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f , , W ? I. c & If .' $ r:v. . u- is. $ t.s ft- !i; f , .' ffi. ' it t J. IVJUI JVJAJU L MBDFORD MAIL TRTBUNK MEDFORD. ORIifriOX, IFRHUV. SKPTMMHEtt 4, 11)14 WILSON URGES MORE REVENUE ASWAR BUFFER Addresses Congress on Need of Act len te Replenish Treasury Drained by European War letter to Tax Than to Borrow In Exigency of European Making. ' WASHINGTON', Sopt. 4. Presi dent Wilson pen-onnlly mMrcwwl I'lincrcs in joint ycHMon today, urjj- iiiR Itgiflntion to mNe $100,000,00(1 n year additional revenue through internal tuxea to meet n treasury U'fii'H threatened lty the conflict in humne. The president told congress that lie iliheharged n duty which he wished with nil his heart ho might have been spared, but which he performed with out hesitation or apology, because of tho danger in present circumstances to create, a "moment's doubt as to the xtrcugth and sufficiency of the treas ury of tho United States." While tho treasury, ho snid, could get along for a considerable period, he pointed out tho peril of the gov ernment's withdrawing from na tional banks approximately $75,000,- 000 of the treasury balance dejwsitcd there; advised against the govern ment borrowing money or selling bomb? which would mnkc an "un timely and unjustifiable demand on the market," and appealed to the in telligent and profoundly patriotic public to benr the burden of a spe cial tax to meet tho unforeseen emergency. Congress listened attentively to the address. Immcdintclv on its con clusion the legi-lntivo machinery was et in motion to carry its recommen dations into effect. Chairman Vn derwood called a mcctimr of the waytt and means committee to per fect an internal revenue measure tentatively drafted in preliminary 'conferences. A bill vill be introduc ed as soon as ponsibte. Washington, Sept. Follow ing Is the full text or President Wl son's address to congress, assemble) In Joint session on tho need ot emer gency revenue legislatien: "Gentlemen ot the cengress: 1 come to you today to discharge- a duty which I wish with all my heart 1 might have been spared; but It Is a duty which Is very clear and there fore I perform It without .hesitation or apology. I como to ask very earnestly that additional revenue bo provided for the government. "During tho month ot August there was, aa compared with the cor responding month or lat,t year, a rail ing off of $10,629,538 in the reve nues collected for customs. A con tinuation of this decreaso in tho same proportion throughout the current fiscal year probably would mean a low of customs revcuue from sixty to jwi millions. I need not teli you to what this falling off is due. It Is due, in chief part, not to the reduc tions recently mado In tho customs duties, but to tho great decreaso In Importations; and that Is duo to the extraordinary cxtont of the Industrial are aaffected by the present war in Europe. Conditions havo arisen which no man foresaw. Tiiey affect tho whole world of commerce and economic production; and thoy must bo faced and dealt with. Quick Aid Xccdcri "It would be very unwise to post pone dealing with them. Delay In such a matter and In tho particular circumstances In which wo now find ourbolves as a nation might involve consequences of tho most embarrass ing and deplorable sort, for which I, for ono, would not care to be res ponsible. It would bo ery danger ous In tho present circumstances to create a moment's doubt as to tho strength and sufficiency of the treas ury of tho United States; its ability to ubulst, to steady and sustain the financial operations of tho country'u buslnow. If tho treasury Is known or even thought to bo weak, where will bo our pcaro of mind. The whole industrial activity ot tho coun try would be chilled and demoralized. Just now the peculiarly difficult fin ancial problems of the moment are being successfully dealt with, with great self possession and good sense and very sound judgment; but thoy are only In process of being worked out. If tho procoss of solution Is to be completed no ono must be given reason to doubt the selldlty an:i adequacy ot the treasury of the gov wawnHt which stands behind the whole method by which our difficul ties r belHg met and handled, Ktwr Taxation "The treasury itself could get along fr