 following Is tha text of the mhlrcs delivered today hy t icsldcnt Woodrow Wilson before u Joint session of llio Scnnto and Home of Itcpresontatlvcs1 Gentlemen of (An Congrcti: Since I last tint! tlin privilege of ad dressing you on the stale of the Union the war of nations on the other side of the sen, which hnd then only bCRim to disclose Its portcntou"! proportions, has extended Us tlirealcnliiB nnd sinister scope imtll It hai swept within lt llnmo some portion of ocry quarter of tho Rlobo, not excepting qur own hemisphere, lias altered the whole face of Interna tional affairs nml now prevent n pros pect of rcoru-iinlnilloii nnil reciinnlrur tliln Mich tin ntnlcsmcn nnil people hnve never been cnllrd upon to attempt be fore. Wo have siooi npait. studiouslj neu- ttal. It was our manifest duty to do so Not only did we have no part or Interest In tho policies which seem to have brought tho conlllct on, It was neers enry, If n unlvcrsnl catastrophe wns to lie avoided, that n limit should he set to the sweep of destructive wnr, nnil thnt some part nf the Brent fnmllj of na tions should keep the procrsses of pence nllvr, If only to prevent collective eco nomic ruin nnd the brrnkdown through tint the world of the Industries by which Its population lire fed and Miistnlned, It wis manifestly tho dtitv of tho self -governed intions of tills hemisphere to redress, if possible, the balanco of economic loss and confusion In tho other if thev could do nothing moro. In the dny of readjustment nnd recupornllon we cnrncstlv hope nnd be lieve that they can bo of Infinite service In this iieulrnllt, to which they were hidden not onlj lij their Mepnrute life nnd their habitual detachment from the I politics of I'lirnpe, but uto by n clear perception of International duty, the Mtntes of mcrlcii have become con nclotiM of a new nail more vltnl commu nity of Interest nnd moral partnership In nffnlrs. more clearlj conscious of the I ninny common sj mpntliles nnd Inter- lnctlt 0f our own lives upon our own prln ests nnd duties which bid them stand , ,.,, s of right ami liberty, we resent irotn together. I whatever imuiter It tnav come, the ag Latin-American Relations There wus a time in the caily ilavs of our own great nation nnd of the republics fighting tholr wav to Independence In Central and South America when the Government of tho United States looked j upon itself as In some sort tlio guaruiun of the republics to tin- south of her os against any encroachim nts or ifforts at political control from the othei side of tho ivnter felt It Its duty to play the part even without Invitation from them, nnd I think that wo can claim that the task was undertaken with .1 tiuo nnd disinterested enthusiasm for tho freedom of tho Americas and the unmolested self government of her Independent people. But it was nlunvH dllllcult to maintain such ft role without offenso to tho pride of tho peoples whose freedom of action we sought to protect, nnd without provok ing serious misconceptions of our motives, nnd every thoughtful man of alTalrs must welcomo tho nltered circumstances of tho new day In whoso light wo now stand, when thero i no claim of guardianship or thought of wards but. Instead, a full nnd honorable association oh of partners between ourselves and our neighbors, In tha Interest of America, north and south Our concern for the Independence nnd prosperity of Hie Mates of Central mid .South Vmerlcii Is not filtered. x e re tain iiunhated the spirit that lins ln Kplrctl us throughout the whole life of our fuverniiifut find which wns so frnnkly put Into words h; President Monroe. V c will menn nlwnys to make it eiinitiion cause of uatlonnl In dependeui'e nnd or political liberty In mrrlcn. Hut tli it purpose la now better understood bo far as it concerns ourselves It Is known not to bo a scltlsh purpose It Is known to have In it no thought of taking advantage of any gov ernment in this hemisphere or plajlng Its political fortunes for our on benefit. s All tlio governments or America sianu, so far as wo are concerned, unon 11 foot ing of genulno equality and untpieMloned independence Mexico the Test Wc havo been put to tho test in tho case of Mexico, and we have stood tho test. Whether we havo benefited Mexico by tho course wo have pursued remains to bo seen Her fortunes are In her own hands Hut we havo at least proved that we will not taku advantago of her In her distress and undertnKe to Impose upon her an order and government of our awn choosing. I.lherty Is often n 1 fierce mid Intractable tiling, to which no hOimdM can he set, and to which no ' houndft of 11 fetv ineits choosing ought 1 ever he set. Every American who haB diunk at the true fountains of principle and trnilltlon must subscribe without reservation to the high doctrine of tho Virginia bill of rights, which in tho great days In which our Government was set up was ovcrv xvhero amongst us accepted as the creed of free men That doitrlno Is: "That government Is, or ought to be. Instituted for the common benefit, protection and security of the people, nation or com munity;" that "of all the various modes and forms of government, that la tho best which is capable of producing tho greutest degree of happiness and safety, and is most effectually secured against the danger of maladministration, and 1 that, When any government shall bo found Inadequate or contrary to these purposes, a majority of the community hath an indubitable, inalienable and in defeasible right to reform, alter or abolish It, in such manner as shall be