10 President's Message Deals With Return of Nation to Peace Standards; Treaty Up Later LAWS TO COMBAT H. C. OF L URGED [Continued from First Page.] effectively with "those persons who by violent methods would abrogate our time-tested institutions." Bring Down Prices Several recommendations, some renewals of previous ones, were made by the President to bring down the cost of living. Among them were extension of the food control law to peace times for the emergency; regulations for transpor tation of foods in interstate com merce: a cold storage law modeled after the law in New Jersey; a law requiring marks to show the length of time foods are kept in storage and a law to secure "competitive selling and prevent unconscionable profits," by Federal license of cor porations selling food in interstate commerce. I.ong I<abor Discussion A long portion of the message was devoted to a discussion of the con dition and rights of labor. "A defi nite program to bring about an im provement in the conditions of labor ' and bring about a genuine democ ratization of industry was recom mended. "The only way to keep men from agitating against grievances is to re move the grievances," said the Pres ident's message. At another point it declared "the seed of revolution is repression." "The establishment of the prin ciples regarding labor, laid down in the covenant of the League of Na tions," said the message, "offers us the way to industrial peace and con ciliation. No other road lies open to us. • • • Governments must recognize the right of men to bar gain collectively for human objects. • • • Labor must no longer be treated as a commodity. "The right of individuals to strike is inviolable," continued the mes sage, and ought not to be interfered with by any process of government, but there is a predominant right, and that is the right of the govern ment to protect all of its people and to assert its power and majesty against the challenge of any class." The President wa.s referring to the government's recent injunction against the coal strike. Russia an Object lesson The message closed with a point ed reference to radicalism and Red doctrines and referred to "Russia to-day with its blood and terror" as a "painful object lesson of the power of minorities." "There are those in this country." said the message, "who threaten di rect action to force their will upon a majority. • • • It makes little difference what minority it is; whether capital or labor, or any other class, no sort of privilege will ever be permitted to dominate this country." Orderly processes, the message declared, were the only ones by which relief and reform could be obtained. "Those who would propose any other method of reform are enemies of this country," the message said. • * * "L<et those beware who take the shorter road of disorder and rev olution." |Hand Sapolio-The| [sSfo]^iletandßath| 111 i "Mother will like that" = 'tft ' indeed, mother will like any electrical ap- i\3fi | *• pliance that is given her for Christmas. By u# f this .time mother—and every practical woman of ' | the home—has learned that the electrical coffee percolator, chafing dish, toaster, disc stove, lamp, iron, or heater, is the most useful article to assist in keeping house that she can have in the home. | These electrical conveniences do away with a tre mendous amount of woijk and make cooking and ironing a clean, pleasant and inexpensive task. | Electrical gifts, combining practical utility with convenience, durability and attractiveness, 1 j form the most ideal selections for Christmas | presents. They are most appreciated, too, because f | of their practical qualities. | I \ 5 Make your gifts electrical 5 to be sure they will please H Harrisburg Light and Power Company 22 North Second Street, Harrisburg, Pa. = 47-49 North Front Street, Steelton, Pa. = I 1 I i f ll )l TUESDAY EVENING, Text of President's Message to Congress [Continued from First Page.] increased prices have increased their value. On the other hand, she has purchased a large proportion of the American securities previously held abroad, and loaned some $0,000,000.- 000, to foreign governments and has built her own shjps. Our fa vorable balance of trade has thus been greatly increased and Europe has been deprived of the means of meeting it heretofore existing. Eu rope can have only three ways of meeting the favorable balance ot trade in peacetimes: Must Find Outlet By imports into this country of gold or of goods, or by establish ing new credits. Europe is in no position at the present time to ship gold to us nor could we contemplate large further imports of gold into this country without concern. The time has nearly passed for interna tional governmental loans, and it will take time to develop in this country a market for foreign securi ties. Anything, therefore, which would tend to prevent foreign coun tries front settling for our exports by shipments of goods into this country could only have the effect of preventing them from paying for our exports and therefore of pre venting the exports from being made. The productivity of the country, greatly stimulated by the war, must find an outlet by exports to for eign countries, and any measures taken to prevent imports will inevi tably curtail exports, force curtail ment of production, load the bank ing machinery of the country with credits to carry unsold products ard produce industrial stagnation and unemployment. If we want to sell, we must be prepared to buy. What ever, therefore, may have been our views during the period of growth of American business concerning tariff legislation, we must now ad- Just our economic life to changed conditions growing out of the fact that American business is full grown and that America is the great est capitalist in the