WHMtkUrftbto period, no doubt, wltWout )MW4Ut rurl (o iww Mare t UxuHeH. Hut at what lty? Approximator R,000,000, a largo pnrt ot tho present treasury bal ance, Is now on deposit with nation al banks distributed throughout tho country. It Is deposited, of course on call. I need not point nut to you what tho probablo ronscnuonccn ot Inconvenience nnd distress and con fusion would ho H the diminishing Income of the treasury should make It necessary rapidly to withdraw these deposits. And yet without ad ditional retcntto that might become necessary nnd that tlmo when It he comes necessary could not ho con trolled or determined by the tonvcti conditions In tho right way and to support tho government generous self dental. They know and understand nnd will bo Intolerant only or those who dodge responsibility or nro not frank with them. Not Own Making Tho occasion Is not of our own linking. Wo had no pnrt In making it. Hut It l hero. It affects us as directly and palpably almost as If wo wero participants In tho circum stances which gave rise to it. Wo must accept tho Inevitable with calm Judgment nnd unruffled spirits, like men accustomed to dealing with' the AUSTINS FLEE BEFORE RE OF RUSSIAN CANNON I, RADE INVASION OF WORLD PLAN LONDON, Sept. I. I n. m. The Post's Petrograd coriviMindent wires that prisoners Imimsht to the Ktwsian Icnco ot the business of tho country. uncs,lcctm, habituated to take caro,l reported that pait or the Hus It would havo to bo determined byir themselves: masters of their own! shut forces entered Lemherg iplHo in affairs, and their own fortunes. Wc accord with the plan of th coinmnit shall pay the bill though wo did not dcr-inchicf. The Au-lrinns accord- tho operations and necessities ot the treasury Itself. Such risks are not necessary and ought not to He run. Wo cannot too scrupulously or care fully safeguard n financial situation which Is at best, while war contin ues in Europe, difficult and abnor mal. Hesitation and delay aro the worst forms of bad policy under such jpr0M.nt anxieties, I respectfully urge GERMAN CHIEFS conditions. Oppose Humming "Aud wo ought not to borrow. Wo ought not resort to taxation, however, wo may regard tho necessity of put ting additional temporary burdons on our people To sell bonds would bo to mako a most untimely and un justifiable demand on tho money market; untimely, because this is manifestly not the tlmo to withdraw working capital from other uses to pay tho government's bills; unjusti fiable because unnecessary. The country is able to ray any just and reasonable taxes without distress. And to every other form of borrow ing, whether fo'r long periods or for short, there Is the same objection. These arc not tho circumstances, thts is at this particular moment and in this particular exigency not tho market to borrow largo sums ot money. What we arc seeking Is to case and assist every financial tran saction, not to add a single additional embarrassment' to the situation. Tho people of this country arc both In telligent and profoundly patriotic. They aro ready to meet tho present that an additional revenue of $100 000,000 be raised through Internal taxes devised In your wisdom to meet to emergency. Tho only suggestion I take tho liberty or making Is thnt such sources of revenue bo chosen as will begin to yield at once and yield with a certain and constant flow, "I cannot close without express Ing tho confldenro with which I ap proach a congress, with regard to this or any other matter, which has shown so untiring a devotion to pub lic duty, which has responded to tho needs of the nation throughout a long session despite Inevitable fatigue and personal sacrifice, and so largo a proportion of whoso members havo dovoted their wholo time nnd energy to the business of the country." deliberately Incur It. 5 ing to these reports, opened the last "In order to meet ery demand stage of the week's conflict ivroutld upon tho treasury without delay oriLember' by n determined nttack on poradventure and In order to keep the Itussians between Kubl, Lublin tho treasury strong, unquestionably! mid Khohu. About l'-0 miles uoith strong, and strong throughout the i of Uussian territory the attacks failed nnd the Ku-mhiw nsMimed the offensive, the Austrian niiuv retiring southward, and received terrible