Arizona sentinel., 1917-06-21

property is authorized to be taken by the government just compensation is provided for.
 The measure is based on the wal powers of congress. Therefore it op crates throughout the country, ire spective of state lines. It Is believed that each provision is constitutional Indeed, congress is authorized by the constitution to go much farther if oc casion should require Every safe guard in the bill of rights has been observed No constitutional guaranty is broken.
 The chief aims of the bill are to ia cilitate and clear the channels of dis 1 tribution, prevent hoarding, assure fair prices, restrain injurious speculation prohibit evel practices on exchanges ! and protect the public against corners and extortion.
 The revised bill differs from the former bill particularly in expressly l defining "hoarding." Within the I meaning of the act, necessaries will l be deemed to be hoarded CD when held, or contracted or arranged for, by any person in excess of his reas- enable requirements for use or con sumption by himself and dependents for a reasonable time; or CD when held, or contracted or arranged for, by any manufacturer, wholesaler, re- taller, or other dealer in quantity in excess of the reasonable requirements of his business for use or sale by him for reasonable time; or (3) when withheld from the market for the purpose of increasing or diminishing the price; but, following the precedent of the Canadian law, farmers, gard eners, and others are exempted so far as relates to the products of land cul- tiyated by them.
 Standards for grades of foods, feeds, and seeds may be established aud en- forced, and the labelling of such com modities may be subjected to regula- tion. The manufacture, storage, and distribution of foods, food materials. and feeds may be required to be li- censed and subjected to government control when essential to precent un- economical manufacture or negotiable distribution. Licensees may be requir- ed to put boarded stocks on the mar ket and refrain from unjust practices and charges.
 The distribution of food in storage, in transit, or held for sale, which is about to go out of condition, may be directed so as to prevent it's spoilage, and when essential to prevent gluts or to effect equitable apportionment of perishable products among markets, their market movement or distribution may be controlled.
 Holders of hoarded necessaries may be compelled to disgorge and put them on the market. Authority is given to procure necessaries by purchase or otherwise, to store them, and to dis pose of them at cost. Any factory, mine, or other plant, in which food or fuel may be produced or mined may be requisitioned and operated by the government.
 Price Fixing.
 In order to eliminate evil practices on exchanges in which necessaries are dealt in they may be regulated and, of need be, closed. If it becomes es- sential to stimulate production of nec- essaries within the United States, guaranteed price may be fixed by the president which domestic producers, who act in reliance upon the guaranty will be entitled to receive. The bill contains an anti-dumping clause, in or der to prevent flooding the American market with excessive importations which might defeat the practical oper- ation of the guaranty. If essential, a duty, the amount of which will be as certained by the President, is levied on such importations. In case of ex- treme emergency, in order to break corners or to prevent extortion, the president may ascertain and prescribe the highest price at which it is reason able to deal in any particular neces- saries. If such price be fixed, it will thereafter be unlawful for any body, except one dealing with the pro- ducts of the land cultivated by him. self, to sell at higher price.
 The use of foOdstuffs in the pro- duction of alcohol, or of alcoholic or nonalcoholic beverages, may be limit ed. regulated, or prohibited, or reduc- tion in the alcoholic content of any beverage may be required.
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