Judged most conducive to tho public weal." We hate uuhesltutlugly applied that heroic principle to the case of Mexico, anil novr hopefully uwult the rebirth of the troubled republic, which hud so much of which to purge Itself nud so little sympathy front uuy outside quar ter d the radical hut uecesMury proees. We -will nld und befriend 3Iexleu, but we will not coerce her; and our course with reBurd to her aught to he sufficient proof to nil America, that we seek no political suseralnty or selUih control. The moral is, that the States of America are not hostile rivals but co-operating friends, and that their growing sense of community of interest, alike in matters political and in matters economic, is likely to give them a new significance as factors in international affairs and in the political history of the world. It presents them us fn a very deep and true sense u unit In -world affairs, plrtual partners, standing together because thinking to gether, quick with common sympathies and common Ideals 1 Separated they are subjeet to all the cross currents of the eoufukrd politics of a world of hostile rivalries 1 united In spirit and purpose llwy caauot be disappointed of thrtr peaceful destiny. This la ruu-AuirrlcnnUui. It has none at ike epirlt of empire In It. It Is the rmVodliaeut. the effectual embodiment, tit the vplrlt of law and independence and liberty and mutual service. A very notable body of men recently met in the city of Washington, at the in vitation and aa the guests of this Gov ernment, whose deliberations are likely several Independent States of this hemi sphere and were assembled to discuss the tnaoclal and commercial relations of the to be looked back to as marking a memor able turning point In the history of Amer--j; They were represcnt&Uve men of tba EVENING LEDGER PHIL.AJLJUJL,JillA, xuj!jbu, xv- - WTLSON PLEADS FOR DEFENSE, MERCHANT FLEETAND GREATER republics of the two continents which tiatnro and political fortune hnve o Inti mately linked toKether. I earnestly recommend to .vour perusal the reports of their proceedings and of the actions of Ihclr committees. You will cet from them, I think, a fresh conception of tho ease and IntelllRcnco and advan tage with which Americans of both conti nents may draw torethcr In practical co-operation and of what tho material foundations of this hopeful partnership of Interest must consist of how wo Bhould build them nnd of how necessary It Is that we should hasten their building. Defense and Economics 'I here Is, I venture to point out, nit tn(lnl Hliriitnf.nnre lust nnif nflnrti Inir to this whole mntter of limiting; the ! merlens fimrlhrr In bonds of honor- nble pnrlnrrshlp nnd mtitunl iidvnntiiBe lircnuse of the economic reniljiistmrnts j which the world must Inrvltnhly witness within the next generation, when pence shall hnve lit last resumed Its healthful tnsks. In the performance of these tasks I bollevo the Americas to bo destined to play tholr parts together 1 am Interested to fix your attention on this prospect now becauso unloss you take It within your view and per mit tho full significance of It to com mand Jour thought, I cannot find tho right light In which to set forth the particular matter thnt lies at tho verv front of m whole thought as 1 address votl todav I mean nntlniinl defense. Must Protect Democracy No one who tcilb i omprelietids the spirit of the great people for whom wo aru appointed to speak an fall to perceive tli.it their passion Is for peace, their genius best displaced in I he practice of the arts of peace ,rent dcniocrneles lire not belligerent. 'I hey do not seek or desire war. 'Ihclr thought Is of In- dividual llliortj nnd of the free laho that supports life and the iinrensorrd thought that quickens It, t oiumest nnd dominion are nut In our reckoning or agreeable to our principles. Hut lust because wc demand unmolested doveloptnelit '! the undisturbed govern gression we ourst'lves will not practice XV c Insist upon security In prosecuting our self-elioeii Hues or national de velopment. We do more than thnt. We ilcmnnd It also for others. We do not 'online our enthusiasm for Individual ,,.r(j nnd free nntlonnt development i tlie Incidents and movement of nf- fairs which alfect onl? ourselves. We feet It wherever there Is n people that tries to walk In these difficult pnths of Independence nnd right. I'rom the first we havo made common cause with nil partisans of llbertv on this side of the sen, nnd li.no deemed It as Important that our nelchbois should bo fiee from nil outside domination as that wo 0111 selves should be, havo set America aside as a whole toi the uses of Independent nations and polltk.il freemen An Instrument of Peace Out of such thoughts grow all 0111 poli cies vc regard wnr merely ns n means of asserting; the rights of 11 people iigntnst aggression. And we nre ns ilereelv lentous of coercive or dicta torial power within our own nitflon ns I of aggression front without. Wo will j not maintain n standing nrmj e- cept for uses which aro ns necos- 1 sary in times or peace as in tunes or war; and we shall always sto to It that our military peico establishment Is no larger than Is actually and contlnuouslj needed for the uses of days in which no enemies move against us Hut wo do believe In n body of free citizens le.idv nnd sulllclciit to take care of themselves .mil of the Oovernni' ins whbh the line set up to serve them In our constitutions them selves we have commanded thnt "the right of the people to keep und bear nruis shnll not he Infringed," nnd