South Bend News-Times, Volume 38, Number 103, South Bend, St. Joseph County, 13 April 1921 — Page 3

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Vm SOUTH BEND NEWS-TIMES

tvr:nj;sT.Y motiving, april ir, 1021

COMPLETE TEXT OF HARDING'S MESSAGE BEFORE SPECIAL SESSION OF U. S. CONGRESS

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I '.nary 505: ort fo

tion to r.iti'.Ti.il f.ro'. !. s fir too ?rF'.r. to !,r r.' -V cV'-l. We VC our t.vk f f J. tri-'ati.-ii ar.'l a'!2.lnitr.iti'iri .arr.M ov.-M'ii-i. a" '.if3ult as ur jrovrrsrn r.t ha rr

:or:tf-rnrl it.-l. ria'. r !

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Th J Protect I o TarifT. m'-a to ; "Tho rr.aturrr rrvinn r,f o'ir tariff

3a.v shmi;, on tho policy r f jrr;ir -tlr n. rrsl.'rr that

I in rxmr- Jshrs- which turrri to prord, but

r-vr-r ronrcrnM with that productiv

ity at hrn-.o whih N the sourc" c? ail ahi'iin g-oI fortune. Thrr- is :su!o antimcnt In the trade

Kit hav- rh'ir- ,i .. ind th" rif-v.- a in : r. is r. loliirion tho r-'-idj-; -i tnitinn ari'l r "! rar:-, follow in thr- w.ak- ' f "It nny !,. rrr- " I o i'ly prpar'! f- w : o llttl rr;n rr !y : 3VS fif J,r3pri ,; A ..

th.. rr.it. 1

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with the 1 whih mut i T.

In the administration of the Bureau

f War Risk Insurance, thf Federal

Hoard for Vocational training and other nfrer.r!cs of rove rr.mor.t in carina for the ex-soldle r. pallors and marines of the world war "Th! committee has recommended, and I convey tho rerommeridationn to you w!t!i

w Ti'i. iraco can unu "ue 11 I tha t all

o r.r hor.ora M nut it knows r.o

t-Tmpathy. "While th delegite of the nation wore d"at!nT pace term it Par! and wh!!c we later debated r,i:r part in completing the pac. r"rnriKrciaI npent of other nation wore r.por.insr th'ir lines and eabI i r: sr their out-pots. with a for-

tl.'it we werejt-rjrd lor.k to the morrow's trade. -' -ifterrnath. i "A very important matter In the irVim to t he I .ra.M;jhment of th povernm'nt's ar not dh- j husin- on a bu?!ne?s hasi. There nvr't he the j w.i toleration of the easy pMntr. u n-

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Tiore firmly re'-lved to undertake i sv?emat?o method of handllntr our lur work wlti h;ch h-r ar.'l Invite ; fiscal affair w'en in-direct taxa-fverv-fartor ii r-nr '-Sri?' r:5 h!p to I f.'on held the puhMc unmindful of

iTi in the fffnr to !;:.! r '!r r.Tmril. ! th" federal burden. But there Is

inward wav a rain. ;hniif-n or in 111511 co.n or srov-

... , ... , lernrnent today and hlcrh cot of liv-

-TK. " . .... I3 ir.arahly linked with hUh

?raled the Mtu.-itio'i. ar.d with tr.-it; kilrance and r-'it:-nre v. hih co w ith j 3n5erptandincr the-.- will ulve to us;

Ih influence of d' libera to pahli

Ipinlon vv-hkh ultlm Jdlct of any pr,I : They are r.n s ; 1 r : It'Tn nece.ssiti a:.

1?' !y 1 onif s the ;-ir Kvrrinient. -1 :t s-'rn of the 1 will join In the

s.f-r.tiil

tlvo and take whirh fr'J

U firm r e . t a M i . h t : ; e : . t . "First in mind mu.-. he the froiupon of our prohms at home, even though orn phif of them are inseparably linked with our foreign rotations. Th purest pro-r-dure in . 9cry government is to put its own hcue ja order. "I know nf no more prec lr.ET problem at homo than to rrtrlct our national expenditures within the limits &f our natJonal lnoonie and at the larno time measurably lift the burdena of war taxation from theShoulders of the American people. "One cannot be unmindful that economy is a much -employer cry, most frequently stressed in pre-election appeals but It Is ours to make tt an outstanding and ever-Impelling purpose in hoch legislation and administration. The unrestrained tendency to heedle.-s expenditure and the, attending growth of publ'.c indebtednef. extending from federal

