The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1917-05-05
FIXING OF PRICES BY GOVERNMENT

country often We prefer OF
and pleasure habit of maintaining extensive fight
ing machinery national tranquility Notwithstanding
quite properly often warned against the dangers of
preparedness.
Unaccustomed these things is surprising that when sud
denly by alarms should become somewhat pacy
and do and say least few foolish things albeit little maybe
quite vigorous stirring things generally and then be
good for souls Sagnon the one hand brings decay unn
terrupted and hcadong prosperity the other spells disaster in
nations and well as in the of individuals
the President and Congress officially recognized the
existing between the United States and Germany
very much excited about condition Of things which has
listed for many months namely the shortage the food supply this
country Europe and of the first propositions advanced both
in and outside of Washington that the government should be
given authority to fix the maximum price of staple articles
This suggestion attracted much favorable comment from
who had suffered the hands Of who had been specializing
foodsu has been found to have concealed in
The farmers who produce everything large quantities.
conceived very idea that the fixed
the maximum price of articles of food this would close the door
competition the markets of the country and might result in
prices for grain low that there would be profit for the
producer.
surprising how farmers in Central Kentucky especial
y farmers, had begun fear the results of this disposition
have the government fix maximum prices This led The Leader
Friday telegraph the Secretary Of Agriculture Washington
and ask him send which would state the exact
position the Department of Agriculture with respect this sub
ject
Gated United States will hardly duplicate the made by
Germany the beginning of when that country endeavored
fix the price which the could sell his grain There
scheme governmental control of prices failed entirely
Britain pursued the opposite and quite the sensible
In that country effort made toward fixing maximum price.
On contrary government will endeavor stimulate
binary production of food products by fixing the lowest price at
which will required sell his wheat and will the
market open to the regular laws Of trade the product does
the market realize the minimum price fixed by the government
producer
In the United States during the present crisis should be
futo steps that will in the least degree
threaten his legitimate profits the home and foreign
markets. otherwise will be encouragement grow larger
crops Further, while should all times exercise sane
and reasonable eneconomy his affairs in his home and in his
life the best possible safeguard against financial disaster
determination part every maintain things at their
normal stage and to make effort
diminish, the average income in all lines of trade
StagnatiOn is Productivity prosperity and
the ability of individual to fight and to live
whSe NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Leader
will throw away his bow and and begin shooting
mouth aAE
As general thing probably mother to pick
out her daughters husband pick soninlaw
Our idea of the who smells of cloves he the
courage of his convictions.
Possibly he is undemocrac anyhow Cupid has always en-
ployed the seectve draft.