our confidence bus been thnt our safety 111 times of danger would lie in the rising: of the notion to take cure of Itself, ns the farmers rose at I,rxlngton. hut war has never bien a mere matter of men nud guns It is u thing of disci plined might If our citizens am ever to fight effectively upon a sudden summons, they must know how modern lighting Is done and what to do when the summons; comes to render themselves Immediately avallablo and Immediately effective. And tho Government must be their servant In this matter, must supply them with the training they need to take caro of them selves nnd of it. The mllltnry arm of their Oovernment, which they will not allow to direct them, they may properly uso to serve them and mako their inde pendence secure and not their own inde pendence merely, but the rights also of those with whom they havo mndo com mon cause, should they ulso be put In Jeopardy They must be tilted to piny the great role In the world, und par ticular!) in this, hemisphere, for which they are iiliillllril by principle and by chastened ambition to play. Army First Consideration It In with these Ideals In mind thnt the plans of the Department of Wnr for more ndrqunte nntlnnul defense werr conceived which will he laid be fore you, and which I urge you to sanc tion und put Into effect lis noon ns they can be properly scrutinized und dis cussed. 'Ihry seem to me the essential first steps, nud they seem to me for the present slllllclent. They contemplate nn Increase of the standing; force of the regulnr urmy from Its present strength of 5023 olll. errs nnd 102,US5 enlisted men of nil services to n strength of 7I3U o ill errs nnd 131,707 enlisted men, or 1 ll.Kia, till told, nil services, rank and file, by the addition of ."- companies of const urtll Ictj, IS companies uf engineers. 111 regi ments of lufuntry, four reKlniepts of field itrtlllery and four aero aquadrons besides 750 olllcers required for a Krent I variety of extra service, especially the ull-luiportuut duly of training the citi zen furce of which I shall presently speak, 7D- uouconiutlsslonrd olllcers for service In drill, recrultlugr nnd the like, nud the urcessary quota of enlisted men for the quartermaster curps, the hos pital corps, the ordnance department, uud other slinllur uuxlllary services. These are the additions necessary to render tho army adequate for Its present duties, duties which It has to perform not only upon our own continental coasts and borders and at our Interior army posts, but also In the Philippines, In the Ha waiian Islands, at the Isthmus and in Porto Illco. 400,000 Citizens to Aid lly way of making the country ready to assert some part of Its real power promptly uud upon a larger scale, should occasion arise, the plan also rontcmplutra supplementing; the army by a force of 400,000 disciplined citi zens, raised lu Increment of 133,000 a year throughout a period of 'three year. This It I proposed to do by a process of enlistment under which the serviceable men of the couutry vrould be asked to blud themselves to serve with the color for purposes of train lug for short periods throughout three years, and to route to the colors at call at any time throughout au addi tional "furlough" period of three ears. This force of -400,000 men would be pro vided with personal accoutrements as fast as ealUted and their equipment fur the field made ready to be supplied at aay time. They woud be assembled for tralalas; at stated Intervals at cou- EVENING T.iBTiaTOtl-PTTTTiADTOT.PfllA. TUESDAY, DEOEMBEB lenient places In nmtnclntlon with snlt nlile nnlls of the rcKiilnr nrmr. Their period of annnnl training would not nrerssnrllr exceed Inn months in the year. It would depend upon the parlntlc feellnfc of the younn-er men of the country whether they responded to ntich n call to service or not. It would de pend upon the pntrlotlc spirit of the employers of the country whether they mnrir It possible for the younger men In their employ to respond tinder fnvor nhle conditions or not. t, for one, do not doubt the patriotic devotion either of our yotinir tnen or of those who nlvc them employment those for whose henent nnd protection they would, In fact, enlist, I would look forward to tho success of such nn experiment with en tire confidence. At least so much by way of preparation for defense seems to mo to bo abso lutely Imperative now V-c ennnot do less. The Naval Program The program which will be laid heforo you by the Secretary of tho Navy la simi larly conceived. It Involves only a short ening of tho time within which plans long matured shall be carried out: but It does make definite nnd explicit n progtam which has heretofore been ontv explicit, held In tho minds of the Committee on ' Naval Affairs and disclosed in tne de hates of tho two houses, but nowhere. formulated or formally adopted It seems to me verv ilcnr that It will be to the advantage of the country for tho Congress to adopt a, comprehensive plan for put ting tho navy upon a final fooling of strength nnd efllclcncy nnd to press that plan to completion within tho next flva years. We have nvvnyn looked to the navy of the country as our llrst nnd chief line nf defense) we linve nlwny seen It to be our manifest course of prudence to be strong: on the Neas. Irnr I13 sear we have been creatine n navy which now ranks verj high Indeed nmotiir the navies of the maritime nn- ' tlons, We should now definitely deter mine how we shall complete what we hnve begun, nnd bow soon. 