authority to that of state and municipality and Including tho fmallest political eub-division. constitute the inr't dangerous phase of government todiy. The nation cannot restrain rxo pt In its own activities, but It can bo eem.plax in a wholtsome reversal. "The staggering load of war debt must be cared for in orderly funding and gradual liquidation. We Khali hasten the solution and aid effectively in lifting tue tax burdens If we striko resolutely at expenditure. "Our current expenditures are running at the rate of approximately five billions a year and the burden Li unbearable. There are two agencies to be employed in correction: one Is a rlgi 1 resistance in appropriation and the other is the itmost conomy in administration. Jet us have both. I have already charged department head with this neces-t-Üy. I am sure congress will agree; and both congress and the administration may safely count on the jf'port of all right-minded citizens, because the burden i theirs "Tho estimates of receipts and expenditures and the statements as to the condition of the treasury which the pcretary of the treasury is prepared to present to you will indicate what revenue must be provided in order to carry on the government's business and meet its current requirements and fixM debt charges. Unless there are striking cuts In the Important fields of expenditure, receipts from internal taxe cannot rtfely be .permitted to fall below $ 1,00ft. OOC.GrtO in the fiscal years 1922 and 192". ThH would me n total internal tax collations of about cne billion less than in 10 2'" and one-half billion le?3 than in 1921. "The most substantial relief from the tax burden must er-nie for the present from the readjustment of Internal taxes, ar.d the revision or repeal of thoso taxes which have become unproductive and are so artificial and burdensome as to defeat their own purpose A prompt and thorough-going revision of the internal tax laws, made with due regard to the protection cf the revenue. 1?. in my Judgment a requisite to the revival of tii5lr.es activity In thl country. It is earnestly hoped therefore, that the congress will be able to enact without delay a revision Cf tho revenue laws nr.d -uch emergency tariff measures us are necespary to protect American trade and Industry. "It Is of less concern whether Internal taxation or tirif revision shall come first thin has b--en popularly Imagined, because we must do both, but the practical course for earliest accomplishment will readily suggest o!f o the ror.gr-s We are com-

prcfits tax and the ;.V e-ouittes and un.'ast'rVi

tions in the pres. n: svstem. "The country dcrs n. 't expect and will not approve a shifting of burdens. It is more Interested In wiping out the necessity for imposing them and eliminating confusion and cost in the collection. Th urgency fcr an Ir.fsr.t tariff

the excess tion of ln-exaspera-

enactme

"t emergency

and understood r-

In character

pecp.e that I

It is for the or.'rr- -. -y only. 'ar.nct be too much emphai7ed. T beHere In'th" protz t: r. of AmTiran lndur- and it H v:r purpe.. to

1 re prtvm ark et to ffered tco c u c

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If-reliance

dfs-

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wnicn

e irdeprnof our pco-

prosper American ileges of the Am the fordism prc!u cheanlv today ar.d

of o-.:r" own prO'!ac':v:rv Is the

tructicn of our

f the foundat r'

' k dence and gej f,-.rtun

pic. roreover. In-. per-. " .heuTd pay nr,r f.-ir nl.are f our -o-t of g.---ernment. T-' biy American agriculture t's menaced and if pro

ducts are d wn to pre-war

3-et we are m rrcr.ta! in dust r

of government. There can N

no oompJete correction of high cost of living until governments cost f

I - j. ir l iii'i uai ui) v'-iii 144 jth enactment of legislation prodd- ! log for the national budget pysI tem. j "One condition in the busines j world may well receive your ln-

qu'.ry. Deflation has been in pro-prc-. but has failed to reach the mark where It can be proclaimed to the prrat mass of consumers. Reduce(i cost of basic production has beon recorded, but high cost of living has not yielded in like proportion. "I have asked the federal trade commission for a report of Its observations, and It attributes In the main the failure to adjust consumers cos: to basics production costs tr the exchange of Information by "open price associations" which operate, evidently, within the law. to the very great advantage of their members and equal disadvantage to the confirming public. Without tho sp-lrlt of hostility or hate In acic.UÄition profiteering, some suitable inquiry by congress might speed the price readjustment to normal relationship with helpfulness to both producer and consumer. A measuring rod of fair prices will satisfy tho country and give us a business revival to end all depression and unenvp'oyment. "If we can have it understood that congress has no sanction for government ownership, that congress does not levy txe upon the people to cover deficits In a service which should be eelf-ustainlng. There will ii a foundation on which to build. "Freight carrjdnr cargoes have mounted- higher and higher until commerce is halted and production discouraged. Railway rates and cost of operation must be reduced. "Transportation over the highways Is little l-evss Important but the probJems relate to construction and development, and deserves yo-ur most earnest attention, because wo are laying a foundation for a Ions time to com-e and the creation Is very difficult to visualize In its great possibilities. "There Is begun a new era In highway construction, the outlay for which runs far Into hundreds of millions cf dollars. Bond issues by road districts, counties and tates mount to enormous figures, and the country Is facing such an outlay that It !s vital that every effort .shall be directed against wasted; effort and

unjustifiable expenditures.