world. Against Isolation No policy of isolation will satisfy the growing needs and opportuni ties of America. The provincial standards and policies of the past, which have held American business as if in a strait jacket, must yield and give way to the needs and exi gencies of the new day in which we live, a day full of hope and prom ise for American business, if we will but take advantage of the oppor tunities that are ours for the ask ing. The recent war has ended our great duty. The United States must share the expanding world markets. The United States desires for itself only equal opportunity with the other nations of the world and that through the process of friendly co operation and fair competition, the legitimate interests of the nations concerned may be sticcessfully and equitably adjusted. Urges Soldiers' Relief There are other matters of im portance upon which I urged action at the last session of Congress which are still pressing for solution. I am sure it is not necessary lor me again to remind you that there is one im mediate and very practicable ques tion resulting from the war, which we should meet in the most liberal spirit. It is a matter of recognition and relief to our soldiers. I can do no better than to quote from my last message urging this very action: "We must see to it that our re turning soldiers are assisted in every practicable way to find the places for which they are fitted in the daily work of the country. This can be done by developing and maintaining Wipon an adequate scale the admir able organization created by the De partment of Labor for placing men I seeking work; and it can also be done, in at least one very grent field, by creating new opportunities for individual enterprise. The Secretary of the Interior has pointed out the way by which returning soldiers may be helped to find and take up land in the hitherto undeveloped regions of the country which the Federal government has already prepared or can readily prepare for cultivation and also on many of the cut-over or neglected areas which lie within the limits of the older states; and I once more take the liberty of recom mending very urgently that his plans shall receive the immediate and sub stantial support of the Congress.'* Touches on Tariff In the matter of tariff legislation, I beg to call your attention to the statements contained in my last message urging legislation with ref erence to the establishment of the chemical and dyestuffs industry in i America: Among the industries to which special consideration should be given is that of the manufacture of dye stuffs and related chemicals. Our complete dependence upon German supplies before the war made the in terruption of trade a cause of ex ceptional economic disturbance. The close relation between the manufac ture of dyestuffs, on the one hand, and of explosives and poisonous gases on the other, moreover, has given the industry an exceptional significance and value. Although the United Sttaes will gladly and unhesi tatingly join in the program of in ternational disarmament, it will, nevertheless, be a policy of obvious prudence to make certain of the suc cessful maintenance of many strong and well-equipped chemical plants. The German chemical industry, with which we will be brought into com petition was. and may well be again, a thoroughly knit monoply capable of exercising a competition of a pe ' culiarly insidious and dangerous ! kind." Encourage Farmer During the war the farmer per | formed a vital and willing service to I the nation. By materially increasing the production of his land, he sup plied America and the Allies with the increased amounts of food nec | essary to keep their immense armies ]in the field. He indispensably help !ed to win the war. But there is now ; scarcely less need of increasing the production in food and the necessi ties of life. I ask the Congress to consider means of encouraging ef forts along these lines. The import ance of doing everything possible to promote production along economi cal lines, to improve marketing and to make rural life more attractive and healthful, is obvious. I would urge approval of the plans already proposed to the Congress by the I Secretary of Agriculture, to secure the essential facts required for the proper study of this question. Harrisburg TELEGRAPH 'through the proposed enlarged pro grams for farm management studies and crop estimates. I would urge also, the continuance of Federal par ticipation in the building of good roads, under the terms of existing law and under the direction of pres ent agencies; the need of further action on the part of the states and the Federal government to preserve and develop our forest resources, es pecially through the practice of bet ter forestry methods on private hold ings and the extension of the public ly owned forests; better support for country schools and the most defi nite direction of their courses of study along lines related to rural provision for sanitation in rural dis tricts and the building up of needed hospital and medical facilities in these localities. Perhaps the way might be cleared for many of these desirable reforms by a fresh, com prehensive survey made of rural conditions by a conference composed of representatives of the farmers and of the agricultural agencies re sponsible for leadership. Political Restlessness I would call your attention to the widespread condition of political restlessness in our body politic. The causes of this unrest, while various and complicated, are superficial rather than deep seated. Broadly they arise from or are connected .with the failure on the part of our government to arrive speedily at a just and permanent peace permit ting return to normal conditions, from the transfusion of radical the ories from seething