'I he progrnm to be laid before you contemplates the construct Ion liltliln live j curs of 10 battleships, slv battle cruisers, lit scout cruisers, r,t destroy ers, Ifi fleet submarines, N coast sub marines, four Kiinboats, one hospital ship, two ammunition ships, two fuel oil ships nnd one repair ship. It Is pro posed thnt of this number we shall the llrst jrnr provide for the construction of two battleships, two battle cruisers, three si out cruisers, r. destroyers, live Meet submarines, 2.1 const Ntibmiirlues, tvto guiihonts und one hospltnl ship) the second jcur, tvto battleships, one scout cruiser, to destrojers, four Heel submarines II, coast submarines, on gunhimt and one fuel oil shins the 'third ?ear, two liattlesiiips, one iiattle erulser( two scout cruisers, five destroy ers, two licet NiihmnrliifH nnd 1.' const submarines! the fourth rnr, two battleships, two buttle cruisers, two scout cruisers. 111 destroyers two tleel submarines. If, const Niibmurli " ummiiultlnn ship mid one fuel oil ship, mid the fifth ?etir, two bnttleshlps one battle cruiser, two scout cruisers, 10 destrojers, two Meet submarines! IS const submarines, one gunboiit, one uiiimuiiltloii ship und one repulr ship. The Seiritaiv 01 the N'.ivv Is asking also for the Imtiuiliato addition to tin personnel of the iuc of ".100 sailors, L'jOo apprentice seamen and TOO murines Tills Increase would be sulllciint lo cue for tlie ships nlilih .lie to be completed within tho llscnl year 1917 and also for the number of men which must bo put in training to man tho ships which will be completed earlj in 191S. It is also neces sary that the number of midshipmen at the N'avul Academy, at Annupolls, should be Increased bj at least 200, hi order that tho force of olllcers should bo moro rapid ly ndded to; and authority Is asked to ap point, for engineering duties only, ap proved graduates of engineering colleges, and for servlco in the aviation cotps a ceitaln number of men taken from civil life If this full program should be carried out we should have built or building' In IP-I, according: lo the estimates of sur vival nnd Nfiiudiirds of classification fol lowed b.v tlie (ielierill Hoard of the de partment, an elfectlve nuv couslstltit; or 7 battleships or the first line, slv battle cruisers, 2." battleships of the second Hue, 111 armored cruisers, t; scout cruisers, live lirsf.cliiss cruisers, three second-class cruisers. III third class crulserN, 10S destroyers, lt fleet submarines, 157 const subinnrlues, six monitors, -O gtiulioutH, four supply ships, 1,, fuel ships, tour trnnspnrls, three tenders to torpedo vessels, eight vessels of special tjpes nnd two nmmii nttloit ships. 'Ihls would be 11 nnvy lif ted to our nerd and worthy of our traditions. Merchant Marine Urged nut unities nnd Instruments of vvur lire onl it part of whut hns to he con sidered If we nre to consider the su preme mutter of niitliiiiul srlf.stilll. cleney und security lit nil Its usprcts. There nre other great mutters which will he thrust upon our attention whether we will or not. There Is, for exumple, 11 very preslng question of trade und shipping Involved lit this ureut problem of luitlounl udequacy. It !m necessary for many weighty reasons nf uatlonnl clllclciic und development thnt we should huve u great luerchniit murine. The fjreat merchant fleet wa once used to make us rich, that great body of sturdy sailors who used to carry our flag; Into every sea, and who were the prldo and often tho bulnaik of the nation, we have almost driven oUt of existence Uy IncxctUsabls neglect nnd Indifference and by u hopo lesslv blind nnd provincial policy of so called economic protection. It Is high time we repaired our mistake nud re sumed our comnterclnl Independence on the seas. Question of Independence I'or It Is it question of Independence, If other nations go to wnr or seek to hamper each other's commerce, our mer chants, It seems, nre ut their mercy fa do with as they plruse. V, c must use their ships und use them as they de termine We have not ships enough of our own. We ennnot handle our own commerce on the seus. Our Indepen dence is provincial, and Is only on land d vrlthlu our otvu borders. Wo aro not likely to be permitted to uso even the ships or other nations in rivalry of their own trade, and are without means to extend our commerce even where tho doors are wide open and our goods desired Such a situation Is not to be endured. It is of capital Importance not only that the United States should be Its own car rier on the seas and enjoy the economic Independence which only an adequate merchant marine would give it, but also that the American hemisphere us a whole should enjoy a like Independence and self-sufficiency. If it is not to be drawn into the tangle of European affairs. Without such Independence the whole question of our political unity and self determlnatlou Is very seriously clouded and complicated Indeed. Moreover, we can develop no ttue or effective American policy without ships of our own not ships of war, but ships of peace, carrying goods and carrying much more: creating friendships and ren dering indispensable services to all In terests on this side the water Thej must move constantly back and forth be tween the Americas. They are the only shuttles that cun weave the delicate fabric of sympathy, comprehension, con fidence nud mutual dependence In which we wish to clothe our policy of Amer ica for Americans. The task of building up an adequate merchant marine for America private capital must ultimately undertake and achieve, as it has undertaken