I know of nothing more shocki-jK than the millions of public funds washed in improved highways, wasted because there is no policy of maintenance. The neglect is not universal, but It Is very near to it. Iiis Merchant Marino. "It Is not necessary to ray it to congress, but I have thought this to he a befitting occasion to give notice that the United States means to establish and maintain a great merchant marine. "It is a proper time to Invite your attention to the Importance of the question of radio communication and cablep. To meet strategic, commercial and political needs, active encouragement should be given to the extension of American owned and operated cable and radio services Private monopolies tending to prevent the develojTnent of needed facilities should bo prohibited. Government owned facilities, wherever possible without unduly interfering with private enterprise to government needs should be made available? for general uses. Particularly desirable is the provision of ample cable and radio service at reasonable rates for the transmission of press matter, so that the American reader may receive a wide range of news, and the foreign reader receive, full accounts of American activities "Practical experience demonstrates the need for effective regulation of both domestic and international radio operation If this newer means of inter-communication is to be fully utilized. "Aviation Is Inseparable from

either the army or the r.avy and the j government must, in the interests of national defense, encourage Its development for military and civil

purposes. "It has become a pressing: duty of the federal government to provile for the regulation of air navigations otherwise Indefendent and conflicting legislation will be enacted hy the various states which will

! iMininni- ttio ('velnnmof.t nf ov :).

ticn "I recommend the enactment of l-Tislatlon establishing a bureau of

aeronautics in the navy department, to centralize the control of r.aval j activities in aeronautics and remov- 1 inc the restrictions on the person-' nel detailed to aviation In the navy. "The army air service should be j continued as a coordinate combatant i

government agencies look

ing to the welfare of the ex-service men should be placed under on diretjng head, so that the welfare of tuese disabled saviors of our civilization and freedom may have the most efficient direction It may be well to make such an official the director general of service to war veterans and place under his direction all hospitalization, vocational training, war insurance, rehabilitation and all pensions. "Th immediate extension and utilization of the government's hospital facilities in the army and navy will bring relief to the acute conditions most complained of. and the hospital building program may be worked out to meet the needs likely to be urgent at the time of pos

sible completion.

"Congress mui-t perfect the policy r.f generous gratitude and conscientious administration must stamp out abuses in the very beginning. We must strengthen rathr than weaken the moral fibre of the beneficiaries, and humanize 11 efforts so that rehabilitation shall he attended by resq iritualization. "During the recent political canvass the proposal was made that a department of public welfare shoull be created. It was endorsed and commended so strongly that I venture to call it to your attention and fo suggest favorable legislative consideration. "I assume the maternity bill, already strongly approved, will be enacted promptly, thus adding to our manifestation of human interest. "Somewhat related to the fore

going human problems Li the race question. Congress ought to wipe the etaln of barbaric lynching from the banners of a free and orderly representative democracy. I am convinced that in mutual tolerance, understanding, charity, recognition of the inter-dependence of the races, and the maintenance of the rights of citizenship lies the road t righteous adjustment. "In the existing League of Nations world governing with Its paper powers, this republic will have no part. There can be no misinterpretation, and there will be no betrayal of the deliberate expression of the American people in the reo- nt election; and, fettled in our decision for ourselves, it is only fair to say to the world in general, and to our associates in war in particular that the league covenant can have no sanction by us. "The aim to associate nations to prevent war, preserve peace, and promote civilization, our people most cordially applauded. We yearned for this new instrument of Justice but we can have no part in a committal to an agency of force in unknown contingencies; we can recognize no super authority. Manifestly the highest purpose nf the league of Nations was defeated in linking it with the treaty of peace and making it the enforcing agency of the victors of the war. "The American aspiration, indeed, the world aspiration, was an association of nations, based upon the application of justice and right, binding us in conference, and cooperation for the prevention of war and pointing the way to a higher civilization and international fraternity in which all the world might share. In rejecting the league covenant and uttering that rejection to our own people, and to the world, we make no surrender of our hope and aim for an association to promote peace

which

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peace ar.d

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will relinquish 1. .:: rt to nations of. the worl I ;:."- lowship. not In thf " 1 tional sovrn ii.iy. 1:1 nobler t.' :c;.o f ir. th" mer.t rf the a .1 v.i r.e : . .. r.: activities a mid ti;fp. ac- ful aohb--. :.." r.t. Sk IV. KV. "In the nati :1 which I have adwrt--;. vv. our c-:"frts toward su-'.; .and the j b !-. v. ii'. h

j l;p:. In tn

; p rtorma nee, v. 1 p ople we me 1 ! stablishr.lt nt ! Sta tes nlor.e a: t ass .ciat d 1 ov.

