The review., 1916-09-07

what are you doing to do about It e,
can well remember the chaTacteriza
: tions by Tom Mast and the unres'
J among the people until the people sal
: lln and took notice and a change came
and Boss Tweed was only q memory
is the same question that the salariee
! representative of the express company
asked in senate committees year after
S. year, What are you going to do about
i It ~ The American people are. long
q suffering and indnIgents They may hold
Il off for q long time to. give the other fell
i low q chance, but the time comes, II
things do not. improve, when they put
their heads together and say, This has
gone far enough. The railroads met
their Waterloo i'm the interstate com
merce commission. Public utilities sound
j ed the death knell of their independence
in public service commissions What
| are YOU going TO- do about bread? That
lis public question now. Is it not a
! fact that we have enough wheat and to
spare TO supply the demand of our own
people at reasonable cost !? Why
| should the price of bread increase when
we have grain to send, abroad? Who
.. is responsible for all this and SsWhat
are YOU going to do about it
For years the banks were leary about
loaning money for farm operations.
What did we do about it?. Why we
enacted law for rural credits-the old
cry of tightness of money, while the
banks put over their favorlte speech of
having their money tied up. and the old
railroad gag about the car shortage, be-
came joke. And what did the people
do against the. opposition of Wall street,
which denounced the effort as an out
rage against their interests, and perhaps
they were right. But the people went
on just the same and created federal ma |
tional exchange banks. The government |
placed millions of dollars at the COM
mand of bankers to move the crops, and |
all friction has disappeared.
Take the express companies, for ex !
ample. They held the controlling power I
to charge as they pleased for the trans
portation of merchandise and exacted
tolls at their own sweet villa slick
business, think you? Dick Turpen ntr
Jack Shepperd had anything ON these
people-the people knew it. And what
did they do? Why, they authorized the
parcel post act as a corrective agency
to hold express rates within reasonable
limits. The people want everyone. to
live-and make a profit on money in
vested, but to create hardships by ex-
orbitant charges was going beyond the
limit. And the same, question came up,
What are you going to do about it!"
And guess they know, and it saves mil
ions of dollars of the peoples money.
Pick up the New York Herald, pa
per devoted to the interests of the bank
ars and brokers, a paper which keeps in
,ouch with the grain and money markets
IF the world. Now, read the heading
Wall Street-and note the gambling done
N the very same grain that is supposed
10 feed our people. And think that the
price of loaf of bread depends on what
shese gentlemen in the wheat pit think
lbout it? Think of gambling in the
nations food supply to fatten their own
3ockets! We read that not only Is the
nations -four bin dependent on the
vhims of few plethoric gentlemen but
hat every food product is similarly cor
lered, and What are you going to do
about it?
1t seems that people who are ca
sable of enaeting asaparcel post law to
'escue it from a grasping few, people
Who are capable Of enacting an inter
state commerce law and of ruling the
'ailroads, once as arrogant as the food
,urveyors, are now, people fearless
enough to face the wrath of Wall street
With Federal Exchange Banks, such peo-
BE can control the output of their farms,
heir mines and their great natural store
houses and oppose with equity the out
tut. A nation that can create itself,
govern itself, educate itself and finance
tsech can feed itself and keep itself
warm. Now the question comes. up
again, What are you going to do about
t?" a. >s,@> 9"
1t must be borne in mind, however,
hat to bring about all the reforms that
would result in the accomplishment of
III these plans, it will take time, pa
ieDce and money; also lot of consider
ltion, but it can be done, and by a con-
erted effort brought to bear on the sub
ect by those having the welfare of the
people at heart, would be step in the
light direction to have the people who
re responsible for all this rise in food
products sit up and take notice-that
he people are not only asking 'sWhat
ire you going to do about it?" but will
lemand an answer-that will be. satis-
actory and effective 'Now. what are
Tou going to do: about y"
w. s. Royal was business visitor to
S. c., last week. lh