Europeun cen ters pending such delay, from heart less profiteering resulting in the in crease of the cost of living, and last ly from the machinations of pas sionate and malevolent agitators. With the return to normal condi tions, this unrest will rapidly dis appear. In the meantime, it does much evil. It seems to me that in dealing with this situation Congress should not be Impatient or drastic but should seek rather to remove the cause. Speedy Return to Peace It should endeavor to bring our country back speedily, to a peace basis with ameliorated living' condi tions under the minimum of restric tions upon personal llherty that is consistent with our reconstruction problems. And it s.hould arm the Federal government' with power to deal in its criminal courts with those persons who by violent methods would abrogate our time-tested in stitutions. With the free expression of opinion and with the advocacy of orderly political change, however fundamental, there must be no in terference, towards passion and malevolent tendency to incite crime and insurrection under guise of political evolution there should be no leniency. Legislation to this end has been recommended by the At torney General and should be en acted. In this direct connection T would call your attention to my recommendations on August S, pointing out legislative measures which would be effective in controll ing and bringing down the present cost of living, which contributes so largely to this unrest. On only one of these recommendations has the Congress acted. If the government's campaign is to be affective, it is necessary that the other steps sug gested should be actecf on at once. Extend Fo<xl Control I renew and strongly urge the necessity of the extension of the present food control act as to the period of time in which it shall re main in bperation. The Attorney General has submitted a bill pro viding for an extension of this act foi a period of six months. As it now stands it is limited in operation to the period of the war and be comes inoperative upon the formal proclamation of peace. It is im perative that it should be extended at once. The Department of Justice lias built up extensive machinery for the purpose of enforcing its pro visions; all of which must be aban doned upon the conclusion of peace unless the provisions of this act are extended. Publicity an Aid During this period the Congress will have an opportunity to make similar, permanent provisions and regulations with regard to all goods destined for interstate commerce and to exclude them from interstate shipment, if the requirements of the law are not complied with. Some such regulation is imperatively nec essary. The abuses that have grown up in the manipulation of prices by the withholding of foodstuffs and other necessaries of life cannot oth erwise be effectively prevented. There can be no doubt of either the ne cessity or the legitimacy of such measures. As I pointed out in my last mes sage, publicity can accomplish a great deal in this campaign. The aims of the government must be clearly brought to the attention of the consuming public, civic organi zations and state officials who are in a position to lend their assist ance to our efforts. You have made available funds with which to carry on this campaign but there is no provision in the law authorizing their expenditure for the purpose of making the public fully informed about the of the government. Specific recomntendation has been made by the Attorney General in this regard. I would strongly urge upon you its immediate adoption, as it constitutes one of the preliminary steps to this campaign. Regulate Cold Storage I also renew my recommenda tions that tl# Congress pass a law regulating cold storage, as it is reg-* ulated, for example, by the laws of the State of New Jersey, which limit the time during which goods may be kept in storage, prevents the method of disposing of them if kept beyond the permitted period and require that the goods released from storage shall in all cases bear the date of their receipt. It would ma terially add to the serviceability of the law, for the purpose we now have in view, if it were also prescribed that all goods released from stor age for Interstate shipment should have plainly marked upon each package the selling or market price at which they went into storage. By this means the purchaser would always be able to learn what profits stood between him and the producer or the wholesale dealer. First Fricc Marked I would also renew my recom mendation that goods destined for Interstate commerce should in every case, where their form or package makes it possible, be plainly marked with the price at which they left the hands of the producer. We should formulate a law re quiring a Federal license of all cor porations engaged In interstate com merce and embodying in the License, the conditions under which IT is to be Issued, specific regulations design ed to secure competitive selling and prevent unconscionable profits in the method of marketing. Such a law would afford a welcome opportunity to affect other much-neded reforms in the business of interstate ship ment and in the methods pf corpora tions which as-e engaged in it; but for the moment I confine mp recom. mendatlons to the object immedi ately in hand, which is to lower the cost of living. Remove Grievances No one who has observed the march of events in the last yeur can fail to note the übsolute need of a definite program to bring about an Improvement in the conditions of labor. There can be no settled con ditions leading to increased produc tion and a reduction in the cost of living if labor and capital ure to be antagonistic instead of partners. Sound thinking and an honest de sire to serve the interests of the whole