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H H/ ( Ele II PRESIDENT WILSON'S M[SSAGE READ TO CONGRESS (Continued from page one) Of this amount two and a half billions are floating debt and five billions Victory notes and war savings certifi cates. The fiscal program of the gov ernment must 1be determinedl with-. ref erence to these maturities. Sound policy demands .that government ex pienditures he reduced to the lowvest amount which wvill permit the various services to operate efficiently and that government receipts from taxes and salvage be maintained sufficiently high to providle for current requirements, including interest andl sinking fund charges on the public dlebt, and at the same time retire the floating decbt and p)art of the Victory loan before ma turity. .With rigid economy, vigorous salvage operations and adequate reve nues fro mtaxation ,a surplus of cur rent receipts over current exp~enditures can be realized and should be applied to the floating dIebt. All branches of the government khould cooperate to Protec If desired we wi Corrugated and Cement, Li Shi: Carolina BRIGHTEN I arrison At Gi A/e have on hand a si >r price, and we have he ACTUAL COST. ;ixtures in their hom lay.. A full line of etrical House >t Point and Univ< sal Irons Waffle Irons Perculators Toasters Grills (MES .M see that this program is realized. I cannot over-emphasize the neces sIty of ecoi - ay in government appro priations and expvnditures and the avoidance by the Congress of prae tices which take money from the trens ury by indefinite or revolving fund ap propriatior The estimates for the present year show that over a billion dollars of expenditures were author ized1 by the last Congerss in addition to the amounts shown in the usual comip iledI s tatenments of a ppropriations This strikingly illustrates the impor tance of making dlirect and specific appropriations. Thle relation between the current receipts and current ex pendli tures of the government dluring the present fiscal year, as well as (lur ing the last half of the last fiscal year, has been dlisturbedl by 'the extra ordlinalry burdens thrown upon the treasury by the transportation act, in connection wvith the return of the rail roadls to private control. Over $600, 000,000 has alreaxdy been paid to the railroads under this act-$350,000000 (luring the present fiscal yecar; anid it is estimated that further payments ag gregating possibly $650,000,000 must tLYour C JILD THAT WAREHOUS 11 furnish a plan, and SSheets, Nail: any other materi me, Plaster, Wall Bc nigles, Asphalt Shing Write or Phone Portland Ce CHARLESTON, S. C. JP YOUR H( s Eleci eatly Reo ipply of Electrical Fi decided to sell all su We would advice 3, to do so NOW, as fold A pplian Miller Lan Wallace Lair Silk Sl Western Se.Wing l SHA R 1 tijl be made to the railroads duriin I 'he Current year. It is obvious that hese large payments have already se-. ioisly limited the government's prog.. ess in retiring the floating debt. Closely connected with this, it seems o me, is the necessity for an imme Hate consideration of the revision of I mr11 tax laws. Simplification of the ncome and profits taxes has become in immeldiate necessity. These taxes erformed an indlispensable service luring the war. 'The need for their imp~llification ,however, is v'ery great, n ordler to save the taxpayer incon-1 renience andl expenes and in order to nake his liability more certain and lefinite. Other and more dleta iled rec >mimendations with regard to taxes vil lno dloubt be laid before you by he Secretary of the Treasury and the ommiussioner of Internal Revenue. Ilasabled Ex-Service Meni It is my privilege to draw to the ttention of Congress for very symipa hetic considleration the probleml of >roviding adeqIuate facilities for the are and treatment of former members >f the m il ita ry and naval forces who tre sick or disabled as the result of' otton ! E i, Roofiing als. ard, Metal - ment Co. IAS WITH ixtures ices? be beat in quality siderably lower than installing Electrical is opportunity every tmas Presenv acuum Cleaners Dim-a-Lite Sockets ver-Ready Dayic Flash Lights Edison Mazda Lamps MANNING, S (ral licelse for all corporations enl gagecd ill interstate c(m0m4 erce. Leaves to Congress in blri(f thte immediate legislative need of, t h ttine is the removal of alI obslaNCes to the realization of the best ambitions of our people in their sev eral chisses of employment and the strengthening of' all instrumentalities by which dilliculties are to be met. and r'emove.d and4 just ice dlealIt out, whether blaw or b1ly some1~ form of medc~iat ion and1( cociliation, I (do not feel it to he may privilege ait presentf to suggest the detailed andl particular1 methods hy which1 these objects m 'ay he ,t - tainled, hut i harve faith that the in (fpIiiries of your several coni 1it tees will dIiscove r the way(\ and the method. Inl resplonse to what. I bli eve to lbe lhe imoipulse of sympath11l~y an~d op~inion thrlou~ghout the Un ited St ates, I earn - estly suggest that the Congress auithoriz~e the TrueasurIy of toe Uited States to make to the struoggl ing gov.. ernmen~lt ocf Armen ia such a loan ats was mlade to several of the Allied gov Crnm Oents du rinig the watr, and1( I would also suggest thiat it wou hI he dlesirabhle to plrovide inu the legislation it self that the expend itoure of the money thus loanied shoubIIl be und(1er the soupe v isionl (ot a1 (comm1issionl, or at least. a co~immis.. sionerc, fromi the Uni1ted States, ordler that revolu(titonarmy tend~enlcies :ithlin Armlienlia itself' m ighit not1 he a llo'rdedI hy the loan a turt her tenmpfting opp~or tunlity. Allow mie to callI your aittenition to tihe fact that the pleople of the Ph ilii ne Islanlds hlave