Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1917-06-29
news REVIEW OF
The PAST week
Government Is Now Going After
the Food, Munition and
Fuel Pirates.
CONTROL BILL IN CONGRESS
Other Agencies Attacking the Profit
eers-Plans Pushed for Huge Amer
lean Air Army-RussIa Deter
mined to Continue the
a.. War Against German
i "a Absolutlsm.
ax HOWARD M. PIcKARp.

Uncle Sam last week began paying
more special attention to the pirates
that infest the land-the food pirates,
the munltion pirates, the fuel pirates
and all the obnoxious brood of prof
iteers whose greed for money obliter-
ates their patriotism, IL they ever had
any of the latter quality. The warfare
against these men and corporations Is
being carried on In the way of judicial
investigations that will result In in
dictments and in proposed legislation
by congress. The latter, of course, is
the administration food control bill,
which the president has been urging
toward passage with the forceful as
slstance Of Herbert G. Hoover. Mr..
Hoover told a bunch of senator's on
Tuesday why the measure should be
passed, and answered all the objec-
tions of Its opponents, headed by Yard
aman, Gore and Reed.
In the house on Thursday Represen-
tatives Madden and Cannon Of Illinois
made an attempt to have cotton In
cluded among the articles to be put
under control, but the Southern Dem
ocrats rushed to the rescue of the cot
ton planter and defeated the plan. The
majority also voted down a proposition
by Haugen of Iowa to include cloth
ing, shoes and implements in the meas
ure. The opposition to the bill in the
house was weaker than in the senate.
Senator Sherman of Illinois fercely
attacked the measure as one designed
TO favor the city dweller and union la
Dor and to injure the farmer, and he
took the opportunity to say some very
severe things about the administration
asserting 1t had been asleep for two
years and now had walked up into hys
teria.
Z Daniels JoIts the ExtortIonlsts.
Secretary Daniels became weary OF
the extortions of the fuel magnates
and on Monday announced that the
coal and Oil the navy needed would be
taken by the government and paid fol
at prices to be fixed by the govern
ment.. Producers of steel found them
selves facing the prospect Of the same
action.
Organized labor also took a hand ir
the fight on the food extortionists ant
notified the administration, through
the American Federation Of Labor
that unless the prices of the necessi
ties OF life are brought down to rea
sonable figures, there probably will b.
an epidemic OF strikes, possibly ever
a national tie-up in many industries.
The federal trade commission an
nounced II was ready to begin its in
vestigntlon Of food conditions on Jul.
1; the information obtained will b.
turned over to the food adminlstrato
and the department of justice.
Why should not the press of tn
country print prominently the name
OF the despicable creatures who ar
taking advantage Of the nation
needs1 Decent motives being lacking
fear Of the public wrath might opel
ate 70 induce them to cease their M
farious work.
Planning Great Air Army.
More and more the government
becoming convinced that America
FIRST big play in the war must be
I'm the air. and the plans for speedil
sending many thousands Of airplane
and aviators to the front from TIL
country are being pushed with vigo
Congress is asked to make an aer
nautic appropriation Of $600,0O0,0C