and achieved every other like task amongst us in the past, with admirable enterprise. Intelligence and vigor, and it seems to me a manifest dictate of wisdom that we Gist of President Wilson's Address to 64th Congress AMERICA AND THE WORLD Problems faced by the ntterf State. are part of the great world problems which the Great WarhbrosM forward. They present "a prospect of reorganization ana '""J'r"" such as statesmen and peoples have never been called upon to attempt MTh0 United States will lead the Wayjn MP',?.' of international affairs which the conclusion of the War will necessitate. LATIN-AMERICAN RELATIONS In the MutrMly " ' nation, of the American continent have been actuated by then "Pirate life and their habitual detachment from, the Pg1''" of. EuT.PnUAnrttv entered and been strengthened that spirit of Pan-Amer .can "" which has made these nations "more clearly conscious" of the sympathies and interests which bind them together. MEXICO Mexico and its revolutions have been the great test which the United States has undergone to convince Latin-America of the true meaning of Pan-Americanism. This country must be fair and patient to ward the republic south of the Rio Grande. The States of America must work in co-operation. They must present, in the true sense a unit, a co ordination of moral partners, actuated by the same sympathies m World affairs. NATIONAL DEFENSE The United States must be ready to pro tect and defend from foreign dangers those principles and ideals or democracy to which it is committed. ARMY This branch of the national defense system must receive first consideration. Plan of Secretary Garrison should be adopted. NAVAL PROGRAM Plan of Secretary Daniels should be adopted. MERCHANT MARINE The defense of the United States depends not only upon its military and naval forces, but upon the extent of its merchant marine, which must be increased. PHILIPPINES AND PORTO RICO The United States must imme diately proceed with the adoption of such necessary reforms as Will be proposed to Congress and as are necessary to the assurance of the economic and political liberty of these domains. TAXES The President urges the continuation of the present taxes and recommends a slight and gradual increase in the income tax and taxes on additional commodities, among them oils, automobiles, internal explosion engines, banli checks, iron and steel, PEACE AND "HYPHENATES" After condemning the agitation conducted by naturalized American citizens in favor of the countries of their birth, the President urges the adoption of suchlaws as will ade quately deal tvith this problem and stamp out the spirit of disloyalty en gendered by agitators. PROBLEMS OF ECONOMICS 77ie pa..aee of laws that Would enable the Government to mobilize as easily and speedily as possible the economic resources of the country in event of danger and provide for the aid and advice of civil experts in both branches of the national defense system is also urged. ... , , . , , , The creation of a commission of inquiry to look into the problems of transportation with a view of making railroad regulation more modern and efficient is also advocated. should pioinpllv leniove eveiy legal oh i,,rl,. 1l1.it nun stand In tho way of this mm li to be desired n vlval of our old In- dependetp e and sliouiu iiiciiiiaio 111 every possible wio the building, put chase and Anutliali legislation of ships. Coucrnmenf Must Lead Way lut capital cannot nccnnipllsli this Brcnt tnsk of n midden. It must embark upon It bj degrees, as the opportunities of trade develop, soiiietiungr must ne done lit oucet done to open routes nnd develop opportunities where thej 11 re us ?ct undeveloped! done to open the iirlerles of trade- where the currents have not et lenriicd to run cspecliillj between the two tmerleilii continents, where thej nre, slngulnrl) enough, jet to be crcutcd nnd quickened! mid It Is evident that mil the t.overnmrnt enn undertake such beginnings nnd iinsuiur the Initial ilniiiicltil risks. When the lisk has passed and pilv.ite capital begins to find its w.iv In sufllcicnt abundance Into these new channels, the tloiernment mav vvlthdiaw Hut It ennnot omit to begin. It Hhould take the llrst steps, and should take them at once. Our goods must not lie piled up at our poits and stored upon sldetrnckH In freight cms which aro dally needed on tho roads, must not bo left without moans of transport to nny foiclgu quarter. Wu must not await tho permission of foreign ship owners and foreign Governments lo send them where wo will. Ship Purchase Bill Modified With 1 vIoh to meeting these pressing neccssitli s of our toinmcrio and avail ing ourselves at tho dullest possible mo ment of the pie-sent unparalleled oppor tunity of linking tho two Americas to gether In bonds of mutual Interest nnd service, an opportunity which may never ictuin again If wo miss It now, proposals will bo mado to the present Congress for tho purchase or construction of ships to be owned and directed by the Oovern ment similar to those made to tho last Congress, but modified in somo essential particulars. 