nation, as distinguished from the interests of a class, must be ap plied to the solution of this great and pressing problem. The failure of other nations to consider this mat ter in a vigorous way has produced bitterness and Jealousies and the food of radicalism. The only way to keep men from agitation against grievances is to remove the griev ances. The unwillingness even to discuss these matters produces only dissatisfaction and gives comfort to the extreme eleihents in our country which endeavor to stir up disturb ances in order to provoke govern ments to embnrk upon a course of retaliation and repression. The seed of revolution is repression. The rem edy for these things must not be negative in character. It must be constructive. It must comprehend the general interest. The real anti dote for the unrest which manifests itself is not suppression, but a deep consideration of the wrong! that be set our national life and the applica tion of a remedy. Democratization of Industry Congress has already shown its willingness to deal with these indus trial wrongs by establishing the eight-hour day as the standard in every field of labor. It has sought to find a way to prevent child labor. It has served the whole country by leading the way in developing the means of preserving and safeguard ing lives and health in dangerous industries, it must now help in the difficult task of finding a method that will bring about a genuine democratization of industry, based on the full recognition of the right of those who work, in whatever rank, to participate in some organic way in every decision which direct ly affects their welfure. It is with this purpqse in mind that I called a conference to meet in Washington on December 1 to consider these problems in all their broad aspects, with the idea of bringing about a better understanding between these two interests. Plcnds With World Unrest The great unrest throughout the world, out of which has emerged a demand for an immediate consider ation of the difficulties between cap ital and labor, bids us put our own house in order. Frankly there can be no permanent and lasting settle ments between capital and labor which do not recognize the funda mental concept for which labor has been struggling through the years. The whole world gave its recogni tion and endorsement to these fund amental purposes in the League of Nations. The statesmen gathered at Versailles recognized the fact that world stability could not be had by reverting to industrial stand ards and conditions against which the average workmen of the world had revolted. It is, therefore, the task of the statesmen of this new day of change and readjustment to recognize world conditions and to seek to bring about, through legis lation, conditions that will mean the' ending of age-long antagonisms be tween capital and labor and that will Tank up with Atlantic When you need gasoline, pull up within hose-length of the well-known red pump marked "Atlantic." For that is the sign of the Atlantic Power House, and a good sign it is. Throw out your clutch, slip into neutral and apply the brake. Tell the man to grind ■F( ■ out a tankf^l of P ure powerful Atlantic—the motor-fuel that banished all toll-gates on the road to Engine Efficiency. When the cap is screwed on and the change jingles in your jeans, you're all set for a spin. The call of the open road can be heard and answered in fine fashion. Every lane is a king's highway to the motorist whose car is Atlantic-propelled. Speed? The law is the limit. Power? You couldn't use more. Make no mistake, there's just one motor-fuel that answers to the name "Atlantic." Be rtain that you ask right out loud for Atlantic Gasoline. Atta boy! THE ATLANTIC REFINING COMPANY Philadelphia Pittsburgh AT LAN TI C Gasoline Puts Pep in "Ybur Motor hopefully lead to the building up of a comradeship which will result not only in greater contentment among the mass of workmen but also bring about a greater produc tion and a greater prosperity to busi ness itself. To analyze the particulars in the demands of labor is to admit the justice of their complaint in many matters that lie at their basis. The workman demands an ndequate wage, sufficient to live in comfort, unhampered by the fear of and want in his old age. Ho demands the right to live and the right to work amidst sanitary surroundings, both In home and in workshop, sur roundings that develop and do not retard his own health and well be ing; and the right to provide for his children's wants in the matter of health and education. In other words it is his desire to make the conditions of his life and the lives of those dear to him tolerable and easy to bear. Paves Way The establishment ot the princi ples regarding labor laid down in the covenant of the League of Na tions offers us the way to industrial peace and conciliation. No other road lies open to us. Not to pursue this one is longer to invite enmities, bitterness and antagonisms which in the end only lead to industrial and social disaster. The unwilling work i man is not a profitable serveant. An employe whose industrial life is hedged about by hard and unjust conditions, which he did not create and over which he hus no control, lacks that fine spirit of enthusiasm and volunteer effort which are the necessary Ingredients of great pro ducing entity. Let us be frank about this solemn matter. The evidences of world-wide unrest which manifest themselves in violence throughout the world bid us pause and consider the means to be found to stop the spread of this contagious thing be fore it saps the very vitality of the nation itself. Do we gain strength by withholding the remedy? Or is it not the business of statesmen to treat these manifestations of unrest which meet us on every hand as evidences of