nun ishment from the pursuing Russians, The next da tho Russian nnnv moved forward alone the whole U'o hundred mile front to about forty miles Miuthcasl of Lemherg. All nlong tho line the Russians attaeked htruiielM nnd when the tecond Aus. trion tinny, which was posted east of Lemherg, broke and fled, the Russians cupturcd in the immediate vicinity of Lembenr another nenro of guns, the rorwnni movement ot me Ritinns continued without iutcrmn lion, the Austrian hnviuir entr" ed In a strong position west of Lcui berg at Oonxlsk, eighteen miles back, on which to retire when forced past Lcmbcrg. A. Engine Hits Handcar HAKKRSFIELI), Cal., Sept. Three are dead and two ore seriously injured as a result of n Snntn He lidit eneino cmshinj; into u hand- car) loaded with laborers, at limn twenty-five miles southeast of here, today. LOS ANOKLKS, Cal., Sept. I.An unidentified warship upiieared today off Point Hinnin, where tho llritish tank steamer Conlclin was preparing to load for Panama. The warship disapK'ared in the hao tuwurd Han Diego without showing her colors. The Cordelia was inside tho three mile limit. LONDON', Sept -I. Tho foreign office ha made public u dispatch dated ltetlin, Hebruary '27, last, fnun Sir Kdunrd (loschen, formerly llrit ish ambassador ut lterliii lo Sic'Kif ward Orey, secretary for foreign nl' fairs telling, of a scorul meeting In llerlin a. short time previously to discuss plan for the Improxement of German Initio abroad.' Sir Kdw'iml says : "A short time ago u meeting, of which the secret was well kept, con vened at tho ministry of foreign nf fnirs. Tho foreign secretary himself was present and the meeting wiih tended by members of the leading In dustrial concerns of this country, such us thn North Oermiin Lloyd, the Ilumbiirg-Auiericaii steamship corn puny, tho Deutschesso Hunk, the Siaiueucs mid lialske and Schukert work, the Knipps and Cnison works ami ine Aiiegeimcinu r.iccmciiucis OnscllsjU'lmft. ''This meeting formed n hrivnto company for tho purpose of further ing (lenuan Industrial prestige abroad, which is n conveniently vague purpose. The company will he fin anced by private subscriptions. The government will first gnmt a K sum which was suggested as thu neces sary revenue. "The company has entered into nu agreement with tho Agency I lavas by which thu latter will in the future only publish news concerning Ocr many, to be supplied by the Wolff telegraphic bureau. The latter will receive its (lenuan novs exclusively fnun the new company. "The compnnv intends to miike u similar nrrmigemcut with Renter's LHK-.LJ.1 'd.tfU'l-l.UJlJJ.-J,. 11 . Telegniuiln bureau for these foreign countries in which Kmitcr controls telegraphic communication. If Ren ter's declines, the Deutsche Ktihcl gcsscllcHchnl't, a smaller (Iciiiinn news ngency, 1 to he I'luiiucccd by the new company, which I to run u service In competition with Reuters." LONDON, Sept. I, 10:25 n, in. Telegraphing from Itome, tho cor respondent of tho Kvcluingo Tele graph company says that u uicsniiKc received thoro from llasel, HwlUer land, declares that nu unconfirmed report has como Into llasel from Home setting for that General Lieu tenant Von Deluding aud tho Gorman fortes under his roniumnd, havo crossed Into HwlUorland to provoutn their capture by tho Hi-eueh, i1 ' - J I'MIUIL 1 GHENT ASTIR OVER LONDON, Sept. ., y:,1l n. in. A dispatch In the Chronicle fnun (llienl says the people, thctu urn in a piiuiii over the expected iiilvaiiee of tho (leimaus on their city, indicated by the peinlleu presence or neni phuii'S nnd senilis In lis vicinity, II Is believed that the (leimaus me uow al Tannondc, sixteen miles east of (llient. The HclglttiiM have flooded the dis trict aioiiml Maliucs to hinder thu progress of the German artillery. 1 ' ' i iy& jsa. CH I taM(tM That's tho kind you want for our boys and girls and that's tho kind we havo always given thotn hut "HCIIMIDT'H GOOD HCIIOOL HIIOKt)" ure something more than Till: IIKST WKAItINO SCHOOL SIIOKS. They aro shaped to allow the utmost freedom for growing young feet and wo KNOW HOW to fit thorn properly, They are styled Just as attractively as the most up-to-dnto Grown Hoiks Footwear; so that young folks llko them hotter than any other School Shoes. 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