The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-07-02

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 place under the sun and a domination of the earth for the furtherance of their own special interests. The Amer ican people will pay more Tor their food during this war to these pirates of our own markets than we will tor the prosecution. of the war against Germany and the wartimes have eX- posed our real enemies in making con- spicuous these depredators on our markets Let us capture them and intern them, not only for the period of this war, but for all time to come, for they are not only parasites on our commerce in times of peace, but enc mics of our country in times or war.
 SITUATION IN BIRMINGHAM
 "It is the business of the govern ment to regulate prices within tho limits of normality and to do this it must control the markets, and redeem them from piratical stock gamblers. If this is what you mean by the so- cialization of the markets, in heavens name socialize them for the benefit of honest trade
 Bread in Birmingham twice as high as in Berlin, and 50 per cent higher than in London, the one with it's sup ply deleted by a blockade and the other by the submarine; while Bir mingham lies in the lap of fertile fields and productive farms. What Is the matter? The answer is patent to ali Birmingham is famed for its high cost of living, and its labor must get higher wages and then live on lower plane than in other cities. Hence the community is not inviting, in spite of it's many superior advantages other wise.
 s"rhe reason for this high cost of living, a perpetual famine to those who get low wages. Is that our city pays absolutely no attention to it's market functions as a city, has no storage facilities for the food products it's people need. has no markets for their distribution. but has turned over all these important municipal func tions to the private exploiter of the consumer and there is not single candidate for commissioner that Is promising you anything better. What we need in this city is city market for the conservation of our food re- sources, a city storage plant. city market. The present gracious grant to few truckers to stand their wagons on a few corners of the streets and sell their little loads to few ladies who want to play going to mar ket at prices dictated from Morris avenue, the market lords of the city, is a sham and a veil behind which the exploitation of the people is pur- sued by and with the advice and con sent of the commission.
 'Tf the people of Birmingham do not take charge of their own affairs and operate their own resources in their own interest, their cry for bread as cheap as the people of Berlin is but the baying at the wind Questions of political economy are to be settled by political wisdom and enterprise; and it Is time for the people to demand some promises from their candidates on the important problems of munich pal life before they elect them to of flee and require some performance os these promises after they take office. | ',rhe food problem is a city matter. and If city people do not take thought for it's solution, there is going to be famine in Birmingham worse than in Berlin What the fields around about need is some adeuuate storage in the cities and what the cities need is some market through which the producer and consumer may meet with equal freedom of trade without either being held up by the other, or both by the parasite pirates of the mark cts. Go unto Joseph and what he says unto you do.'"
 DOING OUR BIT"
 i Mr Crippen preached on Doing Our Bit" from Ecclesiastics 9:10, speaking 1 in part as follows
 Our government is face to face Lwith some of the greatest and most serious problems it ever met. We have faced national problems before ebut now we are facing a great world l problem and the future history of | the world very largely depends on how we solve these problems. We are apt l to think the responsibility rests with | the President and Congress but their 1 hands are tied to some extent, at least, ! unless we as individuals help.
 We must eliminate waste. The