1 recommend these proposals to you for your prompt acceptance with the more confidence because every month that has elapsed since the former pro posals were iiinde has made the neces sity for such action more nnd more miiulfcstly Imperative, Ihut need wns then forcseeni It Is now acutely felt mid everywhere rrnlltctl by those for whom trade Is waiting, hut who enn find no conveyance for their goods. I nm not so much Interested In tho particulars of tho progrnm as I am In taking Immediate advantago of tho great opportunity which awaits us If wo will but net In this emergency. In this mntter, as in all others, a spirit of com mon counsel should prevail, and out of it should como an early solution of this pressing problem. Reforms in Philippines Thero Is another matter waich seems to me to be very Intimately associated with the question of national snfety and preparation for defenso. That Is our pol icy toward the Philippines nnd tho people of Porto Itlco. Our treatment of them and their attitude toward us are manifestly of the llrst consequenco In the development of our duties in the world, nnd In getting a fieo hand to perform those duties. We must bo free from every unnecessary bur den or embarrassment, and there Is no better way to bo clear of embarrass ment than to fulfil our promises and pro mote tho Interests of those dependent on us to tho utmost. Hills for the alteration and reform of the Government of tho Philippines and for rendering fuller political Justice to the peoplo of Porto Itlco were submit ted to the Kid Congress 'Ihey will be submitted also to you. I need not par ticularise their details. You mo most of you already familiar with them. Dut I do recommend them to sour early adop tion with the slncero conviction that thero are few measures jou could adopt which would most servlceably clear the way for the great policies by which we wish to make good, now and always, our light to lead In enterprises of peace ami good will und economic and political freedom. State of Treasury The plans for the armed forces of the nation which I have outlined, and for the general policy of adequate prepara tion for niobillzation and defense. Involve of course very large additional expendi tures of money expenditures which will considerably exceed the estimated reve nues of the Government, It Is made my duty by law, whenever the estimates of expenditure exceed the estimates of revenue, to call the attention of the Congress to the fact and suggest any mteans of meeting the deficiency that it may be wise or possible for me to sug gest, f am ready to believe that, It would be my duty to do so in any case; and I feel particularly bound to speak of the matter when it appears that the den. cleney will arise directly out of the adop tion by the Congress of measures which I myself urge it to adopt. Allow me, therefore, to speak briefly of the present state of the Treasury and of the fiscal V problems which the next year will prob ably disclose. On the 30th of June last there was an available balance! in the general fund of the Treasury of TlM.17v,10G.78. The total estimated lecelpts for the vent 1D10, on the assumption thnt the emergency reve nue measure passed by tho last Congress will not be extended beyond Its present limit, tho 31st of Uecembci, 1915, nnd that the present thitv of 1 cent per pound nn sugni will be discontinued after the 1st or Mny, lltli. will be WTO.SKWOO The bal ance of June last and these estimated leieniios come, therefore, to 11 giaud tutal of $i7I,5S!,fi03 ". The total estimated dlsbuisemeuls for the present fiscal year. Including U'j.OOO.OOO for the Panama Pannl, $ 12,00,00a) for prob able deficiency annionrlntiuns and JGD.OK) for miscellaneous debt iednuntlons. will be ?T53,Stl,OO0. and tho balance In the Kfiiciiu icinci 111 urn j it usury win ue n- kluli du or old staked lis very Hie to 1 'in duced to f-i),i;il,bO"i7S The emergency rev- fr,.,. (Hrif from every entanglement that ' Tin- domestic questions which enjifet cnuo ncl, if continued beyond its piescnt I inu darkened the lortunes of the older time limitation, would produce, during Iin,,S ,i Kel up 11 new stimiliiril here Continued on Tnge Mix, Column Tin tho half year then remaining, nbout $41.- , 1 OOO.oOO. The duty of 1 cent per pound on I - -3 sugar, If continued, would produce during the two months of tho fiscal vcar re inalnlng nftei the 1st of Mny nbout $11 -000.000. These two sums, amounting to gether to $oli,000.000. It ndded to the leve lines of the second half of tho flscil yeai, would yield the Treasury at tin end of tho year nn avallablo balance of $7(!.G11,C0j.7S. The additional revenues required to carry out the program of mllltaty aim naval propaiatlon of which 1 have spoken would, ns at picsent ofltlmnted, bo for tin fiscal year, which 1 have already given taken with tho figures for tho piesini fiscal ye.n.H, which I have alreudy given, disclose our llnnucl.il problem for lb year 19)7. Must Continue Present Taxes Assuming that the taxes imposed b tb emergency icvenuo act and the present, duty on sugar arc to bo discontinued, and that the balance ut thu close of the pres ent llsc.tl year will ho only $20,64 l,C0.",", that the ilisbursementH for the I'annm 1 Cnnal will again bo about $2j,000,000 ami that tho additional expenditures for tin army nnd navv are authorized by Con gress, tho deficit in tho general fund ot tho Trensury on the 30th of June, 1917, will be nearly $23.",0Oi),O00. To this sum at least JJO.OOO.OOO should be added to represent .1 safo working balanco for tho Trcasurv, and $i:,000,000 to Includo tho usual defi ciency estimates III 1017; and those addi tions would mako a total deficit of eoma $2O7,O0O,COO. If tho present taxes should be continued throughout this year nnd tho next, how ever, thero will bo n balanco In tho Treas- 1 ury of some $70,500,000 nt tho end of the present fiscal yenr and n deficit nt the end of next year of only some $30,000,000. or, reckoning In $G2,000,000 for