technical st':'.c n! r.-1 r ' V

a noma lot: s cor.ditk.n '.-. permitted to co ntim'.c. V the state of t .-hr.:- . 1 Pfurther d lay, I s1.' "' '; ' declaratory r--"'i;ti ci by that effe ct. it'.i essential to pp-tre? :i;i ' "uch a resolution take to do mo;-.- :h. ir. tr.

clai-e the State o! America crave--..

difficulty in !:". :. r-r. ' pa rat ions, the v .-: ' 1 all Kuropo yearns ar l v. the world's recover v rd. Neither former . " can mistake Amr i-i'.- !"

cause our atti'ude .a- t itv for the vir ' .! for just r'par 1 1 ion -i'iformal and ve rv a i ll'

"It would be umv:.-.- f" 1 to make n statem t of fat ; With rf spect to r,::pq. an such a declaration of 1 peace. In com . c' ir e :'; the executive in r. -"o; : t : ; " important treaty, in the h the nation, to rc''i'-'ii'"' t: tut iona 1 powers of th- : would go to the o'l.e;equally ohj.'ot io-abV. if 0 the senate should assume ' tlon of the r-r .11! i -. O i dutv is the pr s"rvatio;i of

.l.ty on. u !:i h !'. founded, we sh es full mindful c

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imar. ity's hopes ill ,. blr'.-s i.urf the i.izh j,r: -

r.t duty or the critical pe-rio.i

riTV oiuhn.wci; motion no. r.21.

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The booklet shown herewith has been prepared by the Trust Company Division of the American Bankers Association for distribution in connection with a nationwide campaign of associated trust companies of the United States. The booklets are given free of charge. As one of the companies participating in the campaign, we have copies available for distribution. The subject matter should interest every man who is thinking and planning for his family's future. Come in and ask for a copy, or we shall bs pleased to send you a copy on request.

St.

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Co.

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Timely Specials here for your present needs. New goods arriving daily which are sold at prices before unheard. of. Come down early tomorrow.

e army, and Its existing oran-

trerin? our fundahrouTh the h'zh

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a '. :ou ro;:ch p rod ü

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farm r.fhiT

Izatlon utilized in cooperation with other aprenc!s cf the grovernm.ent To Aid Vrtrran.

"The American people expect J congress unfailingly to voice the!

rratitucie o: the repuolic In a generous and practical way to its defenders In the world war who need the support5r.fr. arm of the government. Our very immediate concern

j N for the crippled saldier and those

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world. It wrnliitb.e covernrnent. Conscious of the

our corro:: intent of cnncrr.v. and the

j uhlie eonorrn for the crippled an 1 dependent. I invited the services of a volunteer committee to in-juirc in-

r.'te.-tln

-1 pa ra'v7e our u orld st ruprIe

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In all colors and sizes. Just the thing for Spring. All newest styles

Hand models. Spe

cially priced Thursday. Values to $18.75

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A Spec ial Warvh Goods

These suits represent the best values to be found in South Bend or any other city. Stunning models in all newest colors, some embroidered. Values to $32.50

Will Be Offered Each

Day

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Open Saturday Till 9:30

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See Our Advertisement About the Latest Arrivals From the East on Page 2

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Pleated models, in all colors and sizes. Special Thursday

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In a full line of color combinations. Regularly priced $1 .47 Wednesday only 31.19

Imported Gingham Beautifully colored plaids and checks. Regularly priced $1.25 Wednesday only 95c

A wonderful line of Taffeta andji Tricolettes, values to $25 Thurs-b

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Hundreds of smart Hats of ell the season's newest' shapes, styles, colors and materials. Hats of Straw, Sipper Cloth, Hemp, Braids, Taffetas, Hair, Porcupine and combination effects. This is the most drastic reduction ever made in South Bend at this time of the year.

Flaxon 39c

For Lingerie, Children's

Infants' Dresses, etc.

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Dotted Swiss 29c Nothing prettier for dainty bedroom curtains.

25c

V oile

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29c

Beautiful $5.00 and $6.00 HATS

A wonderful selection of Hats. Values to $8.50,

$3.49

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