Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1917-06-21
No Honest Man Will Be AZ
fected, Says Mr.. Lever
in Food Debate. !
MUST BE ORGANIZATION
President Must Have Power
Or the Kaiser Must
Dominate.

Washington, June 20.-Debate on
the governments food control bill be-
gan in both Houses Of Congress Mon
day, with its passage by July | the
goal towards which the administra-
ton leaders will strive.
This seemed by no means certain,
however, except in the House, al
though President Wilson's personal
influence had been brought to bear
upon congressional leaders to secure
its enactment by that time.
Opposition to the enactment isl
strong in both houses, particularly the
Senate, and this may delay its prog
ress through.
DEBATE OPENS.
To bring food crooks out into the
sunlight, but not to iniure honest
business, is the aim Of the food con-
troll bill, chairman Lever, of the Agri-
cultural Committee, declared Monday
in opening debate on the measure in
the House.
A wave of applause greeted his
statement, adding strength to his
prediction that the bill will pass the
House by large majority, perhaps
by the end Of the week.
cit is not intended that any honest
business shall be hurt, " declared Mr..
Lever. 1T is the crook that shall
suffer in the sunlight, and it is the
crook, unpatriotic, selfish and greedy,
that we are after"
Opponents of the bill, under the
leadership of Representative Haugon,
Iowa; former Speaker Cannon, of
Illinois, and Representative Moore,
of Pennsylvania, were ready to lead
an attack.
THE REAL CONTEST.
1.-THE contest between German au-
tocracy and American democracy"
said Representative Lever, twill be
determined in the end by the charac-
ter and strength of the organization
which one can put against the other. |
A loose Joined, unorganized democra-
cy has no ghost of a chance in a con-
fest with such an autocracy az is Ger |
many. Organization is the only weap- !
on with which organization can be
overcome. An organization, as the |
term is used, means not only the |
whipping into shape the man power
Of the nation, the money power of !
he nation, but as-well everyGesource
Of the nation, which may be used in
the contest"
Anticipating attacks on giving the
President extraordinary powers, Mr.. |
lever contended the situation war
'anted them.
PRESIDENT OR KAISER.
1--WE must either confer the So
allied autocratic powers upon the
head of our govern
nent or be prepared to have them as
umed by the German Kaiser" he |
aid. mo war was ever won by a !
ebating society. The time is upon |
s for getting down to brass tacks. ,
very man, woman and child mxst be a
to make sacrifices-great S
acrifces-and no man is going 10 be S
ermitted to stand behind fne-spun Z
ieories and technicalities in his op- 4
osition to this measure. This is no
ink tea affair, nor is il ladies' sew o
Y club matter. II is a war against S
lie most powerful autocracy the n
'orld ever saw. Germany took con- e
oil OF her food situation within five h
avs after war had been declared. L
Hungry armies do not win victor c.
S. men who fight must be fed. n
hose who send their loved ones into C
Ie ranks likewise are to be fed. The o.
lpreme duty as well as the supreme hi
scessity OF the hour is to feed our
citing forces, the fighting forces of tn
C allies, and absolutely provide nee M
IcosnDssa en- xissk ssss tn