deficiency appioprlntions and a safo Tic.tsury bal ance at the end of tho year, a total deficit of some $112,000,000. Tho obvious mornl of the figures Is that It Is a plain counsel of prudence to continue all of the present taxes or their equivalents, nnd confine ourselves to the problem of providing $112,000,000 of new revenue rather than $297,000,000. Must Pay As We Go How shall wo obtain the new levenue" We are frequently reminded thnt there are many millions of bonds which tho Trensury Is authorized under existing law to sell to reimburse tho sums paid out of current levenues for the construc tion of tho Panama Canal; nnd It Is true that bonds to the amount ot ap proximately $222,000,000 are now avail able for that purpose. Prior to 1913 $134,031,080 of these bonds had ac tually been sold to recoup tho expendl- I turcs at the Isthmus, and now constltuto a considerable item of the public debt Hut I, for one, do not believe thnt the people of this country approve of post- 1 poulug the puynteut of their hills, llor- ! rowing money Is short-slKhtrd finance, I It ran he Justified only when prrmunrnt things are to be accomplished which many generations will certainly benefit I by and which It seems liurdly fair thut ! a slugle generation should pay for. The ' objects we urr now proposing- to spend ' money for cuitnot be so cluksllled, ex cept In the sense that everything wisely done muy be said to be done In the Interest of postrrlty as well as In our awn. It seems to me a clear dictate ot prudent statesmanship and frank finance that In what we are now, I hope, about to undertake we should pay as we go The people of the country are entitled to know Just what burdens of taxation they are to carry, and to know frqm tho out set, now, The new bills should be pad by Internal taxation. Urges Income Tax Increase . To what, cources, then, shall we turn? ThU is so peculiarly a question whltjli the gentlemen of the House of IteDre- , sentatlves are expected under the Constl-, tutlon to propose an answer to that you will hardly expect me to do more than discuss It n very general terms. We should be following; an almost universal example of modern government If we were to draw the greater part, or even the whole, 01 the revenura vie need from the Income taxes. Uy somewhat H lowering the present limits of exeuin- I tlon and the figure at which the surtax , shall begin to be Imposed, and by la- 1 , creasing-, step uy step throughout the present graduation, the surtax Itself,. ine income taxes as at present appor tioned would, yield sum sufficient jo ; uaiMfc iv uvum ut ac irc.aaury- at ' 7, 1915. . ,nfl- I4ltnt the end of the nseni yenr - nnywheremaklnir the burden ..nrenson- nhly or oppressively henvj. Tho procIAo reckonings aro fully and ace urntely et out In tho report of the Secretary of " Treasury which will be Immediately laid boforo you Other Revenue Sources And there aro manv nddltlonoi sources of revenuo which can Justly be "sorted to without hampering tho Industries of tho country or putting any too Brpnt Saw upon individual expenditure A ,nx of one per cent, per nation on ynao line and nnphllin would yield, nt lie present estimated production, 310,000, 0001 n tnx of CO cents per horsepower on niUomoblles nnd Intcrnnl explosion ennlnes. 15,1)00,000 1 11 stamp tnx on bank cheques, probably ?IR.00,ormi n tnx of 2.-. cents per ton on pig Iron, 10. 000,000 n tax of 25 cents per Inn on fnbrlentcd Iron und steel, prohnbly HN 000,000, In n country of grenl Indus tries like this It ought to be ensy to distribute the burdens of tnxntlon with out milking them nnvwhere benr too benvllv or too exclusively upon nny one set ofpersons or undertakings. Whnt Is clear Is, thnt the Industry nf lis genernllnn should pnv the bills of this Bcnerntlon. Peace and "Hyphenates" 1 havo spoken to ou todn, gentlemen, upon a slnglo theme, the thorough prep aration of tho nation to enre for Its own security and tn mnke sure of entire free dom to piny the linpnrtlal rolo In this hemlsphero and In the world vvlilrh wo nit believo to havo been providentially nPBlgned to It I hnve hud In ilij mind no thought of nny Immediate or particu lar nrlslng out of our relations with other nntlniis. We nre nt prnce nil It nil the nations or the world, nnd there Is reason to hope Hint tin question In controversy between Ihls nhil other rsovernmrufs will lend lo ituj serious breach of nnilcnhle relations, grave ns some differences of nlHliide mid pollCj hnve been mul 111 11 J 't turn out to be. I nm snrrj to sa flint the gravest threats ngiilnst nur niilloiittl pence nnd snfety hnve been littered within our own borders. There are cltlfons of llio Vnltnil States, I blush lo admit born under other lings but welromeil under our gen etous nnttirnli7itlon laws to tho full Xtee dom and tipportiinltv of Amorlin, who havo poured tho poison of tllslovnlty Into the veiv nrlerles of our national life; who have sought to tiling tlio iilthoilty nml L'nnd name nf our liovernmciil lilt" 1 contempt, to destiny our Industries I wheiover thev thought it effective! for I ibelr vindictive purposes to strike at them nnd to dolrise our politics to tho uses of foreign intrigue. Their number Is not 11s great as tninpnicd with the vi hole number of Ihosc sturdy hosts by , which our nation Ins been enriched In 1 lecent geiiei.itlnii- out nf vlillo foreign' stocks, but It Is grent enough to hnve I brought deep disgrace upon us mid to hnve made II necessiiry thnt we should proinpllj mnke use of pn sses or Invv by which we mny be purged of their corrupt distempers. nierlcn never witnessed nnjllilnu like this before. It never dreamed II possible that men sworn Info Its own cltlenship, men draw 11 out of great rn-c ......i. ,., ,1 simntleil Nome nf flic i.