succeeded iln mlaintaining a stable government since tihe las5t actionl of CAngr'ess inl their behalf imnd have thus fulfilled tihe con.. ditionl set by tihe Congress as8 prceC dlent to a conisideration of grantinig iln dlep~end~ence to the islands, I resplectful ly submit that this conditionl prece dlent having been fulfilled, it is now our liberty and our duity to keep our p~romlise to the peCople of those islands(1 by grantinug themIl the ind~epend~enlce which they so honorably covet. I have not so m~uch laid before you a series of recommendations, gentle mlenl, as5 sought to ujtter a conifession of faith, of the faith in which I was bred and1( which it is my solemn pur plose to stanid by until my 11ast fighting dauy. I believe this to be the faith of America, the faith of the future, and of all the victories which awaits na tional actionl in the (lays to come whether in America or elsewmere SS )ME FOR XI :rial F luced Pr xtures that' cannot pplies at a price con: anyone that intends you will not have th ces for Chris Table V [PS Portable IPS E iades Electric Lachines IS ON, heir participatiarh in the war. These -broie men can never be paid in money 'r the service they patriotically ren Iered the nation. Their reward will ie rather in realization of the fact hat they vindicated the rights of their -ountry and aided in safeguarding civi ization. the nation's gratitude must >e eflectively revealed to them by the nost am ple provision for their medi alt care and treatment as wvell as for heir ivocationalI training anid place nenlt. The time has come when a nor4 (om plete program in n he formu atedl anid mioreC satisfac torily adinnis eredl for their trteat ment an d training, mdi~ I earnestly uirge that C ongress ~ivi the matter its early considlera (ion. The1 Secretary of the Treasury mad the b)oard for vocaLtionl educa ion will ouitline in their annual re >orts proposals covering med(licalI care 3ml rehabilitation whi.ich I anm sure vill engage your ea rnest study and -Ottmiandl your mots generous support. Permit me to emllphasize onice mo~re he need for action upon certa in mitters up~onlWI wichl I diwelt at somet(. (ngth utin my mnessalge to the second( :ession of the Sixty-sixth Congress: IChe ntecessit y, for exam03ple, of enct(our - (ging the manu facture dyestulfs and -elatedl chemicals; the importance of loinzg e'veryth ing possible to promote t'ricultu rat producttion along eco(1nm c lines ,to imp jrove agricultur ial matr ;etintg andm to make r'uralI life more at ractive and healthful; the need for Slaw regulating cold storage in 'orch I way as to limtiit tihe time (luring vhich goods may he kept in storage, >rescribing the method of dlisposing of hem if kept beyond tihe permitted >eriodI andl requiring goods releasedl 'rm storage in all cases to hear the ate of their receipt. It wvould also ie most serviceable if it were providled hat all goods releasedl from coldi torage for interstate sh ipment shouldl myve plainly marked upon each pack ige the selling or market price at vhich they went inth storage in order hat the purchaser might be able to earn what profits stood between him md( tihe prodlucer or thle wholesale ealer. Indeed, it would be very erviceable to the public if all goods estinled for inlterstate commerce were nadel to carry upon) every packing case vhose form madle it p)ossible a plain tatement of the price at which they oft the handsa of the producer. I espectfully call your attention also o the recommendations of the mes nagn refnered tn with rneard toa fed-r s ! CI I A GOOlD F'IlllND *pAa goo find stands by you when in nee. \laning peo i((iple tell how Doan's 1K.idhiy P'ills haive at ooni the test. Alr's. 'Joe Wells of' South Honundry Street endorsed4 1man 's. nineii years; a go and aga in confIiirms thle- 8tor'y. Could you aisk for. i more coninc U ing testim~ony ? Alirs. Wetlls gave thea following st atemient .J anua ry 30, 191tI: "1 have been atliitIy relieovedlI( an benented by Deain's~ Kh iney' lls, I hal khiney annoyani (ces and I suiffered with (dul1 backacth(es. I was n'oo bothiieed with head1(aces:; I l. dliz/y 'spells. I)a ' just whato I neiedd, for' in a shiort tme 1 wvas fred Trom thlose troublles."' OViER SIEVEN V1EARS L.ATI'ER, ORt on Febr'huaryv 15, 1918l , Alirs. WVells sad u"I 1coan always say that.I )oan's KIhiey Pille~ nre withnon a mlibt the, be(st kidneIIy r'ieed on(U thle market. A' nyt ias good as8 D~oan 's is worthy Ut higho rec~llUonnnemb lion."' Picoe Goe, at all dealers. D on't sim ply ask for ai ki~lbicy reed-p--:et Don' Khinaey Pills- the same that ais.X( Wel ad. F~oster' Aihburni Co., Alf1. HHull alo. N. Y. 825,.000.000 1I N 1E(' E8.\ Rt Y Wasington, D~ec. '7. Prsident WiI 8(0n'0 suggestion( iln his message to tended(( byv the Uniited States to the Ar('mia~n goveinment brought to light. thiat the State D epiart menit has( had the qluestion uinder ('onsideratI1 (ioan that it has arivedl at thle conclusioni that a oredlit. of $25,000J,t00 wonl he ne~ces Th'le Armiii an question andil the ae0-. (etant~~ice b v Pr'esjietX Wibo of(1i the task of mediating betweenu the Ar.. meni ans and the TurkLishi Nat ionalists was undlerstoodl to have beeni discussedt todlay ait the reguilar' weekly Cabinet mneeting, at wvhichi the State D~epart menit was8 represenitedl by acting Secretary Davis. Officials oif the State Departmiient suplportinig thle suggestioni of a loain dleehared today that the rehabhilitationi of Armeniia could not be expected merely as a result of kind wvords and ani extension of imotral support. Rle ports to the department of conditins in that country have indicatedl clearly, it was said, that without money the population could not go far in achiiev-. ing a stable readjustment. Subscribe to The Times