an economic disorder and to apply constructive remedies wherever necessary, being sure that in the application of the remedy we touch not the vital tissues of our in dustrial and economic life? There can be no recessions of the tide of unrest until constructive instrumen talities are set up to stem that tide. Collective Bargaining Governments must recognize the right of men collectively to bargain for humane objects that have at their base the mutual protection and welfare of those engaged in all in dustries. Labor must not be longer treated as a commodity. It ipust be regarded as the activity of hu man beings, possessed of deep yearn i ings and desires. The businessman gives his best thought to the re pair and replenishment of his ma chinery, so that its usefulness will not be impaired and its power to produce may. always be at its height and kept in full vigor and motion. No less regard ought to be paid to the human machine, which after all propels the machinery of the world and is the great dynamic, force that lies back of all industry and progress. Return to the old stand ards of wage and industry in em ployment are unthinkable. The ter rible tragedy of war which has just ended and which has brought the world to the verge of chaos and dis aster would be in vain if there should ensue a return to the condi tions of the past. Eilrope, itself. DECEMBER 2, 19T9. ~ whence has come the unrest which now holds the world at bay, Is an example of stnndpatism in these vi tal human matters which America might well accept as an example, not to be followed but studiously to be avoided. Europe made labor the differential, and the price of it all is enmity and antagonism and prostrated industry. The right of labor to live ill peace uul comfort I must be recognized by governments and America should be the first to. lay the foundation stones upon which industrial peace shall be built. Favor Both Sides Labor not only is entitled to an adequate wage, but capital should receive a reasonable return upon its investment and) is entitled to pro tection at the hands of the govern ment In every emergency. No gov ernment worthy of the name can "piny" the elements against each other, for there is a mutuality ot interest between them which the government must seek to express and to safeguard at alj cost. Right to Strike Inviolate The right of individuals to strike is inviolate and ought not to be in terfered with by any process of gov ernment, but there is a predomi nant right and that is the right of the government to protect all of its people and to assert its power and majesty agofinst the challenge of any class. The government, when it asserts that right, seeks not to an tagonize a class but simply to de fend the right of the whole people as against the irreparable harm and injury that might be done by the attempt by' any class to usurp a power that only government itself has a right to exercise as a protec tion to all. Establish Tribunal In the matter of, international disputes which have led to \Var, statesmen have sought to set up as a remedy arbitration for war. Does this not point the way for the set tlement of industrial disputes, by the establishment of a tribunal fair and just alike to nil, which will settle industrial disputes which in the past have led to war and dis aster? America, witnessing the evil consequences which have followed out of such disputes between the contending forces, must not admit itself impotent to deal with these matters by means of peaceful pro cesses. Surely there must be some method of bringing together in a council of peace and amity these two great interests, out of which will come a happier day of peace and co-operation, a day that will make for more comfort and happiness in living and a more tolerable condi tion among all classes of men. Cer tainly human intelligence can devise some acceptable tribunal for ad justing the differences between cap ital and labor. Hour of Test and Trinl This is the hour of test and trial for America. By her prowess and strength and the indomitable cour age of her soldiers, she demonstrat ed her power to vindicate on foreign battlefields her conception of liberty and justice. Let not her influence as a mediator between capital and labor be weakened and her own failure to settle matters of purely i domestic concern be proclaimed to I the world. There are those in this country who threaten direct action I to force their will upon a majority. Russia to-day, with its blood and terror, is a painful object lesson of the power of minorities. It makes little difference what' minority it is—whether capital or labor, or any other class—no sort of privilege will ever be permitted to dominate this country. We are a. partnership or nothing that Is worth while. We are a democracy, where the majority are the masters, or all the hopes and purposes of the men who founded this government have been defeated and forgotten. In America there is but one way by which great reforms can be accom plished and the relief sought by classes obtained, and that is through the orderly processes of representa tive government. Those who would propose any other method of reform are enemies of thi3 country.) Amer ica will not be daunted by threats nor lose her composure or calmness in these distressing times. We can afford, in the midst of this day of passion ami unrest, to be self-con tained and sure. The Instrument of all reform in America is the straight road of Justice to all classes and con ditions of men. Men have but to ffollow this road to realize the full fruition of their objects and pur poses. Let those beware who would take the shorter road of disorder aad revolution. The right road Is [the road of justice and orderly pro cess. 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