- n.i innLri tlemeuls of tlint j uni,., Inn bow heroic, nation that In 11 Sim but not IfefSMUrM $viUnl iVjl J-glr Ir'aTatw " fti ami r?ijy I I mr MlV xa IEt'8'lfc 1J.1 iTJ . I m Sii- The ringing words of Pinckney, more than a century ago, will be echoed in the 64th Congress which convenes in WASHINGTON in December. Not since the Civil War has Congress been called upon for such vast appropriations as it will be this winter. More than $500,000,000 will be asked for the Navy to be used in the next five years. Millions more foi he Army and more millions for the Panama Canal and geneal preparedness. It will be a fiury winter in WASHINGTON ! Bip; sums accomplish big things. The BALTIMORE & OHIO spent $100,000,000 in four years for the betterment of its lines, or $10,000 an h for every working day of eicht hou Lines were straightened, gradt reduced, roadbed rebuilt, new ALL STEEL EQUIPMENT FOR THROUGH PASSENGER TRAINS purchased, greatly , increasing efficiency in service.. All Through Trains from Philadelphia to Pittsburgh, Wheeling, Columbus, Cleveland, Chicago, Cincinnati, Louisville and St. Louis run via THE NATION'S CAPITAL Washington LIBERAL STOP-OVER PRIVILEGES There are Nine All-Steel Trains from Philadelphia to WASHINGTON equipped with everything that is modern in Coaches, Pullman Drawing-room, Parlor, Sleeping Cars and Observation Cars, with a Dining Car Service which is most excellent. Leave 24th and Chetlnut Streets Station. 4 15 am ' 4.17 pm 7.45 am 6.12 pm 10.35 am 8.31 pm 12.30 pm 9.21 pm 2.16 pm Bueuro copy of illustrated liouk ot Tralus" from any of thu following Ticket Ofllces 834 Chestnut St.. and Baltimore & Ohio btatlon. 21th and Chestnut Streets, or write to iimiN.uui .vsiinv, UUtrlct I'assenicer .Kent, Nil Chestnut Mreet, Philadelphia. Baltimore & Ohio "Our Passengers are Our Guests." I . aaa INCOME TAX thnt tnen of sneli orlutnn , I of nlleglnnee ..! ' free choices glnnee mroM turn In mnlltni renctlon ........ "t CIov eminent nnd people who hiM corned nnd nurtured them nnrt .. ?'" mnke this proud country once , I hotbed of Kuropcnn pnsston. 'I A llttlo whl 0 ngo such n Ihlne . havo scorned incredible. BeoAusoli Incredlblo wo made no preparation fJfl? Wo would havo been almost tmhai.2!1 preparo for it, na If wo were tS or ourseivcs, our own comrades . I l neighbors' But tho ugly and inuvstrf, I thine has actually entnn k.. f! I nro without adequate Federal 1m! ? J deal with It. '" W .1 Must Crush Treason I urgo you to enrtot such Iawh it in earliest possible moment nnd feel th.i 1 doing so I nm urging you in a -.r..V , less than savo tho honor and self.r,,r?! . of tlin nation Such crenture. .. f?? . slon, cllslojalt.r nnd nnhrchy mnit I s crushed nut. They nre not many 4 mry urn iiiiiinuij innilRnnnt, Anl tl, I tmml nf our nnn-er ln1.t t-i . them nf once, 'ihey hnve formed bI!! fn destroy properly! they hnve en.,u i Into conspiracies ngnlnst the nm)-.,u . of the Coverniiienl! they hare senili tn pry Into every confidential tM., , I wish thnt It could bo sild tliat onl. ." few men, misled bv lnlslnken ssmlmctiti nf nlleglntico to the governments MniuJ which they were bom, had been guilty ti disturbing tho self-nosfiesslou and mlrta. ' resenting tlio temper mul principles el ' tho country during thceo days of tm. w nr, when It would seem that every tots 1 itlin tvne truly nn Attinflfn,, ...i . Btiticllvelv mako it his duty and hl m. " to keep llm scales of Judgment even 15J ' provo himself 11 paitlsau of no natlen k, l nn ,i. !.. ,. ii'niiwi mere are some men ninonir us, nnd ninny ruld,,, j nbrnad who, though born nnd hrrct It the I lilted Mates nnd cnlllng tliemvehtt' Americans, hnve so forgotten tkea. selves nnd their honor lis cltlient t ' I.H n.... If,, If ..nnt.n, ra., pin ineir pnsstonnie sympathy nil, one or the oilier side In the great Euro-l prim conflict nbove their regard for tb( ' pence nml dignity of the I nlted Stit,,, ' 'I in- also prcncli nnd practice dli,, lojnltj. No laws, I suppose, can ruck corruptions of the mind and heart: kul 1 i,iiuiiiti iicil diui,i ui uiners w llnoul also speaking of these und cxprestlm the even dcepor humiliation and scorn , which ever.v Rolf-posscssedand thought.,. fully patriotic American must fed . lll-l, IK, Ll,llllT ,. ttll-lll iCIICl Ul lUC QJ 1 1 edit they are dally bringing upon ji Real Strength in People While wo speak of the preparation of ' the nation to make sure of her securitr s- ...I l. nf1A,tti,a rnnn ton .,.-, ..... ,.., ' .him j.v. v..,.a'i; fw" , , v iiiisi iiui lay v Into tho patent error of supposing that 1 her real sticngth comes from armamenll i,il mprn Kfi femlm rls nf vrlltnn 1 , otm s, of course, from her people, their energy . their success In their underUk, lugs, their free oppoitunlty to uso tht , natural icsourccs of our great homo Ini , mil of the lands outsldo our continental . holders, which look to us for protection, 1 for encouragement and for assistance la . their development; from tho organlzatloa j .td fiecdom and vltalltv of our economic J one cent for " .--a -78 1 i 11, ,,,, ,,. ,- iniM'iiiinrni m nrdpr l serve Interests nllen to our own, ( 1 J possible to denl with these fhlnga vJ 1 cfTrctunlly. I need not sugRf.t , , terms In nhleh they mny be denll v.M " l.... A il.A ,,... , k ts
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